will land you a ticket for the first time. and the rain's not over just yet. wehing showers that will stick around for a while now. here's storm team 4 meteorologist n to us what to walk out the door. tom? >> we g light rain in montgomery county, the district, fairfax and across northern virginia. it is heading off to the south and east. light rain across fairfax county, southern montgomery, the , into northern prince do. the back end of the rain is here at winchester. we'll have this with us between now and 8:00 this morning. right now it's a cool morning, just in the low 60s around the metro area. mid-60s by the bay and right downtown. thers the capital under a cloudy sky with a few sprinkles falling. you can barely see them on the camera, they're so light. have an umbrella for the morning with the sprinkles coming through.

mi, chance of showers west of the metro area during the afternoon. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones at 6:11. i'll have your morning bus stop forecast. melissa, what's going on on the road? >> overall looking pretty good. i have a couple trouble spots here. big picture looking good. 66 at gejermanto road. stafford county, slow as you head through triangle. it opens up. as you cross into woodbridge, it gets slow once again. prince george's county side of . a little bit slow, running 45 miles per hour running into the beltway. this our biggest issue, southbound colesville road at university. this was supposed to be out of the way a little while ago. it's still there, taking up one, possibly two right lanes from this crash. slow as you're headed down to the beltway, southbound colesville road. 6:02 is your time. we're monitoring developments to

control the first ebola case . doctors are testing a man at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. the centers for disease control says he traveled from liberia to texas around the 20th the patient started showing symptoms about f. health officials say they're working to keep this case . >> the task now is going to be to do contact tracing, trying to trace everyone that that person had come into contact with since they arrived, certainly since the person became symptomatic. >> there is a new focus on how ebola spreads with this new case here in the united states, the cdc says the disease only spreads through people infected who show symptoms. it spreads through direct contact, through blood or body fluids from a person who is sick or has died. symptoms typically start showing eight to ten days after

exposure. for symptoms, plus how the cdc rules out ebola cases, head to we have a link related to this story on the home page called "things you need to know." today, a professor from american university will be in court on arson and burglary charge dr. david pitts is accused of breaking into a store where he lit a chair on fire and started another police say they searched his home where they found prescription pills, thousands of them, including ambian, oxcycodone and. we're waiting to learn whether two cases are connected. a man's body was found inside a crashed car on river road in potomac yesterday afternoon. sources tell news 4 a pistol was in the seat next to him. minutes later, police responded to a garage fire less than two

miles away on great elm drive. a woman's body was fond there. police suspect a connection between the two deaths because . they're not revealing any more information at this point. > 6:04 now. more charges are possible against a virginia teacher accused of having a sexual relati stafford county sheriff's deputy say a post on social media about the relationship and anonymous tip led them to arrest erica mesa. she teaches geometry and coaches volleyball at colonial forge high school. her husband is also a teacher there. investigators say she sent nude photos to the now 17-year-old tune. they've been involved in a sexual relationship since february. > now there is a new driving law in maryland. you need to know about this before you leave for work. news 4's molette green is here to tell us about a simple decision that could get you a ticket. molette? >> aaron, good morning. we're on 95 south here. and maryland's move-over law is

extending today to tow service operators. a lot of people are familiarizing themselves with what the move-over law entails and wh. before you head out on the roads you need to know this, if you see a tow truck operator on the scene of a stopped car with the emergency lights flashing, the law requires you to change lanes if at all possible so that you are not adjacent to that emergency vehicle in that situation. if that is not possible, you need to slow down and safely drive around the em otherwise, you face a fine of $110 and one point on your driver's license. if your actions result in a traffic crash, that sign goes up to $150 and three points on you. this is what you're already supposed to do when you see a police officer or firefighter on the scene or other emergency

workers on mar. today this law, the move-over law, includes tow service operators. now, next half hour, jake's law, tougher penalties for drivers who are distract the because of handheld cell phones. more on that coming up. stay tuned. back to you. >> molette, thank you. we are staying on top of a developing story for you. huge protests in hong kong. why the crowd today is expected to be even bigger than anything we've seen yet. >> plus, making sure your kids get a good night's sleep. there's something you should take out of their bedroom to make sure that happens. you may be dodging a few showers as you head out this mol have your bus stop forecast and weather and traffic on the ones at 6:11. news 4 today keeps your forecast and drive times scrolling on the bottom of the screen thr

training your infants to notice changes in sound patterns can improve language skills before they even speak. brain scans at 7 months old showed babies were faster and more accurate at processing language-related sounds than those not exposed. you may want to think about banning the electronics from your kids 'bedrkids' bedrooms. it's what the do. researchers have shown children who leave their devices on overnight sleep up to one hour less on average each night. parents can help unplug their kids by decreasing their screen time, establishing a bedtime routine and leadi it's not jus right at bedtime.

up to an hour or two before bedtime, turn everything off. let the kids get used to the idea of not having that screen time before bed. >> they need sleep, they need more than we need. the littler kids need 10, 11 hours of sleep. we are at 6:11. >> wednesday, october 1st. >> hump day going today. weather and traffic on the ones. what do you say? >> the clouds are producing light rain in washington now. showing up on the storm team 4 radar. it's moving from the northwest heading southeast right into the metro area and across northern virginia on nearby suburbs in maryland. the back edge of the rain is still about two hours away from tracking through. so between now and around 8:00 this morning, we'll have these sprinkles with us. have an umbrella with you for the morning bus stop between now and 8:00 in the low to mid-60s. sprinkles ending by 9:00 this morning will be in the upper 60s by then. later this afternoon, sunshine breaks out, temperatures

climbing into the upper 70s, maybe showers well west. look at our next chance of rain, next weather and traffic on the ones at 6:21. is the rain affecting traffic at all? >> not sure if it actually caused that crash. i wouldn't be shocked. silver springs southbound, colesville off to the right side. seeing backups as you're headed to the beltway. otherwise overall looking pretty good at this point. travel times, 270 southbound fr jermantown roadway 16 minutes. the outer loop, 11 minutes i-95 to 270. back in ten. we'll see you then, melissa. getting pulled over forespeeding, if you think you t pulle over more often than your friends within we'll tell you why yot look at your ca

to the people of the coffee-drinking world. the time has come to put down the dark roast you've been putting up with and reach for a dunkin' donuts dark roast. bold start, smooth finish, never bitter. rejoice with the 99-cent medium hot or iced dark roast today.

welcome back. 16 after the hour. right now we're staying on top of new very manies in hong kong. pro-mocracy protesters say today's the deadline for the government to meet their demands for election reforms. news 4's richard jordan is at the live desk monitoring these demonstrations. morni to you. >> it doesn't look like that's going to happen. breaking right now, the protesters say they're going to be going off the street and start moving into government buildings if hong kong's chief executive does not resign. he gave a speech early this morning because today is a national holiday in china. he did not address the ongoing protests that are into their sixth day right now. he says he's releasing to meet with the protesters because it would make him appear weak. thousands of protesters want election reforms. they want the government to do away with the committee that screens keanes before elections, essentially hand-picking the politicians. thes protests going on for several days. most of them on major highways.

it has led to essentially a shutdown of hong kong, a huge financial hub around the world. you see all the people gathered there. it's led to clashes with police also. more people are expected to join the protest because it is a national holiday and they are off work. so it looks like they'll be going out into and maybe into those government buildings if the protests continue. aaron? >> richard jordan at the live desk. thank you. 6:17. the protester facing a different kind of battle. an israeli cybersecurity firm says china may be behind malicious software that's targeting their phones. once installed, the hacker has access to practically everything on a phone. china already targets mobile users by blocking instagram and sensoring messages on certain types of apps on smartphones. take a look. crews are trying to contain a fire that damaged several buildings in atlantic city last night. at least nine people, including six children, escaped from the .

firefighters say parts of the building collapsed. the is a mixture of stores and parms. the wife of asmalltown mayer in california who shot and killed her husband was released from custody. bell garden's mayor daniel crespo was shot several times in the chest. investigators questioned his wife to determine whether this was a case of self-defense. prosecutors will decide whether to charge the woman. investigators say the couple's 19-year-old son tried to intervene but the mayor punched extra security will be on hand this morning at buoy high school after a deadly shooting near the school. shots ra in the parking lot behind the bel air swim and racket club about 5:30 yesterday. poli say a man was killed during a there that parking lot is a popular cut-through for students going to and from school. police are not saying whether any students were involved. a woman zibed what she saw after hearing the shots.

>> we heard a shot and saw the different kids running in different directions. frightening, upsetting, shocking. definitely hard to see. >> late last night, a four-door chevy was towed from the parking lot at buoy high school. police are not saying how that car is connected to their investigation. this morning, ride-on service extending into montgomery coun, route 83 will make stops at the new holy cross hospital in germantown and montgomery colle. it runs every 30 minutes. it's been 29 years since the kansas city royals have been in the playoffs. check out this tweet. it says we really need everyone not to commit crimes and drive safely right now. we'd like to hear the royals clinch this. can you blame them? no word on whether the people listened but the royals did win. they beat the oakland a's after

a wild 12-inning game. the royals now move on to take on the angels. that was george brett there in the stands. the crowd goes wild. how exciting. baseball has been so awesome this season. >> hasn't it been? >> yes. >> if we can just keep it going. >> yes, friday, saturday, go nats. >> through the playoffs into the world series. >> consider this. derek jeter started his professional baseball career before matt lauer started anchoring the "today" show. >> matt sat down with the now retired yankees shortstop, the field have been first few like. >> what was it like, did you look around, stand in your apartment and say now what? >> it's funny, somebody mentioned to me i went from an old man in baseball to a young man in life. i liked how that sound. i consider myself young again. >> you can see matt's entire interview with derek jeter coming up this morning on the "today" show. that starts at 7:00 a.m.

>> what a great sentiment to look at it that way. he's derek jeter, he's only 40. who knows what he could do. probably anything. >> we'll see. he has a lot of time on his hands. you've got the influence already, so why not find something else great to do to continue having that positive influence. for sure. 21 minutes now after 6:00. we want to get you caught upst. >> storm team 4 meteorologist ton tracking rain throughout our area. tom, what does the weather lack like today? >> get something right now. i've just been analyzing closely this brand new model run coming in showing another batch of rain before the weekend. right now we are getting light rain in the metro area. this is the storm team 4 radar over the last few hours. it's moving to the east, the back edge of that rain about an hour and 55 minutes away. now, a little bit after 8:00, we'll still have light rain, northern virginia, nearby suburbs and maryland and in washington. have an umbrella with you this morning as we're heading out the door.

it's on the cool side. temperatures in the low 60s. and what to wear today with this cool morning, long sleeves, long pants, have an umbrella with you. students at the bus stop waiting for buses. if you'll be waiting for the we'll have the sprinkles with us for another couple of hours. during the afternoon, beautiful, mild, partly cloudy, temperatures into the mid and upper 70s. slight chance of showers, shenandoah valle and the mountains later this afternoon. then our next chance of rain after another beautiful day tomorrow is friday night. looks like the nationals afternoon game will stay dry. some of e sho may linger into saturday morning. . big change saturday night into dry, remaining cool first part of next week. next weather and traffic on the ones. hometown forecast at 6:31. brand new crash, anne arundel county, just spoke with police, bw parkway southbound at 100. it's slow but we understan two different crashes involving four different cars.

however, everything is out of the way. nothing is bei. still, through, looky lous slowing things. indian head highway at prince george's heading out of the stafford on 95, just past triangle it gets slow all the way in through woodbridge as well. 66, running fairly slow as you're heading o 70 coming out of frederick, a little bit slow. you are looking at tense moments when a volcano erupted in japan. these hikers were there when it happened and tried to outrun a massive ash cloud. in minutes, the smoke ove. a volcano at mt. ontake erupted saturday. we learned overnight, the number of people killed is up to 48. janese authorities believe at least 250 people were on the

mountain, which is a popular hiking destination, when it new this morning, a study by insurance.com found the subaru wrx is the most ticketed car followed by the pontiac gto and the sione frs. the study looked at data from more than 500,000 insurance quotes. find out where your car ranks online. go to nbcwashington.com. most ticketed cars. apparently these speedster cars that people buy and sort of supe them up sometimes. they put wings on them and different things. >> i thought it would be mustangs or corvettes, something like that. >> people who buy those don't want to ruin their cars. >> i guess you're right. another reason to remind your teenager to be careful while walking to school. >> a growing number of teens are getting hit by cars, looking at their phones and aren't paying attention to the roa in front of them.

according to safe kids worldwide, 12% of teens admitted to texting while cross 13% walk while listening to music. >> when you're crossing the street with head ambien sounds around you. >> safety experts reminded you to put the phone down, especially when crossing the street and cross only at crosswalks. three-quarters of all deadly teen pedestrian accidents happen at night or in the early morning hours. 6:25. 'tis the season to start worrying about one door contaminated with a virus spreads the germ to about half of the surfaces of about half of the employees within so the common spots for germs to look out for, the coffee pot. the water fountain, light switches and of course the desktops.

the university of arizona conducted the study. a lot of people are sick at the station right now. it's just something going around. you have to make sure everything is clean, wash your hands frequently. that' what they said, the same researchers gave people wipes after they found out that first set of numbers and found that it cut almost in half the number of people who were circulating these germs just by cleaning your hands and surfaces every now and then. >> i've been seriously wiping down my space every day. storm team 4 meteorologistne rain is falling. at 6:31 he'll look at your hometown. plus, protecting the president. now the secret service is being called out for leaving president obama in a new questionable situation. one group of people in northern virginia being targeted by vanda. >> i think we all should live >> how the latest cases in loudoun county go even further gi we first showed

in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she.

"i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. during the 150th anniversary maof the civil war.c stories order our civil war trails guides at visitmaryland.org and download our new mobile app. maryland. land of history. doctors discovered an ebola virus in the united states for

the first time, the man with that virus b he was in liberia last month before flying to texas. in about 15 minutes we'll go to nbc's ron mott. as many of you head out you'll be dealing with a little rain out there. you can see it here on storm team 4 radar. it's not that heavy so far. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist t help folks get out the door this morning. good morning, tom. >> good morning. just enough light rain that you'll need an umbrella if you'll be outside for the next couple. nearby virginia, the suburbs of maryland and into washington, it's heading from the northwest to the southeast. the back edge of the rain is just to the east of winchester. it's still about an hour and 45 minutes away between now and around 8:15 or so we'll have the showers passing through the metro area, northern virginia and in the suburbs. right now in woodbridge, prince

george'sam prince william county, mitchellville and prince ge county, neighborhoods there, 60 degrees. by midafternoon, low 70s and lots of sunshith at 61. afternoon highs, neighborhoods montgom should be the low 70s and partly cloudy. next weather and traffic on the ones, hour by hour warming throughout the day, that's coming up . still this problem in silver spring, tom. southbound colesville road at university boulevard. it is off to the right. as you pass by it, it is slow. it's been there for quite a bit longer than we initially anticipated. prin county, looking good in general. we're headed inbound on indian head highway just before the beltway. 66 and 95 in virginia looking typical for a school day. this time of morning. takingk at 270, jammed all the way out of frederick county. take a look at you're headed

down south. it doesn't open up until you get into the rockville area. then you're pretty good. a wide look at things, looking typical, top of the beltway at cole. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at travel times. new this morning, we're learning victim of a shooting in northeast d.c. dovernight, a teenage boy was shot on downing street northeast. that boy was conscious on the way to the hospital but later died. police have one person in custody but t l -- revealing the victim's age or identity. this morning, there are reports the secret service let another threat get past security. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now with details. good morning. >> rep you're right, eun. good morning. "the w" has another one, this time reporting when president obama was at the cdc talking about ebola two weeks ago, the man standing right next to him in the elevator was a three-time

convicted felon, convicted of assault who had a weapon on him at the time, standing right next to president obama. secret service apparently didn't know it until after the fact. they pulled him over for continually taking pictures of president obama in that elevator. and when they started questioning him, he revealed the gun. he was on security detail working for a security contractor at the time. now here on capitol hill, lawmakers, democrats and republicans appear to be outraged equally about what they've described as security laxes in the white house around the president. they talked about the 2011 incident here where shots were fired. one of the concerns is agents not feeling comfortable speaking up to their supervisors. julia pierson, the head of t se says that is unacceptable. she also talked about the white house fence jumper who, of course, is in court today facing three federal counts. apparently he got much further

inn the secret service first said. eun? >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill. thank you. i'm richard at the live desk. a tense situation in manassas has just been resolved. police were in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself he was wanted in an incident yesterday in which he brandished a firearm. he lives on scarlet oak drive in manass surrounded his home. moments ago they were able to take him into custody and they have now re-opened the roads surrounding that neighborhood. things are getting back to normal. that's the latest from the live desk. t per expected of abducting hannah graham is in court tomorrow. the lawyer for jesse matthew says investigators have yet to show him what evidence connects his clean the to this case or he's charged with abducting

hannah graham and police linked him to the disappearance and death of virginia tech student morgan harrington in 2009. the link to harrington and a 2005 rape in fairfax have several other agencies across the state checking for kecks to matthew, too. police departmen in towns where matthew has spent time are taking a second look atications of missing and murdered women. ito note there have been no claims that link matthew to any additional cases. 6:35 now. police are looking into another hate crime, targeting the indian and hindu community in . vandals threw eggs at a house, damaged the landscaping and wrote hateful messages on the garage over the weekend in an ashburn neighborhood. a neighbor says he is disappointed. i think we all should live peacefully together. i don't think this kind of hate crime should be happening. since news 4 first told you about the hateful graffiti a week ago, the sheriff's office says there have been four more

cases. investigators say the latest crime is not related to the others. >> starting today it will cost you more to go to the gym in d.c. the so-called yoga tax offer wellness tax adds 5.57% to your cost at yoga studios, gyms and he. you'll also see it on bowling, carpet cleaning and car washes. the 25678 w was intended to offa cut to wage tax. the minimum wage is increasing from $7.25 to $8.40 an hour. earlier th we're, the county council voted to gradually increase the minimum wage to $11.50 over the next four years. maryland's state minimum wage will begin a similar climb to 10.10 an hour which it will reach by 2018. this morning we are hearing about one of the biggest challenges to the redskins name yet. the new idea that would keep the name out of games for good.

plus, new marijuana laws now in effect in maryland. you will not go to jail for having a small amount. news 4 ask police how they plan to hand this will change. we're comparing the new law to the one d.c. just passed. we'll take you through a warmup coming today, hour by hour in your weather and traffic on the ones. news 4 today scrolls through your drive times and forecast at the bottom of your screen during

welcome back. redskins fans may not want to hear -- you may not hear your team name on television if the fcc rules in favor of a recent petition. >> the petition was started by a law professor. it argues that the name violates the fcc's rules against indecent content. the agency's chairman did not offer a timetable for ruling but he has previously said that he pers finds the name offensive and derogatory and hopes the name will be changed

without 6:41. >> i was going to say, if it was 4:41 we'd be in rough morning. we are starting to see the sunrise here. it's pretty cloudy. >> storm team 4 meteon will tel this means for our weather, tom. >> those clouds are producing just a few light sprinkles. the metro area, if you'll be outside the next couple of hours you'll need an umbrella. they're tracking across northern virginia, the district, nearby suburbs in maryland heading off to the east. we'll have rather cool temperatures to it. h 8:00.low to mid-60s now after that, 73 noon and 78 later. melissa has breaking news. breaking news in montgomery county. this is germantown, brink road

at davis mill road. all lanes blocked from two different crashes in the same intersection. trying to get more otherwise looking typical for this time of morning. have travel times to share with you, 270 southbound from germantown to beltway. 66 east to the beltway, 18 minutes. the outer loop, 95 to 270, twice as long at 22 minutes, 95 northbound to quantico and the beltway, 45 minutes. that says leave early, folks. for the first time this morning, there are new penalties for texting and driving in maryland. walk you through the new law that could land you in jail. >> paying more to shop on amazon. why many of you should expect your bill to go up. 15 before the hour.

right now, news 4 today is working to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. >> we start with nbc's ron mott in dallas where the doctors discovered the first case of ebola in the u.s. >> reporter: hey, eun and aaron, go morning. the first diagnosed case of ebola has brought a crush of media outside the hospital h doctors say this gentleman is very ill. the cdc sent a team of specialists to monitor this man's condition going forward. the cdc is trying to calm fears around the country about

spreading of this disease in the united states. they say this man's contact with people after he started showing symptoms of ebola was very limited, just a handful of people. they are now trying to find those people he came into contact with and obviously the people they have come into contact wi. the man left liberia on september 19th bound for dallas to visit family. he arrived here on the 20th of september, the day after. four days later, symptoms began to surface. he sought medical attention, was sent home and came back when those conditions worsened. lab work determined he was in fact infected with ebola on tuesday. going forward, doctors are wanting to see how he will improve. he is in serious condition here at the hospital and a lot of fears now about whether this disease will spread around the country. guys, back to you. >> ron mott in dallas for us this morning. thank you. president obama is also getting updates on this ebola a white house photographer captured this image in the oval office. it is the president speaking with cdc director tom freeden on

the phone. ebola symptoms typically show in infected patients between eight and ten days after exposure. the disease spreads through direct contact through blood or body fluids from a person who is sick or has died. the cdc says if no symptoms develop within 21 days of exp e exposu, t person will not get ebola. and hear from the cdc director himself in just a few minutes. dr. tom frieden will be a guest on the "today" show. you can no longer be arrested for having small amounts of marijuana in maryland. people caught with less than 10 grams of pot will get a civil .itation, similar to a traffic they will have to pay a $100 fine but will no longer be arrested or face jail time. police departmen across the state say they're ready for the change. >> we'll be as diligent as we've always been as far as enforcing the laws. if someone has stopped and have

less than ten grams and they're issued a civil citation, we'll be just as professional as we've always been. >> police are being trained on how to handle the new law. they stress marijuana is still illegal. if you're cited, the drug will be taken away. d.c.'s fine just $25 for having an ounce or less. in virginia, marijuana possession is a krim offense, facing up to 30 days in prison and will pay a $500 fine for having up to a half ounce of pot. prison time and the fine increase for each subsequent offense. > if you place an order on amazon today, it will cost you a little more if you live in merrill. the onlien retailer is now charging sales tax in the state. the retailer has to add tax because it has a new distribution center near baltimore. most people will probably continue to use amazon despite the added cost. the new taxes are expected to bring in $50 million in the current fiscal year. we're working to help you understand some of the new driving laws that are in effect

this morning in maryland. if you haven't already spped holding the phone while driving, you may want to do that today. molette green is here to take you through the new law. >> reporte we're on the beltway near colesville road here in silver spring. you need to think twice before texting and holding your cell phone. if you cause a crash and someone is badly hurt or either killed, you could go to jail, up to a year in jail in fact. you could face a hefty fine, $5,000 fine coming to you if . jake's law was named for the 5-year-old boy killed when an suv slammed into his car, the car he was riding in. that distracted driver was on his cell phone and only faced a fine. jake's mother says anything that can cause you to take your eyes

off the road can take a life. so this new law, jik's law, taking effect with tougher penalties in maryla molette green live for us. thank you. everyone on the washington nationals will likely be glued to the tv tonight. nat fans, too. the san francisco giants and the pittsburgh pirates face each other in the wild card game. the winner moves on to face the nats on friday in a national league division series. it's at home. the ground crews sprucing up nats park for the playoffs. they tweeted this picture, painting the postseason logo on the field. bunting will also be going up around the stadium. it is so excite to be down there, just getting ready for f , w all excited. >> it doesn't look like they have to throw out the tarp on friday. >> yesterday, the players were throwing a football around. they're loose, ready to go. >> that's a good way to be. >> they want to keep the m 0.

jo going here as we get into friday. here is the preliminary forecast, your storm team 4 friday forecast for the nationals game. if they play the earlier game against the pirates at noon, it will be partly cloudy in the low 70s for the first pitch and then the 3:07 start if it's the giants. upper 70s. later in the game, cloudy. staying dry for e game on friday. we're not dry now, light showers but just enough sprinkles to make everything damp around the beltway, nearby suburbs, washington and northern virginia. ba edge of the rain about an hour and a half away from leaving the metro area between now and maybe around 8:15 or so it will be gone. that's a cool morning. only around 60 degrees, nearby suburbs. low to mid-60s in washington, the nearby suburbs. have an umbrella this morning. we'll have a few sprinkles around. it's light. you hardly need to have the wipers on. long sleeves and pants for the morning. it is cool, will stay cool with damp roads for the morning

commute. for the afternoon commute, dry roads and partly cloudy, in the upper 70s. might have showers, shenandoah vall in the mountains later this afternoon. tomorrow, a beautiful day. partly cloudy into t dry friday during the day. friday night, wet likely. showers coming through. before then, upper 70s. showers ending early saturday morning, sun back saturday afternoon, high near 70. big change, by sunday morning into the low 40s. afternoon highs low 60s and partly cloudy. remaining on the cool side first part of next week. showers on tuesday. melissa with more breaking news on the roads. breaking news once again, montgomery county, we're talking about jermantown, two separate crashes at the same intersection. one of them we're hearing perhaps a jackknifed tractor-trailer, brink road at davis mill road shut down, all lanes blocked. at this point this morning, find another way over to 270 if you possibly can. look at things, t

beltway, d.c. 295. 66 at 50 just kind of seeing normal volume there for you this morning. if you're headed out of stafford county and virginia headed northbound, opens up in triangle, get slows through dale city and across the bridge. top of the beltway, again, take a look at 270, running about 45 miles per hour. same thing on 95 and bw parkway, prince george's county roadways looking good. 6:53 is your time. poli your your help finding a missing woman. take a look at your screen. this is bonnie sue green. montgomery county pe gave us two photos of her, both with and without her glasses. she's 55 years ole and lid and sky hill road in rockville. no one hr since yesterday afternoon. if you've seen this woman, call montgomery count police. today, some d.c. police officers will begin wearing body cameras, 165 officers will wear

five types of devices, including eyeglasses fitted with a special lens. the police chief says the devices are intended to enhance operations. she said the cameras can better document actions and incidents. after six months, they'll give feedback and the department will decide to expand the program. today, an american university professor accused of breaking in stores and setting fires will be in court. dr. david pitts charged with burglary and arson. police say he broke into stores at the fox hall square shopping center last month. he's accused of setting a chair on fire and starting another fire in a wooded area. you see that here. police say they searched his home, too, and found thousands of prescription pills, including ambien, oxcycodone and cialis. police in montgomery county are working to determine if two deaths in potomac are connected to each other. a man's body was found in a

crashed car yesterday afternoon. a pistol was in the seat next to him. later, police responded to a garage fire less than two miles away on gr we apologize for the incorrect photo on the screen there. the police suspect a connection between the deaths because of the timing and the location. they are not revealing any more information at this point. more charges are possible against a virginia teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. stafford county sheriff's deputies say a post on social media about the relationship and an anonymous tip led them to arrest erica mesa. she teaches geometry and coaches volleyball at colonial forge high school. her husband is also a teacher there. investigators say she sent nude photos to the now 17-year-old student and they've been vofred .n a sexual relationsh today we expect to get a sneak peek at virginia governor terry mcauliffe's energy plan. in the past he's promoted a

combination of approaches including natural gas and encouraging energ efficiency. he said that virginia must be aggressive in developing new energy sources like of the governor's office says he will formally roll out his plan in to weeks. 6:56. here are four things to know on this wednesday morning. maryland's marijuana law changing today. you can no longer be arrested for having up to ten grams of pot. now you'll pay a $100 fine. you'll face stiff new penalties if you are texting and involved in an accident in maryland, if that accident kills or seriously injures another person, you could face up to a year in jail and a fine of $5,000. gnz begun will be in t today for jumping the white house fence and making it to the east if just a few minutes, we'll get a live report from dallas. that's where doctors are treating the first person diagnosed sprinkles for about another

hour or so in the metro area, then some sun back in the afternoon. storm team 4 seven-day outlook, beautiful afternoon, highs upper 70s. maybe rain friday night into saturday morning. in jermantown we have a big crank, brink road at davis mill. two different accidents there, actually. otherwise looking typically slow in all of our normal spots. all right. thank you, melissa. that is the broadca for this morning. we appreciate you spending time with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather traffic and any breaking

good morning. it's here. the major fear tied to the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. will it spread? that patient now in isolation in dallas while officials attempt to track down anyone who came in contact with him. so, how concerned should we be? we'll ask the director of the cdc. from bad to worse, how did secret service agents let an armed man with a criminal history into an elevator with the president? an investigation under way this morning, one day after the agency's director is hammered on capitol hill for a string of other security breaches. breaking overnight. a california mayor shot and killed by his own wife during a domestic dispute. so why