conf just wrapped up a little over an hour ago, and detect named richard allen welch senior as a second person of interest. he is the unel ankle of lloyd lee welch jr., earlier named a pers of intert in february. publ records show the uncle lives in hyattsville, maryland, and detec say he was a securi guard at wheaton plaza when the lyon girls disappeared. news4 i-team has learned a half dozen ppl have come forward since february, all saying they we approd by a man with a badge who accused them of l of these people were teens at thtime, and said he tried to grab them and pull them towar the parking lot. all of these -- including one incide that happened about two years after the lyon sisters disapp s go back in time. 12-yead sheila and her 10-yead sister, catherine, we last seen at wheaton plaza, march 25th, 1975. they we walking to their home which was about a half mile

away. t they never arrived. this sketch was made from a descn given by a witness mall. a friend who was with the lyon sistr told police a man had b fol them. this is a mug shot taken two years lat of lloyd lee welch jr., a carnival ride operator wh called himself michael or mike. he's connected to sex assaults in several states and is cred serving a 33 year senten in delaware for sexual assaul case investigato started focu on welch earlier this year, and in the last few weeks have been searching a large swath of propey down here in virgin. they say was property that was owned by the uncle and may still be owned by the uncle. and it's about five hours south washington,. and in an area called taylor . >> i believe we'll to the bottom of where numerous crimes haven committed when this investn is over. >> rep do you think the girls are on that property? >> do i personally think so?

i personally think there is a good chance. >> rep now they will not say whether or t they have actu found any bodies so far. we bel they have not. the prosecutor down here has said he is going to convene a grand tomorrow morning to inveat the matter more. they won say whether the two men who have now been named perss of interest have actu cooperated or answered any questions. but they did say the reason for a grand jur oftentimes is that they can force someone to testif and if someone refuses to answer questions, they can be thrown in jail for contempt, and they wl stay in jail until they agr t we've got lots more information, obviou on this incredibly impot case. and we wi bring it to you at 6:00. i'm tisha thompson, news4 i-team. now to the developments on the verdi of a high-profile shooting case. alexandria police offir n who y in the head last year is not guilty by reason of insani. office laboy survived that sti dealing with a

trauc bra injury. the accused shoot is former cab driver, kashif bashir. a psychiatr testified that bashir has paranoid schizo time his time in court is far from over. more on what this verdict means for bashir in our next half w to the latest on the ebola scare as health officials monir dozens of people for poss infection. liberia is planning to prosecute the man b treated in dallas. authors in that country say thomas duncan lied on a health quese about his contact with an infected person. his neigh in liberia believe duncan got sick when he tried to help a pregnant neighbor who later died from the virus. meanwhe in dallas, family membs are raising concerns abt how the hospital has d at this point, no one duncan has had contact with in the dallas area has shown any symptoms of ebola.> w team coverage tonit on the efforts in our

area to keep this deadly disease at bay. we're goi to start with tran reporter adam tuss, live outside of dulles airpt whe that ebola patient from texas stopped on a layover. adam? that'right, wendy. d the news here is that united airlin is contacting all pass who may have shared a plane wit the infected patient, about 300 to 400 people. but united says it's doing that because ty thi it's the right thi to do, not because th. news that infected ebola patient thomas eric duncan flew here throh dulles not long ago has some thinking about extra precau did y think when you heard that he flew through the airpt youe in right now? >> that it's not good. >> repor b for most, the journey continues. ed and linda are headed to port and then spain. and they say they didn't even think twice coming to the airpt today. >> so the probability fluid bei transferred to

everyby els -- most people t understand. this is not an airborne disease. this is a body fluid type of thing. ed is exactly righ ebola not transfer the way say a common cold would. the centers for disease control says there's zero risk other pass would contracted ebola from mr. duncan because he wa symptomatic when he was flying. and the airport authority here says they have not made aware of any delays and say dulles does have emergency medical personnel on duty around the clock to addrs any issues in the termin and o. and back here now live at dulles internl airport. what if a passenger was sympto signs of ebola? what would the cdc do? the cdc actually has a pretty big presence here at this airpor i'll tt tha coming up next hour at 6:00. reportg le at dulles, adam tuss, news4. but lawmakers in maryland want to make sure that doctors are prepared. now that there's a confirmed

ca in the united states. news4's kristin writ continues our coverage with the steps docts are taking. >> wendy, the maryland depart of health today sendg a proactive message loud and cl >> we need to be prepared for, you know, the possibility that a patient or two patients with -- who develop ebola virus are -- show up in maryland. maryland health offis today stressing cases of ebola have been repo in e state, but heal officials say they're aler health care providers to be vigilant. >> health care providers thro maryland, throughout the country, need to be aware, need to be thinking abt ebola. >> our protocols do call for suzanne van hall just returned from west africa. she works with nonprofit cath relief services, mostly in the areas of malaria, tube and nutrition. now ebola is at the forefront. >> staff and security is really

our main priority. and so we have looked at being carefu on who can actually go to are that are infected. and limiting our staff moveme>> van hall is ready to go back, should duty call. >> we have just completed a study in sierra leone that shows that there is still a lot of miscon aroun how ebola is transmitted. >> speaking of misconceptions for explanation of how ebola is spread, visit the home page of our website, nbcwas also, the state of maryland has a special lab that tests for ebola. more on that tonight at 6:00. kristin, thanks so much. well, we ar a day away, folks. playoff fever is in full swing toni >> yeah, less than 24 hours, the nats take on the giants in the t game of the series. j n pugh where the team worked out today. jason? jim and wendy, i can tell you right now, this is as quiet as natis par will get this

weeken games one and two of the nlds. i guarantee you, nationals park will be electric friday and . it's always special when your team mak it to october baseball moment even more speci though, for one national in has to be pitcher stephen earlier today, a few hours ago, the nats held their workouts he at the ballpark. you see strasburg getting prep to make his first post start. first pit in this game againsth. th game, this moment, is exacy what stephen str want since he was drafted by . >> not too many guys in this game can say they have pitched in the postseason. and that pitch in the playof i'm just very thankful f the chance. >> having to sit out in 2012 and sit back and watch that, i know that been eating at him for two years. d i know last year we all got a little taste of how the play aren't guaranteed. how hard it is to get in.

so now he's got his first taste, and i thi he's been looking forwd to this for a long time. >> he loves competing and being out there. d it sucked for him to not be ableo play in 2012. i'm happy -- i'm happy for him to be able to experience someg like this. >> the way he's gone out and atta hitters, he's throwing some big games and stepped up for us. we're excited to see how that going to translate tomorr. >> r tomorrow strasburg will take on jake peavy on the mound for the san francis giants. strasbg actually grew up idolg peavy when he was a pitcr for the san diego pat race. co up later in the show, we head to the american league, orioles ver tigers, game one alds. carol maloney is standing by at camd yards with a preview. jim and wendy, back to you in . 90 years ago, washington won its only world series. and while those games were play all the way across town, there a lot of similarities between that 1924 team and this

te. i'm mark segraves, and i'll give you reasons to believe, coming and the gunman wanted for a shooting at a popular swim club is captured. .e'll tel you where hs the search for hannah grah tas to the skies today. plus, the suspect in her abdun linksed to yet another sexual ass investigati at anotr virginia un. and we're talking about mild temper acros the area today and tomorrow. but get ready, the chill is coming. we're tal much cooler temp as the cold air comet out of canada. i'll show you when it gets here and just how cool we're about to

eyes in the sky, searching thousas o acres around charlo a drone looking for clues in th. meanwhile, a new court date has now been set for the man accuse of abducting hannah graham. today, jesse matthew was supp to ha faced two judges, one for the abduction charge, t other for that reck dri but his attorney delayed both of those hearings. >> northern virginia reporter david culver was in court today, and joins us now live from chare with the latest on the search for hannah. david? jim and wen k it wi be at least two months for jesse matthew actually faces a judge. of his hearings scheduled for y now delayed until t b. meanti, as he sits in jail, sear crews are using new tacts t in hopes of find

20 days of searching, some walkin some with k-9s, others ridi atvs, all trying to cover as much g as possible. can yo give me an idea of the of this search effort? w big are we talking? >> well, it continues to grow. albemae county itself is 724 square miles. but still no sig of hannah graham. now a new approach to help loca the missing uva student. this drone brought in to hover and scan the thousands of acres in and around charlottesvi but offic warning today, their resources won't last foreve you know, especially those who are volunte in this, they eventu hav to go back to, you know, their families, thr r jobs. and even law enforcement, it's a strain on everybody's budget. they still have day-to-day the with, as well. with jesse matthew delaying his appe in this albemarle county cou today, new details about his past. we told you about a 2002 sex assault allegation at liberty

univer. christr newport university w confirming that after w left liberty, he atte cnu, where less than a year later, he was part of yet anotr sexual assault invest no charges were ever filed in either case. meanti, w caut up with secry brian moran, he heads up virginia's public safety in charlo for an unrelated police summit. i asked why the universities share more on matthew's alled past. >> it turns out the governor just appointed a campus sexual assat task force. d that will one of the issues we need to examine. there alw a balance betwn privacy and public safety. d we need to examine that. >> rep virginia's attorney genera weighing in. >> the university is a safe place to live and to work and to study. t it's important to also take reason ste to make sure we do things that are safe. >> repormeantime, with this new forensi evidence connected to jesse matthew, others are comi forward, namely an atto here in

charlo steppg d saying he wants his client cas to be revisited. his client is a man who had been convicd of abducting and murderg alexis murphy. you're going to hear from that atto when we join you again, all-new at 6:00. for now, live in charlottesv tonigh i'm david culver, news4. > the arrest of matthew now has the family of another missing w making a plea to the pubc today. authors in campbell county, virgin, now say they are lookg int the -- any connecs that could be betwn mat and the death of 23-yead cassandra morton. she disappeared in lynchburg in 2009. her body was later found on candles mountain. this afternoon, morton's father begg anyone with any leads to please come forward. >> somebody just reach out and touch. y clues or any information that you have got, just call anything anonym don't have to give your name. >> matthew's attorney has said he has seen no evidence that

links h client to any other crimes> get ready. doug is calling for a big tempe change, huh? >> i'll tl you what. the next 24 hours, next 24 hours is going to be great. and then after that, things real are going to start to changed t going to change in a big way. we're talking about the coldest -- not the coolest -- the coldest air we have seen so far this season. take a look out there right now. pretty nice shot across our area. notice the fall color across our y starting. 75 degrees the current number. winds out of the east at 9 miles hour. we're looking at mostly clou skies. numbers around the region. 77 in manassas, 78 in freder. 73 in huntingtown and patuxent river. we're on the mild side again. temper actually a little above average. now, tomorrow another day very like today. like yesterday. we'll sta with some early fog and then see partly clou skies. e difference tomorrow is the breeze. it's going to become fairly breezy fai quickly tomorrow win gusting upwards of 15 to 20 miles per hour. could even affect the nationals' game tomorrow.

storm team 4 radar all clear on our end. but as we widen out here, this where our storm system is. and look at all of the storms towa the west, chicago, st. louis. big-ti storm and a lot of rain. the cold front that will even move our way. it's not going to get here until tomorr evening. northe virginia, parts of virg seeing fog. shower or two but that's it. most of the day will be dry. future weather at 5:00 does depi a few light showers. not too worried about these and the natio as far as rain is concere wind could be a factor d it's going to be blowing out of the south. that could actually help. a lot of those balls could get out of the park. hopefuy on our side, let's say. 11:00, shower activity star and that's when it should start and that's when it will cont right thr the night and right on through early saturd morning. saturday morning, you'r going to wake up and you will feel the differ. it will fl much colder and the wind will be coming in. winds on satury upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour. not only on the cool side,

but very windy too. 77 for a high on your friday. say goodb to the 70s,ecause weon't see those this weekend. 73 in martinsburg and 78 down towae fredericksb area. here's your nationals forecast for tomorw after as we take on the giants. 3:07 game time. 75 degrees at that time. again, it gets rather breezy in the fourth, fifth, sickth, seveh innin and hopefully game one under our belts. come on, strasburg. 77 on your friday. 69 on saturday. 65 on sunday. mut look at this. , cooler thursday -- owe sunda morning. look at these numbers. 47 in d.c. 37 in frederick. 35 back towards martinsburg. with numbe this cold, sunday morng is going to be one chil morning. some of you may see the first frost oe season. the good news is, if it's too co too early, we warm right back up into the 70s as we make our way in towards next week. >> thank you, doug. > the man accused of shooting

and killing a maryland father who was trying to protect his son is now in custody. police arrested deion warren night on the anne arunde side . was hiding out in a hotel. police tell us his notorie as a local rapper helped them in trac him down. warren is accused of shooting mitcl he white outside the bel-air swim and racket club. in bowie. on tuesday. she was only gone for a few minute l tell you the one mistake this driver made when she went to get gas and why police are gettg involved. and while the nats' playoffs start tomorrow, the orioles kick things off tonight. we head live to camden yards where the players say they're ready for some or

tonight, we now know why poli arrested michael phelps for drivi drunk in maryland on tuesda >> pe documents show the olymc swimmer blew a .14 on the breathalyzer test. the legal limit in maryland .08. phelps was pulled over along i-95 in baltimore, and according to several online reports, phel had been gambling at the new horseshoe casino. phelps has apologized on twitter for letting down his fans. > up in baltimore tonight, fans are hoping tonight starts the ore series. o's face off against the detrt tigers. it's happeni in a few minutes. >> carol maloney at camden yards

where the o's are happy to be back in the postseason. >> hey, guys. this is a long time coming. the orioles get the playoff party started tonight. it's jt the second playoff appe for the birds. since 1997. this year, however, home field . that means camden yards cooking up some oriole magic. it's legendary and finally here. of coue the way they talk about it, it gives me chills, thin about what's going to take place out there. i keep sayin it, but i'm m looking forward to it. i'm anxious. i am -- been waiting the whole year for this moment and we are ready. between the lines, that's where w comfortable. once t gam starts and the bell rings, that's where we're comfore a a team and unit. might have some extra feelings befo the game, a little more nervou but if you're not nervou you need to find a new job of the. >> every pit i think now is going t critical. that's the beauty of postseason

oursel what we belie in, and have some fun with it. >> the fun begins in mere moments. a few fans are concerned the oriol coasted down the stretc lost three of the final four games but buc show walter assus us. >> it can be confusing for shoppe. go to one store and buy a size 8 but at another store, the size 8 doesn't fit. erika behind the > and a police offi in the head. learn how a judge came back with a not guilt verdi in the

right now at 5:30, smash and gr. crooks have a more aggressive way of stealing from drivers who stop to get gas. >> i said, can you please call 911 for me. and the guy was like what d i said they just smashed my glass. > plus, children are dying after getting the common virus that is spreading across the countr why is this year so b? we'll pinpoint the deadly connec in one case. and it may be the best view of our city. and you don't have to go very far to s a woman in prince geor coun says a simple mistake at the gas made her the vict of a smash and grab. >> she filled her tank and went pay for it when a thief

grabd her purse. county bureau chief tracee wilks is live in hyattsville with what police say you should do to protect yourself from this growing crime. te i can cou the numb of tweets that prince county police ha talk about, talking about the kind of stuff that's been taken out vehic in prince county. they a now saying to folks to be very careful and vigilant, becaus now they're looking for yet anoth suspect. nobody should leave their bag in the car. like i did this morning. it was a big mistake. >> rep wit minutes, nurst ellis says everyt was taken from her car. was just going to pay for gas when it happened. >> it was less than three minute i went in and paid for the gas. by the time i was coming out, i notid lik a shadow. my car. i was like, what's going on? >> rep she was at the u.s. fuel on queens chapel road arou 7:00 a.m. this morning. >> i went back to the gas stn and i said can you please 911 for me. and the guy was like what

happen? and i said they just smashed my glass and took my bag. >> unfortunatel thefts from cars or theft from auto is actu our number one crime. prince geor coun police say while they seen a decrease in these incide it is still far and away their most popular crime. >> and it's something we have been focused on for a very, very long time. through social media and communi outreach, police are asking residents to take all valuables with you at >> and if the community will meet us halfway and do their part in an effort to hide or remo valuabl items, we think we c dramaticalls type of crime from happening. >> i was shaking. i was really shaking. >> rep for this woman, it's an invasion she won't soon forget. when i see this in the news, i'm like really? now that it happened to me, yeah. everyby should be real >> rep to give an idea of just how serious these crimes are, and how many they have been dealing with, they had 5,000 estid last year in prince count coming up on news4 at 6:00, what

these criminals were able to do with her personal informa in just hours. reportg le in hyattsville, i'm wilkins, news4. tracee, thank you. >> more th a year after an alex police r was shot in th head, a judge handed down a not guilty by reason of insa verdict for cab driv accused of pulling the trigge news4's chr gordon live now in alexan with more on the testy tha led to this verdict today, and what's next for the former driver. >> rep good evening. officer laboy was in the courm when the judge delid the verdict. it hit laboy and his supporters a punch to the gut. the prosecutor walked over and gave laboy a hug and then the pros came out here and spoke wit. >> obviously, the commonwealth dispointed it could not gain a convict in this case. howeve no verdict could reste to peter laboy and his fami what lost on the day he w shot and grievously wounde hope that the trial process has t some answers to peter and his family and that

his health did not hinder their the psycholt hired by the defense testified toy that kashif bash did not know what he was doing when he petelaboy.ndria police offir your opinion is he did not unde the consequences of his act when he shot officer laboy? i'm sorry, i'm not able to respon the doctor testd that bashir told him he heard voices, instructing him to buy a knife and a handgun the day befor the shooting, that on februa 27th, 2013, he drank three beers to help him do what the voice commanded. to go to alexandria, to rape or kill a young woman, to shoot a cop, and then be chased by cops. but the voice told bashir not to worry, that nothing bad was going to happen, that he was livi in a parallel universe and these aren't real people. at the end of the four-day trial, judge james c. clark said the government has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that mr. bashir committed the acts he's

chard with, but the defense prov he was not criminally respone b he didn't know what he was doing was wrong. the judge referred bashir to the depart servic for further evaluation. >> i have spoken with officer laboy. reactio one of i would tell you that we have prepa him for that possib given the opinions of two experts in >> rep so what will ha? will bashir be confined to a secure mental hospital? if so, for how long and will he ev be set free? i'll have answers for you ahead on news4 at 6:00. that's the latest now. lie alexandria courth, c gordon, news4. a maryland father charged with involume larry manslaughter in the death of his baby is retug to his home. this was john junic leaving court with his family last month one day after his 1-year-old son died in a hot car at the patu river n air statio junic tol investigato he had forgn to drop the baby off at daycare.

a judge initially released junic to live at his parents' home after his arrest. yestery he granted .erm to return to his own tonight, thousands of pounds of medical and other supplies are bound for sierra leone to help the battle against ebola. mattre, syringes, latex gloves and a host of other medil equ hn colld through the brothers brotr foundation. the supplies are gleaned from area hospi and businesse >> so this is going to sierra leone, and they're going to use all of the supplies and dist it to protect the medil staff. >> not too long ago, we went to hopks and filled an entire truck. >> we're very grateful to the peop of virginia and d.c., washin, maryland, who help us with our projects to help those i >> so is the group's effort having an impact? more on that part of the story on nbcwashingto> some kids may to the site where a child was

beat into a coma. we're goi to find out why ther be anoth gathering at six flags after that fright night and we're talking about much cooler tem coming up this weekend. as a m fa, take a look at what you should be wearing and what you should think about wearg on sunday morning. not just the jacket, but the long sleeves, the pants. that's ri get out the sweaters, everyone, if you've got some games or your kids have some games. it's going to be a little bit on the cool side. i've got that forecast, comin.

in fairfax county we had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors. they still work fine. we even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve is message because congress doesn't need another right winger. they need someone who can balance a budget. oh, and we definitely didn't need so many government studies.

i'm pat lawson at the live desk. a real housewife of new jersey is heading to prison. teresa sentenced to 15 months in prison late this aftern e and her husband were found guil of conspiracy and bank fraud after lying to bankru cou on a number of occasi e couple became famous after appeg on bravo's "real hous of new jersey" tele show. teresa husband joe will go to prison for three years. the u.s. attorney says their celebr status played no role in their sentencing. that' it from the live desk. to you, jim. >> thankyou. > tomorrow night there will be a vigil for a teenager beaten into a coma. the 15-year-old was beaten unconss s after a brawl outside six flags america. doctors r part of his skull tuesday to relieve pres on his brain.

social media may have fueled sevel fights outside the upper marlbo park. six flags said the teen had been banned from the park previously. the vigil begins at 7:00 tomo nig on central avee outside six flags. you can now see the view from the top of the washington monu wit actually being at t of the washington monume. do it any time you want. you don't need to book a ticket online or wait for any open spot, bec 800,000 people visit he have year during those peak times. it is a hot ticket. but now turn on your computer. the national park service has a streg camera sending out live views of the national mall, all the way across to virginia. and this is a great time, becae jus to the left there that wonderful artwork of that picture of the man just to the left of the reflecting pool. and you can see it from this camera you want to see for your, go to nbcwashingto and sear for washington monument web cam. >> what a time right now, every

night wit the sunset. something new is at dulles airpor l give you a grand tour of a grand plane that should have plenty o. >> rep you are rary the same size across the board. are retailers trying to trick you? are our waist lines getting smalr or does this have abso nothi to with the american buyer? i'm erika gonzales, and i'll answ those questions in my story, sense and sizing, coming up next. > and a reminder about our covera, republican ed gilles sen mark warner going head-to-head in a debate hosted by news4 and the fairfax county chamber of commerce. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will be moderating that deba october 7th at 7:00. we will have live coverage here and on nbcwashingt

if you shop in clothes in moren one store, you're rare the same size across the board. why is that? >> and with numbers hitting this market, d this mean that vani sizing or ego sizing is at play or could this have nothg to do with us at all as amer shoppers? news4's consumer reporter erika set out to find the sense in >> rep you're one size here, ano size there. ? >> so you're not the same size acro the board. >> not at all. i set out to find the sense in sizing. this is the size chart used in the u.s. daniel butler with the national reta federation says retailers use the chart, but then customer.ng for their >> if i have a customer that's, say, a young teenager or preteen

custom, i going to have slim fit clothes. someone is shopping at ann taylor, that's usually a custom in her 30s and 40s that might wan a slightly looser fit but still tailored. he says as women's bodi change, retailers aim to chan with their customers and do a great job of listening to dema. but with the incorporati of j crew's 000 earlier this year, does that mean customers are shrig and demanding smaller sizes? s and no. the extremely small size caused outre her in the u.s. >> and the controversi retail prac known as vanity sizing. just two months earlie the "wall street had had reported j crew was making a comeback in the asian market. j crew issued this statement to the "today" show. coming from asia for ng the smalr sizes. our sizes typically run big and the asia market tends to run simon collins is from parsons, the new school for design. >> it's very much intended. >> rep he says it is, in

fact, vanity sizing. and there's big profit to be had. >> and, of course, we like to fool ourselves. in fashion, it's all about maki ourselv feel good. if you can make someone feel good with a label in the back of thr garment, i guess that's all right. i reached out to comps lik banana republic, ann taylor and j crew. but they would not grant my requt for an interview on . katrina fester is a fashion historn and teaches on body image at american university. >> not everybody has a scale in their house. but dress size, this is someg whe you can immedi see if your body fits the standards or not. >> rep the 000 may very well be another market's demand. but that doesn't stop it from crea pressure on the average woman who she says is a size 12. >> although it seems like fashs mor and is more extrem it becom more and why we have 000, then, we also have an increasing number of large sizes. >> rep aside from keeping

us covered, clothing is supposed to make us feel good. >> get something that kind of fits and spend an extra $20 on a tailor so it actually fits you. whatever t size on the label, make sure it makes you look and feel your b not anybo else's. >> so just go for what looks good instead what the number says on >> go for what looks good. right? if it were only that simple. and if we listened. the national retail federation says if there's technology gear towards online sales that will take your silhouette and put clothes on it to show what it wl acty look like. d then there are al fittin rooms, like meality which i h stepped into before that sn your body's meas and tell you what size you a in different retail are kind of -- i think thers 37 of those in malls acro the country. they ar you know, few and far. but still, i mean -- it's an ise tha a lot of women i thk more than men deal with. >> you're not getting that. >> you're not getting that?

pants are pants are pants for you guys, right? >> and may not always fit. .ut we don't perhaps care as don't know. >> it's an issue. it's a big issue for women. >> it really is. >> eye-opening piece. >> thank you, i appreciate that. you can't just say one size across the board. >> uh-uh. no. got to try it on. >> thanks, guys. well, we know we're pumped. by this time it, our wash natio will be well into the first game of their pla run. >> washingn won the world 90 years ago, and we found there are lots of simila between that team and e 2014 nats. news4's mark segraves joins us live at >> well, wendy, this is where it all starts tomorrow, ju 3:00. you said, back in 1924, the wash senators played up at griffi stadium in northwest where howard university is today. but there are similarities betwn these two teams that are giving nats fans even more reas to be optimistic . >> that's a national league east

clinch! >> that win put the natis io the playoffs for the second time in three years. we are just so thrilled for the nationa and hoping they n repeat history 90 years later here. >> it was big national news. fred kromer, author of "got to have heart: the histy of baseball in d.c.," says in some ways history has y repeated itself with the 1924 senators and the 2014 >> both teams are led by a rookie manager. and the senators' case, bucky harris a 27-year-old player manage and, of course, this year matt willia, a lite older, not a play but also untested. and th simi don't end with rook the two teams win/loss records were almos identical. >> the senators started off 24-26. the nationals started after 25-25. both got really hot and had incred second halves and played over 700 in september. >> r if that's not enou reason to believe, the nats are facing the same team tomorr who they beat 90 years ago in the wor series.

amazing, yeah. playing the giants again. washin is a different team, obviou but the team the senators had to take down to get that first world series championship bob j long-te w baseball fan. how long have you been follg washi baseball. sin i was a little boy. do yome the oh, yeah. even griffith stadium, that shd i am. and he likes the simi between the 2014 natid the 1924 world seri champions. >> it's a good omen. i like it! i like >> rep now, there are a lot of good omens heading into playoff series. but there is one bad omen. in 1933, the last time washin went to the world series, ty lost to the giants. let's just call this series the payback series. coming up at 6:00, why back in 1924 most of the entire country was rooting for washington. at nats ballpark, mark segraves, news4. payback series works for me. all right, mark. thanks getting into the spirit today. look what we did all day

today, in to getting your news. we made these hats. >> works of art. cu too. >> and the whole station was in there. the whole network. everybs in there. >> like a craft shop. >> i felt like i was in browni again. >> we look like elves. or dunces. covera on nbcwashingto you can see where the gnomes from the scavenger hunt have been found. and the o's playoff run. >> we've got one gnome here for the entire building, took six hours to find. all right, you didn't don a hat toda oh, he did! >> of i did. >> a jaunty hat. >> who made your hat? >> i made my hat. as soo i saw we were making hats -- >> remember we couldn't have a cupcake if we didn't make the hats. i did not get a cupcake, but that okay. i'm ready to go, baby. tomorr, i cannot wait for in game. show y whas happe first f aoutside right now.

northe virginia looking vet good right now. around the reston area, i am not wearing this the entire broadc i'm keeping the beard, baby. keeping t beard going for the playof. eveni planner, 75 degree te droppin thr e 60s. so 69 degrees by 9:00. down to about 66 at 11:00. it will be on the cooler side this evening. we have see that the last few nights. rada not to show. not seeing any rain across our region. d we're going to wait to see the rain. and this is the good news here. here is fut weather tonight. not much going on around our area. the playoffs start tomorrow here at 3:07. d notice here's 3:00. notice rain is. not over d.c. it's back towards the west, back into the ohio valley. that's where this cold front is. this cold front will sweep throug will dry. bu then behind that, look wh coming in. very windy and very chilly air. guys, i'm telli you, this is going to be one big cooldown as we move on through the weekend. temper are going to be in the 60s and many of you will wakep to temperatures in the 30s on sunday morning. tomorr forecast, partly

turning breezy. 75 to 79 degrees. the winds will start to pick up latee afternoo and that could affect the game a little too with that breeze. but it's still going to be on the mild side. patchy fog early tomorrow mornin your commuter impact. and that impact is going to have a little bit more of a presence la in the afternoon with that breeze and with those showers. most likely, though, after 8:00 so i think we'll be fine there. here's the next four days. 69 on your saturday. cooler and rather windy. winds gusting to 30 miles per . heads up saturday. on sunday, a high of 65, a low of 47 in the city. but again, most of the suburbs wille in 30s. we could see our fir frost of the season on sunday morning. we will not stay cool all that long. get right back into the 70s week.make our way in towards the next chance of rain comes next tuesday and into wednesday. guys? doug, thank you. our region's airport sees big rains, but this like no other. e world's largest jumbo jet landed today here at dulles intern it out.

it airbus a-380, the first of its kind from british airways to land here. it's so big that airports need e upgraded facilities hand it. the plane was given a ceremonial water cannon salute as it pulled into the terminal for the fir. it's a washington favorite for locals and for tourists. and this week, a diner in nortt d.c. is celebrating n decades. grill, folks, locate at u-street corrid. news4's zack kiesch talked with commer a owners about what makeo. >> rep her it at the a avenue grill he goes by the nickname cowboy. >> this joint, yeah. when he put this joint up, this was the talk of the town. >> rep his real name is james clayton, and he was just a teenag the first time he walk into the grill. today he's 85 and he's still coming. >> black people -- man, you know, they ain't got no -- they

didn't hav anye to eat. the grill turned seven yea old this week. stl decorated with famous visito, egg off the grill and southe classics. >> the first table over there, and that' where lacey wilson defe the grill during the riots after dr. king died. hutchins, the owner, bou the place in 2005. >> only the probably place you wi go or one of the few places you'll go, and you'll see a congre per sitting next to, you know, sanitation worker. h many changes since it n open in 1944. the new condos built next door reflt the new. more professional diversity, change. a regular. >> three times a i come saturday/sunda because of t girls. saturday they'll party in style at the masonic ball and with good reason. the florida avenue grill, a pillar in district and

favo among washingtonis is accordg to the owner the olde soul food restaurant in e country.d still, according to >> that was zack kiesch report w detai tonig about a little girl who died from comps with enterovirus. fi out why this case is so unusua and there's a new effort to fight a dangerous trend as we learn of an increase in heroin overdose.

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about a little girl from rhode island, now one of four people to die from complicatio from entero >> this com as a number of cases g across the coun je satisfier stone has the latest a 10-year-old girl is being remembed this morning as a beautiful child who loved to play outdoors. she died from complicatio of entes d-68. wjar and local newspaper have identi her as emily otrando of cumberland. she died last week of a staph n associated the respy virus. >> they're approaching this with tremen courage and trem love. from what i understand, this was a beautif child. >> rep enterovirus d-68 has discovered in every new connecticut, there have been 12 confi cases and in maine, the first child has tested positi. in massachusett boston chils is treating a handful

of patients for muscle weakness or paralysis. and looking into whether they are connected to enterovirus. y the girl's death is a result of a very rare combin >> this is an isolated case. and which obviously led to a tragic outcome. but it's not something we expect to see again. >> doctors say children most at risk are those who already have exis respiratory conditions. >> and the best way to preeve the spread is just simply washing you now at 6:00, a stunning devet in a cold case. a second person of interest named as police sources reveal the tactic that may have been to lure the lyon sisters from a maryland shopping ma 40 years ago. > criminal charges expected agait a man diagnosed with ebola in texas. we'll tell what u we're lear about the days before his trip to the u.s., and the lie that he told to fly under the radar. plus, the screening measure

at dulles airport days after the ebola pat traveled through here. > new develops in e case of two maryland sisters who disapp nearl. >> tonight police have named a second per of interest in the case and admit there's a good chan the girl's bodies are buri in a remote area of virgin. afternoon, investigato named richard welch as that seco perso of interest in the lyon sisters case. public rec show he lives in hyatts maryland. we hav learned he used to work as a 1970s, and now police are asking busine owners near wheatton plaza who may have employed him to give them a call. tisha thompson with the news4 i-team is live to put this toge for us tonight. tisha? doreen, like so ma people in our area, i grew up in the montgomery area in t late 70s and early '80s and it's really hard to explain how this case in particular rocked our community. especi for