cheers at nats game but not for the home team. the likely play that likely cost them a critical win. how police from am cross virginia are pulling their resources together to find missing student hannah graham. bundled up. the cold weather has officially moved in. how long will it stick around? good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. i'm richard jordan. that cold aramaic catch you off guard. >> that's right. this is the coldest weather.

you don't need your glasses. it it is 39 degrees. >> you can have my glass ifs you think it will help. >> whether single lens or bifocal it's cold outside no matter how you look at the numbers. 30s indeed across much of northern virginia and suburban maryland. outside a mostly clear sky. here is a view from our tower looking over capitol hill, a bright morning outside is on the way, but it's off to an awfully cold start. temperatures, as you're mentioning, down in the 30s in many locations. so be ready for a real chill in the air. 37 in leesburg. 36 in manassas. 39 in wind chester, even 44 degrees in washington. not much of a breeze. fortunately not dealing with much of a windchill. nonetheless, it's cold out there. mid to upper 50s by lunch. highs today only in the low 60s. the good news is we'll have plenty of sunshine.

we'll talk about the potential for a nice warmup coming our way. we're going to want that. thanks, chuck. new this morning. police are looking for a shooting in the district that sent one man to the hospital. this happened just before midnight on wheeler road and alabama avenue in southeast in the congress heights neighborhood. you can see several officers arriving on the scene. police say the man is unconscious and in serious condition. today police officers from across virginia will search for missing student hannah graham, last seen september 12, more than three weeks ago. between 8:00 and 9:00, the officers will meet up in sh charlottesvil charlottesville. jesse matthew is not talking to investigators and graham's parents made a new plea to anyone who might know where their daughter is. in a recorded statement graham's mother fought back tears. she said someone must know something to solve the mystery.

>> please, please, please help end this nightmare for all of us. please help us bring hannah home. thank you. >> there is a $100,000 rewar today for any tips that help police. we are following a developing story on ebola. the centers for disease control says a patient at howard university does not have the deadly disease. but we have learned former ebola patient dr. richard sacra is in a hospital for an infection. doctors are keeping him in isolation until they confirm the virus has not concerned. only one won firmed cases right now in dallas. health workers are isolating more people with suspicious symptoms. >> reporter: at the cdc and other officials try to calm fears of a widespread ebola virus, more sick people are

being isolated and screened for the deadly disease. in newark, new jersey, a man who got sick on a flight from brussels and his daughter were taken to a hospital to be evalua evaluated. doctors later concluded neither is suffering from ebola. a a patient umass medical center with a history of traveling to west africa is also being evaluated. a disease that has killed how sands in africa could become more widespread here. >> although we might wish we could seal ourselves off from the world, we're in the going to be able to get to zero risk no matter what we do. at texas presbyterian hospital, the condition of thomas duncan has worsened, he's now in critical condition. public health workers are monitoring people who came in contact with him last sunday. health officials remain confident --

>> the united states has the most capable hospital structure and best doctors bar none. the united states is prepared to deal with this crisis. >> reporter: chris pallone, nbc news, new york. stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage. online you will find how ebola is spread and what you can do to protect yourself. today the nationals are headed to san francisco where just one loss will mean the end of their play-off run this year. belt with a drive. hammered to deep right field and that is gone. >> you can hear the boos after that giants home run in the 18th inning. news 4's sports reporter told us how it changed the game.

>> reporter: game two, the longest in play-off history, in terms of time. the nationals were only able to score one run and it cost them that day. >> two worst things in baseball, boredom and frustration. we battled both of those. it was fun to see everyone grinding them out and hopefully that continues when we go to san francisco. >> definitely the longest game i've ever been apart of. it was draining, long. it hurts obviously that we didn't come out ahead. it's rough. >> you realize that this is snit. >> you're in an elimination game in san fran. that's tough. facing one of the best lefties in all of baseball. they're facing one of the best teams in all of baseball and one of the best right-handers in all of baseball, doug. we're going to go in there and scratch and claw and do what we need to do to get some runs across the plate. hopefully doug can keep them off balance and win a ball game. >> now the nats head out to san francisco for game three,

they're down two games. in order for them to advance, they're going to have to win three straight. diana raff finney. later this morning we'll show you some of the funny stuff we found on twitter. don't expect the cold weather to stick around for too long. chuck is back to show you what chuck is back to show you what you can expect as y

in cases of rape and incest, just chuck is back to show you what you can expect as y 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.

today you can head over here to fall for fairfax kidfest in northern virginia. fun for the whole family. it is free to get in, but there is a fee for the rides like this and some of the other activities. it's happening at the government center in fairfax. news 4's zachary keith as well as storm team 4 meteorologist --

do you know what they're doing? they're warming up the sharpie. for your autographs you'll need that later. >> i'll be out there happy to sign any autographs. but you'll need an extra layer of fleece on first thing this morning. a noticeable chill is already in the air. that coolness is going to stick around pretty much all day long today. there's a warming trend that comes back fairly quickly. on your way out the door for a sunday morning, skies are clear, winds are light and temperatures, it's been bombs away on the temperatures since the sun went down last night. you probably noticed it between about lunchtime and dinnertime yesterday, that noticeably drier air came rolling in on that northwesterly breeze. man, that was about as cold as 65 degrees has felt in a long, long time was yesterday afternoon. made it up to 72 for our official high yesterday, but that was about lunchtime. once that drier air started to

roll in, how much drier? yesterday morning at the same time our dew points were in the mid 60s. now in the mid 30s. that means the moisture evaporates off your skin very, very quickly. that's what actually makes you feel colder. 44 degrees at national airport this morning. that ties our coldest mornings since april 29th. if we get downey colder, i have to look further down into record books. it's one of our coldest mornings in 5 1/2 months as the change of seasons is well under way. 39 in martinsburg and wind chester. 36 at dulles airport. 35 in warrenton. compared to 24 hours ago, temperatures are 25 to 30 degrees colder now than at the same time yesterday morning. so what are you going to do with your day? of course you're going to come out to fall for fairfax.

most of the afternoon with near 100% sunshine. afternoon temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. on your way out for an early morning run? be ready for a cold start this morning. plenty of sunshine. have a shedable layer on the way out. a little layer of fleece you can unzip at mile two or three once you get warmed up. no chance for rain today. freeze warnings are out across parts of the high mountains of eastern west virginia. no advisories around here. we had just enough of a breeze last night. this cool pool of air is going to be with us for the next day and a half to two days. there is a moderating trend coming our way as we head towards the middle of the week. here is the way your future weather forecast looks like. chilly sunshine for the balance of your afternoon today. by 7:00 tonight, skies remain clear. it will be another cold evening to the outside and a real chilly start. winds back around to the southwest will provide for a milder day tomorrow. after a cold monday morning, tomorrow afternoon things look good.

back into the 70s we go tomorrow. i think we'll be in the 70s much if not all of the coming week. our average high is 71. most of the week actually a touch warmer than average. as far as needed raindrop changes, tuesday a little chance for showers. i'm already working on next weekend. it looks ugly next weekend for rain chances. we have six days to get it out of there. >> we have everything. roller c. next up we have reporter's notebook for you. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of this morning's top stories. welcome to reporter's notebook. i'm mat law soon muse. smile, you cub on dc police body cam. 165 d.c. police officers are now wearing body cameras. part of a $1 million pilot program. in the works for more than a year. police chief cathy lanier says it will improve citizen and police safety.

joe madison, pro points say these will promote transparency. how much do you think the body cams will increase policing? >> it already has across the country. there are some cities in california where they've been using them for some time and they've seen a tremendous drop in the crime and police complaints. and i think the chief of police is absolutely right. it's not only good for the citizens, the transparency for the citizens, but it also helps to protect the police officer and can be used to make sure that they do the right thing. >> what about the privacy which some people are worried about? >> that's the debate. how will they be used? part of the pilot program is d.c. police chief lanier says, well, we will keep the tapes for 90 days. what happens if they need to go back and review the tapes after 90 days? where do you take the cameras?

apparently they can't take them into bathrooms and locker rooms and things like that. they're trying to address the privacy issue. just the word that it's a pilot program. they'll have to work out some of the kinks. i'm sure the aclu will be looking at this for the issue about privacy. i think using it as a pilot program is their way to see where we can go with this and will it be a he said she said situation. any time you introduce technology, i don't think it's ever as simple as we sometimes present it to be. there's a camera there and this will solve all the problems of whether there was police brutality or it was the so-called criminal's fault. >> dave mcconnell? >> i don't know. on balance, on paper from what we've heard u what joe and you all have said, it looks like an idea whose time has come and why didn't they think of it years ago? i have heart complaints about the technology. it doesn't always work. there have been complaints about that. and also, smile, you're on tv.

if a police officer is constantly aware of the fact that he's on camera, going through what we're going through here 24-7 or while on duty, will that be focused too much on that and not what he's supposed to be doing and will he not be as aggressive because he's on camera. >> i hope not. >> i hope he won't be aggressive. i think that's been part of the problem in this country. >> improperly aggressive. >> you've got that. this is not new. like i said, there have been cities that have done this. and they've seen 80% drop in police complaints. if i were a police officer, i'd welcome this, quite honestly, but you know, this is -- this should be done, and we started this idea before ferguson. >> that's what it's coming off the heels of, ferguson. >> dave catania, closing the

gap, a new poll puts him eight points democrat muriel bowser in the d.c. mayor's race oovps. last month an nbc "washington post" maris poll shows catania 17 points behind. bre monte, is this a hopeful sign? >> he has to take whatever he can get t. support is coming from the democratic chairman from the democratic governor's association. we might say who is this person? we never heard of him. remember the former governor of vermont almost became the democratic nominee. so i think it matters. this poll shows, it's not so much there's support for catania but that bowser's percentage of support has dropped. so that helps close the gap. his job is to be able to use that. you say there's a weakness in bowser and maybe i can garner more support. i'm close, so i'm not so far

off. >> you wonder, is bowser playing it too cool. is she trying to stay on what's basically a good lead, a good set of circumstances, is she cooling it too much? that could be very, very dangerous. i'd like to hear the questions in this poll. how they are used and what the responses of the voters were. sometimes you get a certain answer the way you ask the question. i'm not saying the poll is inaccurate in any way but you have to wonder. >> i don't think it means anything. who is this governor? do you honestly think people really, first of all, knew who this governor was to begin with? here is what we've learned. i'll speak from personal experience. it might help with fund-raising. it might help with people who want to come to see danny glover endorse a local candidate. it means something when you're a national candidate. what i think people have learned, especially candidates should learn, when these folks come from out of town, they

might be good for fund-raising. i think it translates into votes. >> how much of it is the endorsement by the vermont governor and how much of it is just momentum. >> speak of endorsements, the two of them, muriel bowser and david catania split the public vote. >> some could say it's a wash. it may not mean much because you have one side supporting catania and one side supporting bowser. i don't know if it's going to play that much because one can't really say i have all of the support. >> do you think the d.c. mayor's race ask a done deal yet? >> no. >> yes. d.c. bag fee has raised millions to clean up the anacostia river. it's cost local businesses thousands in fines. we're talking small mom and pop

stores, even national chains. the program has been in effect for a few years. does it mean much that they're not charging the tax, dave? >> i don't think it's going to hurt the program that much. it's a different way to get the money as we were discussing before we went on the air. they're going to get you one way or another. they have brought in revenue. it's going to the anacostia river shed. that's a win-win. they should be enforcing it a little more. that's not going to change the tax. >> i think it's a good program. i think it fits with what maryland is trying to do. remember, nationally the entire state of california has banned plastic bags. this is an environmental concern and you're absolutely right, dave. you're going to get the money one way or the other. you can either charge that nickel or we're going to fine you. it's going to go into the same pot. >> ramon tea, do you carry

recyclable bags? >> no. but i do recycle my bags. 100 businesses over a seven-year period, only a total of $16,000. the city is still making $2 million. i don't think it's that big of a deal. >> got to take a break. we'll be back to talk about new

you could face jail time, a $5,000 time. maryland is one of a few states to pass tougher penalties. it's estimated one-fifth of all crashes between 2008 and 2012 involved at least one distracted driver. dave, maryland has already made texting and driving a primary offense. police can stop you if they see you on the phone.

this law puts some teeth into it. >> the legislature and the governor are very big on this kind of thing. it seems to be going over pretty well with most, not all, but most of the voters. this is just a way to streamline it. to enhance it, to make it work. a lot of people seem to think it's the way to go. the prospect of jail time would seem to me to be a very strong deterrent. >> i think so. remember, this is also coming on the heels of the little 5-year-old jake owens who was killed when a driver in maryland was texting and was on the phone. >> they're distracted. this is jake's law. >> he did not go to jail. his lawyer argued, well, folks are doing this all the time. so we really put him in jail for doing something that's always been done? i think that's what the state is trying to do now, trying to set a new template to say this should not be the norm. i think we've all experienced this as an issue. i think maryland can be a

forerunner among states in sort of implementing this law and whether or not police will actually pull you over for doing this. i think that's the issue. >> i sure hope so. i really do. i think it's the most inconsiderate thing you can do, to be there driving and text. i've' seen people text and not have their hands on the wheel. they're driving with their knees. it's not only inconsiderate, it is absolutely dangerous. i just hope the police will enforce this to the fullest. >> why didn't it happen sooner? another new law. move over or get pulled over. maryland's move-over law includes tow trucks. if you see a tow truck on the side of the road, either you change lanes, slow down or you get fined, $110 or more if you cause a crash. >> you have to be aware. is this tied into in some ways to the texting law? >> most of us are on the road. if you don't pull over, usually you're not paying attention.

if you're not paying attention, it usually means you're on the phone or texting. it's just an extension of a law that was already there. i think it's a good law. again, though, i think the question is, will it be enforced. police have so many other issues. will they pull folks over? >> knowing that it's the law and we're talking about it. it's getting a lot of publicity, that could make people think twice, even without enforcement. they know it's there. it's like stopping at a rhett light or stop sign. >> it's common sense. this is all common sense stuff. i think we in the media start reporting folks who do get pulled over. people get the message. pot possession no longer a crime in maryland, but it's still not legal. from now on the you get caught with less than ten grams of pot, you'll get a civil citation rather than a criminal charge. fines from $100 to $500.

some teenagers and three-time offenders will have to take classes. is maryland inching toward legalization? >> i think that's the next step. that has drawn some opposition. you can make the argument like we have for all these laws, this is a logical thing, it's the way to gand let's see how it works. >> i think decriminalization, there's a problem here. most folks in layman's terms, if you say that, are they really going to believe -- aren't they going to believe it's no longer illegal. really, it is stim illegal. if still can be stopped if you have ten grams or less. it's a civil offense and not a criminal offense. i believe either legalize it or have it illegal. >> joe, could enforcement be a little confusing and complicated? i don't believe police are going to be carrying scales in their vehicles. how do they know whether it's ten grams or first?

>> they'll arrest you first and then measure it and charge you. that's how they'll handle that. the reality, and i think let's go back to the original question, are we moving towards legalization? absolutely we are. the country is moving into that direction, and i think five years from now we're still here discussing that. it won't even be an issue. >> less than two weeks to go to register to vote in next month's general election. the deadline to register is october 14. the november ballot features the senate race between mark warner and ed gillespie. have you seen the ads? >> they're tough. that's the nature of the beast these days. that's the way campaigning is. if you feel like you've got to get your message out and it's not working, it gets harder and harder and harder. negative ads actually do work. >> are they working? >> i guess it depends on how you're asking. mark warner is a strong incumbent. what really concerns me most, voter registration, is these id

laws. that's what bothers me most because it's going to disenfranchise a whole lot of people. to answer your question, gel less spi needs all the face recognition he can get. that's why he's buying a lot of time. most people don't know -- he's an insider, dave. >> the thinking is, i'm sorry, he's trying to do well and will make a big run for governor some day. >> those i.d. law haves been going on for a while. what warner is doing, he's tieing gel less spi to enron when he was chairman of the gop. he's trying to make sure she shapes his image before gillespie can do it himself. stay with us, "news 4 today" continues. all right. put the coffee down. take a look at your screen. the numbers are quite the sight to see from storm team 4 this

morning. many of us waking up to temperatures in the 40s and even 30s in some spots. good sunday morning everyone. i'm angie goff. i'm richard jordan. you'll want to keep the jacket around all day. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your hour-by-hour forecast for today. >> good morning everybody. sunday doesn't feel anything at all like saturday did. it was kind of on the humid ciderly yesterday morning. this morning, bone dry air is in place and temperatures as a result of the dry air under a clear sky have really plummeted. 30s and 40s, some 20 to 30 degrees colder now than at the same time yesterday morning. 37 in rockville, 37 at ft. belvoir, 37 at andrews air force base, 37 in bowie in college park. 44 downtown. your morning planner, upper 30s and low 40s.

upper 40s to near 50 by 9:00. mid 50s by late this morning. most of this afternoon looks pretty good. plenty of sunshine coming our way. but afternoon temperatures today will stay in the upper 50s and low 60s. going outside for a sunday night on the town, keep those jackets handy as it will be in the chilly 50s through this evening. back to work and school tomorrow. that part of the forecast and the seven day just minutes away. back to the news for now. >> chuck, thank you. today someone could collect a $25,000 reward if there's a discovery in the search for two missing montgomery county kids. volunteers will meet at seneca valley hospital in germantown starting at 8:30. they're searching for jacob and sarah hoggle. the children are 2 and 3 years old. they've been missing now for almost a month. if you can't be there this morning, volunteer also be at the chik-fil-a on century boulevard all day long. right now police are looking for the car that hit and killed a man in prince george's county.

this happened in landover hills on annapolis road, not far from the bw parkway last night. police say they're trying to get more information on the car as well as the driver this morning. if you know anything about this, call prince george's county police. this morning family members are looking for answers into who stabbed their loved one to death. the deadly stapg happened in the district's columbia heights neighborhood in the middle of the afternoon. but no one has come forward with information. news 4's jackie bensen reports. >> reporter: a memorial has been set up at the spot in the 3400 block of 14th street northwest where 35-year-old kenneth young fell to the ground about 5:40 p.m. friday as rush hour traffic rolled past, he laid there. he died a short time later at the local hospital. >> we're distraught. we can't fathom it. >> reporter: marlon young is one of the many family members drawn to this spot hoping for answers.

why would someone do this? why did no one see what happened? he says his cousin was a gentle man. >> it was broad daylight. he grew up around here, i did. people -- plenty of people around here have our last name. we're the youngs. people know us. i don't understand how someone who is that well known, that recognizable -- >> reporter: among those who stopped at the spot was advisory watch's victory smith. >> it's tragic. to happen in the middle of the day like that, surprising that nobody saw anything. >> reporter: the commission they are r there's a $25,000 reward for information in this murder. in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. going on right now,

questioning of a 19-year-old man in the deadly stapping of his uncle in montgomery county. police were called to this home on tacon grove lane in gaithersburg yesterday afternoon. they found a 55-year-old man suffering from stab wounds. he was taken to the hospital and that's where he died. apparently the two people lived together. the 19-year-old is in custody. no charges so far have been filed. this morning a prince george's county police officer is charged with stealing an ipad. a woman told police someone took her ipad from the apple store at an nap sis a malast month. investigators checked the surveillance video and they saw a man and woman walk right out the door with a device. she put the device on lost mode. a little while later someone was saying the ipad was sold on craigslist. detectives tracked the number to an off-duty police officer who has been suspended. expect delays if you drive in arlington this week.

starting tomorrow a construction project might add time to your compute. first 4 traffic reporter melissa mollet. >> a traffic alert coming to alexandria. lane also be closed on north king's highway between 9:30 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon all next week through friday. that means you'll probably want to find another way to and from work if you're headed through that area. they're replacing emergency pipes. the work expected to last at least three weeks. back to you. >> all right. melissa, thanks. the woodrow wilson bridge is closing. you won't be able to drive on the george washington parkway around there until later today. streets also will be shut down at old town, alexandria, and everything should be open again by noon. this morning why dozens of families may have no choice but to turn to questionable living

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from the ebola outbreak, the secret service failures to the isis terror threat, the obama administration is facing a number of high profile challenges. many of you are calling for more answers. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd has been looking into all these issues. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. >> a lot of issues of concern to the american public. is the administration doing enough? >> that's an open question. on friday i think they realized the ebola outbreak has rattled the nation. they did a full-court press and you saw the heads of four different agencies go out there to try to explain they're on top of it. there's a government trust issue with the public, a credibility

problem. if you look at the last 18 months, whether it tease secret service breaches. we can talk about nsa and edward snowden stealing files. you can go down the line and maybe it's perfectly rationale for the public to say the cdc is telling us everything is under control with ebola but should we believe it? that's questions i have this morning. >> there is a great article in the "national journal" about that, about what's more alarming than this outbreak is the fact there's so much distrust when it comes to the institutions and the leaders. we want to talk about policy. president obama has come out and said his policies are going to be on the ballot even if he's not on the ballot. >> first of all, let's remember, we are 30 days from election day. while a bunch of democrats have been trying to steer clear of the president a little bit and the president himself in that speech. i know he said he's not supposed to be talking a lot about politics. he say ifs there's a senate and republican house, in his

argument it's going to stop his agenda, slow down and his presidency domestically is over. that's in some ways what i thought he was trying to warn and maybe fire up his base to see if they'll respond at a minimum. >> talking about the elections, the virginia senate race, you'll be moderating the debate? >> we're hosting it here on news 4. what should we be looking for here? >> i think it will be interesting to see how much the candidates try to show any differences on the terror threat right now. i've noticed a lot of republican campaigns around the country are deciding to, hey, tap into the anxiety that's out there, that we were describing, and to try to use that and hold democrats accountable in some form or another. i think that could be an interesting little split if there is one on tuesday night between mark warner and ed gillespie. >> speaking on that, we've seen ebola making its way into the campaign, with the house speaker in north carolina and ted cruz

signing off. "meet the press" did a big tease all week about these new digs. >> has the noise been getting to you? it's kind of a new car smell in there. it's kind of neat. look at it. >> look how fast it came together? >> it was about teninutes ago as you can see. done. huh? how about that? >> it looks huge. >> it's intimate. it's fun. i have a bunch of my little collectables there. we were talking college football. if you look carefully today, you'll see a interesting little -- it was a rough college football week for all of us here. mr. ou, gamecock over here, hurricanes lose. nats -- >> everyone. >> it's rough. we're looking forward to it. we want a listen i havation to come hang out.

>> "meet the press" right here on nbc4. today you can see the president speak, but you may have to get in line right now to do just that. take a look. this is the american veterans disabled for life memorial. president obama will speak at the ceremony. organizers will hand out any unclaimed seats at 10:30. it's going to be a busy week for the commander in chief. today the president will discuss the economy. we could learn more about where e economy is hegd. with the n fiscal year under way, that means big changes for dozens of homeless families in the district. they are moving out of hotel rooms and into a homeless shelter. news 4's derrick ward reports on these changes. >> it's check out time for some, move out time for others here at

this quality inn. with the start of the fiscal year, the practice will be hending for some of the more than 60 families. on wednesday they found letters under their door telling them they had a few days to move out. some pound for the hospital, now primarily a shelter. those with children don't want to go there. >> they don't have no refrigerator. it's not clear. >> reporter: council member jim graham believest's all about cost cutting. >> if i was homeless and offered a hotel room with my private entrance, my private bathroom, possibly tv and wi-fi, i would prefer that to a hospital room with no bathroom, no private entrance, no privacy whatsoever. >> reporter: and no place to raise a family or even for a family to stay for an extended period of time, a finding that came in the aftermath of the disappearance of rah leisha rudd. affordable housing remains

beyond their reach. >> everyone needs somewhere that's safe. >> reporter: that will indeaf thatbly mean more people at d.c. general, filling it up again with more families than can be adequately looked after in one location. >> now it's up to 190 families. once hypothermia season starts in november, it will be back to 280. when will the next rah leisha rudd occur. >> some have vouchers for long-term housing. they will stay there until the housing opens up. for others, there may be a legislative redress to this issue and it may come up on october 14 when there's a hearing here at d.c. general to address the progress of the mayor's plan to close this place. in southeast, derrick ward, news 4. >> we did reach out to the department of human services for comment, but we haven't heard back from them yet. happening today you can take your pets to gate special blessing at the national

cathedral. similar events happening all around the world this weekend. this is one here in mexico. the tradition honors st. francis of assisi, the patron saint of animals. it begins at noon today. if you're headed out this morning, be very careful about the dooefrmt breeding season starts this month. it will wrap up in january. we don't know just how many accidents are caused by deer, but you will see more on the roads in the coming weeks, especially at the beginning of next month, november. that's when the animals are more active. those crashes can cause a lot of damage to your car. >> you bet they can. >> they can kill people, too, as well. if you drive early in the morning, late at night, you have to be very, very careful. we are into theirst sunday of october. >> fall is here. >> all fall, right? >> feels like fall. chuck making fun of all of our teams losing. yikes. >> what a weekend. you don't even want to see what was on social media.

>> i saw. >> somebody tweeted out, and this is about the nationals, our home baseball team was among the big ls yesterday. someone is going to say we're not going to say this game is going on for a long time, but someone tweeted out chuck bell is working on santa track radar. yes indeed. it feels like a taste of early winter outside. temperatures are backed out. no one below freezing yet. man, are we close in some of the nearby suburbs. outside a little bit of early morning pre sunrise glow starting to show up in our sky. going to be a beautiful looking day to be outside today. you will want to keep an extra layer of warmth extra close by. close by and on you this morning. 44 now at national airport. the dew points dropped into the mid 30s. yesterday morning these numbers were in the mid 60s. what felt humid yesterday morning feels down right chilly

this morning. our coldest morning at national airport since late april. it's even colder in the suburbs. 36 in gaithersburg, 36 leesburg, 36 at dulles, 36 at mon nat ses. warrenton, you are the cool spot this morning at 33 degrees. we've had just enough of a breeze where frost has not been a big problem. freeze warnings are out in the mountains of west virginia. hour by hour through your sunday, a cold but sunny start this morning. abundant sunshine all afternoon long. that's the one real takeaway from this. it will be a chilly day if you're in the shade. if you're out in the sunshine with your spf on, you'll be able to enjoy the day. it's a big shock from yesterday morning. temperatures are 25 to 30 degrees colder now than yesterday morning. nothing on the radar. we will be dry today. we will be dry tomorrow as well. big area of low pressure in parts of southern canada as the general west and northwesterly

flow. that's the supply of the cold air that's here for now and another real chilly start first thing tomorrow morning. you can see freeze warnings up in east and west virginia. no advisories in our area. we'll go out and do a little yard work. i told you today would be the better day for yard work because of the breeze. nonetheless, a cold start. raking leaves this morning, temperatures in the mid 40s. later this afternoon temperatures will be up near 60 degrees. from cold to chilly, but at least it will be a sunny day to be outside. your future weather forecast now, sunshine all the way through today, and even with the sun temperatures running about 10 to 12 degrees cooler than average for today. another relatively cold night coming up tonight into early tomorrow morning. won't be as good as it is this morning. but still plenty of chill in the air. during the course of the day, on the whole, a nice one. a mix of clouds and sunshine with a gradual increase in crowds by later tomorrow. by 8:15 tomorrow evening, skies are mostly cloudy and shower

chances are coming back as we get into the day on tuesday. even that does not look like it's going to be a big rain event. out to work and school early tomorrow morning, plan on temperatures once again in the chilly 40s first thing and rising into the low and mid 50s by 8:00, 9:00 tomorrow morning. extended forecast time, a nice but chilly day to be outside today. tomorrow a mix of clouds and sunshine. the redskins are playing the seahawks tomorrow evening, monday night football. game time temperatures will be in the 60s. there's our little rain chance on tuesday. and then relatively quiet weather for wednesday. thursday looks like a nice day this week as well. take all this dry weather and sunshine and talk of pleasant wealth tore the bank for now because a very big system looks to be getting in our direction by late next week into next weekend. i've had concerns. i've had a lot of comments on social media, we have a wedding, we have this. next weekend, we need it dry.

i'm worried about next weekend's dryness factor already. >> you have a week to come up with a backup plan. >> i have a week to find out where i can be that isn't here. don't go to florida. >> don't run and hide. today you can see police in laurel on a roof. the officers are on the roof of the dunkin' donuts on route 1 braving the weather. this is part of the cops on rooftops campaign that raises mon money -- a popular festival under way in new mexico. more than 500 hot air balloons lifted off yesterday morning. what a site. you see all the beautiful shapes in the different colors and patterns. pilots use tablets to help navigate the sky. no reports of injuries or crashes which is a good thing. the festival does continue for nine days. the riders at "saturday

night live" gave us their perspective on the secret service plaguing the

you may think it's too early to think about christmas. retailers thi now is the great ti time. christmas display in kmart in springfield. keep in mind we're just five days into october. get this. cosco started putting up its holiday displays way back in july. i have no problem with it. >> it's not even halloween yet. >> you can keep that up all year-round. i love the holidays. it brings so much joy. >> what makes it fun is it's only for a short time of the year so look forward to. >> i could get used to it 365 days. >> you just want the gifts. >> that's not true. if you recorded "saturday night live," you'll see lots about the

issues facing the white house today. >> the cast pokes fun at the secret service and the president's security in the opener. let's watch. >> excuse me, mr. president. there is a man with a sharpened screw driver here to see you. we think this might be time sensitive as he was running across the front lawn. i'll just have him wait in the oval office. >> the skit was a mock of the president's interview on 60 minutes this week. they even made a few jokes about isis and the organization's presence on social media. >> wow, you knew that was coming. loud call for justice near ferguson, missouri. wait until you see how protesters made their voices heard right in the middle of a symphony performance. a cool morning in the d.c. region. we'll be on the chilly side all day long. chuck will take us through the temperatures with your hour-by-hour forecast. hour-by-hour forecast. that's coming up next.

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how police from across virginia are pooling their resources together to search for a uva student, hannah graham. no celebration for the home team. the plays that likely cost the nats a critical win and how this game made history. a good reason to layer up. it is cold outside. in fact, it is the coldest weather we've had in months. good morning everyone. i'm angie goff.

>> i'm richard jordan. we'll start off with that chilly weather. some of you came very close to freezing temperatures this morning. >> you're going to want the oatmeal, hot apple cider, coffee. take anything. >> hotted to difficult for me. >> send one my way, too. >> fair newer. if you haven't put your nose outside just yet, be ready for it. your nose will come back in extra cold, dog cold in fact. outside we go on sunday morning. sunshine just about ready to clear our eastern horizon. sun is up at 7:08 this morning. just 7 1/2 minutes from now. man is it chilly. 38 now in bowie, maryland, 36 in gaithersburg, 35 at dulles airport, 36 in manassas and bridge stow. if you'll go for your week ride or early morning run, have a shedable layer. once you get things warmed up in your body, things will be all

right. afternoon highs today only making it into the lower 60s. good news is it will leave plenty of sunshine. if you're in the shade, you'll be chilly all afternoon. if you're on the sun nye side of the street, not that bad at all. the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. new this morning, police right now looking into a shooting in the district that sent one man to the hospital. the shooting happened before midnight on wheeler road and alabama avenue southeast in the congress heights neighborhood. you can see right there several officers responding to the scene. police say the man is unconscious and in serious condition. today police officers from all over virginia will search for missing university of virginia student hannah graham. she was last seen on september 12th, more than three weeks ago. we're expecting to hear from the officers around 9:00 this morning when they meet up in charlottesville. this man jesse matthew is charged with taking graham. he will face a hearing on that

charge in december. matthew is not talking to investigators. graham's parents made a plea. in a recorded statement, her mother fought back tears and said someone must know something to solve the mystery. >> please, please, please help end this nightmare for all of us. please help us bring hannah home. thank you. >> there is a $100,000 reward today for any tips that could help police. we are following new developments in the ebola outbreak. the centers for difficult vees control say a patient at howard university does not have the deadly disease. now, we've also learned that the former ebola patient, dr. richard sacra is in massachusetts, is in a hospital for infection. doctors trying to keep him in isolation until they can confirm the virus did not return. meanwhile, there is only one confirmed case of ebola in the u.s., and that's in dallas, texas. nbc's chris pallone reports

health leaders are isolating more people with suspicious symptoms. >> reporter: as is cdc and other officials try to cam fierce of a widespread ebola outbreak in the u.s., more sick people tied to nations in west africa are being isolated and screened for the deadly disease. in newark, new jersey, a man who got sick on a flight from brussels and his date ir were taken to a hospital to be evaluated. doctors later concluded neither is suffering from ebola. in worcester, massachusetts, a patient with a history of traveling to west ave. ka is also being evaluated for ebola. it's a sign of a new reality where a disease that killed thousands in africa could be more widespread here. >> although we might wish we could seal ourselves off from the world, we're not going to be able to get to zero risk no matter what we do. >> reporter: at texas presbyterian hospital, the condition of thomas duncan has

worsened. he's now in critical condition. public health workers are monitoring 50 people who came in contact with the liberian before he was hospitalized last sunday. representatives with the federal government remain confident the risk of ebola spreading in the u.s. is minimal. >> the united states has the most capable health care infrastructure and the best doctors in the world bar none. united states is prepared to deal with this crisis. >> reporter: when while freelance nbc news photographer who contracted liberia in liberia will be flown to nebraska on sunday to begin treatment. chris pallone, nbc news, new york. stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage. online you'll find how ebola is spread and what you can do to protect yourself. the nationals' chances at the pennant are slim right now. they're headed to san francisco today where even one loss will mean the end of their play-off run this year.

>> a drive, hammered to deep right field and that one is gone! >> you might be able to make out the boos there after the giants' home run in the 18th inning of the game. that game lasted 6:23. the longest game in hours in play-off history. >> not only are the nats 8 of the 10 trending topics in d.c. right now, a lot of you posting about that long game, this game is so long that i raised a sheep, sheared it, spun some yard and knitted a sweater. >> this one from michelle, this game is so long that bat boys are now bat men. >> we love this one. this game is so long my iphone 7 plus just arrived in the mail. she tweeted that from china. >> this game is so long -- we

finish off that sentence. >> it was so hard after all that time to see how it ended. >> the fans stuck it out until the end. the game went until after midnight. pitcher tanner rourke who gave up the home run celebrated his birthday with a loss. >> well, happy birthday. sounding off, how protesters used a symphony performance to call for justice after the deadly shooting of michael brown in ferguson, missouri. the fire that stranded thousands of air passengers, the progress report from chicago after days of trying to get the system back on track. more on the sacred item destroyed the

the oldest member of the house of representatives is in the hospital recovering from a crash.

texas republican ralph hall just left a parade when the accident happened yesterday afternoon in north texas. the 91-year-old suffered a hip injury, but this could be a good sign, paramedics say she was joking with them as they airlifted him to the hospital. today police will prepare for an emergency at an mba. first respond rs will hold an active shooter drill there. they say they should be finished sometime this afternoon. >> it seems like you can fly again to chicago without major problems. the faa says it is running nearly nine out of ten of the typical number of flights at o'hare and midway since the air traffic control center in ar record row. flights in and out of chicago faced a lot of issues. they should be back to normal before the end of the month. looking for something new today? you can go to the fall for fairfax kid fest. fun for the entire family.

happening at the fairfax county government center in fairfax. news 4's zachary quiche and storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will be there. there's a fee tore the rides and actives. kid way midway super pass, $20. scare crow making $5, pumpkin painting batch is $3.00, pony rides for $5.00. as you mentioned, a lot of entertainment stages, people performing line. speaking of the pet thing, they had to put out the warning, don't bring your pets here. some people have shown up with little dogs. they're not going to let them in. chuck is busy right now looking at the forecast. chuck, how is it going? >> so far so good. >> we're off to a very cold start this morning. here is a little something to brighten your opinion of the day, a beautiful sunrise coming

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this, a fire at the flight 93 national memorial in pennsylvania. we now know the fire destroyed an american flag that flew over the u.s. capital on the day of the september 11 attacks. the fire also destroyed the park's headquarters and a handful of personal items that belonged to the crew and passengers of flight 93. crews did manage to save a majority of the oral histories, photo collection and dvds. dozens of people protesting the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in missouri interrupt a symphony. this is video posted on youtube, the "st. louis post-dispatch" reports the musicians were about to perform a song when demonstrators were singing and unfurled banner prs the balcony. the protest happened last night at the st. louis symphony. police say they didn't receive

any calls. a missouri artist is painting to tell the story of the unrest in ferguson. >> nbc's art holiday shows us an ever-changing canvas. >> for ferguson, this is kind of like my personal therapy that i'm sharing with everybody because i'm processing my thoughts on how i think about it. i actually happened to be driving down west morrison on the day the incident happened. i was watching things happening with the police and all those things. >> at first the indullable images resulted in watercolor paintings. insgl initially they weren't images i was going the share. >> eventually newspaper headlines in the st. louis american became his canvas like this image following the arrest of alderman antonio french. he's created 50 pieces. >> the hash tag ferguson started to connect all theseieces together. all this is a narrative.

>> a narrative that's intense and in your face. a father in mourning. a highway patrol captain throwing his arms around a town in turmoil. >> it's a tendency to think it's an us against them and the police are the bad guys. even with the images of captain ron, i don't want to be one-sided where i'm saying, it's the police -- there are examples of police doing good every day. i want to try to capture the human side of it. this allows me to say what i need to say without much of being interrupted or be interpreted the wrong way. it let's me get it out. >> one nfl player is receiving a lot of support from his team today as his daughter battles cancer. sunday night football will air a special about devon sills tonight. his 4-year-old daughter leah right there in the back seat has pediatric cancer. he's getting a lot of attention for her story. >> on the tv, she calls me and

tells me how she's a movie star, how everybody wants to know anti hir. everybody is keeping my daughter's spirits up. i definitely appreciate all the attention she's getting in the helping to get the story out about pediatric cancer. >> sweet, sweet girl. football night in america starts at 7:00 tonight before the bengals play t new england patriots. you can watch it right here on nbc4. josh elliot sharing that story. >> she is a moov i have star. look at that smile. >> i know. i know. lights up the room. okay. so yesterday was so windy. >> watch how she turns to me. >> what is wrong with you. >> the liss is it too long. >> that's one thing we agree on. >> so it was really windy yesterday. it's going to be just as bad today. >> it will be a cooler day today, but it will not be as windy of a day.

yesterday as advertised, those northwest winds kick up in the afternoon. yesterday by about 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon that's about as cold as 65 degrees can possibly feel after a real human start yesterday. that humidity is long gone and the cool, dry air is in place behind it. not much of a breeze out there. i mentioned we haven't had a lot of reports of frost, but great at which time pics come my way. proof there is frost on some of the pumpkins out there. 45 now at national airport. winds out of the west at five miles per hour. windchills are only a degree or two cooler than the actual temperature. but the real story today is how dry the air mass is outside. you're probably going to have that dry, flakey skin outside if you don't put a little moisturizer on. this humidity is going to suck the moisture right out of your skin. on the whole, the overall impact the weather will have on your day today, pretty low. between none and very low. chilly october sunshine. grab your jacket before you

leave the house this morning. you're going to need it. you may want a layer of fleece to wraparound you for much of the afternoon, especially if you're in the shade. 39 in thurmont, maryland, mid 30s montgomery county, mid 30s for loudown and fairfax. dulles airport now down to 35 degrees. 34 warrenton, 36 in lorton. it's a chilly start this morning. one of the great things to do outside, come out and visit me and zach kiesch at fall for fairfax. temperatures this afternoon, a great day to be outside. full sunshine, temperatures mid 50s this morning. good chilly dog eating afternoon. temperatures in the low 60s. come out and say hello. no rain out there just yet. we'll be dry for the next couple days. our next little chance for rain shows up on tuesday. you can see the overall flow is coming out of the upper midwest. that's a moisture starved

environment. the tuesday rain chance is hit and miss light showers. that's about it. our next chance for some serious rain comes in friday, saturday into next weekend. if you're going to be outside this afternoon, cool sunshine out there. temperatures upper 50s and low 60s. you'll be out for dinner this evening. definitely have your jacket. back into the chilly 50s in town by later this evening. future weather forecast, full sunshine with the chill outside today. another relatively cold start tomorrow morning. it won't be as cold as this morning. then the warmup begins. here is your seven-day forecast. 62 today. back up to 73 tomorrow. monday night football, redskins. seahawks tomorrow. game time temps upper '50s, low 60s. wednesday and thursday look amazing. friday into next week, a big system coming off the west coast could impact friday, saturday and sunday next weekend. >> we'll be watching for that.

>> ginger says now that she's senior report, she has to rethink what to wear to church. >> good to know these things before you go outside. >> exactly. >> thanks for watching. they're persistent, persuasive and they're after your money. the call that you might want to send to the voice mail to protect your cash. a man stabbed to death along one of the busiest streets in the district. now the victim's family wants to know why no on

this morning we have a consumer alert for you, a scam may have your phone ringing off the hook. the callers are so persistent, consumer reporter erika gonzalez shows us what you need to know. >> reporter: this caller recently spent an entire day answering his phone. >> i got eight more calls that day roughly half an hour apart all day long from the same people about the same thing. >> reporter: the callers all claiming a government grant had been approved. the catch, he had never applied for grant typically reserved. >> very clearly they were trying to express they were representatives of the government. >> reporter: cole is not alone. the federal trade commission says more than 5,000 complaints were filed for what are called imposter scams in 2013.

with these phony grant calls, like the one cole received, scam artists might ask for a checking account number or request that you pay a processing fee. so if you get a ring from someone claiming your grant has been approved, the better business bureau says hang up. but beware, callers can be persistent and persuasive. other ways to avoid getting duped, never give any personal financial information over the phone and, no, you'll never have to make a payment in advance in order to receive a real government grant. finally, report the calls to the federal trade commission and the attorney general's office in your state. >> that's the only way this stuff is going to get stopped. >> reporter: erika gonzalez, news 4. >> cole did report the calls to the ftc and the virginia attorney general's office. you can always chk out a company or any organization with a better business bureau as well. go to their website.

an ipad, craigslist and the surveillance video that now has a police officer in trouble with the law this morning. plus, forced to move out. today why dozens of families may have no choice but to search for questionable living conditions. cold conditions you'll feel as soon as you step outside this morning. check is here to tell us when it will warm up. keep it here. you're watching "news 4 today."

well, we haven't seen this in quite a while. look at that. some of you have dipped down to temperatures in the 30s this morning. >> you're going to feel these conditions all day long. it should warm up just a little bit. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has the forecast. >> good morning everybody. as advertised, it's a cold start outside on your sunday morning. that little hint of late summer warmth and moisture yesterday long gone. the cool, dry air that's in place, a gorgeous sunrise already in progress over washington this morning. going to be a beautiful day to be outside. plenty of sunshine. you'll need a couple of extra layers to stay warm. outside temperatures now are only in the upper 30s and low 40s. 45 at national airport. that's one of the warm spots. 46 at the naval academy.

even hunting town is at 37 degrees. here is the way your sky will look for the rest of the day. nary a cloud to be found all day long. we'll see a few high thin clouds moving in by 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. another bri and sunny day coming our way for tomorrow. a lot of great things to do today, seeing fall color in the mountains of west virginia, even a little early fall color showing up in and around town. the whole seven-day forecast is coming up. >> someone could collect a $25,000 reward if there's a discovery in the search for two missing montgomery county kids. volunteers will meet at seneca valley high school in germantown. it starts at 8:30. they're going to be looking for jacob and sarah hoggle. these childrens here ages 2 and 3 years old. they've been missing now for almost a month. you can help with the search. if you can't be there this morning, volunteers will be at the chik-fil-a on century bul ard all day long.

right now police are looking for a car that hit and killed a man in landover hills not far from the bw parkway. police are trying to get more information on the car and driver montgomery county police questioning a 19-year-old man in the stabbing death of his uncle. police were called to the home on pecan grove land in gaithersburg. they found a 55-year-old man suffering from stab wound. he was taken to the hospital where he died. apparently the two lived together. the 19-year-old is in custody but no charges have been filed. a family looking for answers into who killed their loved one in the district. the deadly stack happened friday afternoon on 14th street. it's in the columbia heights neighborhood. police say 35-year-old kenneth young, junior, was attacked during the evening rush. his cousin says he was a gentle man. broot daylight, i grew up around here, he grew up around

here. people -- plenty of people around here have our last names. we're the youngs. people know us. >> police are offering a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case. this morning a prince george's county police officer is charged with stealing an ipad. a woman told police that someone took her ipad from the apple store. they checked the surveillance and saw the man and woman out of the store with it. the suspect called and said they bought it on craig's lays. the off duty police officer has been suspend. with a few physical year, that means big changes for dozen of homeless families. they are moving out of hotel rooms and into a homeless shelter. news 4's derrick ward reports on these changes. it's checkout time for some. move out time for others at this quality inn in new york avenue

and several other hotels where the city has been putting homeless family. at the start of the fiscal year, that practice will be ending for some of the more than 60 families. on wednesday they found a letter under their doors telling them they had a few days to move out. some bound for the d.c. general hospital, dmou primarily a shelter. those with children don't want to go there. >> they don't have no refrigerator. you have to leave out every day. it's not clean. >> reporter: council member jim graham of the human services committee believes it's all about cost cutting. >> i was homeless and offered a hotel room with my private entrance, private bathroom, possibly tv and wi-fi, i would prefer that to a hospital room with no bathroom, no private entrance, no privacy whatsoever. >> and no place to raise a family or even for a family to stay for an extended period of time. a finding that came in the aftermath of the disappearance of rah leisha rudd who lived there with her mother. many of these families have

jobs, yet affordable housing remains beyond their reach. >> everyone needs somewhere that's safe and out of the cold. >> reporter: that will inevitably mean more people at d.c. general, filling it up with more families than can be adequately looked after in one location. >> now it's up to 190 families. once him therp yeah season starts in november, it will be back to 280. >> reporter: some of the families in hotels have vouchers for long-term housing. they will stay in hotels until they housing opens up for them. for others, an uncertain future lies at the end of a bus ride. council member graham believes there may be a legislative redress to this issue and it may come up on october 14th when there's a hearing here at d.c. general to address the progress of the mayor's plans to close this place. in southeast, derrick ward, news 4. we did reach out to the department of human services for comment, but they haven't gotten back to us just yet. a big traffic alert to pass

on where new construction could slow you down. >> don't expect this cold weather to stick around for very long. chuck is back to show you what to expect as you head back to work and school. plus a salute to america's veterans. the event that is happening today to honor those who serve.

happening today you can take your pet to get a special blessing at the national ka theed dram. similar events for the blessing of the animals are happening around the world like this one in mexico. the tradition honors st. francis of assisi, the patron saint of animals. if you are headed out this morning, be especially careful of all those deer. breeding season starts this month. it ends in january, and we don't know just how many accidents are caused by dooerks but you will see more of them on the roadways in the coming weeks, especially at the beginning of next month, november, when the animals tend

to be more active. >> expect delays if you drive in arlington this week. starting tomorrow, a construction project might add some time to your commute. melissa mollet points out the trouble spots. >> we want to give you a heads up in alexandria. vdot will close lanes on monday between 9:30 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon all next week through friday. that means you'll probably want to find another way to and from work if you're headed through that area. vdot replacing emergency pipes. the work expected to last at least three weeks. back to you. >> right now lanes of the woodrow wilson bridge are closing for a half moyer thon. it starts in mt. vernon and will end at national harbor. you won't be able to drive on the george washington parkway until later today. the streets will also be shut down in old town, alexandria. everything should be open again before noon. from scheduling after-school activities to getting help in

the classroom, parents, today we're working for you. the mobile tools that can help you coordinate your busy schedules. >> here's chuck. a little bit of reports of frost across parts of north central virginia. we're off to a coal start this morning. we'll go day

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on nbc4. let's find out what they're working on. >> erica hill and lester holt join us. >> good morning. just ahead on "today," on top of all the governments in the ebola scare in the u u.s. we'll bring you an update from class and the condition of the man diagnosed with ebola. he's been downgraded. more on the impending return of the nbc freelance cameraman who contracted the virus in africa. the all-outman hunt, could the cold wet weather flush him out. taking a look at teens an texting. not talking about them texting while driving. we'll take a look at the dangers teens face and frankly all of us, when we're not behind the wheel. ben affleck is getting rave reviews in the movie "gone girl." >> all that and much more when we get started on sunday morning right here on "today." >> looking forward to it.

today you can go see the president, but you may have to get in line right now. take a look at this. this is the american veterans disabled for life memorial. it's just a few blocks south of the capital. president obama will speak at the ceremony. organizers will hand out any unclaimed seats around 10:30 this morning. tomorrow the president will meet with financial leaders to talk about the financial future of wall street. nbc news is working to find out exactly who will be there. federal reserve chair is expected to attend and sec chair and secretary of the treasury could be there as well. we are less than a month from election day. candidates are hitting the campaign trail. republican ed gel less spi and mark warner made a stop at the annual fall jubilee. the candidates will square off live on tuesday right here on

nbc4. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will be hosting that debate. news 4's aaron gilchrist and julie carey will join the panel. news 4 and the fairfax county chamber of commerce are sponsoring the debate. you can see "news 4 at 6:00":00 followed by nightly news with brian williams at 6:30. that's earlier than normal. we will broadcast the debate life at 7:00 p.m. your kids aren't the only ones trying to survive this school year, balancing outside activities and homework can downright be stressful, even for you parents out there. don't worry. there's help. >> oh, that wonderful wake up, brush your teeth, eat breakfast, pack your lunch, feed the dog and don't forget to have a good day kind of morning is when jennifer knows well. >> anything i can do to save five minutes -- every second counts. >> with a new school year it's like a daily came of survivor. this pr executive finds herself

now the ceo of her kid's calendar. >> very tailored to me. >> she recently discovered activity rocket that speeds up the process to sign your kids up for classes and camps. >> we have e-mails going to our providers. >> activity rocket was started by two local moms fed up with the exhausting process. >> the beauty of technology is to use it to make our lives easier, more convenient. at the end of the day, you also feel like you're doing a good job as a parent. >> within three minutes i watched her find a tennis class for her two girls. you plug in everything from zip code, date, time and gender. there are more than 70,000 activities to search. >> there are reviews so i can look on and see if it's been rated by other moms. so i can have confidence it's the right thing. >> reporter: from scheduling after school activities to getting help in the classroom, there are online and mobile tools to keep in mind that

parents say works. for kids 3 to 8, learn with homer, a free ipad app has won big awards for helping kids learn to read. for middle schoolers and up, check out tut more.com where for a monthly fee your child can find a credible virtual tutor in subjects even parents don't understand. no matter the age, nbc's parent tool kit, it's breaks down what he or she is likely going through in that particular grade. around now, pressure on parents to plan and support is never greater, but the help at your fingertips pretty great. >> things like this do keep your organized. i think when you think about how you can juggle it all, it to me comes down to being realize organized. >> and in some way connected. >> that was a lot of information right there. we made it easy for you. we posted those apps on our website, nbcwashington.com. all you have to do is search school apps. this is a really busy time for

parents. any little bit of help you can get -- the problem is there are so many apps out there it's hard to find the right ones. these are ones that all prove to actually work and people were finding the benefits for. >> good to hear. >> crazy to think anyone got along without them before. >> what did we do? >> we just showed up places. >> amazingly everyone showed up on time. >> it is a sign of the time that kids these days are overstressed, overworked. more activities they're involved with outside of school as well. >> i don't know whether it's harder to be a parent or a kid these days. >> no matter whether you're a kid or a parent, if you're planning on stepping outside early this morning, you will want to know where your fall fleece is because you and your fleece are going to be good friends for the rest of the day, especially early this morning. temperatures have plummeted down into the -- not the 20s now,

that's another couple weeks away. but 30s and 40s. the recovery is already under way because the sun came up at 7:08 this morning. the temperatures starting rising almost immediately after that occurred. that doesn't make it any warmer. 45 at national airport. our low for the day so far unofficially at 44. we're up a degree. 65% relative humidity. but the air mass over us is really, really dry. that's the big change from yesterday to today. that's the kind of super dry air we sometimes get a lot of static electricity on the rug. you can scuff your feet and zap the guy next to you. 44 at national this morning. if that holds up for our official low, it will be the coolest morning since april 29th, 5 1/2 months ago. 40 in hagerstown, 39 at the inner harbor in baltimore. 43 at the naval academy. 34 in culpepper and opal,

virginia. temperatures right now ro 25 to 30 degrees colder than the sam time yesterday: hourly temperatures, we're stuck in the 40s through at least 8:00, 9:00 this morning. 53 by 10:00. 61 at 2:00. 63 our high temperature today a about the 4:00 this afternoon. the one good thing you don't have to worry at all about, rain. i don't know that we'll see much in the way of a cloud outside to day. freeze warnings up across the mornings of west virginia and high left-hand county, virginia. no advisories for frost and freeze. there have been reports, and i've seen the pictures out here towards culpepper of spots with relatively thick frost. no frost in and around the metro area this morning. yard work, getting it done. i told you yesterday today would be the better day to do the yard work because you don't have to be fighting the wind. it will be a cold start this morning, 45 degrees. without a wind out there, you'll be able to warm up just a touch.

staying on the chilly side. our average high now is 71. so we're going to be at least ten degrees cooler than average for most of the afternoon. if you're going out for dinner this morning, chilly, jacket required. even at a casual dining establishment jacket required because of the chill. temperatures in the 50s this morning. here is your future weather forecast, a sunny day today, perfect weather to be outside. it will be a chilly evening. skies remain clear through the overnight. that will make for a relatively cold start tomorrow morning. it won't be as cold as it is this morning. nonetheless, a little chill first thing. you want to have jackets again by tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, a little mix of clouds starting to come back in. milder for sure, back into the 70s we will go for tomorrow. by tomorrow night, clouds on the increase. hit-and-miss shower chances will start to come back into the forecast as we get into the day on tuesday. that doesn't look like a lot of rain. that looks like a couple of hit-and-miss showers. out the door tomorrow morning, a

cold start for kiddos at the bus stops tomorrow. generally in the 40s to near 50 degrees. here is your seven-day forecast. 62 today, 73 tomorrow. next chance of any rain is tuesday. next chance of a lot of rain shows up late next week and on into next weekend. a whole lot of great weather to come this week. if you're like me, you got the car washed yesterday, if we can droj the drops on tuesday, it will be clean on week. >> but then next week. >> but then it's been clean for a week. i can accept that. tomorrow, can you believe it? the washington wizards will play their first preseason game. >> before the team hits the court this morning, we're getting a look at picture day. why you might

get ready. the washington wizards are back. their first preseason game starts tomorrow. games that count begin at the end of the month. >> you'll see some of the players have a brand new look. news 4 sports reporter dianna russini shows us. >> reporter: all the attention right here on the washington wizards. >> winning is contagious. we started it. >> reporter: new success, new faces and new style. >> you think you resemble

anything right now? >> my daughter thinks i look like "my little pony." i'll go with that. >> a gremlin. maybe if you dip him in water he'll turn pink. >> i don't know what the hell martel is doing. >> what is that? >> i can't tell you. >> i think martel is trying to be a little longer. >> that is an actual mohawk. >> when men start going bald, you start receding at the corners. he's trying to trick us. you can't trick me. i'm bald. come on home. just come on home. join the club. >> martin? no words? >> i don't know. >> that's gortat. >> we have to go with a sort of mohawk because of my hairline, but it still look good. he's more flashy. i'm more classy. >> that wa dianna russini.

>> when you talk about my little pony, there's websites that have pictures of my little pony hair trying to emulate that. i don't think that's what he's going for. >> if you want to go to a preseason game, the first one at home is a week from today. >> today you can see police in laurel perched on a roof. the officers are up there right now on the roof of the dunkin' donuts on roof one. they're braving the cold temperatures to spend 30 hours straight up there. this is part of the cops on rooftops campaign helping to raise money for special olympics maryland. so far they have raised $3500. a popular festival is under way in new mexico. more than 500 hot air balloons lifted off yesterday morning. pilots using tablets to help navigate the sky. there were no reports of any injuries or crashes.

the festival does continue for another nine days. the part about using the tablets, it makes sense because we use our phones with our gpss and everything. there's all kinds of cool technology out there for them. they set their ipad up on gp skfrnlths and it let's them be their guide. >> back to the wizards, we have the beards for the nats. maybe if the wizards do well, we'll go for mow hawks. >> i would love to see that. >> i'm all for it if the boss signs off. >> that's going to do it for "news 4 today." we're back in 25 minutes with a news update. >> joi

good morning from bad to worse. the dallas patient diagnosed with ebola downgraded to critical condition. an american that beat the virus is readmitted to the hospital. meanwhile a vomiting passenger triggers a flight scare. a camera maniagnosed with ebola prepares to return home to the u.s. as more questions about how the country is dealing with the virus. we're live with the latest. a mother's plea. >> please, please, please help end this nightmare for all of us. please help us bring hannah home. >> hannah graham's mother begging for information as investigators continue to search for the missing university of virg s