at least one more game in d.c. but first, many of you will see a little rain on your way to work. we'll check in with tom kierein now with a look at your forecast. good morning, tom. the rain has been passing through here over the last couple of hours and is now just exiting the metro area. leaving in its wake the damp pavement. watch out for that, the roads are rather damp with the rain ending. it will take a while for the roads to dry out this morning, that includes 66, route 7 in fairfax virginia and 95 down to fredericksburg. and around the beltway, 270 and 95 north toward baltimore. 50 east to annapolis, the roads are damp this morning even though the rain has ended. temperatures right now are hovering near 60 degrees. upper 50s for prince george's county and montgomery county. near 60n fairfax county. the rest of northern virginia now in the upper 50s. what to wear today? it's a cool morning. you'll definitely need long sleeves and pants and have the umbrella with you with an additional sprinkle the next

hour or two. but the chances are much lower now. the next weather and traffic is on the 1s at 6:11. right now a water main break uld cause problems for your commute happening on route 1 near montgomery road and beltsville. megan mcgrath is there with what is happening right now. megan? >> reporter: well, we have a water main break here. take a look at all that is going on here. this is taking up the entire right-hand lane. [ inaudible ] sorry about that. we are having a hard time hearing megan's mike, but we are talking southbound right there at montgomery road with one southbound lane closed. the northbound lanes are open. you are looking at chopper 4

over the situation in howard county with a tree down. a huge tree across the road. this is southbound scaggsville closed completely from 108 to hall shop road. your alternate is route 32 this morning. a wider look at things, we are looking good. the slowest spot is right here with and arrow on d.c. 295 passing 50. a little bit slow and usually is this time of the day. prince george's county looking good here. then 95 out of stafford, you're a little slow. probably until triangle opens back up. then you get a little slow again through dale city. pretty typical this time of the day. i'm back with a live look at 270 again looking pretty good in the next couple of minutes. 6:02 is the time. more states are likely to recognize same sex marriage as cases make their way through the federal court system. legal experts tell the richmond times dispatch it's unlikely the supreme court will later accept a rule that bans gay marriage being unconstitutional.

in the justices want to do that, they have to hear the five cases before them. this morning same sex couples can legally marry in virginia, utah, oklahoma, wisconsin and indiana. the same ruling will allow gay and lesbian couples marry in six other states including west virginia. when all is said and done, 30 states and the district of columbia will recognize same sex marriage. we could find out the trial date for a former day care worker accused of abusing toddlers in virginia. karen spriggs is the latest here on the right and another woman sarah jordan stomped on children's bare tors and covered their mouths with blankets. the trial will start next month. 6:03 is the time now. the u.s. is stepping up its effort to fight ebola. the government is considering tough anything the screaming process at major airports including dulles. that could mean cdc members will

be station there had to ask travelers about their flight history and takeheir temperature when they get off the flight. virginia wolf is calling on someone to be put in charge in response to the ebola outbreak. the senior ebola adviser would fight the deadly disease here and in africa. decision 2014 is around the corner. all of you voters in virginia will get some help deciding who the next u.s. senator should be. democrat mark warner and republican challenger ed gillespie will debate today. warner is leading 48% to 39%, but that's the closest they have been in this race. the libertarian candidate has 6% in the poll. today's debate will be hosted by "meet the press" moderator chuck todd. julie carey and i will be on the panel. the debate starts at 7:00 here on nbc4. all right. the nationals have another chance to be pumped 4 the pennant this morning. take a look at this huge error

from the pitcher that kept them alive to play today. they take on the san francisco giants at 9:00 tonight. the nats players say when they are on the field, they can't be on the other side of a play like that one. >> we got the break we have been looking for for a few days now. there's no margin for error. >> perfect pitch. >> no margin for error says adam laroche. gonzalez pitches for the nats tonight. if they win, they will be back here at the park on thursday. go nats. we loved to see them win last night because they needed it. >> the analysts say the break at the end of the season and between the playoffs was bad for them. they shookoff the restart last night. we'll see much more of the nats like we saw this season. >> 3-1, baby, we hope so.

>> this is a live look from springfield, virginia, at 6:06. we'll see how long some are dealing with rain hour by hour. plus the fashion choice to put you at a higher risk for skin cancer. and we are staying on top of a developing story. the fight against isis. two senators say there's a clear way to defeat the terror group. and it's an idea that has not been discussed yet.

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it is possible doctors get worn down as the day goes on to make them more likely to give in to a patient's request for medication, even if it is not helpful. apparently the bikini could be to blame for the whopping increase in skin cancer. researches at nyu analyzed several factors over the last 100 years. according to the national cancer institute, between the 1930s to 1960s, when bikinis went from fully covering your beside i do to just partial. cancer shot up 300% in men and 400% in women. the skin cancer rate is still rising. while we now know that you should use sunscreen all the time, people like to be in the sun. >> since 2000 the number of people diagnosed is 2% a year. it is an interesting tradeoff. you put on the sexy bikini or cover-up and don't get skin cancer. >> right. >> well, the rain is moving out of the area this morning.

>> that's right. but you may want to grab a jacket. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is being sent to the metro station with the storm team 4 by 4 and no jacket. what do you say, chuck? >> that's right. no jacket required today, but i do have a little extra layer of warmth with my nats hat here just in case. a big win last night. as a result, the playoff beard lives. at least one more day. we'll hope the nats can sweep the rest of the games to move on to the next round. it's a lot milder outside this morning than it was yesterday. temperatures now are in the upper 50s to lower 60s compared to the 40s yesterday morning. we saw sprinkles overnight last night into early this morning. those are gone now, but take the umbrella with you with another chance for rain coming in later this afternoon and into this evening. temperatures as i mentioned are milder this morning. it will be another mild afternoon. temperatures will be in the 60s late this morning and then up into the mid to upper 70s by later this afternoon.

got my gnome hat ready to go. we have a problem on prince george's southbound 1 at moth montgomery road. northbound you're okay. a little bit of volume there building he as we look at the wider picture and as the morning progresses here. taking a look at the travel times n virginia, 95 northbound from quantico to the beltway, 29 minutes right now. 66 eastbound from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 11 minutes right now in maryland. 270 south from germantown road to the beltway, 16 minutes. and the outer loop from 95 to 270 is 11 minutes. i'm back in ten minutes. thank you. how many cups of coffee have you had this morning? you may want to blame your parents for your answer to that question. plus, news4 was there when a little girl asked alex ovechkin on a date. >> i was thinking, my mom was -- do you like sushi? okay?

tonight? >> okay. >> we'll show you how he made her

a new poll shows that mark warner has a strong lead over ed gillespie. 51% favor warner and 39% for gillespie. gillespie is showing strong among republicans, men and whites. health care and the economy are some of the top issues they are looking for. you'll hear more on those issues tonight on nbc4 with a debate between warner and gillespie you can watch live at 7:00 p.m. 6:16 is the time. now to a developing story, two republican senators are behind a new op-ed in today's wall street journal to criticize president obama's strategy on isis in syria. john mccain and lindsey graham

say they will not destroy the terrorist group because, quote, the administration still has no effective policy to remove bashar assad from power and end the conflict in syria. they insist he must be removed from power to insure success. a 19-year-old from chicago in jail for allegedly attempting to travel overseas to join isis. mohommad cane was arrested just before boarding a plane to you are the chi. he appeared in court yesterday and left a letter for his parents with a letter showing his plan to sneak into liberia to join isis. the woman says the violence needs to end. her 9-year-old brother was hit by a stray bullet and he's in grave condition. d.c. police need your help to find the shooter. the shooting happened friday at the mayfair mansions complex in northeast washington. it was right by a playground. the boy was hit in the head. his injury was so bad that officers drove him to the

hospital rather that waited for an ambulance. news4 spoke to the boy's sister who did not want to appear on camera. >> i just want the community to keep praying for my little brother. and, you know, at some point it all needs to end. >> two adults were also hurt in the shooting. police did find weapons near the scene but no arrests have been made. and this is not something you see every day. a fire truck caught fire in silver spring. that is a fire truck from chopper 4 there at the scene. the truck was responding to a call when a mechanical problem caused it to fill with smoke yesterday. the firefighters put out the flames. the damage was so bad that the fire truck is now out of service. the department says it will bring in another truck from its reserve unit. before today protesters in ferguson, missouri, could not simply sit in one place. police said they had to move while they demonstrated or face arrest. newspapers there called it the five-second rule. however, the practice is changing because a federal judge

said as long as the protesters are peaceful that rule violates protesters' first amendment rights. new york city canceling a project to up stall thousands of transmitters in pay phone booths to track your movements. the private company already up stalled 500 of the beacons in phone booths. they pick up cell phone signals and could have been used to send advertisements straight to your phone. the city scrapped the project and crews are now removing the beacons from the phones. all right. time now to look at the forecast we have been talking about. a little wet start to our day, but it looks like the rain is moving out. >> let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein now. tom? >> and the chilly weather is moving out as well. we have a mild pattern that's going to be commencing. a lot of clouds around later. the high resolution satellite imagery is showing quite a bit of cloudiness passing through virginia and maryland this morning, but we'll get breaks in the clouds with the day progressing. over the last three hours, we have had the rain pass through.

as we look at the radar here, just one more lingering sprinkle there right on the prince george's and ann arundel county line. elsewhere, just damp pavement from the overnight showers. it will take a while for the pavement to dry out here over the next few hours. so watch out for that this morning. right now it's rather cool in the upper 50s. not as chilly as the last few mornings. the upper 50s nor prince george's, fairfax, montgomery county. and right near alexandria through mount vernon and burke, virginia, the upper 50s. much of loudoun county, prince william, falkier in the upper 50s. watch out for damp roads for much of the morning commute in the low 60s. then the afternoon commute, we'll have dry roads. a partly sunny sky with temperatures nicely climbing into the upper 70s by later this afternoon. then the rain returns between 8:00 and midnight with showers coming through in the 60s. this time tomorrow morning in the mid-50s. a beautiful day tomorrow with a mild trend continuing with highs

in the mid-70s as well as on thursday. then some showers likely again on friday night into early saturday morning. drying out saturday afternoon. a little cooler on sunday with a passing shower on sunday and again on monday. the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31 with your bus stop morning forecast. and now with our roads this morning, do we have any problems, melissa? we have an issue with chopper 4 over prince george's county. anybody headed down route 1 to the beltway, listen up. southbound route 1 at montgomery road we have a water main break. only one lane at this point getting by. we have one lane closed. that is megan mcgrath's shot down there on the ground. also this situation in howard county. still a problem southbound scaggsville road closed from route 108 to hall shop because of the downed tree. your alternate is 32. that's a mess as well. lighter look at things, we are looking good at this point this morning. nothing a-typical right now. 66 you're running 40 miles per hour. same thing on 95 in virginia, the beltway at branch avenue and prince george's county looking pretty good. follow us on twitte

twitter @first4traffic. melissa, thank you. 6:22 right now. we have a correction to make. earlier we reported the prince george's county legislative listening session is tonight. it is not tonight. it's actually happening on thursday. now to new fallout from the veterans affairs backlog scandal. the v.a. is firing four senior executives. the top purchasing leading, the directors of the v.a. hospitals in pennsylvania and georgia, and the regional hospital director in central alabama are all being fired. congress passed a new law making it easier for the agency to fire senior leaders suspected of wrongdoing. >> if you drink coffee so much and feel like it must be in your dna, you might be right. scientists have linked dna to how much you drink coffee. researchers identified six genes to play a role. four reacted to caffeine. the work was released by the journal molecular psychiatry.

how about that? in fact, my mom and i drink about the same of coffee, two to three cups in the morning. caffeine does affect me, too. by the afternoon, forget it. i'm up all night if i drink it. >> i'm with you. a police officer in michigan went out of his way to help a mom and keep her little girl safe. >> take a look at the officer bringing her a car seat. he pulled the woman over when he noticed that her daughter did not have a car seat. the girl's mother said she couldn't afford it. so the officer took them to a nearby walmart and bought it for them. apparently he pulled her over for that same reason and she said her car was stolen. the car seat was taken. and they are not cheap. car seats are expensive. >> clearly he thought the safety of the little girl was paramount and wanted to help somebody at the same time. there are good people out there. a little girl in our area may never look at sushi the same way again. >> at least not unless she's having it with alex ovechkin. >> i was thinking, my mom was --

do you like sush sniri? okay? me, you, tonight? >> he said okay. this is 10-year-old ann who has down syndrome and asked him out on a date earlier this year. he delivered. take a look, he brought her flowers out of the gate and she received a tour of the locker room this weekend and a jersey. they really did go out for sushi. how about that? >> she plays on the washington ice dogs as a team for children for young adults with developmental disability. she knows her hockey and is a big fan. >> i think she's a great chance. he's lucky to go on a date with ann. well, it's starting to feel cooler out. wow, i didn't want to see this picture. >> no! >> we'll tell you why many of you will pay more for your power bill this winter. and we're seeing the rain in our area head out this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will take you through the bus stop forecast in your

weather and traffic on the 1s. plus, pretending to be a police officer to try to kidnap a woman in arlington. the red flag she noticed that may have saved her life at 6:25.

right now storm team 4 radar is showing most of the rain moving out of the area, but the roads are still wet heading out the door. and if you drive to work in beltsville right now, you may want to avoid route 1 with a big hole in the road because of the water main break. "news4 today" keeps your weather and traffic together every ten minutes. your weather and traffic on the 1s is starting with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. tom? some of the area roads are a little damp from the overnight showers moving on through. just a few lingering sprinkles in southern prince george's county and central ann arundel continuing to track off to the north and east. watch out with the roads gradually drying out, but there's a little bit of dampness out there to make them slick. for this morning, you will need long sleeves and pants. have the umbrella handy. you may get an additional sprinkle between now and maybe around 7:30 or 8:00 this morning. there's a small chance of that. and at the bus stop this

morning, it will be rather cool. we'll be hovering near 60 degrees under a cloudy sky between now and 8:00. then after 8:00, we'll have still quite a bit of cloudiness around. a bit milder into the mid-60s by then. the storm tea 4 by 4 has hit the road. chuck bell is at the springfield metro station. if you travel through there, come by to see the storm team 4 4 by 4. we'll go live at 6:41. now melissa is looking at road conditions. here's what's going on? a wider look at things right now is what we'll start with. you can see everything looking pretty typical. a little bit of yellow here and there. no red. that's what we don't want to see this morning. taking a look at prince george's county, a piece of red is popping up at branch avenue. as soon as i say that, wouldn't you know? 66 at compton, no problems there. southbound route 1 at montgomery road, we are talking about this water main. you can see the right lane there completely stopped because of that big hole in the ground.

also, howard county, southbound scaggsville road closed from 108 to hall shop. ator the gnat is there at 32. remember to follow us on first4traffic. police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in anacostia. police have not released the name of the man who died. download the washington app for more on this developing story. there's someone in arlington pretending to be a police officer and trying to lure women into his car. police tell us he turned on a light in his dashboard and pulled a woman over on north quincy street in boston. then he tried to convince her to ride in his car. she said no and the man ran away. she's somewhere out there right now. and neighbors say that's troubling. >> i mean, typically it's a safe community. that's why i'm surprised and shocked something like this would happen. >> if something like this does happen to you, police say you

can call them right away to confirm whether the police officer is a real officer or just an imposter. the grandmother of two missing toddlers in montgomery county is speaking out. the children's mother suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and says her daughter should be forced to take her medicine. lindsey huggle wants to find her grandchildren and has not spoken to her daughter katherine since she was arrested. if lindsey could talk to her daughter, she would tell her to take her medicine and ask her where she took sarah and jacob. >> there were some beginning subtle signs that something was odd, but it's -- i'm not sure this would ever be anything you would predict. >> she says she's considering seeking guardianship over her daughter that would allow her to make medical decisions for her. go to nbcwashington.com and search changing minds to find men call health resources. 6:32. in a few hours, the new leader of the secret service will be on

capitol hill. joseph clancy will meet with members of the senate yjudiciar committee. he was sworn in yesterday at the interim director. he spent 30 years with the direct director. "the washington post"/university of maryland poll shows anthony brown with a nine-point lead over republican larry hogan. brown led by 14 points in a cbs news poll last month. 11% of voters in this poll say they are undecided. cleaning up the chesapeake bay could add billis to the region's economy. according to a new study, the region would reap an additional 22.5 billion a year under the plan to clean up the watershed to seek pollution reduce d by

2014. today you can find out how much more it will cost you to keep warm this winter. the latest information administration will release the outlook for winter fuels. it's expected propane-fueled households will spend more on heat this winter. depending on mother nature, customers may also news more natural gas. 6:33 and a lot of you are talking about the redskins. topics from the game are trending nationally. >> it was a tough loss even as referees took three seattle seahawks touchdowns away for penalties. ri coach jay grudan is blaming himself for how the team played. >> the running game is not quite good enough. we are not quite good enough anywhere and it starts with the play calling, so i have to do a better job, too. >> well, so tough. you won't have to wait long to see the redskins play again as they take on the arizona cardinals sunday at 4:30 in the

afternoon. new this morning, distracted driving. a lot of folks are making a decision you would think would keep your family safer on the road, but in three minutes we'll have brand new research that shows it's just as dangerous as typing a text message. at 6:47, a new idea to loosen marijuana laws in d.c. the district just voted to decriminalize it this summer but the step further it may take today. plus we are live in springfield to take you through your forecast hour by hour in your weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:41. good morning. coming up this morning on "today," a new rossen report. this one could be a lifesaver. you probably noticed there's smoke in this kitchen. we are filling this house in the suburbs with smoke, complete with a simulated fire and flames here. and why are we doing this? because there are new numbers we have this morning about how many families actually have a fire safety plan in place. so we're going to put the family that lives here to the test. how fast can they get out?

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welcome back. new this morning, something you think that is making you safer on the road could be more dangerous. >> using a gps could be just as dangerous as texting and driving. two new studies say the systems are so error-prone or complex that they require more concentration from drivers rather than less. the systems were graded on a distraction scale of one to five with one representing no distraction and five comparable to doing complex math problems. apparently apple's siri received the worst rating at 4.14. the high level of distraction trying to use sir, while

driving. >> text drivers using siri in the driving simulator have rear-ended a car. i will say siri is better in the update. you can push the button and talk into the car, but it doesn't hear you clearly or something and it requires a lot of effort. >> i think it is safer just to put it away. keep the distractions at bay. we'll go live now to meteorologist chuck bell in springfield with the storm team 4x4. good morning. >> reporter: it's a beautiful morning outside. a little on the cool said with a noticeable breeze here at the franconia-springfield metro station. it was sprinkling earlier on my way to work. stay ahead of the weather by downloading your storm team 4 weather app that is absolutely free. on the radar, we have a couple showers out there from earlier today. but it's a dry start for the morning commute. but have your umbrella with you with another chance for rain

later on this afternoon. temperatures this morning are about 15 degrees warmer now than we were at the same time yesterday morning. so still cool enough for a light jacket, but it will be a mild afternoon with a fair amount of sunshine today. that will put temperatures well back into the mid-70s for most neighborhoods. so plenty warm. our average high is only 71 degrees. we'll be in bonus territory later this afternoon, but i would indeed have your umbrella with you just like i do. and download the storm team 4 weather app as well. melissa mollet downloaded it and she can tell you now about traffic. and i also have six umbrellas on standby in case anyone at the station needs them. actually, i don't have any in my car but should get one. outer loop at maryland 95, the folks are red on the outer loop of the beltway pretty jammed at this point. a wider look at things, we are getting slow here d.c. 295 passing 50. we heard about the crash actually in this area as well. and the top of the beltway is

what chopper is over at this point this morning. taking a look at travel times, we are a little slow. twice as long as we should be in maryland and virginia. 270 southbound from germantown road to the beltway, 22 minutes there. the outer loop from 95 to 270, 21 minutes. that should only take you ten. it's not doing that for us today. 95 north from quantico to the beltway, 40 minutes instead of 23. and 66 eastbound from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 16 minutes at this point this morning. i'm back in ten. see you then. thank you. fighting ebola, how one city is relying on actors to contain the virus. and a car flies into a group eating lunch outside. the change the restaurant is making because of this accident. plus, tracking your kids to send them specific advertisements. the pledge the company is making to keep your children's information private. it is now 6:42.

16 before the hour, we are following the latest on a water main break and the ebola outbreak. >> let's go to richard jordan first. >> we have an unbelievable story out of ann arundel county this morning. one of their school buses was stolen. fortunately, no children on the school bus. here's a photo of a bus similar to the one that was taken. the bus that's missing is bus number 874 that has an elevator ramp on the rear passenger side.

and police say they think it's going to have front-end damage as well because that bus crashed through a gate as it was taken off the lot. they are trying to find that bus and police are looking for the bus. anyone with information is asked to call police. aaron and eun? thank you. 15 before the hour right now. we are staying on top of developments now in the ebola cases here in the u.s. kate snow is live in omaha, nebraska, with the latest on this. kate, good morning to you. >> reporter: aaron, good morning to you. so here in nebraska we have the arrival of the second patient they have treated here. he is a cameraman working freelance for nbc news. he arrived here yesterday and is doing pretty well. we're told that he was able to walk off the plane. we actually saw him walk off the plane. and we are told by doctors he seems to be in the early phases of the ebola virus, so that's promising. his father who happens to also be a doctor says he's going to receive an experimental

medication to battle this disease. in dallas, that patient remains in critical but stable condition. his mother rushed to be with him driving 15 hours through the night arriving there yesterday. his 85-year-old mother saying she just wanted to be close by so that maybe he could hear her voice as he battles and fights the disease in dallas. that's the latest from here. back to you. >> kate snow live in omaha, nebraska, for us. thank you. this morning we're learning about the precautions to keep ebola from spreading across the u.s. public hospitals in new york city are apparently sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how good the triage staff is at identifying possible cases. one of the nation's largest ambulance companies has put together step by step instructions on how to wrap the interior of a rig with plastic sheeting while transporting a patient. and look for more about the fight to keep ebola from spreading here in the u.s. coming up on the "today" show

after "news4 today." today the d.c. council is voting on several bills to further regulate marijuana in the district. they are expected to vote on the bill to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana as they see fit. also on the docket, voting on whether non-violent marijuana offenders should have their records sealed. in the last two months, d.c. has made several changes to the marijuana laws. for instance n july there was the decriminalization of pot. basically police can no longer arrest you for having an ounce or less. the ticket is there are 25. and in august the council decided to put a plan to legalize marijuana on the november ballot so you have a chance to vote. right now we're learning new information about the water main break to affect your morning commute. this is happening on route 1 near montgomery road in beltsville. we'll go to megan mcgrath. any problem proprogress out there? what are you seeing? >> reporter: we are still seeing the gaping hole in the middle of the road that will be with us

through the morning rush hour and into the afternoon. they have not even gotten down to the pipe itself to see what kind of break this is. so it will be a while before we see improvement in the area. this is the southbound side of route 1 at montgomery road in beltsville. a lot of folks take this road to hop on the beltway. well, the right-hand lane is closed. you'll have to get by to the left. headed in the northbound direction, though, all lanes are open. so good news if you're headed to laurel. but this is going to be a problem, especially as traffic builds. people are getting by single file to the left this morning, so keep that in mind to give yourself extra time. reporting live in beltsville, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you guys. thank you, megan. >> 12 minutes before the hour. decision 2014 with new information impacting virginia's u.s. senate race. a new poll shows democrat mark warner with and the-plus lead over republican ed gillespie. he's up 51% to 39%.

the increase in the poll from a few weeks ago. it's a major shift going into tonight's debate between the two live at 7:00 on nbc4. nbc's "meet the press" is the moderator. microsoft is making a pledge to protect your child's online behavior. kate rogers is here to tell us about that pledge. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. microsoft is among a group of tech firms pledging to protect data on students. now this comes after a week of a california company restricting how information collected from elementary to high school students. the companies are publicly saying they won't sell data to target kids with ads. they also won't compile personal profiles on students unless they are authorized by schools or parents. back to you. >> kate rogers from cnbc. their pennant hopes are alive and well today. but if the nats lose to the san

francisco giants tonight, it's all over. we don't want that to happen. take a look from yesterday. you don't see a play like that every day. the team scored two runs on a bunt and a big error from the giants' pitcher. players say that break gives them every chance they need today. >> both teams know each other, we have played quite a bit against each other. they know what we do. and we just have to go out there to execute. >> and they executed yesterday for sure. good work out there. you can watch tonight's game at 9:00. gio gonzalez will start for the nats this time. if they win, the team heads back to washington to play in front of a cheering crowd at nationals park on thursday. crossing my fingers. >> they just had to find the playoff groove. it took more than one game than we liked. >> and the big error by the giants' pitcher. that helps a lot. >> whatever you want to call it. >> i didn't know about it until i went to nbcwashington.com. i was elated and we are still

elated hoping for another win. game four tonight with the nationals and giants at beautiful at&t park in san francisco and beautiful weather for baseball again. today's game will be starting later than yesterday's with the first pitch at 9:07 eastern time this evening and 6:07 in san francisco. sunshine in the low 70s. through the game it will drop down to the 60s with a partly cloudy sky. look at the swath of orange right along the horizon in the lavender cloud cover over washington right now at dawn on this tuesday morning. a few scattered sprinkles overnight with the roadways a little damp. watch out for that. we'll be drying out throughout the day. mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s for the afternoon. then tonight the rain returns between 8:00 and midnight with shower coming on through. dry tomorrow morning by this time morning. we aught to be able see the lunar eclipse in the western sky. the moon will turn this very dark orange color. and it starts at 5:15 tomorrow

morning. moon sets at 7:16 in the morning. tomorrow, we aught to have breaks in the clouds. we aught to be able to see the lunar eclipse tomorrow morning. and speaking of the orange color, we are starting to see that in the trees. this tree was in falls church taken on sunday. and it was posted on twitter, facebook and up stay graham. connect with me and post your autumn foliage pictures and comments. tomorrow in the mid-50s to mid-70s. the mild trend continues. beautiful day. then another beautiful day on thursday with highs again in the mid-70s and cooler in the morning. increasing clouds on friday. right now it looks like showers may be moving in for the royals/orioles game. if that's an evening game, it probably will be, there could be a rain delay. and showers continue into saturday morning. then the sun is back saturday afternoon with a high near 70. cooler on sunday with a chance for a passing shower on sunday and again on monday. now melissa is still dealing with the water main break there. this thing does not want to go away. take a look southbound route 1

at montgomery road. if you're headed out of prince george's county to the beltway, you'll run into this. the northbound lanes are open at this point this morning. southbound one lane shut down. chopper 4 over maryland 95 at the beltway, you can see all the folks with the headlights coming southbound here into town for us this morning. wider look at things, seeing a lot more red than we were a little while ago. this is when the volume starts to build and is building in all of the normal spots. prince george's county, branch avenue,ennsylvania avenue, both of them running about 40 miles per hour. and then you're pretty slow here indian head highway inbound. 95 my friends in stafford, slow out of stafford opening up in triangle and getting slow again headed over to woodbridge. taking a look at 66, a little slow there out in ma nasa. then southbound scaggsville road is now open. 270 at montgomery village avenue is rolling along as well. 6:53. and today we could find out the trial date for a former day care worker accused of abusing

toddlers in virginia. kiera sprigs is facing charges related to the academy in woodbridge. according to social services, sprigs and sarah jordan stomped on the children's bare toes and covered their mouths with kepts. the trial is expected to start next month. and next month a crahearing will be held on the single car crash that happened on southbound 95 near route 198 in laurel. the state police tell us one child was taken by helicopter with life-threatening injuries. one adult was also hurt. the supreme court's decision not to hear appeals about same sex marriages could lead to more states recognizing them. >> i, erika turner -- >> just hours after the appeal was turned down, couples started

to get married. they say if the justices wanted to do that, they would have to agree to hear the cases that were before them. 6:55. right now same sex couples can legally marry in utah, oklahoma, wisconsin and indiana. the same ruling will soon allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in six other states including virginia because they are covered by the same appeals court. once everything is said and done, 30 states and the district of columbia will recognize same sex marriage. surveillance cameras were rolling when a car crashed into customers eating on a patio in miami. it was a 71-year-old man who lost control of his car and hit a pole before he slammed into the diners. you can see just how hard the impact was there. video of saturday's crash was just released and so were the 911 tapes. >> i need medics out here now. >> okay, is anyone trapped in the vehicles? >> no. no. >> any obvious injuries like bleeding? cuts? >> yes there, is, there is, yes.

>> now seven people were seriously hurt. among them, two people inside the car. the driver doesn't remember much about what happened in the accident but says he's sorry. the restaurant has removed the outside dining tables until the area has been deemed safe. new this morning, the american scientist is among the recipients of the nobel prize in physics. he is a frprofessor at u.c. san barbara. he was honored for his invention of blue led lights. here are four things to know before heading out the door this morning, the nationals play tonight at 9:00 and a win brings them back to d.c. a loss and they are kicked out of the playoffs. candidates for the u.s. virginia state will debate live on nbc the at 7:00 p.m. a new poll shows democrat mark warn we are a 51% to 39% lead over republican ed gillespie. today the d.c. council votes on bills to further regulate

marijuana in the district. one bill will decide whether non-violent marijuana offenders should have their records sealed. and crews are repairing a 16-inch water main break on montgomery road. follow first 4 traffic on twitter for updates. another mild day with highs reaching the upper 70s this afternoon. then showers again likely late tonight. next chance friday night into saturday morning. tom, thank you. that's it for us this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in a minutes. have a great day.

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