sheriff's deputy who was rushed to the hospital yesterday has tested negative for the virus. that comes as the u.s. is sending two military planes to liberia, taking aid and soon up to 4,000 troops will be headed that way. all this follows a grim new statistic. the world health organization says more than 3,800 people have died from ebola. >> we have team coverage tonight of prevention efforts around the country, and close to home. we begin with chris lawrence. he's at our live desk. chris? >> you can imagine the city of dulles has been on an ever -- [ no audio ] health officials say they used an abundance of caution in bringing sergeant michael mono to the hospital after he was sick. he had been in the apartment of thomas eric duncan. >> the deputy who is sick from

something is not sick from ebola. and i am not at risk, and no one else is at risk who followed those doctors' protocols in dealing with this family. >> reporter: he delivered a quarantine notice to the family members who were staying with duncan. those people are part of a group of 48 being checked daily for signs of ebola. they're being watched for 21 days. the incubation period for the fatal disease. and no one has gotten sick yet. wednesday night, the community paused to remember duncan, who died eight days after testing positive for ebola. he was originally sent home from the hospital, despite telling a nurse he had been in liberia. the texas health department says it is considering investigating texas presbyterian hospital, and its handling of duncan's care. and it's raised fears that patients elsewhere might slip through the cracks. >> the issue that happened in dallas when mr. duncan wasn't first recognized, that almost is

for sure not going to happen again, because everybody is heads-up about that. >> reporter: this weekend, enhanced screening begins at five u.s. airports where most passengers from west africa enter the u.s. passengers will have their temperature taken, and asked about their contact with ebola victim a hazardous materials cleanup crew worked all night to clean thomas duncan's hospital room but even his remains could transmit the disease if it's not properly taken care. i'm chris lawrence at the live desk. jim, doreen, back to you. a review by the news4 i-team finds that the government has some ground to make up in the fight against ebola. as scott macfarlane reports now, the government has in recent years become stingier with the money it gives to local health officials to prepare for outbreaks. scott? >> reporter: yeah, jim, the i-team 4 through years of budget records and grant applications since 2006, the feds have significantly cut back on the money they give local health teams to prepare for many things, including ebola.

international travelers skreenld at dulles. government scientists in bethesda working on a vaccine. here in d.c., a flurry of activity to prepare for ebola. but here in d.c., they still have to catch up. a gridlocked congress has in recent years been cutting back the money it gives the centers for disease control and national institutes of health by tens of millions of dollars. >> we could have responded more effectively, more urgently, if we had more resources available. >> reporter: and the i-team's review of federal budget data found significant cuts in federal grants given to the maryland and virginia departments of health for emergency and disease preparedness. cuts of more than $1 million to each state's grant money for hospital preparedness in just the past year. and we found each state reduced the amount of emergency training and exercises they hold because of it. our reviews also found federal money has been tight for manufacturers of ebola vaccines.

including math bio, a san diego company that made the experimental vaccine given to two american health workers, evacuated from it liberia this summer. their lives were saved, but the company burned through its entire vaccine supply. immediately after the department of health and human services announced $25 million in funding for mapp bio, but the i-team found that nearly doubles all the agency grant money to the company in the past decade. political analysts say until now ebola vaccine manufacturers have had little political sway. >> most of the players in this area tend to be the smaller companies, the boutique companies. >> reporter: the ones who aren't big enough to be here lobbying. >> the ones that aren't big enough to spend their resources lobbying. >> reporter: hospitals say they have been particularly hard hit by the federal cuts and not just in our area. we found $100 million less each year for emergency preparedness nationwide than a decade ago. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> scott, thank you. some hospitals in our area are

stepping up in case someone here should become infected with the ebola virus. kristin wright takes us inside the drill hospitals are doing and shows us the special tools doctors have on stabbnd by. head to our website. we have created a special page on nbcwashington.com. there are new developments tonight in the investigation into jesse matthew. he is the man wanted in connection with the disappearance of uva student hannah graham. our affiliate in charlottesville, virginia, now says authorities interviewed matthew back in 2009 after morgan harrington disappeared. harrington's body was found in a farmland outside charlottesville. matthew was a cab driver back then. he was on duty the night that harrington disappeared. a fellow cab driver tells nbc 29 in charlottesville that detectives told him back in 2009 they believed harrington got into a cab the night that she

vanished. >> i went back and talked to the city. and i asked which taxicab. and she said, yes, she did jump into a taxicab that night before her last -- being seen alive. >> matthew has been charged with abducting hannah graham. he is not charged with any crime in connection to the death of harrington. but police say forensic evidence has linked him to harrington. a former d.c. police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to running a child prostitution ring. but the lawyer for one of the victims says more cops could be involved. news4's mark segraves has the story. he admitted he videotaped himself having sex with a 17-year-old girl and acted a pimp for two other teenagers, but never implicated any other police officers. today a lawyer for one of those victims said more cops may be involved, and that's why she is afraid to testify. >> there is an actual fear of

reprisal from the police officers. it is my understanding and through some investigation that it could be a little bit more far-reaching than just mr. barnhill. >> reporter: barnhill got a lighter sentence because the victims did not want to testify. and because prosecutors said the victims never knew he was a police officer. but the victims' attorney told reporters that other police officers visited barnhill's apartment while she was there. >> she also stated his residence. and she talked about other police officers coming into the residence and how they treated him and she understood that he was a police officer. >> reporter: barnhill's attorney disputed those claims. >> this is the first i've ever heard of that. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney also rejected any suggestion the victims knew barnhill was a police officer. the victim's attorney says they will likely sue barnhill and the d.c. police department. but for now, his client is living in fear. >> she is definitely afraid of that. the mother and the child. that's why they no longer --

they don't want any involvement. they don't want to be known. >> reporter: at u.s. district court, mark segraves, news4. now for the fight against isis, overseas and here at home. today a judge in chicago delayed a ruling on whether to set bail for 19-year-old man named mohamed khan. he was arrested last saturday at o'hare airport. prosecutors say he was trying to get to syria to fight with isis. khan's lawyer says he can't get a fair trial. >> all you have to do is feel the hysteria in the air today. >> in the meantime, the u.s. appears to have stepped up air strikes on isis targets in kobani, syria. that's right on the border with turkey. that city is in danger of falling to isis. pentagon officials have warned that air strikes alone cannot save that city. turkey has troops and tanks at the border, but so far turkish leaders have refused appeals to fight isis. they say it is not realistic to expect turkey to go it alone in

a ground war against isis. a prince george's county candidate for maryland state delegate has been cleared of charges that he sexually assaulted a young girl. and tonight he's sharing his side of the story with bureau chief tracee wilkins. >> this could happen in a sense to anybody. >> reporter: michael heffman says he's worried he'll be spending the rest of his life defending himself after he was charged with sexually assaulting a child. >> it's like the ground has fallen out under you. >> reporter: heffman, attorney, author and republican candidate for maryland state delegate in prince george's, is now cleared of those charges. they were brought by a woman he hired to care for his elderly father. the woman claimed that heffman sexually assaulted her-year-old daughter on his upper marlboro farm. the case went before the grand jury last week and chose not to indict heffman, clearing his name. >> good the grand jury declines to indict, they feel there is not enough evidence to indict. obviously, those hearings are confidential, so i can't go into any reasons they gave

specifically. >> reporter: news4 learned that just two years ago, the mom who we will not identify in order to protect her daughter, was found guilty of faking her own abduction to get out of a court battle surrounding allegations of fraud and forgery. that case also involved another person she was caring for. >> the woman is a very charming woman. and i knew absolutely nothing about her background. >> reporter: heffman says he found the woman through a reputable online service for caregivers. >> you think that the verification services they provide is going to help you. >> reporter: he says while he wanted the best for his 80-year-old dad, good care is hard to find. he's now focused on getting his life back. >> a lot of people have been praying for me, and i think my prayers have been answered, and i want to pick up my life. >> reporter: mr. heffman says he's looking forward to starting his campaign again. meanwhile, our attempts to contact the mother who brought these allegations were unsuccessful. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news4.

to the weather now. some changes coming our way. veronica johnson up in the storm center. >> yeah, a little bit of a downer for the next couple of days. gray skies for sure. and some rain that will be moving through from time to time. in fact, could get a little heavy at times. but right now, not seeing any rain at all. just the cloud cover. yeah, high clouds. we didn't have that earlier today. had the nice sunshine. now with the sun setting, that reston live camera. overcast, yes. we've got some rain on radar. off to the west, though. a lot of this had been shrinking, so doubtful we have much rain during the overnight. just a little isolated shower maybe by morning. meanwhile, rain chances again going way up for friday. they continue through the weekend. i'll tell you if it's worth cancelling any plans at all. that's all in a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. the hunt for william bradford bishop intensifies. why a mystery in alabama could lead to answers nearly 40 years after an infamous crime in our area. tonight, new calls for action after an nbc news investigation about the safety

of the fields on which so many kids across the country play. up to 800,000 people on the national mall, and we've got to get them all off the mall at once. what, you didn't know about this upcoming event?

new details tonight in the hunt for one of the areas most

wanted fugitives. investigators are trying to figure out if dna from a body exhumed today in alabama will match of that william bradford bishop. we could know the answer in a few weeks. tisha thompson and the news4 i-team broke the story yesterday. she is here with more including who tipped off the fbi in the first place. tisha? >> doreen, in april the fbi put william bradford bishop on its ten most wanted list. agents said they needed the public's help finding the man who vanished after murdering his entire family in maryland ten years ago. today we met the man who put the clues together in what investigators are calling their best lead yet. a warning, though. we are going to show you a picture crucial to the case that some might find disturbing. it takes a really good tip to get the fbi to exhume a body. and jeremy collins had a really good tip. >> we rely on the public and individuals like mr. collins to come forward and to share what they know. it's those little pieces of information that may not seem

like anything to you. but in the big picture, it may be that one piece of the puzzle we need to put the case together. >> reporter: collins lives in scotts boro, alabama, where for 33 years this grave has confounded local police. one of their very few cold cases, the man buried here was found wearing very dirty clothes after a car hit and killed him as he was hitchhiking on an alabama highway in 1981. hoping someone would recognize him, the police published his picture in their local newspaper. collins realized he looked a lot like william bradford bishop, recently profiled as one of the fbi's ten most wanted fugitives. >> you know who this looks a lot like. it looked too much like him not to find out. >> reporter: in 1976, bishop murdered his mother, wife and three young sons with a short handled sledgehammer inside their potomac home and used the family station wagon to transport the bodies to a remote

location in north carolina where he set them on fire. investigators found the station wagon in the great smoky mountains, about 200 miles away from scottsboro. the fbi says it has received about 350 tips since it put bishop on the ten most wanted list. but this is the first time they have exhumed a body in the case. >> as any fugitive is, they have to be somewhere, and he could very well be buried behind you here. so that's why we're here today with the fbi and fugitive investigations. we follow every lead. we turn over every rock and we will continue to do that until mr. bishop is brought to justice. >> the fbi says it will take several weeks to match the dna samples they took today, with bishop's dna, which was left behind on a cigarette found at the murder scene. if this does end up being bishop, we're told jeremy collins could get the fbi's reward for solving the case. and it is a cool $100,000. jim and doreen? >> all right. >> that was a good phone call. >> good phone call he made, for sure. >> if it pays off.

investigators could also possibly use bishop's dental records to make a match. you can see those and other evidence on this case on a special website we created. go to nbcwashington.com/bishop. so veronica, i understand we're going to get wet, real wet. >> yeah, well, the real wet part doesn't come until late tomorrow. so tomorrow is just kind of bleak, gray day, where -- i don't really want to do anything. so let's see how much you get done tomorrow. it's going to be overcast, going to get foggy. the dreary kind of weather we get so much during the fall, right? well, we've got some showers showing up on radar. but i do not think we're going to see a lot of this making its way into our area. you can see over the last couple hours this is the last two as it's been advancing eastward, shrinking, kind of dying as it makes its way close to the mountains and tries to get over it. dry in petersonburg. satellite and radar shows cloud cover across the area. that is the one thing for sure that is going to be winning out.

might not be raining the whole time with this weather system or with this pattern. but it is sure looking fairly overcast for the next couple of days. we've got a weather system down to the south. it's closer to us. it kind of sets there for days and days and days. the temperature not bad today, because we had some sunshine. we're at 7 oh degrees right now in college park and greenville. 73 in d.c., hanging on. but mid 60s from huntingtown, rockville at 69 degrees. get used to the 60s, because that's the kind of cool we're going to have coming our way for tomorrow and especially the weekend. 73, we drop to 65 by 9:00. 11:00, cloudy, still dry. 64 degrees, your temperature. and for tomorrow morning, if you're going to be hitting the road, right now road surfaces look dry, but with more moisture moving in. and it is coming up out of the south. could be kind of damp, so just take it a little slow. here is a look at early tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. might be an isolated shower.

a better chance in that location around frostburg, hagerstown. areas like leesburg, la ray, petersburg. for your lunch time hours. and then it all starts expanding eastward, opens up and gives us a real lousy afternoon and evening. as well as the overnight. we have those rounds of moderate rains moving through right on top of d.c. 7:00, a chance, warrenton too, annapolis, fredericksburg. you are going to need the umbrella. we could see moderate and maybe even refuse heavy rain, 9:00, 10:00, leonardtown, cambridge. and saturday, a break during the afternoon hours. one area moves out. and i don't think rain is going to be moving back in until we get into sunday afternoon. so a chance there. and that mid portion of the weekend to have maybe some decent hours to get out and get something done out in the yard. or maybe you want to do the weekend activity, a lot of festivals going on. 65, saturday. 63 degrees on sunday. temperatures do start rising

early part of next week. but it stays wet and we'll take a look at that in more details with your weekend in just a few. >> thanks, veronica. coming up, we'll tell you what local hospitals just started doing to make sure they're prepared for a real-life emergency. >> protecting women on college campuses. a message from the governor of virgin amid the disappearance of uva student, hannah graham. it looks quiet out here. but there's a war going on inside. of mice and men, chevy chase style. coming up. news4.

some big-name, a-his superstars are creating a lot of excitement about a huge concert plan for the national mall. >> but getting to and from the big show has metro concerned with moves by starbucks and hbo. transportation reporter adam tuss is on the mall to give us a preview. adam? >> reporter: doreen, the concert for valor is planned for november 11th. that's veterans day. it's being hosted by hbo, and starbucks. but a whole lot of people could show up here and that has transportation leaders scrambling to put a game plan together. moving 800,000 people off the mall, all at once. >> it probably is a challenge, but i think it's possible. ♪ >> reporter: bruce spring teen, carrie underwood, metallic,

eminem, jamie foxx, all scheduled to appear on november 11th, right on the national mall. the poten of a large crowd and short time to plan for it has metro a bit concerned. >> the difference between this and other events planned is this one has come up on us late in the game. >> reporter: general manager richard sarls telling us he's dusting off the 4th of july playbook for this one. of but the crowd could be even bigger. >> it takes us about two hours to clear the crowd for 4th of july. if this is one half to two times that size, the time to clear it would be three or four hours. >> reporter: the show is being hosted by hbo and starbucks, and produced in part by tom hanks. we asked hbo about their transportation plan and here's what they told us. the production is paying for trains, buses and commuter rail services under the guidance of metro d.c. transit and supervised by government agencies using past events, such as the july 4th concert as a guide. the concert is set to run from

7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., and the best seat in the house may be in your house. if you want to see the show, but don't want to deal with the crowd, no worries, hbo's televising the show for free, even if you don't have hbo. again, so the show is planned for november 11th at 7:00 at night, which means you should leave probably right about now. reporting live on the mall, adam tuss, news4. >> thanks, adam. tonight people who live in arlington are being confronted with a question. are you ready. it's time to make a plan. that's on an ad that's appearing on several metro buses. arlington's office of emergency management is sponsoring the ads. officials want to prepare people who work, live or visit arlington to be ready in case of a terror attack or a natural disaster. those ads will be in evidence for about a year. it's a story parents will want to see. tonight, new reaction to an nbc

news investigation on the safety of those artificial turf fields that so many of our children play on. is there a potential health risk? inova fairfax hospital says they are prepared to handle ebola. what staff members did today to help ensure they are ready. >> reporter: i'm david culver along i-95 in northern virginia. those of you who drive this route, you know what it's like to deal with heavy traffic along this stretch. soon, you'll be able to use the new express lane. but they come with some changes, especially during hov hours. we're going to walk you through it, all new at 6:00

preparing for the worst-case scenario. >> if it happens to come to virginia, we are ready. >> tonight, an inside look as hospitals in the d.c. area run ebola drills. an nbc news investigation examines new concerns about artificial turf. what local parents and leaders are saying about the local fields your children play on. and a major road project ahead of schedule. the 95 express lane ready to open. we'll tell you what you need to know before you hit the road. doctors all over the world are working around the clock in an effort to stop the spread of the ebola outbreak. >> contaminated household items taken from the apartment of thomas duncan in dallas will be destroyed just a day after duncan died at a hospital.

test results show that a sheriff's deputy inside his apartment several days ago does not have the deadly disease. >> nevertheless, doctors are not taking any chances, including here in our area. kristin wright joins us now. she's got a look at the new way that doctors are preparing for the worst. kristin? >> reporter: well, jim, as we all learn more and more about the ebola virus, so do hospitals, like inova fairfax. this is a learning process for them, and so they have to practice. a key line of defense in preventing the spread of ebola. our hospital. inova fairfax hospital infectious disease doctors explain how the er now has what they call an ebola cart on standby, behind closed doors, to protect medical personnel on the front lines.

>> a full-length boot and gown. and the gown is impervious to body fluids and to patient matter. we have an n-95 mask, so a full mask and head gear. >> reporter: this is a drill at inovera fairfax hospital today. a team of nurses, er doctors, fairfax county and city medics discuss how to transfer a potentially infected patient from an ambulance to the er. >> patients are asked right when they step in the doors of our er if they have been traveling or have been in contact with people who have been to the countries involved in africa. >> reporter: the hospital is also performing ebola preparedness drills inside, using undercover patients. >> we have our infection control team, active patients. so none of the staff actually knows. we are doing the very best we can to be ready. >> reporter: inova fairfax hospital also has an ebola preparedness task force.

kristin wright, news4. virginia's task force on campus sex assaults held its first meeting in richmond today. governor terry mcauliffe told the group the disappearance of student hannah graham reinforces their mission. the task force will have recommendations on how to prevent the threat of sexual violence on college campuses. meanwhile, extra eyes and boots will join the search for graham in charlottesville this weekend. law enforcement from across virginia will partner with volunteers. coordinators expect to cover an eight-mile radius in charlottesville by the end of the week. analysts are going over aerial images. jesse matthew is in jail and charged with her abduction. right now, detectives in montgomery county are back out in a neighborhood in silver spring, looking for clues in a stabbing. a woman was attacked while walking near the forest park apartments in silver spring on september 29th. the suspect demanded money from

her when she told him she didn't have any, he told her she was going to die. knocked her to the ground and stabbed her several times. the woman survived and tonight officers are passing out flyers in that neighborhood and talking to residents there. virginia's i-95 express lanes will open ahead of schedule. you could start using them as early as december. the lanes stretch 29 miles from edsel road in fairfax county south to the garrisonville exit in stafford county. but to use them, some will have to pay up. bureau reporter david culver toured the construction site and shows us what to expect. >> reporter: leaving northern virginia, heading south. and then from an hour to forever. the construction traffic that's plagued this stretch of 95 for the past two years may soon find some relief. at least that's the hope with the opening of the new 95 express lanes. we toured them alongside senator mark warner. >> getting some of these cars off on to hot lanes will help

everyone. >> reporter: constructing the lanes has left many of you hitting the brakes. we have seen traffic at all hours of the day. first 4 traffic's melissa melai was warning you about it just this morning. >> you can see out of stafford county any time soon, we're slow, open up and then get slow again near dale city. >> reporter: building these lanes was not cheap, costs nearly a billion dollars. and to use them is going to cost you. they'll operate like the ones on 495, no toll booths, just these ez pass sensors. >> 95 express lanes use dynamic pay. so the price goes up and down depending on what's happening so we can provide a faster, more predictable trip. >> reporter: the prices range from 20 cents to 80 cents per mile. during hov hours, things get tricky. if you're driving alone or with one passenger, you need a regular ez pass or ez pass flex. you've got three or more in your car? you must have the ez pass flex.

switch it to hov mode. remember, the express lanes end north of edsel road. the project leaders are confident your 95 commute will go from this to this at a price, of course. along 95 in northern virginia, i'm david culver, news4. a new effort to help ease gridlo gridlock. while the solution could start at the school level. and a former building in chevy chase is undergoing a renovation. what that has brought has brought some residents a surprise. >> good running weather this evening. temperatures falling through the 60s. your good to go wet pavement coming up. i'll have that

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private school students on public school buses. the idea is to use the buses during their idle time and cut down on the number of cars on the roads. private and public school students would not ride at the same time. the private schools would help pay for the buses and so far, four private schools have agreed to the pilot program. an upscale apartment complex in the area is dealing with some unwant unwanted guests. the high-rise in chevy chase is seeing an uptick in mice as some construction work is being done. pat collins with more on the complaints from the residents. >> reporter: this is but one of a number of mice that some residents say are invading their apartments here. now, i have other mouse pictures. but they're casualties. and it's dinnertime. just take my word for it. there were other incidents. the scene, 4701 willard, a swank high-rise in chevy chase. it's undergoing a major

renovation, which apparently has put mice on the move. what's it like living here? >> hell. it's very much a hell. >> reporter: we call him mj. he asks we not show his face or use his name. mj has gone to war. he has all sorts of mouse traps and devices to scare them away. he says in the last two weeks, he's caught eight mice, but they just keep on coming. >> it's a party. for the mice, it's a party. >> reporter: they're living here. >> they don't pay relent. i do. >> reporter: i talked to one man who lives here. he's got a little kid. he says he's moving out because of the mouse problem. here's what some of the other residents had to say. >> between the mice and bugs, there is some infestations going on here. >> there's a lot of construction going on inside and outside. a lot of drilling, a lot of hammering. and things that have lived in the walls for years are moving.

>> reporter: the management company says with major construction projects, we've seen mice in the area. they say this activity has been limited to a handful of units. they say we're working with a pest control provider to deal with the issue. in chevy chase, pat collins, news4. new concerns about the artificial turf on the field so many children in this country play on. tonight, reaction from parents and politicians after an nbc news investigation. and we'll show you the tool that helped thieves rob people without ever coming into contact without ever coming into contact

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a new jersey congressman is now calling for a study to see if artificial turf playing fields pose any health risks. it follows an nbc news investigation into the safety of those fields that so many of our kids in our area use. news4's chris gordon has more on the investigation and the local reaction. >> reporter: some montgomery county public and private schools, as well as parks, have artificial turf fields for sports. the nbc news investigative report focused on concerns raised by a coach after two of her female soccer goalies developed a form of cancer. the report shows how these synthetic surfaces use black dots called crumb rubber, shredded car and truck tires used in turf fields to fill the space between artificial blades of grass. they contain all the same chemicals found in most tires. the international agency for cancer research labels four

carcinogens adding at low levels of exposure they are considered safe. today here in rockville maryland, janice sartucci showed me why she is concerned. >> we're adding in some now that's a total unknown. except we know that there are some bad chemicals in here. the zinc and the cadmium, these other things in the crumb rubber. and is that really what you want your kid ingesting. >> roger berliner says they have asked the school board to move on to the next generation of artificial turf. >> i'm hoping our school system will do that. we have made it very explicit, that was what we wanted them to do. and even if it cost a little more money, that the health of our people is more important than a little more money. >> reporter: montgomery county conducted its own study of artificial turf in 2011. >> based on the studies we looked at, we feel that crumb rubber was identified as being a safe product to use. >> reporter: it's important to add that there is no research directly linking crumb rubber exposure to cancer.

doctors say establishing such a link would be very difficult. and the industry cites 14 studies that say crumb rubber turf is safe. in montgomery county, chris gordon, news4. stephanie gosk from nbc news will have more on the artificial turf concerns in a new report tonight on "nbc nightly news" after this newscast. you're about to see some newly released photos of a skimming device, the same kind used to sell people's money. the defenses were attached to six sandy spring bank locations in maryland. this one was found at the branch in frederick. it was made of two pieces, a card-reading mechanism and a video camera to capture customers' banking and pin numbers. on tuesday, police also released images of a man they think is linked to the scheme. they're still trying to find him. the people who make red bull will shell out millions of dollars to consumers, because

the energy drinks cannot actually give you wings. the company agreed to pay $13 million as part of a settlement with customers who say they were misled about the benefits of drinking red bull. now any customer who purchased a red bull in the last decade can get $10 cash or $15 in red bull products. directions for submitting a claim are on our website. nbcwashington.com. >> so they bought red bull thinking they were going to -- >> that's what i thought. didn't you? you -- you're a big red bull consumer. have you sprouted wings yet? >> i have. that's coming up at 11:00. >> we want to see that report. >> all right. well, we're going to need some big wings over at some of the next couple of days, because it is going to be overcast. not much going on tonight. or even throughout the daylight hours tomorrow. it's going to be one of those days with a lot of little bites overcast, clouds hang low. and you're like, all right, are

you going to rain or what? mostly, light, brief and scattered tomorrow. take a look at storm team 4 radar, keeping our eye on this area off to our west in west virginia, making its way eastward. early tomorrow morning, damp pavement in west central maryland. for the most part, dry here, lolley. 62 your temperature. again, a sclaud sky. as we get into the afternoon, especially the evening hours, wet roads, yes, for sure. 66, your temperature. cool and foggy. that fog is going to start moving in around 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow evening. 67 degrees, the temperature for tomorrow, right in d.c. 62, gaithersburg. warmer spots through the south, stafford and la ray. some folks, a handful, small handful, may be going to the game. taking on the royals tomorrow. 8:07, rain, yes. you're going to need a poncho. because by late in the game, there could be some moderate

main moving through. it's going to cool down into the 50s fairly quickly. and then for the weekend. saturday, showers, yes, with the best chance coming early. and then sunday, best chance of showers. right now looks like afternoon, late afternoon and evening. but chilly for sure. especially starting out on sunday. so a wet ground if you're going to be taking the kids to pick out just the right-sized pumpkin. a lot of folks looking to run off the pumpkin pie. army 10-miler, 47 degrees at the start of the race. 7:50. we hit the low 50s by 10:00 a.m. great for running. there might be -- might be a little brief shower coming by the end of the race. and look at the weekend here. 65, 63 next week. we at least warm up into the 70s. i think 77, maybe 78, warm weather coming our way tuesday. could spark a thunderstorm. but look at this pattern, folks. tomorrow, saturday, sunday, all the way through wednesday. we've got some wet weather, i think, over the next five days. we may get about an inch.

doubtful we see any flooding, but i think we're going to be having the blahs by next week. guys, back to you. >> thanks, veronica. so dianna, here we go. starting up a whole new season with the caps, right? >> yeah, that's right. the boys of winter are back. find out what new coach barry trotz is surprised about his new team -- plus -- >> might have been the greatest day in our organization, not making the playoffs. >> explains why missing the postseason last year could help lead to a caps' stanley cup this season. we're live at the verizon center, next. coming up tonight now, a member of congress has joined many of our viewers, raising voices after our report last night, raising health concerns about athletic fields that our children play on. also tonight, the death with dignity case, getting so much attention. it involves a 29-year-old. and from harry smith, the story of a man and his wife, who stepped forward quietly and saved a zoo. that and more, when

this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. lord knows we need a winner around here, and maybe 40 will be the charm. >> yeah, that's right, for the caps. celebrating their 40th anniversary season. the capitals started all tonight

against the montreal canadiens. lots of changes, debuts on this team. let's go out to jason pugh live at the verizon center. jay, i keep hearing things are going to be a lot different this year. >> reporter: yeah, dianna, there was not a lot of things to smile about last season for the capitals. last year, they missed the postseason for the first time since 2007. despite their shortcomings, though, from a year ago, the players do believe that everything happens for a reason. >> it might have been the greatest day an organization not making the playoffs, so that we made changes. and as players, we had to accept failure and to look at ourselves. we would have made the playoffs last year and went first round, second round, with moderate success. there wouldn't have been the real cry for change. we really got humbled last year, and now we have to get back to work and figure out how to be a championship team, not just a good team. >> now the new man behind the capitals' bench this season is barry trotz.

he may be new, but he is a seasoned coach. trotz came from nashville with 16 years of head coaching experience under his belt. he knows he has a talented group here in d.c. that's capable of winning it all. >> there is a very good group here. a lot more than i even expected, so i've been pleasantly surprised at the group as how good of people they are. they're good people. that want to get better. put their egos aside and hopefully winning hockey games and doing something special. >> reporter: now new head coach barry trotz, he's going to be with one without one of his talented defenseman, mike green, not playing due to an upper body injury. puck drops tonight dependence the canadians at 7:00. you can watch the game on comcast sports net. dianna, back to you in the studio. >> good to have the boys of winter back out on the ice. a big trip to arizona for the washington redskins this

weekend. tight end jordan reed is expected to play this sunday, his only second game he's been in the season. he says his hamstring is feeling better, and it's a good thing, too, because the coaches have been saying for weeks that this offense creates so much threat with jordan reed on the field. the guy that won't be on the field, though, quarterback robert griffin iii, continuing his rehab from that ankle injury, doing some light running. you see him there, continuing to rehab it. head coach jay gruden says he's working hard but has a way to go here. no timetable. the same thing could be said about this team, though, which is staying positive despite their 1-4 record. >> we've got 11 games left, so i think, you know, this is a situation where we need to do something about what we have ahead of us. we're running for it. we're not 1-15 talking about the off season. so i think right now is the opportunity for us to go out there and step up and just do something positive. >> we still feel like we have a lot that we can accomplish. one thing we can't do is feel sorry for ourselves, hang our heads, start blaming one another, finding out something is wrong in the locker room or

what have you. we've got to keep working, plugging and pushing and we'll get through this. >> game one of the alcs starts tomorrow at camden yards. the orioles taking on the royals. for some, this is going to be the biggest moment in the sport. but for zach britton, it's extra special. britton and his wife courtney just had a baby. so what is tougher? bases loaded in the ninth or fatherhood? >> delivery room wasn't even close. it wasn't even close. so i'll take that ninth inning bases loaded, two outs any day of the week over the delivery and you feel helpless. at least on the mound, i feel in control of something. when it's coming to deliver a baby, i can't do anything. so i would rather be in that situation where at least i know i kind of have some control. >> i'm going to toss this to doreen and jim. what do you say? >> which is tougher? what do you think i'm going to say? >> i would agree. >> kids. >> no-brainer. just starter joe gibbs.

his first season was awful. but there is hope. let's go, guys. "nbc nightly news" is next. >> we'll see you at 11:00.

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