we want to get you caught up on the press conference. this is all happening at the texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. the results are preliminary and will go to the cdc for further testing. the hospital is not releasing the name of that health care worker. health care worker had a fever we know on friday and was isolated for testing. another person is also in isolation. >> the entire process from the patient's self-monitoring to the admission into isolation took less than 90 minutes. the patient's condition is stable. a close contact has also been proactively placed in isolation. >> we also have found out that people who are contact with the affected health care worker are being monitored right now. the hospital is not accepting any patients into its emergency root also this morning, we learned president obama has been briefed about the second ebola patient. >> and right now customs agents and health leaders are stepping up their screenings at airports

to stop the spread of ebola from entering the u.s. agents began taking temperatures of passengers arriving at jfk airport from three west african countries. in the week ahead screenings will expand to dulles, newark, chicago o'hare and atlanta. >> the nbc freelance journalist being treated for ebola is improving. >> he's second american to be treated in omaha at the nebraska medical center. doctors say ashoka mukpo is still very weak but his condition improved. it's improved for second straight day. he's receiving an experimental ebola drug. he also received a blood transfusion from ebola survivor dr. kent brantly. >> national security adviser susan rice says the world has not done enough to contain the outbre outbreak. >> we are pushing very hard for everybody to do more. this is going to take all hands on deck because the goal has to be to contain this epidemic in

the three countries that we've seen in west africa to try to prevent its spread and to provide the appropriate care to those that need it. >> you can see the full interview this morning on "meet the press" at 10:30. we'll talk to moderator chuck todd before it airs and we have a live report from dallas ahead in the next half hour. >> looking at 9:02. i'll take a look at sunday forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> hey, angie and add am. good morning to you. a much brighter and prettier start this morning than we dealt with on saturday morning so there's some good news. picture outside from our tower looking out to the west to ty n tyson's corner in the distance. plenty of blue skies and temperatures are starting to warm up now. generally in the upper 40s in some of the cooler suburbs to low to mid-50s elsewhere. it will be a nice day. we're off to a dry start this morning. rape drops in the southwestern parts of the commonwealth moving out of roanoke valley. most of that will dry up before

it gets here. if it comes straight on it, that would be three hours, 6:00 in the afternoon. here's the forecast. partly cloudy and mostly cloudy by lunchtime. full cloud cover by late this afternoon. rain chances remain very, very low. a little higher down to the south and west. we'll need to know about the areas and the raindrops. >> looking forward to it, thanks. >> right now people running that army ten-miler want to take a live look at hov lanes of the 14th street bridge. the sun shining on them. news 4 derrick ward live along the course near the lincoln memorial, not wearing your running clothes and perhaps running in place to kind of stay warm. i know they have been out there for a little while. hey, o, derrick. >> reporter: well, i'm running in my heart and that's what counts. it is a perfect day for it and not necessarily such a perfect day for getting around this area if you're not running. take a look these are some of the runners taking part in the 30th annual army ten-miler at 35,000 runners from each of the

50 states as well as several foreign countries are taking part in this 30-year tradition. it includes some wounded warriors, wheelchair athletes and it all benefits the military district of washington and the armed forces. of course, you'll have to do a work around if you are trying to get around. take a look at map. some of this race course extends as far east as seventh street on the d.c. side. starts over at pentagon and along the course, the arlington memorial bridge, constitution avenue, parts of rock creek parkway will be closed now. closures will be in place and have been in place since 7:30. they will end around noon and after that there will be dinner for anyone running to get this back up and, of course, they will start down at taste of d.c. which has pennsylvania avenue closed between ninth and 14th street after the duration of the weekend. so some work-arounds you have to do if you're trying to get around downtown today and leave earlier. again, these closures are out by

noon today. just a little momentary inconvenience. we are live in northwest. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> all right, derrick, thanks. >> prince george's police are announcing a deadly wash. just before 4:00 a.m. this crash veered off the role and crashed into a utility pole on river road. man inside the car died at scene. riverdale road is back open. it was closed for hours while police conducted their investigation there. imagine waking up to this, a car in the side of your house. it happened to a family on old branch avenue in clinton. prince george's county police say just before 1:00 this morning the car drove off the road and then slammed through the brick house and the two people inside the car were not seriously hurt. two people were home at the time but they were in a different room. >> we're still trying to find out who died in a horrific crash in prince george's county. five people were killed, two of them children.

saturday night two cars collided on livingston road and livingston terrace in oxon hill. according to witnesses a mears deese tried to go around a bus when it slid into an acura. acura spun out of control and somehow caught on fire. we spoke to a man who saw it all happened. >> the mercedes rolling over the crowned. couldn't touch her, couldn't go near them. one guy out of the ground, on his elbow, his car was on fire. >> police say it looks like the speed and the weather both contributed to this crash. >> coming up, drama at a fall festival. the miscalculation that left nearly 20 people hurt after a hayride and now one person dead. >> plus, they call it a weekend of resistance. we'll show you the police reaction to new protests happening now in ferguson and st. louis, missouri. >> and the haunting image captured when nasa scientists

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approved this message. we continue to stay on top of a developing story out of ferguson, missouri. about 200 protesters came fayed face-to-face with police in riot gear at ferguson police department last night. officers arrested one man who they say threw a bottal and demonstrators are also filling the streets this weekend in nearby st. louis. >> yeah. they are marching to protest the death of an unarmed teenager shot and killed by a police officer. nbc's jay gray shows us what's happening there. >> signs of frustration spilled into the streets of st. louis for the second straight day. >> looking for justice for mike brown. the organizers here have done a great job so far. we wanted to be able to come here and answer the call for

support. >> and the call for justice. two months after unarmed teenager michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson police officer darren wilson. >> we get arrested and we get maced and tier-gassed and rubber-bulleted and yet i've been arrested three times. i have spent more time in jail than dan wilson and it's ridiculous. we are sick of it. we are sick of it. >> others have called it a weekend of resistance with protesters filling the streets and city parks, along with police who say at this point there have been no serious problems. >> we're all in our normal uniforms and officers on bikes riding through crowds. that's the message. let's all be respectful of everybody. >> a message echoed by brown's family. >> at this point i'm a little at pierce peace. i'm not angry, i mean, you know, upset angry. >> reporter: instead, like so many here they want answers as the grand jury continues to

review evidence in the case. jay gray, nbc news. >> well, today protest organizers are using music to reach young people in ferguson. a hip-hop concert is scheduled there to include a speech from dr. cornell west and then protesters are calling tomorrow's planned demonstration northerly monday, a day of civil disobedience. >> this morning we have a warning for all of you women out there. the personal item a man stealing at mass transit stations. plus, the crew that could help police catch the guy. >> and is that the sun, chuck? >> yes, it is, sunshine, at least for front half of your sunday. i have some concerns about your late sunday afternoon and your monday though so don't go away. your weekday workweek forecast coming right up. have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income.

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now they just need help finding the guys. >> michael george explains how the culprit is getting away with a crime. >> reporter: as women are climbing up steps to get on the subway a cub is running up behind them and grabbing the shoes off of their feet. and his getaway is caught on video. this is happening at west street station on coney island. >> i think it's disgusting, no other word for it. >> reporter: police say every time he rips off a shoe he immediately runs for it and he wasn't stealing high heels, these were sneakers, not an easy thing to rip off of someone's foot. it >> it's weird. i don't know his motive, but i hope that everybody -- i want to feel safe on the subway. >> reporter: this subway rider was angry after we showed her the surveillance v-e. that's because like many women she herself has been a victim of

subway harassment. >> guy will sit next to me and put a bag over me and try to grab me and stuff like that. i think it's a violation. it's crazy because women have to deal with this stuff every single day of their lives >> reporter: mta has been trying to crack down on harrisman and other women on subway. latest prosal to install cameras on trains over next few years. >> i think that is an awesome idea, awesome. >> but this guy strikes inside the station. and according to investigators, they hope that this video will lead to arrest. >> increased security or police patrol here. >> happening today, trinity episcopal church will celebrate its 120th anniversary. the first woman bishop will preside over an episcopal church in the nights at today's service. it's near the tacoma park station on the the red line northwest. the service begins at 10:30 this

morning. tomorrow metro will be running on a modified saturday schedule because of columbus day. that means trains will come every six to 12 minutes. train stations will open at their normal time, 5:00 a.m. and close at midnight. parking at all lots and garages will also be free tomorrow because of the holiday. >> well, you will notice some major renovations at the national air and space museum. in the district crews will replace southern panels on the museum's facade. an engineering study found that the panels were too thin to withstand the weather after 38 years. crews will also replace mechanical systems and work in sections to keep the world open to the public and the work isn't actually scheduled to start until 2017. >> come and look at this, it's real, a must-see image, actually photos of the sun. nasa scientists took these images this past wednesday. they are filtered using two sets

of light wavelength, whatever that means, and we're seeing this just in time for halloween. bright orange clowe makes the sun look like a jack-o'-lantern. >> and here to offer his scientific expertise. >> you see in one wavelength spectrum and you have intra red which is how we see colorized cloud tops and this is a different wavelength. some wave lengths you can't see. >> okay. >> what would be really cool to put the earth in front of that. >> we can fit a million earths inside the sun so when you see the solar flares streaking off the top of the sun you need to remember that that flare sometimes extends out five or ten times the width of the earth at surface of the sun, sometimes even more than that. sun, pretty to look at from 93 million miles away, but not a very friendly spot in the neighborhood to travel too close to. outside sunshine getting

through. a fairly nice day outside. blue skies aplenty outside for your early sunday morning activity. clouds will be coming in later on this afternoon so soak in that sunshine while you can. temperatures now are still in the 50s. the potomac waters there are reflecting our blue sky for now. 55 degrees at national airport and a wind out of northeast at 8 miles per hour and that northeast wind is an important part of our forecast today. it's pushing in some slightly dryer air at the surface and that may actually protect us from raindrops later on today. >> the sunday impact from the weather, virtually not. plenty of clouds coming our way but it will be warmer and will for the most part be a dry day today. at least through the daylight hours. once you get the fun down, things may change a bit. >> temperatures low to mid-50s. 52 in annapolis and 50 in ft. mead and 50 in frederick, maryland. out into the old dominion we go. 50 in front royal and

winchester. hourly temperatures today, a nice rise indeed. we'll spend most of the afternoon in the upper 50s and 60s. cooler than average and there's a chance for some showers coming our way tonight and tore. you'll need the casual umbrella. nothing heavy coming. rainfall amounts will be very light, even if you get rain. here's the radar, and this is where i was talking. that northeast wind pushing the drier air in at the surface. this moisture will try to run up over the top of that. rain chances are higher the farther south and west you live and travel from the washington metro area today. up close view on storm team radar, nothing out there right now. get out, and it will be dry through at least lunchtime and rain chances, though low, they are there out towards culpepper and loray. between 2:30 and 9:00 tonight, look at that, it all dries up. i don't know if we can dry all the drops up, but we can dry most of them up.

it will stay cloudy with passing sprinkles possible at any time. lows in the 50s and expect scattered showers around to get you out the door on your columbus day holiday. if you do have to work or go out to school, a 60% chan of rain but rainfall amounts will be very, very, very, very light. better chance of rape on tuesday and thunderstorms on wednesday. >> tying the knot any time soon or maybe you know someone planning a wedding. well, we're going to show you a creative tool more couples are using to help the big day go off without a hitch. >> in some cases you're eating by yourself. is that the best way to use taxpayer dollars? >> and see what happened when the news 4 i-team confronted school board members about dining out on your dime. plus, how our investigation could lead to new laws on the book. 9:21. stay with us.

>> we're almost three weeks away until election day 201 with control of the united states at senate but here's a really important reminder. that control might not be decided until december or even january. >> well, that's right. for one thing, louisiana senate contest pitting mary landrieu and republican bill cassidy and other candidates will head to a december 6 runoff if neither contestant gets 50% of the vote. >> and volatile story out of kansas. if the independent beats republican senator pat roberts it's possible we might not know until next year which party he'll caucus with, with maybe the balance of party on the line. >> and forced possible recounts in close contests possibly in florida and ohio which could also help determine senate control. >> it's important for everyone to remember more likely than not we won't know which party will

welcome back. tying the knot is going high tech if you've got something borrowed and something blue. you might want to add something new, real new, to help plan the big day. nbc's marc barger shows us how. >> just as technology has become part of the every day. for many it's also bomb part of

that special day. >> nine in ten couples are using apps to help plan their wedding. jamie miles of theknot.com shows more than half couples are using a wedding hashtag and new technology can take the nuptials to the screen. >> there was a bride who donned the google glass, put it on and walked down the aisle and she was able to capture the wedding day really as she saw it. >> one bride even talked a go pro camera into her wedding bouquet. >> wasn't on her face, but she was able to record the wedding day as she saw it walking down the aisle. >> for a wider perspective of the big event, an increase number of couples are putting drones to work. >> it's something that a lot of people are like, wow, i really want that and want something different and want something their don't see in everyone's wedding albums. >> reporter: also possible to let people attend a wedding virtually by streaming it. i do stream offers packages

starting at $199. >> if you want to go the cheaper diy routes options from youtube live stream and from a company called ustream. before incorporating the tech into a wedding day "the knot" encourages people ways to do it. >> technology can complicate and other, you know, beautiful ceremony that might be in a way that's unnecessary. couples have to decide if a wedding with today's technology is for better or for worse. >> wow. if you are thinking of using, say, a drone for wedding the legalities are a gray area and be sure to offer the photographer if that's something to offer or have the ability to do because they might advertise it as part of their wedding packages. >> coming up. new information on today's new ebola case. what the still is ghog. we'll have a live report. a new vantage point from

edward snowed so how the leak happened and chuck is up with his weather forecast after that right after the break.

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tested positive for ebola. >> that person is a health care worker at the same dallas hospital where doctors treated the first man to die from ebola in the country. health care worker treated the man during his second visit. nbc's sarah dollop reports live. >> reporter: that health care worker is in stable condition here at the texas hospital. first noticed they had a low grade fever friday night and came into the hospital and sent the tests out to the lab in austin and preliminary reports did come back positive for ebola. now, there was just a press conference in which officials gave a few more details, including ones that raised more questions, including the once that the worker was faring full protective gear while visiting duncan. we don't know in what capacity

this person treated duncan, part of the staff or nurse but we do know they have been wearing the full protective gear. they have been placed in hospital and a close companion are in the hospital right now. police are looking at an apartment about 15 miles from thehospital. >> the dallas rescue and fire haz-mat team has cleaned up the common areas and decontaminated any of the open areas of the apartment complex. >> reporter: and the workers will be out there again today furthering that cleanup. they will also be checking inside on a pet that is inside that apartment so crews back on scene. they notified neighbors via reverse 911 calls and the goal

of the dallas mayor was he didn't want people to wake up to a panic and fear here in dallas. they wanted the situation under control. they have also decontaminated the health care worker's car here at the hospital. they have also decontaminated the parking lot and railings, everything that they can think to decontaminate right now. the e.r. is close to patients. not bringing in patients via ambulance as they work to get a handle on this situation, but just to reiterate. the cue points, a health care worker who treated thomas harris duncan has treated positive in preliminary tests for ebola and this health care worker was in full gea while dealing with duncan. a lot more details to come on exactly how they contracted this illness. adam and angie, back to you. >> thank you very much. a story we'll have to stay on top of all day today. >> we know that president obama has already been briefed on this second diagnosis here in the

u.s. and chuck todd actually will be joining us probably in about 45 minutes or so to talk about what this means for the administration. he's speaking to some government officials, so we'll definitely be able to shed some more light on that. we're looking at 9:34. time to get a check of your forecast. meteorologis chuck bell went outside to the storm team 4 weather deck. >> and the sun is a-shining on you. >> yes, it is, a beautiful morning. a little bit of a northeast freeze and if you're in the shade and the breeze there's a noticeable autumnal chill in the air this morning. temperatures in the 40s and low 50s, but there's the view from our tower that is indeed full sunshine out in our eastern skies. here's the view across loudon, fairfax and western montgomery counties from our reston town center camera. nice looking days across parts of northern virginia. prince george's county over and into the river. over the woodrow wilson bridge. good looking day. present f-sunshine. and raindrops in southwestern

and south central virginia are inching their way in our direction. not sure how much of that rain is really going to make it here, but the clouds sure will, so as a result our skies will become mostly cloudy later on this afternoon. metro temperatures today generally up into the mid-60s. it will feel cooler once that sun is matchinged behind the clouds later today, definitely a cool 65 and not a warm sunny 65. rain chances start to sneak back tonight and tomorrow. more on all that with your seven-day forecast coming up. >> chuck, thank you. >> a new documentary tells the story of the nsa documents leak, and it's from the perspectives of edward snowden. the movie "citizen four" is titled after the alias he communicated under. it showed the first meetings with the journalist where he would share thousands of undisclosed government documents. snowden is seen as highly aware that such a leak would mean sacrificing his own freedom. at one point he said, quote, i already know how this will end

for me. snowden is a u.s. fugitive and is living in moscow where he was granted asylum. >> new info on what the public thinks former governor mcdonnel's punishment would be. 60% of the people the governor used to serve feel he should go to prison. the results bipartisan with more than half republicans and half democrats thinking he should go to prison. for some local school board members there is such a thing as a free lunch. just months ago the montgomery county school board cut up their own taxpayer funded credit cards amid controversy over pricey meals. now the news 4 iteam has found another local school board swing their cards for some swipy purchases and as some mcfarlane shows us, some of the chaes are just minutes from home. >> this is the crab bomb, famed

house specialty at jerry's seafood in buoy. >> along with a platter of scallops, an $82 dinner with the tip. the exact dinner that this school board member virginia davis used her credit card to buy for a meeting with a fellow board member to talk about the system's program. one of 40 times she swiped the card in a year and a half. her expense receipts showed more than $200 worth of restaurant meals expenses by jacobs. a $95 dinner for a meeting on professional development and a $185 dinner at the restaurant in february, too, with two board colleagues about the district's budget. >> i just wonder why it's needed. >> juanita miller is a longtime district resident who says the meetings could have been held without the food and the expenses. >> that's something that could go towards workshops or community outreach. >> one of her most frequent meal

meeting partners, her fellow board member carolyn boston who the iteam discovered used her own card to buy 80 dinners, lunches and breakfasts in the last year and a half, sea foods, desserts, buffets for meetings with her fellow board meetings and sometimes all along. >> >> reporter: we caught up with miss boston before a board meeting. >> in some cases you're eating by yourself at old town inn without a meeting guest. is that the best way to use taxpayer dollars? >> if i'm down here all day long for meetings and i need to have lunch, i can use the card for that purpose. >> reporter: even if by yourself. >> even if by myself. i am entitled to eat. >> reporter: when we caught up with miss jacobs she said the meal meetings are important. >> you meet with each other and taxpayers pick up the tab so close to home, so close to the office. >> we also meet with constituents and we meet with other board members from different areas. >> reporter: but other board members charge far fewer meals

to taxpayers, a few dozen total between the rest of them, but our investigation only found some of their expenses were meals. they spend taxpayer money right here, the national harbor westin hotel in oxen hill where taxpayers recently provided several overnight hotel rooms for a board member retreat, $200 a night a room. disz tricket's general fund paid for the room but jacobs and another board member used their credit card for valet parking at the hotel. those expenses are allowed and the district spent money for local hotel rooms because meetings began early and ended late. we found more than $10,000 was spent on the two most recent board retreats at national harbor including the overnight hotel rooms, a hotel in the same county and a 25-minute drive from the district offices and taxpayers footed the bill on this $230 a night hotel room at washington, d.c. hilton in northwest in march for a conference 37 minutes from the

board's offices. the district told us jacobs is now seeking reimbursement from taxpayers for the group that staged the conference. >> they could have gone metro which required getting up early and if it requires being out late then make arrangements to catch a cab. >> district policy puts no limit on the cost of meals or hotel rooms for which board members can charge taxpayers and puts an overall $7,000 yearly cap on all expenses for the board member. >> is the system working? >> i think there's always room for looking at what the can be improved. that's always the case and as board members we have a responsibility to our taxpayers to do that. >> reporter: now maryland state delegate alonzo washington who rops prince georges county tells the news 4 iteam they will consider introducing new legislation to been want issuance of credit cards to the school board members. the findings are, quote, a concern for my constituents. >> looking to take some data usage on your cell phone.

the service that could save you some money on next month's bill. plus, thinking beyond the party store. the place you may want to visit if you're in search for that creative halloween kus costume. and sunny skies today but you're going to want to play close attention to chuck's forecast especially in the mid-week. we're going to get a look at the seven-day straight ahead.

this week's "wednesday's child ""is a 10-year-old who already knows what she wants to do had she grows up, but first her list of things to accomplish as a child and dance lessons are on that list. news 4's barbara harrison has her story. >> reporter: 10-year-old shantiana has dreams of taking dance lessons but never had that opportunity. fabian bonds, founder and extive director of the dance institute of washington said today she would have that chance. >> okay. i'm excited. >> fabian bonds, who was once a

principal dancer with the dance theater of harlem personal ly taught her very first ballet class. >> arm low. stand up straight. >> reporter: shantiana caught on quickly. >> wonderful. >> and close the book. >> you had your first ballet lesson. you did a great job. are you ready to do some hip-hop. >> yes. >> reporter: shantiana came into the foster care system four years ago. she's a good student in school, and while she loves dancing she has a different profession in mind for her future. >> when i grow up, i want to be a lawyer. >> reporter: and she knows that means lots of school. >> i've got to go to college and then go to law school. >> okay. cool. you ready to learn something. >> reporter: the school's director gave shantiana a lesson in hip-hop. >> tell me about the family that you would think you would like to have. >> a family that's going to give me love, that's going to take

care of me an a family -- and a mother that not only helps me as a mother but like a friend can be a friend to me. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. >> you got it. >> reporter: she got it, and what she needs now like all children is a family that will encourage her to keep on trying to reach all of her goals in life. barbara harrison, news 4 for "wednesday's child." >> well, if you have room in your home and your heart for shantiana or another teen in waiting call the spelt hotline. 1-88-to-adopt-me or search "wednesday's child" on nbcwashington.com. >> a facility that's opportunity tomorrow that will give us a taste of winter. but first, here's chuck. >> no need to worry about win e winter just yet but get out

old saying, let's get ready to rumble, wednesday, a little chance for thunderstorms coming our way. we'll tell you more about that with your seven-day coming up.

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>> reporter: ever since cell phones first hit the market, wireless carriers have been competing to offer better coverage. >> can you hear me now. >> reporter: and whether you're in your base president or in the middle of nowhere, zero bars can be frustrating. that's one reason t-mobile is making the push for wi-fi calling. >> which way unleashed. >> wi-fi calling let's a phone user send and receive phone calls and text messages but they come over a wi-fi connection rather than a cellular connection. >> reporter: a feature t-mobile has offered since 2007, but now -- >> it's back in the spotlight because apple is now offering wi-fi calling as an option on the iphone 6. >> reporter: it's built into the new t-mobile phones that allows callers to switch seamlessly between wi-fi and cellular networks but keep in mind -- >> if you want to use wi-fi calling as a built-in feature you do need a phone and a wireless carrier that supports it. >> reporter: and more carriers are. sprint now offers it for some of their android power devices. >> and both at&t and verizon are

planning to offer wi-fi calling sometime in 2015. >> reporter: the feature may hold appeal for customers in rural locales or areas plagued by spotty coverage but it can also help users save money on their wireless accounts. >> doesn't use text messaging against your plan minutes. >> reporter: another reason why wi-fi could connect with a bigger audience. marc barger, nbc news. >> well, it's a jackpot for halloweener. the westfield high school theater department in chantilly is cleaning its closets full of the old costumes there. prom and royal-style costumes earust a few of the kinds that you can choose from today. accessories are also available. the best part. you pick the price. all items will go for a suggested donation. >> a lot of things were donated by people's families so they have been in the family for a long time, and a lot of the things are vintage inspired that

we've made for other shows. >> so many like handmade stuff and really cool stuff that you wouldn't be able to find anywhere else. >> the sale runs from 11:00 this morning until 2:00 at westfield high. proceeds will benefit the westfield theater program. >> chuck, it looks like we're starti sunday with lots of sun. >> most certainly are, angie and add am. beautiful morning outside. picture over downtown washington. still a mostly clear sky in place. you can see a lot of folks running army ten-miler on the 14th street bridge complex. 55 degrees. perfect running weather for the people doing the army ten-miler. 15 miles per hour and i told you yesterday the latest 90 of the year was yesterday's date, october 11th, 1919. you asked the question, when's the earliest 90, our earliest 90th, march the 22nd which occurred between 1907. october 11th is my mom's

birthday and march 22nd is my dad but they would be quick to tell you they weren't born in those years of 1919 or 1902. outside right now temperatures in the low to mid-50s. mom just had her birthday yesterday. partly cloudy and 52 here in washington and 58 by noon. there will be clouds coming back in later today. if you need blue sky therapy you need to get outside and enjoy the weather as clouds will be coming back in and i couldn't rule out a quick passing sprinkle or a shower tonight and tomorrow as well. nothing heavy. hundreths of an inch of rain. there's a batch of moisture down to our south and west. the air mass overhead is fairly dry so a lot of the raindrop chance will evaporate. best chances to see any sprinkles today will be south and west of the metro area. even our computer model picking up on rain threat down to the south and west and dries it out as the raindrops try to come into our area. getting out to work and school

tomorrow. a lot of folks have the day off. there could be some passing showers. that looks a little bit scarier on the graphic and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s and cloudy, mild, can't rule out a passing shower or sprinkle. certainly nothing heavy. pretty high chance of a very small amount of rain for tomorrow. 60% chance of passing sprinkles and maybe a shower or two. a better chance of thunderstorms that could be coming your way wednesday night into early thursday and drying out late next week. >> okay. thanks, chuck. >> you're welcome. here's a song for you. snows it's beginning to look a lot like christmas snoetd. >> i will not be joining you. that time of year to put on the sweaters and break out the skates. this is an indication of it. the ice skating rink at new york city's rockefeller center opening up tomorrow. the iconic rink is right outside the "today" show studio and an interesting note. never supposed to be part of the rockefeller center, but back in 1936 managers used it as a

temporary rink in order to bring business to the area, and it became so popular that it's been a fixture ever since. >> very cool. it's not just this big race that has roads shut down rights now. the all-day event that will forceou to take a detour around roads in downtown d.c. today. ♪

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