we're very concerned that a preliminary positive has been identified in a health care worker. >> stricken with ebola. now at 6:00, questions swirl. did the dallas hospital see the second ebola patient? >> there was a breach in protocol. >> are we ready to face the virus head-on? >> it is possible that other individuals were exposed. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> right off the top at 6:00, a second case of ebola has been diagnosed here in the united states. the cdc confirmed a texas nurse tested positive for the virus. she contracted it while treating thomas duncan who died of ebola last week.

it's the first known case of ebola being transmitted in the u.s. investigators say it's because of a breach in protocol. jay gray has more. >> reporter: right now they are very confident about their treatment plan and her prognosis. but there are many here concerned that mistakes inside this hospital could mean even more people have been infected with the deadly virus. a member of the medical team that treated thomas eric duncan who is now in isolation. doctors say it's the first known transmission of the deadly virus in the united states. >> we're deeply concerned. >> reporter: a review by the centers for disease control indicates the virus was transmitted because there was a mistake by the team treating duncan before his death. >> but at some point there was a breach in protocol and that breach in protocol resulted in this infection. >> reporter: officials aren't releasing the name of the medical professional who is now a patient.

we do know she's a woman who apparently lived alone in this dallas apartment complex. >> i live right next door to the person who contracted ebola. and, yeah, i mean, i'm freaked out, but i'm not -- i guess i'm not super scared. >> reporter: police and public health workers remain in the neighborhood delivering the same message. >> it's important that while this is, obviously, bad news, it is not news that should bring about panic. >> doctors say tarks peers she only came into contact with one person and that person is being monitored right now. but they also warn the breach in hospital protocol could mean more health care workers could test positive for the disease. >> unfortunately it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of ebola. >> reporter: one reason, the cdc has increased the number of agents an the ground here.

the woman infected had been self-monitoring by checking her temperature twice daily. there are at least 18 other hospital employees following that same procedure right now. that's the latest live here in dallas. jay gray. back to you. >> we know that health officials in texas have come up with a list of about 48 people who had been in contact with duncan. is this person part of that 48? >> reporter: yeah, she is not, nor are the other 18 that we know about, the hospital employees all self-monitoring, they were all considered low risk. that 48 still being monitored and still have a ways to go. they are being checked by hospitals or experts from the cdc on a regular basis daily we're talking about. right now the good news is no one in that group has shown any symptoms. >> jay gray, reporting live in dallas. thank you very much. health workers started screening passengers at jfk

international airport this wctd as they try to prevent the spread of ebola. it's only for patients coming into the u.s. from west africa. they are checking their temperature and asking questions about potential exposure. four other airports will start screening on thursday. we've learned another patient has been quarantined in the boston area. officials say he's exhibiting ebola-like symptoms and recently travelled to liberia. this patient went to the doctor today complaining of a headache and muscle pain. the hospital is just waiting for his test results to come back. one man in our area is feeling ebola's impact like few others can. he's mourning the loss of his older brother who died during the outbreak in liberia. derrick ward picks up team coverage with a look at what's motivating him to return to his former country. >> reporter: maxwell taylor has been following the developments here and abroad with much more than an academic interest. he recently lost an older

brother. his brother recently returned home to liberia. he and maxwell fled their home to escape a raging civil war. he fell ill at church on a friday. >> on saturday they said he was in critical condition. >> on sunday, it got worse. and monday morning, 3:00 a.m., he died from ebola. >> reporter: it hit him particularly hard. he looked up to his brother. >> i took it personal. >> i don't sleep sometimes thinking about it. >> reporter: he's been here five years and it's only recently that his being in liberia has gotten attention. >> when you say liberia, you receive a lot of strange faces. they call me ebola. >> reporter: that stings having lost someone to the disease but

he can't let it deter him from his goal. he's here to study. two years into his studies of health care informations, he has the rest of his future mapped out. >> go back home work for my people because our system is not strong. >> reporter: he's encouraged by the international help pouring into his home country and finds it ironic that here so few understand its origins. liberia was settled by repatriated former slaves. derrick ward, news 4. keep it here an nbc 4 for the latest on the ebola outbreak. "nbc nightly news" with lester holt will bring us another live update at 6:30. it's supposed to be four days of peaceful protests, but a st. louis police say the weekend of resistance took a violent turn last night. the police chief says protesters threw rocks at officers and

tried to storm a business. police had to arrest at least 17 people. tensions are still high from last week when an on-duty officer shot and killed a black teenager in a st. louis suburb. they're also demanding officials arrest the officer who shot and killed michael brown back in august. storm team 4 is track something rain moving through parts of our area. our meteorologist is keeping an eye on what's happening next. amelia? >> we're going to see isolated showers continue for the next hour or so. this light activity mainly north of washington as it moves off toward the east-northeast. until about 7:00, 8:00 p.m. you may see a few sprinkles. barely enough to wet the ground. by 9:00, mainly dry and not as cold at last night. 64 is the temperature right now. 11:00 p.m., around 60. after midnight tonight, fog starts to form and tomorrow morning for that commute, some fog and drizzle. a temperature of 57 degrees.

chris, coming up in my full forecast, i'll let you know if tomorrow is a washout, and also the latest an some rain and potentially stormy weather for the middle part of the week. war planes were soaring over our area today. we'll tell you about the roar in the skies that have people scrambling. the big issue that's bringing local leaders out in force. and a lot of questions tonight about what went wrong after a finish fall evening quickly finish fall evening quickly turns tragic. have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income.

now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it.

hundreds if not thousands of kids will take hay rides this halloween season. but on one of these rides in main, the trailer slammed into a tree and killed someone. investigators say an suv pulling the hay ride lost control as it was going down a hill last night. it smashed into a tree and the impact threw everyone off the trailer. a 17-year-old girl was killed and paramedic s rushed several people to the hospital. police came back to the scene today to reconstruct what happened and so far they do not think alcohol had anything to do with it. for a lot of people, understanding their health insurance can be confusing and difficult. d.c.'s health department kicked off a monthly program today to help people navigate the system. they helped find out what benefits they qualify for and what their options are if they

don't have insurance. >> today we've had some people that have had real issues and we've been able to help people today. a gentleman had an issue with a prescription drug plan. on tuesday, we'll be able to help him. probably find another drug plan that will be more beneficial for him. >> the department of health doesn't just help residents who live in d.c. but for people who work in the district, too. you might have noticed it around town. a lot of flags lowered around the nation's capital. what's behind the tribute that came straight from the white house. and a bit of a chilly weekend. some of us could see showers tonight. amelia is coming back to let us amelia is coming back to let us know who is goi have you seen the news about barbara comstock? amelia is coming back to let us know who is goi first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills

through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it.

you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> you're looking at two dozen world war ii era planes flying oifr the d.c. area. you might have seen or heard them today. their voyage was a tribute to disabled american veterans. this video was shot by a viewer. the planes took off from the culpeper air fest and flew over arlington national cemetery and the pentagon. the flag atop the white house is flying at half staff. it marks the end of fire prevention week and honors fallen firefighters. more than 100 names were added

to the firefighters memorial. 48 minutes, 28 seconds. that's how long it took the fastest runner to complete today's army ten-miler. they weaved their way through the streets of arlington and d.c. the ten-miler is in this 30th year. organizers asked runners to race in memory of fallen service members. a little cool. a little overcast. that's good running weather. >> it was beautiful running weather. like you were saying this morning, we woke up to sunshine. clouds quickly moved in. we were warmer than yesterday. high today 55. slowly improving. working our way towards better weather. for tomorrow, a few showers are in the forecast. and really could be dealing with some showery activity at any point in the day. keep that umbrella handy. if you have offwork for cluff us about day it's not going to be a washout but you could be seeing

showers throughout your day. otherwise plenty of clouds. we're not talking about any downpours so good news there. that's one of your weather headlines. not just showers in the forecast for tomorrow and drizzle as well but fog during the morning hours. if you're heading into work tomorrow morning, may want to add extra time because we'll see fog around the area until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. in the morning. our temperatures continue to warm. high today 65. tomorrow, near 80 degrees. then we're talking about rain and maybe a few thunderstorms for wednesday and potentially even thursday. right now on storm team 4 radar, very light showery activity moving through the area pushing off toward the east. favoring northern loudoun and frederick counties. and moving through baltimore right now. chance of a shor until about 8:00 p.m. this evening and after that mainly dry for the rest of the overnight hours. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, showers and light clouds.

showers moving through the day at times. this is because a warm front is moving through theiar. as this front moves through it's bringing the chance of showers but also warmer temperatures. 3:00, notice some isolated showery activity. nothing heavy tomorrow but you could be dealing with rain. about a 60% chance you're dealing with showers tomorrow on your monday. temperatures right now coming in in the 50s and 60s. washington at 64 degrees. ior hour by hour planner for tomorrow with temperatures, 6:00 a.m., comrtably cool start. want to go for a run, may be dealing with some drizzle. temperature near 60. not bad running weather. >> 10:00 a.m., showers in the forecast and still some fog. temperatures in the low 60s. upper 60s by 2:00. maybe a shower, 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. mild 6:00. temperature of 71 degrees. that's our high for the day. tuesday, it becomes breezy during the afternoon. a high of 77. maybe an isolated afternoon

shower or thunderstorm mainly west of washington. wednesday and thursday, this is when we're talking about rain and storms as the cold front moves through the area. could be seeing heavy rain on these days. later in the day on wednesday and earlier in the day on thursday. we're going to continue to keep an eye on the timing pinpointing when you can expect the rain. notice the temperatures. 75 on wednesday. cooler on thursday. after that, we return to plenty of sunshine, friday and saturday. highs those days, mid-70s. right now great music, food, beer and some local artwork on display in arlington. the annual courthouse arts and beer festival is going on. it's being held in the parking lot at the top of the arlington courthouse metro station. they got started around noon. it runs another 40 minutes, until 7:00. at least a half dozen musical acts, poets will perform throughout the day and also lots of craft beer and artwork by

some local folks. coming up -- you got to start right here locally. kevin durant has fractured his foot. wool tell you how long he's going to be out. plus, the ravens offense goes wild. jason is up next with the jason is up next with the record-breaking day enron, the largest coporate fraud in american history... and ed gillespie was their lobbyist. enron paid gillespie and his firm seven hundred thousand... dollars to block regulation of the energy markets... so they could raise utility rates. then got even worse. "thousands lost their jobs and life savings." "the former leaders of enron head to prison." enron's ed gillespie. the million dollar lobbyist who put enron ahead of you.

this is the xfinity sports desk. your home for the most live sports. >> if the redskins have any hope of salvaging what's left of this season, it's probably got to start now. >> this is one of those must-win games. you don't want to fall to 1-5 on the season. at this point, they are in arizona. the skins looking for their second win of the season. the game is in the third quarter. the cardinals lead it, 14-13 right now. elsewhere around the nfl, very big day for the ravens. joe flacco making history in tampa bay. baltimore looking to bounce back after last week to indy. first drive, flacco to torrey smith. a 15-yard touchdown hook-up there. smith's second touchdown of the season. the ravens up 7-0.

flacco goes back to smith. this time on third and goal. nine-yard strike. ravens normally struggle to score early an. they're up 14-0. flacco wasn't done after another touchdown pass made it 21-0. this one goes to michael campanero. the rookie's first nfl reception goes for a touchdown. only 5'9'. a howard county native. big moment for him. the ravens set a team record with 38. they go on to win this, 48-17. >> definitely a fun day. you don't get those too often in this league. definitely very enjoyable. >> we're on pace for almost 16 touchdowns. it was incredible. we played really well. when we got opportunities, we really capitalized. >> we scored five touchdowns. that's how joe is. >> browns have only beaten the

steelers twice in their last 22 tries. hosting them today in cleveland. brian hoyer off the play fake. he's going to find jordan cameron wide open. this a 42-yard gain. the browns would cash in on the next day. up 7-3. later on in the quarter, not finished. on third and two, hoyer with the perfect pass here. this one goes 51 yards to the house. three catches, 102 yards and a score for cameron. the browns are up 14-3. later on in the half, it's ben tate bullying his way into the end zone. he had two scores. the browns with the biggest win over the steelers and 25 years. 31-10 is your final score. also the cowboys are in action. they are tied with seattle at 17. that game is also in the third quarter like the redskins. moving on to basketball.

the wizards, their guard bradley beal had surgery an his nonshooting rift to repair a fracture. it's expected he could miss the next 6 to 8 weeks. with the regular season quickly approaching, the wiz will have to find a way to manage without their best shooter. >> that's a big significant piece you have to step up and take care of. i have to come up and do a better job running my team and being more of the scoring guys. kris humphries and those guys got to step and play a bigger role than what you'd normally play. >> if you worry about injuries, you're going to lose sight of what the end of the rainbow there. injuries happen. we made our team deeper this year for a reason. to hopefully, you know, withstand something like that. >> so the wizards hitting the court without beal. pistons doing what they do best.

running the floor. john wahle taking it all the way to the hoop. a team high 15 points. wizards within one. in the four th, under 30 seconds to go, wiz up one. drummond posting up to blair. spins and gets the shot to fall and one. he missed the free throw. detroit back on top. andre miller. throws down the dunk with seconds left. that's a huge play for serafin. wizards beat the pistons, 91-89. more big news in the nba regarding injuries. the league's mvp from a year ago, kevin durant of the oklahoma city thunder, has a fracture in his right foot. he'll likely miss the next 6 to 8 weeks. the thunder gm said no specific injury cause -- incident caused the injury but it did happen over time. moving on to d.c. united.

rain delayed this game. we're going to pick this up in the 64th minute. bill hami and united up 1-0. houston with the free kick. gets deflected and cleared. this is fabian espindola going the wairth. no one in front of him. has to beat the keeper and does just that. they take down dynamo. >> first ever win in houston, right? >> yes. that's going to do it for us. see you back here at 11:00. see you back here at 11:00. or after the game, i should say.

have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder shhid it.

on this sunday night, a new ebola case. this one contracted inside an american hospital. after what is described as a breach of protocol. tonight the unsettling questions about just how prepared we really are and who now is at risk. caught on camera, a slew of cell phone videos in recent days appear to show acts of police brutality but is it an accurate picture of what is really going on out there? and close encounters of the giant kind. dozens of whales put on a show like no other.