radar. and you can see rain moving into the state. you will need your up principle la as you head out the door. >> today may not be a total washout. when we can expect all that rain. a as we look outside at 5:00 a.m., cloudy skies so far. >> good morning, everybody. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> welcome to news 4 on this monday, october 13th, 2014. chuck bell is in for tom kierein. chuck, how are we looking? >> we're looking cloudy but mild. not much of an october chill in the air. a few drops leaving chandler, st. mary's. a few more out in the mountains of west virginia. that's the trend we should expect for the rest of the day. a whole lot of cloud cover. want to have the umbrella just to play it on the safe side. current temperatures mild indeed. mid to upper 50s. even 62 at national airport. and also 62 in annapolis.

plan for long pants for the early chill and caution a ear umbrella. the mid to upper 50s early this morning. coming home later today, it will be a mild one for sure. temperatures up near 70 depress later on should see a a hint of a drying trend the second half of the day today. but, again, can't rule out a little shower here and a little shower there. good morning, mr. chuck bell. 270 at falls road, moving right alg. 270 and rockville is looking quite good right now. taking a look at 95 in virginia. no problems into or out of town. keep it just like this. taking a look at the beltway at central avenue, looking good too. wider look at things. you can see we don't have any issues right now.

a little bit of construction hanging around. nothing major that is slowing anybody down right now. taking a look at 95 in maryland. bw parkway into and out of town, all looking quite good. weather and traffic always on the 1s. 5:02. new this morning, a pedestrian was hit and killed while trying to across the street at lynn dale at 10:40. the man was trying to cross the street when it hit him. it is unclear if he was in the crosswalk. . d.c. police are trying to track down a cab driver a passenger says sexually assaulted her. a woman got in a cab early sunday morning and the driver assaulted her along kennedy street northwest. he was driving a red d.c. cab, four door with gray stripe. call police if you have any information. right now there are two missing people we want to tell you about in prince william county. police need your help finding

this woman. she is 20 years old. last seen sunday afternoon at her home in manassas. police believe she left voluntarily but she may need help. in montgomery county, a silver alert for robert allen clyne jr. no one has seen him since saturday night in silver spring. if you have seen him, call police. the 17-year-old who fell from the fifth floor of a dorm is doing better this morning according to the freelance star. the boy was reportedly visiting a student when he fell from the window early saturday morning. virginia state police are investigating. they say foul play is not suspected. campaigning is kicking into high gear less than a month out from decision 2014. today vice president joe biden will be in florida supporting governor charlie crist as he seeks reelection. there will be one rally in boca raton and the other in coconut

creek. democratic candidate anthony brown and republican candidate larry hogan will take part in an hour-long debate. chris gordon will break it down later in the news cast. all three d.c. mayoral candidates will be sponsored by the "washington post". watch it live online at 12:30 on wednesday. a new report raising doubts about a major donation to a mayoral campaign. according to the "washington post" a new audit found $100,000 missing from the count. a former manager donated $20,000 to bowser's mayoral campaign. david catania says she should give the money back. same-sex marriages in alaska could begin this week.

they declared the state ban unconstitutional. it is a symbolic victory for the state because alaska's ban on same-sex marriage was the first of its kind in the nation. last week's action by the court means gay couples can get married in 29 states and the district >> it is columbus day today. you can celebrate at a ceremony this morning. if you are off from work or school, head to the plaza at union station. as part of the ceremony, the u.s. marine corps. band will play and you can hear speeches from diplomats from italy and spain. angie goff is monitoring the live desk. olympic runner oscar pistorius in court for his sentencing hearing. we will check in with her. your cup of joe may do a body good. the benefits of drinking decaf

coffee. what? >> decaf? how does that work? grab a an umbrella as you head out the door. chuck bell will show us where it's raining in weather and traffic on the 1s. traffic on the 1s. stay with

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welcome back. metro will be running on a saturday schedule because of columbus day. that means trains will come every 6 to 12 minutes. the train station will be open until midnight. it's a holiday fare for you. parking in lots and garages is also free. great news, coffee lovers. it doesn't matter whether you drink regular or decaf apparently. drinking both helps maintain a healthy liver. that's according to a new study from the national cancer institute in bethesda.

they have a lower level of abdominal enzymes. now, everything in moderation. you can't drink a pot of coffee every day. >> that can't be good for many parts of your body. >> right. and i think our decaf is foreign to us. >> i don't even understand. at any hour. all right. let's take a look outside. chuck bell is keeping an eye on the forecast for us this morning. chuck, you're a tea drinker, right? >> i like a cup of tea or a good cup of coffee. but i prefer to have it on the caffeinated side. the caffeine probably isn't that good for you. but at 5:11 in the morning, probably a little caffeine wouldn't kill me. 55 in gaithersburg. 55 in leesburg. 63 degrees in arlington this morning.

56 for the bowie bay sox. there are hit and miss sprinkle chances in southern maryland. one or two in the shenandoah valley as well. not expecting much of a rain threat. big thing you'll notice today is cloudy and mild. temperatures pushing 70 degrees later on this afternoon. no autumn jackets for the bus stop today. just a cautionary umbrella. now traffic with melissa malay. 66, looking just fine. if you're hopping on 59 or 29, you're totally fine heading all the way in right now. completely clear through centreville. no major problems at all. looking quite good. old hundred is looking good. no maj problems into or out of town. bw parkway and 95 looking good

as well. 66 and 95 in va is va coming up in a couple of minutes. >> melissa, thank you. following a developing story in texas this morning. we're live in dallas with more on a health care worker diagnosed with ebola. the first person-to-person transmission in the u.s. looking at how babies communicate without talking.

now to the developing story. a second ebola case has been diagnosed in the u.s. a health care worker at texas health presbyterian in dallas has tested positive for the disease. that is the same hospital where thomas eric duncan was treated and later died. jay gray is live outside the hospital where that worker is now in isolation. jay, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, good morning to you, eun. look, officials with the centers

for disease control call this latest development deeply concerning as the fight as the dallas hospital one of their own. what they are telling us is that she did work extensively with the ebola patient being treated here. the man from liberia, thomas eric duncan, who died as a result of the virus, and that she was involved in that work while he was with -- while he was going through dialysis and on a ventilator. it came when he was very ill. and much more infectious, doctors are call it. now they say it appears she only came into contact with one other person while she was sick. that person has been isolated. they are being monitored right no they say because this happened as a breach in hospital protocol that even more medical workers

could eventually, and could is the operative word here, could eventually test positive for the virus. they are watching that very closely. right now the hospital is self-monitoring, taking their temper >> jay gray live in dallas, texas. jay, thank you. a sick woman on a flight at lax did not have ebola. the woman was on united airlines from new york's jfk with flu-like symptoms and vomiting. hazmat responded. it was determined she did not have ebola. devastating effects on communities in west africa. one man in our area says he lost his brother to the outbreak in

liberia. he and his brother got out of liberia a few years ago to escape the civil war. taylor's procedure went back after study to go become a minister. one friday at church his brother suddenly became very sick. >> critical condition. we were pray it got worse. one monday at 3:00 a.m. he died from ebola. >> he is studying health care information systems. he plans to go back to modernize his country's health care records. later this morning on news midday, anthony falchi will discuss the latest case in the u.s. on nbc 4. a hearing now from a psychologist testifying at oscar pistorius's sentencing. he said he worked with the olympian and, "as it stands now

the athlete has lost his career". he is in court right now and coul learn his fate for killing girlfriend reeva steenkamp. legal arguments going to continue before pistorius learns his sentence. he faces up to 15 years in prison after being convicted for culpable homicide. over to you. thank you, angie goff from the live desk. it is now 5:19. new this morning, the taliban is claiming responsibility for this deadly attack in kabul. a suici bomber targeted a nato convoy. at least one civilian died. three others wer. right now we have a news 4 crew in charlottesville where uva student hannah graham went missing one month ago. jesse matthew will face a hearing in december. he is charged with abducting her. we will let you know as soon as

we hear any developments in this case. if you're a father in prince george's county you may be able to go to your child's school today. it is men make a difference today. a lot of schools are hosting breakfast for dads and male role models to help their families achieve academic success. they have classroom visits as well. check prince george's county website to see whether your child is participating today. six more days before you can watch the redskins go for their first win since mid-september. a lot of the players looking forward to what happens -- or when that happens, i should say. turnovers deflated the team's hopes of a win this weekend. coach gruden says it's all about working extra hard this week. >> i know we got the guys in here that want to do it. they're sick about losing. they're sick about it. they will try their tails to get this thing right. >> you can see the skins play

sunday at home at fedex field. they play the titans at 1:00 in the afternoon. a topic that divided a a lot of fans. the university of maryland is hosting it today. panelists include reporters who have chosen not to use the redskins name in their articles and a former player who supports the name. it is free to the public from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the theater on campus. if you take a look out your window you will probably see a lot of clouds as you can see over the district. it is not going to be a washout. let's check in chuck bell to see what we're going to get. >> eun and aaron, good morning to you. it's a cloudy and mild start to your monday. if you have the day off, on the whole it will be a pretty good day off. you won't have to worry about any heavy rain. passing sprinkle can't be ruled

out. mostly cloudy skies out there first thing this morning. not much rain. hit or miss sprinkle chances. a little bit more rain into the southern shenandoah valley. there's a lot more where that came from. oklahoma and texas bringing severe weather to dallas-ft. worth. that may have a chance to bring us stronger thunderstorms wednesday arch, wednesday nighttime frame. be r cloudy skies. passing light sprinkles for some. rain chances low and medium. even where the rain chances are better, rainfall amounts will be really, really light today. out the door temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. it's going to be a mild day today. county by county around the metro, montgomery, arlington, fairfax and the district all 60

to 70 today. for the weather impact on your day, be very, very lowed in. it will be cloudy and mild with a passing light shower. by lunchtime, the next wave of rain chances into loud on, frederick, montgomery. drying out a bit overnight. cloudy tomorrow. you'll notice a huge warmup tomorrow. mid to upper 70s. rain chances should stay west of the blue ridge. wednesday afternoon and wednesday night, 8:00 p.m., look at that line of heavy rain. likely to have thunderstorms in here wednesday evening. so keep that in mind. seven-day forecast time. it's going to be a mild week for sure. 71 today. 77 tomorro 77 wednesday. those are all 10 degrees warmer than average. the rain should taper the second half on thursday. best news i can give anyone is next friday and next monday look great. meantime, a whole lot of clouds out

let's check in now with melissa. >> keeping our fingers crossed that everybody is safe this morning. right now looking good. 270 at mont rose, looking good. a wider look at things, everything into and out of town is completely fine. inner loop, outer loop, moving along. pennsylvania avenue, 301, indian head highway, everything looking good. 95 in virginia, hopping on stafford county, you can see heading into town you are completely fine. we expect things to change just a little bit in the coming hours. 66 now, no issues there at all this morning. we do have this to remind you. metro running on the saturday schedule. no camden or brunswick at all today. before plans of a high-speed rail service moves forward into fredericksburg area, officials need to hear from you. four public meetings will be held next month. the first is november 12th.

that project expanse a 115-mile corridor from d.c. to richmond. it is part a nationwide initiative to improve service to higher speed rail service. a major issue with concussions is you don't know enough about them. only half of parents knew concussions lead to serious problems, including chronic headaches and ish the next story for new parents. sleep-related infant death study finds sofa sleeping is especially dangerous, according to the children's national medical center. nearly 13% of sleep deaths occur on sofas, especially among newborns up to 3 months old. many were sharing the couch with another person. the babies were also placed on

their stomachs or sides instead of on their backs. a new study is working to unlock the key to child language de researchers studied babies 6, 8, 10 or 12 months old. they watched babies play with their toys and parents. by watching them interact with their surroundings, researchers can learn how children communicate and develop language. >> babies will do things like look at the toy and look back at us as if to say, wow, that was really cool. they do that with their eye contact or their gestures. >> smart little people. the project is still in the first phase of a five-year study. researchers say they hope the result will help parents and pediatricians with delays or challenges in language development. i think there's so much going on in babies's brains you don't even realize it.

because the communication comes later. >> there is so much more to discover. >> sure. >> it is definitely interesting to learn about. 5:27. coming up, president obama plans to meet with foreign leaders in the week ahead as they target isis fighters. a preview from capitol hill. town in turmoil. protesters take to the streets in ferguson on this weekend of action. what you can expect today. and storm team 4 chuck bell will show what you can expect today or tomorrow in weather and traffic on t

that's going to be drifting our way late this morning, in about lunchtime. it's basically dry on your way out the door first thing this morning. temperatures mild in the upper 50s and low 60s. 55 in leesburg. jackets not necessarily a requirement. long pants for the early morning chill. have a small umbrella in your backpack for kids today. cloudy skies. maybe a sprinkle or two. walk-in temperatures near 60. walk home temperatures near 70. so it will be a mild day for sure. highs right around 71 degrees. no more than one or two swipes

of the wipers. let's go over to melissa. good morning, chuck. good to see you this morning. a new crash. we hope not many wiper swipes. that means slow roads. that means nasty roads. 295 northbound. just spoke with police about that. a little bit of a slowdown because of police and fire on the scene of course. no major problems here. as we look into town, folks heading out of town, looking good. beltway at colesville is moving along. no problems there. you have a nice early monday morning. thank you. 5:32. how to deal with isis will be the big issue at hand when president obama meets with several foreign military leaders this week. tracie potts live on capitol hill to tell us about that meeting and the criticism the president is facing here.

tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. criticism from some on capitol hill. even some that work in his administration. first, that meeting is happening tomorrow at an trues air force base. president obama, the joint chiefs chair general martin dempsey, and 20 countries, the defense ministers from 20 countries that teamed up with the u.s. in this fight. air strikes are continuing. kobani is under siege. deadly bombings in baghdad. dempsey admitted thad isis militants got within 15 miles of taking over the airport there. and the u.s. had to stop with low flying apache helicopters, which is a bit more of a challenge for the u.s. now, the criticism you were talking about, john mccain said this weekend this strategy simply is not working, that they are winning and we are not. we heard from former defense second leon panetta who said president obama is too much like a professor and needs the heart

of a warrior to defeat isis. aaron? tracie potts on the hill for us. thanks, tracie. crowds have been confronting democracy protesters in hong kong. they're upset that the student demonstrators have been blocking main roads near the heart of the city's financial district. the protest started two weeks ago after beijing said it would prescreen all candidates. new tension between police and protesters in ferguson, missouri. organizers plan to hold acts of civil disobedience. they call it moral monday. these protests involve hundreds of people singing and shouting in the state legislature building before many were arrested. two pilots killed over the nevada desert. a spokesman for the faa says a single engine cessna and an experimental aircraft crashed

midair yesterday morning. it happened 60 miles southeast of reno. witnesses say they heard a loud sound and saw falling debris and smoke. no one else was hurt. the faa is set to reopen the facility damaged by an intentionally set fire. that fire two weeks ago in the the chicago area canceled thousands of flights across the cup, including in our area. contract employee bryan howard is accused of cutting cables and setting fire to basement telecommunications rooms. he is being held without bond. faa reviewing security and c contingency plans. this woman was last seen sunday afternoon at her home in manassas. she left voluntarily but may need help. a silver alert for robert allen clyne jr. no one has seen since saturday

night in silver spring. if you have seen him, call police. on news 4 today, we look at the families who lost two mothers in a deadly car crash. a hawk attacks a drone and it's caught on video. find out what the operator did to save the hawk >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will have your hour-by-hour forecast in your weather and

welcome back. take a look at this video. an amazing sight. hundreds of hot air balloons in the sky. so pretty. the show was part of the international balloon fiesta. it happens in albuquerque, new mexico every year. this was the finale after more than a week of races, family activities and fireworks. so pretty. look at those or nate balloons too. >> yeah. then this. showdown in mid flight.

hawk versus drone. drone loses. this is video from massachusetts. a red tailed hawk attacks a drone. the man who owns the drone said he saw it circling his quad copter. he didn't want to harm the animal. he killed the motor to the drone. that sent it crashing to the ground there. as you might imagine, that video has gone viral. >> apparently the proceeds for the video will go to -- or the proceeds of the research will go to the aud bon. chuck bell is here with weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. good morning. it's a cloudy start this morning. it is also not anywhere near chilly. not this morning. temperatures are already in the upper 50s and low 60s.

it's 63 in capital heights. 59 in college park. 57 in rockville. 56 in reston. and 55 in leesburg. 57, manassas and bristow. light rain moving into highland county, virginia. if it holds together and keeps moving the way it's going, 10:30, 11:00, it will reach our northwestern suburbs. have your umbrella just to play it safe. one or two drops on this morning. passing sprinkles. coming home from work and school, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, cloudy and mild. temperatures near 70. mid-60s by 7:00 tonight. and then tomorrow warmer still. plenty of clouds. tomorrow's temperatures mid to upper 70s. nothing wrong with that. again, out the door fitter thing this morning, 50s and 60s. no heavy jackets. melissa, a check on roads,

please. >> a new crash. a little bit of a slowdown. 295 at south capital street. otherwise, looking good this time of no major issues. we have travel times for you. they are looking i quite good and smooth. from 118 to the capital, 16 minutes. right on time. 66 east, fairfax county parkway, 10 minutes looking good. 95 north from quantico to the beltway is as good as it gets at 22 minutes. i'm back in 10 minutes. see you at 5:51. . thank you. stuck on a popular sky ride in indianapolis. they found themselves in the middle of a new orangutan exhibit. a toddler is hurt after he a toddler is hurt after he flew away in a bounce house.

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14 before the hour. new this morning, d.c. police on the scene of a shoot anything northeast on 1300 block of e street. an suv with a driver's door open while investigators looked around. no word on his condition. we know the name of the man killed in this crash in riverdale. the man who died in the crash is jose manuel enrique. around 3:00 sunday morning his car veered off riverdale road and slammed into a utility pole. he died on the scene. . a deadly crash in oxen hill kills five people. this morning we are hearing from the victim's family. two mothers were killed friday night on livingston road and livingston terrace in oxen hill. the women were sisters and have 10 children between them. the youngest is 6 weeks old. they were stopped at a light on

livingston road when another car slammed into them. the family is devastated. >> you have those moments. like my daughter -- you know, she didn't even want to look in the mirror pause she looks so much like her mom. >> two children traveling in the other car also died, a 1-year-old boy and a teenage girl. the driver is alive but in critical condition in the hospit. speed and weather played a factor in this cra. 5:47 is our time right now. gas is getting cheaper across the nation. prices at a new all time low for the year. but before you start celebrating, richard jordan breaking down how this area stacks up against the national trend. and we're doing pretty well, richard. >> yeah, we certainly are, aaron. the first customers showing up at this gas station. we will see a lot more people

coming to fill up their tanks once they hear about the new gas prices that are out, the lowest we have seen all year. let's take a look at the numbers. the national average $3.20. in virginia, it's lower than that. about 20 cents cheaper. $3.19. about a quarter above the average in the district. we know d.c. always a little more expensive when it comes to gas. out in west virginia, 3 polyp $34. aaa, the experts who look at these numbers say the reason why we see the low prices this year is economics 101, the basics. supply and demand. there is a high supply right now. part of the reason is because it has been a relatively quiet atlantic hurricane season. so the oil refineries have not been disrupted. there have been no interruptions there. so the supply is high. now, we have seen a 20 cent drop on average from just last month. and the experts are saying it will drop even further before the year is up.

reporting live this morning in bethesda, richard jordan, news 4. richard, thank you. well, a handful of families will definitely go back to the zoo even after they had to be rescued from an exhibit at the indianapolis zoo. the ride through the orangutan exhibit broke down. nobody was hurt there. the people mostly looked bored. the zoo's website and twitter account said nothing about the incident. a 2-year-old is in critical condition after a bounce house blue away while he was inside. yesterday two boys were playing inside when it went airborne and moved 50 feet. the 2-year-old was airlifted to a local hospital. the bounce house was not anchored down. they only inflated it to dry out before a fund-raiser. >> safety conscious. it wasn't ready. it wasn't tied down properly. it wasn't meant to be used.

>> it is unclear how the boys made it inside. well, believe it or not, some of you are starting your holiday shopping. all you overachievers out there. >> you're right. experts say they will make more money this year. $24 billion, in fact. confidence is higher. the job market is improved. stock prices are improved. >> consumers will be looking for great deals before they shop. >> of course the best deals happen after thanksgiving, starting with black friday. japan being hit with another typhoon. typhoon vongfong. it was downgraded to a tropical storm and is leaving a path of destruction. 43 people have been injured. new evacuation orders are in place.

parts of the u.s. has been dealing with severe weather this morning. >> easy for you to say. >> it wasn't coming out. i had to roll it. >> yeah. tough weather today out across parts of oklahoma and texas. rough weather for them. and believe it or not, even though it is october we can get some severe weather in october. we may be under the gun for thunderstorms here wednesday night and maybe even a little bit on thursday. so it will be a weird weather week in washington. temperatures will stay way above average. we're well above average already this morning. it will be a mild start to a very mild week around here. temperatures at or above 70. for now it's a cloudy and gloomy looking start to your monday morning. 63 at reagan national. a light breeze southeast at 3 miles per hour. we are done with the 90s. you were teasing me about this

earlier. our latest 90-degree high temperature is october 11th. so no record highs. 90 or higher from october 12th until march the 22nd. that's our earliest 90-degree record. that occurred back in 1907. so we can at least put away the 90s for a while. temperatures will be in the 70s. that will be nice. plenty of clouds. the overall impact the weather will have on your day today will be fairly low. can't rule out a passing sprinkle or two. 57, warrenton. 59 at ma reap core base in quantico. bethesda, maryland, when a fine day it will be today. 57 this morning. cloudy skies. maybe a sprinkle or two. that's about it. temperatures upper 60s to near 70. follow the forecast on twitter @chuckbell4. in oklahoma and texas, that's what we will be dealing with here as we get into the day on weapons. out ahead of it, a big push of

warm air will keep temperatures above average. the rain intensity, just a few drops. you wouldn't necessarily have to have the umbrella. here's a sprinkle chance late this morning, early this afternoon. primarily out to the north and west of the metro area. highs in the upper 60s to near 70. that will be warm indeed. tomorrow, another mild and humid day. showers west of the blue ridge tomorrow. the big weather show this week comes up wednesday. wednesday night 8:00 it could be a line of strong thunderstorms coming on through. seven-day forecast time for you. only 30% chance of a passing sprinkle or two today. cloudy skies tomorrow. 77 degrees tomorrow. that's almost air-conditioning weather. showers and thunderstorms especially wednesday night, wednesday evening, early thursday, trying out for next weekend. now let's go over to the always friendly and informed melissa

malay. >> good morning, chuck. thank you for that. a couple of accidents we're watching for you. bw parkway, 193, just spoke with police. they are on their way to that crash. and 295 northbound at south capital street, we are seeing a bit of a slowdown because of that accident as well. wider look, looking quite good as far as the beltway goes. new hampshire is moving along. so no problems. 66 at 95 also looking good. beltway at landover road, no problems there. i am back in 10 minutes. "washington post" survey found most people are having with with their quality of life in prince george's county. 93% feel safe in their neighborhood. 86% are happy with what they get for tax dollars. only 72% are happy with the bus service. a consumer alert this morning.

kmart confirms a data breach. jackie deangelis has that in more for your money. another retailer with a data breach >> reporter: good morning, un. it seems we are talking about this every day. the largest and latest retailer struck by hackers. the parent company here says the i.t. team detected a breach on thursday. they were able to remove the computer virus. but kmart does believe some debit and credit cards have been compromised. amazon offering a $5 credit to customers who join amazon prime. the referral are program is being promoted on the home page and is open to both prime and nonprime customers. amazon has an estimated 50 million prime members who spend two times on average what the nonprime ones do. pack to you. all right, jackie, thank yo designers are thinking

inside the box to create prime real estate. they're doing it by turning shipping containers into stores and departments. they are repurposed into retail and apartment space. it took four months to go from 18 metal boxes to home sweet home. >> there's a lot of buzz. >> this is prefabricated housing at its best because the strength is probably three times what a standard steel building would be. designers say the containers could be ideal for disaster relief. they say the tricky part will be the zoning regulations because there aren't any on a national breaking news out of wall door of, maryland. this is courtesy chopper 4. firefighters still on the scene here.

a big chance at fred's sporting goods near holly lane. the flames are out. the damage h. ews now searching for some hot spots in the area. traffic along crane highway going southbound is impacted. i think they are using one lane. northbound you're okay. expect delays. follow @first4traffic. a big prayer service is happening at the lincoln memorial at 1:00 this afternoon. thousands of people from churches across our area are expected t. they will pray for those who are homeless or sick. we are tracking a developing story involving the spread of ebola in the u.s. what we are learning about the latest case in dallas as new safety measures are put in place and the scares that put two communities in lockdown because

of fears of this virus. mild temperatures acr

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county shut down for hours after a pedestrian is killed while trying cross the street. what impact it will have on your chute and plans for the day ahead. chuck bell is here with what you need to know before you head out the door. >> good morning, aaron and eun. a view from northwest washington. . streetlights bouncing off the cloud bottoms. a few sprinkles into culpepper. be on the lookout for that. they will be moving towards the metro here as they head late morning and lunchtime. temperatures are mild. 57 in frederick, maryland. 57 in lorton. 62 in arlington. 62 in annapolis. you won't need much of a jacket. maybe long pants for the morning chill. a cautionary umbrella for the sprinkles we will be facing.