fears over ebola are growing as the first airport screenings begin and we learn more about how a nse in texas contracted ebola. plus, how low will gas prices go? this picture taken in virginia, prices at $2.92 a gallon. and storm team 4 radar clearing out slowly, at least for now. meteorologist chuck bell is here with a look at our next chance for rain and even some storms. good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. we begin with the latest on ebola here in the u.s. a health care worker at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas has tested positive for ebola and doesn't know exactly

how or when she contracted the virus. she was part of the team treating thomas eric duncan who died from ebola. this is the first known case for the disease being transmitted in the u.s. the cdc says a breach of protocol at the hospital led to this new infection. the hospital worker was wearing protective gear while treating duncan. and in an hour, the cdc will hold a press conference on how the health worker is doing. the possibility of new ebola cases has many in the u.s. on edge. the united airlines flight sat on an lax runway for two hours after a passenger was feared to have the virus. the woman had flu-like symptoms and was vomiting. she was questioned and officials determined she did not have ebola. a patient at a massachusetts hospital is in isolation after being tested for ebola. the man recently traveled to liberia and went to the hospital yesterday complaining of a headache and muscle pain. doctors say he's not at high risk for the virus. coming up in just a few

minutes, i'll sit down with dr. anthony fouche to talk about the hospitals in our area and whether they are ready for unexpected cases of the virus. right now we're learning more about the fire that ripped through this store in waldorf. this is at fred's sports and furniture. the cause of the fire is under investigation. nobody was hurt. turning to the weather now, morning showers are moving out of the area, but is more rain coming in our direction? meteorologist chuck bell is here with the first forecast. good morning. >> good monday morning to you. cloudy skies have led to light rain across the area over the last hour or so. storm team 4 radar shows the bulk of the rain now moving out of virginia and in to maryland. the steadiest of the showers now in western parts of montgomery county out there east of leesburg. the showers are headed eastbound on interstate 270 here north of

the gaithersburg within the next 30 minutes or so. it's not all that heavy but more than enough to get the road spray going. drying out across parts of virginia, temperatures are recovering to the lower 60s. still in the lower 50s with the rain drops coming down. so when the kiddos come home from school later this afternoon, can't rule out a sprinkle or two. most of the rain drops will be out of here. it will stay cloudy and be mild. temperatures eventually climbing into the upper 60s to near 70. the drops will be leaving but the clouds will remain. warm and humid by october standards for the next few days. and midweek chances for rain and thunderstorms, barbara, we'll talk about that in the seven-day coming up at1 11:30ful. new this morning, a pedestrian was hit and killed while trying to cross a street in glendale. the prince george's police say this happened on greene belt road and duvall street at 10:40. a man was trying to cross the street when the car hit him. the pedestrian was walking in a crosswalk. the driver stayed on the scene

too cooperate with police. d.c. police need you on the lookout for a cabbie that sexually assaulted a woman on kennedy street northwest. the driver assaulted her near brightwood park. the man was driving a red d.c. cab. call police if you have any information. and today metro will be running on a saturday schedule because it's columbus day. that means trains come every 6 to 12 minutes and train stations are open until midnight. since it's a holiday, off-peak fares are in effect all day. parking at all metro lots and garages will be free today. federal investigators are talking to a 12-year-old boy today after he flashed a laser into the cockpit of a state police helicopter. this happened near maryland route 27 and i-70 just north of the montgomery county line over the weekend. it's a federal crime to point a laser at a helicopter or any aircraft.

the state police say it distracts pilots and disorients them. no one was hurt in this incident. in decision 2014 the two candidates vying for the office of governor in maryland are facing off right now. democratic candidate anthony brown and republican kandday larry hogan will take part in the hour-long debate today. brown has a slight lead over hogan. the debate will be broken down later in our newscast today. and right now a message of love from the parents of an american being held by isis. the father talks about the last time he heard from his son. and a local nurse explains why she does not think hospitals here and around the country are ready to take care of ebola patients. stay wit.

the u.s. strategy in isis could change. president obama will meet with military leaders to discuss their plans to fight the terrorist group. so far the president has used air strikes against isis but critics believe he should begin a ground-based attack. the worst fighting is happening in kobani, syria. and isis fighters are targeting turkey now. they have fired 23 air strikes against the isis targets around there but they are afraid of hitting the city and killing civilians in the process. this morning we hear from the parents of the american isis

is holding hostage right now. peter's parents say they hope their words will reach him. he was doing humanitarian work there when he was captured and isis plans to kill him next. his father read a letter he received from his son. >> don't worry, dad, if i go down, i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true. that you and mom loved me more than the moon. >> he's a former army ranger and is 26 years old. prepping hospitals and airports for ebola. when health care workers are in the greatest danger? we'll talk about that. plus, good news for airline passengers. the airline control system is back to normal after weeks of disruption. good morning once again. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. here on the weather deck in the front lawn, it is a light to moderate rain shower in progress here right now. so how long do these drops hang around? and how does the rest of the week look? all that is coming up in your

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airport will begin to scan travelers for fever. >> reportei had a mask and glov. no foot protection, no hair or leg covers. >> it turned out the patient had malaria but it made her think. >> if we do get a true case of ebola, we are not prepared for it. >> reporter: field's employer categorically denies it saying they are prepared at providence hospital. the cdc is seeing a growing number of health care workers, like linda girgis. >> i feel there's a lack of information from the cdc down to the doctors on the front line. >> reporter: in the survey, 2,000 r.n.s have not been told about a policy for ebola

admission. more than 36% of the hospitals say they don't have the proper eye protect or gowns. >> we can never do enough to make sure everyone feels completely prepared. we in the next several weeks are redoubling or efforts. >> reporter: that means more training like this drill on new york's long island for all emergency responders. >> the first line of defense as the cdc recommended is screening the callers who call into 911 so the people know what they are getting into before they get to the scene. >> reporter: starting this weekend, new york's jfk is scanning all passenger who is arrive from the ebola-stricken nation. it rolls out to newark, washington, atlanta and chicago on thursday. covering an estimated 94% of travelers from west africa. trying to stop the disease from entering this country before more health care workers are put to the test.dahlgren, nbc news, york. we are joined by anthony

salchi, welcome. we are glad you are here with us today. i know that you have studied viruses and infectious diseases for many, many years. and how do you see this? how does this compare to some of the others you have seen come through? does this have the look of a plague that could hit us? >> not a plague in the sense of a major outbreak in the united states. it really preys on societies in which there's not the health care infrastructure to be able to isolate through contact tracing and take care of people under the appropriate circumstances. which is the reason why west africa doesn't have the resources. and it's affecting us because this is a world where people travel. we had a patient here and we obviously are having the difficulty with the patient initially not getting diagnosed correctly and now a nurse getting infected. but as far as quantity goes, if you compare it with hiv aids, it is not even in the same league

because aids has now claimed tens of millions of people whereas this is very scary because it is frightening, but the quantity of people is not the same league. >> we have seen one example and it failed. we saw one example in a very large city with a big hospital where they should have been ready, shouldn't they have been? >> certainly there was missteps. there was a misstep in the approach to the emergency room where the people who were there receiving the patient did not connect the dots of being from west africa and having symptoms that are suggestive of ebola. right now the very sad and tragic situation of a nurse getting infected, you know, we talk about breach of protocol, but it's not the nurse's fault. that's for sure. and this is something that really cries out for much more intensive training on the part of the hospital and officials in training nurses and health officials about how to take care of an individual. >> what are the chances that it

is happening right now? how many hospitals in our area have protective clothing? how many are ready to have a patient say, i just came from west africa and i have a fever and amtheoretically, they are a ready with regard to what they have and equipment and such. the critical issue that the dallas case has pointed out is that the training needs to be more proactive in the part of the hospital as opposed to saying, here's the sheet of paper, this is what you should do. or look on a website, this is what you do. you have to have drills. you've got to have the kind of practice and preparation that would hopefully avoid health care workers having a higher risk than they should have. >> even the smallest hospitals in our area should be ready. >> well, yes, indeed it's unlikely that someone could come into a small hospital, but you have to be prepared for someone getting off the plane affected in west africa who was perfectly well and then all of a sudden feel poorly and walk into a

clinic. that's what people need to be aware of, they handle that when it happens. >> in washington, d.c. we expect to see people from all over the world pass through the city. >> i think washington, d.c. and new york are the two major cities in which you have that kind of international traffic that would come from across the atlantic ocean to here. so, yes, washington, d.c. is an important city to stay heads-up. >> we have been trying very hard not to get, make people panic about this whole thing. a lot of people have been writing in saying, could you please ask the doctor to ask what are the symptoms of ebola versus the symptoms of flu? can you tell us? >> okay. i can. then i'll get back to one other thing. certainly when they start off, the flu and ebola are quite similar. you feel achy, off little bit of fever, then as you get the flu, you might feel like you want to go to bed because you're all achy. with ebola, you start to develop very, very, copious vomiting, diarrhea, in some cases bleeding.

and you are completely prostate in the feeling of losing so much fluid that you go into shock. and that's how people get multiple organ system failure. >> how long does a person usually go through these symptoms before they are really, really, really sick? >> well, once it hits kit be really quickly. the incubation time from when you are exposed to when you have symptoms is a means of eight to ten days. it can be as short as two and as much as 21. but once you start getting sick, you have a course that can be measured just in a few days unless you've take up care of and getting replacement of fluids, you can die pretty quickly. >> how long should the standard flu take to run its course? >> flu generally is five to seven days. i mean, you'll feel really badly for two to three days. go to bed and get achy, maybe some cough or fever. then gradually you feel better and then over a period of several delays thereafter you feel weak but you know you're getting better.

with ebola you know when you're really sick. >> and there's nothing to do to protect yourself against it except to wash your hands and be careful. >> i think you need to make sure the difference between a tragic situation of a health care worker getting infected, directly taking care of a person and the risk to the general population, which is extraordinarily low. extraordinarily low for there to be an outbreak here when they see on television that a nurse got infected, they immediately say, that might be me. those are two different things. an outbreak or not and protecting the health care workers are two different things. >> that's very important for feel to hear right now because there is a panic among many who feel like we could get it and look what's happening in west africa this time of the year. you say no. >> no. not as an outbreak. we may see another patient and someone else may get ebola who has been in contact, but an outbreak, not. >> doctor, thank you so much for being with us. we look forward to talking to

you again when we've got the vaccine. >> indeed. thank you. the e bbola outbreak could affect the chocolate prices putting a crimp in the migrant workforce just as the season begins. the outbreak could push prices of cocoa higher with prices hitting a three-year high last month. the air traffic service facility closed for two weeks because of a fire is back open. that fire in aurora, illinois, canceled thousands of flights across the area including in our area. brian howard is accused of cutting cables and setting fire to a basement telecommunication room. howard is being held without bond now. the fda is now interviewing contingency plans and security protocol for the major facilities as a result of that. gas prices are at a new low for the year. here's proof that this gas station in fredericksburg, people are filling up for $2.92

a gallon. that's below the national average. richard jordan is live in rockville where drivers are celebrating the prices. good morning. >> reporter: hi, barbara, good morning. gas prices below $3 a gallon. it is pretty unbelievable. you won't find it anywhere, but if you look hard enough, you will encounter it here in our area. gas stations are filling up with gas prices dropping all across the region in the past month. 20 cents cheaper. in the past weak, 10 cents cheaper and that trend is expected to continue. gas prices are dropping fast. angel and elizabeth resto are on their way back to new york after visiting their daughter in d.c. over the weekend. the lower price at the pump saved some of the angst on the way home. >> it's been a long time since we have speen a price like that. >> $3.19, i thought it was a joke. that price -- the gas station has been closed for months and we thought it was an old sign. >> reporter: the national gallon

for regular is $3.20. but you can find it for less. this station on rockville pike, $3.17. a few blocks away, $3.11. and lower still in other parts of the area. in virginia, the average is $3.02. maryland, $3.19. $3.34. and the district is at $3.45. d.c. typically tends to come in higher. the reason why gas prices are so low right now is economics 101, supply and demand. supply is high and demand is low. the reason why you have a high supply is because it has been a relatively slow atlantic hurricane season. not a lot of action meaning there's no disruption to the oil refineries. the rest will say with these prices there could be more road trips in their future. >> i'm hoping that it continues to get less. >> reporter: that's exactly what is expected to happen. the experts say prices will drop further before the year is up.

reporting live in rockville, richard jordan, news4. thank you, richard. family dinners can be everything from fun to stressful. coming up, why what you say during the meal could be even more important than you would think. plus, an accident involving a bouncy house that was supposed to be closed. we'll have the latest on what happened and the condition of the child hurt in the accident. but first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.co

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the orioles are in kansas city tonight. and right now their players are preparing to win. they need to beat the royals in four of the next five games to get into the world series. otherwise they may not play again in baltimore this year. the last time the orioles won a game in this round of the playoffs was exactly 17 years ago today. tonight eats game starts at 8:00. you already know it's good to sit down at the table for family dipp dinner. now research shows what you say can impact your child's weight. they monitored low income and minority families for one week worths of meals. children who were not overweight tended to have a positive family dynamic and heard encouraging statements from their parents at dipp who ate in their room and

not at the table had a higher level of obesity. how big was a security breach at k-mart? we'll have the latest on what the discount store is telling customers now. and gray skies this morning. we'll take a look at the risk for rain today and through the.

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you wet. it's a soggy start. not much rain early this morning. most of the commute in to work and school was a dry one. but we have had showers move in since 8:30 to 9:00 this morning. it's been soggy ever since then, but the rain drops are not going to impact the entire afternoon at all. there's the way it looks from the city camera here in washington. cloudy skies, light to moderate rain at times moving on in. but it's mild. 64 degrees at national airport. light breeze out of the southeast. averaging 3 miles per hour. the overall impact the weather has on the remainder of the monday afternoon, not too bad. the showers out there now are coming to an end by 1:00 or 2:00 this afternoon. the clouds will stay, but once the rains are gone, then it's going to leave a low impact for the remainder of the day. temperatures in the mid-50s in northern most maryland. 63 in the laray right now. the general trend is once the rain drops stop, we should climb into the upper 60s.

70 could be a stretch for us today, but the mid to upper 60s, no problem at all. a big push of warm air coming our way ahead of a big storm system bringing severe weather today to parts of arkansas, missouri, western tennessee, texas and louisiana. orioles up here in kansas city may have a rain delay for the game tonight. we'll watch that very carefully, but rain is in kansas city now and shows no signs of leaving before the game gets going. that's the big storm to have a big impact on our wednesday, wednesday night and thursday. in the meantime, the impact right now light to moderate rain across much of the metro area. right near central montgomery county from gaithersburg to rockville, only moderate rain moving across the inner county connector moving eastbound into howard county. right over downtown washington, rain drops are moving out into the eastern parts of the city out to capital heights, the district heights and parts of prince george's county. in root hour or two, this

weather will be sitting right over the metro. so our weather picture will be improving later today. here's the way future weather handles it, the clouds and the rain showers for now. by 2:00 this afternoon, most of that already out of here. we'll keep plenty of clouds around tonight. more clammy by tomorrow morning. start off temperatures in the 60s. so i'll have to go off to work and school tomorrow morning in the mid to upper 60s. should be a dry trip in tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon, cloudy and really mild. way up into the 70s tomorrow. a slight chance for a passing shower, but most of us will be dry for much of the day. here's your future weather through your tuesday. hit and miss shower chances. the best rain chances west of the blue ridge. then getting into wednesday, this is the day we'll have to watch out for as heavy rain is possible in here wednesday late afternoon into wednesday night. again, highs tomorrow will be mild, well into the mid to upper 70s. here's the seven-day forecast, first check, upper 70s for today. upper 70s tomorrow. thunderstorms are possible late wednesday, wednesday night into

early thursday. all eyes towards the weekend. we dry it out on friday. both saturday and sunday look amazing. back down to temperatures closer to average, barb. eun yang is following breaking news for us at the live desk. what's happening? >> this is happening in ferguson, missouri. protesters there are now marching. and this is all part of a four-day summit planned in ferguson in protest of the shooting death of 18-year-old l. right now organizers are planning a news conference momentarily here. this is part of that four-day summit as i mentioned. and today, monday, is called moral monday. and this is a reference to protests in north carolina last year. now this protest involved hundreds of people there singing and shouting and chanting. right now you can hear, let's listen in for just a minute he >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> the organizers are saying, hands up, don't shoot!

that was a rally cry around the protests this weekend. 17 people were arrested dur the weekend protests that began on sunday. they were arrested and the organizers plan to continue to protest in ferguson, missouri. there could be more demonstrations today. that's the latest from the live desk. i'm eun yang, back to you. one man was shot in d.c.'s northeast neighborhood. it happened in the 1300 block of east street just after 1:00 a.m. police taped off the suv and investigators looked around. the victim was shot in the shoulder. police have not determined a motive. in oxon hill a family is remembering two sister that is died a horrible crash. five people in all were killed on livingston road and livingston terrace friday night. two of the victims were sisters and mothers. they have ten children between them. the youngest is just 6 weeks old. the sisters were stopped at a light of livingston road when a car slammed into them.

the family is devastated. >> you have the moments like my daughter -- she will be the one to look in a mirror because she looks so much like her mom. >> two kids traveling in the other car also died. a 1-year-old boy and teenager girl. the driver is alive but in critical condition at the hospital. prince george's county police say speed and the weather played factors in the crash. today marks exactly one month since uva student hannah graham went missing. her family released a statement this morning thanking everyone who has helped to try to bring their daughter home. graham has not been found so far and as nbc's gabe gutierrez tells us, the search is now changing. >> reporter: in the new exclusive pictures of hannah graham just released by her family, you can see a young woman who loved to ski, who loved an afternoon with her father and whom most of all loved to smile. this morning the desperate search for the missing uva student is taking a new approach. no more blanket searches.

instead, crews will focus on leads from the investigation into jesse mathews, the man charged with abducting graham. >> we believe every day is the day. optimism. >> reporter: the 18-year-old went missing exactly one month ago after police say she was last seen with matthew later arrested 1300 miles away on a texas beach. but still, no sign of hannah. her parents reiterating their public plea for tips. >> please, please, please help for all of us. >> reporter: the v police are investigating a forensic link between matthew in the 2009 disappearance of another college student, morgan harrington. they are examining a cab driven by matthew but state police say they never interviewed him in 2009 in connection with the harrington case. the fbi sent dna evidence linked that case with and unsolved 2005 sexual assault in the d.c. suburb. separately, two universities say matthew was investigated for

sexual assault in 2002 and 2003. he was never charged. now questions are driving the search for hannah. >> you can look at a calendar and say, it's been 30 days, what are the chances? if you're the loved one of the missing person, you never turn off the porch light. >> jesse graham has not entered a plea in court. you may have been surprised to know that stores want you to buy now. buy now. and why

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a new report says maryland casinos are making a lot of money but the market could drop fast. according to "the washington post" casino revenue went up 32% between 2012 and 2013. and just last month, maryland casinos made $82 million. however, in west virginia, delaware and new jersey, profits were down. the post says that could be the trend for maryland casinos, too, in the near future. a 2-year-old is in critical condition this morning after a bouncy house blew away while he was inside. yesto boys were playing in the bouncy house in new

hampshire when it went airborne and moved 50 feet. the 2-year-old was airlifted to a local hospital. the bouncy house wasn't anchored down or setup for kids to be inside. people working at the ranch where it was said they had blocked it off and only inflated it to dry it out before a fund-raiser. >> this was unfortunate. it wasn't ready and tied down properly. it just wasn't meant to be used. >> it's unclear how the boys were able to get inside. in june five children were hurt in colorado and new york after two different bounce houses came loose. so what can you do to keep your kids safe? make sure stakes are at least 18 inches long and hammered in at a diagonal angle. check the ropes holding the ride down and that the ground is firm if you're having it sit on it. and don't let the kids in if the wind is higher than 20 miles per hour. it's a part of morning

routines, a cup of coffee. coming up, the health benefits from caffeine. it is clear that you love this. what is so special about it? >> it's fun and amazing. >> today at 1:00, learn about camp pals and the difference that it's making. again, that's today at 1:00 on again, that's today at 1:00 on the have you seen the news about barbara comstock? again, that's today at 1:00 on the 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.

here is great news for coffee lovers. it doesn't matter if you drink regular or decaf. both will keep your liver healthy. that's according to a new study from the national cancer institutebethesda. those who drink coffee every day have lower liver enzymes and have a lower risk of developing diabetes and liver cancer. well, busy schedules can make it hard to exercise daily but there are little things you can do anywhere to make yourself feel a little more at ease and maybe to make yourself healthier. here to talk about that, yoga on the go, is kim weeks from kim weeks yoga. >> hi. >> and who is here with you? >> erin. >> okay. we have yoga on the go. >> i want erin to sit down to get to it. but yoga on the go, i want

everyone at home to look at erin sitting here in the posture in the seat that "time" magazine wrote about just last month about how sitting is killing us. this is the same on a plane, train and how you spend eight hours a day in the office. >> so she's sitting correctly? >> she's sitting correctly. that's a good question. we were going to show the slumping thing. this yoga on the go. if you see everybody at home how her shoulders are sunk forward. if the camera goes down, you can see her slumping belly here. she'll go from here and lift up. right. that's correct posture. and that action alone is a yoga on the go move. >> should your back not touch the back of the chair? >> that's a good question. there's a lot of research and studies about lumbar support in the office and sort of giving way to the standing desks and the yoga balls that people use. what you need is not so much to worry about whether the upper back touches the chair, but whether -- look where my hand is in her low back, whether you

have support in your sacrum and low back because that lifts the spine. >> this is not a great chair for that with no support on the back. >> correct, it's not a good chair at all. correct. this is a good chair for us to show for yoga on the go. >> could you put a pillow back there? >> i would wad up an old sweatshirt in my car and put it in my low back and it makes all the difference. yoga on the go is that alone. >> that's something to take with us anywhere. what's the second pose? >> the second pose is -- we'll do the computer pose again and reaching forward for your tray on the plane. the shoulder goes forward. we are just going to take the shoulders back. she's going to take them from forward to back. what we just did was lifted the spine into a correct posture and now taking the shoulders back. then we'll do the shoulder stretch. this is slightly more advanced. if you have rotator cuff issues, this may not be the best thing for you. can we squocoot you this way, e?

i want you to see her stretching her fingers and pulling the elbow across as she lifts her chest. there's a band stretching right there. that gets openness into the chest and into the shoulders with reverses. >> so we have one more? >> yes, why don't we move you this way and then let's do the hip stretching. so hips get extremely tight in the eight hours. this is why i spent the time to write about how sitting is killing us. that was the article title. and what she's going to do here is pull, literally, her organ body, her whole body sort of out of the hips where we get stuck. and so this is a difficult pose for some people, but as she maybe leans forward, guys who are trying to run, everybody running and exercising, knows a lot about the i.t. band that gets stretched here all the way down to her foot. >> it looks like a great stretch. i wish i was wearing the right clothes to do that in my chair.

>> exactly. we hope you sit behind the desk and close the doors to do this where nobody can see you. >> these are great ideas to do at home and work. >> and the thing we want to say is if the only thing you're doing wrong with yoga on the go is not doing it. just do it a few minutes a day, 30 seconds is better than none. >> thank you so much, erin. kim weeks there. time now is 11:51, coming up, the discount store hit by hackers. and whose personal information is at risk. you'll want to hear this. plus, our weather is warming up. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is back with a look at what you can expect t

well, the redskins are looking for answers today. if they don't win this coming sunday, their season could effectively be over. tomorrow it will be exactly one month since the team's last win. if you didn't watch this weekend's loss, take a look. these interceptions made confidence dwindle quickly in the fourth quarter. and when kurt cousins was the starting quarterback, they had one win and seven losses since last year. you can watch them play the tennessee titans this sunday afternoon. kmart shoppers, listen up. there was a data breach there and your credit card could be at risk. the company says it's investigating the breach today. hackers put a virus in the system and kmart removed it but some of the credit and debit

cards were taken. kmart is not saying how many people were affected but says your personal information is not at risk. well, it's that time again. holiday shopping season is right around the corner and mark barger say this is year could be the most active in a while. >> reporter: on your mark, get set, and shop! believe it or not, there are just ten weekends left to shop for the holidays. and that could mean crowds earlier than usual. the national retail federation predicts the strongest holiday sales in three years. forecasting consumers will spend a whopping $617 billion, 4.1% more than last year. >> so i think there is a lot of optimism about the fact that we're going to do much better this year than a year ago. >> reporter: here's why experts say, despite hiccups last week, the stock market has been strong. the job market is improved. and the gas prices continue to fall. many con about their personal

finances and the combination is pushing consumer confidence higher. >> regardless of income, i think people are going to be spending a little bit more, but they are also very promotional. so consumers are going to be looking for great deals before they shop. >> reporter: with so many americans hyper sensitive to deals, retailers will be calculating about when, how and where shoppers can get the best bargain. >> to keep track of the stores, you speak about the quality of the deal and the timing of the deal. we'll see a significant amount of in-store traffic. however, we'll see a significant amount of traffic online. >> reporter: for the big ticket items like smartphones, tablets and tvs, being at the right place at the right time is key to finding the best deal. >> we can always rely on the great electronic deals around black friday, cyber monday. we're actually calling it the five days of savings. >> reporter: that's when you'll find the deepest discounts whether online or in the store. deals will be out there, and many consumers are already

staking them out. mark barger, nbc news. and decorations are already up in some stores, did you notice? >> i was out at theisen's over the weekend and christmas trees weren't everywhere, but there are more than a few to look at. really? i like to eat my halloween candy before i start to worry about that. >> yes. tell us if we're going to have a nice evening or not. >> yes. the lunch hour has been plagued with plenty of rain drops, but these are drops moving on out. by the time you head home from work and school this afternoon, it will be cloudy but most of the rain will be over with. and most of the evening, though cloudy and the roads are wet, the rain will be done. a slight little chance for a few showers mainly west of the metro area tomorrow, but the real next best chance for rain could be heavy rain with thunderstorms involved. that will be wednesday afternoon, evening and nighttime on into the front part of the day on thursday. so wednesday night, thursday, they look like the bull's-eye here out of here in time for

friday and the weekend. >> look at the weekend. sunshine, whoa, that's nice. save the best for last. >> absolutely right. we need the rain but never on a weekend. >> thanks a lot. and that's "news4 midday" for today. we thank you for joining us. we invite you to tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and then tonight at 11:00. we'll be back tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. with "news4 midday." plan to join us then. have a great day. see you in t.

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