should face charges. he may have infected four other victims. a german hospital says a united nations medical worker infected with ebola in liberia has died. screenings for the virus began today at the london heathrow airport. the ebola survivor donated blood to the nurse who contracted the virus in texas. and we're learning the university of kansas hospital is testing a patient for ebola. the man recently worked off a medical boat on the west coast of africa. and montgomery county is talking ebola this morning. they will brief the county council on emergency steps being take therein and throughout maryland. in addition to ebola, the council will discuss the whooping cough in maryland. that briefing starts at 10:30 this morning. 40 volunteers from our area will test a potential ebola

vaccine. an experimental vaccine being made in canada will be shipped to silver springs for a trial. it could be shipped to west africa within months if it works. another vaccine is also undergoing trials at the national institutes of health. 4:31 is the time right now. good morning if you're just waking up. some of us are seeing fog right now. >> we'll go to meteorologist chuck bell to get a look at the forecast. chuck, is the fog going to stick around for a while? . it's going to be a cloudy and foggy day. don't count on much in the way of sunshine today. this is the view from prince george's county looking across from national harbor over the potomac river this morning. full cloud cover there. the fog is thickest across montgomery, loudoun and frederick county, maryland. all of this ahead of a big storm, which will be having a huge impact on our weather tomorrow and tomorrow night. a big surge of warm, moist air coming out of the gulf of

mexico. that's the reason it feels so soupy outside first thing this morning. not a big rain chance, 30% chance with a couple showers. most of the rain chances are up from the blue ridge and points west, so precautionary umbrellas today much like yesterday. out the door first thing this morning, getting the kids ready for school, cloudy and damp. temperatures are 67 degrees at 7:00. 69 degrees by 9:00. coming home later this afternoon, it will be breezy and warm. temperatures pushing 80 degrees later on today. almost short sleeve weather for sure. but again, you'll be needing the umbrella and the heavy rain gear tomorrow. more about that coming up in ten minutes. melissa, good morning. good morning. i got your memo about the short sleeves today and thought i could get a couple more in before i have to start bundling up here. georgia avenue southbound at randolph road has the two right lanes blocked right now. that should be out of the way soon. the wider look at things, no problems in or out of town. the beltway at georgia is looking good. no problems there.

taking a look in virginia at 66 in and out of up to, looking good. 95 is green right now. not a whole lot of construction on 95, but one situation we told you about earlier, prince william parkway, northbound 95 we have construction there right now. and we want to mention the cras ch avenue with a single vehicle down the embankment. police are on the scene and it should be out of the way soon not causing too many slowdowns. i'm back at 4:41. we'll see you then at 4:43. a mother who survived the crash that killed her two children and three others says she wished she would have died, two. dasa voiken was rear-ended by the driver of a mercedes friday night. she talked to news4 by phone. >> i told her i was in the backseat, she was being silly like she usually is. we were all laughing. and the next thing i know, i saw

cracks in the windshield. >> her too closest friends died in the crash, too. tamika kurtis and her sister tiffany wilkerson. dominick green was a passenger in the mercedes and she also died. taka's family is planning a funeral for the sisters together. it will be next friday at 9:00 a.m. at the shauna. reid funeral center. >> we have decided to donate a large portion of our services to the family to accommodate them and their arrangements and given their love on a decent burial with dignity and respect. >> again, the sisters will have a joint funeral. today is your first chance to talk directly to the

superintendent of fairfax county schools. she will be tonight in mount vernon at 7:00. she plans to talk about the current school system and will hear questions you have. she is now in her second year as superintendent. election day is three weeks away, and you won't see any more debates for virginia senator. democrat senator mark warner and ed gillispie had their final campaign last night. >> let me be clear, i did not offer her a job nor would i offer her any kind of position. >> so i can tell you this, the role a senator plays in the judicial nomination process is a critically important one and very influential one. >> the men were referring to reports that warner offered a federal judgeship to phillip puckette's daughter to keep him from giving up his seat but warner denied the claims. we are learning more about a fire that broke out at a gun

shop. we learned the fire at fred's sports may have been intentionally set in waldorf. the store was robbed before it caught fire. that caused an estimated $1 million in damage. the orioles have another shot to get pumped 4 the pennant after their game was rained out last night. you can see how dreary the skies were in kaufmann stadium in kansas city. they hope to beat the royals in four of the next five games in order to make it to the world series. they play tonight at 8:00 p.m. the st. louis cardinals and san francisco giants also play today. some exciting baseball. you may not know it if you regularly sit in traffic around here, but many of your friends and coworkers are ditching their cars. but it's not everybody. who is leading a major shift and how a lot of people are getting to work. and it's being called a seismic shift at the vatican. the new language the church is using on home sex wallty and the

family. and we're in a fog this morning. chuck is back with more on the mild temperatures we'll be seeing at 4:41. weather and traffic are always on, keep an eye on the bottom of

back at 4:39. today you can see the first fleet of police electric motorcycles in maryland. here's a look at deputy bowie's police chief wayne preston on the new motorcycle. the department is one of the

first agencies on the east coast to buy these electric motorcycles for patrols. they will hold a news conference at 10:00 near the amphitheater in bowie. the department will use two electric motorcycles to patrol 13 parks and more than 50 miles of bike and walking trails in the city. and a report is coming out today to show more younger people are driving less. the u.s. public interest research group and frontier group found evidence that my lep yals are shifting away from driving and the trend is not temporary. the researchers say the trend is likely to continue as the economy improves. we'll learn more when the full report coming out at 9:00 this morning. that makes sense, there's more efforts to make public transportation. >> bikes get a lot of people home. >> the bike sharing program as well. >> with their suit and ties and bag over their shoulders. 4:41 on this tuesday

morning. again, we are stuck with the clouds hanging over the area and a lot of folks are dealing with a bit of fog, too. >> we'll check in with meteorologist chuck bell with weather at 4:41. good morning, chuck. good morning. a soupy start to the day this morning with a live look ats reston. out here near the up to center, still a lot of low clouds and slightly reduced visibility. not a lot of rain out there, but everything is just wet from the rain from yesterday. and all the soupys we have out there this morning. as far as a rain chance for today, we can't rule out a brief sprinkle in the metro. slightly better chance for showers throughout the west. foggy and damp. temperatures are near 70. moving mid-70s by noon. upper 70s for later today. temperatures will get close to

80 degrees. so foggy, breezy and warm today. all eyes are on tomorrow. heavy rain is coming our way to possibly cause flooding coming your way. we'll check on that again later. remember to be careful if we have rain this afternoon or this morning. headed to or from work, we'll talk about the consuction. we are fairly dry on 95 southbound after 198. the right lane is blocked there. 395 northbound, the off-ramp to duke street closed until 5:00. that is sort of a continuing project continuing again today. prince george's county, no major problems in or out of up to. the wider look at the beltway, we actually look quite good. and taking a look at 270 at mop troes road, we were wet. this is where i come out of rockville every morning, and roads were wet there this morning. so keep an eye out for that. i'll be back at 4:51. thank you. it's happening way too much. drivers illegally passing stopped school buses. this morning we'll tell you about one county's plan to make

your child's trip to school a safer one. and it's being called a seismic shift by the catholic church from divorce to homosexuality. the new language being used at the new language being used at the

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.

right now ongoing coverage at the oscar pistorius trial. the second day of his sentencing hearing begins. we'll take a live look outside. actually, this is him arriving earlier this morning. this is a live look outside the courthouse in south africa. inside now, the prosecutor who is trying to show the paralympian's charity work was full of gapes for him. these arguments could go on for a week. pistorius is accused of killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp

last year. he could get 15 years behind bars or just a fine. thank you. 14 before the hour now. finding a solution to the crisis in ukraine is the focus of the meeting between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart later this morning. the meeting is being held in paris. russia is following through on vladimir putin's order to pull troops back from the border. they accuse moscow of providing weapons, financing and troops to pro-russian separatists in the southeastern part of ukraine. moscow dps the allegations. back here in washington, president obama is joining more than 24 defense chiefs to talk at the strategy to defeat isis in syria and iraq. so far the president has focused on the air strikes against isis, but critics say he should begin a ground-based attack. this comes amid a new warning from the fbi and the department of homeland security. isis-inspired terrorists may be weighing lone wolf attacks inside the u.s. 4:47 now.

the vatican's new report is being called a seismic shift. it calls on the catholic church to be more open to gays. they mention the gifts and qualities of gay catholics. they also reiterate the church's opposition to same sex marriage but acknowledge the partnership of gay marriage. >> they want to reach out to these people and call them home. >> the report also discussed issues like divorce and birth control. the conservative groups call this a betrayal that will only confuse people. more than 50 people now have arrest records after police detained them after protests in ferguson, missouri. protesters capped off days of demonstrations with a moral monday march from a church to police headquarters. cornell west, the activist in the glasses, was arrested as well. darren wilson shot and killed

19-year-old or 18-year-old michael brown just over two months ago. today there will be protests in our area against gun violence. it's happening at the nra headquarters in fairfax. it starts at 10:00 this morning. organizers did not say how many people they expect to be there. they will hold similar protests and do that once a month. the parents of a missing uva student say they need your help to end their ordeal. they released the new pictures of their daughter hannah graham. the fairfax teen disappeared more than a month ago. in a statement they stay they are heart broken no one has come forward with hannah's location. the man charged with her abduction, jesse matthew, is in jail and under investigation for the possible abduction of morgan harrington in 2009. some are calling for montgomery county to double fines for passing stopped school buss with their lights flashing. since january 25th the montgomery county school buses have been equipped with cameras

to catch drivers who are passing the bus when the extended arm is out and the lights are on. the police chief compared the bus cam tickets from the past year from four counties. montgomery county has 25 cameras and issued 733 tickets, washington county with ten cameras issued 112 tickets. >> there's a lot of drivers out there that are up sure about the law. whether they are in a particular situation and can pass a bus or not pass a bus. it also demonstrates what i think we all know and there's a lot of impatient drivers out there. >> the fine right now is $125 but that could change. new this morning, police in hong kong are clearing barricades from the pro-democracy protest areas that blocked busy streets for more

than two weeks. the protesters want the government to drop plans for a pro-beijing community to pre-screen all candidates and only allow its choices in the next election. also new this morning, north korea's official newspaper released what is believed to be new photos of kim onun. if they are new, it is his first public appearance in more than 40 days. the newspaper did not specify when exactly the pictures were taken but you can see him walking with a cane. it was reported last week that kim has been absent from the public eye because he hurt his leg. today fema is making sure you're earthquake ready. the day of action is on thursday where nearly 25 million people worldwide will participate in emergency drills. this morning officials will release details about drills while showing off a new disaster exhibit at the national building museum. and scientists say it's only a matter of time before faults

in the san francisco area rupture and lead to another huge earthquake. data shows the faults appear to be locked and one of the segm t segm could give way producing a 6.7 or larger quake. there's a 70% once of them will rupture in the next 30 years. this was published in the seismic society of america. a downed tree here from a deadly system the result of a tornado, one in arkansas and one in alabama. now the storm system is headed our way. that could mean trouble for us. chuck bell is here now with more on what it means. our big day to watch will be tomorrow. especially tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. be ready for that. heavy rain, probably not much of a tornado threat here. it is october after all, but we can get tornadoes in october. they are not big tornadoes

typically, little spin-up ones, but nevertheless tomorrow is a high impact weather day for us for sure. today, we really are just dealing with a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. and man is it warm. you can tell just by walking outside, the first thing this morning, things are not quite the way they, quote, should be in october. it's muggy and mild. temperatures already close to the average high this time of the year. we are at 65 degrees with fall cloud cover here in washington. dew points at 62. so any time the two numbers are close together, the atmosphere is close to saturated. the weather impact on your tuesday today, cloudy skies. can't rule out a quick shower. but on the whole, not a big weather impact on your tuesday today. how about this? frederick, maryland, good morning. it's already 70 degrees in frederick, maryland. two hours before the sup even comes up, 64 at quantico, 62 in fredericksburg and 69 in southern maryland. hourly temperatures today quickly rising in the mid to upper 70s.

there's the big s.w.a.t. of rain and thunderstorms now. the bad weather in arkansas and louisiana yesterday is moving into pts of western georgia now. if you're changing flights at atlanta hartsfield/jackson airport, you may have flights delays today. cloudy, foggy, warm, humid and breezy today. 78 degrees is the forecasted high. only a 30% chance of any real rain today. so that's some good news. thunderstorms likely tomorrow. rain ending during the day on thursday. mild, mild, mild the next couple of days. finally feeling more like october as we get toward the second half of the weekend and into next week. all eyes on next weekend with both days full of sunshine. >> can we talk about your clothing? >> sure. >> you are looking extra good

today. >> thank you. not bad for getting dressed in the dark. we have two lanes blocked here. a wider look at things in and out of town, looking completely fine. beltway near landover road is moving right along. georgia avenue at randolph road, two lanes are blocked. 270 is also looking good. 66 at sudley is moving along. follow us at first4traffic. and how the school district in prince george's county is showing appreciation for fathers across the county. and at 5:00 a.m., new recentury that shows how early in life your children can tell that

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.

today you can see a new -- today you can see a new mural created by students in prince george's county and those in brazil. school leaders will officially unveil the joint project at the administration building in upper marlboro at 6:00 tonight. the students worked to the on the one-year project called walking with a purpose. as part of the project, students traveled to brazil to learn the culture and techniques. and in prince george's

county, your students are much closer to dads today. hundreds of dads showed up to dads make a difference day. the school realized how important the role models would be. >> my mother taught me a lot. my father wasn't there a lot for me. >> the men had a special breakfast, they exercised, went to classes with their kids, and today is a national effort to recognize the way the men contribute to their children's academic success. neighbors are against a plan for a new novec center in loudoun county, but it could be built anyway. the planning county commission approved the center to go near the intersection of evergreen mills and belmont ridge road. neighbors say it will hurt their home values. the board will discuss the center at a meeting tomorrow night. you may go to a meeting today about a road project in purcellville, virginia. they vote to replace this bridge

on forest mills road on crooked run. the bridge is structurally deficient. head to lincoln elementary school at 6:30 tonight to learn more. a landmark restaurant in maryland is closed and this morning collectors own part of its history. the cozy inn is 85 years old near camp david. it closed back in june. you take a look, the owners held an auction there yesterday. they sold items like tufurnitur and collectibles. >> i hope that lives on in other places. stay with us. "news4 today" continues righ new overnight, people trapped and others rushed to the hospital after a fire in montgomery county. this is a live look on the roads in montgomery county. a little wet and foggy in some places. take it slow. good morning, everybody.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang for this tuesday, october 14, 2014. we'll take a live look outside right now at 5:00 a.m. 67 degrees outside the studios. a pretty mild start to the day. you may open counter fog on the way to work this morning. >> chuck bell is here with everything we need to know. chuck? good morning. temperatures are already near our average high this time of the year. mid to upper 60s through much of the area. 67 ins reston. 66 in falls church and burke and maryfield this morning. radar around the metro, no rain out there but everything is wet from the cloudty skies and foggy and humid conditions outside. we have seen a little sprinkle activity out there from the blup ridge into the shenandoah valley. we'll need the umbrella in and around town. you can probably get away without the umbrella to play it safe. it will be warm and increasingly breezy today with temperatures in the mid to upper