in the ebola crisis. another death involving a western aid worker as we learn more about the efforts to save a texas nurse from the disease. and bracing far slower commute this morning. wet conditions and some scattered fog could cause problems for drivers today. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking the areas under a fog advisory and the big changes you'll be dealing with in the days to come. chuck, good morning. good morning, eun and aaron. good morning, everybody. tuesday is off to a bit of a gloomy looking start, but man does it feel good outside. temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70 right now. and there's no rain inside the immediate metro. a couple sprinkles here from laray, culpeper as well. we'll see a few rain chances come our way this afternoon. the rain chances are low around the metro. slightly better chance out to the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. everyone gets in on the warm weather today in the mid to

upper 70s. heavy rain and thunderstorms are possible for tomorrow. could even cause flooding and some gusty winds and power outages. that's all tomorrow. we'll worry about that then. for now, we'll worry about the tuesday morning traffic. good morning. good morning. if you see a wet road in your area, gheading northbound we ar really slow. the volume has built in the last couple of minutes. you open a little bit heading to dale city and crazy once again. this is pretty typical, but just be careful if you see any wet roads. take look at prince george's county, no major problems. a wider look at things. we are slow a little bit here, d.c. 295 northbound heading into town from the beltway at 270 and chewing out of up to is looking good. and 66 at 29 is moving along in

gainesville. new this morning, a fire at an apartment in montgomery county that hurt three people including a firefighter. crews called for backups to fight this fire just after 1:00 this morning at the mallard cove apartments in derwooded with. th they. >> reporte t morning a neighbor is being call adhere row after spotting flames while out walking his dog and then ran back into the burning building to pull the fire alarm and start knocking on all his neighbors' doors to make sure they could all get out awe live. take a look at firefighters on the scene overnight. they were able to get the fire out, put out any hot spots, but let's go back to when this all started. according to neighbors, they smelled the flames, they smelled the smoke and looked to see what was going on. that's when the fire alarm was pulled and many are running to

russia. one neighbor gashed a fire extinguish er with him. firefighters were able to get the fire out. so we have three injuries here. the man who lives in the apartment where the fire started in his 60s. we are told his condition is serious. there's a neighbor who lived directly across from the unit on fire, he went to the hospital, came back with feeling better. an ambulance i going to come back here to help bring him to the hospital as he complained of chest pain. right now firefighters are looking at the cause of this, but some of the nations does have a lot of clutter in it. so that may play a role here. developing now on the ebola crisis, we learn the infected united nations worker died at a german hospital overnight.

the 56-year-old man said to test this patient in kansas. and in other news, screenings begin at london east healthrow airport. and nina pham received a blood transfusion from kent brantley there in texas. the montgomery health officer will brief members on the preparations being taken or being made to treat ebola throughout the county and maryland. that briefing is scheduled to begin at 10:30 this morning. a man taken to the new holy cross hospital in germantown does not have ebola. he recently traveled to africa and developed takes fever.

you can download the free washington app to push important breaking news alerts straight to your phone. 6:05. today a virginia man is in court accused of intentionally affecting other people with hiv. daniel is from the richmond area and had unprotected sex with a woman in bethesda and never told her he was hiv positive. today a judge will say whether he should face charges in montgomery county. he may have infected as many as four victims. 6:05 is the time now with the clock ticking to vote in the november 4th election. living in maryland or virginia today, it's the deadline to register in both states. today you can learn more about your child's experience in

school. karen garza, the superintendent of fairfax county schools will hold a meeting in the mount vernon area tonight. meg whitman middle school at 7:00. garza will talk about the current state of the school system and hear any questions you have. she plans to hold more meetings like this one throughout the school year. picking up the pieces, the damage people across the south and midwest are waking up to this morning after strong sto s storms. but first, more proof that you have to watch what you say around your kids. the behavior that can trigger bad habits down the road for them.

in news4 your health, as e-cigarettes become more popular, more kids are being exposed to the liquid nicotine vapors. the poise up control centers reports more than 2700 people called about liquid nicotine exposure this year up dramatically from three years ago. liquid nicotine is more concentrated that traditional cigarettes and comes in candy flavors. the e-cigarette industry does not follow the same strict regulations as traditional cigarettes. watch what you say around your kids if you don't already. toddlers can tell when their parents are angry at just 15 months old according to a new study from the university of washington. researches say toddlers watch other people's social interaction and use that emotional information to guide their own behavior. the findings also suggest an early indicator for children who may become more willing to break the rules. consequences of your actions. >> the anger, if you drop a

curse word every now and then, all that stuff gets picked up. they are sponges. >> you have to watch what you say. watch what you do. 11 minutes after 6:00. take a look at your screen, this is what we are seeing across the region this morning. dark, cloudy skies. >> we'll check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 11. good morning. good mornin sunrise still an hour or more away. full cloud cover with the view from prince george's county looking back to arlington and the district over the woodrow wilson bridge. cloudy skies. not much rain in the metro yet with a few sprinkles near laray and shenandoah county. but not a lot of rain out there. rain chances are low to 30% in the metro. 30% or better out to the blue ridge and shenandoah valleys. what do the kids need today? short sleeves. temperatures are near 70. you may want the umbrella to be on the safe side. mid to upper 60s on the way to school this morning. bus stop temperatures in the mid to upper 70s on the way home

this afternoon. your seven-day forecast is just ten minutes from now. melissa mollet has a check on the traffic. a new crash on-ramp 123 to 95 northbound. we are not seeing it on camera but we'll get more information for you. also in alexandria, eisenhower avenue and clermont drive is closed. your alternate is duke street. and working out from metro, take van dorn street. fairfax county parkway to the beltway on time. 95 quantity to to the beltway is a little behind. outer loop 95 to 270 is looking good. i'll be back in ten minutes. she can't stay in the lane, she's crossing the double line. >> taken for a terrifying ride that calls for help. how to get someone called in how to get someone called in safely

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i'm angie goff with breaking news from the live desk. this is coming to us out of indiana. we are hearing about a tour bus that flipped over. this is on a busy highway near indianapolis. we know 50 to 6people were on the tour bus. they have both lanes of this highway shut down as emergency crews and apparatus take up both lanes trying to treat those people injured. half a dozen people are hurt. we are hearing from injuries that we don't know if any of the injuries are life-threatening. as far as the cause, they say the bus was trying to avoid an accident that happened ten minutes earlier when it flipped over and crashed. we'll bring you more when we get it. back to you. new this morning at 6:16, people are assessing the damage of a massive 7.4 earthquake hit off the coast of el salvad.

the quake could be felt 280 miles away in nicaragua. right now there are no reports of injuries or major damage. the earthquake did cause widespread four outages. many residents spent the night in shelters as a precaution. a strong storm system is to blame for at least two deaths in the south. a tornado struck near ashtown, arkansas, yesterday, where a man was killed when his home was destroyed. a 75-year-old woman was killed in dora, alabama, when a tree went through the roof of her home. the storm knocked out power for thousands of people and for a short time even 911 was out of service. and that same line of storms marched across tennessee bringing heavy rain and lightning. take a look at the scene here. there were several reports of trees falling on houses and on power lines. and a tornado ripped through central illinois leaving a lot of damage in its wake. this is just outside of decatur the video speaks for itself. trees snapped in half and debris scatter head the streets and roofs ripped off homes.

no one was hurt. a mother who survived a crash that killed her two children and three others says she wished that she would have died. dossa boykin is out of the hospital. her acura was stopped at a light and she was rear-ended by the driver of a mercedes friday night. boykin's 1-year-old son hassan and 13-year-old daughter khadiua died. >> i was stopped and she was laughing like she usually is. we were all laughing and the next thing i know, i saw cracks in the windshield. >> her two closest friends died in the crash as well. tameika curtis and typhani wilkerson. the two leave behind ten children. coming up at 6:00, protests in ferguson, missouri, could

become more intense as people arrest more than 60 people here. activists and professor cornell west was one of the people. police dragged him to the ground. demonstrators squared off against police with a series of protests culminating with a, quote, moral monday march. we expect to hear more about arrests as new reports come in. former first lady maureen mcdonnell was convicted on nine public corruption counts. she's asking for her sentencing date to be pushed back from january to february due to a scheduling conflict her lawyer has. last month the jury convicted her and her husband former governor bob mcdonnell of accepting gifts and cash from businessman johnny williams. 6:19. congratulations are in order for three virginians selected to participate in the fall white house internship program. 140 people were selected from across the country to take part in this semester. they are from london, manassas

and falls church. this gives them the opportunity to gain professional experience and build leadership skills. in the day ahead, students from two schools in the region will visit the white house. they will help first lady michelle obama collect the fall harvest at the white house kitchen guard open and will also participate in the farm to school month celebration. the orioles players are itching to play after an extra day off with the game rained out last night. they will play the kansas city royals just after 8:00 p.m. if the orioless don't win tonight, they have to win four in a row to make it to the world series otherwise their playoff hopes are over. a big game for the o's. >> good luck. that's all we can say. 21 minutes after 6:00 on a tuesday morning, it feels a little sticky out there this morning. kind of odd to be saying that. >> it's foggy, too. we'll go to chuck bell to find out the kind of weather we'll

have. we have a weird combination out there right now, chuck. unusual weather out there for an early october morning. temperatures are more typical for late august at this time of the day than mid-october. we are already near 70 degrees outside this morning. and temperatures will be near 80 in a few locations by later on today. cloudy sky outside with visibilities improving just a touch across the area. thick fog from midnight to 1:00 in the morning. most of that is easing up a bit. still cloudy and soupy outside. the weather impact on your day today will be fairly low. a shower is possible but the big story for today, mild and breezy. even with full cloud cover today. temperatures will be up near 80. in the mid to upper 60s to near 70 degrees right now. hourly temperatures today, about mid-70s by lunch time. and upper 70s for much of the afternoon today. you can stay ahead of the weather on the storm team 4 weather app, our facebook page,

follow me on twitter and instagram. storm team 4 radar is showing heavy rain through atlanta that could have flight delays in hartsfield this morning. the heavy thunderstorms are headed out to charlotte, so if you have a us airways flight to charlotte airport today, be on the lookout for that. the seven-day forecast time, nice one today. 30% chance for showers today. 80% chance for heavy rain, gusty winds and thunderstorms tomorrow. showers tapering off during the day on thursday. friday looks great and the weekend looks amazing. full sunshine both days. but watchout for the rain tomorrow. melissa mollet with breaking news in first 4 traffic. breaking news in brandywine near branch avenue after 301. we are slow approaching branch avenue. we are talking about two different crashes with a total of nine vehicles involved. we understand no injuries, which is fairly amazing. we just spoke to police, but this is going to be slow for the time being because of the two different crashes. a wider look at things, we look

pretty good. pretty typical this time of the day. the top of the beltway, outer loop at colesville road is slow but typically is. 66 headed into town, heading in from the gainesville area, 29, 15, headed into town, it is jammed the entire way in right now. just very slow. kind of because of some of this volume mixed up with some of the wet roads. taking a look in maryland now, 95, bw parkway, just a little slow as you're kind of coming into town. otherwise, looking pretty good as we look at 66 as well. i'm back in ten minutes. angie goff here at the live desk where we are following day two of oscar pistorius' sentencing hearing. we want to take you live inside the scene of the courtroom. a probation officer just got done sharing her report of pistorius' inability for jail. she said the athlete expressed remorse 20 months after the

shooting and it is her opinion it's unlikely he'll reoffend. she added it would be difficult for pistorius tohower in jail with his stump. she says there's no rails and no baths. a voluntary monthly payment to reeva steenkamp's parents was also mentioned. pistorius could get up to 15 months in prison for killing his girlfriend last year but he maintains he shot her by mistake. that's the latest from the live desk, over to you. oh! oh! >> what happened? >> she almost hit the van next to us. >> you're looking at dash cam video showing a utah school bus driver accused of driving under the influence with students and teachers on board. people on and off the bus called 911 to report the driver swerving lanes and nearly hitting a car on a busy stretch of highway. when troopers finally pulled the bus over, the driver failed a

sobriety test and had prescription medicine in her purse that warned of drowsiness. no one was hurt. scary moments there. so is mcdonald's beef real? are there worms in the burger? mcdonald's wants to answer your questions about their food. in the chain's new pr campaign, they are taking customers behind the counter to show you how the food is made. submit questions via twitter and facebook. the company plans to respond to the most common questions online and through videos. nothing is off limits so ask away. today you can see the first police fleet of electric motorcycles in maryland. here's a look at bowie deputy police chief dwayne preston on the new motorcycle. the department is one of the first agencies to buy the electric motorcycles for patrols. the department will hold a news conference at 10:00 this morning near the amphitheater near allen park in bowie. they will patrol 13 parks in the city. you're probably going to be

looking for your child's halloween costume pretty soon. consider your child's consignment shop. they carry brand names but can cost a lot less. >> or you can compare and save quite a bit of money to be able to put your kid in some really cute halloween stuff for less. >> the national retail federation says we'll spend $77.50 on costumes this year. d.c. just earned another dubious distension. >> a local pest company received more calls about rats in d.c. last year than in new york city. yuck! the district took the third spot on orkin's annual rattiest city. the big apple was in fourth place. chicago and los angeles topped the list. baltimore was in ninth place. this survey is not enough to make your skin crawl? well, apparently the rat problem will get worse as fall is primetime for the rodents to be

actively seeking food. and they are very large in d.c. >> looking for water and shelter, too. expect to see more rats and mice running around before the first snowflakes fall. there's your warning. making the grade, the communities where students are showing improvements in their test scores and the districts where there's still cause for concern. plus, making your child's trek to school a safer one. the new potential punishment for drivers who ignore the reduce of the road around school buses. you may need extra time to get to work this morning as we track some wet, foggy conditions on the roads. what you'll be dealing with in the day ahead and the big changes rolling into the area with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31.

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targeting isis, the key talks in the hours ahead as the debate over a u.s.-involved ground war grows more heated. prepare for potential delays as you head out the door this morning. foggy conditions and wet roads are the perfect recipe for a long morning commute. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with what you're dealing with as you step outside and the storms that are on the how rise up.

what is this about, chuck? we have a very mild day outside today with the risk of a few showers today, but heavy rain and the possibility for stronger thunderstorms tomorrow, especially tomorrow afternoon and evening. but for your tuesday morning, temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70 already. in the impact on the morning run, take extra water with you as temperatures climb quickly. mid-70s by lunchtime and upper 70s for highs today. showers in south/central virginia, the whole plume of moisture is coming our way. have the umbrella to play it safe. rain chances are low around the metro area. a little higher out to the mountains in shenandoah valley, but a warm one with highs in the mid to upper 70s. maybe even a few spots in fredericksburg, stafford, it may touch 80 degrees today. more about the storms tomorrow coming up in ten minutes. for now, melissa mollet with traffic. breaking news right now, three different crashes i want to tell you about. first of all, branch avenue after 301, two crashes making up

a nine-vehicle incident there with police on the scene trying to get that out of the way. but it is very slow. then taking a look at woodbridge, 95 northbound the on-ramp is seeing a lane blocked due to a car crash. and route 9 near fred rbisbu ricksbg is seeing a crash as well. manassas near 270 normal volume near montrose road. follow us on twitte tw@first4traffic. 6:32. a developing story, president obama will discuss targeting isis with 21 defense leaders from around the world. so far the u.s. has focused on air strikes in iraq and syria, but critics say the president should begin a ground-based attack. nbc's tracie potts is lye on capitol hill with more on what to expect today. >> reporter: aaron, good morning.

we can't expect in policy changes, but we do want to see who wants to put their troops on the ground. martin dempsey is sitting down with the defense head from ten arab nations and 11 other countries to talk about their progress and how to move forward in the fight against isis. turkey could be a key player here. turkey is now denying reports that they are going to allow the u.s. to use their bases for air strikes, but they are saying they will help to train the syrian rebels to fight isis on the ground. that makes turkey aone of those willing to help out but we'll see what happens today. and part of a terrorism probe comes a week after police arrested an islamic extremist in london. they raised their security level to the second highest in a

decade. north korea's official newspaper released what is believed to be new photos of kim jong un. this is his first public afeerps in more than 40 days. the nspaper did not specify when exactly the photos 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. a man from prince william county faces child pornography charges. justin bonowitz lives with his mother and she operates a day care autoof her home. they caught him with explicit images with a 16-year-old girl from new york. there's no evidence that he was victimizing any of the kids at his mother's day care. it is now 6:34 today. some city leaders are pushing to close the d.c. shelter where 8-year-old ralicia rudd was last seen alive. jim graham will hold a meeting

to shut down the d.c. family shelter. he wants to replace it with a safe, modern and humane place to help families. police believe she was taken by the janitor of the shelter who later killed himself. today governor terry mcauliff says energy is an economic driver to create tens of thousands of jobs to generate hundreds of millions of dollars and bring new industry to the state. there is a meeting in montgomery county today that could change how much you pay for parking. right now businesses finance public parking lots in bethesda and silver spring, but under a new bill they can be exempt if they have a parking space already. depending on how much money is over, that could drive rates up for you. the county council will discuss this bill this afternoon. today you can see a new mural created by students in prince george's county with the help of kids in brazil. school leaders will officially

unveil the project at 6:00 tonight at the administration building in upper marlboro. as part of the project, some students traveled to brazil to learn techniques to create the mural. the new service that vows to give amazon a run for its money. and damp roads and fog could greet you as you step outside this morning. we're on the roads tracking potential problems with weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. but first, making sure your children are safe when getting on the school bus. the new potential penalty for drivers who ignore those flashing red lights. it's now 6:36. we'l ♪

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lights are flashing. many school buss are equipped with cameras to catch drivers. they compared the bus tickets from the past year from four maryland counties. montgomery county issued more than 700 tickets. that's more than washington, frederick and prince george's county. >> a lot of drivers out there are unsure about the law. whether they, in a particular situation, with 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. >> right now the fines for getting caught by a school bus camera is $125. montgomery county is feeling like they need to ramp up the fines. you have to slow down and stop. we are getting closer to the sunrise, but good luck at seeing the sun this morning as we're seeing plenty of cloud cover.

chuck bell, weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. are we going to break through the clouds, chuck? >> not a whole lot of success. you guys see the clouds and i see the thin spots in the overcast. but they are just thin spots. otherwise a thick blanket of clouds out there this morning. here's the upside, it's warm. temperatures are already in the upper 60s to near 70. it's a short sleeves kind of day. have the umbrella ready to go and put it in the backpack. showers out to the south and west now could impact us across parts of the shenandoah valley later today. hour by hour, 60s to near 70s. upper 70s to near 80 degrees today. heavy thundershower possibilities coming up tomorrow. more about that with your seven-day forecast in just ten minutes from now. for now, breaking news on first 4 traffic with melissa mollet. a brand new crash in rockville. norbeck road at georgia avenue, you can see the fire truck on the left side of the screen.

also, this crash is branch avenue just after 301. two different crashes involving nine vehicles total. nobody injured, but still it is pretty jammed there. otherwise looking pretty typical this time of the morning. slow at the top of the beltway with travel times. 270 southbound from germantown down to the beltway, twice as long as normal. same thing outer loop, 95 to 270. 66 looking pretty typical for this time of the day as well. back in ten minutes. see you then. thank you. while you were sleeping nurks developments in the growing ebola outbreak. the precautionary measures being take up in our area. >> a enthe new service coming to d.c. that claims it can save you money.

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.

now for stories to keep you up to the minute the minute you're up. kate snow is live with more on the nurse's recovery with ebola. >> reporter: good morning. the nurse is 26-year-old nina pham. she recently became a critical care nurse. nursing is what she always wanted to do. she's in stable condition. her family understandably worried about her. we understand her mother has

been near her in the hospital able to communicate with her by skype and by phone. this nurse, of course, treated thomas eric duncan and we're told by a family friend that her mother tried to urge her to leave that case, not to be so close to that ebola patient, but she wanted to continue with that work. >> how much more do we know about her treatment, exactly what is being done to help her through this disease? >> reporter: well, we did learn last night that kent brantley, the first american treated and who survived from ebola, kent brantley donated blood to nina pham. he was a match to the nours and donated blood. whether or not that's going to prove to be a positive development, hopefully it will. in the past when he's donated blood, patients have been taking a turn for the better. >> kate snow live for us in dallas. thank you, kate. dulles airport getting ready

to start screening passengers for ebola on thursday. nurses will news non-contact ways to check passengers' temperatures. they will also fill out a risk questionnaire. the concern of the spread as officials in our area take proactive measures. the montgomery health office is addressing the county council today and brief members on preparations being made to treat ebola through the county. that briefing is scheduled to begin at 10:30 this morning. a man taken to the new holy cross hospital in germantown does not have ebola. he recently traveled to africa and developed a fever. he was taken to the hospital by ambulance out of an abundance of caution yesterday. the hospital says he did not present any signs of ebola and he was released. news of the ebola crisis is

breaking fast. so stay up-to-date and download the free nbc washington app. we push important breaking news alerts straight to your phone. 6:48. new this morning, we're hearing from a man who lives in an apartment complex where fire hurt three people including a firefighter overnight. the fire broke out just after 1:00 this morning at the mallard cove apartments on needwood road. richard jordan is live with more. >> reporter: aaron, the fire is out but still a big mess out here. there are cleanup crews and restoration workers going through the apartment. we'll take you to the video where the firefighters were putting out the hot spots to make sure the flames did not flare up again. this unit is on the first floor with the firefighters encountering a lot of clutter inside the unit here. we caught one the man who says he did everything he could to make sure his neighbors go comp engulfed. so my niece being asleep upstairs, i just ran upstairs

and woke her up, banged on all my neighbors' doors on the way down screaming fire. >> reporter: now three people hurt here in this fire. the man who lives in the apartment where that fire started is in his 60s. he took in a lot of smoke and is at the hospital being treated for smoke inhalation. a man who lives directly across from the unit started suffering with chest pains and is at the hospital. and a firefighter with minor injuries, fire inspeck tors are still looking to determine the cause behind the fire. reporting live this morning, richard jordan, news4. the man accused of infecting women with hiv is going to be in court this morning. investigators say he had unprotected sex with a woman from bethesda and did not tell her he was hiv positive. that accusation is the focus of a hearing today. however, he assaulted three women in virginia over the last year. the clock is ticking to vote in the november 4th election.

if you live in maryland or virginia, that is. today is the deadline to register to vote in both states. if you can't complete an application in person, fill out an online application or mail in application. and once you register, you'll be able to vote exactly three weeks from today. in virginia there's a senate seat up for grabs. the candidates, democrat mark warner and republican ed gillespie talked about taxes and public health along with one of the more controversial questions. >> claire, i did not offer her a job nor would i offer her any kind of position. >> i can tell you this, the role a senator plays in the judicial nomination process is a critically important one and a very influential one. >> reports say warner offered a federal judgeship to state senator phillip puckette's daughter to keep puckette from giving up his seat. google as a new option for online shoppers in the area

looking for an alternative to amazon prime. jackie deangelis has this story and more. >> this is interesting because i don't think of google this way but google is expanding its delivery service. as you said, charging a membership fee as it takes on amazon prime. reports say starting today google will charge $10 a month or $95 a year for unlimited same day or overnight delivery on orders of $15 or more. this is google express. it's going to let customers buy items from physical stores like costco and staples. the service will now be able in the washington area after launching here in new york, san francisco and l.a. as well. what will google think of next? this must be a profitable business, guys. >> you have to compete. jackie deangelis at cnbc, thank you. and it's time now to look at the forecast. we're talking about the fog, some clouds, kind of dreary out there, chuck. >> it's dreary but warm. aren't you happy? >> i am happy about this.

i will take warm through february. >> i know, 107 degrees is still a little cool for you. for some of us, it's awfully mild outside today. if you are like me with a lot of runs to do in advance of the marathon. i did me 18 miles yesterday in the steaminess. >> such a showoff, chuck bell. >> october is good running weather. you're going to need extra water outside today whether it's a short or long run. cloudy skies and tons of humidity in the air. 70 degrees before the sun is even up. our average high this time of the year is 68. we are already in bonus territory. you'll be cloudy all day long today. there is a risk of a couple of showers primarily west of the blue ridge into the shenandoah valley and the mountains. by 2:00 today, only a 30% chance or less chance for rain in the metro. better chances to our north and west continuing into this evening. we'll be dry through the evening rush tonight. then shower chances increasing during the evening to overnight hours into what could be a stormy day tomorrow. so not a big weather impact

today. showers pop and we'll be cloudy, breezy and warm today. severe weather today is focused out to our west, but over the next 24 hours that severe weather threat is pushing eastbound for us tomorrow with chances for thundershowers and gusty winds and locally heavy rain which could lead to some flooding and some power outages. so tomorrow promises to be a high-impact weather day. here's your seven-day forecast, 78 today. 76 tomorrow. thundershowers likely tomorrow. off and on showers tapering off during the day on thursday. all eyes toward the weekend. friday, saturday, sunday, all look amazing. speaking of looking amazing, here's melissa mollet with traffic. thank you. breaking news right now, chuck. we're talking about 270 southbound now, rockville at montrose road with a four-vehicle crash off to the side slowing folks down. hopefully that will be out of the way shortly. branch avenue just after 301, two different crashes with nine cars total. no injuries there but till quite

slow to 301 to branch avenue. a wider look at prince george's county, looking good at indian head highway headed into town. taking a look at the top of the beltway, colesville road is slow. 95 is slow. bw parkway is slow. a lot of this is happening in the next couple of minutes. 66 at prince william county is moving right along. hopping on to 95, you are jammed the entire way through dale city. very slow this morning. follow us at first4traffic on twitter. 6:54. today you can talk to the superintendent of fairfax county schools. karen garza is kicking off a listening tour today. she'll talk about schools across the system that your children attend and you'll be able to ask questions. she plans to have similar meetings in the coming months. tonight she'll be at whitman middle school in the mount vernon area at 7:00. seniors in three northern virginia counties are posting higher s.a.t. scores. prince william and loudoun county schools posted higher

average scores than the 2013 class. scores were slightly up in fairfax county as well. statewide, the virginia average s.a.t. score was 1530 slightly up from 1528 a year before. in just a few hours, a report will come out to show more younger people are driving less. the u.s. public interest research group and frontier group found evidence that millenials are shifting away from driving and the trend apparently is not temporary. the average number of miles traveled by young americans dropped to in the last decade. the trend is lick lie to continue as the economy improves. we'll learn more in the full report at 9:00 a.m. this morning. before you take your first sip of coffee, we want to know what you like best. eight of ten of us drink one cup a day and there are endless options, the whole bean coffee, ground coffee, the single cup pods and espresso. now sharpsmart magazine is brewing the way through 37

different blends to find the best cup of coffee. you'll find out the whipping cup during the "today" show starting at 7:00 here on nbc4. you have to wait to find out. four things to know this tuesday, d.c. council member will hold a meeting on the family shelter where 8-year-old ralicia rudd was last seen alive. and the storm system that slammed the south is moving our direction and will be here tomorrow. and we are working to find out what caused a fire to hurt three people including a firefighter in montgomery county that broke out overnight at the mallard cove apartments in derwood. and an ebola worker has died in germany and we are learning the university of kansas hospital is now looking into a possible ebola patient.

and a 30 pa% chance for a shower today with embedded thunderstorms tomorrow. showers end tomorrow and dry for the weekend. rockville near 270 at montrose road, we have a four-car crash off the left shoulder. and branch avenue just after 301, nine cars involved in the crash there. thank you for that and thank you for joining us this morning. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather traffic and any breaking news. join us then. until then, have a great day. ♪ ♪

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