we're following two quickly changing situations. the first is our weather. the area's under a flood watch and heavy rain could be a problem throughout much of the afternoon. storm team 4's tracking the system and we'll let you know what you can expect in your neighborhood. and we're getting frequent updates on a new ebola case in the u.s. another health care worker in texas is being treated for the the cdc says they are doing differently this time around. good morning, everyone, welcome to news 4 midday, i'm barbara harrison. it's already been a wild weather morning. unusually warm temperatures along with threats of tornadoes to our southwest. as you can see on our storm team 4 radar, lots of rain heading in this direction. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck

bell joins us with his first midday forecast. >> it's been a very wacky weather day. temperatures in the mid-70s in the middle of the night last night and now heavy rain moving into our western and southwestern suburbs. that heavy rain will make it here into the d.c. metro area. today is a weather alert day here at nbc 4. goes from now until about 6:00 this evening. y threats are rain and wind. often combine to bring power outages so be on weather alert for today. flood watches posted for all the d.c. metro area, parts of the central and southern shenandoah valley. there's the plume of moisture that goes to the carolinas. heavy rain in the valley. the blue ridge out towards the piedmonts of central virginia. that rain is tracking to the east. eventually, it's going to get everybody soaked. heavier strain north of poolsville, right on top of chantilly, virginia. these individual rain showers are racing northbound at this

point in time. it is a mild day outside. temperatures are in the 70s. we're 79 degrees at national right now. when the kids come home from school today, rain could be heavy at times. so could be a very slow commute later on this afternoon. my colleague veronica johnson will join me at 11:30 for details on any flood dangers. >> we'll keep you up to date on the changing weather throughout the afternoon here on news 4. you can also download the storm team 4 weather app on your smart phone for frequent updates. taking a look at the road conditions. traffic is moving on 95 in dale city following a messy morning commute. you may want to give yourself extra time if you are driving this afternoon. news 4 is live, heading to centerville. how are things looking now, derek? >> we're actually in centerville now. what we're finding with this storm, especially on the roadways, is you're running into cells where there's heavy rain

and then virtually no rain but you are going to have a wet road surface. if you maintain the proper distance between yourself and the vehicle in front of you, you should definitely be okay. you have to prepare for some ponding and puddles that you might come across that you don't necessarily know about. take a look at the scene this morning. this is 495. just north of the 270 split. similar road conditions. but a very tragic or bad outcome here. we had a tractor trailer collide with a vehicle. that tractor trailer jackknifed across 495 and completely stopped traffic for a short time. you have to give authorities credit. they got that tractor trailer out of the way. there was a significant there a for the morning rush for a lot of people. they're hoping not to have a repeat of that again. what we're seeing again is some significant rain now starting to come down where we are in centerville. again, it's all about maintaining a prudent speed and distance between yourself and the other vehicles. watch out for ponding and

puddling. hydroplaning can always be an issue. you tend to find that more along the curb lines because of the concave nature of most road beds. where you have storm trains backing up and ponding. be prepared to run into rains, run out of rain and run right back into it again. always be heads up driving when you're out in these conditions. we're live in storm team 4 by 4. back to you. >> thank you, derek. an overturned tractor trailer caused major delays during the morning commute. the crash happened around 5:30 this morning on southbound 95 and skaggsville road. no word on any injuries. everything though o the roadways back to normal, open and moving at this time. now to a developing story. a second health care worker, a health care worker infected, testing positive for ebola. news 4 richard jordan has the latest from the live desk.

>> this is happening in dallas. officials there say they are preparing for even more ebola patients to come forward. this latest case, another worker at texas health presbyterian hospital, now diagnosed with ebola. now name released just yet. the apartment building where she lived is now being decontaminated. apparently she had a high temperature yesterday. within 90 minutes, she was placed in isolation. now monitoring 75 other employees who treated thomas eric duncan who died from ebola last week. another nurse who worked on him, nina pham, also has ebola. the hospital has just three isolation rooms. so they're looking at plans, what they would do if they have more patients come forward. the hospital acknowledging there was a lapse in safety for the staff. on this latest case, though, they say they are optimistic. >> their lives before them, a person who is dealing with this

diagnoses with the grit and grace and determination that nina has dealt with the diagnosis. >> the cdc has a team in dallas to work with health care workers there. the mayor of that city saying that he expects things could get worse before they get better. barbara. >> all right, thank you, richard. richard just mentioned the first texas nurse to contract ebola, she is reportedly in good condition now. nina pham released a statement saying she's doing well. the community in ft. worth held a vigil for her yesterday and other workers and families affected by the ebola virus. pham became the first person to contract the virus on u.s. soil. she recently received blood from ebola survivor dr. kent brantly. and today the cdc plans to address the american nurses association to go over how to better prepare front-line nurses for ebola. cdc director tom frieden admitted phan's illness could

have been prevented if the agency sent a rapid response team to dallas as soon as duncan tested positive for ebola. officials say they're monitoring 75 hospital workers in dallas who may have also been in contact with duncan. >> teams have been working very hard to cast a wide net and identify everyone who might have been exposed. that includes anyone who went into the room and that includes people who might have handled specimens of blood. >> for the next week, the cdc is hosting a series of meetings to ensure workers and facilities are prepared to respond. and right now, well-known d.c. rabbi is facing serious charges. coming up, how police say he spied on women inside a georgetown synagogue. plus, rain slowly moving into d.c. with much more to come. we're dealing with warm temperatures and breezy conditions. storm team 4 meteorologists chuck bell will have frequent updates throughout the

new, a man would slashed two passengers with a box cutter on a bus to a connecticut casino was shot and killed by police there. take a look at the scene along i-95 in connecticut early this morning. the bus driver pulled over into a construction zone shortly after the stabbing happened on his bus. that's when a trooper shot and killed the suspect. the victims are expected to be

okay. and new this morning in the oscar pistorius sentencing hearing, reeva steenkamp's parents say they will not pursue a civil case against the former olympian. steve camp's parents also addressed a revelation from the hearing that pistorius has paid them $550 each month for the last 19 months. the steenkamps say they plan to pay him back. pistorius was convicted last month of killing his girlfriend. he could be sentenced up to 15 years in prison. crews are repairing a water main break in montgomery county. a sewer line also overflowed. this is happening near hurley avenue in rockville. part of watts branch parkway is closed now. the department of public works says no customers will be without power or without water during the repairs, however, you could have some low water pressure in that area. a new case of ebola in texas and now federal health officials

are being questioned about why the patients have not been moved to a more qualified hospital. plus, another health scare being watched closely. enterovirus. why one school is being forced. >> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. potential for some heavy rain. the heaviest are about ready to move into frederick, maryland, and there's a whole lot more where that came from. your complete check is coming up your complete check is coming up at 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.

good morning once again, everybody. i'm storm team 4. heavy and steady rains across much of the shenandoah valley into parts of central virginia. all those individual rain showers are moving north bournd. heavy rain across parts of western fairfax and eastern loudoun county. no severe weather warnings or watches out just yet. but that could change later on this afternoon. this band of heavy rain east of fredericksburg should be on the southwest side of metro in about 90 minutes from now. we'll have a flash flooding risk as well, that comes up at 11:30. a well-known rabbi will be arranged on voyeurisms th charg this afternoon. now, more on today's hearing and what the congregation is saying.

>> reporter: good morning. 62-year-old rabbi barry frandle is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in d.c. superior court. me mean, this georgetown community has lots of questions about what exactly what went on this synagogue. >> what a mess, what a mess, oh, that's awful. such a violation. if it all turns out to be true. >> reporter: what's that this georgetown community wants to know. could the well-respected rabbi be guilty? >> i mean, women need to be protected and this is certainly protect her privacy.m it's not good at all. doesn't speak well for the rabbi. >> i bet they feel pretty betrayed. >> reporte he is accused of secretly videotaping women in a shower inside the congregation on n street where he served as spiritual leader for more than 25 years. longtime neighbors of the

synagogue want answers. >> got to figure out what went wrong. maybe he needs some help. >> honestly, there's never been any kind of kur fluffle or anything, really, ever. >> reporter: at the synagogue's office, a woman answered. is anybody in charge, has anyone been appointed to take over? but she didn't answer that question. and only referred me to a statement on their website. it reads in part, kerber israel will remain open as a place learning, prayer and community. now, the statement also goes on to say the synagogue cooperated fully with law enforcement and will continue to do so. we're live in georgetown, mollet green, back to you, barbara. a school closed today after a student came down with enterovirus. the elementary school on long island says the student does not have the severe strain of the virus. he's currently getting treatment.

an outside cleaning company has been called in. they will use an anti-bacterial product to prevent the spread of germs. the school is expected to reopen tomorrow. today, president obama's holding a video conference on the ebola epidemic in west africa. today, he plans to reach out to foreign leaders to pressure them to step up with their international response. yesterday, the president said, quote, the world is not doing enough to fight ebola. there are growing concerns about the dallas hospital where two hospital workers contracted ebola. texas health presbyterian hospital is also treating those patients. critics question whether the facility is equipped to handle two cases. the secretary of health and human services responded to that on the "today" show. >> what we have put in place are what we believe oversight and assistant in the implication of protocols we know can work and have worked over 30 years in terms of fighting ebola. >> the cdc is promising to send special ebola response teams to

any hospital in the future that gets an ebola patient. despite the problems in texas, the majority of americans think the u.s. is ready to respond to a pe ebola outbreak. for more on the new poll numbers, we're joined by mark murray, nbc's political editor. tell us about this nbc/"wall street journal" poll and the findings it found with people, how they responded. >> our pollster said the public is cautiously optimistic that the united states can respond to an outbreak. of course, we've seen two health care workers in dallas who are affected by this and who have confirmed cases of ebola. i think the question is, what is the situation going forward. are we talking about seven or eight cases next week? it's a danger for the obama administration and the country at large, if there are more, that starts creating some panic and unease. >> the situation in dallas obviously didn't make people

think that maybe we aren't ready. i mean, it's a big city, a big hospital. >> again, it's important to focus on -- we're focused on this 56%, the majority. still, 42% said not ready. what was striking, putting my political hat on, is how it's divided among partisan lines. >> that is -- >> democrats mostly said yes, we can respond. republicans ended up saying no, the united states can't response. so very partisan responses. >> we get a partisan response on the question about ground troops against isis? >> we did. again. of course, everything almost goes back to politics. our nbc "wall street journal" poll found regarding isis, whether we should send u.s. combat forces in there, in addition to air strikes, that there is an increase in people would want to see a combination of air strikes and u.s. ground troops. most of that is coming from republicans. and republican-based voters. they're more hawkish than democrats and independents are. >> so that brings up the

question, did the pole find more support for republicans and democrats on a whole? >> we are now fewer than three weeks before the midterm elections. republicans have the slight edge in this midterm contest. 4% of likely voters said they would prefer republicans' control of congress. 44% like democrats in control. very close race. some of the numbers certainly suggest some republicans will do very well. also some numbers that show democrats might be able to hold on. >> so we might h all the way up until election day. >> it's not going to be election day, it will be runoffs in december and january that will decide everything. we'll be talking about this for a long time. >> all right, thanks very much. for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out "first read" on nbcnews.com. in about an hour, you can hear from the d.c. mayoral candidates. they will participate in a forum here at nbc 4, along with the

"washington post." we will steream that live for you. you can also see it on nbc 4 this sunday at 11:30 in the morning. the election of course is tuesday, november 4th. maryland gubernatorial hopeful anthony brown hopes to get a boost from president obama. the lieutenant governor will campaign with the president this weekend. they'll speak together at henry weiss high school in upper marlboro on sunday. he's running against republican larry hogan. new information out this morning on would is using voice commands on smart phones and where they're using it. plus, can diet changes make a difference for the children with autism? the key to that answer could be found in yogurt. we'll tell you why. first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.c.

i'm richard jordan back at the live desk. we've just learned that the second health care worker diagnosed with ebola today was on a flight monday, just a it a before feeling the symptoms. ebola is only contagious when the symptoms are present. the cdc saying they do not believe that any of the other passengers here will contract ebola. however, precautions are still being taken. they're asking all those passengers on the plane to contact health officials. this is frontier airlines flight

number 1143 from cleveland to dallas monday night. the health care worker was on that flight. now, just after the flight landed in dallas, the plane was cleaned as routine. the typical cleans ,g the plan would receive. no other information about what flight that plane took after landing in dallas. the weather is a good reason to get inside today. it's fossil day at the smithsonian. about 400 children will help celebrate by becoming junior paleontologists for the day. children will learn how scientis fossils from rocks and handle them. the smithsonian has about 1,500 dine soosaur fossils. the orioles are just one loss away from being eliminated in the playoffs. the royals beat the os last night and now have a 3-0 lead in

the best of seven series. that means the os have their backs against the wall. they'll need to win four straight games. game four of the alcs is this afternoon, 4:00. it's being played in kansas city. how do you search for things on your phone? apparently, most teenagers are using the voice search on a daily basis. according to the market research firm north star, 55% of teens use it at least once a day. only 41% of adults use the hands free search option on a day by day basis. both age groups apparently admit to using the voice search in the bathroom. when asked, what do you ask your phone to do for you, the leading response from teens was, send me a pizza. adult, said they use the search engines when they're cooking. in the bathroom? it's a weather alert day. if your neighborhood is still rain free, it won't be for long. there's a risk of flash flooding today. our storm team is working right

now to let you know when the heaviest rain is going t arrive. changes are being made to an emergency alert system in our area. the steps you will need to make the steps you will need to make it work

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south. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins me here in the studio and meteorologist veronica johnson is in the weather center. let's start with you. >> yes, it's going to be a very heavy rain outside, coming our way. parts of our area have already been hit hard with the amounts of rain we've seen. veronica's going to be tracking the rainfall totals and give you an upde on our flash flood status coming up. for now, weather alert day for everyone in the news 4 nation. now, until about 6:00 this evening is when the worst of it will be. primary a heavy rain and gusty wind threat. obviously, we'll have some thunder and lightning to deal with as well. perfect day to remind you to download our weather app from the google play store or itunes store. it has a rar function on it. so go ahead and download that for free. the view out of our tower today, looking out towards tysons corner in the distance, nothing

but low dark clouds. the weather will have a high impact on your day today. if it hasn't rained yet, consider yourself lucky. heavy rain and the possibility of flooding this afternoon. it is ahead of the rain drops, incredibly mild. 79 at national airport with a south wind at 17 miles per hour. not much in the way of rain in downtown washington yet but quite a bit of rain across northwestern virginia. current temperatures are in the mid-60s in the shenandoah valley. still 70 in frederick. and 73 in gathersburg. here's future weather. by noon, most of the heavy rain staying out west. between noon and 1:00, the heavy rain threat moves into the immediate metro area. that continues to be the case until about 4:00 this afternoon. the computer models are very progressive. and pulling this rain out very quickly. i think it may be closer to 4:00 before the heavy steady rains really start to get out. things taper off after the sun

goes down. our main threats, some gusty winds and some heavy rain. one tornado warning early this morning. no confirmed reports. we called the emergency managers out in frederick county and warren county, no reports of damages just yet. you can see the huge swath of heavy rain, central virginia, into the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. showers in parts of fairfax and loudoun county. heavy rain in maryland as well. you can see, there's more of that where that came from. for the very latest on our flash flood potential, let's go over to my colleague veronica johnson in the storm center. >> it's been a while since we've had more than an inch of rain come so fast and hard and that's what we've seen in many neighborhoods. look at the rainfall amounts we've put together here. that inch of rain, from hagers town, to winchester, around an inch. now, over at leesburg, too, at

1.1 and 1.2. not yet into the areas of montgomery county and d.c. but before long, we're going to see the same thing. anywhere in the purple here, here's the type of rainfall we're expecting. just over or around 2 inches in those areas in purple. from hagers town, to marshall, manassas, even areas around la plata could see that much rain. so flood watch continues throughout much of the area. up towards howard anak much water to move a car, push it away. we could see more heavy rain today. we always tell you, turn around, don't drown, keep it safe throughout the day. chuck. >> thanks, veronica. future weather going forward, another cloudy day, and a risk of a few passing showers during the course of the afternoon tomorrow. nothing anywhere near as heavy as what we'll see later on this aft af 100% chance of storminess for the remainder of the afternoon hours. showers during the cours

day tomorrow. friday, the weather turns nice again. high 72. saturday will be warm at 71. cooler on sunday with highs back down into the 60s. barbara. >> all right, thank you so much, chuck. d.c. police chief cathy lanier will talk about her department's relationships with the community today. in about a half hour, the chief will take part in a forum at the urban institute. she'll discuss the stop and frisk tactics. last week, tommy wells held a hearing on stop and frisk. the hearing was called after a woman accused a d.c. police officer of racially profiling an african-american man. meanwhile, a string of nine shootings has d.c. police stepping up patrols in recent weeks. the latest yesterday, a 20-year-old shot on q street. he's expected to recover. last week, there was a murder in broad daylight at a barbershop. a 9-year-old is still recovering after getting caught in the cross fire of another shooting. the chief says the increase in

violence is concerning. >> when people start shooting guns in the middle of the day, in barber shops or on the street or an apartment building or anywhere else, everybody's at risk. it is a big concern for me. >> cshe says some of the recent crimes have been connected and one person has been taken into t run in montgomery county. police tried to pull over a car around 7:00 last night. the car chase ended on oriental street. the driver came to a dead end. that's when the driver and passenger ditched the car and ran into the woods. a former fairfax county school bus driver is accused of abusing a student with special needs. johnny miller is accused of inappropriately touching a 13-year-old girl as he buckled her into her seat in may. he drove students to key center school in springfield. a search warrant showed an attend an eant reported her

suspicions. miller is expected in court in two weeks. he retired soon after the investigation began and after being put on leave. we reached out to miller but we have not heard back from him. today, new upgrades are available to montgomery county's emergency warning system. what does that mean for you? anyone who wants to receive notifications must reregister their account. you can customize notifications. current account holders should receive an e-mail with a link to get that upgrade. women today sometimes have to make the decision to put career before family. coming up, the companies allowing women to make that choice with new peace of mind. plus, the black friday rush starting even earlier this year. the stores already announcing their holiday plans.

breaking news on wall street. it is dow dropped more than 300 points early this morning. it's had a slight rebound. now roughly down 235 points. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq also down in early trading. we're hearing that health care stocks, bank stocks, really took a deep hit this morning. oil, down sharply as well. investigators concerns over the slowing of the global economic growth being credited for this drop. again, the dow down about 235 points.

we're going to be watching those numbers throughout the day. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, richard. now, here's something we haven't seenwhile. gas below $2.90 a gallon. one of our producers filled up her tank for 2.89 a gallon for regular in fredericksburg. she says she's seen similar prices around the area. aaa says we could see some of the lowest prices since 2010 in the coming weeks. today, loudoun county supervisors will consider whether to move forward with a plan to build the county's first wawa. the chain wants to build a gas station and convience store in sterling. sevel nearby businesses oppose that plan. others say it will create more revenue for the area. some neighbors say they are against any new development in that area. the county staff and commission are also divided. black friday fight is already on. macy's says it's opening doors at 6:00 on thanksgiving evening

to lure holiday shoppers. that's two hours earlier than last year. the holiday shopping season accounts for about 40% of a retailer's annual sales. macy's says workers can get more for working on thanksgiving and take black friday off. apparently, you can be a google glass addict. a google glass addict. doctors in san diego have documented the first case of that. the 31-year-old patient checked into a treatment program for alcoholism this summer. doctors thought his withdrawal symptoms were solely related to alcohol. it turned out he was also having a hard time functioning without his google glass. the man had been wearing glass for up to 18 hours a day. he told his doctors the withdrawal symptoms from glass were much worse than withdrawing from alcohol. well, can diet changes make a difference from your children if they have autism? the food that could make a big difference. plus, storm team 4 continues to track heavy rain in our area. coming up, the neighborhoods

that are still dry and those getting wet. i loved your letter and i'm picturing you getting that catalog at home. you were ticked off. what were you thinking when you didn't see any female athletes in there? it wast fair. >> at 1:00, find out how the sporting goods store responded to her letter. again, that's at 1:00 right here on nbc

good morning once again. moderate rain now across virginia and suburban maryland. heavy rain moving across the tidal potomac here north and east of fredericksburg. that cell is racing northbound here. at the rate it's going be it should be inside the capital beltway in about 45 minutes. right now, maryland senator barbara mikulski is promoting college affordability. she stopped at allegheny college at maryland in cumberland this morning. the bill would enable students or college grads who took out loans before 2010 to refinance at today's low interest rates. 1 in 68 kids in the u.s. has an autism spectrum disorder. they can exhibit significant communicatl problems.

now, a look at the benefits of probiotics to treat kids with this condition. we've talked about this a lot in the past. you said you always recommend them for your patients. what are probiotics? >> it's healthy bacteria. some bacteria are health promoting and some are not. there have been an explosion of studies in the last few years showing the benefits for your physical health as well as your emotional health from having a healthy amount of the good bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract. >> you think they're helpful in treating autism spectrum disorders, why? >> it's interesting. we know kids with these disorders are extremely picky eaters. they tend to crave carbs. when they've done studies that look at the feces of kids with autism versus those without, we find there'st constellation of bacteria in their tract. they have much fewer of the good

bacteria than kids who do not suffer with autism. >> is the jury still out on this, has this been confirmed to be a good treatment for children with autism? >> the jury is still out. what i'm talking about today is my own experience, my own belief, but there aren't any large-scale studies on this. i can tell you, if my child had an ougautistic spem truck disor, i would follow the advice. >> tell us what changes you've seen. any significant differen r behavior? >> one thing is i've seen almost universal improvement in the gastrointestinal symptoms. it improves gi functioning. what i've also seen in some s are pretty dramatic results when it comes to their social and emotional functioning. just for example, one boy i treated, teenager, he used to come into my office, rock back and forth, pick at his nose, put his hand in his mouth, repeat the same thing over and over again. after about six months of taking

probiotics, in plasharticula something called kefer, which is fermented milk, he's a much different kid. he's much more appropriate. i believe it and his parents believe that kefer is the reason. >> you mentioned that, which is from yogurt. is yogurt included in your suggested dietary supplements? >> no, because i don't think yogurt has enough of the probiotics. even store bought, when you're talking about treating something like an autism disorder, you want a lot of these buy yotices. you want to either ferment your own vegetables at home or ferment milk, which is that kefer. i could do this in my own house. you can buy the grains online. they get shipped to you. in 24 hour, you have some kefer in your house. what i do every week is eat the bacteria. i have my daughter treat this every day.

it's helped her with a lot of gastrointestinal problems. what this particular family does is she cuts up the kefer grains and sticks them in gelatin capsules and he takes a few of those every day. this is something you do consistently over time. you're not going to notice a benefit over night or in a week. this takes weeks or months. i believe it's worth trying. >> you think this is something that works for everybody and not just people with autism spectrum. >> i recommend it to everybody in my practice. studies have shown benefits for anxiety and mood. they're really safe and good for you. >> you've sold me. can you take them as a pill? >> you can take them as a pill. try to do the kefer or the fermented vegetables. it is now 11:50. coming up, employees offering to help pay for women who want to freeze their eggs. plus, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell i an update on all then happening out there. we've got warm temperatures. it's windy out there.

it's windy out there. some rain, have you seen the news about barbara comstock? it's windy out there. some rain, 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.

it's becoming more and more common. women are electing to freeze their eggs. until now, most companies wouldn't pay for that. that's starting to change. apple and facebook have become the first big american companies to offer coverage. as we report, the announcement could be a game changer. >> reporter: fertility science

has gone through a revolution. radically changing the landscape for women who want to have children. two tech giants are offering a o years ago was deemed no longer experimental. egg freezing. apple and facebook will offer up to $20,000 when done for nonmedical reasons. each round costs around $10,000. storage roughly $500 a year. done at a young enough age, egg freezing can increase the chances of getting pregnant later in life. >> in you come in to get pregnant at 42 and we have eggs frozen from when you're 35, it's like we're setting the clock back seven or eight years so it c can be a huge advantage. >> reporter: this fertility doctor got an e-mail from a patient today which she said kind of sums up the mood around the office. subject omg, just announced facebook and apple to cover egg freezing costs. >> 1,000 exclamation marks. >> reporter: the doctor says the majority of patients who come

in, more and more each day, can't afford egg freezing. >> what face book did, was apple has done, is going to be huge for women, because it allows them the opportunity to do something they may have never been able to do before. >> the clock ticks but not quite as loud. >> reporter: she asked her parents for money. she's gone through two rounds of egg freezing. >> ultimately, just wanted an option. i want to focus on my career. i haven't met mr. right yet. i wanted to know that when i was ready, i would be able to go back and i could have kids. >> reporter: she says a company that offers this kind of benefit could attract female employees. >> even more than salary these days, i always look at the benefits. >> repor hoping to get pregnant at an older age may start asking their own employ ears to follow the lead. nbc news, new york. and developing right now, a second dallas health care worker infected with ebola is in isolation. the new patient, just like the first nurse, treated duncan, who

died from ebola at that hospital. the cdc says the new patient was on a flight monday, a day before showing symptoms. health officia now contacting all 132 passengers on frontier airlines flight 11:43 from cleveland to dallas monday night. in about an hour, a d.c. rabbi heads to court. police say he recorded women showering inside kesher israel synagogue in georgetown. accused of using a camera disguised as an alarm clock. the synagogue says it is operating with police. the rabbi is suspended without pay. we're keeping an eye on the roads this morning. a tractor trailer jackknifed near the loop on i-70. then an overturned vehicle on i-90. more rain is on the way. time for a final check of the

forecast. heavy rain out to the west of the immediate downtown area. heavy rain north of frederick, maryland. heavy rain across parts of the panhandle of west virginia. also down across north central virginia. there we are, prince william county, those are northbound rain drops. now thunder and lightning near port tobacco in western charles county. that individual cell there, western charles county, that should be over downtown washington probably within the next 30 to 45 minutes, so be ready for what could be a serious dousing of heavy rain with some embedded thunderstorms coming our way later on this afternoon. showery weather for tomorrow. beautiful both saturday and sunday. >> oh, good news, thank you. always got some good news. >> turnip, for what? >> the white house posted this parody video of michelle obama using a turnip in a popular rap

song. another parody account recently asked the first lady how many calories she burns every time she turns up or lets loose. cool. we thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for news 4:00, 5:00. we'll be watching the weather for you all day locng, so keep t news 4. we will bring you whatever is happening out there before you know about it yourself. we hope you'll plan to join us. have a great day. we'll .

>> marlena: sami's resting, finally. >> brady: good. [sighs] marlena, i gotta be honest with you. it's strange mourning for someone that you didn't really like. that's putting it mildly. >> marlena: she loved him. >> brady: she d. and that's what it's about. her loss and the kids. >> kate: [exhales] oh, my god. seriously? >> brady: hi, kate. um, i'm--i'm gonna--i'm gonna go, unless you need me for anything. >> marlena: no, the--the kids are having naps, and i think we're just fine. thank you, brady. >> brady: okay. will i see you at the hospital later? >> marlena: you-- well, i thought i would, uh, explain to john what happened, if that's all right with you. >> brady: probably be best coming from you, anyway.