>> it hits wall street as airline stocks dive. warning more ebola cases may be coming, president obama cancels his travel to focus on the outbreak here in washington. >> we are following some fast breaking developments in the ebola outbreak today. good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. >> first, wild weather out there. we are soaping up quite a lot from the rainstorm. this is the view from our tower as the stormy weather blew into town. >> it blew into downtown washington this afternoon. pedestrians were having a tough time keeping their umbrellas from blowing away and inside-out. drivers at dupont circle faced

the same trouble as through the region did having trouble seeing through the windsh and downpour and in some cases some had to rip out the full outgear. >> making driving still difficult, street flooding is reported and major power outer annuals. >> the latest from veronica johnson in the storm center. >> yeah, guys. we didn't see the winds blanket the area and stay up. when the storm was bearing down in your neighborhood, that's when the winds were really high and we're still seeing those making their way throughout the area. a couple different radar scans north of the area. in d.c. a pocket extending up through eastern montgomery county, just shy of gaithersburg, annapolis and cambridge and calvert beach. rainfall coming in an inch and a half and 2 inches in those areas

shaded red. slow moving moderate rain ended up in counties like howard and baltimore county and a little bit to the south. the movement to all of this north-northeastward, not making a lot of progress to the east and as late as 5:00, 6:00, maybe even as late as 7:00 p.m. this is where it was heavy and flash flood watch remains up right now for prince george's county through 8:00 p.m. we've seen the impact the storm system has had on the area. here with more is jackie bensen. >> reporter: take a look at the damage that occurred to this condo complex. as the tree fell down it went through the roof and sheared the decks off the buildings down one by one by one. we spoke to the homeowner inside there at the time. he says he was in the master bedroom holding his infant son

in his arms when the tree came through the roof, missed them by about two feet. what's going on here right now, howard county fire rescue service inspected have gone in and determined this building needs to be shored up before any can go get anything out of there. they're getting ready to go in and taking it very slowly step by step to prevent any further damage to the building. right now, we're told there were no injuries here. howard county. jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you. we'll keep you updated throughout the newscast. you can download the team 4 weather map. concerns about ebola in the u.s. are rising to a new level this afternoon. >> president obama cancelled a campaign trip to meet with his cabinet here. we expect to hear from him soon. meanwhile, we are learning new startling information about the second nurse to test positive for ebola.

nurse amber vincent is being transferred to emory unity hospital in atlanta. >> that news follows the stunning revolution that vincent flew on two airplanes just before she was diagnosed. >> on friday she flew on a frontier airlines flight from dallas to cleveland, ohio. she visited with family. then, on monday she flew back to dallas, reportedly with a slight fever of 99.5 degrees. the next day, yesterday, she told health officials she had a fever and was placed in isolation. nbc's jay gray is in dallas right now with the latest on the effort to keep this virus contained. >> reporter: the battle against the deadly ebola virus in this u.s. has intensified. >> the american public is anxious right now. >> reporter: anxiety fueled by another positive test overnight of amber benson another member of the medical team that treatsd duncan that contracted the

virus. >> this team has taken a gut shot because this is their own sick. >> reporter: she will be transferred to emory hospital for treatment and while they search for any who had contact with benson, a list growing including family members in ohio she traveled to visit last week. when benson boarded this flight for a return flight to dallas monday, doctors say she already had a temperature of 99.5. during a conference call that was just a day before she was quarantined with a low grade fever. >> because at that point she was in a group of individuals known to have exposure to ebola, she should not have traveled op a commercial airline. >> reporter: now, agents are reaching out to the 132 passengers who were on that flight, as doctors treat the two patients in isolation. officials warn there could be more. >> it may get worse before it gets better but it will get better. >> reporter: but only when

doctors can stop the spread of the deadly virus. >> reporter: we're learning a bit more about amber benson, the nurse who helped to treat thomas eric duncan. we're told during that process she inserted catheters and drew blood and she dealt with his bodily fluids. the process they're going through now is identifying others part of this team. there's 75 right now that continue to be monitored. they were all a part of duncan's treatment and in theory could all potentially be infected. the city of dallas said they're not to get in public transportation or gather in public places and will offer a place all these hospital employees can gather if they want to be way from family and friends. they're trying to clamp down what's been happening here. the latest live in dallas. back to you now. >> jay gray, thanks so much. back at home, some republican lawmakers in virginia want a travel area banned for

those affected by obama. >> they sent a letter criticizing the obama administration for failing to ban flights from south africa and there's been no embargo on travel visas. they're asking the governor to use police powers to block passengers from west africa entering virginia's seaports and airports. stocks tumbled with the news the second ebola worker flew commercial the night before reporting a fever. the dow was down at one point this afternoon but rebounded remarkably in the last hour. >> it looks like it will finish the day about 170 points down. the nasdaq and s&p 500 were way down early this afternoon but they came back later in the day. >> it could have been worse. >> for all our ebola coverage including which symptoms you need to watch out for and what you shouldn't worry about, visit

our special page on nbcwashington.com and search "ebola crisis." because the symptoms of ebola are so similar to those of the flu, people could soon flood doctors hospitals and offices with concerns. co comi up later, dr. jackie joins us with help telling the difference between the. first at 4, a teenager says she was forced into the woods and raped while walking home in northern virginia. now, police are releasing a sketch of the suspect. and discriminating against women who got pregnant. now, three former school workers and one student are takin

in prince william county police want your help finding this man. he's wanted in an attempted rape in woodbridge near patrick henry drive. the victim said she was walking home when this victim forced her into a nearby area and sexually attacked her. she told a friend who took her to the hospital to be treated. that's when they called police. if you have more information, please call crime stoppers.

a rabbi charged secretly recording women in showers. dr. barry freundel could face a hearing. it was in kesher israel. one woman said she recalled using the shower a few years ago and the rabbi telling her not to block the radio. much more coming up at 5:00. a fairfax county principal accused of

pay for graffiti will be the target of a hindu meeting. there have been at least 16 incidents where someone wrote

the phrase no hindus on public and private properties in tan area in the area. one of the things the board members are discussing tonight is reward for information leading to arre. she is the principal of fairfax county's largest elementary school and this afternoon she's facing allegations by former staff members. >> they're accusing her of discrimination. they're taking their fight to the federal court. >> reporter: the 31 page complaint made against the principal of this fairfax county elementary school is filled with some major allegations, namely, there are claims of serious racial discrimination. the suit was filed by three former staff members and former student. the four involved filed the lawsuit against bailey's elementary school principal marie lemon. she's been here since 2012. part of the allegations are she

insisted school administrators hire pretty young blonds who did not have families and work for her and a former one said she mistreated her after getting pregnant and harassed her after the pregnancy. i did reach out to the school system in fairfax county. they tell me they cannot comment on pending litigation. i reached out to miss lemon, sent her an e-mail and she's not yet responded. coming up, we will share more of these shocking allegations made in the 31 page complaint and you will hear from an employment attorney who will explain where this case could go from here as it plays out in federal court. in the falls church section of fairfax county. i'm david culver, news4. a live look outside. we want to show you rock creek park. they got hammered today with lots of rain. it was very tricky driving there earlier today. still, cars taking it very slowly.

>> a lot of slipping and sliding, veronica, how much more of that? >> until 7:00 or 8:00 this evening we will have pockets of moderate and heavy rain east of i-95. for the morning rush some folks got off okay and the evening rush a lot of area on evening roads. roads will be pretty soggy with leaves down and still wet with showers coming through. the worst of the weather prior to 7:00 or 8:00 this evening, your temperatures drop from the upper 60s to about 66, 67 degrees by 8:00 this evening. we're not going to see the temperatures come down very quickly. what we have seen with this front is out west, temperatures were in the 70s this morning and then they came down to the 60s. we're seeing that already with the weather front this evening. not a big weather change. it is making its way eastward away from the area.

still getting some moderate rain to the not north of annapolis and that area of manassas and marshall, just a few scattered showers and mainly light scattered showers right now. the bulk of the moisture, this plume will stay east of i-95 the next couple of hours and more coming through with the rest of this weather system. 70s now and mid-60s 9:00, a few more showers coming through our area once we get into the late evening hours. here's future weather, let me show you what's taking place, around 7:00, scattered showers, nothing too heavy, baltimore indianapolis moving away. things start to quiet down around 10:00 and by the time we get to midnight, most of our rain will be gone. tomorrow morning, partly sunny start to the day and the wind

settling down, should not see much in the way of fog tomorrow morning. noontime tomorrow, partly sunny to mostly cloudy. tomorrow afternoon we can't rule out as the rest of this weather system comes through, chance of seeing an isolated shower or two around the area. nothing too heavy for tomorrow. meanwhile, in terms of the rain intensity with anything coming through tomorrow, just the small umbrella will be needed. chance for a few passing showers. keep that in mind heading out the door tomorrow morning. comfortable conditions with temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. we'll look at your 4-day forecast. 72 the high. 70 on saturday and 60 on sunday. a look at the detail later in the newscast. >> thanks. one month away from the vote whether or not to legalize pot in the district. if it becomes legal, can any smoke it? what about d.c. police and

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>> we've also learned d.c. firefighters and paramedics would be prohibited from using marijuana if it becomes legal. the ebola nightmare just got worse. the latest nurse infected with ebola flew on a flight the day before reporting a fever potentially exposing hundreds of other people. >> now, outraged nurses are talking about sloppy medical conditions, no protective gear conditions, no protective gear or wothe way als dismantles someone like stuarty.

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welcome back to news4. rainfall still hanging in our area. look at this picture. the rain still hanging low. it will break through. nothing too heavy, off to the north and east of baltimore, east of annapolis, maryland and cambridge, too, away from our

area. we will get rain the next two hours. overnight temperatures, we will be dipping down in the mid to upper 50s, 58 degrees in gaithersburg and fairfax and 58 degrees in waldorf. what to wear for tomorrow deciding between the long pants or short pants? here's what you're going to need. the long sleeves and umbrella, rain showers and how much more and what your weekend will bring in a few minutes. >> we'll keep you up to date on changing weather throughout the newscast this evening. you can download the team weather app to get updates. we learned the second nurse to test positive for ebola. she's been identified as amber

vinson, the 29-year-old nurse who treated thomas duncan, the liberia man treated october 8th. show i vinson's duties would have provided contact with broad, urine and other bodily fluids. she flu on the airline with slight fever, day before she was diagnosed with ebola. the cdc director, dr. thomas fre says the risk to other passengers is low but she should not have been on that flight. starting tomorrow, there will be extra screening to help identify ebola patients and learning more what passengers can expect. gathering more details about the procedure from dulles. >> reporter: one day before enhanced ebola screenings start here at dulles international, we're getting answers to pretty important questions, such as if someone did come through here

and they were sick, where would they go? the dulles airport tells us they usually take sick passengers to one of three emergency rooms, reston hospital center, fairfax and one another. and fairfax county walking us through their procedure for sick patients. >> they will be questioned and if they exhibit further signs of distress or temperature, a cdc medical officer will determine whether that person should be transported to an area hospital for further tests and evaluation. >> reporter: coming up with much more and passenger information for the latest information about news here and the ebola situation. news of that second nurse's infection comes as a leading nurse's union slams the management at texas health presbyterian hospital. national nurses united does not represent the nurses who treated

thomas duncan but feel compelled to speak out. they say the nurses treating duncan worked for days without proper protective gear. they were forced to use medical tape to secure openings in medical garments that left skin exposed dealing with a patient with explosive dee rhea and projectile voming. the protocols are sloppy and now the nurses are getting the blame. >> initially what was said is that these nurses weren't following protocol. what the nurses are saying, there were no protocols. >> hospital officials say they provide a safe working environment that includes mandatory annual training and also have mechanisms to allow for problems and concerns to be reported unanimously. union officials say the nurses have been told they will be fired if they speak out. >> concerns about ebola are dominating the news, during a season when we're dealing with

several viruses and we're about to be hit with the flu. in news for your health, how to know when to seek medical health and where to go to get it. dr. jackie, a family allergy and asthma care in gaithersburg has answers for us. many people confused and concerned, lots of questions. what are you hearing from your patients? >> they're literally saying should i be here? is it safe to be in a doctor's office? should i go to church or the airport. they distress with what they heard about it being safe. >> what do you tell them? >> it's a virus, we dealt with it with hiv and swine flu and there's a learning curve and the cdc is sending new people out if there's an infection. >> soon, a lot of people will be coughing and aching and running a fever because it is flu symptoms. what do you do? >> the number one thing is infection control. the number one thing is stop the virus.

don't go out if you're sick, stay home and make sure you vaccinate especially to the viruss you can, which is rotovirus and in flfluenzainflu. >> you have the enterovirus and others that affect children. >> particularly, let's look what they do. the respiratory viruses in particular, true or enterovirus, what you will do to control that is control t respiratory secretions, cough into your sleeve. the gi viruses, be careful with diarrhea and vomiting. don't share plates or forks and knives and hustle aches and headache and fever. if you've been around somebody who has ebola or you traveled to a place and have a fever over 100.5. >> if you trav think maybe you have ebola, do you go to the doctor's office, go to

the other or pick up the phone dial 911. >> we haven't gotten guidance from this, hasn't been an issue, if you traveled around with someone who has ebola or have high fever, i wouldn't go to a doctor's office in this area, i would call the hospital and let them know so they can prepare. >> you don't want to just show up in the emergency room or waiting room with a lot of people there. while we're reading and hearing about this, isn't it important this is not supposed to be a virus that's easy to catch. >> it really isn't. it isn't easy to catch. that is because you have to be intimately involved with the fluids, the two stories that came into the united states were two people intimately involved with fluids and secretions. >> the nurses.

>> thank you. for all our ebola coverage and symptoms you need to watch out for and shouldn't worry about, visit our special page on nbcwashington.com. search ebola crisis. a new recall involving more than a million

we have another recall to tell you about involving cars. this one, 1.6 million cars involved. >> erica gonzalez has a new safety warning. these recalls keep coming. >> they do and this one is a lot than we've seen in recent weeks. toyota regular more than 1.6 million vehicles worldwide to fix a variety of problems including brake system defects and fuel leaks. this recall affects more than

400,000 lexus cars in the u.s. and come ls and gs sedans. those vehicles in particular may have issues with their fuel delivery pipes, raising the risk of leaking fuel and potentially leading to fires. if you own a lexus, visit to see if your car is affected by this recall. good news on the job front. a new u.s. analysis says a whopping 1.8 million high scale jobs will be createded by 2017. those who will make the most money, computer engineers and software. high school students, you want to focus on tech if you want a good paying job in demand by the time you graduate. if you filed an extension on your taxes, guess what, today is

the last day. more than 13 million taxpayers who requested that extension have yet to file. you can file for free through e-file at irs.gov. if you can't make the deadline, let the irs know asap but know penalty and interest may be due with that as well. coming up on news4 at 5, the holiday season is coming around the corner, believe it or not. i know you know this. i will tell you how to make the most of your frequent miles and which companies give you the best deals. >> i hope it's where i have my miles. >> where are you going home for the holidays, where your frequent flyer miles are taking us. >> thanks, erika. >> storm team 4 is tracking heavy rain still pounding the area. we're not alone.

wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour. we'll take you to louisiana. thanks a lot. that heavy rain moving way from our area, we're winding down and will still see showers moving through our area in the evening hours and storm team will be back to tell you about changes fo

welcome back. we have reporters and anchors standing by. news stories, mark segraves, veronica johnson and doug culver. >> the worst is over. we're seeing rain head out of here but the worst is over with showers falling right now. some caution if you're hitting the road in the next couple of hours this evening until 8:00 or

9:00 or so. the latest on storm team 4 radar. areas in green and blue showing up is where there are showers right now. we're not seeing dark green or yellow or orange the case earlier today where the heavy rain was falling. you folks in bethesda, fairfax, gaithersburg,man nas sass, a few showers hanging on. and in the eastern shore of eastern maryland right now. and annapolis. at about a quarter of an inch. hanging on a few more hours but nothing heavy. temperatures coming down. 60s and 70s at the front. easton, 77 degrees right now. soon temperatures will be dropping. the impact forecast for tomorrow, 59 degrees early in the morning. a few clouds.

roads will be dry. with light showers, could see a rush tomorrow and temperatures get to 70 degrees and big changes coming our way. doug, for the weekend. >> that's right, veronica. we look at the next storm and we have the storm coming today and that brings cooler weather and this next storm will bring much cooler numbers, the jet stream dipping way down to the south and for us, not just a cooldown, but for us looks like we will stay rather cool. many of you will wake up to temperatures in the 30s and we will be talking about temperatures next week at 5:15. >> a nice weekend saturday and sunday. 70 degrees on saturday and 60 degrees on sunday. it will be breezy with a weak system passing by saturday night. breezy sunshine for us but at that 60 degree temperature it will be feeling a lot like fall

around the area. in terms of your 7-day forecast, tomorrow's high around 70 degrees. we hang onto the 71st half of the weekend. the 60s into the early part of next week and we will be getting more wet weather on news4 at 5:00. >> thanks. that severe weather hit louisiana pretty hard today. crews are cleaning up the damage. >> ron is in monroe with the latest. >> reporter: in the heart of the district in louisiana, a big charging to this cleanup. they have to use the heavy pieces of equipment to get the logs and tree pieces off the streets and then the electrical wires that have been temporarily tied up and the utilities companies have to disconnect some lines so they can be moved and that's one reason it will

take more than a couple days to get it cleared up. the power is out for people in this parish and it will take past the deadline to get power restored. for the first time since she was discovered missing, there is no search today for hannah graham, the missing uva student from fairfax county. searchers say the bad weather forced that decision today. graham has been missing just over a month. the last man she was known to be with, jesse matthew, now charged with abduction. a contractor charged with racial discrimination. five former employees filed a lawsuit against cks pipeline contracting company. it is in jean lew, southwest. it layed off four workers on the same day in 2013 with no explanation and claims the

company discriminated against them because they are african-american. the owner of the company says white employees were laid off, too, and calls the lawsuit unfounded. taking a stand against the redskins, two state assemblymen recently introduced a set of resolutions calling on the nfl teammate to change its name. they're also requesting the new york giants from using the redskins name and urging retailers to voluntarily stop sales of red since merchandise. the head of the fcc is speaking ouspea out about misus wireless devices and said pocket dialing is a waste of resources. he says perhaps half of all emergency calls were pocket dialed and cell phone users need to be educated about the problem and if the wayward 911 calls continue perhaps users should be fined. developments in the fight

against ebola. here's what we're working on right now.

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.

a prince george's county police officer who works in the patrol bureau is in trouble for allegedly drive iing drunk. the corporal is suspended. they charged him with dui on sunday. so far we only know horner was off-duty at the time.

he didn't have his service revolver and wasn't driving a department vehicle. horner has been with the department for 14 years. a stabbing suspect who hurt three passengers support a tour bus traveling through connecticut isr he was shot and killed by police. tracy strahan has details. >> reporter: frightening moments for these bus passengers after being slashed by another passenger, an incident that brought everythi northbound to a halt after gunfire erupted on the road. >> this bus was towed away almost six hours after a man on board was shot and killed by a connecticut trooper. around 10:00 tuesday night, authorities received multiple 911 calls from passengers about a disturbance on board. >> the report was there was a

disturbance on the bus and they were in need of police assistance. it was broadcast to patrols in this area. >> reporter: a man and woman were stabbed by the suspect armed with a knife and he also stabbed himself. the chaos led the driver of the bus to screech into a construction site and flag down a trooper on patrol. when he approached, he saw the armed suspect and another passenger in a scuffle so intense he rolled off the bus and on the highway. that's when the suspect set his sights on the state trooper. >> once the suspect saw she state trooper was closed by, he advanced with his cutting instrument. the trooper was forced to fire on the suspect striking the suspect. >> reporter: the wounded man was brought to norwalk hospital pronounced dead and the passengers he stabbed are said to have non-life-threatening injuries and the driver of the bus is being praised for his

quick thinking. >> it was an aggressive situation people were being physically harmed on the bus and the driver needed to get the attention of the trooper. he knew there was a trooper located there and pulled the bus over to get the help. >> no one knows what started it but the trooper who shot him remains on administrative duty. one side of the highway, the northbound side was shutdown overnight because of the investigation. all lanes are reopened. news starts now with jim and wendy. we're following two major stories. the new fight against ebola as we learn about another nurse diagnosed with ebola and how her travel has the government and airline scrambling. a busy evening as october storms blow across our region. it's where we beginning tonight as we assess heavy damage from

rain. there were even tornadoes warnings for much of our area. >> let's get right to our storm team chief meteorologist, doug kammerer. >> we talk about the storm and tornado warnings, fortunately none of them produced a tornado. so far look at the rainfall, 1.23 inches, an inch and a third in culpeper and 2 inches in martinsburg. we have had localized flooding, too, but that has not been a huge deal. not a lot of wind with these storms as they moved on through. we did see a very strong storm come right through d.c. d.c. had that tornado warning early this afternoon and moves to the north and now the rain continues to move towards the east. right now in the d.c. metro area, and just about anywhere inside prince george's county, where the heaviest part in our region and the eastern shore and

out to the west, it's starting to get out of here, a good sign where the rain is making its way out. we're not quite done with the whole system. look at this rain towards cincinnati, that's the area of low pressure and that staill ha to move in the next 24 hours. i will break that down and tell you what comes in next, guys. get out the coats. >> all right. thank you. >> my. when the storm warnings went all earlier this afternoon, the university of maryland told people to take shelter and avoid windows. one student at the journalism class took these photos. >> this is what it looks like along shirrington road and 395, you see it and it didn't overflow its banks but did appear to have higher than normal water levels. >> we continue with