washington. they can only move at 10 miles per hour. the slowest area will be between ma tphas tphas and bull run. they are here to petition the government. they object to governing land in central nevada and other local communities. all right. 4:31 right now. we're starting off the morning about 60 degrees around the area. feels nice. >> the the humidity is all gone after the rain wred. let's check in with amelia siegel. good morning to you. >> gd rng,uy reagan reporting under an inch and a half of rain. by 11:00 a.m., still looking at mainly cloudy skies and dry

conditions around 63. looking at a high temperature of 70 depress. long sleeves will be fine especially as you get kids ready this morning. as far as the rain intensity is concerned, we're not looking at any heavy rain and completely dry conditions. 30% chance you are dealing with a late day shower today. and it would be very light. i'll show you in future weather in 10 minutes. it will favor some areas more than others. melissa, problem-free conditions right now? >> problem flee. let's keep it that way. yesterday was quite a day, shall we say. it was lovely for everybody. 95 in maryland and 100, looking good. no major problems there. 66 and 95 in virginia also totally smooth.

270 into and out of town, ase approach the 4:30 hour. no problems inner loop, outer loop. we are moving along. and a wide look at 66. developing now on the ebola crisis in the u.s., the second dallas nurse is waking up in atlanta. the cdc is trying to contact passengers vincent shared a flight with from cleveland to dallas. the nurse called the cdc to report that she had a 99.5 fever. she was cleared since it was below 100.5 that the cdc indicated. new fallout after learning that the second nurse was on a frontier airlines flight earlier this week. aaron and eun, good morning. that plane involved in that

flight has now been pulled. more about that in a second. first, let's go over the flight information from monday night flight 1143 going from cleveland to dallas. it arrived in dallas just after 7:00 monday night. so that plane used for this flight is now in denver. it is going through specialized cleaning there. it has been cleaned three times. it will be cleaned for a fourth time. it will be parked in the hangar until it can be scrubbed formally. the pilots are on paid leave simply as a precaution. we are hearing from the cleveland clinic and the metrohealth system. they had several of their nurses on that flight. they were returning from a nursing conference. the nurse are also on paid leave. this, again, is just as a precaution. the hospitals don't believe

there is a high risk that the newers may have contracted ebola since amber vincent, the nurse in dallas, was not showing symptoms at the time, at least not significant symptoms. only slight systems. they do not believe she was contagious. richard jordan, thank you, richard. screenings begin at dulles airport. the affected countries of liberia, new guinea and sierra leone. they will have their temperatures taken and be observed for other symptoms. they will decide whether the person can continue to travel or be taken to a hospital for treatment. reston hospital center is one of three facilities where sick travelers will be taken once their patients will be isolated. protocol calls for staff to wear protective clothing when treating a potential ebola patient. and we have all of this information posted on our website at nbcwashington.com. just search "ebola crisis ".

a respected d.c. rabbi may have taped hundreds of women changing at a georgetown synagogue. he was heckled by his only congregation yesterday. he used a camera disguised as an alarm clock to tape women change. we talked to one women who said she was told not to block that clock. >> i remember vividly him saying don't put anything on the counter. >> he pleaded not guilty. his passport was confiscated. they tried to have him fitted for a gps tracker but so far that has not happened. testimony could move a bit faster in the oscar pistorius sentencing hearing.

plus, practice earthquake drills happening today. the moves your children will learn that might not be a pad idea for you to happen in your office as well. cooler temperatusay ameliaielilhe y pla

welcome back at 4:38. apple is expected to unveil its latest ipad but you may not get it for a while.

they will unveil the new ipad plus at an event today. it will have a larger 13-inch high resolution screen. production is being delayed until next year because they are having trouble keeping up with the demand of iphone 6. they mistakenly released it in a user guide yesterday. it has since been remove. probably looks a lot like the old ipad. today is the 7th annual great shakeup. many will practice earthquake drills, including many at your children's schools. you should drop to the ground, take cover and hold on if you are ever in an earthquake. we will learn how our area is recovering from the last big earthquake here in 2011. you remember that quake. it damaged the washington monument. it was covered in scaffolding before it was fixed. crews are working on the national cathedral. representatives will talk about the repairs to the cathedral,

which was built nearly 100 yea ago. so this is a good reminder for everybody to have a plan because there's always the the possibility that it could happen right here in our area where it doesn't typically happen. >> good to be prepared, right? that's right. all right. >> just checking. >> it seems pretty solid. >> taking a live look outside right now covering the skies. we're tired of all the rain. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegel with weather and traffic on the 1s. we could be dealing with an shower but nothing like we experienced yesterday. with that, temperatures in the most part upper 50s, low 60s. 61 degrees in college park. future weather at 7:00 a.m. mostly cloudy skies across the area. notice limited sunshine in the midday hours. notice this isolated light

shower activity. 7:00, an isolated shower or two around. otherwise, the high temperature around 70. melissa, a look at the weekend. it's a 50/50 split between comfortable temperatures and cold temperatures. all the tas mi u >> comfortable sounds a little bit better to me. thanks, amelia. 66 at prince william parkly, that is moving right along. in maryland, bw parkway, 95, everything looking good into and out of town. moving right along, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, the director is laughing in my ear in the control room. construction 395 and edsell, two lanes blocked. two right lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. i'm back a at 4:51. it must be good! >> who knows? >> the jobs on the line in va is

va as the state tries to find nearly $2 billion in his budget. >> a new ruling for a boy who shaped his pop tart into the shape of a gun. 4:42. stay w

i'm richard jordan at the live desk. we are watching the sentencing phase of the oscar pistorius trial happening in south africa. live pictures from inside the courtroom. the sentence is not expected to come down today. it could possibly come down as soon as tomorrow. we heard some emotional testimony from kim martins, reeva steenkamp's cousin. steenkamp the former girlfriend of oscar pistorius who was shot to death inside his home. this may be the only opportunity we hear from a family member

pause steenkamp's parents will not be testifying. the cousin described how she heard the news on the radio and talked about how deeply hurt the family is and how she felt pistorius's apology during court earlier was not sincere. we are hearing from a corrections officer saying mi pistorius would be sa and accommodations would be made. today is the judge's birthday and there was clapping inhe courtroom cgru her. hundreds of virginia state workers will lose their jobs to close a $2 billion budget shortfall. 565 employees will be laid off mostly at the department of correction the governor plans to raise

liquor prices and state-owned stores and sell a state police airplane. 4:45. police are hoping this video leads to an arrest. this is newly released surveillance footage of a gas station robbery in oxen hill. one of the men jumped over the counter while the other waved a gun at the clerk. they got away with cartons of cigarettes and rolls of coins on livingston overnight. trying to get to the mom of hate messages popping up in that area. graffiti with a sign that says no hindus have been reported a dozen times in ashburn. the loud on county board of supervisors authorized a $5,000 reward leading to an arrest. that brings the total reward to $25,000. news 4 i team reports the manhunt is back on for a notorious killer from our area.

william bradford bishop remains on the fbi's 10 most wanted list. he murdered his entire family nearly 40 years ago. the fbight they may have found him after a tip led them to exhume a body. however, the fbi says it is not bradford. montgomery county sheriff told news 4 i team they will n sp looking. >> for some reason he is actually sitting at home watching this on the news and laughing about the fact that this is not him and we're going down there and spending this time to do that, well, we're going to come get him too. >> if you know anything about bishop, the fbi says it needs your help. you can learn everything by visiting a special i team page on nbcwashington.com. go to the website/bishop. today you get to weigh in on d.c.'s new gun law. it passed last month after a

judge struck down the district's ban on carrying handguns outside the home. it will guide specific licensing requirements for homeowners. officials will iron out where guns will not be allowed, including government buildings and presidential motorcades. d.c.'s three mayoral candidates will face off tay ahead of t nemrlei it will start at 7:00 at anacostia high school. mur yell bowser and david catania and schwartz stopped by our studios. we posted online at nbcwashington.com. we will air it again right after meet the the press on sunday morning at 11:30 here on nbc 4. today montgomery county is announcing a special crime unit. this is designed to protect our seniors. the unit will focus on crimes

targeting that group and other vulnerable adults. montgomery county officials will announce the push later this afternoon. today we will lear the findings of an investigation on the health and safety of animals in local pet shops. the county council is looking at how pets are sold to the stores and how many stores buy at one time. the county memo obtainjeccounty. in the case of a student who chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun may wind up at the maryland board of education. the boy's family received a decision from the anne arundel board of association. the board cited with the staff at park elementary school. the board said the school had the right to suspend the 7-year-old after the incident last year. the family is now appealing to the state board to get their son is's record wiped clean.

. today you can say how you think your commute can improve in northern virginia. leaders in manassas and manassas park will be at a meeting to talk about how you can improve route 28. at the same meetings vdot will talk about traffic problems across the commonwealth. 6:30 at the district office in fairfax county on alliance drive. transportation in arlington could start to change pretty soon too. the county could receive millions of dollars for transportation projects, including rehabbing the bridge over four mile run, changing the boundary channel drive interchange in crystal city, and adding sidewalks including on south walter reed drive. this weekend leaders will vote to apply for those funds. well, we had two great baseball teams in our area this year, but this morning we are all having to look forward to next year. >> the orioles are out of the

playoffs. they lost four straight to the kansas city royals. here's how it ended last night. j.j. hardy grounding it out to end that game right there. stephanie blake is supposed to rename the crab cakes to royals blue crab cakes. that hurts our heart. the mayor is supposed to go to kansas city and sing the song. that will happen at a local school. but congratulations to the orioles are a stellar season. >> a lot of good baseball in this area. >> royals. something is going on. eight straight in the postseason. that's a record. it. >> was heartbreaking. it really was. >> you may notice we are all wearing purple. this is an effort by nbc universal and our parent company

comcast for kids who are being bullied. we stand in solidarity with them. >> you can explain to your co-workers why you are wearing approximate purple. there is a chance of a shower in the forecast. you might be dealing with light rain later today. right now temperatures are in the upper 50s, low 60s. 61 in washington. plenty of clouds around right now. tracking fog well west of washington. hagerstown, martinsburg, charlottingville. not seeing any fog this morning. but noticing plenty of cloud cover and dry conditions. no rain in our area. i am tracking some rn in west virginia to pennsylvania. keeping it dry through the morning and midday hours. at 11:00 a.m., a cool 63 degrees. 3:00 our high temperature of 70.

at that point a chance of a few scattered showers around, especially west of washington. 7:00 p.m., mainly dry. and a temperature of 65 degree at that pn tomorrow, friday, friday night football. we're looking at dry conditions for that. temperatures 6:00 to 8:00 in the upper 60s. but it will turn cool tomorrow night with mainly clear skies. by 10:00 p.m., looking at temperatures to be in the low 60s. now, saturday it becomes breezy during the afternoon. a high around 70 degrees. partly to mostly sunny skies. it is breezy and cool. even cold on sunday. a high temperature only around 60 degrees. so fall returns in a big way on sunday. and then after that, our temperatures remain on the cool side for next week. monday, high temperature of 61 degrees. partly sunny skies. there's the chance of 134 showers is. high of 63. wednesday, cool. high around 60. notice the big temperature

shift. today, right on through the first half of the weekend, low 70s. our temperatures really drop off sunday into next wednesday. we're talking temperatures in the low 60s. again today, melissa, a chance of that afternoon shower. keep the umbrella handy. i don't think it will have any impact on the evening commute. >> 270, shady grove road, completely fine. moving along. not the case yesterday. we had some kind of nastiness around time. we he construction the next couple of minutes. let me try to get these around. inner loop between the toll road and gw parkway should be out of the road soon. 66 looking quite good this morning. we do have other construction. 95 northbound, prince william parkway, two right lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. prince george's county looking good. remember to follow us on twitter @first4traffic. sorry, guys. late night. i went to see frankie valley last night.

>> thank you, melissa. get some coffee. >> okay. >> big plan in the works to create d.c.'s first elevated park. >> the event happening that >> the event happening that could help ease wothe way als dismantles someone like stuarty. is so painful. embryonic stem cells have so much promise, but barbara comstock voted to ban that research funding even though conservatives like nancy reagan support it. that takes away hope for a cure --

but also, for families like ours, who just wanted a little more time. house majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. 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.

welcome back. more and more students are going to prince george ises county schools. 128,000 children are in the school system.

more than 2,700 students more than the year before. that is according to the "washington post", which cited preliminary numbers. before last year, the county lost students. the numbers reflect more confidence in the public school system. official totals are expected to come out next month. and to go along with the new enrollment, a new elementary school opens today. construction is complete on edward m. elementary off route 410 in hyattsville. they will hold a ribbon cutting there this morning. the school is environmentally certified and named after a former superintendent. we'll get an idea what the first elevated park will look like. oma were chosen to design the park that will go over the anacostia river. it will be built on the old 11 street bridge. the park will be up to 1,000

feet long, three football fields long. it is set for 10:00 this morning to unveil the plans. a new report is highlighting the impact student loans are having on families. reports of private student lenders are not doing enough to help struggling borrowers avoid default according to the consumer financial protection bureau. the most common complaint, borrowers's lack of repayment options and flexibility when students cannot afford payments. . stay with us. news 4 continues right now at 5:00 a.m. . screening for ebola. what passengers will go through when the tests begin today at dulles international airport. >> a focus on this flight after it carried a nurse now diagnosed with ebola. we will tell you what will happen to this plane and others

who may have come in contact with the nurse. we start, though, with your forecast. a crisp morning compared to all the humidity we had yesterday. good morning, guys. today a complete 180. the the mugginess is gone. the threat of severe weather is over. there were a few torno warnings issued yesterday. the national weather service is not thinking it is likely there was any tornadic activity. weather having a low impact on your day. it could be an afternoon light shower around. otherwise, for the most part, relatively comfortable for this time of year. satellite and radar showing plenty of clouds and some fog back around the i-81 corridor. that lasts until about 9:00 a.m. you can see not tracking any rain in maryland, virginia, or the district. melissa, we are at 61 degrees right now. 11:00 a.m.,ll