there's been no one in charge of making sure we're up to date on any policies, any procedures. whatsoever. >> a nurse reveals disturbing new details about how an ebola case was handled in texas at a hospital there and how unprepared the staff was. plus, a multicar accident leaves one person dead and traffic backed up for hours this morning. when an accident will finally be cleared. and right now, d.c.'s police chief is educating the public about a gun law that allows people to carry concealed handguns in the district. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. we have new information on efforts to fight ebola this morning. sources tell nbc news that

president is expected to issue an executive order today to sent na guard forces to liberia. they will assist in the fight against ebola. the second nurse who contracted ebola is being treated at emory hospital in atlanta. right now passengers arriving in our area traveling from africa are being screened. news 4's megan mcgrath is at dulles. the ebo screening area has been set up. it's up and running inside dulles airport here in the customs area. they're going to be looking at people traveling from three countries in west africa. now, today, the arriving airlines were not from that part of africa. so those people were not screened here at dulles. however, they did tell us they were screened as they left airports in africa. >> at dulles, signs of concern. even among travelers who are not going through west africa. this man traveling to dubai,

wore a sl mask because he's worried about ebola. enhanced health screenings le these at jfk are now in effect at dulles. people traveling from liberia, sciorra leon and guinea are being checked. passengers are asked about exposure to anyone sick and their temperature are taken using no touch thermometers. this man flew in from africa. screened at several airports. his temperature taken before he even left africa. >> it's like a screen in the front of you and i think it -- it's kind of like infrared. senses the core temperature. you have to take off your glasses and all that stuff. >> did it bother you? >> no, it's a necessary evil i guess. dulless joins a handful of other u.s. airports now doing ebola screenings. folks traveling from africa think it's wise.

>> it's about contact and once you get in contact with somebody who's infected, then that's it. >> i think they're doing what they can. i don't thing there is an easy answer. >> and we're told by airport officials that e flights coming from west africa are going to be coming in later on this afternoon. so those screening centers expected to start seeing some activity here in the next couple of hours. now, as for the number of people from west africa who travel to dulles airport, we're told that that can vary on any given day. the number anywhere from 15 to 55. reporting live, megan mcgrath, news 4. barbara, back to you. >> the frontier airlines plane that carried the infected ebola patient from cleveland to dallas on monday is out of service this morning. the plane flew to denver overnight to be decontaminated for a fourth time. as a precaution, frontier placed the entire crew on paid leave for 21 days.

three clev did the same thing for almost two dozen nurses who were on board that plane. >> the decision to put those nurses on paid leave really has to do with decreasing anxiety. it's not because of any perceived risk, to them or to anyone. >> two cleveland area schools are also closed today. a school staff member was on that same plane, but not on the same flight. the schools say they're going to spend the day disinfecting both buildings just to be safe. the texas hospital where two nurses contracted ebola is fighting claims about lack of safety protocols. texas health presbyterian says they followed the cdc guidelines when ebola patient thomas duncan was admitted. in a statement, saying duncan was moved directly to a private room and placed in isolation upon his second visit. his specimens were placed in proper containers, sealed and transported per protocol. staff who interacted with duncan wore uniforms consistent with

the cdc guidelines. on the "today" show this morning, one nurse's reco tells a different story. >> he was kept in an area where there are up to seven other patients. there was no special gear. we were unprepared in the sense that we did not know what to do with his lab specimens. our infectious disease department was contacted to ask what is the protocol. and their answer was, we don't know, we're going to have to call you back. >> the world health organization warns the worldwide death toll could pass 4,500, including 236 health workers. we have all this information posted on our website, plus, you can find up to the minute updates at nbcwashington.com. just search "ebola crisis." and turning to our weather. skies remain gray this morning. amelia segal joins us with her first midday forecast for this thursday. good morning. >> good morning, barbara.

you're exactly right. mostly cloudy skies for the rest of today. but we're not going to be tracking any heavy rain. we're not looking at the threat of severe weather. however, there is the chance of some showers in the forecast for your afternoon. right here on the satellite and radar, mainly dry condition, across the area. but still plenty of chance. overcast gray look to the sky. future weather. here we are at noon, plenty of clouds, mainly dry. notice as we get to the 3:00 hour, showers, especially west of washington. showers moving through the d.c. metro area around the late afternoon and evening hours. by 10:00 p.m., we're mainly dry but still mostly cloudy at that point. temperature right now, barbara, 63 degrees. a high today of 70. now, by sunday, temperatures noticeably cooler. i'll let you know how cool it will be coming up in my full forecast. > right now, bank avenue in clinton is shut down because of a deadly crash. as soon as we learned what

happened, news 4 rushed there and she joins us live now. >> reporter: we just got here and found a horrific scene all happening southbound on branch avenue. let me step out of the way. one person lost their life in this terrible crash. we're waiting on the corner to get here to remove the victim from the vehicle. one other person injured was not seriously injured and taken to the hospital. five vehicles involved in this multicar crash. including a tow truck. we're not clear how much people were in the cars. it is amazing more people were e accident investigation ongoing to figure out exactly what happened just before 8:30 this morning. five lanes of branch avenue shut down now. only one lane of traffic getting by. state highway telling me few moments ago they will reopen

all of southbound branch avenue once they are able to remove the victim from the car. we're live this morning in clinton. back to you. police are looking for you. they're looking for a man accused of raping a teen in wood bridge. investigators say the teen was walking homem work on saturday night. they say the man forced the teen into the woods and assaulted her. if you have any information, give prince william county police a call. and right now, d.c. police chief y lappini is testifying on a new gun law. after a judge struck down a ban on carrying handguns outside the home, today's hearing is also the first time that gun rights and gun control advocates will get to weigh in on the bill specifics. right now, gun ban remains near federal buildings and

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right now, a big group of ranchers from out west are taking up th with the fedegovernme. rode the whole way from california. our camera following one as he made his way through northern virginia. th riders regularly switched out horses so no animals were hurt on the long ride. they say they want more input in the way their local land is governed. prosecutors say a d.c. rabbi may have taped hundreds of women changing at a georgetown synagogue. rabbi barry frendal walked out of court yesterday after pleading not guilty to voirism char investigators say they uncovered hundreds of women on the rabbi's computers. poli say they used a camera disguised as an alarm clock to tape women changing at the synagogue. news 4's richard jordan is following a developing story for us at the live desk. let's find out what's happening. richard. >> barbara, chrysler issuing two

recalls affecting more than 900,000 vehicles. the first problem is with the alternators. is affecting the grand cherokee, chargers challengers and durangos. the alternator could fail and the engine could stall. so far, one crash reported linked to this problem but no e secd recall is for water that can heap into the heated mirror wiring of the jeep wrangler from 2011 to 2013. cause a short. no charges related to that. the recall letters should be going out starting next month. that's the latest from the live desk. in less than an hour, top health officials, including the cdc director, will be on capitol hill. coming up, the tough questioning on ebola they will face and is anyone in danger of losing their

job. >> and gray skies right now, but there could be some showers this afternoon and evening. i'll have the latest timing on that. plus, a big cooldown for th weekend. wait until you see the temperatures on sunday. temperatures on sunday. that's coming

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. drones from england are

headed to iraq to take on isis. today, britain's secretary of state for defense said the uk would send armed reaper drones there. right now the country uses those drones for operations in afghanistan. the secretary said the drones will carry out air strikes and provide surveillance and support to iraqi leaders. well, less than an hour from now, there will be a hearing on capitol hill about the ebola outbreak here in the u.s. cdc director thomas frieden is among those who will testify about. u.s. health care response. which lawmakers are criticizing today. there are specific concerns about the texas health care system where two nurses were infected by one man. we were able to get our hands on advanced testimony of texas chief clinical officer dr. daniel var ga. he said, quote, unfortunately, in our initial treatment of mr. duncan, despite our best intentions, we made mistakes. we did not correctly diagnosis hie deeply

sorry. the cdc is facing criticism this morning for their handling of the ebola cases here in the u.s. and for more on that, we're joined by mark murray, nbc's senior political editor. cdc director thomas frieden will be at today's hearing. some tough questioning you think from lawmakers? >> absolutely. it comes in the context of we're in the political campaign season too. you can expect that any time politics also gets injected into a thing like this, a health crisis, that that even gets ratcheted up even more. but i think it's important to know that we haven't seen any calls for the head of the cdc from the administration to step down. as we saw with the secret service scandal and other stories, it's usually not the first or second misstep that gets you into trouble, it's that third and fourth one. right now, there is some lee way that the cdc has. again, if there are any other examples of screwups or delayed guidelines, i think that's when there will be a problem.

>> if you count them up, hasn't there been more than just one? you would consider the call by the nurse to the cdc to find out if it's okay to fly with a 99 degree temperature, wouldn't that be added to the list? >> we have seen this blame game. there is criticism not only dcdc is getting but the texas hospital hasr the own handling of the situation. i think everyone needs to cut everybody a little slack. often for human beings, we screw up the first time something ends up happening, we learn from that, work on it, that's normally how we respond. we'll see whether or not e cdc, other hospitals, get their act together. i think what's more important is what the situation looks like two weeks from now. >> let's switch gears to a strange moment at the governor's debate in florida. what h everyone's calling it th fan-gate or the "fan"-tastic

situation. cris sweats a lot so he likes bringing fans to debates. he had a fan. his opponent rick scott, the incumbent governor, did not walk out on the stage for the first six minutes of the debate. finally walked out. it's a huge weird moment. something i've never seen before. >> i guess you can understand if somebody -- as we were talking about this just the other day, hyper hydrosis. they sweat a lot. they don't want to look like they're scared or nervous about the questions. they just want to take care of their sweating problem. >> the bigger thing is it's live tv. you can be really angry and you have those conversations before or after. but when the camera is rolling, it's not usually the right time to make -- >> thanks so much. >> thanks, barbara. >> for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on upgrades coming to the apple

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i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news. a federal government official confirms nina pham, one of the dallas nurses infected with ebola, will be coming here to

maryland to be treated at nih. she will be in an isolation unit at nih. that transport could happen as soon as today. however, the plans are still in the works. we're still working to find out exact details of when this would take place. pham has been at texas health presbyterian hospital. that's where she worked as a e treated thomas eric duncan, an ebola patient who died from ebola, the first person diagnosed in the u.s. with ebola. she's been in dallas reportedly in good condition, making significant progress. the hospital was come under a lot of scrutiny for how they have handled ebola cases there. now we're just learning that that nurse, nina pham, will be transported from dallas, coming here to maryland, to be treated nih. we'll be bringing you developments throughout the day. >> thank you so much, richard. today is world food day. it's a day of action against hunger. hunger is the world's number one health risk. killing more children than aids,

tuberculosis, malaria combined. trying to do something about it is why we are talking to the redskins hall of famer darrell green. you are talking and doing this together with current and former players. we are so happy to see you, darrell. >> thank you, great to see you. >> i know people have been asking forever. you've had your own things that you have raised money for. you still have your foundation. >> absolutely. >> but this one is feed -- what is it called again? >> everychildfed.org. focusing on the number one issue killing children and that's hunger, malnutrition. >> how did they get you involved? >> i saw it. when i saw it, i realized they have a 95% success rate. at the end of the day, they produce a fortified peanut butter. a doctor created this.

and it saved kid's lives. kid comes into town, malnutrition, ty give him that and he lives. >> to raise awareness and money for this, two players, kirk cousins and olson have challenged you. >> i'm cgie in legends in the community. i've been fishing with art monk and he's caught more fish than me. i will raise more money to help feed starving children. please visit -- >> okay, are they going to outraise you? >> no, they're not going to outraise me. >> where is art monk these days? >> he's around here. >> he'll joining you in this? >> absolutely. we need folks out there to join us. >> okay, you tell them. >> join us, join our team. everychildfed. you'll find everything about what we're doing and making a difference for these kids. a child dies every 12 seconds. you can make a difference. join us.

join the -- call us the legends. they try to call us the old guys. >> i've got to ask you, can they turn this around, the redskins? what can they do? >> they can make it respectable. i think they'll get it figured out. i love the coach. i love gruden. i love what they're doing. i think they'll get it figured out. we're not going to see the playoffs probably. i think at this point, they'll kill me for saying this, let's at least sprint with dallas and make it respectable and then we'll get ready for the next one. now, if i was a player, i'd want to kill me for saying that. >> i know. we're glad you shared your feelings with us. we're all rooting for him. so great to see you. we go back a long way. i knew his kids, his wife. they're all grown up now. >> grown kids, yes. >> great to see you. >> thank you, appreciate it. right now, a major hurricane is headed towards bermuda. coming up, the path the storm is expected to take. plus, the steps being taken

today to help protect puppies sold in one maryland county. and why virginia's no longer just wine country. how their business is growing over there as well. st

right now, we're keeping a close eye on hurricane gonzalo as it barrels towards bermuda. a category 4 storm with winds of 140 miles per hour. the hurricane is expected to pass over bermuda some time

tomorrow. we're not the only ones wondering. amelia's been keeping her eye on as well. >> this storm. the first time there's been a category 4 hurricane in the atlantic and unfortunately, it going to impact bermuda tomorrow. at some point tomorrow. here's the latest. here's where it's situated. you can see it's south of bermuda and east of miami. this is currently a category 4 hurricane expected to remain a cat 4 throughout the day today. maximum sustained winds at 140 miles per hour. right over bermuda, potentially strengthening as a category 3 hurricane. regardless, it will still have massive winds, heavy rain, as it moves over the area later in the day on friday. as we work our way throughout the weekend, it continues to move to the north, having little to no impact on our area. your weather headlines for

today, some showers are possible this afternoon. the best chance, the latest timing that i'm tracking for the d.c. metro area will be between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for dealing with some showery activity moving through. aside from that, yesterday, it was muggy, we were dealing with heavy rain. step outside today, while it is cool, big change from yesterday. complete 180. our weather will continue to improve as we work our way into friday and saturday. good news, dry weather foe weekend. big temperature change. we go from 70 on saturday to 60 degrees on sunday, and then those cool temperatus will remain for the majority of next week. right now, low 60s is where we're at. 60 degrees is the temperature in washington. 61 for martinburg. mostly cloudy skies across the area. the clouds do win out today but we'll hit 70 in washington, 69 for those in annapolis. some showers likely this

afternoon and evening. tomorrow, no showers are in the forecast but it will be a chilly start. 7:00 a.m. on your friday. temperatures in the mid-60s. as kids e waiting for the bus stop, they probably didn't have their jacket today. they'll need it for tomorrow. noon time, sunny sky, temperatures in th mid-60s. low 70s tomorrow afternoon. a beautiful friday afternoon. dry friday evening. with temperatures 6:00 to 8:00 in the upper 60s. by 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., we drop into the low 60s. for friday night football tomorrow night, make sure you bring a sweatshirt. friday, again, the high temperature of 73 degrees. good day to get the car washed on friday because we're dry through the weekend. winds increase during the afternoon on saturday. a high around 70. lea we'll have plenty of e're sunshine. a high on sunday of only 60 degrees, barbara. >> we have breaking news in charles county. let's go to news 4's richard jordan at th

>> a husband has been arrested and charged in the murder of his wife. the sheriff's department saying he used his car to run her over and kill her. this is 32-year-old brian wadenmyer from waldorf. according to investigators, he was in his car, he drove his car over his wife, jennifer. there in the back of that shopping center. he kilher , then he went to his house. investigators say while he was inside the house, they were able to talk him out. they said he was suffering is from a medical condition so he released from the hospital last night. he's facing charges of murder and assault. that's the latest from the live desk, barbara. >> the fbi is restarting its man hunt for bishop today. we told you the agency exhumed a body it believed was him, then forensics came in and they learn on their ten most wanted

list. if he is alive now, he is 80 years old. if you know anything, you can help the investigation. to learn more, go to the nbc 4 i-team special page on our website, search bishop on nbcwashington. right now, plans for d.c.'s first elevated park are being unvalued in southeast d.c. the new park will span the anna cost ya river using the support pilings of the old 11 street bridge. it's expected to include picnic space along with plenty of bench it is to enjoy the view from the river. of the river from the bridge. four developers competed for the rights to build this new park. the parents of a child who chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun are taking the case to the board of education. fighting the decision to suspend their child. "the washingto" reports that the board of education ruled in favor of the school yesterday. the board said the school had the right to suspend the

7-year-old because of a pattern of behavioral issues. the family is now appealing to the state board to get their son's record wiped clean. we can keep you up to date on all the breaking news that's happening. a nurse infected with ebola headed to maryland right now. we'll tell you about that. plus, we go in depth on egg freezing for women worried about pu. stay with us, .

montgomery county is making pet safety a priority. the county is investigating the health and safety of animals in local pet shops. news 4's i-team reports the county council is looked into how pets are sold to stores and how many animals the stores buy at one time. we obtained a county memo showing the council received a tip in aprd puppy mills might be trying to sell dogs to local shops. animal welfare groups and health officials will brief members the council today. the news that facebook has begun covering egg freezing for its workers and apple will begin doing the same next year has sparked interest by women around the country about this procedure. ou g joins us this morning with more on what women should know before considering egg freezing. this is a hot topic right now. a lot of folks talking about it. at what age should a woman consider this is a possibility?

>> right, we generally recommend women start to consider this during your 30s. as a rough guideline, early to mid-30s. you don't want to freeze too d those eggs in the future but you don't want to wait too late either because then the quality of the eggs won't be as good. >> is there a cutoff time, is it 35, is it 33? >> you know, the early to mid-30s target would be best but we certainly have women for a variety of reasons who end up coming closer to 40 and even in their early 40s. >> so what does a technique involve? how time does it take to do it? >> in terms of the patience, the whole process will cover two months. the busy time for them is the two weeks during which they're d their ng a bigger group of cycle. so it's really two busier weeks. we understand this has to fit within women's -- these are busy people so it has to fit within their work and life. but we kind of say prepare for a

busier two weeks and the rest of it's just pretty low key just based on their cycle. >> is it possible you could harvest enough eggs with just one cycle? >> the number of eggs we recommend varies according to the woman's age. there will be of course people who get there in one cycle. depends what their ovarian function is. >> is it painful? >> you know, we've certainly walked them through using the medications. e are sub-q injections. so we have to walk them through that. the procedure where we collect the eggs, they do go to sleep for that but people go back to work the next day. >> i see. how long can these eggs be stored? has it done at 35, how long? >> the goal of this is going to hold your pregnancy potential wherever it is when you freeze them. so if you're 35 when you freeze them, most women are coming back a year or two later. they are looking down the line a little bit. there's no evidence that, you know, in terms of hard data, we

have data for about five years, but there's no evidence to think that anything should chat type because just kind of suspended animation. >> what success rate do you have at grove? >> there's variability in success rates. shady grove has had success rates because we're the largest center. we've had hundreds of babies born from women using their own eggs, freezing them, coming back to use them. when you consider the clinic, you definitely want to know what their outcomes, what their pregnancy rates hav been using the eggs they've frozen in the past. >> do most places that actually do the harvesting have their own cryogenic labs there? do you store them there? >> we do, but there are various other setups. sometimes people store them at an off-site facility. people move and so of course you would move those eggs with them. >> i see.

probably going to hear from a lot of people now, people are talking about this so much. we'll see what happens with other insurance companies. >> right. >> thank you so much, dr. doyle, for talking to us. virginia is having some budget problems and that could mean higher liquor prices. coming up, the stores being told to charge more. >> you were on the cover of the national inquirer in a bikini. a lot of people might not have liked that but you loved it because -- tell me about that. >> suzanne, answers some of the on the meredith vieira sh

it's a rough day for orioles fans. the os were eliminated from the playoffs, four straight the kansas city royals. baltimore lost 2-1 to j.j. hardy grounded out to end the game last night. baltimore mayor stephanie raulings blake is going to have to pay up on a wager. she's supposed to rename the chesapeake bay's famous crab cakes royal blue crab cakes. the mayor is su pof to go to kansas city and sing the song "royal" by lourd to students at a local school. the budget short fall could cost you when you want to have a drink or dine out. the governor ordered the alcohol control to hike the cost liquor at state controlled stores. that will also affect

restaurants that serve alcohol and d up passing that cost to you. the agency has not decided when or where it will raise the prices. >> virginia wines are r than ev. sails last year grew by 2%. beer makers ar to have the same success in the commonwealth. a look at northern virginia's growing beer business. have they been brewing beer all the while? we talked about this before. >> i'm come in a couple times to talk these breweries. we're seeing brew pubs sort of come up. these are great places to enjoy a few beers. this is kind of part of the new trend. let's explore some of the brewery starting with the old bust head. >> old bust head opened just in january. they've already really come out ahead. they've got a great beer hall-style space here. a t of the breweries are

pretty industrial. thne welcoming. this is best of both worlds. >> mostly young people or -- >> looks like we're getting a pretty good mix of people e nei area. it's a great time to go and try their pum ale. >> heritage brewing companymana. tell us about that. >> it's called harrison brewing because it was founded by two veterans. and what they do is they hire 70% of their staff are former veterans, and serving all kinds of beers. great industrial space. lots of beers. >> big picnic tables too? >> more of a concrete bar industrial look. all the beers have really great american names. >> how about bad wolf brewing company? where is that one? >> bad wolf brewing is also in the same area in faulker county. a really casual laid back sort of bar.

and they brew so many small batches of beers that you could go one day and have some beers and go two days later and find an entirely different batch. they're micro brewing i think like more than any of the others in the area. >> i figured you're a beer aficionado because you've brought us a few brewery stories lately. >> it's great to have new places to visit in the fall. >> good idea. good to see you, la vaughn ya. for more from lavana, you can log on to nbcwashington.com or the going out guide on washingtonpost> this week's wed child wasn't too sure she still wanted to try to find a permanent family after so many years in foster care. now at 15, she finally decided that she doesn't want to spend the rest of her life without the love of parents. maybe even some siblings that would be her family forever. >> the aved da institute was our wednesday child destination this week. >> hi, barbara, how are you?

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breaking news. the firseo become infected with ebo virus in the u.s. will be transferred to an isolation unit at nih in bethese could be transported as early as today. as we find out when she's coming, we'll let you know on our website, nbcwashington.> just minutes fr health leaders will testify on capitol hill about the ebola outbreak in the u.s. the hospital where two nurses were infected will be a major topic there.

watch news 4 later today to learn what lawmakers and witnesses have to say. we're also watching developments in ohio. the frontier airlines plane that carried the infected ebola patient from cleveland to dallas on monday is out of service this morning. the plane flew to denver overnight to be decontaminated for a fourth time. as a precaution, frontier placed an entire crew on paid leave for 21 days. three cleveland area hospitals did the same thing for almost two dozen nurses who were on board that plane with nurse amber vinson. the local health department says vinson was very cautious while in ohio. >> she was not at football games. she was not at restaurants. she was not at a pizza parlor. she was not at the grocery store. she was in her home. she is a very conscientious young lady. >> at least five people vinson came in on that trip are in voluntary kwar now. today, apple is planning to

unveil the new tablet, but production won't happen until early next year. manufacturers had to delay production because the struggling to keep up with demand for the new iphone 6. the new ipad is expected to have a bigger 13-inch high resolution display. a new survey says we'll spend about $800 on holiday shopping this year. last year e consumer spent $767 on gifts. the national retail federation says more than half of us plan on shopping online this year. nearly two-thirds of us will hit the discount stores for gifts. and right now, denver and the rocky mountain time zone are getting ready for the great shakeout. you'll want to ask your kids about it when they get home from school today. around the world, people are using practice drills to learn what to do if there's an earthquake. it happens at 10:16 local time. i guess it already happened. so right now, it's over in our area. but almost everybody is getting ready to drop, take cover and hold on.

the national cathedral is one of many places in our area to take part in the shakeout this morning. at the event, we learned how it is recovering from the damage it suffered in the earthquake here a few years ago. crews are working on the inside of the building right now. however, the site needs tens of millions of dollars of work to be done. it could be years before the repairs are fully completed. time for a final check on our forecast. >> cloudy skies in the forecast for today and some scattered showers this afternoon and evening. the best chance of rain in d.c. metro will be between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. but not during that entire time. you can see right now, maybe some light showers in faulkier county and areas off to the west. a high temperature today around 70 degrees. for tomorrow, sunny skies, high of 73. noaa released their winter outlook. also, saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., we have our tracking fall special, doug's going to give what he thinks initially about

winter. saturday, a high of 70. a high of only 60 on sunday. >> looking for that snow stick again. thank you. and that's news 4 midday. thanks for joining us. we invite you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. we invite you to come back tomorrow for news 4 midday. we'l

>> aiden: yeah, hope, i know that you and sami are close, so if you need to be there for her. >> hope: no, it's okay. i was there for a while today. i plan on going back later. and she's not alone; she's with her mom, and her brother, and the kids. honestly, right now, i'm really looking forward to the picnic you're putting together. >> aiden: great, yeah, me too. i've got everything but the red sauce. >> hope: good plan. then... it's a date. >> aiden: yeah, i'll see you soon. >> ciara: what's a "date"? >> paige: yes, i'll be there. thanks. >> eve: i certainly hope you're not calling jj deveraux from this house. >> paige: i wasn't.