news 4 at 11 begins with breaking news. brea from maryland now, a nurse from texas infected with ebola has arrived at the frederick munical airport. chopper 4 is over the scene right now. nina pham will soon be on her way to the national institutes

of health in bethesda, she's the first amer the ebola virus in the united states. her plane landed about 25 minus ago, and our cameras were tn the ambulance arrived. >> we have team coverage of this story. we begin with shomari stone who is in frederick right now, shomari? >> that's right. nina pham is here right now. within the p second she walked off the plane behind me and was transported into an ambulance. let me move right out of the way over there. you can see the ambulance. they will drive her to nih, nearly 35 miles away from where i'm standing. let's take a live look from chopper 4 right now, tonight the mayor of frederick told me the state departme and t centers for disease control are working to make sure this medical transfer happens safely. a lot of folks had been contacting us, have concern, have anxiety when it comes to ebola. bu panic

whatsoever. keep in mind, a specialized team will transport the 26-year-old to frederick municipal airport to the national institute of health isolation unit. she's one of the two nurses who contracted ebola in dallas. she was diagnosed with the virus after treating thomas duncan. he contracted ebola in liberia, flew to dallas and died last week. tonight some folks in frederick drove out here to watch this medical transfer and the mood is mixes take a listen. >> i don't think people are worried. i think they have confidence that nih and people know what they're doing. >> i have concerns for the people that live in frederick co that they shouldn't be bringing this young lady in frederick airport, frederick, maryland. >> so there you have it, folks. both sides of the issue, but there are some folks who definitely support nina pham being here in our area. right now, you're looking at a live picture of the ambulance,

and the plane. she's now in that ambulance and that ambulance will be leaving this area and heading to nih. i just want to show you all something real quick. you heard someone that said she didn't want nina pham in the area, but let me take the time to show you this sign. it says, quote, get well soon nina. a young lady walked up and handed this to me and that's worth showing the spirit, the support that she has here in our community and we'll continue to bring you updates here on news 4. live here i'm shomari stone. 2ub in the studio. >> our coverage continues now with jackie bensen reporting on the kind of treatment she'll get when she gets there. >> the patient and her family should take that the national institute of health is capable of providing the finest disease care in the united states. >> when nina pham arrives,

she'll be taken to the clinical center, which is a hospital located on the grounds of the 312-acre campus in bethesda. most highly respected in one the world. he's also a scientist and head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. >> i will admit tonight nina pham to my facility at the nih. i have a team there that's highly trained. we will take care of her and give her state of the art care under the conditions of proper isolation and protection of o health care workers. >> some medical staff at the facility commute using public transportation. s a metro stop on the nih campus. people we spoke to are aware of her arrival. >> yeah, it's always a concern, now that it's been shipped here and it's here and it's become a real reality, but i take t

metro every day. >> our medical system is pretty good. so i feel like if someone gets sick, they can handle it. >> reporter: and remember, this is a researc. physicians, the medical staff here, will use their knowle nina pham. but she will also teach them as the medical community progresses fod in treating this disease. live in bethesda, jackie bensen, 4. lost in the concern about stopping the spread of ebola is the impact it has on the patients themselves. toa look inside nina pham's hospital room before she left dallas. and a conversation that she had with her doctor who is also one of her co-workers. th doctor recorded that conversation and pham asked that it be shared. let's listen. >> thanks for -- [ indiscerni]

we're really proud of you. [ indiscernibl] >> okay. do you need anything? >> no, thanks. [ indiscernibl] >> and we also need to emphasize thats spread in very specific ways. it is not airborne. it cannot be transmi by food or water. it cannot. it can only be contracted through contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the infected person. ebol does cause vomiting and

diarrhea, which is why those who care for ebola patients, these medical workers, and their family members, are at such a great risk of contracting this disease. >> tonight, we know the cdc has expanded the list of people it's trying to contact about another ebol anotr nurse from the hospital in texas, amber vinson. she flew to cleveland and back after treating thomas duncan in that hospital in dallas. investigators are now trying to contact passengers on her first flights from dallas to cleveland on october 10th. vinson is being treated at emory in atlanta. her family released a statement thanking everyone for their support. president o has authorized to call up national guard troops but only if they're to help slow the spread of ebola in west africa. in a meeting in the oval office tonight, the president said he might cons appointing an

ebola czar, but he once again reject calls for a travel ban. >> i don't h philosophical objection to a travel ban if that will keep the american people safe. the problem is, in all the discussions i've had so far, with experts in the field, is that a travel ban is less effective. >> democrats say what is needed is an in funding for nih and the centers for disease control. >> this is obviously a fast-developing story. right now on nbc washington.com, you will find the latest on the screenings at dulles airport, what the locall districts are doing to prepare, and facts you need to know about this vi also head over to our facebook h your ebola questions. wel have a health expert

g questions starting at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. >>f elect printed over 300,000 copies of a voter guide, b the d.c. flag was upside down. the suspect said it was intentional to draw intention to the guide because of low voter turn-out in past elections. now the director confirms that was a mistake. he said he didn't see the cover until it was too late. we're still trying to find out how much this mistake is going to cost the city, but we know the guides will not be reprinted. tonight was the last forum for the three major candidates for d.c. mayor. thk their message to voters. our chris lawrence was there and found some of the voters are still undecided. >> we don't believe you! >> with a raucous crowd dominating the debate, patricia got no closer to knowing which candidate will help their neighborhood. i still was not totally

impressed by any one of them, in terms of the immediate action that i think every resident here wants to see. >> that respect can be an example for these young people. >> at times, the crowd simply overwhelmed the candidates. >> but a few messages were able to break through. >> we invest in ball parks, and we invest in convention centers, and we invest in all kinds of things. t in our young people. i think some of these large contracts need to be unbundled, so the government is making decisions about when small businesses are involved. >> i've lived over here for like 25 years. >> reporter: and the retired hr manager is still looking for someone to bring real investment. >> and i know i'm going to vote, but right this minute, i don't know. >> reporter: time is quickly running out. the election itself is in a few y voting starts on monday and we sense of how much there is to elect d.c.'s next mayor.

chris lawrence, news 4. you can catch our forum with candidates for m moderator tom sherwood and kobe king from "the w" this sunday morning at lench:30. we are staying on top of the breaking news, the texas nurse on her way to bethesda now, they just left the ai frederick. stay with us for any new > also ahead, uncovering a s confidential l sex offenderers. we'll report how they're being tracked in our area. >> how's the weekend looking? >> looy chilly, plus i'm >> looy chilly, plus i'm tracking a monster

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a number of registered sex offenders in our area is rising. there are 9,000 now, twice as many in maryland as there were just a decade ago. the news 4 i-team found the state is also keeping another list. now our report. >> reporter: some attack women. some attack children. some expose themselves. >> i was just hard-headed, and arroga. >> or sexually assaulted someone. but all of them are registered sex offenders. 9,000 of them on the registry, their faces and ages just a click away for the world to see. >> local police monitor

registered sex offenders checking to see that the offenders live at their listed addresses. but we found 2,133 of those offenders are also on a confidential list. the supervision list. some subject to polygraphs. >> up, monitor your vitals, your breathing. >> and monly visits at home from state agents. >> in some cases, tethered with gps trackers. in other cases, they're home computer monitored, click by click. >> it's intimidating. >> three sex offenders on the confidential list spoke to us under the assurance of anonymity. one of them, just out of jal of pleaded guilty to sexual offenses with underage girls. >> any contact with the police? >> no. >> state agents asking them. >> your routine, are you working, have you seen your psychologist? >> have you found a job? >> state investigator tricia

bennett tells me monthly face time with offenders helps investigators idey someone likely to strike again. >> i have to be in tune to their non-verbal language. >> so who's on the list? who gets the extra scrutiny? we're told those who sexual crimes are most recent and those who have committed other crimes after being listed as sex offenders. we got our hands on one of the scoring sheets used to measure the danger. it specifies drly buy milk at a store known to be frequented by children, those abusing drugs, and those involved with inappropriate communicati with others, or with agents. >> that leaves many that are not visited, their habits and activities not regularly checked. other than reregistering for the website every few months and

answering the knock on the door from local police who confirm their home address. so people who are pulled off the registry, are they still under state supervision? some do. he will. prison for sexually viewed who as a 9-year-old girl in the 1990s. state officers will check on him monthly the rest of his life. scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> to check out the scoring sheet that scott mentioned about s on that confidential list, we invite you to our website, nbc washington.com. >> the new york city medic ex has released cause of death for joan rivers. she suffered a lack of oxygen during a routine medical procedure that was checking on voice changes and on reflux. the medical examiner says it was a predictable complication for

this procedure. rivers was rushed to a hospital in late august after going into cardiac arrest, and she died several days later. the new york state health department is investigating. > maybe call it the calm before the storm, but this is what it looked like today in bermuda. beach goers soaking in the last of the sun there. it's not going to last long. conditions are expected to deteriorate by tomorrow afternoon. that's because of hurricane gonzalo, churning toward the island right now. businesses have boarded up their buildings. extra flights were added to evacuate people ahead of that storm. >> bermuda looks really pretty right now. going to be different in another 24 hours. >> and really, the next 12 to 24 hours, they'll start to see that. it's a really major storm for them. right now it's category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. take a look. it's weakened just a little bit. the eye looks a little more ragged. e sto system itself, a little bit more ragged. but still, 140 miles per hour

hurricane, that's a major hurricane, and it's moving right towards bermuda. take a look at the latest s of 11:00. north northeast movement at 14 miles per hour. it will continue to pick up speed. watch as it moves to the north northeast. right on top of bermuda, could take at hit from this. last time they saw a hurricane of this caliber was hurricane fabian in 2003. $300 million in damage. this one could be a little bit worse with 120 mile an hour winds. gusts up to 150. so hopefully something happens e west or east. a little bit o 62 degrees, the current number out there, winds out of the southwest. the clouds, at least over reagan national starting to thicken a little bit. and this is why. we have some showers, moving through parts of the area earlier, loudon county, and right now they are moving inside the belt way. fairfax, right through 66,

around arlington, back to the balston area, mcclain seeing heavier showers and these will come right through downtown d.c. before weakenit of the region. not a lot of rain, moving fairly quickly, but maybe you forgot the mail, take the umbrella with you just in case. future weather, it's all out of here, dealing with plenty of sunshine, w morning, but all day long. not even any cloud cover. i think we'll deal with plenty of sunshine and tomorrow will be a nice day. few clouds and a few showers left tonight. by tomorrow, t will move out of here. here's gonzalo, because of that front we're not going to get hit by that storm. for us though, 70 in d.c., 66 gaithersburg, 69 manassas, a beautiful afternoon. tomoe a day, but the best o the next s

lot of win. 59 for a high on sunday with windy conditions. sunda chilly day. monday, high of 62. next week, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, high temperatures only in the mid to upper 50s most of the time with rather breezy condit, winds could gust upwards of 20 miles per hour chan of rain, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. a potent nor'easter could form off the coast, this one up to the northeast so we wouldn't feel the full brunt, but still rather cold. >> the caps with an explosion. >> also we're keeping our eye on the nurse who was transferred to maryland. maryland. this is live pictures of nina

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