get to work and anything is possible from new tolls to a new metro line. we're laying out what we could see today in a new transportation plan for d.c. but first, meteorologist tom kierein is keeping a close eye on the chance for rain today. good morning. good morning. grab the umbrella before you head out the door. the storm team 4 radar showing speckles of green here in charles county and across the river king george picking up a few scattered sprinkles there this morning. these are tracking off to the northeast, so a few sprinkles maybe getting near upper marlboro over the next hour. and they will quickly move through. right now a dry sky over washington. we have a clearing sky from the west. the cool morning now in the 40s and 50s. and an afternoon shower is looking likely as well as a wet and windy wednesday. and for the day today, we'll have a cool morning in the 50s through 8:00 with some sunshine. mild midday. we aught to be in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees by early afternoon.

then the clouds quickly close in bringing us some showers moving in by the afternoon commute. wet roads and temperatures in the 60s by late afternoon. the next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6:11. the storm team 4x4 hits the road with your commuter forecast on the road. we are checking out a crash in montgomery county. southbound seven locks at democracy avenue, part of the road is shut down. it should be opening up in just a little bit. police say tow trucks are on the way. 66 eastbound after 50 in the right lane here, we do have a semi truck disabled. a new crash here at route 1 at east-west highway in prince george's county. that right now, we have one lane blocked there as well. taking a look in virginia, 95 if you're headed out of safford county, we are pretty slow at this point this morning. no real reason to be quite slow through dale city. slow for this time of the morning at 40 miles per hour. the beltway at central avenue is moving right along. i'm back at 6:11 with travel times. thank you.

6:02 is the time right now. we have breaking news right now, oscar pistorius is heading to prison. a little more than an hour ago the paralympian was sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend on valentine's day last year. the family says there's going to be no appeal, but his defense lawyer says the athlete will be able to apply for house arrest after eight months behind bars. police are looking for two men behind a drive-by shooting in southeast d.c. two other men were hit. one of them was holding his 3-year-old son at the time. the toddler was not shot. this double shooting happened on fort davis street southeast of fort dupont park. police say more than 20 bullets were fired. you can see the markers all over the street here. alma sharp was sitting in her living room baby sitting her 10-month-old grandson when she heard the shots. >> i was sitting right here with my little great grandchild. he jumped and i jumped and i just kept him close to me.

and in a minute or so, again, i just -- it frightened him. >> sharp and her great grandson were not hurt. both men shot are expected to be okay. if you have any information about this double shooting, call d.c. police. your trip to work could undergo major changes, including brand new tolls and a new metro line. it's all part of the new master transportation plan. and news4's megan mcgrath is live in southwest washington with an early look before it comes out today. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, eun. well, rush hour is starting to pick up here this morning. if you look over my shoulder here, the headlights you're seeing, that's inbound 295 with folks headed to work. how would you feel about paying a toll to travel on a highway like 295? well, that's one of many ideas batted around by d.c. transportation experts over the last 18 months. the d.c. population is expected

to increase by 170,000 people over the next 25 years. and another 200,000 jobs also expected to be added in d.c., well, how are all those people going to get around? especially when things are so congested now? that's what the move d.c. plan is about, they are looking at a number of strategies and options. and they plan to release that report in hours. they are looking at new tolls and congestion pricing. that's when you have a single occupancy car, a car with one person in it, they would be charged a fee for traveling during peak hours. they are also looking at new streetcar and bus lines as well as possibly a newdo downtown meo loop. they are looking at water taxis and additional bike trails in the area. all these things to move people around and cut down on the congestion out there on the roadways over the next 25 years. what are they going to decide?

well, we are going to learn more when they unveil that plan at 11:30 this morning. reporting live in southwest, megan mcgrath, news4. back to you in the studio. thank you, megan. >> 6:05 right now. the nbc news photographer infected with ebola in liberia is opening up about the disease. ashoka mukpo took to twitter to say he's truly humbled and lucky by the disease. he has no idea how he got sick and added, quote, i don't regret going to liberia to cover the crisis. that country was a second home to me and i had to help raise the alarm. if the cdc clears him, mukpo could leave the hospital this week. another man who was treated and released is waking up with his family this morning. a health care worker helped him walk arriving at emory hospital last month. the hospital will not release his name at the request. the man was in treatment for six weeks. no other u.s. patients have been at a hospital for more than three weeks.

today the state of maryland gets another visit from chris christie. the new jersey governor will attend a fund-raiser in potomac for gubernatorial candidate larry hogan. the two will make a joint appearance at the original pancake house on woodmont avenue in bethesda later this morning. christie made his first stop in bethesda last month to raise more than $400,000 for hogan's campaign. 6:06 is the time. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is in japan this morning on an 11-day swing through asia to drum up business for the commonwealth. today mcauliffe meets with uva alumni and will speak to a japanese business group. the governor then heads to china for several events through the rest of the week. this is mcauliffe's second trip to asia. the commonwealth receives an estimated $4 billion from asian investments. when someone demanded cash at a convenient store, the clerk grabbed the first weapon she could find. the strange spray you're seeing here that she used to protect herself. plus, a common kitchen item

spreading a dangerous bacteria in nearly one out of four homes. and a simple fix to stop it. plus, we are live in rockville with the storm team 4x4 right now. take a closer look at how the impact could impact your travel to work in weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. ♪ ♪

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welcome back. traffic pollution during pregnancy may harm an unborn child's lungs. british researchers say the risk appears to be the great es during the second trimester when the baby's lungs begin to mature. women who live in more polluted area this is the second trimester were 22% to 30% more likely to have a child with poor lung function by the age of 4. well, you may want to wash your kitchen towels today. a new study finds 90% of kim up

towels in the u.s. are covered in bacteria. researchers from the university of arizona say at least 25% of the back tier ya found was e. coli. the best way to avoid getting sick, wash your towels after every time you use them. that's the advice from the reser researchers. you can also dip your towels in a bleach solution and hang them to dry right after you use them to get the same clean result. >> the kim season breeding grounds for all the bacteribact. >> it's paper plates in my house. they go a long way. as you get ready to head out to work, news4 is working to let you know what you face on your trip. >> wee keep your weather and traffic together on the 1s every day. and this morning we sent storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to rockville in the storm team 4x4. good morning, chuck. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and eun. now i know why i never get invited to aaron's house for

dipper. he's always out of paper plates. we are here at the red line with a lot of friendly folks coming by on their way to work and school. if you're making your drive to the red line stop or driving all the way to the office or just to school this morning, plan on a little bit of wetness on the roads first thing this morning. temperatures are in the upper 40s and low 50s. and we had just a few sprinkles overnight. so there could be a few wet spots on the road. lookout for that. the wet leaves that come down can make the roads slippery. what should you wear on your way out to work and school? 40s and 50s with a light jacket. and rain chances are sneaking back up as we head into the afternoon and later on this evening as well. so you may want to have your little umbrella ready to go. because you may need it very much so later this afternoon and evening. also, on the storm team 4 facebook page, we are posting updates on what could be a very windy stretch of weather coming up. that's on the facebook page. tom will have more on that in your seven-day in ten minutes. for now, we'll go to miss melissa mollet with a check on your road traffic this morning.

good morning. we're looking quite good right now. taking a look at maryland, bw parkway, 95, colesville road, moving along nicely. a wider look at things, the only place to see a slow down is near at 295 passing 50 headed into town. a look at the travel times in maryland, 270 southbound from germantown road to the beltway, just about on time at 16 minutes. the inner loop from 270 to 95 looking pretty good at nine minutes. 395 northbound from the beltway to the bridge there, 13 minutes. 95 northbound at quantico to the beltway a little slow at 32 minutes. on time there on 395. i'm back in ten. see you then, thank you. a horse dodging cars on a busy new york city street. how it got into traffic and how police got it to safety. plus the smartphone, the smartcar and now the smart suitcase. the luxury features it offers to make your trip just a little easier. it is just about 6:14.

he's been called a super lobbyist, the ultimate washington insider. ed gillespie paid millions to lobby for the oil companies for a student loan company that overcharged taxpayers. his firm even lobbied for five foreign governments including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes.

and then there's enron. gillespie lobbied for them while they committed the largest corporate fraud in us history. ed gillespie. the million dollar lobbyist whose never looked out for you.

6:17. we are seeing a few lingering showers on storm team 4 radar. take a look, don't be caught off guard. the rain is not over for the day. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking when you'll see the next round of showers in your weather and traffic on the 1st at 6:21. this morning a suspected serial killer is behind bars in indiana. police arrested and charged 43-year-old daren van in the murder of a 19-year-old woman. he met her last friday at a motel after arranging a sexual encounter online. during his interrogation, van confessed to that murder and six others. >> i don't want to know that's the last face my child saw before she died. you know, i can't stomach it. >> so far police have identified four of the seven victims. they are working to notify family members now. van hinted there may be more victims dating back some 20 years. today the trial is ending for a friend of boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev.

his friend is charged to lying to the fbi after being in tsarnaev's dorm room a few days after the attack last year. three people died from the bombing, hundreds were hurt. lawyers will present close arguments a few hours from now. the virginia state crime commission is examining whether police are doing enough to ensure the accuracy of eyewitness identification. the commission is set to hear a report on the issue today. 13 of the 16 people wrongly convicted in the commonwealth and later exonerated by dna evidence were originally misidentified by eyewitnesss. friends, family and friends are mourning the death of oscar de la renta this morning. the 82-year-old passed away yesterday at their home in kent, connecticut. de la renta has been at the forefront of couture for decades and designed fashion for first ladies and celebrities. the former first lady laura bush issued a statement saying,

quote, my daughters and i have many fond memories of visits with oscar, who designed our favorite clothes, including jenna's wedding dress. we will always remember him as the man who made women look and feel beautiful. and important warning for millions of drivers this morning. check if your car is part of the massive air bag recall. the recall affects more than 4.5 million vehicles including toyota, honda, gm and ford. the air bags can explode spraying shrapnel. now we have a link to all the vehicles affected on our website. to see if your car will be impacted here, head to nbcwashington.com and search air bag. well, all of you wine fanatics may want to take a trip down to richmond today. the third annual virginia wine summit will look at the virginia wine ferings. part of the event is open to the public. if you purchase a ticket for $199, that does include

tastings. a 2012 study found that virginia's wineries contributed close to $750 billion to the state's economy. this morning a man in california is thanking a complete stranger for saving his life. take a look, the two men met for an emotional reunion. the man in the purple carried the other man out of his house when it was completely engulfed in fire. you can see he threw the map over his shoulder to save him. he didn't even give it a second thought. >> the daughter came to me and tried to help him out. he couldn't walk that well, so i just picked him up and carried him out. >> the video of the rescue went viral. the rescuer is now hail adhere row. just last-minute quick decision there to make all the difference. >> good thing he was there for sure. coming up on 21 minutes after 6:00, a little warmer to kick things off compared to yesterday. >> we'll check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein

at 6:21. good morning. we have big changes on the way over the next 48 hours as a powerful area of low pressure is beginning to develop here. i have just been analyzing that. it will be passing just to our north later today to bring a change to our weather. right now this morning, just a few scattered sprinkles are passing south of the metro area. storm team 4 radar showing that in the speckles of green in charles county and st. mary's. these are tracking off to the northeast passing well south of the metro area for the morning commute. and temperatures right now are down into the mid to upper 40s in montgomery county, near 50 for fairfax county. the rest of northern virginia, generally in the mid to upper 40s. and the sky is clearing out there, still quite cloudy in southern maryland where it is hovering near 50 degrees. for the bus stop this morning, it will be cool with sunshine all around much of the region. by 8:00, we'll be in the low 50s between 8:00 and 9:00 climbing to 60 degrees with lots of sunshine. right now we have a crescent moon hovering over northeast washington. storm team 4's tower camera

there showing by noontime we'll be in the upper 60s. maybe near 70 for the early afternoon. then the timing of the rain into the metro area at 5:00 with rain bringing the temperatures down to the 60s. occasional showers through the next 24 hours. this time tomorrow morning near 50 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, just near 60 with occasional showers and a blistery wind. still windy but drying out on thursday. and a bit milder here. 70 on friday, saturday and sunday. great for leaf peeping over the weekend. and a bit milder on monday as well. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your hometown highs are coming up at 6:31. now, melissa, you have a disabled vehicle, where is this? i just spoke to police, this is out of the way now. this is 95 northbound at scaggsville road. that's a live picture this morning. route 1 northbound at joplin road, we have lanes blocked with police directing traffic to get you around the crash. hopefully that will be out of the way sooner rather than

later. a wide look at things, pretty top call outer loop approaching georgia avenue. as is 395 heading inside the beltway northbound. about 37 miles per hour. but no problem there at this point this morning. prince george's county side of the roadway, branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, indian head highway, all just running slow. it's only because of volume, no major problem there. and 66, 95 in virginia, again, fairly typical this time of the day. follow us on twitte twitter @first4traffic. 6:23. the former white house intern monica lewinsky is making it her mission to stop cyber bullying. 16 years after the scandal during the clinton administration lewinsky is telling her story. the 41-year-old spoke to a group of millenials yesterday in philadelphia describing how her affair with president clinton exposed on the drudge report website changed her life. she says she was publicly humiliated and became patient zero overnight. >> a 22-year-old intern in the white house, and more than

averagely romantic, i fell in love with my boss. in a 22-year-old sort of way. it happened. >> lewinsky says many people suggested she should change her name. she decided against that. she did recently join twitter as well. a store clerk says she grabbed a can of bug spray and sprayed a would-be robber. take a look at the scene here. you can see what happened inside this pennsylvania store. the clerk says she saw the masked woman walk into the store sunday night. she grabbed the closest thing in her reach and sprayed the woman. police say it's not a good idea to confront a robber but the clerk says she would do it again. good for her but yes, not a good idea. >> it must've been the right kind of bug spray. well, a lot of people like to hoof it in new york city. >> they have places to go. but it is not every day you see a horse taking a stroll down 11th avenue. but here you go. there's your horse. police found themselves chasing

one of those carriage horses in central park on sunday. he broke free from a stable there and started running through the streets of manhattan. a police cruiser did eventually sort of block the horse's path and got right in front of them. then the owner helped police choral the horse and bring it back to the stables. >> i'm sure most police officers didn't bat an eye. they have seen it all. there's a new suitcase aimed to help the indecisive packer. >> take a look at the world's first smart suitcase. bluesmart weighs itself, charges all your devices and even locks when you walk away. the suitcase syncs with an app on your phone to keep you up-to-date on your destination's weather and flight status. bluesmart was designed by a team from new york who is currently seeking funding on indigogo for the project. right now early backers can purchase this bluesmart for

about $200. >> they expect these will start to ship sometime late next summer. if you are a tech person, you would jump on this. >> or if you travel so frequency that you need one more step to make it easier for you. >> there you go. a dog stolen from his family is now back at home. how she was reunited with her owner after being found 40 miles away. plus, the assault investigation involving a high school football program in loudoun county. and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein just showed us when to expect rain. now he's looking at how warm it will get in your neighborhood. your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. stay with us. ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru.

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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. he's been called a super lobbyist, the ultimate washington insider. ed gillespie paid millions to lobby for the oil companies for a student loan company that overcharged taxpayers. his firm even lobbied for five foreign governments including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes.

and then there's enron. gillespie lobbied for them while they committed the largest corporate fraud in us history. ed gillespie. the million dollar lobbyist whose never looked out for you. we are following breaking news this morning. a judge sentenced oscar pistorius to a make mum five years in prison for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. his lawyers say he will not appeal but he's be able to apply to move to house arrest eight months into his sentence. and most of the showers are moving out of the area right now. but a few are sticking around. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is keeping an eye on them with temperatures this

morning. tom, good morning. >> good morning. yes, some of the roads are wet, especially just south of the metro area where there's been some scattered sprinkles over the last couple of hours. right now getting those in charles county, southern prince george's, calbert and st. mary's. these will pass well south of the metro area over the next hour or so. 51 in alexandria with a clearing sky. hitting the mid to upper 60s by 2:30 this afternoon. that's when we'll have the highest temperatures of the day. germantown, montgomery county, a chilly 49 now. and by early to mid-afternoon, the mid-60s there as well. and then right now in charles county where they are getting a few of the sprinkles, we are in the low 50s. but the upper 60s to near 70 by early afternoon. after that we'll get the rain moving through. the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:4 1 /*1. we have a new problem now with melissa. what's going on?

we have a crash near lee chapel road and ox road. not sure how serious this is, but we do know there's a crash. 66 in general, looking pretty good. no major incidents or accidents at this point this morning. woodrow wilson bridge is moving right along as well. and the beltway at colesville road, we are actually moving pretty nicely for 6:30 on a weekday. no major issues there right now. just a little slow because of volume. i'm back in ten minutes with travel times. see you then. 6:31. right now, new this morning, three men were stabbed early this morning in columbia heights just before 3:00 a.m. those men were stabbed at the intersection of 15th street and club olumbia road northwest. one person is in custody. we are still waiting to hear what led up to the stabbing. a war veteran accused of breaking into the white house is in court today. omar gonzalez will face a judge for a status hearing.

police say gonzalez was carrying a knife when he scaled the white house fence last month, made it through the front door and went as far as the east room. the case sparked outrage and criticism of the secret service. gonzalez has pled not guilty. decision 2014 now, we are just two weeks away from the midterm elections and all eyes are on the big races like the virginia senate race between mark warner and ed gillespie. tracie potts is live on the hill with how this could impact the power in the u.s. senate. >> reporter: good morning. republicans only need six seats to take over in the senate and they are hoping to win races like the warner/gillespie race you talked about, but that could be a long shot. take a look at the latest poll, double-digit lead for mark warner. gillespie is behind by having

39% right now. isis has become a key issue as they are targeting kay hagan for being quiet on isis. then other races we are watching in kentucky, challenger allison lundgren grimes who hat one point had momentu against the senate minority leader, now democrats are pulling out from ads there. and we are also looking at arkansas where democrat david pryor had a hard time answering whether or not the obama administration has done a good job dealing with ebola. ebola and isis are what they are talking about out in the districts. as we look at the numbers this morning in the ten tightest senate races, in all but two of the races the republicans are tied or they have the lead. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news. a string of pennsylvania schools are closed after another

reported sighting of alleged cop killer eric frein. the entire pocanos school mountain district is closed according to an alert posted on their website this morning. this after a late friday night sighting of frein. this is not the first time this has happened. the schools were closed for days after frein allegedly gunned down two police troopers in september. i'm angie goff live at the live desk. 6:34 and the search is on for a missing 73-year-old woman in fairfax county. take a good look at the photo on your screen right now, police say that blanco sone was last seen walking away from her home in the centreville area yesterday at noon. police searched by helicopter and could not find her. if you have seen here, call police. three members of the high school football team are being investigated for assault. the loudoun county times reports the players are members of the briarwood high school varsity team. they are being investigated for the assault of a junior varsity player. loudoun county public schools is working with the sheriff's office and says it will not

comment at this time. it is now 6:35. a stolen dog is back home with her owner in greenbelt right now. police are looking for whoever took arwyn, a 10-year-old boxer taken along with a laptop and diamond ring last week. we told you about it when it happened. after the story aired, a tip led the boxer's owner into calbert county 40 miles away where she found arwyn roaming the streets. protecting your private information. the extra steps facebook is taking to find out whether somebody else has your password. plus, an entire line on metro will be shut down for a day. why metro says it needs to close it down on one of the busiest days of the year. and storm team 4x4 is at the red line metro station this morning. we'll tell you how to dress and we'll tell you how to dress and prepare for the day

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welcome back. your trip on metro will be different this veterans day as they will shut down the entire blue line to control the crowds expected for a huge concert. >> organizers say up to 800,000 people could attend the concert for valor on the national mall. metro says shutting down the blue line will increase train capacity on the orange and silver lines. anyone wanting to go to arlington cemetery by metro will have to take a special shuttle from reagan national airport. they are trying to put these systems in place to make it easier to commute because it will be very busy down there. >> learn early how to get around. many of y are getting ready to head out to your metro stop this morning. >> and we have a little rain

sticking around. meteorologist chuck bell is live at the rockville metro stop with the storm team 4x4. what are you seeing out there, chuck? >> reporter: we had a little light rain last night into the early morning hours this morning. it was sprinkling when i got up after 2:00 a.m. now all that has gone away and the skies are clearing out between 85 and 91. clearer skies have allowed for some colder temperatures. it's 52 in winchester with clouds around, but it's 46 now in manassas. so on your way out the door, if you're walking to work or school today or just walking here to rockville to the red line station, i would go ahead and have a lightweight jacket ready to go as temperatures are in the 40s and 50s now. we'll have a very nice warm up again later on today. temperatures will reach the upper 60s. might even flirt with 70 again today just like we did yesterday. but for the outside the door weather this morning, a lightweight jacket and rain chances are coming back in a little bit later this afternoon as well. so you may want to have your pocket umbrella ready to go. ten minutes from now, tom will

be talking about our increasing rain chances for tomorrow and what could be a really windy day wednesday and thursday around here. that's up in ten minutes. for now, first 4 traffic with melissa mollet. good morning. prince george's county right now seeing some volume building indian head highway and branch avenue. when you take a wider look, it will be slow here top of the beltway. then d.c. 295 past 50, travel times for you in virginia, 95 northbound at quantico. to the beltway, 20 minutes behind right now. 66 east from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, ten minutes mind. running 20 minutes right now. 395 northbound to the beltway to the 14th street bridge, ten minutes behind. in maryland, 295 southbound to germantown and the beltway, 23 minutes. the inner loop is running on time at nine minutes. i'm back in ten. thank you, melissa. this morning we could learn about some big changes coming to your morning drive. where we could see new tolls and even a new metro line. plus, d.c. was just named

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accused of abducting hannah graham is facing separate charges including attempted capitol murder. police say matthew abducted and sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman walking home from a grocery store in fairfax back in september of 2005. she survived and helped police come up with a sketch. the police used dna evidence to link him to the 2009 disappearance of morgan harrington. matthew has not been charged with her murder but virginia state police say he is forensically linked to the graham abduction. matthew has not entered a plea in the graham abduction and his attorney will not comment on the latest charges. meanwhile, the community is awaiting word from the medical examiner whether the remains found here outside of charlottesville over the weekend are indeed those of hannah graham. >> gabe gutierrez live for us in charlottesville for us. thank you. coming up on the "today" show, see gabe's full report on the new charges for the main

suspect in the hannah graham investigation. that begins in just a few minutes right here on nbc4. d.c. is looking to make big changes to your commute. there's a brand new plan that could add more toll roads here, even a new metro line coming out today. and news4's megan mcgrath is live where traffic is looking pretty heavy right now. megan, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, traffic of course in washington, d.c. is just terrible. look at the traffic we're seeing behind me here on 295. the headlights you see, that is the inbound direction. and you can see things are really starting to slow down this morning. and traffic in d.c. is only expected to get worse over the next 25 years. according to the experts, they are expecting 175,000 people to move into the washington area. an additional 200,000 jobs are expected to be added in the next 25 years. and of course, the big question is, where are all these people going to go? how are they going to move around? that's what the move d.c. plan is all about.

transportation officials have been looking at a number of different options over the last 18 months. and in the next couple of hours, we are expected to hear their ideas about what to do to move people around. now, take a look at some of the things batted around here. first of all, they have been looking at the important of tolls on highways like 295 behind me. also, something called congestion pricing. that's where you have a car that has just one person in it, that person would be charged a fee for traveling during peak hours. they have also been looking at new streetcar and bus lines as well as the possibility of a new downtown metro loop. other things that have been looked at, additional water taxis in the area as well as more bike lanes and trails in the area to help move people around. they have been consulting the experts, the transportation experts with commuters and people who live in the district. they are going to unveil their plan at 11:30 today. back to you in the studio.

i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news. oscar pistorius is going to prison. he's in a holding cell right now below the courthouse in south africa. now he'll be there several hours before headed to jail. early this morning, take a look, this is as they were leaving the courthouse after pistorius was sentenced to five years for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. now his legal team came out after this to say after serving eight months, the athlete can apply for house arrest. last month pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide. and now he's banned from the paralympics in rio. the nbc photographer infected with ebola in liberia is opening up about his disease.

ashoka mukpo said he saw awful things and wish head could take things back, but he added, quote, i don't rebret going to liberia to cover the crisis. that country was a second home to me and i had to help raise the alarm. he also has no idea how he became sick but could be released from the hospital this week. in west africa thousands of liberian families are using new medical kits to stay protected. the group doctors without borders are handing out the kits to families turned away from the hospital. so many people are infected there the clinics cannot hold them all. today the state of maryland gets another visit from chris christie. the new jersey governor will attend a fund-raiser in potomac for larry hogan. the two will make a joint appearance at the original pancake house in bethesda later this morning. governor christie made his first stop in bethesda last month to help raise more than $400,000 for hogan's campaign. coming up on ten minutes

before the hour, virginia governor terry mcauliffe is drumming up business in japan. this is the latest stop on the 11-day trip through asia. today he meets with uva alumni and will speak to a japanese business group. then he heads to china for several events for the rest of the week. this is his second trip to asia. the commonwealth receives an estimated $4 billion from asian investments. a step a major pharmacy took to keep customers healthier could make some of your prescriptions more expensive. kate rogers is here to explain for your money. kate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. cvs recently stopped selling tobacco products and will make it harder to get prescriptions from store that is have not done so. later the drugs benefit manager may charge up to $15 in additional co-pays for customers who fill prescriptions outside its new tobacco-free pharmacy network. cvs and target don't sell tobacco but other big drugstores

do including walgreens and riteaid. d.c. just earned a new title, top travel destination for 2015. the company credited a combination of free museums, monuments, restaurants and destinations like the yards and city center d.c. the company says georgetown has the best shopping in the district. d.c. tops other cities like milan, vienna and toronto. >> i like when we get a nice praise when we make a list like that, right? >> so many options if you want to explore the city itself and then all the places surrounding the city, there are a ton of things to do. >> when my friend's relatives get here, they want to go to the aerospace museum first. we have such a variety of things to do. and have an umbrella handy if you have friends or relatives visiting and are looking around the city today. you may need the umbrella later this afternoon. right now getting a few scattered sprinkles on storm team 4 radar.

it's showing up in the little areas of green right near la ray with a few sprinkles and south and east of the metro area, charles county, southeastern prince george's, the sprinkles quickly move off to the northeast over the next couple of hours. we'll begin to clear out with clouds coming and going throughout the morning. then it is during the afternoon, here is timing on rain moving in. by around 2:00, some of the showers showing up, shenandoah valley. then it's between 3:00 to 4:00 to 5:00, lighter showers. then moreoderate showers moving in. after that, during the evening hours, maybe a rumble of thunder early evening. those showers off and on, scattered around the region until dawn tomorrow. right now a cool start. we're just in the 40s to near 50 for much of the region. for the bus stops this morning, you need a light jacket. cool in the low 50s. then between 7:00 to 8:00, up around 60 degrees by midmorning. we'll be near 60 degrees with a lot of sunshine, some high clouds coming through. and there's the camera trying to

focus on the crescent moon over washington right now with highs reaching the 60s to near 70s early afternoon. then the rain moves in late afternoon and into the evening hours. it will be cooler with the occasional showers this time tomorrow morning near 50. then a wet and windy wednesday with highs only near 60. gusts with winds over 30 miles an hour. then we dry out still blustery on thursday. mild friday, saturday and sunday. great for outdoor recreation into the weekend. sunshine, highs near 70. now on the roads, melissa has a new crash to talk about. talking about the park here, southbound richie highway at robinson road, they have an accident that could involve a pedestrian. we'll have that during the cut-ins this morning. otherwise a lot of volume all over the place, 270 southbound at shady grove road. a wider look at things, you can see the outer loop of the beltway up top slow approaching colesville. as you come in on 395 just inside the beltway, you're slow for a couple miles as well. 66 headed into town, you're slow

at 22 miles per hour. as you head through manassas, taking a look at 95 out of stafford county, virginia, headed northbound you're slow to the triangle opens up. then it is slow once again. prince george's county looking typical for this time of the day. a little red and yellow here and there sprinkled throughout. follow us on twitte twitter @first4traffic. thank you. 6:54 right now. this morning a family is upset after a drive-by shooting near their home in the district. two men were hit and last on fort davis street southeast just south of fort dupont park. one of them was holding a 3-year-old son and the toddler was not shot but did suffer cuts when he fell to the ground. police say more than 20 bullets were fired. you can see the markers all over the street here. that shooting happened right outside a home where a great grandmother was baby sitting a 10-month-old. his mother rushed to the scene. >> and she said, he jumped and started crying. you know? and she just held him. she heard eight gunshots and held him, held onto him.

and my baby was scared. >> four generations of her family grew up in that home and neighborhood. both of the men shot are expected to be okay. if you have any information about this double shooting, call d.c. police. tens of thousands of federal workers are being kept off the job for disciplinary reasons. and that is costing the federal government a lot of money. a new report in "the washington post" says over the last three years more than 57,000 employees wereept home for a month or longer. some were kept home for as long as a year while their cases were pending. the government accountable office says the tab for the workers exceeded $775 million in salary alone. in an effort to keep your online accounts safe, facebook has created an automated service to monitor the web for stolen e-mail addresses and passwords. that service checks stolen credentials to see if they match those being used on social networking sites. if it finds a match, facebook notifies the user the next time they log in.

and it is now 6:55. here's a look at four things you need to know this morning just hours from now. d.c. will release a plan that's a complete change to your drive to school and worked aing new tolls and roads. the war veteran accused of breaking into the white house today is pleading not guilty. and ebola patients are heading home. the "today" show will have the latest including the nbc photographer who could be released from the hospital this week. and breaking news, oscar pistorius on his way to prison. he was sentenced to five years behind bars for killing his girlfriend. grab an umbrella before you head out the door. you may need it this afternoon. in fact, light showers moving in late afternoon and into evening to. before then, some sunshine in and out near 70. and it looks like a rather blustery, cool day with showers on wednesday. back to you. tom, thank you. that's the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we are back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and breaking

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good morning. breaking news. oscar pistorius, sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. the olympic sprinter immediately taken to a holding cell. but how long will he actually spend behind bars? shifting gears, the cdc out with brand new ebola guidelines this morning. in the wake of those two cases, involving dallas nurses. now health care workers must be covered head to toe, as federal officials hit the road to demonstrate the new protocol. honoring an icon. famed designer oscar de la renta has died, a man who put u.s. fashion on the map with styles worn and adored by stars, first ladies and royalty. we look back at his legacy. and hollywood heavyweight br