we begin with breaking news this morning t. white house says the u.s. intelligence community is working to authenticate a video that s isis militants possibly be heading american aid worker peter casey. the video came out minutes after president obama left australia for the united states. in a statement national security council spokesperson bernadette meehan says the intelligence is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. if confirmed, we're appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent american aid worker. right now the clouds are coming back. let's go over to chuck bell for your forecast. >> good morning, melissa and

angie. a quiet start this morning, clouds will definitely be on the increase today. if you get a little sunshine this morning, consider yourself lucky. it's on the whole going to be a very cloudy day today. rain chances are going up later in the day, but nothing to worry about out the door this morning. a little light snow out in western maryland, morgantown, west virginia. if you live throughout and see a snowflake or two, send it to me, '59 chuckbell4. hourly temperatuy climbing in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees f. you're headed to the tampa-washingto game, plan on temperatures in the chilly 40s. more about that coming up. >> chuck, thanks. take a look at your screen right now if you can.

police want to talk to this man about a kidnapping at the vienna metro station in fairfax county. a woman was in her car thursday when a man with a gun got in and forced her to drive to several atms. news 4's derrick ward has more. >> reporter: police want to talk to this man. he's seen here in a surveillance photo in connection with an armed carjacking. police say it started about 12:40 in the morning thursday here at the north garage at the vienna station. they say the woman was in her car, someone knocked in the window. she saw a man with a gun. he got in the car with her. that's when her odyssey began. >> according to authorities, the gunman promised he wouldn't harm her as long as she did what he told her to development ordered her to drive to maryland and ord money. once in maryland the victim came up with $45. it wasn't enough t. suspect ordered her to drive along the

route 450 corridor to stores, gas stations, places with atms so she could withdraw more money while he waited in the car. eventually he ordered her to drive him to the new carrollton metro station. he one dishing characteristic they say is the man's walk. he walks with a limp, a limp to his right side. derrick ward, news 4. prince george's county police have the victim's car and are searching it for dna evidence or fingerprints that could lead to an arrest. we have new video of a serious car crash this morning. take a look at this. a man was thrown from his car in montgomery county. it hapt just before 9:00 at the intersection of mariana drive and aspen hill. as the tow truck arrived, they say the driver took off in his

car, hit a utility pole and tree and landed on top of that empty parked car. he was taken to the gr new this morning, an american with ebola is in extremely critical condition right now. we learned only hours ago how sick dr. martin salley yeah is in omaha where doctors are fighting to save his life. salia is from maryland. his wife and children live in prince george's county. he was working as a surgeon in sierra leone. two other patients were successfully treated at the same facility where he is this morning. prosecuto son lawrence attacked his wife in their prince george's county home l says he hit her with a metal lamp post. he's facing attempted murder and assault charges. a jury failed to reach a verdict in the first trial back in july. this morning a 12-year-old

girl from maryland is waking up with family safe as she disappeared on tuesday. she was found in north carolina on friday night. nbc's karen campbell reports on her homecoming celebration. >> that's 12-year-old jasmine baker. the baltimore co teen missing since tuesday is finally back home safe and sound. >> we have a happy ending. >> we're lucky. thank god we're lucky. >> we're blessed. >> reporter: family and friends held a homecoming celebration for jasmine on saturday. >> i'm relieved she's home safe, and i'm not worried anymore. >> jasmine disappeared on tuesday after she walked to perry hall middle school. federal agents found jasmine unharmed late friday night in the company of a man believed to be in his 30s in raleigh, north carolina. his identity has not yet been released but charges are pending. jasmine then called her parents to let them know she was safe. >> you get that call last night, when tina answered the phone.

it was just -- it felt like the world had been taken off my shoulders. >> i just stopped and started crying. i couldn't say anything. >> jasmine's mom, tina, thanked everyone near and far for helping to find her daughter. >> it takes one tip, that's it. one tip is why jasmine is here. >> reporter: it's unclear what exactly that tip was. friends say flyers and highway billboards displays jasmine's face and name helped bring her home safe. >> all the people that were helping with flyers on their car window, is just great. we really appreciate it and hopefully stuff like this will help other kids in the future. it really made a difference. >> reporter: the bakers say they're happy to have their daughter back home but feel for the families still searching for a missing child. >> there's a feeling inside of me that i can't even describe to those people right now. i'm happy that i have my

daughter. i don't want to feel guilty that i have my daughter. but i feel a pain that i share with them right now. >> and that was karen campbell reporting. there are still a lot of unanswered questions into her disappearance. investigators did use baker's ipod and xbox to track down her lo. the week ahead, d.c.'s new inspector general is sworn in. daniel lucas becomes the city governor's top internal watch dog. he most recently sd as inspector general for the naval sea systems command. work on the silver line can slow you down in the week ahead. tomorrow crews will start working on a bridge in the median of the dulles green way. you'll see those near the loudoun county parkway exits. you can expect some lanes to be closed. the bridge will support an aerial guideway as it crosses overbroad run on the way to the ryan road station in ashburn. the project could last late into 2015. coming up.

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liss snt. >>. >> i assume i'm on the bad list unless i hear different. as advertised, yesterday was the prettier half of the weekend. today the clouds are back. might be get a sliver or two of sunshine in the front half of the day. by and large torques day is a cloudy affair. rain chances are on their way up as the sun gets ready to go down later this afternoon. most of your day will be dry. a lot of folks won't see a single drop today. there will at least be a chance for a few sprinkles coming in last this afternoon and into this eechblth for now skies are partly to mostly cloudy across the region. temperature at national airport courtesy of the clouds and a nice south breeze haven't been as cold this morning as we were yesterday morning.t a ten degre for yesterday. 41 in downtown washington. 36 manassas and leesburg. 36 in rockville and gaithersburg. 34 in frederick. clear out towards the west. temperatures on the chilly side. martinsburg, west virginia at 33

degrees. hometown forecast, beautiful anacostia temperatures 42 first thing this morning. 46 by lunchtime. can't rule out a few drops rolling in by about 6:00 this evening. what should you expect today? a dry start this morning, but chilly. 30s and 40s. clouds really thicken up this afternoon. again, rain chances coming in later in the day. what should you wear today? i don't think you're really going to need the umbrella because rain chances are fairly low, but a nice fall coat. look at that pretty girl with her coat on. she's ready to go. don't need the hats and gloves today. it won't be as windy or as cold as yesterday. a whole lot of mess coming in our direction for tomorrow. this is our little sprinkle chance today. this is what will be a solid chance for rain tomorrow cg right up the spine of the apalacha. this is moving to the north and east. most of that is going to stay away from the metro area. there's trailing area, light showers here, southern west virginia. that light gray is the metro.

that's the reason i have at least a precautionary tale of needing the umbrella for later today. there's your future weather forecast. clouds winning out by lunchtime. by about 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, maybe a few sprinkles outside the metro area. tomorrow morning it will be cloudy and wet. because of the clouds, not as cold. again, much like this morning. temperatures early tomorrow, upper 30s and low 40s. starting at 5:00 a.m., there's the wet commute in. wet for lunchtime. a wet ride home as well. rain will be tailing off after about 4:00, 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. we've opened up the flood gates to another wave of very cold air that will be here for tuesday and wednesday. how about this? high temperature on tuesday 21 degrees colder than average. lucky to get out of the 30s tuesday or wednesday. staying chilly for the whole week ahead you two. >> next up, we have "reporter's

notebook" for you. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes with more of this morning's top stories. good morning. welcome to reporter's note boork. i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with the backlash in montgomery county overtaking holiday names off the school calendar. the school board's sdigs to eliminate religious references to holidays has generated quite a response. though the names will no lonr get on the calendar, students will get the traditional holidays after. the law doesn't allow the closing of schools to recognize a religious holiday, so it will delete the religious references from the calendar. dave mcconnell, let's start with you. the soup tin dent here says the issue is not religion, it's absenteeism. few are happy with us. >> a, the muslims didn't get the holidays they wanted, jews and christians, orthodox, various religions, there's concern

they're taking off a name like christmas, a name like easter, yam kippur. >> traditional known in the schedule for why they're off. it sounds like they've managed to make everybody unhappy. >> vermin they brian, do you think the board underestimated the intense backlash? >> i think so. in fairfax county they did the same thing, but before they were sort of recognizing this is an issue. also remember that what's important here is federal and state law says you cannot designate religious holidays as reasons why the schools are closing. the argument could be that sort of semantics, if you're putting up, well, it's easter break -- not easter break, but the holiday break. i think the board, even some bored members said they were really in a no-win situation. i think most of us can agree on that, there's no way they would

satisfy both sides. >> michael, isn't that sort of the issue here, we're looking for the board was seeking equality. what they wound up doing is making everybody mad. >> they certainly made everybody mad. no doubt about that. you have to wonder, that didn't happen in fairfax county. so the difference there is they waited until they were being pressed by the muslim community and made this decision to take all religious references out. it really, as you said, has made everyone mad. it's a really bizarre coalition of people angered. it's the muslim community who wanted the holidays, but also the religious right who believes there's a war on psychiatri so now they're in a situation where they have to look like they're being more transparent. the sdigs was made very suddenly. and it looks like a lack of transparen even the county exec leader said he would have added it on the calendar to have more days off. >> dave? >> one quick thing. congress got involved, the

extent that congressman den lane ano represents upper kournities said the board didn't do the right thing f. somebody wants a holiday that's a relidge mat religion, they ought to get it. >> it's not resolved, is it? >> no. i would expect it to come up in the next school board election two years from now. the wish list for larry hogan is a long list. maryland's governor elect visited southern maryland this week, took part? a veterans day parade. folks in st. mary's ticked off their wish list, lower taxes, reign in state spending, improve the business climate, working across the aisle, better connec veterans with services, paying attention to the whole state and not just more populated parts of the county. vermin they, a pretty tall order? >> president obama said this, running a campaign and actually governing are two different

things. what hogan had on his side, he won all those eastern shore counties. he talks and counting the budget by $2 million by cutting out waste. that's going to be very difficult. they gave out a laundry list of things they wanted him to attack. one of the things interesting, he wants to cut out the tax on military pensions. robert erlich, the former republican governor, put this on the table. they had a commission. they looked at it. they said the state could do this. it might be a good will thing. but those in the state legislature also know it will take $40 million away from the state. so it would help the veterans and that was one of the issues he was running on. but now how do you supplement that $40 million. that's something hogan will have to deal with when he talks about cutting taxes. where will he find to balance the budget for social security, roads and construction. >> the reality is he's a lone republican in a statehouse

against an overwhelmingly democratic legislature. there's a sliver of republicans. >> they increased their numbers. >> you're right. more than a sliver now. they're a surge or something like that. there's more of them than th. there really aren't that many. he has to find a way to compromise as ronald reagan and president clinton and now president obama is finding ways, trying to find ways to get cooperation. you hope there will be more cooperation in maryland than there has been in the national legislature, but we don't know. >> michael, 40 taxes. that's what he promised, to roll back 40 taxes. >> be careful what you ask for because you might get it. >> he campaigned on lower taxes and now he's elected. he's responsible for trying to roll back those 40 taxes. the o'malley administration according to hogan increased taxes 40 times. he's going to be judged on whether or not he was able to

roll those back, as well as the rain tax, the storm water remediation system. he's going to have to figure out how to do it without the fee. insurance for children. d.c. has the lowest rate of uninsured hispanic children in the nation. according to a study less than 1% of latino children are now without coverage in the district. how has the city been able to do this? >> i'm sorry. there are two programs they say are paying off. one is the help for lower income families and children, aid for them. and also efforts aimed directly at hispanics and people who don't speak english, frankly, in the city. getting through to the people who have ki difficult. they say the result of all that is one reason these children and their families are covered. >> while d.c. ranks highest on the list with coverage, maryland and virginia ranked 17th and

37th. how do you account for that disparity? >> folks in maryland can say 17 out of 50, are we that off? i think again you've got sort of a larger pool that you're dealing with also looking at virginia and maryland in terms of states. the funding there may not be as abunda as you have in the district. today's point, the district is known for having social services programs, that if you're in need, that's the one thingy can tout. that's one of the things that they have done the best. and sort of getting back to hogan again, that's an issue he's going to have to deal with as a governor in the state f. you're 17 and cutting taxes, that means you've got social services issues. this falls right in line with that. >> d.c. came across looking good in this report. maryland at 17 comes off as looking okay. virginia ranked 37 doesn't look so good. i would be willing to bet the next time they do this kind of assessment virginia will fall even lower because medicaid

expansion is moving forward in all these other places but not moving forward in virginia. i think we've already seen a disproportionate percentage of hispanic children uninsured now. the next time they do this, virginia is probably going to look even worse. >> all right. we'll take a break. when we come back, a new day for d.c. f

mayor gray showed off new fire trurks and emergency equipment this past week and introduced new fire recruits. this just a few weeks before mayor gray leaves office. the department has been plagued with problems, mismanagement, failing equipment. and the mayor is getting ready to leave office. michael polk, is the department about to turn the corner? >> you would hope so. this department has been in

turmoil for many years, currently with an interim leader. this is the first challenge for the new mayor. they've announced a national search. bowser is on record saying she wants someone with a strong ems background, and so this is actually going to be sort of an early test for bowser, is who she chooses to lead the fire department and what changes we find there. >> vermin they, mayor gray says d.c. fire and ems is ready to go. why haven't we bee to go before now under this mayor? >> that's a good question. some could say money. some could say he took his eye off the ball, having kenneth eller by in that position for so long. we talked about this. mayor gray is going out of office. this looks very good. as he's going out, he says, we've got everything ready. there could be koount argument saying we're not reedy t. union

head says we still have ladders, we have emergency trucks not repaired. we are still kind of in a hole that we're digging ourselves out of. so i don't know if they're really ready in the manner that they should be. but for the mayor, again, as he's going out of office, he would love for folks to know that they're ready and they're probably in, to be fair, in a better position than they were months ago. >> dave mcconnell, any improvement, some would argue, is good. >> they would. but i think they'd also be asking, it's wonderful to get this equipment, these toys, but what about the people who operate the equipment and perform the duties. a horrendous situation of the man who died of a heart attack because nobody in that local fire shop would come out and he him. they've got to recover from that, they've got to do better than that. the question is, if they're ready, if they're able to perform their duties and avoid horrendous things like what happened with that fire station, they're ready. if they're not, all the new

equipment in the world won't help. they do need a good new fire chief. >> that's still an issue, too, remember about whether or not you're going to have a two for one. a paramedic and a firefighter. before they were separate and trying to combine those positions so you wouldn't have a lot of that infighting. i think the incoming chief, whether it's jones who is there now or bowser brings in a new person, is going to have to deal with what are we going to do here? we can trim the staff or separate that out, paramedics and firefighters. >> should sexting teens go to jail? it's an issue virginia state crime commission is wrestling with, while taking sexually explicit pictures of a minor violates laws. juveniles rarely get jail time. increasing number of kids are taking pictures or posting them or sending them to other folks. dave, talk about the challenge of trying to in a balanced way get a handle on this.

there are tougher penalties on the books. they were intended for the pedophiles, not for the kids. >> that much said. these are younger people. that's when you do dumb things. look at our own lives, the dumb things we did when we were teenagers. this is one of the sexting. to send people to jail for that seems awfully harsh. if it's real porno stuff and the kids have graduated from just taking each other's nude photo ts, that's something else to think about. at this point in time it seems like rehab, misdemeanor, counseling, that kind of thing is much more appropriate. >> what do you think? >> this is just a matter of jurisdictions. police and authorities trying to catch up with technology. to dave's point, study out by university of mix gan, what we did as kids, truth or dare. you wouldn'te a phone to see what you're doing in truth or dare. now truth or dare means you take a picture and it gets out there and other kids share this. i think that is really the

battle -- to me this is a common sense issue, that jurisdictions and authorities have to deal with. you know if you have kids doing things that kids do, you have to handle that appropriately. i don't think it's a one sort of box fits all. >> right now sexting is a felony in virginia, regardless of the you're a child or an adult. the last general assembly section considered reducing a have much popularity because the prosecutors argued against it. what we've got going on now, this is in preparation for the upcoming general assembly session when they're trying to figure out when is it appropriate to say, well, you're a child and we don't want to charge you with a felony? right now the thinking is if the two people are about 40 years apart and if it's consensual, then you might be able to knock it down from a felony to a misdemeanor. we'll have to see as the general assembly session plays out whether or not the prosecutors support that and whether or not the republican majority supports

that. >> a good lesson for kids to remember, whatever you take and send out into cyberspace stays there. >> what happens in vegas stays in vegas, that doesn't apply here. what you do there goes everywhere. >> thankor that's pre porter's notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. "news 4 to in today's top stories, breaking news, the white house says the u.s. intell generals community is working to authenticate a video isis militants possibly be heading american aid worker peter kassig. the video came out minutes after president obama left australia for the united states. national security. if confirmed, we are ap paumd by the brutal murder of an innocent american aid worker.

26-year-old kassig was captured last year while helping provide medical aid to syrians. take a look at your screen right now. several police agencies are looking for this man right here. police want to talk to him about a kidnapping at the vienna metro station in fairfax county. a woman was in her car thursday when a man with a gun got in her car with her and forced her to drive to several atm zs. the suspect had him drop her off at the new carrollton metro station. the woman was not hurt. right now a surgeon from maryland is in extremely critical condition. dr. martin salia being treated in omaha. his wife and children live in prince george's county. good morning and welcome to "news 4 today." it's been a very busy news morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm alyssa mollet. >> clouds, you say we have clouds rolling in? >> yes, all the sunshine we enjoyed yesterday is a thing of the past as clouds are ready to

move in on top of us. already a mostly cloudy sky. you could see a little sunshine first thing this morning. it won't last long as clouds will roll in quickly. temperatures are in the chilly 30s and 40s. nowhere as cold as yesterday morning. 36 in manassas, 41 in capitol heights. 39 in edgewater, maryland. nothing in and around the metro area. there are a couple of light snowshowers across western maryland, mountains of west virginia. if you're my twitter followers and traveling toward the shenandoah valley and blue ridge, let me know about @chuckbell4. going out tonight on the town? a couple of sprinkles by 7, 8, 9 qulok this evening. more about that with the seven

day and a another shot of cold air. >> say it ain't so, chuck. policeg a murder mystery in runldal county. 21-year-old javon they parker was found shot and killed. he was from glenn bernie he was found in a back yard on huff court. police have arrested a man they say shot a pregnant woman in northeast washington. we don't know the woman's condition at this point. police say terrell baringer has been charged with assaults. police say he was trying to kill her. hundreds came out to remember her intelligence, good sense of humor and big smile. a celebration of life ceremony for hannah graham drew nearly 1,000 people to her old high school in fairfax county. shomari stone spoke with some of her friends about what they'll rebel most about hannah graham. >> it's sad for things like this

to happen. >> reporter: stormy has known hannah graham for ten years. >> tell us a little about her. >> hannah was a smart individual. she always knew what she was doing. >> reporter: stormy, along with hannah graham's parents and friends, honored her at a celebration of life service at west potomac high school in the alexandria section of fairfax county. the 18-year-old graduate friday here, and she was currently a sophomore at university of virginia. classmates from both schools paid tribute to hannah. >> i'll always remember her by her dry sense of humor. >> outside west potomac high school f you look right here in the front lawn, you can see this rock, students painted it. it says we love you hannah, always in ou. during the private service people shared stories of how much they love hannah. she was on west potomac high softball team and played in the marching band. >> it's a hard day for many of us, for all of us, knowing we

lost a valued member of our school community. >> rep her remains were found near charlottesville. police arrested jesse matthew and charged him with abduction. >> it definitely hurts. it's definitely taken a toll on me. >> reporter: people will always remember her smile and great sense of humor n. the alexandria section of fairfax county, i'm shomari stone, n police across the country are bracing for grand jury results in the shooting deat unarmed teenager. the st. louis post dispatch shows darren wilson walking out of the police station to go to the hospital two hours after he shot brown. police initially say he was assaulted by brown. >> any moment now we can expect to get an announcement, if they're done with their work, which i suspect they're getting very close to getting done with.

>> the grand jury has been meeting since august. police in frederick are looking for a group of vandals that struck a neighborhood. saturday morning someone egged about 50 cars and poured syrup on another on the north side of the city. the suspects hit between 1:00 and 4:00 in the morning. police are still looking for that group. the candidates are set for the house of delegates special election. craig pair sought won the primary. he's a businessman and air force veterans who lives in mcclaine with his wife and newborn son. he'll take on democrat kathleen murphy, a former capitol hill staffer who runs her own consulting firm. she's married with four children. the special election is january 6th. the seat was held by barbara comstock until she won her seat in congress. in the week ahead for you, tomorrow we could learn more about an fbi agent accused of

tampering with evidence. 33-year-old matthew lowery is accused of taking heroin that was supposed to be shown in court and using it himself. federal investigators say he took guns as well. the government plans to drop at least 28 cases that relied on that evidence. a public hearing tuesday on a new program in fairfax county that would let you live rent free in dozens of historic homes. >> reporter: thousands of cars drive along georgetown pike every day. unknown to most is the historic treasure they pass by, the turner farmhouse, one home to a family that played a key role in fairfax county. >> this is the home he lived in and built, a queen anne style home in 1905. there are no other houses like this in great falls or even very few of them in northern virginia. >> one of the things we do here or did hear was to have a 4th of july celebration. it was held over in the park, the adjoining property here. the turners always had a big

party outside. all the cars would park here on the lawn and people would gather in the back and we'd all have a marvelous party and go over and watch the fireworks. the turner farmhouse is one of dozens of historic properties owned by the county and falling into disrepair. a few years ago they were given an option to do something about it, resident curators. that's a person who lives in the property and fixes it up. among the financial benefits to the curator or no mortgage or mortgage interest and reduced living expenses. the type of property is unlikely to be available on the open market. a network of professionals is available to assist with the restoration. often the property is on park land with a great view and no noisy neighbors. the county benefits because historic properties are improved and maintained and the properties are made available to the public. it reduces the county's financial burden and it makes a positive impact on properties

next door. >> this would be the first program in the commonwealth of virginia, and also we're looking at this county wide whereas most of the other programs in existence is statewide. again, our model will be a little different. at the ter: a p board of supervisors meeting. jim handly, news 4. >> putting on tours can live you with more than a dirty home. what your cleaning habits predict about your behavior. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com

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call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v welcome back. round two of the affordable care act enrollment began yesterday. could the second time be the charm. >> "meet the press" moderator chuck todd joining us. we want to ask you about this breaking news overnight, american aid worker peter kassig

was reportedly executed by isis. what are we hearing from the t seems as if the administration is concerned this video is authentic. they have put out a statement while saying they can't yet say it's authentic, they condemn it if it is. that tells you how concerned they are here. this comes at a time when you just had the chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey, probably one of the more undercovered stories last week, more proops will be necessary and not ruling out combat troops on the ground. >> he surprised the troops yesterday in bagdad. the one thing he did talk about, he said the tide is turning when they talk about the momentum agisis. >> it was a more optimistic sounding general dempsey yesterday than the g de on the hill that was concerned that while may made some progress, they hadn't made enough. a new republican majority coming in january, committed to either repealing or dismantling

the health care law. how did the website fare in your opinion? >> round two can't be like what happened yesterday. so so far so good. granted, it's the weekend. the fact their numbers are much lower, their projections of how many people are going to sign up, what's the plan to get more folks signed snup last year they had this entire marketing plan. this year it seems to be a much more subdued plan. >> it's not just a question of getting more people signed up. what we saw in first wave, people with chronic illnesses. it's about getting people who are healthy signed up for the plan. do want to make the ratios right, too. >> the political let-up though, they'll still face opposition. we have the supreme court case. >> we do and the videos that came out of one of the

architects, that certainly hasn't helped the public relations effort. it seems as if they struggle on the pfrksr front even as they're trying to convince people to sign up. don't forget, this is the year the penalties are real. last year it was 95 bucks, this year three or $400 if you don't have health insurance. >> chuck todd, thank you. >> big show coming up today. you can catch todd on "meet the press" at 10:30 right after "news 4 today." thousands of u.s. soldiers are on their way to africa to help fight the ebola outbreak. 2100 army reserve and national guard soldier also go to senegal and liberia. the troops will build treatment centers and cmunication systems. many of them say their families are worried about the trip. nbc's mike gonzalez spoke to a few. here is what they had to say. >> for members of bravo company, the hardest part of heading for west africa is leaving family.

sergeant zachary crane says his mom is feeling nervous. >> a little worried about the ebola threat. we're going to a safe environment. we're in communications. >> didn't like to hear what was going on over there, but said very supportive. >> reporter: the unit is responsible for installg communications networks that allow for voice data and video capabilities in senegal while the unit won't be directly involved in the fight against ebola, their mission is still critical. >> they know what they're going in there for, what the potential threat is, but the areas that they're going to be in are evaluated as very low risk for exposure. >> we got trained on the cdc, the white suits you see on tv and stuff. we learned how to use all those. i'm confident that if we were to run into it, we would be safe. >> this may be one of the last things i do, i'm very gad to be able to participate in this, to say i was able to make a

difference over there. >> soldiers sacrificing to make a difference in the world. a chemical leak at a texas plant left four people dead and another in the hospital. officials seyed a valve failed on a container at the houston plant. a highly toxic chemical used to treat natural gas started leaking. four employees died on site. another was taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. the chemical odor could be smelled miles away. officials say neighboring communities are safe. in the day ahead, volunteers will pack purple heart ornaments that will go to injured marines. the packing party begins at 10:00 at vfw post 1503 on minnieville road in dale city, virginia. in the week ahead, maryla marys with enroll. the state spent $40 million to upgrade the troubled website after last year's open

enrollment period. the health exchange is part of the affordable health care act. you're invited to a public safety forum. this week kenyatta mcduffy is hosting the meeting. they want to hear your ideas about protecting the community from crime, like recent attacks on the metro branch trail. the meeting is tomorrow at 6 clong p.m. at the turkey thicket recreational center. >>. a new study says cleaning up makes you a better person. researchers studied 600 people more open to deceptive behavior when looking at gross or messy images. the researchers believe unpleasant feelings make you more likely to do something wrong. they say cleaning up your room, your house or even your desk at work could help you collaborate better and make more positive decisions. now we know why chuck bell is such a misfit? >> i was going to say, does your

car count? my car is fine.bott there may be a layer of dust at home, something you could actually make a small animal out of it. i'm not a duster. i'll do a lot of stuff. but dusting and me we don't get along so good. outside we have a little sunshine coming our way for early this morning. our picture outside on our city cam tells the story of what you should expect on the whole for the remainder of the day. that's mostly cloudy skies. it will be full cloud cover by about lunchtime. if you need to see a break or two of sunshine, you better hurry out the door. there's capitol hill in the distance. a light breeze out of the south right now. the combination of the clouds and the south breeze made it milder start today than yesterday. yesterday reagan national airport dropped to 32 degrees. that's first freeze of the season. last year the first freeze at national airport was on november 13th. about the same as last year. right now nowhere near the

freezing mark around town. it's 41 downtown. south wind averaging eight miles per hour. again, the clouds and south breezes have helped keep things a little milder this morning. it's seasonal chilly out there. 34 in winchester, 36 in fredricksburg, 39 degrees. not many places will reach the 50-degree mark today thanks to all the clouds around. it will stay chilly all day long. not goings to have much of a rain threat today. if you can't find the umbrella, i think you'll get away with it for the remainder of the day ton whole, a low impact weather day. cloudy, these sdis, yes. a chance for a few sprinkles. maybe a light sprinkle late this afternoon and this evening. another big tumble in temperatures is coming our way early this week. our sprinkle chance is this area

right here bringing light snow to western maryland. this area across mississippi, alabama and tennessee, that is our monday rainout coming in our direction. if you can't find the umbrella today, you'll be all right. you're going to need it by tomorrow morning as raindrops will be moving in before you wake up on monday. future weather for today, skies cloudy, clearer around southern maryland. clouds will win out as we go through the remainder of the day. here is the timing on any rain chances today. 2:00 to 6:00, maybe a sprinkle or two, western leesburg, 6:00 to 10:00, could get a couple passing drops around the metro. tomorrow, clouds will be waiting for you and raindrops will be waiting as well. it will be the mildest day of the week tomorrow with highs near 50. what good does 50 degrees do you if it's going to be raining outside. twuns rain ends, like the music in "oklahoma" says, the wind

comes right behind the rain. cold stuff for tuesdays and wednesday, in the 30s. >> a fun morning

good sunday morning everyone. i'm jason pugh. the redskins are back in action at fedex field t. skins coming off a buy week, hosting one of the worst teams in the nfl, the tampa bay buccaneer, bad on both sides of the ball, offense ranks 27th in the nfl in points per game. also among the worst when it comes to turnovers, their defense giving up 30 points a game, second worst in the nfl. despite their record, though, the fact they dropped stra games, rober griffin iii and his teammates aren't taking tampa bay lightly. >> our focus is to get to 1-0, not 7-024 week.

we have to take care of business this week against dam pa. they're a very good team. there are no easy games in the nfl. we can't afford to overlook anybody. i think the guys are motivated. we do feel like we have an opportunity to seize. >> huge boost for the redskins defense, knows tackle barry cofield returns to the lineup after being out since the season opener with a high ankle sprain. cofield excited to get back on the field. >> i want to start by saying i missed you guys. there was no hello. my biggest thing is that we're close, trying to give guys that confidence, and we've had injuries. hopefully ki come back. i'm a free agent off the streets. someone that's going to come in, lay it on the line, play it as hard as possible and hopefully help get us over that hump. it's going to take a collective effort. >> kickoff set for 1:00 today. enjoy the game and go

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breaking news this morning we're following. the white house saying the u.s. intelligence community is working the authenticate a video that shows isis militants possib be heading american aid worker peter kassig. the video came out minutes after president obama left australia for united states. >> in a statement national security council spokesperson bernadette meehan says the intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. if confirmed, we're appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent american aid worker. 26-year-old kassig was captured last year while helping provide medical aid to syrians.

>> good morning everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm angie goff. >> ill i'm melissa melee. let's go outside where the clouds are back. that means rain on the way. chuck bell standing by inside with your forecast. >>g t two, good morning everybody. off to a cloudy spot. most if not all will stay dry through daylight hours today. there will be a chance for sprinkles coming in. not after the sun goes down. temperatures outside this morning. it is a november chill in the air. temperatures on the whole are about ten degrees warmer than we were yesterday morning. that's good news for sure. a little light snow west of hagerstown, towards frostburg, maryland, into the mountains of west virginia. this is real light and the majority headed into southern pennsylvania not coming into the metro area. probably won't be much of an impact in the metro area. going out the do first thing this morning, temperatures in

the 30s through 10:00 this morning. we'll have a warmup, but only near 50 degrees later this afternoon. if you're headed to the tampa, washington game, a 1:00 kickoff. cloudy with temperatures in the 40s. raindrops arrive tonight and monday is looking ugly. we'll talk about that and the next shot of cold air when i see you next. >> thank you, chuck. new this morning, police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man and hurt another in prince william county. that shooting happened on keating drive off kings man road in woodbridge. you see police on the scene searching for clues overnight. both men taken to the hospital where one of them died. the names of the victims have not been released. >> take a look at your screen. several place agencies looking for the man right here. police want to talk to him about a kidnapping at the vienna metro station. a woman was in her car thursday when a man with a gun got in and forced her to drive to several atms. news 4's derrick ward has more on this ordeal. >> metro transit police, prince

george's county police and fairfax county police want to talk to this man. he's seen here in a surveillance photo in connection with an armed carjacking. >> police say it started about 12:40 in the morning thursday here at the north garage. they say the woman was in a car, someone knocked on the window, she saw a man with a gun and he got in the car with her. according to authorities, the man promised the victim he wouldn't harm her if she did what he told her to development he ordered her to drive to maryland and demanded money. once in maryland, the victim came up with $45. it wasn't enough. so the suspect ordered her to drive along the route 450 corridor in new carrollton to stores, gas stations, places with atms so she could withdraw more money while he waited in the car. eventually he ordered her to drive him to the new carrollton metro station where he left the victim unarmed. police say there's no warrant out for the man in this

surveillance photo. but he's someone they des prantly want to talk to in connection with thursday's carjacking. one distinguishing characteristic they say the man's limp he has to his right side. prince george's county police do have the victim's car and are searching it for dna evidence or fingerprints that could lead to an arrest. >> we have video of a serious car crash. a man thrown from his car in montgomery county. it happened just befor9:00 last night in the intersection of mariana drive. police approached the driver in a parking lot in aspen hill. officers noticed his license was suspended. they caught a tow truck. as the tow truck arrived they say the driver took off, hit a utility pole, a tree and landed on top of the empty car. an american with ebola is in extremely critical condition. dr. martin salia is in omaha

where they're working the save his life. he's from maryland and his wife and children live in prince george's county. we learned only hours ago just howe sick he s. he was working at a surgeon in sierra leone and is now in his second day of treatment here. this morning a 12-year-old maryland girl is waking up with her family after she disappeared tuesday from baltimore county, found in north carolina friday night. nbc's karen campbell reports on her homecoming celebration. >> reporter: that's 12-year-old jasmine baker. the baltimore county teen who's been missing since tuesday finally back home safe and sound. >> we have a happy ending. >> we're lucky. thank god we have such a happy ending. >> we're blessed. >> family and friends held a homecoming celebration for jasmine on saturday. >> i'm relieved she's home safe. i'm not worried anymore. >> reporter: jasmine disappeared on tuesday after she left her home and walked to perry hall middle school. federal agents say they found

jasmine unarmed late friday night in the company of a man believed to be in his 30s in raleigh, north carolina. his identity has not yet been released. charges are pending. jasmine called her parents to let them know she was safe. >> to get that call last night when tina answered the phone, it was like -- it felt literally like the world had been taken off my soldiers. >> iust stopped and started crying. i couldn't say anything. >> jasmine's mom, tina, thanked everyone near and far for helping to find her daughter. >> it takes one tip, that's it. one tip is why jasmine is here. >> it's unclear what exactly that tip was. friends say flyers and highway billboards displaying her face and name helped to bring her home safe. >> all the people who helped with flyers in their car windows, it's just great. we really appreciate it. hopefully stuff like this will help other kids in the future. it really made a difference.

>> repors say they're happy to have their daughter back home. >> there's a feeling inside of me i can't even describe that go. i'm happy i have my daughter. i don't want to feel guilty that i have my daughter, but i feel a pain that i share wi >> that was karen campbell reporting. of course, there are a lot of unanswered questions into her disappearance. investigators used baker's ipod and xbox to help track down her location. >> in the week ahead, the second trial of the d.c. officer accused of trying to kill his wife is expected to get under way. prosecutors say samson lawrence attacked his wife in their prince george's county home last november. that say he hit her with a metal lamp post. investigators say the fight started when lawrence tried to hang a flat screen tv. he's facing attempted murder and as assault charges.

d.c.'s new inspector general be sworn in this week. daniel lucas becomes the city government's top internal watch dog. lucas most recently served as inspector general for the naval sea systems command. paying to get on metro will be as easy as pulling out your smart phone. but coul set you up for a robbery? why metro assures you you'll be safe. a rare sit-down interview with the u.s. secret service.

welcome back. metro warns you about taking your cell phone out on the train because it could get stolen. >> soon you may need your phone at the turnstile. metro now rolling out a new way to pay that would eliminate

paper fare cards. news 4's adam tuss tells us how your commute could change. >> reporter: take out your smart phone, credit or debit card, tap the target and go. metro showing it off for us. >> tap it here on the fair gate. accepts the payment and walk through. >> reporter: isn't metro always telling you to keep your smart phone out of sight. this man rides every day and worries about a thief taking advantage. >> i want someuy hanging around and grabbing it. >> if you're aware you're using your smart phone, putting it back, aware of your surroundings, lit work just fine. >> reporter: the sleek, shiny and computerized. take a look at the existing fair gates that have to handle paper fare cards and you can see why they want to make a change. this is how it works. you get on or off the train, pull up the app on your smart phone, tap it right on the new fare gate. it recognizes you've paid

through a chip in the back and it charges you. there is one hitch now. the gates are sam saungd are not yet apple-iphone compatible. this is a pilot program. here is a look at the stations getting the machines in january. boston, bethesda, eisenhower avenue, farragut west, navy yard, pentagon, pentagon city, adam tuss, news 4 vrnlths it is 7:12. coming up, news 4 keeping your money safe and secure. erika gonzalez goes right to the secret service for important tips before you start all that holiday shopping. bad santa, what he's caught on tamara doing that has police now on his trail. chuck? >> good morning everybody. the sun is up. skies are mostly cloudy at the moment, and that trend will continue. rain chances on the up and up just in time for a monday mornin

welcome back. 7:15 on this sunday morning. this guy sure to end up on santa's naughty list. surveillance cameras caught him. the whole robber mi. happened in australia

yesterday. police saying that robber was not armed and no one was hurt. >> could have at least pulled his pants up. news 4 is working for you this holiday season to keep your information safe and secure. security breaches of popular retailers may have you feeling skiddish. consumer reporter erika gonzalez got an inside look at how criminals crack the system and how you can protect yourself. >> i love target. >> audrey ramon says she s at target up to three timeweek. we first met with her at the height of last year's target breach. she found more than $1,000 in fraudulent charges on her bill. >> i have one pair of men's pants and five gift cards for $200 each. >> reporter: the number of data breaches in 2013 jumped 54%. there were 691 breach investigations. we got that number from the united states secret service and

this year's trust wave global security report. >> it's a fraud. what the criminals are trying to get is your or my financial information. >> >> reporter: according to that report the retail industry has been compromised more than any oefrmt cyber criminals constantly looking for flaws in their systems. >> in the companies put in a security feature, they will try to find a way to overcome that security f secret service says security breaches can also occur when businesses don't change a d user name and password after a vendor installs payment equipment. just last week home depot blamed its breach on criminals who got a hold of third party vendor user names and password. separate files containing about 53 million e-mail addresses were also taken during that breac ag it look like -- >> reporter: this special agent showed us some devices bought

online to steal information. this device is used to create fake credit card. in one case the secret service botched this box of cards. this is a skimmer that curveballs can attach to a atm or gas pump. at this cheesecake factory, three servers used a skimmer on customer credit cards in 2010. they stole 90 numbers. the secret service says a separate and even bigger case, a waiter stole 600 numbers within a month. once you swipe it, it can transmit to the criminal who may be sitting two blocks away in his car or her car and, therefore, you don't ever see that. >> via bluetooth technologies. >> or it can be downloaded to a computer and sent around the world. then it's sold in underground criminal chat rooms. each stolen car can sell for $3 to $40.

so 600 stolen numbers can sell for up to 24,000 numbers. for starters, use only one credit card over the holidays. >> you can quickly monitor your statement and all your transactions that you know you've done are in one place. >> next, contact your credit card company and setalerts. >> it's a transaction done online, i want an alert sent to my phone. >> and change your passwords now, then again immediately after the holiday season. >> there's no. 100% way for any of us to be safe nowadays. but what you can do is try to manage your risk. >> reporter: air ga . >> what was that, chuck? >> they want you to chr password and then after. i'm sure that's the safest thing to do. but i can barry remember it now. >> there's always that great web app called dash lane where you

have one universal password. i know a lot of people who have used it and say it's not only efficient, it cuts down on time. they've never had issues. >> i should go to the one password system. >> exactly, aaa 111, that's my new password. >> maybe i should look into the encryption school and see if i come up with a better one than that. >> for us, the only real secret is when is the first drop going to reach your home? for us, bad news is it's likely to be raining on you before you head out the door on a monday morning. so you know enjoy the dry weather while it's here. showers and rain likely on your monday. for now though, it's a mostly cloudy start to the day, a bright spot right over the building. there's a little brightness out there first thing. 41 degrees is still the current temperature in national airport. that's where it's been the last three hours in a row. wind out of the south averaging

nine miles per hour. lorton, virginia, 37, joint base andrews 37, quantico, stafford, fredricksburg, 38, 36 respectively. mid 30s in the shenandoah valley and to the west of the blue ridge. hour by hour today, a little sunshine here in the morning hours. temperatures mostly in the 30s. by noontime it will be full cloud cover near 45 degrees. a chance for a few drops west of the metro as early as about 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. a sprinkle or light rain shower possible in the metro after about 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 this evening. as you're planning your outfit, a nice fall koechlt you'll get away without needing the umbrella today. but find it because you'll need it first thing tomorrow morning. there's monday's rain across tennessee, alabama and mississippi. that will be here before you're up tomorrow morning. again, know where the umbrella is. there's a little light snow across far western maryland and southwestern pennsylvania right now, and could even see a few snowflakes towards hagerstown just north and west of

martinsburg. if you see a snowflake, grab a picture of it and send it to me. here is future weather forecast for today, clouds thickening during the day through 3:00, 4:00, everyone should be mostly dry. after 7:00, 8:00 tonight, there's the chance for rain showers coming in. for tomorrow, clouds and rain likely pretty much from the ride in until the ride home tomorrow. then once the rain ends, the old man winter comes back again with a vengeance. this will be the coldest shot of the group. three blasts of cold. one late lasweek. another one, the coldest one tuesday and wednesday with highs, sub 40-degree highs. that's 20-plus degrees colder than average. little moderating trend late in the week. there's no number on there that's even close to average. our stretch of below average days has at least seven more to go before we can turn the corner. >> is that what we call

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welcome back. parents in massachusetts are upset about a history lesson th. they have a problem with a history book that says not all

slaves were treated poorly. nbc's nick edmonds reports. >> the fact that this textbook was in our school for ten years is a system failure. >> this is not 1955, this is not 1937. this is 2014. >> parents heated over a history lesson. they say fifth graders are being taught slavery was not bad for all slaves. that reads, quote, slaves were treated well or cruelty depending on their oerns. some planters took pride in being fair and kind to their slaves. >> there's something wrong when we teach our children that there was something good about owning another person. it's sick. >> when you start talking about good slave owners and bad slave owners and happy slaves and slaves that weren't so happy, you're completely missing the point. >> reporter: a school official sent a letter to parents calling the section on slavery

inaccurate and offensive. the letter to parents say it is section of the book will no longer be used for social scud difficults, but instead to question the authority of a published book, a solution that isn't satisfies all the concerned parents. >> that is ridiculous to think that the fifth grade, 10 and 11-year-old kids can take what is in that book and figure out what's right a. >> that was nick edmonds reporting. a school leader says the book will be phased out next yeesh. news 4 following breaking news. the national security council is working to authenticate a video purportedly released by isis claiming the show the be heading of an american aid worker. bracing for a verdict. new details coming out before a grand jury decision in ferguson, missouri. what an officer is seen

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in today's top stories, breaking news. the white house say it is u.s. intelligence community is working to authenticate a video that shows isis militants possib beheading american aid worker peter kassig. in a statement national security council spokesperson bernadette meehan says, quote, the intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. if confirmed, we're al pauped by

the brut murder of an innocent american aid worker, end quote. 26-year-old kassig was captured last year while helping provide medical aid to syrian. good morning. i'm angie goff. >> i'm melissa mollet. we'll head to meteorologist chuck bell. a little chilly, drizzly in some spots. >> a lot of clouds outside today. not a big rain threat. i can't rule out a couple of sprinkles. wait until you see storm team 4 radar. maybe snowflakes across northwestern virginia towards interstate 81. a mostly cloudy sky already in place. the overall impact the weather will have on your day will be fairly low. plenty of clouds. there's a chance for sprinkles arouy this evening. temperatures in the 30s to near 40. even in the shenandoah valley, temperatures above the freezing mark. here it is on storm team 4 radar. even snowflakes surviving all the way to the ground along

i-81. if you see those, let me know. the 12k race is in old town this morning. temperatures in the 30s and 40s staying below 50. rain tomorrow and more bitter cold coming. that's with your seven day coming up. developing now, police are looking for someone who killed a man in hyattsville. we don't know the man's name just yet. police say he was stabbed to death early this morning at a party off landover road. this is near the beltway. you're looking at the scene of the crime. police say the suspect stabbed a second person, too. they have not arrested anyone and did not say if there are any leads in this case. police also need your help solving a murder mystery in anne arundel county. 21-year-old javante parker was killed. we are waiting for the grand jury results into the deadly shooting of an unarmed teenager by a police officer.

police are bracing for demonstrations like the ones that followed michael brown's death in ferguson, missouri. nbc's dan sheneman reports. >> reporter: audio tapes reveal that on august 9 police were tracking a robbery suspect near a gas station. >> 25. it's a black male in a white t-shirt running toward quick trip. he took a whole box of swisher cigars. >> reporter: later officer darren wilson is heard asking if officers need help. the officer reports his location. >> 21. put me on canfield. >> reporter: according to the post dispatch it's 12:02 p.m. wilson symptoms brown and a friend. what happened next is at the core of the case. police say the teenager attacked the police officer, tried to get his gun and was killed. some witnesses say brown had his hands up when the shots were fired.

officer wilson is seen leaving the police station two hours after the shooting, heading the the hospital and returning two hours later. across much of ferguson, residents are pairing for what may come after the grand jury decision is announced. fearing the repeat of the violence that happened in the weeks after michael br death. at any moment we can exp to get an announcement if they're done with their work, which i suspect they're getting very close to being done with. >> until then, the wait continues. dan shen nan, nbc news. >> nbc news has not independently vard fid those recordings. the government is dropping dozens of cases against accused drug dealers. tomorrow we could learn a little more about why. 33-year-old matthew lowery will be at a federal hearing. he's an fbi agent accused of tampering with evidence in all those cases. investigators say lowery took cocaine and guns. the government plans to drop at least 28 different court cases

that relied on that specific evidence. >> happening today, president obama son his way home from australia. he will stop in hawaii to refuel. he is expected to arrive at the white house later tonight. the president met with leaders of the world's top 20 economies at the g-20 summit in brisbane. the leaders agree to boost global growth and capital climate change. not everything went so well. the president of russia left early as president obama accused russia of invading ukraine. we're working to find out if a group of vandals struck saturday morning, egging 50 cars and pouring syrup on another. most people were sleeping. officers canssed the area again last night to see if that group came back frmths hundreds came out to remember her intelligence, good sense of humor and big smile. a celebration of life ceremony for hannah graham drew nearly 1,000 people to her old high

school. news 4's shomari stone has more. >> it's sad for things like this ha >> reporter: stormy has known hannah graham for ten years. tell us a little about her. >> hannah, she's a smart individual, always knew what she was doing. >> reporter: stormy along with hannah graham's parents and friends honored her at a celebration of life service at west potomac high school in the alexandria section of fairfax county. the 18-year-old graduated from here and she was current sophom virginia. classmates from both schools t >> i'll always remember her by her dry sense of humor. >> reporter: if you look in the front lawn, you see this rock. students painted it. says we love you, hannah. always in our hearts. during the private service, people shared stories of how

much they love hannah. she was on the softball team and played in the marching band. >> it's a hard day for many of us, for all of us really, knowing that we've lost a valued member of our school community. >> reporter: hannah's remains were found near charlottesville after a month-long search. police arrested jesse matthew and charged him with abduction. >> it definitely. it's definitely taken a toll on people. >> reporter: people will always remember her smile and great sense of humor. in the alexandria section of fairfax county, i'm shomari stone. news 4. >> when your send your kids to campus, a new plan to address college sexual assault. we're asking students if it will make a difference. >> how does free rent sound? you could live in a

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7:40 on this sunday morning. if you're looking for a new home, soon you can live rent-free in a historic one in fairfax county, part of a new curator program the county is discussing this week. news 4's jim handly tells us how it works. >> thousands of cars drive along georgetown pike every day, unknown to most is the historic treasure they pass by, the turner farmhouse, once home to a family that played a key role in fairfax county. >> a home he lived in and built, a queen anne style home in 1905. there are no other falls like this in great falls or even very few in northern virginia. >> once of the things we did here was have a 4th of july celebration. it was held in the adjoining property, in the park. the turners always had a big party outside. all the cars would park on the lawn. we'd all have a marvelous party and go over and watch the

fireworks. >> reporte the hou is owned by the county and falling into disrepair. a few years ago state lawmakers gave counties an option to do something about it called resident cure raters. that's a person or family that lives in the property and fixes it up. among the financial benefits is no mortgage or mortgage interest or reduced living expenses. the type of property is unlikely to be available on the open market. a network of professionals is available to assist with the restoration. often the property is on park land with a great view and no noisy neighbors. the county benefits because historic properties are improved and maintained, and the properties are made available to the public. it reduces the county's financial burden and it makes a positive impact on properties next door. >> this would be the first program in the commonwealth of virginia, and also we're looking at this countywide whereas most of the other programs th existe. again, our model will be a

little different. >> reporter: a public hearing on the program is tuesday at the fairfax board of supervisors meeting. jim handly, news 4. sexual assaults on college campuses has come to to protect students and hear what they say about whether or not it's actually working. chuck, another cold coat day. >> you betcha, angie. temperatures only in the mid and upper 30s right now. we'll probably struggle just to get into the mid and upper 40s later today. there's at least a little sunshine out there as you can see in the live picture. enjoy the bits of sunshine while you can. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com

we've got the "today" show coming up next on nbc4 at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. erica hill and lester holt joining us from new york. >> good morning guys. just ahead on a sunday morning on "today," we'll have the latest on the breaking news overnight. a chilling new video isis militants claiming to have be headed another hostage. this time an american aid worker. >> also had an update this morning on the latest ebola-stricken doctor being treated on u.s. soil and some of the biggest things in music being raised to fight the disease. >> hundreds of pounds of marijuana up for sale in what's believed to be the country's first ever legal pot auction. you know it as the scene

steeler from "the hangover" movies. this morning ken jong stopping by. tips to avoid common thanksgiving cooking mishaps when we get started on a sunday morning on "today." >> i've got one tip. order it. my order is already in. >> that's what someone else just said. >> not creative, but you know, he's good. >> you have to do the dishes. it's great. >> have a good day. >> you, pope francis is taking a solid position against ab borgs telling doctors to object to patient's wishes to protect human life. the pope made the remarks while speaking the the italian catholic doctor's association yesterday. in addition to abortion, he denounced euthanasia, calling it a false compassion. the pontiff said no human life is more sacred that another. a scathing report says virginia nearly failed when it came to enforcing sex trafficking laws.

the pro terktd innocence challenge gave the commonwealth a d when it comes to protecting victims of trafficking, especially children and says victims of child sex trafficking in virginia continue to be vulnerable during to gaps in the laws. the group claims v the only state in the u.s. without specific human or sex trafficking laws. a new report from the state delivers some recommendations regarding sexual assaults on college campuses. >> i usually walk home with a group and i went to self-defense class when i entered college just in case i ever needed to use it. >> reporter: sophomore katherine swanson chose the university of maryland because of the diversity on campus and the honors program. she and her parents were also concerned about a problem on many college campuses. sexual assault. >> that definitely does strike some fear in me and i think every other young woman in this

country. >> reporter: the attorney genel doug ans her reduced a report. according to the report one in five women will be assaulted while in college. one in 16 men will also be victims. in many cases they go unreported. >> in the very first part of this report, sets forth what the requirements are. >> reporter: it gives recommendations for r coll like increased bystander interventions, educating and train university employees and improve public awareness. >> unfortu culture for most students is that's not my business, not my problem. >> reporter: the overarching goal is to change that culture. speaking up, when something looks wrong isn't always easy. >> if it's outrageous, you say something. otherwise it's not your business. >> even though we should tell men they shouldn't do that. if women realize that they don't need to be in that situation, then i think it would help a lot. >> reporter: for katherine, her safety is always in mind.

>> be careful who you're hanging out. stay with somebody and don't be alone. >> reporter: ending sexual assault, ultimately a job for everyone on campus. reporting in prince george's county, zachary kiesch, news 4. in the day ahead volunteers will pack purple heart ornaments that will go to injured marines. the packing party will begin at 10:00 at the vfw toast 1503 in dale vitti, virginia. more than 9,000 ornament also be packaged and shipped. things are heating up on "the voice." the top 12 showdown begins tomorrow night. virginia native ryan sill is battling with 12 other c contestan he says it means a who to know his hometown of sterling is behind him. >> they've been having viewing parties, making t-shirts. i'm definitely feeling the love.

it's well appreciated. >> sill is on team gwenn you can skach him and the rest of the contestants on "the voice." if i remember correctly, he went to jay neal also? >> yes. that's where i went to school, too. >> a whole lot of talent coming out of that school. >> yeah, baby. >> this season ---ive ooi been watching since the beginning and covering it, too, really good. they've been able to scope out nice talent. >> amazing. outside, another cold day. a little milder than yesterday, though? >> a little bit. sort of a balancing act. it will be a little warmer today than it was yesterday. the problem is we won't have anything in the way of sunshine. it may feel about the same or might feel a little cooler because of the clouds. as long as you were on the sunny side of the street and not in the breeze, it wasn't a bad time to be outside.

today not much help in the way of sunshine. a little here and a little there. you can tell by our current picture over the city of washington this morning, capitol hill underneath full cloud cover right now. a few bright spots in the clouds. that's about it. a few bright spots from time to time, not much in the way of sunshine coming your way for today. a little bit here and there. that's it. 41 degrees at national airport. the combination of the clouds and the south wind, yes, it's chilly outside this morning. it's about ten degrees milder than the same time yesterday. mid 30s, shenandoah valley. 36 in lease berg and ashburn. 36 in rockville and damascus, 38 in port tobacco. hometown forecast, beautiful anacostia, other side of the river from downtown washington, beautiful day today. clouds, yes. mid 40s at 8:00 in the morning. mid to upper 40s, can't rule out a chance of a couple of sprinkles after about 5:00, 6:00

this evening. if you're going out to enjoy your evening, chances of light rain. the later in the evening you go, the better chances of being hit with raindrop. there's another push of arctic air coming our way, bringing snow all the way down into parts of oklahoma and the texas panhandle the morning. very unusual for them to be getting snow. there's the rain coming our way for tomorrow. we have a little right rain sprinkles and light flurries in the panhandle of west virginia, parts of maryland. if you're in this part of the world, don't be surprised to see a rain drop or snowflake on the windshield. if you get a picture of a let me know on my social media addresses. for today, cloudy skies will continue to lower and thicken. here is the rain chance after the sun goes down by 8:00, 10:00 tonight. as we go into tomorrow morning, plan on a wet ride, in to work

and school tomorrow morning with temperatures in the 40s, and then here is future weather for the day tomorrow. starting at 5:00 a.m., sprinkles and light showers around. by 8:00 in the morning, light rain for the metro area. maybe a break around lunchtime another round of rain showers, moderate at times, comes in between 1:00 and 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. after about 8:00 tomorrow, things dry out. as soon as the rain leaves, the cold air comes surging back in. high temperatures on tuesday may only be in the mid 30s. that will be more than 20 degrees colder than average. this could may moderate a little bit. temperatures are five to 15 degrees colder than

7:56 on this sunday morning. in the week ahead, marylanders can enroll for insurance using the maryland hilthd connection on wands. the state spent $40 million to up draet the troubled website after last year's open enrollment period. the health exchange is part of the affordable health care act. >> you're invited to a public safety forum this week in ward 5, council member kenyatta mcduffy is co-hosting the meeting along with police commanders from the fourth and difth district. they want to hear your idea about protecting the community from things like crime, recent

attacks on the metro bridge trail. the meeting is tomorrow at 6:30 at the tur kooe thicket recreational center on michigan avenue in northeast. that's all for "news 4 today." thank you for joining us. real quick i want to ask chuck words of wisdom as people head out the door. >> extra layer of warmth. temperatures in the 40s. >> then things get real cold. >> rain tomorrow and after the it will get real cold air coming this week. >> that's going to do it for this edition of "news 4 today." thanks for joining us everyone. >> back at the 9:00 hour. until then have a grea

. good morning. breaking news. militants release a chilling new video claiming they've beheaded another american hostage. this horning the white house and world leaders outraged as the young man's family waits for confirmation. deadly chemical leak. nerves on edge outside houston the day after the accident at the power plant there. a big gas cloud spread for miles. is the public at risk? hosts revealed. the daring rescue can on youtube turns out to be a fake. why one film maker says it had to be done. and music with a mission. 30 years after