news4's angie goff is following the developments from the live desk. angie? >> reporter: this news breaking out of south africa. oscar pistorius is about to learn his fate any moment now. the judge started her sentencing a short time ago. the paralympian faces 15 years in jail or a fine for killing reeva steenkamp last year. she rejected house arrest and community service which was pushed by the defense. right now it is looking like some jail time is a big possibility. prior to that, she said she wants to find balance in her judgment. something that's not too harsh and something not too light. hearing now that as we take a live look, he's about to learn what is going to be his fate. pistorius was cleared of murder and we'll bring you the latest as soon as we learn his sentence. >> angie goff, thank you. >>> new stories about e bbola a developing right now. achoko amopko says he doesn't regret going to liberia to cover the crisis. that country was a second home to him. >>> and another person treated for ebola is waking up with his family now. emory hospital sh

i'm angie goff with a checklist i'm angie goff with a checklist every junior and disgraceful. a personal attack from a desperate candidate. that's how even republican leaders describe this false ad from... ed gillespe. the accusations aren't true. but they are exactly what you would expect from a d.c.... lobbyist, who made millions lobbying for oil companies... and enron. who specialized in dirty tricks as a partisan operative... and now he is bringing them to virginia. mark warner is working to solve problems... ed gillespe and his attacks are the problem. >>> welcome back into the cooley report. chris cooley joining me here with a big night for the washington redskins. colt mccoy getting his first start with washington. >> first of all, how cool is this we get to do this in dallas from the stadium. we get to watch everyone from our team, just so -- this was an amazing game, dianna. this was a signature win for this team. >> colt has not started since 2011 and comes out here and jay gruden said a little nervous to start but got rid of the nerves pretty quick. >> yeah. what i

good morning frngs i'm angie goff, ebola emergency, the race to catch anyone who came in contact with thomas eric duncan, the first patient diagnosed on u.s. soil. >>> an alert from united airlines to people on his flight, this after reports that he fell in after helping a sick liberian woman. >>> a patient in hawaii put in isolation over possible ebola concerns. here is nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: still in it's lags inside this dallas hospital, thomas eric duncan, the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states continues to fight for his life. >> we're categorizing his condition as serious but stable. >> reporter: he showed no symptoms when he left west africa on september 19, days later he was sick and made his first visit to texas presbyterian hospital where he told an intake nurse he just traveled from liberia, an obvious red flag. duncan was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. >> regretfully that information was not fully communicated throughout the team. as a result the full import of that information wasn't factored in to the clinical decision making. >>

katy tur, nbc news, hoboken, new jersey. >> i'm angie goff.way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. >>> this is a very experienced photo journalist who we hired to augment our team on the field in monrovia. as the day went on he started to feel just tired, a little achy. he signed off early, went home, called me later that evening with an elevated temperature. at that point, i suggested and requested that he self-quarantine himself and monitor his temperature by the hour, which he did, and checked in with me. and this morning he went to the clinic run by doctors without borders and was checked for malaria, which is very common here. and then also tested positive for ebola. >> an nbc news freelance cameraman working in liberia is diagnosed with ebola, making him the fifth american confirmed to have the virus. our very own dr. nancy snyderman and her crew now placed in cautionary quarantine. with the midterms approaching, president obama makes the case for the improving economy but is anybody listening? >>> then on a completely light

good wednesday morning, everyone, i'm angie goff. it is here. the first confirmed ebola diagnosis in the u.s. a man is critically ill at a dallas hospital after visiting liberia. and now the scramble to figure out if he infected others. nbc's jay gray is in dallas for us this morning. >> reporter: this morning the first patient diagnosed in the u.s. with the deadly ebola virus continues to receive treatment from a team of experts inside this dallas hospital. >> our staff is trained and prepared to take care of patients with a variety of infectious diseases including ebola virus disease. >> reporter: they will have help from the centers for disease control. a medical team has been rushed to texas to assist in the treatment and track down and monitor the handful of people the patient had had contact with after flying from west africa on september 19th to visit his family in dallas. >> the bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of ebola so that it does not spread widely in this country. >> report

. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news.g 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 investi

. >> and i'm angie goff. this wet weather is kicking off this weekend. >> drizzly out there right now. let's get over to meteorologist chuck bell. what's up with the drizzle? >> it's here for the next couple of hours. a bit of a soggy start this morning. keep that in mind. if you have things to do out later today and you can put them off until later in the day, you'll be happy for that decision. as you can see on storm team 4 radar, rain and lots of it across the area. nothing all that heavy. but it's more than enough to get you wet and make you mad first thing this morning. these rain drops will continue at least threw the mid to late morning hours. back edge of the rain across western west virginia. we'll be dealing with the rain drops, briefly moderate at times now in parts of southern fairfax county, merryfield and woodbridge. plan on a wet start. temperatures in in the low to mid 50s right now. here is your hour by hour through the day. showers abound through 8:00 this morning. rain tapering off late mor

angie goff is monitoring the live desk. olympic runner oscar pistorius in court for his sentencing hearing. we will check in with her. >>> your cup of joe may do a body good. the benefits of drinking decaf coffee. what? >> decaf? how does that work? grab a an umbrella as you head out the door. chuck bell will show us where it's raining in weather and traffic on the 1s. traffic on the 1s. stay with have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> welcome back. metro will be running on a saturday schedule because of columbus day. that means trains will come every 6 to 12 minutes. the train station will be op

. >>> i'm angie goff with breaking news from the live desk. this is coming to us out of indiana. we are hearing about a tour bus that flipped over. this is on a busy highway near indianapolis. we know 50 to 6people were on the tour bus. they have both lanes of this highway shut down as emergency crews and apparatus take up both lanes trying to treat those people injured. half a dozen people are hurt. we are hearing from injuries that we don't know if any of the injuries are life-threatening. as far as the cause, they say the bus was trying to avoid an accident that happened ten minutes earlier when it flipped over and crashed. we'll bring you more when we get it. back to you. >>> new this morning at 6:16, people are assessing the damage of a massive 7.4 earthquake hit off the coast of el salvad. the quake could be felt 280 miles away in nicaragua. right now there are no reports of injuries or major damage. the earthquake did cause widespread four outages. many residents spent the night in shelters as a precaution. >>> a strong storm system is to blame for at least two deaths in t

. >>> angie goff, thank you.eloping now, parts of hawaii are bracing for a disaster with lava close to people's homes. safety officials say the lava is moving between 5 to 10 yards every hour and that means it could be as close as a dozen yards away. a lot of people on the east coast of hawaii have left town. some are sheltering in nearby churches right now. >>> a d.c. elementary school is undergoing a deep clean after one of its teachers contracted the viral meningitis. students at peabody elementary school were sent home with a letter yesterday describing the virus' symptoms. a department of health spokeswoman says the organization does not believe that children are in any great danger of contracting the disease. the school will stay open as cleaning continues. >>> it's important to note that this is a case of viral meningitis, which is less serious than life-threatening bacterial meningitis. symptoms include a sudden fever, headache and stiff necks and can spread within contact from an infected person. the cdc

angie goff from the live desk. it's 4:48.oday marks two years since superstorm sandy slammed the east coast and devastated the ocean front coastline and caused catastrophic flooding in new jersey and new york. it is blamed for 182 deaths and caused at least $65 million in damage. in fact, people are still rebuilding their homes like this man in brook line. >> i'm a fighter. so she is not taking this house away from me. >> to mark this somber anniversary, new jersey governor chris christie will tour the reized area. the mayor will attend a ceremony on staten island. it's hard to believe it's been two years. and people still trying to rebuild. >> for such a large area. particularly in the new jersey and new york area. we talk about today's weather. i fess we're on the down side of this warmup we had. >> bye. nice knowing you, summer. >> i'm just happy we got one of those days. >> one flip-flop day. now maybe an umbrella needed later today and turning cooler. showers on storm team 4 radar. that's just light rain. the area in yel

i'm angie goff. >>> i'm richard jordan. that cold aramaic catch you off guard. >> that's right. this is the coldest weather. you don't need your glasses. it it is 39 degrees. >> you can have my glass ifs you think it will help. >> whether single lens or bifocal it's cold outside no matter how you look at the numbers. 30s indeed across much of northern virginia and suburban maryland. outside a mostly clear sky. here is a view from our tower looking over capitol hill, a bright morning outside is on the way, but it's off to an awfully cold start. temperatures, as you're mentioning, down in the 30s in many locations. so be ready for a real chill in the air. 37 in leesburg. 36 in manassas. 39 in wind chester, even 44 degrees in washington. not much of a breeze. fortunately not dealing with much of a windchill. nonetheless, it's cold out there. mid to upper 50s by lunch. highs today only in the low 60s. the good news is we'll have plenty of sunshine. we'll talk about the potential for a nice warmup coming our way. >>> we're going

i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris lawrence. welcome to "news 4 today." >> this morning we are waiting r the results from thl examiner in richmond to identify the human remains. searchers yesterday dur search for missing student hannah graham. the fairfax teen disappeared more than five weeks ago. >> the remains were discovered in an abandoned property in albemarle county. >>> news 4's

. >>> angie goff at the live desk with a developing story out of seattle and a sad one at that. a man shoots and kills his daughter, granddaughter and then himself. police say this appears to be a domestic violence shooting. they responded after a 10-year-old boy called 911 reporting shots fired in the house. the boy was able to escape. police are still on the scene investigating. eun? >> angie golf, thank you. >>> fairfax county makes it one step closer to finalizing a plan to make the county bicycle friendly. the board will hear the proposed master plan and members could adopt it today. it is an all-inclusive proposal that addresses bikes for parking, infrastructure and redrawing bike routes. >>> a heads-up as you go to work this morning. d.c. taxi drivers are planning a protest this morning. listen to all that honking. the video is from a protest earlier this month. it completely tied up traffic. the taxis are who testing ride sharing services like uber and lift before the d.c. council takes a vote on them today. that's accord stock "the washington post" which also said the p

i'm angie goff. >>> i'm richard jordan. that cold aramaic catch you off guard. >> that's right.

. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to "news4 today". right now you saw a lot of runners crossing the finish line. first full marathon runner hasn't been able to do that just yet. >> jim handly is live at the iwo jima memorial where it could happen any minute now. hey, jim. >> reporter: hi, guys. we're at the finish line a lot of the 10-kers are crossing. we're 15, 20 mines away from our first place finisher. general, you have run this race before. what's it like to be first week on the job you are in your new position as commandant. what's it like to witness this. >> it's extraordinary. walked down here. all these people so excited. it's energizing. >> what makes this so special and such a draw for so many people not just around the country but the world? >> it's known as the people's race and i think that really is what makes this race special. there are people who have never run a marathon before, spent months preparing to come out here. they get a tremendous reception. well organized race. we're proud of that. they feel they accompli

news 4's angie goff is at the live desk. angie? >> barbara, good morning. just in, these new numbers that are alarming. the world health organization saying there could be up to 10,000 new cases of ebola per week within a two-month time frame. the u.n. health agency is saying the death rate in the current outbreak has spiked from 50 to and if they are not stepped up, quote, a lot more people will die and the number of cases will spiral. so far ebola has killed more than 4,000 people in west africa. barbara? >> thank you, angie. also developing now, an ebola scare closer to home. a patient in richmond is under evaluation for possible ebola. the woman was transferred to the medical center with a low grade fever. officials say she recently traveled to liberia. she does not meet the cdc standards for ebola testing, but as a precaution she will undergo further evaluation. a united nations worker died from ebola. he was infecteded while working in liberia. a patient at risk for ebola is in isolation in kansas. the man recently worked on a medical boat off the wes

. >> thank you, angie goff, from the live desk. we are following another developing story in california where a pilot died fighting a massive wildfire neareo sepl tell national park. the the pilot lost control and crashed into a canyon wall yesterday afternoon. it took several hours to reach the wreckage site. they did confirm the pilot died. crews are still battling the dog rock fire. it started yesterday and has already scorched more than 150 acres. . >>> take a look. a man seen in this video with a gun outside of the ethiopian embassy is no longer in the country. that's according to the "washington post". the u. s. attorneys' office tells us they charged the security attache with with assault with intent to kill. since he worked for the embassy he had diplomatic immunity. he was made to leave the country. >>> allegations that a veteran tv actor molested a teenage girl in the early '70s. police said the complaint was filed in 2012 accusing steven collins of forcing a 14-year-old girl to commit a lewd act in 1972. no charges have

i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris lawrence. welcome to "news 4 today." >> this morning we are waiting r the results from thl examiner in richmond to identify the human remains. searchers yesterday dur search for missing student hannah graham. the fairfax teen disappeared more than five weeks ago. >> the remains were discovered in an abandoned property in albemarle county. >>> news 4's darcy spencer has the late of the on this developi story. >> thousands of hours have been ment and civilian voluntee in an effort to find hannah. charlottesville chief's face w. >> they were searching an abandone long old lynchburg road in southern albemarle county where they discover what appears to be human remains. the remains could be of missing uva student hann word. iting for > the remains will taken to t noon on an identification. th abandoned property of albemarle county. t ten miles south of downtown charlottesville where graham was last seen five weeks ago. this sadly is now a death investigat therefore, we will not be releasing any addi

. >> angie goff at the live desk. thank you, angie. 5:15.ve learn the suspected gunman in the shooting at the canadian capitol left video. it shows michael zehaf bibeau was driven by ideological and political motives. investigators say he shot a canadian soldier at the national war memorial and entered parliament in ottawa before he was shot and kill. he had recently converted to islam. hundreds of responders took part in an emergency response drill yesterday in toronto. as part of that drill, crews found a suspicious package that released fake gas. teams wore full hazmat gear and set up a decontamination center. . >>> the military reports five of those were aimed at isis in kobani. there's a battle for control in that syrian city. on the ground, secular kurd nationals are defending. women are fighting along with the men there. the battle for the city has gone on more than 40 days. a syrian group says 800 people have been killed. >>> the trial begins for a group of former members of the florida a&m marching band all charged with manslaughter

i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. 49 degrees right now.appening with the walk to end hiv, marine corps marathon tomorrow. >> lot of activities. today, though, saturday, might be the pick of the weekend, chuck. >> yeah. honestly, both days will be just fine. no chance for rain this weekend. so, you can set that fear aside. now tomorrow could be a little bit on the breezy side. out the door first thing on your saturday morning, not much in the way of a complaint from me this morning. little chilly across prince william and faulknier counties. warrenton down a degree in the freezing mark. nearly 50 in washington. 46 rockville. so the endless weekend question, wash the car, yes or no? yes! absolutely. get to drive a clean one for a while. next rain is days away. hour by hour through your weekend, 40s out the door this morning. 62 at noon. 70 degrees for an afternoon temperature today. perfect weather to get outside. mid shipmen taking on san jose state. 1:00 kickoff. game time temperatures in annapolis in the low to mid 60s. 8:30 to 9:30 hour,

. >>> angie goff with an update to breaking news all morning out of frederick, maryland. police are still on the scene investigating a fatal motorcycle crash. this is in frederick on route 40 and route 15. now the good news is, we have learned all lanes of travel have been reopened. this after the westbound lanes of where the crash take place. it was closed most of the morning. officers very limited in details. not telling us who was involved in this crash. we have learned that the one driver was killed and another was medevaced to a hospital. we're told that individual does not have life-threatening injuries. april? >>> thank you, angie. the lead investigator in a secret service prostitution scandal resigned because of his own incident with a prostitute apparently. he stepped down after he was asked about a prostitute in florida. she claims he paid her for sex. he denies those allegations. >>> this morning you can pay your last respects to former "washington storen bradlee at1: a. th national cathedral. he died last week after battling alzheimer's disease. he led the "wa

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm david culver. getting out the door, a little bit chilly. maybe you need to layer up. >> it's breezy out there early g to storm team 4 meteorologt chuck bell. >> a light jacket definitely required first thing this morning. colder air arrives today. outside on storm team 4 radar, couple of sprinkles across far northern maryland into the panhandle of west virginia. they won't last long or add up to much. i couldn't rule out a stray dro. northern frederick county toward hagerstown. of us won't need to worry about that. weather headlines, autumn chill coming back today. wind will start to increase. as a result, it will be day tom. temperatures mostly in the 50s. rising into the 60s by later on today. the cool air is coming. that p forect in a couple of more minutes. for now, back to the news. >> chuck, thank you. >>> the developing story of ebola in the u.s. tht of frontier airlines says he learned this woman, amber vinson, who took a flight while infected, may have been more sick than originally thought. he heard the news from cdc and e-mailed

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. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk.just in, we have video after a major quake strikes off the coast of el salvador. the impact was widespread. taking you to that video, a tsunami warning sent people scrambling, looking for shelter. some even evacuating after the 7.4 magnitude trembler struck the area. no reports of anyone hurt or major damage. from guatemala to nicaragua and western panama, people across central america said they felt it. a lot of power outages right now. >>> thank you. today students from our region will help first lady michelle obama collect the fall harvest at the white house kitchen garden. students will also participate in a farm to school month celebration. >>> you may want to watch what you say around your children. apparently toddlers can tell when their parents are angry at just 15 months old. that's according to a new study from the university of washington. researchers say toddlers watch other people's social interaction and use that emotional information to guide their own behavior. the find

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i'm angie goff. >> i'm adam tuss. welcome to news4 today.ing down the marathon as lots of runners are warming up right now. one word of warning don't drive around downtown d.c. and the pentagon. >> yes. some great advice. we'll tell you more about transportation in just a minute. right now we want to check back in with jim handly. he's at the starting line and things are starting to lighten up your way. >> reporter: the sun is coming up just a bit but things are not warming up. we still have that stiff breeze out here. a lot of the runners you can see some of the 30,000 who are going to be participating today are walking down route 110 here at arlington national cemetery down towards the pentagon. they will come through this shoot at 7:55. the one we're most proud of is number 444, chuck bell has your official forecast for the race. here's what he has to say. >> this is the perfect ideal running conditions, a little bit of a breeze overnight has actually kept it from being as cold this morning. so we're in the low 50s. that's good stuff. unf