i'm charles lane in for neil cavuto. united states embassies in ebola zones of guinea, sierra leone and liberia are processing up to 100 visa applications daily. if approved, those people would be free to come to the united states. now, top republican lawmaker firing off a letter to the state department calling a halt to all applications until this threat is over. makes sense to me. why can't we make this happen? to ben stein, gary along with adam lashinsky and charlie gasparino. gary kay. >> charles, the state department has direct authority to suspend visas at a moment's notice for security reasons. these are hot zones. they're letting 100 visas a day come through. these are people who are free to come here. and the situation where things are getting a little touchy here and it's been spreading a little bit, it's something that should be done and done immediately. >> why do you think it's not being done? >> i think it looks bad. and i think -- >> to who? >> -- the democrats don't want to do it. i think that they're wor

i'm charles lane in for neil cavuto. united states embassies in ebola zones of guinea, sierra leone and liberia are processing up to 100 visa applications daily. if approved, those people would be free to come to the united states. now, top republican lawmaker firing off a letter to the state department calling a halt to all applications until this threat is over. makes sense to me. why can't we make this happen? to ben stein, gary along with adam lashinsky and

charles lane, opinion writer for t"the washington post."cdc pushing back against these governors, but the pentagon saying, you know what? we're going to do it. >> that makes absolutely no sense, because it's a perfect -- none of whom presumably have a temperature sure, none of whom have symptoms and then you feel an aid worker who comes back on their own and they say you're not going to be in quarantine, it makes no sense. i do think that the governors of new jersey and new york, pushing back against hickcock over here quarantine is healthy. even though there's a dispute over the details of this, there is now a national consensus as there should be, that if you return from that zone, particularly if you have a fever, you can be in war rquara, which is of course is an infringement on your civil liberty. you are essentially being put into detention. the main argument should be detention or should it be house arrest, which is skoort of detention at home. and where she is going, even she has concedes that the state has a right to exert influenc

charles: just ahead. the curtain going on with lesley stahl and nathan lane an,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> charles: to hear actors break a leg is nothing new. the actors break their silence on and off stage about the critics who will be reviewing their show is something else again. here's lesley stahl of 60 minutes. >> reporter: ever wonder what's going on behind closed doors just before the curtain goes up at a broadway show? >> it's 40 minutes before the opening. >> yes. >> do you still get nervous? >> oh, yeah. >> you do? >> kind of nervous. gets your blood up. it's hard to believe after 53 years. >> past the bar. >> reporter: as the audience is arriving, award winning theatre, film and television shore, f. murray abraham turns the stage into a workout studio. >> reporter: what are you doing? >> physical exercises much stretches, push-ups, sit-ups. >> reporter: really? >> yeah, and then vocalize. and i do it with the audience in mind, i can hear them. >> reporter: backstage, fellow cast members and broadway hit, tony winner, faith an lane, and newcomer mica stock run through the opening scene. >> are you in th

we're working to find out if anyone was hurt in a serious house fire in charles county this morning. it happened on mallard lane. take a look at this video from chopper 4. you can see the back of the house is totally destroyed. they have not said how the fire started or how many damage it caused. >> don't miss the chance to get outdoors this afternoon. take a look at the temperatures. it's warming up fast out there. and will feel like summer later today. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast. hey, chuck. >> hey, barbara, just a little bit like summer as we get up close to the 80-degree mark by later this afternoon. that's all bonus territory here in october where the average high is 65 degrees. outside, that's the way it looks northbound from our tower in bethesda and chevy chase to montgomery county, a veil of high cloudiness moving in. no rain for the remainder of the the daylight hours. showers in the forecast into tomorrow. i'll tell t the timing of tomorrow's drop coming up in a bit. for now nothing to worry about. temperatures in the mid 60s around town. already 73 in winc

recycled as fireplace surrounds when latrobe's successor charles bullfinch designed his version of the library of congress. in may 1816, samuel lane, a disabled veteran of the war of 1812 was appointed commissioner of public buildings with authority over latrobe. from the outset, la -- lang was antitheical to latrobe and his designs. the warfare between the two becoming so hateful that latrobe resigned in november 1817, leaving most of what he had designed unbuilt, surely a wretching experience for him. latrobe -- bullfinch built latrobe's design for the crypt. the carvings probably already carved. designed the rotunda above according to his own tastes. after lane died unexpectedly in april 1822, a review of his accounts revealed he had embezzled $25,000 from the capital's accounts. seemingly lane's demeaning treatment of latrobe that had driven him fom his position was designed to force him to quit in order to prevent the architect from discovering this defalcation. the evolution of latrobe's work during his two tenures at the capital was to record america's founding history within the context of the common culture of euro-americ

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charles county. the fire started at around 7:00 this morning on mallard lane. firefighters found heavy fire that spread to the second floor and into the attic. two firefighters were taken to the hospital after the floor gave way beneath them. they're expected to be fine and t one was home when the fire protests ever in d.c. today d.c. taxi drivers honked their horns and blocked traffic all around freedom plaza. they're upset about ride-sharing services like uber and side car. taxi drivers say the companies don't follow the same rules. this protest came ahead of the d.c. council, allowing car services to operate more freely in the district. coming up tonight on news4 at 5:00, a bit later on, tom sherwood talks to the taxi drivers about what they fear could happen. >>> next and new at 5:00 tonight, candidates sound off about the problems with local voting machines. how they're flipping votes to benefit one party. >>> the news4 i-team uncovers problems with school overcrowding and we're learning how much it's going to cost one local district trying to keep up. >>>

stick to charles town road or white horse road to of a droid the delay there. tire debris right in the rolled way in the right laneid murphy. hi, david. >> all right, matt we got sunshine breaking through the clouds after some earlier predawn sprinkles. take a look at the temperatures. not too bad. 64 degrees in philadelphia. and the winds are relatively light across the region. your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a high of 75 this afternoon, a mix of clouds and sun. a sprinkle is possible through the day but mainly dry. then later tonight another round of showers, maybe even a gusty thunderstorm. that's all done by dawn tomorrow, matt and tomorrow afternoon we're back to the sun. >> okay, thank you david. coming up on "action news" at noon the uncertain future for philadelphia teachers. they are still absorbing the sudden and shocking move by the school reform commission. we'll have a live report that and a bankruptcy judge could sign off on a deal to sell the revel casino. we are live at that story in of "action news" at noon. can country singer martina mcbride on live with kelly and michael. that's next. i'm