Get an umbrella ready. Near 60, northern and western suburbs. At the bus stop this morning, yes, youll need long sleeves. Low to mid60s between now and 8 00. A few breaks in the clouds. A few sprinkles east of the area. Between 8 00 and 9 00, clouds around. Maybe an umbrella. May have a few scattered sprinkles. A new crash at 395 southbound at gw parkway. We understand the right lane at this point is blocked because of this crash. Chopper 4 up over the spur. You can see our normal volume headed south into town. A wider look. No major issues. Look at Prince Georges County. Pennsylvania county looking just fine. 01 as well. No major problems there. 95 through dale city, quantico as you cross over to woodbridge. Ill see you at 6 11. Breaking royal baby. Kate middleton is pregnant. They are expecting their second child. According to the royals twitter account, the queen and members of both families are delighted with the news. We have lender, though, the duchess is once again being streeted for severe morning sickness. The news of the royal baby on the way comes a month and a half after the couple celebrated their first child prince georges first birthday. Boy or girl . Let the games begin. Wait. They already have. Twitter is going crazy over this already. Eun . Im sure it is. A d. C. Department of corrections federal was murdered inside her own home. The question this morning is why would someone want to hurt Carolyn Cross . Live in alexandria with more on the investigation. Reporter we saw an Alexandria Police officer cruising through the parking lot. As you might imagine, residents at this complex are very much on edge. Carolyn cross was a Deputy Director with the d. C. Department of corrections. The 64yearold was found murdered inside her alexandria apartment over the weekend. An arrest has been made. The question is what, if any, connection is there between cross and her alleged killer. 29yearold dewitt seen has been charged with murder. In addition to her work or three decades of work with the department of corrections, she was also a board member with a second chance, helping inmates transition back into society. It is unclear whether they knew each other. We will get an update from alex a Alexandria Police. Today a professor will face a judge on arson charges. David pitts is currently on leave. Cell phone video caught one of the fires police say he lit near campus. An affidavit from d. C. Police said pitts broke into stars below his apartment near au and set a chair on fire and lit another fire in a wooded area. They found thousands of preparation pills inside his apartment. A man charged with the murder of his 82yearold mother is expected in a rockville courtroom. A bond hearing for 57yearold halim is set for this afternoon. He stabbed his mother several times before setting their house on fire on thursday. Investigators say he lived with his mother and he told police he stabbed her. In just a few hours, Terry Mcauliffe is expected to make a Major Health Care announcement. He is expected to lay out his plan to increase Health Care Coverage to low income virginians. State republicans blocked that move. Tough questions expected today for an expansion project. A hearing on the 200 million csx project will resume in counsel chambers. Neighbors dont want the expansion because of longterm construction and pollution they say. Csx said it needs to be updated to better serve the area. It is a continuation of a hearing last month. It was postponed because the d. C. Couple said their concerns were not addressed. How a thief kid tphapld a a girl without even realizing it. And cutting your childs asthma by 70 . What you can put in their crib to lower the risk. Storm team 4 meteorologist will lay out when you are most likely to see rain. New this morning, harvard will announce a huge donation in the biggest gift the school has ever received. It is nearly 380 years old. It will get a 350 million gift for Public Health research from everything from Health Care Systems 20 pandemics like ebola. In news for your health now, animal fur could help your child from developing asthma. 3,000 newborns were put on animal fur by the first three years of life. They were 79 less likely to have asthma. Researchers say exposing your children to different organisms early in life can help protect against all sorts of allergies. I have heard growing up with a pet prevents allergies. Ten after the hour on this monday morning. A live look outside for you as the suns rays start to cut through clouds there. Pretty picture. Pretty weather to go with it. Team kierein here with your weather and traffic on the ones. Loving this weather. Were on the dividing air with clouds with some wet weather south and east of us. Right now storm team 4 showing a few sprinkles, north calvert, charles county. Much farther south and west, charlottesville to southern shenandoah. Upper 70s early afternoon. A lot of clouds around. Greater chance of a showerheading home from work and school. How is traffic this morning . We have some breaking news this morning. This is a motorcycle crash. This could be out there for some time. Two left lanes blocked. 395 southbound at arm navy drive. So causing some slowdowns as you might expect this morning. As you are getting on 95 northbound at virginia, kind of into fredericksburg, through try angle, slow to woodbridge. That is where you are opening. 6 21 with a wider look at the beltway. The third american being treated for ebola making strides in his recovery. The procedure his doctors may use causing the two americans cured. Uncommon virus seasoneding hundreds of kids to the emergency room. The n welcome back at 6 15. New developments in the ebola crisis in africa. Military is setting up isolation units to keep workers save after dr. Rick sakra became the third american to be infected with the virus. A new Research Drug is showing results. While he is slowing improving, it is too early to say whether he is fully out of the woods. Hes been one of our best sources. He took care of patients who had ebola. He has it him. He is an astute observer. Doctors are considering getting a blood infusion from one of the other aoe pwebola survivors. Experimental drugs have been showing promising signs that doctors are getting closer to developing a solid treatment for ebola. They will test a new vaccine on humans. Researchers will now be looking to see if that vaccine can hold up against the virus over time. New this morning, irans Supreme Leader is in the hospital. Irans official news agency said the Ayatollah Khomeini has had pros say it surgery and it was successful. He has been the countrys top leader since 1989. 6 16. Happening today, a Prince Georges County bus driver will be in curt on reckless endangerment. 61yearold Arturo Harris left bus to go to the bathroom with kids still on board. It rolled down the road, hitting a small child and trapping him under the bus. Four students were hurt. A mother and daughter are back together after a terrifying car jacking. She ran into a store in queens for a minute to buy diapers. When she came out the car was gone. It was very scary. It is just one minute. It can change your life in one minute. She says she will never leave her daughter alone in the car again. No arrests have been made. No charges have been filed against rojas. Following a racially offensive email. The coowner of the Atlanta Hawks is selling his share of the team. He sent his letter to Team Executives two years ago. In that email he wrote about how to attract more white fans to hawks games. He wanted music at games that a 40yearold white man would recognize instead of hiphop music. He said black crowds were scaring away white ticket buyers. He also wrote he wanted more white cheerleaders. The redskins are looking up in the standings today and looking forward to next week at home at fedex field. Two players wont play in that game either. They were both hurt in the loss to houston. Turnovers a huge part of that loss. Painful to watch. Rg3 said he is not letting that faze him. No one wants to go home too. We want to get to 11. So for us we felt good about what we d. Were going to fix what we didnt do well. Lets hope so. The redskins play the Jacksonville Jaguars at 1 00 next sunday. I watched the whole thing, just screaming at the tv. I was so excited and pumped up at the beginning of the game. Fresh season. New era, new coach. Coach was a little hard on himself too. All the turnovers at the wrong time. It was tough to watch. Defense, special teams. Lets hope they turn it around. Lets hope so. 20 minutes after 6 00 on a monday morning, we are off, as to tom would say, a fresh and cool start. Love it. Lets check in to find out what kind of day well have. Nobody is screaming at their tv. Everybody is enjoying this from the humidity we have had the last few days. Got the break yesterday. It continues this morning. Some rain beginning to move our way up into the metro area. A few sprinkles southeast of the metro, southern prince georges, charles, anne arundel, st. Marys. Its a cool morning. North and western suburbs, near 60. Washington, near 70. If youre walking the dog this morning, have an umbrella. A few sprinkles south and east between 8 00. 9 00, upper 60s to 70 degrees. Heading back home from work and school, you may need it again. Midafternoon should be reaching the upper 70s. Small chance of an afternoon shower. A greater chance of a few sprinkles or showers tonight. And off and on during the day tomorrow with highs reaching up 70s. Any pain tuesday should end tuesday. Partly cloudy, beautiful day. Into the low 80s. Hot and human for one day on thursday. Upper 80s. Storms moving in. After that, should be good weather for the fedex game on sunday. Highs in the 70s. Morning lows, in the 50s over the weekend. Coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones, 5 31, a look at your morning commute hour by hour. Breaking news 395 southbound at army navy drive, three left lanes blocked. Youre going to want to stay to the right to avoid that mess altogether. Wider look at things, we look pretty normal. Slow past 50. Near 66 as you are coming inside the beltway eastbound a little bit slow as well. 95 in virginia, slow through dale city. You open up near woodbridge. About typical this time of day. Inbound branch avenue, a little bit slower than normal as you head to the beltway. Bw parkway looking good as well. Penn line, 15 minute delay for you this morning. 66 east at sudley road, a crash there. Details coming up, aaron. All right, parents, another one to watch out for you. A mysterious respiratory infection in the midwest. It is a distant cousin of the polio virus. It starts out like a cold. Fever, sneezing, coughing, body aches. It makes it difficult to diagnosis this thing until more serious symptoms show up. As always, cdc says prevention is key. The best way to avoid getting sick at all is washing your hands. Today, check your bus schedule before hopping on ride on buses. Today is the first morning commute with the new schedule changes. New arrival and departure times for several routes. We posted it on nbcwashington. Com. Search ride on. Meredith vieira is shaking up daytime tv here on nbc 4. What better way to start things off than with a party. Going with a band. You might as well. Broadway stars from the cast of mama mia surprised her. She said she wants her guest to feel like home. Im really interested in evident people. Just people who are making a difference. Or who need help. You know, we have something called the pick me up for somebody who might be in through aay weetorofha were going to go and literally pick them up. Or might be delivering school supplies. Expect a lot of interesting guests. She wants you to feel like she is your friend. Shes going to have a lot of fun. Those are the successful talk shows, the ones that can relate to real people. We should mention this is homecoming week on the today show. Meredith will cohost with matt lauer. I want to mentioned daytime lineup for you is all new and star studded. Days of our lives moving up one hour to noon. Meredith vieira show debuts at 1 00. Ellen with maroon 5. Congress has a lot to get done. The number one priority you may not realize tops that list. Look inside the wallets of most millennials and youll see something is missing. Plus, the sun is starting to creep up this morning. Meteorologist tom kierein will dig in to show us where we need rain on the morning drive. Your weather and traffic on the ones. Duchess of Cambridge Kate middleton is pregnant, expecting her second baby with prince william. The baby will be fourth in line to the throne. No word whether it is a boy or girl. You know everyone is taking guesses already. What do you think . I dont know. All right. We have breaking news. Melissa has breaking news. 395 southbound at army navy drive, a little difficult to see. Southbound we have three left lanes blocked. Stay right to get by. 66 eastbound at sudley road, a crash here. It is now off to the Left Shoulder as you head east. We are seeing some delays there as well as you head into town. Wider look at things. Slow top of the beltway. Just after 50 as well. Taking a look down here, 395 northbound as you head in to the bridge. A litt slow too. 66 looking pretty typical as is 95 in virginia. Preupblg georges side looking typical as well. It starts opening up a bit through clarksburg. It widens up. Remember to follow us on twitter. Drivers south and east of washington encounters wet pavement. Charles county. A few scattered sprinkles. Scattered across the potomac to the west, towards charlottesville. Long sleeves. Mid60s in washington. Nearby suburbs, Reagan National and near the bay it is near 70 for the morning commute. Between now and 8 00, youll need long sleeves waiting for the bus at metro. A few sprinkles especially into the metro area. Upper 60s by then. Coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones, 6 41. A look at the hourbyhour rain chances the next 24 hours. Aaron . 6 30 your time right now. Today its back to work for congress. Their agenda is loaded with Unfinished Business since Congress Left five weeks ago. President obama took action to save iraq from the hands of isis terrorists. Lawmakers are gearing up for spending. Reporter jobs, minimum wage, even a law that keeps us all from making taxes when we buy online. All of that will have to take a back seat to the budget. September 30th. Thats the day it runs out. To keep the government running. Look for congress to talk about some temporary extensions until after the election. Speaking of after the election, the president says hes not going to do anything on immigration reform. Nothing through executive action. We may see debate on capitol hill. Theres been a lot going on since Congress Left when it comes to isis and terrorism in iraq, in syria. Are we going to launch air strikes . If so, whats the Ground Campaign going to look library . Who are the syrians the president said on meet the press yesterday who are going to be on the ground while the u. S. And others are in the air. The president says he doesnt need to come back and get approval for that. But do expect some debate because he wants congress behind him. So a full agenda with just three weeks to get it all done before they get it on break after the election. Tracie potts on the hill. Thank you. Later today, well learn more about the murder of two Young Children in cheverly, somed phd. Police will hold a press conference at noon. We expect to hear more about the childrens mother, sonya spoon. Police say she admitted to suffocating her children, 1 and 3 years old. Police have not confirmed how they died or why. Stay with news 4 later today to learn Everything Police have to say about the investigation. Also today, the man quittinged in the murder of d. C. Intern chandra leafy will be back in court for a hearing. Lawyers are asking for a new trial. He was convicted of killing leafy two years ago. His former cell mate laid on the witness stand, they say. The testimony was the key piece of evidence in that trial. New technology is helping police track crime across the d. C. maryland border. It acts similar to google maps. It shows a birdseye view of 911 calls and emergency information as it is being reported. The hope is sharing realtime crime info can identify patterns before they get worse. Nurses will talk about how a Staffing Shortage could affect your health care in the district. It prance to open a new 43bed er next week. They dont have enough staff to safely care for their patients at the current facilities. They are worried the expansion without more rns could compromise care. We have a call in and are waiting for a comment. Head out soon if you want to hear one of two cancelled dates for senate this morning. They will be at in reston an hour from now. They will talk about their views on technology in the commonwealth. This is not a debate. They will be introduced together but answer questions separately. The forum is open to the public. It will cost 40. Letting your kids sleep in just a little bit later. The new reason for hope that a plan to Start School Later in Fairfax County could pass. And you may be in for a raise this year. The bump in pay most americans will see before 2014 ends. Plus, a little bit of rain this morning. It will be here for a bit. Karen hi, im karen. Joyce and im joyce. Karen and we are. Karen joyce the koch sisters. Karen were not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. Joyce and were not related to the koch brothers, those rightwing billionaires. Karen were just two average women whove raised families and worked hard all our lives. Joyce we dont have billions to spend on political campaigns. Karen but we do have our convictions, and our voices. We think thats important. Joyce if you agree, then join us. We can all be a nation of koch sisters the next phase is start to go on some offense. President obama made those comments on meet the press hours before isis released this video. The video showed how they used surveillance to help plan an attack in syria. President obama will lay out his isis strategy this week Nbcs Richard Engel is live with more on that. Richard, good morning to you. Good morning. President obama said on meet the press on wednesday he will give a policy address and he will lay out his plan for the United States in coordination with other nations to defeat isis in iraq and syria. And in that meet the press interview he gave a preview of what that plan is going to be. And i must say it is incredible in difficult, ambitious plan. It calls for forming a coalition with many countries around the world, especially in the arab neighbors and muslim neighbors around this area. It calls for rebuilding the Iraqi Security forces which have collapsed the last several months even though the United States spent a decade building them up in the first place. This could only happen after the Iraqi Government is formed, which is happening in the next, well, were supposed to happen in the next 24 hours or so. It is a very difficult plan. It would envision air strikes in syria. Something that the u. S. Hasnt wanted to do for the last three years. And some people think it is a little bit too ambitious and too late. All right. Richard engel live in erbil, iraq. Well see your full report on the today show. It is time to get a look at the forecast. Meteorologist tom kierein with your weather and traffic on the ones at 6 41. Were liking what were seeing. If you live south and east of washington, you will likely need an umbrella between now and 9 00. A few light showers now. Just sprinkles in southeastern prince gorgeous, calvert and farther south to near charlottesville, closer to fredericksburg and quantico. A live video. Partly sunny. Mid60s. By noon, mid70s. Youll be comfortable in short sleeves. Likely umbrella needed. A 30 chance around the metro area. Likelihood south and east midafternoon. Mid70s. Everything has reopened after the motorcycle crashed. The image just went out on us just in time. This is because of that earlier crash there as well. Taking a wider look, fairly typical this time of the morning. 295 just past 50, slow a top the beltway. Colesville road, inside the beltway. 66 east is slow. Bw parkway out of town. Coming in, a little slow approaching the beltway. 95, virginia, youre fine in fredericksburg. Half of d. C. Ladder trucks were pulled out of use. It could impact how fast firefighters get to you in an imagine. The last hour the duke and duchess announced a second baby. Oh, the young. Their energy seems like an unlimited resource we sometimes wish would run out, at least for a moment. But as we grow into adults, its important to learn how to use our energy wisely, especially when it comes to electricity. You can save energy and money by caulking around windows. And by using a power strip, you can turn off several devices when theyre not in use, or when youre simply done. Its all about using your energy wisely, and novec is here to help. For more tips, go to novec. Com. Novec helping you save. Welcome back at 6 44. Light rain is making its way through our area. Take a look at storm team 4 radar. Steady rain coming behind it. Tom kierein is tracking your weather. Its one of several stories were following to get you up to the minute. We start with Megan Mcgrath in alexandr alexandria. Reportr cro w a Deputy Director with d. C. Department of corrections. The 64yearold was found dead, murdered inside her alex andria apartment over the weekend. Did her job with the department of corrections have anything to do with her murder . 29yearold has been charge wtd her murder. Hes accused of killing cross inside her fifth floor apartment. She was found by her daughter early sunday morning. Cross was a board member for voices with a second chance. That helps them transition back into society. A lot of questions involving this case, one of which being is there any connection between cross and history her alleged killer. Reporting live in alexandria, Megan Mcgrath, news 4. D. C. Firefighters Union Leaders are afraid they will not be able to respond fast enough to fires especially those with tall were buildings in the district. Seven d. C. Fire ladder trucks are off the the streets after inspection. They could reach 100 feet in the air. Right now the district has 10 working ladder trucks. The guessing game has already begun. News breaks that another royal baby is on the way. They are expecting their second child. They announced it in a modern way through twitter. We learned the queen and members of both families are just delighted. Kate had severe morning sickness with baby gorge. She has it again. The royal couples second baby will be fourth in line to the throne. Reaction continues to pour in. We saw Prime MinisterDavid Cameron tweeted many congratulations to the royal couple. Angie goff from the live desk. A professor at an American University will face charges of arson. Cell phone video caught one of the fires police say he started. An affidavit from d. C. Police said pitts broke into stores below his apartment near au and set fire to a chair and lit another fire in a wooded area. Police say they found thousands of prescription pills inside his apartment as well. Also today, a son charged in the death of his mother who was pulled from a house fire is expected in court. A bond hearing for 57yearold halim is set for this afternoon. Police say he stabbed his 82yearold mother several times before setting their house on fire in rockville on thursday. Investigators say he lived with his mother and he told police he stabbed her. Later this morning, Ted Mcauliffe expanding Health Care Coverage in the commonwealth. He is expected to lay out his plans that would allow more plans to get insurance. State republicans blocked that move. You could save money filling up your gas tank the rest of the year. Aaa says you could see gas produces below 3 a gallon this fall. Aaa says people drive less this time of year and its less expensive to make the winter blend of gas. Right now the average price of gasoline is 3. 58, down 14 cents from a year ago. In maryland, the average regular unled 3. 38. In virginia, 3. 18, down 17 cents. And 3. 51,. We have seen them dip below 3 a gallon in fredericksburg. If youre choosing not to have a credit card, guess what, youre not alone. More than 6 in 10 millennials do not own a credit card. Some might think its a good idea, but you may want to reconsider. Final experts say foregoing credit cards can cause trouble down the road. A strong credit card is essential for being a car, getting a home loan, sometimes even a job. Something to think about it. Some companies are going to give employees a raise. You can second 3 raise. 3 is less than 1 above inflation. The average salary is 40,560. In our area the average income is just over 88,000 a year. All right. Thats good news, right . A little bump. A little bump. You know what else is nice, a little bump in our weather. It looks great, tom. A little extra bump and you can buy an umbrella. You may need it this morning. But probably a greater chance here by later this afternoon and this evening. Starting off this morning, if you live south and east of washington you will need that new umbrella. It is raining very lightly. Another batch of moderate showers north of charlottesville towards fredericksburg in another half hour or so. Most of the rain in the morning is later this afternoon when it may be migrating farther north. The sky over capitol hill now. Partly cloudy. 71 at Reagan National. More light rain is falling. Its all dry. Its just in the low and mid50s. Out there, definitely need long sleeve. Might need an umbrella especially between now and 9 00 this morning when temperatures will be in the upper 60s. During the afternoon heading back home from work and school, that will be in the upper 60s. 30 chance of an afternoon hour for the afternoon commute. I took this photo after that cool air moved in. This is in eastern bred rick county. You can post this of the gorgeous sunset last night. I love reading your comments. Big game tonight and a crucial series with the braves under way at nats park dont. Might be interrupted by a few sprinkles during the game. Temperatures in the low 70s. And tomorrow some occasional light showers looking likely. Highs upper 70s. Low 80s. Storms moving through. After that, beautiful for friday, saturday, sunday with cool mornings and mild afternoons. Melissa here now with a monday morning commute seeing things slowing down, right . Yeah. Real slowdown. 66 eastbound from the earlier crash not necessarily the entire reason behind this. It is quite slow as you head east into town. The beltway looking good there. We are talking about the branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, 40 Miles Per Hour as you head into town. 66 and 95 looking typical. Dale boulevard. More information on that for you. No issues there at this point this morning. Looking pretty good. 295, slow. 270 at mont rows. Youre headed down south. It is a little bit slow. Outer loop from toll road, quantico to the beltway, 35 minutes. Thank you. 6 53. Your kids are probably up now getting ready for school. A new proposal that would let you sleep in. Joining us live in Fairfax County the school board will talk about the possibility of big changes. Richard . Hey, aaron. This could mean up to an hour sleep for some students. Other students would have to wake up earlier. Karen garza will come before the school board to make a proposal. Shes asking that High School Start at 8 10. They start at 7 20 now. Middle School Students will be coming in at 7 30. They come in 7 45 now. No change for elementary students. They have looked at this issue before and it has not done well pause of the cost of changing the start times. It could cost 5 million for 30 new buses. Bussing is one of the big issues for School Board Members to consider. But this time they are also factoring in the evidence presented by doctors earlier in the year. They said teenagers do need more sleep. And they recommended high schools start at 8 00 or later. The school board will be considering this. Theyre expected to give their decision at the end of october on. And this would affect students next school year. So things will stay the same this year. Its next year we are talking about here. Live in fairfax, richard jordan, news n4. The u. S. Coast card and jamaican military ended the search for this new york couple. They were flying to florida when the pilot blacked out and crashed his plane on friday. U. S. Fighter pilots were launched when he failed to respond. He was seen slumped over and the windshield frosted as well. Hov lanes changing back the to their schedule. They will stay open for northbound traffic until 11 00 a. M. And open to southbound traffic at noon. Ddot facing grilling today for a controversial expansion project in the district. A hearing on the csx tunnel project beneath virginia avenue. Neighbors dont want the expansion because of longterm construction. Csx said the tunnel needs to be updated to better serve the area. It could receive final approval as early as next week. Coming up on four minutes before the hour. Four things to know. Congress returning to capitol hill. The schedule packed. Prince georges county police say a mother admitted to killing her two Young Children in cheverly. Well more more at noon. A former American University professor on arson charges. David pitts broke into stars below his apartment and set fires near au. This morning we could learn why a d. C. Corrections official was murdered. She was found dead in her apartment yesterday. Grab an umbrella before you head off to work and school this morning. Especially south and east of washington. Storm team 4 showing light rain there. Later today, perhaps an afternoon shower. A lot of clouds around. Upper 70s. Occasional showers likely later today and off and on tuesday, drying out wednesday. Melissa . One of the slowest spots in the area probably this. 66 east. That earlier crash. We probably cant blame all that volume on that. Top of the beltway, colesville road a little slow as well. 295 past 50. A big hug every day. Sorry. Cant get a break on 66. Thank you, melissa. All right. That is the broadcast this morning. Appreciate you waking up with us. Today show is next with more on the roy baby news. And meredith sierra is hosting woman, opening door hey, hon. Hey hey, baby. [ starts car ] were you eating smoked sausage in here . No no. Could have gotten me one. I did. Add some spice to your day with dunkins spicy smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. 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The president plans to reveal his strategy on isis to the American Public this week. This is not going to be an announcement about u. S. Ground troops. This is not the equivalent of the iraq war. While the u. S. Carries out new air strikes in iraq against those militants. And shes back. Our good friend, meredith