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7:54 a.m. he first went to the emergency room when he became sick and despite saying he had been in liberia, duncan was sent home returning two days later when his condition worsened. once admitted, it went from serious to critical. he battled the disease for ten days taking an experimental drug. today, family members had no comment as they left the hospital following his death. in a written statement, his fiance said my family is in deep sadness and grief but we leave him in the hands of god and called for a thorough investigation into all aspects of his care. one of the people being watched for ebola. we're now approaching a pivotal time ebola would develop. >> reporter: she shared an apartment with duncan and was moved during a decontamination monitoring process and the same process will be followed disposing of mr. duncan's body. another patient rushed to the hospital for possible symptoms of ebola. >> someone who does not have either definite contact with epo bo la or definite symptoms who is being assessed. >> reporter: meanwhile, ash ohka muk mukpo -- ashoka mukpo is being treated. he received blood from the doctor who had ebola and he also o offered blood to the hospital for duncan but never contacted. dulles is one of five airports passengers could face extra measures before they reach their final destination. team coverage at dulles and what travelers there will go through. >> reporter: as we know, thomas duncan traveled through dulles international airport. dulles is one of the five in the u.s. that sees 94% of the travelers from those ebola affected countries in west africa. dulles international airport, one of five in the u.s. that will see heightened screening measures for ebola. cdc staff will be present at dulles. travelers coming from guinea, liberia and sierra leone will be accompanied to a screening area of the airport. customs will observe for signs of illness and ask a series of health and exposure questions. medical staff will take their temperature. travelers with fevers will be evaluated at a cdc quarn ran tin station. if there's fever or possible exposure. the cdc will decide if they should go to a hospital or health department for further monitoring. mixed feelings on whether to worry. >> it never crossed my mind. some people die from influenza. >> it's not airborne. >> reporter: this man traveled to the islamic pilgrimage and saudi arabia and back to dulles and wore a surgical mask on board. >> i would say we were not worried. we were cautious and using masks. >> reporter: dulles, atlanta's airport, newark, jfk and chicago o'hare will all see these new ebola training measures, newark starting saturday, the west of the airports including dulles here starting next week. livality dulles international airport. live at dulles international airport. >> thomas duncan passed through dulles airport on the way to dallas and started showing symptoms five days later and turned away from the hospital and wasn't admitted until september 28th and diagnosed september 30th. he had been given an experimental medication his family was questioning and some family members say it was too late by then and some concern over moving his body because it is still contagious. the cdc has strict protocol about being wrapped in plastic before being buried or cremated. tonight, a lot of questions on the local level. david culver has that side of the story. >> reporter: how prepared are our local hospitals when it comes to identifying and reacting to cases of ebola, a question i took to public health officials today and you want to know what they want your public provider to be doing. and they may be the best students here for testing for ebola. including what symptoms to watch for, watch our special page and just serarch "ebola crisis." the hunt for william bradford bishop, a man accused of killing his entire family back in the '70s. and now, tisha thompson tells us about it. >> the fbi put bishop on the 10 most wanted list and since then the agency has received hundreds of tips and tomorrow, one of those tips will lead to a bodying with being exhumed in alabama. we will show you why. you will see a photo that could be disturbing. long time state employee, william bishop killed his family with a sledgehammer and wrapped their body in blankets and used the station wagon to north carolina and set it on fire. officials found it about a week later in the grade mountain ochs tennessee. bishop had banished. the fbi wants to know if this man known as john doe could be bishop hit and killed by a car walking along the highway in scottsdale, arizona. both men have cleft chins, distinctive no, sir and thin lips and similar hair and sideburns. john doe appeared thinner and older than bishop. the fbi says if bishop spent several years living on the streets and running from authorities, he likely would have appeared older and thinner. >> we learned the fbi plans to exhume the body of john doe as early as tomorrow morning so they can check records, fingerprints and dna. we have more of that evidence on a special website we created called "the hunt for william bishop." tisha thompson, news4 i-team. right now, we're awaiting a news conference from nfl commissioner roger goodell and expected to talk to the team owners about domestic abuse. they have been battered about abuse of a hand full of their players including baltimore raven ray rice and leads to a chalk in personal conduct policy and how to discipline players and team executives. >> this comes as one of the team's embattled players appeared in court on charges today. minnesota running back, adrian peterson was in texas, after allegedly disciplining his young son with a switch. instead of entering a plea, peterson and his lawyers requested a new judge. the current judge has been accused of using foul language to refer to the prosecutor and the defense lawyer in connection with all the media attention surrounding that case. new details tonight how a man in custody got into d.c. superior court with a loaded gun hidden in his underwear. isaiah bogen was arrested yesterday for allegedly having a stolen car. officers initially frisked him at the police station and did not find a loaded gun then taken to a cellblock and searched again. court records shows he was wear ing two pairs of pants and snow pants over blue jeans. and when he took the snow pants off the gun slipped out. no additional charges yet. senator mark warren and ed the gillespie covered a lot of ground in a televised debate. one new question emerged as same sex marriages became legal this week in virginia. >> reporter: it's been a perennial candidate question in virginia for years. do you support gay marriage. >> you are joined in marriage as wife and wife. >> reporter: suddenly, it's a reality in last night's senate debate between warner and gillespie, can you accept it? >> i support marriage equality. i think it is appropriate we live in a commonwealth that doesn't discriminate. >> reporter: gillespie a catholic says his faith instructs one man and one woman but says it's up to the states to make decisions in same sex marriage. >> it is the law and i do not support a federal marriage policy in this regard. >> reporter: the immigration policy is a top concern now. dpil lessspy's focus, border security first. >> it is a national security concern with the growing threat of isis or isil and it is a public health threat and a public safety threat with the growing concerns about ebola. >> reporter: warner backs a bipartisan plan passed by the senate and stalled in the house pass i pa passing -- >> and obamacare, warner wants to fix it and gillespie scrap it. >> they didn't get it right at first and then has to come back and fix it. >> i will have one of my own on friday and talk about refundable tax across and protections on pre-existing conditions. >> that's all gillespie would say about his substantive plan last night. it will be a topic on the debate monday in richmond. >> thank you. next, a look at what police uncovered in the car of the case of the abducted suspect of uva student hannah graham. a gunman fires at police officers behind the station. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, we'll have details. restaurants, room service, expensive overnight retreats. how school board members are spending tax dollars on trips very close to their homes. we see a lot of sun today. we will see some more early tomorrow. clouds move in and they tonight, is there an investigation under way after police heard shots fired in their direction. it happened last week during a shift change between the district or behind that is the district 4 police station in oxen hill. joining us with what police have tried to do to improve security there. tracee. >> reporter: the district 4 station is located in a shopping plaza, an open area, a concept to make sure the community feels invited. now, they're taking a close look at security to make sure something like this does not happen again. >> they were changing shifts at that point, they heard what they thought was gunfire. r >> reporter: we were told some were standing here and a few that way and one officer in his vehicle when suddenly it appears someone was firing from the tree line. >> we were treating it as a shooter incident potentially. at that point we had resources respond to the area. we did have an air unit check through the wooded area with their flare system and had canine units on the scene as well as other resources we deployed. >> reporter: even with assistance of d.c. police, no evidence of shots fired was found, no bullet holes and no one was injured. a source close to this investigation said he heard one of the bullets go past his ear and did not hear the shot. some feared it was sniper fire. >> at that time, we didn't find any in the woods and began the investigative process. >> reporter: as to the investigation as to who was firing and what their target was continues, attention turns to security. >> we're looking whether we can improve anything at this point. we are making sure we have officers check to the rear of the station frequently to make sure we don't have any walking through the wooded area. >> reporter: they also have helicopter units checking nearby sta stations to see if they need to be monitored. >> reporter: do officers have a reason to fear going behind that building? >> no. >> reporter: police are saying they believe there may have been someone firing a gun but have not found any evidence that supports that gunman was actually targeting police officers. the investigation into all of this is continuing. reporting live in oxon hill, tracee w tracee wilkins, news4. a brazen robbery caught on campus. look at the picture from the left. somebody reaches into a passenger side and grabs the purse and then takes off. this happened along south dakota avenue northeast along riggs road, happened on september 27th. doug is here with a check on our weather. beautiful day today. >> you get a nice batch of rain and thunderstorm activity last night. some good news, we did need the rain and more good news, no real severe weather. 78 degrees, winds out of the west at 5 miles an hour. it's been on the mild side as our average high temperature is only in the 70s now. 78, pretty good number. 72 in leesburg, and 68 in gaithersburg and 76 in fredericksburg. i do think temperatures will drop fairly quickly this evening as we are going to be seeing clear skies and that means no rain. the radar is on the clear, too. tomorrow morning, chilly. no rain so you won't need umbrellas. it will be a little chilly. how about long sleeves and long pants and you may want to send them off with a light jacket or sweater because it will be rather cool tomorrow morning. satellite and radar picking that up. clear skies towards boston and west towards chicago and around ohio. not much in the way of clouds moving our way until you get farther back to the west, towards kansas city and little rock, that's in the next area of cloudiness we eventually start to move our direction, that happening tomorrow afternoon. here it is on future weather timing it out for you. tomorrow, 8:00 a.m., nothing but sunshine. a beautiful start to your thursday. we will see clouds moving in 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. it will still be on the mild side with some sunshine even at that hour. more clouds overnight and start off on friday and for rush hour, friday morning starts off dry. there's the shower activity around our region during the afternoon on friday. i do think friday afternoon will be rather wet, not talking a ton of rain here but when you need the little umbrella for your evening on friday. if you have plans friday evening you probably need that umbrella for sure. 72 degrees and only in the high 60s towards the blue ridge. heads up back there. you might want to keep that jacket with you throughout the afternoon. then we get really cool. 67 on friday, on65 on saturday d only 64 on sunday. don't cancel any plans, and there may be breaks in there. and that's something to watch. we do warm up 70 on monday and 79 on tuesday. the three worst days happen to be friday, saturday and sunday. coming up next, more than 100 taxi drivers plug a busy street and protest about uber. to compete with the wildly popular alternatives. a police officer learns his fate after killing a puppy. new at 6:00, an animal services officer shares why this case is so different from other cruelty cases she's seen. the shocking >> ?? [ horns blaring ] >> a lot of noise and no movement led to tense times on pennsylvania avenue caused by a protest from a union representing taxi drivers in the city. they want changes to the way companies like uber are regulated. an issue boiling for months. he's downtown. is there any resolution to this in sight? >> reporter: good evening, doreen. to answer your question, probably not. this isn't the first time taxis have come to pennsylvania avenue and shut it down in protest and probably won't be the last. they complain they are so heavily regulated even down to the color of the taxicabs but car services like uber don't face nearly that much regulation and why they came here to the offices of the mayor and d.c. council to protest. hundreds of cabbies inched their way up pennsylvania avenue. blasting their horns and demanding a change. >> they're operating illegally. the playing field must be leveled. >> it's a free market. it's not fair competition. >> reporter: police did all they could to keep traffic moving. eventually, traffic came to a halt and it became confrontationa confrontational. >> taking all our business. we ask the city for everything to be fair. >> reporter: several cabbies were ticketed and one arrested after they got out of their cars in the middle of pennsylvania avenue. not every car in this line of cabs was here to protest. >> this is crazy. >> i don't know what's going on. >> i don't know what's going on. i hear a lot of honking. >> reporter: wrong place at the wrong time, i guess. >> what is it about? >> reporter: cab drivers are protesting uber. >> no, my friends do. >> reporter: they like it? sn>> yes. >> reporter: good day to be on a bike. >> how long have you been stuck in this? >> probably about 30 minutes. >> reporter: this is what washington is all about. >> love it. great. >> reporter: the d.c. council is expected to approve additional regulations for app-based car services like uber. cabbies say it's not nearly enough to level the playing field. >> thank you, mark. we asked you to weigh in. do you think uber and lyft should be regulated the same way taxis are. our users said no, by a majority of 66% they should not be regulated. you may start to see more food trucks while shopping in fairf fairfax. new rules allow them to occupy in popular spots like tyson's corner and town center. they need permission from the propertywner and have to pay $100 a year for a zoning permit far less than the previous fee, $16,000. fighting ebola. why some say our region is better equipped to handle the cases than other parts of the country. as the search for hannah graham continues we're getting our first look inside the suspect's car hundreds of miles from the crime scene in chartsvillch justice for rocco, a police officer convicted of killing his dog. >> one slip that night cost him his career. >> it's our first look inside jesse matthews car, what investigators found when the prime suspect of a disappeared uva student was found in texas. and school board members lavish dinners not far from home and spending by prince george's county school board members. >> first, in the latest fight against ebola here in the u.s. >> in texas, a dallas county sheriff's deputy is in the hospital. he has not been diagnosed but was in the apartment with thomas duncan. >> duncan died this morning, came from liberia and the first person to be diagnosed with it in the u.s. and now screening changes for five airports including dulles international. in arlington with more on the efforts to prevent the outbreak, david. >> reporter: public officials want to be clear. there are no go-to or specialized hospitals in our area when it comes to ebola treatment. they want every hospital ones like this one to be ready to react and identify potential ebola cases. >> here in this region between virginia, maryland and the district, we probably have the best. >> reporter: that's the director of the d.c. department of health telling local leaders he's confident local hospitals will react effectively should an ebola case arrived including the widespread region. if you live or work in those regions includes area hospitals. >> this is an area with people coming in and out are vulnerable. >> it is and why we started preparing over six months ago. >> reporter: public health officials take their lead from the centers for disease control. and every hospital must be prepared to identify suspected ebola cases and isolate patients and contact public health officials and arrange proper testing to confirm the proper diagnosis. we don't have to just rely on the cdc. we have two labs to test, one in virginia and one in maryland. other jurisdictions must send samples to the cdc and public health officials say they're preparing test kits for certified labs should be coming in the upcoming weeks. and his office is in constant communication with the cdc and in turn will relay that information to he health providers. >> all hospitals need to be prepared. there is no one hospital that can handle patients. >> reporter: hospitals wanted to stress tonight there are no confirmed cases of ebola in our region and hence no confirmed outbreak. should a case arrived, the hospitals will know what to do. i'm david carver, live. a prince george's county candidate accused of molesting a charge has been cleared of the charges. a grand jury found there was not suv evidence to indict. he's running as a republican for the maryland house of delegates in the 23rd district in the southern part of the county. an 8-year-old claimed the abuse happened at his home. when he was charged last month, he told tracee wilkins he believed he would be vindicated. tonight, a man who served as a police officer is headed to jail for a year, he admitted to killing a 7-month-old puppy, rocco and explains why some people have very different views whether the punishment fits the crime. >> reporter: montgomery county animal services has received more than 6 hundreds complaints of animal cruelty and neglect this year. jean aet jeanette wright who was on duty when the case came in said this is an extreme case. >> a lot of animal cruelty cases don't get that type of sentence so i was pleased. >> reporter: former baltimore police officer alec taylor is spending his first night in the detention center. in august, he plead guilty to beating and choking rocco, his 7-month-old jack russell terrier. it happened in this silver spring apartment. he texted his girlfriend i almost killed rocco, well i wanted to. paraphrasing the text he made a me all over the carpet after i let him outside. at today's sentencing, stold th judge he was not just a dog, a member of my family. >> i think it's important. >> reporter: the parents say he put the dog out of his pain after being injured by someone else. >> we're not saying he wasn't culpable and not responsible for what he did but the dog had been injured. >> the reality he snapped, killed the dog and lost his career and liberty. >> reporter: the defense for officer taylor plans to come back and ask the one year sentence be modified and criminal conviction be expunged so he can apply for a better job when he is released from jail but it is unlikely he will ever be a police officer again. chris gordon, news4. take a look at the damage done by a fire in annapolis, the loss at $1.5 million. investigators believe the house on sharps point road was hit by lightning at midnight. three people were inside but all got out safely. would you believe we are less than two months away from the lighting of the national christmas tree. the national park service announced it will be lit december 4th this year. free tickets for the ceremony will be given through an online lottery. you can enter your name between october 17th and october 20th. 3,000 seated tickets and 14,000 standing room tickets. you can find a link to the site and more details by going to our website, nbcwashington.com. a rude awakening for a local college student, the scary situation prompting a warning from police. new evidence in a high profile case. we'll tell you what police found inside jesse matthews stolen car and how that could lead to answers for a missing uva student. plenty of sunshine today. get ready if you have plans for the weekend, i'm tracking a in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. for the first time tonight, we're getting a look inside the car jesse matthews was driving when he was arrested in texas. >> charlottesville investigators left the car behind in galveston after gathering what they needed for their case. they don't believe missing uva student hannah was ever in this car. it belonged to his sister. cigarette butts filled the ashtray and police officer's card and a cassette titled jesus lifting the spirit and three tools to release god's power. and inside a yellow envelope a necklace and a woman on the beach called police. >> he drove past right here and stopped dead still and looked right at me for a little while. a few seconds. and then he, you know, left the beach. that's when i knew who it was. >> reporter: the officer who responded to that call did not realize matthew was wanted, when he first ran the car's plates. the galveston sheriff said the officer's computer did not have a good signal so he did not receive the initial alert. matthew is in a charlottesville jail charged with abduction. it has been nearly a month now hannah was last seen and matthew is linked with mortgage dpgan hn and assault in fairfax. a college student woke up to find a stranger in her house at college park and knox road. she woke up to see someone peering into her bedroom and she yelled and the person took off. the person did not take anything and the school has sent an alert to students. school board members dining out on a taxpayer's dime. >> reporter: in some cases you're eating by yourself? is that the best way to use taxpayer dollars? >> thing is...our crazy tax code actually rewards companies... for shipping them overseas. it's wrong and i'm fighting to fix it. i'm mark warner...i brought republicans and democrats... together on a bill that gives incentives to companies that... bring high tech and manufacturing jobs to virgina. because instead of outsourcing jobs to china...we should be... insourcing them here for our people...and thats why i... approved this message. for some local school board members there is such a thing as a free lunch. dinner and breakfast, too. >> just months ago the montgomery county school board cut up their tax funded credit card s for charging pricey meals and now we found more pricey purchases. some of the charges are just minutes from their homes. >> reporter: this is the crab bomb, the house specialty at of seafood along with a platter of scallops an $82 dinner, the exact dinner school board member regina jacobs used her tax funded credit card to buy august 13th for a meeting with a fellow board member for a talk about a summer program one of 40 times jacob used it for meals in prince george's county in a year and a half. her expenses shows more than $4400 worth of expenses. a $95 dinner for a meeting on professional development and $185 dinner at the restaurant in february, too, with two board colleagues about the district's budget. >> i just wonder why it's needed. >> reporter: juanita miller says the meetings could be held without the food and expenses. >> that's something that could go towards workshops or community outreach. >> reporter: one of her most frequent meeting members, her fellow board member who used her own card for meeting at local restaurants. seafood and buffets and sometimes meeting with fellow board members and sometimes all alone. do you have a moment with us? we caught up with miss boston before a board meeting. in some cases you're eating by yourself without a meeting guest. is that the best way to use taxpayer dollars? >> if i'm down here all day for meetings and i need to have lunch i can use the card for that purpose. >> reporter: even by yourself. >> even by myself. i am entitled to eat. >> reporter: when we caught up with miss jacobs, she said the meals are important. >> reporter: you meet with other board members so close to home and the office. >> we also meet with other constituents and other board members. >> reporter: other board members charged far fewer meals to taxpayers, a few dozen total between the rest of them. >> reporter: our investigation found only some expenses are meals. they also spend taxpayer money right here at the national harbor westin hotel in oxon hill. where they provided rooms $229 a night a room. the district's general fund paid for the room but these members used credit cards for valet parking at the hotel. a district spokeswoman tells us those expenses are allowed and they spent money for local hotel rooms because meetings began early and ended late. we found more than $10,000 was spent on the two most recent board retreats at national harbors, in the same county, a 25 minute drive from the district's offices. taxpayers also footed the bill when regina jacobs reserve add $230 a night hotel room at the washington d.c. hilton conference 37 minutes from the board's offices. the district told us jacobs is now seeking reimbursements from taxpayers for the group that staged the conference. >> they could have used metro, requires getting up early or late make arrangement to catch a cab. >> reporter: district policy puts no limit on the cost of meals or hotel rooms for which board members can charge taxpayers and puts an overall $7,000 yearly cap for expenses for each board member. >> reporter: is the system working? >> i think there's always room for looking at what can be improved. that's always the case. as board members we have a responsibility to our taxpayers to do that. >> a district spokeswoman told me this about the credit card, the board's chair requested the office of internal audit to revisit policies and guidelines to clarify ambiguous language. this in no way implies the board members have used their credit cards appropriately. >> in order to see the board members receipts for yourself and learn about the i-team's similar investigation in montgomery county we invite you to click on investigations at nbcwashington.com. >> i don't know. i'm kind of feeling like going for a drive to get crabcakes now. >> that was a big one, too. >> it's so nice outside. >> that's the thing. we are seeing fantastic weather the last couple of days. okay. today, beautiful. i think we have another great day coming. then we go back the other day for more time. that time we head towards the weekend. looking good, clear skies and a few clouds in the distance. all in all a very nice night. 78 degrees currently under clear sky, 71 degrees, breezy across our region. winds 10-15 miles an hour. not too heavy. nice weather at 9:00 and 65 at 11:00. i do think temperatures will cool fairly quickly and already down in the low to mid 60s in some areas. radar all clear. i expect to it stay clear today and not just tomorrow because of the clear skies talking about cool numbers. 52 in d.c. 44 in frederick and 44 in culpeper area and 44 in martinsville. waking up tomorrow morning you will most likely need the jacket. tomorrow, sunshine and temperatures rebound nicely 70-73 degrees in the city. and we will see increasing clouds during the day. they will stick with us. we have a frontal boundary that will meander to the south and produce areas of low pressure and produce shower activity during the day friday and saturday and i think we're talking about little but not a washout. not talking about a lot of rain but we are talking about rain during the weekend hours. muchcooler, too. 67 on friday, 65 on saturday, 64 rather dreary on sunday with a better chance of shower activity. more showers next week. at least we're seeing temperatures back into the 70s. >> thank you. coming up on "nightly news" an investigation into the field so many of our kids in the area play on. >> you may be familiar with the specky dots that show up in a house after practice. it's called crumb rubber. and a coach started asking questions after two of her own players were diagnosed with blood cancers and she reached out and learned of other soccer players with similar stories. we investigated the research that's out this. no one has established a link between cancer and these fields. the industry and others point to more than a dozen studies saying their products are safe. we talked to drshs and researchers and -- doctors and researchers and advocacy groups saying the testing is insufficient and hopefully those are questions we will answer tonight on "nightly news." i say you can forget baseball and some say you can forget football. we have hockey and basketball. >> wizards are learning they will pay a regular season price for that preseason scuffle the other night. >> i ask y'all a question, how did you handle losing in the nfl? >> oh, boy, redskins safety ryan clark turns the tables on those who question the some of you remember the time we had a time they didn't take the stuff from nobody. >> it wasn't that far long ago. >> you will definitely like -- >> the point is we had guys that will not be intimidated in the paint. >> paul pierce will be our guy. see it already. >> wizards playing their second preseason game tonight taking on the new orleans pelicans in just a bit. they're getting bad news from the league. a few hours ago, the nba handed down suspensions and fines for that incident in the game with the bulls on monday. remember this. they have to pay a price for this preseason scuffle. they will be suspended for leaving the bench during this altercation between paul pierce and joakim noah. when will they be suspended? pierce was suspended $15,000 for poking noah in the forehead and noah was also fined $15,000 for his role in that. >> can't poke people. can't do it! can't do it. >> that's not good. >> from the team about to start their season to a team headed on vacation, the national season is complete. they have now won the division two of the last three years but this team can't stick around in october. last night, the giants ended their world series hope. the manager received criticism for sticking with rookie barrett. a wild pitch that would bring home the game's deciding run. ugly. giants get the win and nats get knocked out of the post-season for the second time in three years. the quick exit not what fans or this team hoped for. now, they're getting ready for next year. >> we have a lot of talent and good ball players in here. a lot of good ballplayers under contract and coming back for a while. the window isn't closed but it is closing. it's important for us to move past this and go to spring training ready to go. >> i'm proud of their effort. we established a way to go about this game in spring training and accomplished that goal and played the way we wanted to play. it's tender and bitter and all those things. but i'm proud of them. proud of the way they went about it. >> amazing regular season for them. a tough playoff run there. it's never easy when a team is 4-1 -- 1-4. wishful thinking. sorry that that. we all know how it goes when you're losing, everything starts to get looked at under a magnifying glass. lots of talk as to how redskins react reacted after a loss to seattle monday night. it came a question to the coach. >> there was no doubt in my mind they played their [ bleep ] off in every snap of the game. one was playing on a sore knee and running around all over the joint. his effort in the game and his desire to win i will never question it. >> as a media guy, i ask y'all a question, how did you handle losing in the nfl? i'm waiting for the first person. it's just me, right? that's my point. y'all have no idea how somebody is supposed to behave after a loss. you're saying because a certain group of people behaved a certain way they don't care. you don't know that because you haven't been in that position. >> i hear what ryan clark has to say. we all know what success is and leadership is and we deal with it everyday in our lives. to say we don't play the game we can still see what's going on. >> that's our on our broadcast tonight, ebola death in this country. the first patient diagnosed in the u.s. has died, and tonight there's another potential case at the same hospital in dallas. also, which u.s. airports are about to start passenger screening. our nbc news investigation, how safe is the artificial turf on the fields children are playing on across our country. is there a potential health risk? tonight, a coach who noticed a terrible coincidence among several soccer players and what we found that every parent should see. and were you cheated on your cell phone bill? 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to stop the spread of ebola from entering the u.s. agents began taking temperatures of passengers arriving at jfk airport from three west african countries. in the week ahead screenings will expand to dulles, newark, chicago o'hare and atlanta. >> the nbc freelance journalist being treated for ebola is improving. >> he's second american to be treated in omaha at the nebraska medical center. doctors say ashoka mukpo is still very weak but his condition improved. it's improved for second straight day. he's receiving an experimental ebola drug. he also received a blood transfusion from ebola survivor dr. kent brantly. >> national security adviser susan rice says the world has not done enough to contain the outbre outbreak. >> we are pushing very hard for everybody to do more. this is going to take all hands on deck because the goal has to be to contain this epidemic in the three countries that we've seen in west africa to try to prevent its spread and to provide the appropriate care to those that need it. >> you can see the full interview this morning on "meet the press" at 10:30. we'll talk to moderator chuck todd before it airs and we have a live report from dallas ahead in the next half hour. >> looking at 9:02. i'll take a look at sunday forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> hey, angie and add am. good morning to you. a much brighter and prettier start this morning than we dealt with on saturday morning so there's some good news. picture outside from our tower looking out to the west to ty n tyson's corner in the distance. plenty of blue skies and temperatures are starting to warm up now. generally in the upper 40s in some of the cooler suburbs to low to mid-50s elsewhere. it will be a nice day. we're off to a dry start this morning. rape drops in the southwestern parts of the commonwealth moving out of roanoke valley. most of that will dry up before it gets here. if it comes straight on it, that would be three hours, 6:00 in the afternoon. here's the forecast. partly cloudy and mostly cloudy by lunchtime. full cloud cover by late this afternoon. rain chances remain very, very low. a little higher down to the south and west. we'll need to know about the areas and the raindrops. >> looking forward to it, thanks. >> right now people running that army ten-miler want to take a live look at hov lanes of the 14th street bridge. the sun shining on them. news 4 derrick ward live along the course near the lincoln memorial, not wearing your running clothes and perhaps running in place to kind of stay warm. i know they have been out there for a little while. hey, o, derrick. >> reporter: well, i'm running in my heart and that's what counts. it is a perfect day for it and not necessarily such a perfect day for getting around this area if you're not running. take a look these are some of the runners taking part in the 30th annual army ten-miler at 35,000 runners from each of the 50 states as well as several foreign countries are taking part in this 30-year tradition. it includes some wounded warriors, wheelchair athletes and it all benefits the military district of washington and the armed forces. of course, you'll have to do a work around if you are trying to get around. take a look at map. some of this race course extends as far east as seventh street on the d.c. side. starts over at pentagon and along the course, the arlington memorial bridge, constitution avenue, parts of rock creek parkway will be closed now. closures will be in place and have been in place since 7:30. they will end around noon and after that there will be dinner for anyone running to get this back up and, of course, they will start down at taste of d.c. which has pennsylvania avenue closed between ninth and 14th street after the duration of the weekend. so some work-arounds you have to do if you're trying to get around downtown today and leave earlier. again, these closures are out by noon today. just a little momentary inconvenience. we are live in northwest. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> all right, derrick, thanks. >> prince george's police are announcing a deadly wash. just before 4:00 a.m. this crash veered off the role and crashed into a utility pole on river road. man inside the car died at scene. riverdale road is back open. it was closed for hours while police conducted their investigation there. imagine waking up to this, a car in the side of your house. it happened to a family on old branch avenue in clinton. prince george's county police say just before 1:00 this morning the car drove off the road and then slammed through the brick house and the two people inside the car were not seriously hurt. two people were home at the time but they were in a different room. >> we're still trying to find out who died in a horrific crash in prince george's county. five people were killed, two of them children. saturday night two cars collided on livingston road and livingston terrace in oxon hill. according to witnesses a mears deese tried to go around a bus when it slid into an acura. acura spun out of control and somehow caught on fire. we spoke to a man who saw it all happened. >> the mercedes rolling over the crowned. couldn't touch her, couldn't go near them. one guy out of the ground, on his elbow, his car was on fire. >> police say it looks like the speed and the weather both contributed to this crash. >> coming up, drama at a fall festival. the miscalculation that left nearly 20 people hurt after a hayride and now one person dead. >> plus, they call it a weekend of resistance. we'll show you the police reaction to new protests happening now in ferguson and st. louis, missouri. >> and the haunting image captured when nasa scientists pointed their camera lens at sun. thing is...our crazy tax code actually rewards companies... for shipping them overseas. it's wrong and i'm fighting to fix it. i'm mark warner...i brought republicans and democrats... together on a bill that gives incentives to companies that... bring high tech and manufacturing jobs to virgina. because instead of outsourcing jobs to china...we should be... insourcing them here for our people...and thats why i... approved this message. we continue to stay on top of a developing story out of ferguson, missouri. about 200 protesters came fayed face-to-face with police in riot gear at ferguson police department last night. officers arrested one man who they say threw a bottal and demonstrators are also filling the streets this weekend in nearby st. louis. >> yeah. they are marching to protest the death of an unarmed teenager shot and killed by a police officer. nbc's jay gray shows us what's happening there. >> signs of frustration spilled into the streets of st. louis for the second straight day. >> looking for justice for mike brown. the organizers here have done a great job so far. we wanted to be able to come here and answer the call for support. >> and the call for justice. two months after unarmed teenager michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson police officer darren wilson. >> we get arrested and we get maced and tier-gassed and rubber-bulleted and yet i've been arrested three times. i have spent more time in jail than dan wilson and it's ridiculous. we are sick of it. we are sick of it. >> others have called it a weekend of resistance with protesters filling the streets and city parks, along with police who say at this point there have been no serious problems. >> we're all in our normal uniforms and officers on bikes riding through crowds. that's the message. let's all be respectful of everybody. >> a message echoed by brown's family. >> at this point i'm a little at pierce peace. i'm not angry, i mean, you know, upset angry. >> reporter: instead, like so many here they want answers as the grand jury continues to review evidence in the case. jay gray, nbc news. >> well, today protest organizers are using music to reach young people in ferguson. a hip-hop concert is scheduled there to include a speech from dr. cornell west and then protesters are calling tomorrow's planned demonstration northerly monday, a day of civil disobedience. >> this morning we have a warning for all of you women out there. the personal item a man stealing at mass transit stations. plus, the crew that could help police catch the guy. >> and is that the sun, chuck? >> yes, it is, sunshine, at least for front half of your sunday. i have some concerns about your late sunday afternoon and your monday though so don't go away. your weekday workweek forecast coming right up. 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 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getaway is caught on video. this is happening at west street station on coney island. >> i think it's disgusting, no other word for it. >> reporter: police say every time he rips off a shoe he immediately runs for it and he wasn't stealing high heels, these were sneakers, not an easy thing to rip off of someone's foot. it >> it's weird. i don't know his motive, but i hope that everybody -- i want to feel safe on the subway. >> reporter: this subway rider was angry after we showed her the surveillance v-e. that's because like many women she herself has been a victim of subway harassment. >> guy will sit next to me and put a bag over me and try to grab me and stuff like that. i think it's a violation. it's crazy because women have to deal with this stuff every single day of their lives >> reporter: mta has been trying to crack down on harrisman and other women on subway. latest prosal to install cameras on trains over next few years. >> i think that is an awesome idea, awesome. >> but this guy strikes inside the station. and according to investigators, they hope that this video will lead to arrest. >> increased security or police patrol here. >> happening today, trinity episcopal church will celebrate its 120th anniversary. the first woman bishop will preside over an episcopal church in the nights at today's service. it's near the tacoma park station on the the red line northwest. the service begins at 10:30 this morning. tomorrow metro will be running on a modified saturday schedule because of columbus day. that means trains will come every six to 12 minutes. train stations will open at their normal time, 5:00 a.m. and close at midnight. parking at all lots and garages will also be free tomorrow because of the holiday. >> well, you will notice some major renovations at the national air and space museum. in the district crews will replace southern panels on the museum's facade. an engineering study found that the panels were too thin to withstand the weather after 38 years. crews will also replace mechanical systems and work in sections to keep the world open to the public and the work isn't actually scheduled to start until 2017. >> come and look at this, it's real, a must-see image, actually photos of the sun. nasa scientists took these images this past wednesday. they are filtered using two sets of light wavelength, whatever that means, and we're seeing this just in time for halloween. bright orange clowe makes the sun look like a jack-o'-lantern. >> and here to offer his scientific expertise. >> you see in one wavelength spectrum and you have intra red which is how we see colorized cloud tops and this is a different wavelength. some wave lengths you can't see. >> okay. >> what would be really cool to put the earth in front of that. >> we can fit a million earths inside the sun so when you see the solar flares streaking off the top of the sun you need to remember that that flare sometimes extends out five or ten times the width of the earth at surface of the sun, sometimes even more than that. sun, pretty to look at from 93 million miles away, but not a very friendly spot in the neighborhood to travel too close to. outside sunshine getting through. a fairly nice day outside. blue skies aplenty outside for your early sunday morning activity. clouds will be coming in later on this afternoon so soak in that sunshine while you can. temperatures now are still in the 50s. the potomac waters there are reflecting our blue sky for now. 55 degrees at national airport and a wind out of northeast at 8 miles per hour and that northeast wind is an important part of our forecast today. it's pushing in some slightly dryer air at the surface and that may actually protect us from raindrops later on today. >> the sunday impact from the weather, virtually not. plenty of clouds coming our way but it will be warmer and will for the most part be a dry day today. at least through the daylight hours. once you get the fun down, things may change a bit. >> temperatures low to mid-50s. 52 in annapolis and 50 in ft. mead and 50 in frederick, maryland. out into the old dominion we go. 50 in front royal and winchester. hourly temperatures today, a nice rise indeed. we'll spend most of the afternoon in the upper 50s and 60s. cooler than average and there's a chance for some showers coming our way tonight and tore. you'll need the casual umbrella. nothing heavy coming. rainfall amounts will be very light, even if you get rain. here's the radar, and this is where i was talking. that northeast wind pushing the drier air in at the surface. this moisture will try to run up over the top of that. rain chances are higher the farther south and west you live and travel from the washington metro area today. up close view on storm team radar, nothing out there right now. get out, and it will be dry through at least lunchtime and rain chances, though low, they are there out towards culpepper and loray. between 2:30 and 9:00 tonight, look at that, it all dries up. i don't know if we can dry all the drops up, but we can dry most of them up. it will stay cloudy with passing sprinkles possible at any time. lows in the 50s and expect scattered showers around to get you out the door on your columbus day holiday. if you do have to work or go out to school, a 60% chan of rain but rainfall amounts will be very, very, very, very light. better chance of rape on tuesday and thunderstorms on wednesday. >> tying the knot any time soon or maybe you know someone planning a wedding. well, we're going to show you a creative tool more couples are using to help the big day go off without a hitch. >> in some cases you're eating by yourself. is that the best way to use taxpayer dollars? >> and see what happened when the news 4 i-team confronted school board members about dining out on your dime. plus, how our investigation could lead to new laws on the book. 9:21. stay with us. >> we're almost three weeks away until election day 201 with control of the united states at senate but here's a really important reminder. that control might not be decided until december or even january. >> well, that's right. for one thing, louisiana senate contest pitting mary landrieu and republican bill cassidy and other candidates will head to a december 6 runoff if neither contestant gets 50% of the vote. >> and volatile story out of kansas. if the independent beats republican senator pat roberts it's possible we might not know until next year which party he'll caucus with, with maybe the balance of party on the line. >> and forced possible recounts in close contests possibly in florida and ohio which could also help determine senate control. >> it's important for everyone to remember more likely than not we won't know which party will welcome back. tying the knot is going high tech if you've got something borrowed and something blue. you might want to add something new, real new, to help plan the big day. nbc's marc barger shows us how. >> just as technology has become part of the every day. for many it's also bomb part of that special day. >> nine in ten couples are using apps to help plan their wedding. jamie miles of theknot.com shows more than half couples are using a wedding hashtag and new technology can take the nuptials to the screen. >> there was a bride who donned the google glass, put it on and walked down the aisle and she was able to capture the wedding day really as she saw it. >> one bride even talked a go pro camera into her wedding bouquet. >> wasn't on her face, but she was able to record the wedding day as she saw it walking down the aisle. >> for a wider perspective of the big event, an increase number of couples are putting drones to work. >> it's something that a lot of people are like, wow, i really want that and want something different and want something their don't see in everyone's wedding albums. >> reporter: also possible to let people attend a wedding virtually by streaming it. i do stream offers packages starting at $199. >> if you want to go the cheaper diy routes options from youtube live stream and from a company called ustream. before incorporating the tech into a wedding day "the knot" encourages people ways to do it. >> technology can complicate and other, you know, beautiful ceremony that might be in a way that's unnecessary. couples have to decide if a wedding with today's technology is for better or for worse. >> wow. if you are thinking of using, say, a drone for wedding the legalities are a gray area and be sure to offer the photographer if that's something to offer or have the ability to do because they might advertise it as part of their wedding packages. >> coming up. new information on today's new ebola case. what the still is ghog. we'll have a live report. a new vantage point from edward snowed so how the leak happened and chuck is up with his weather forecast after that right after the break. - oh, the young. their energy seems like an unlimited resource we 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preliminary reports did come back positive for ebola. now, there was just a press conference in which officials gave a few more details, including ones that raised more questions, including the once that the worker was faring full protective gear while visiting duncan. we don't know in what capacity this person treated duncan, part of the staff or nurse but we do know they have been wearing the full protective gear. they have been placed in hospital and a close companion are in the hospital right now. police are looking at an apartment about 15 miles from thehospital. >> the dallas rescue and fire haz-mat team has cleaned up the common areas and decontaminated any of the open areas of the apartment complex. >> reporter: and the workers will be out there again today furthering that cleanup. they will also be checking inside on a pet that is inside that apartment so crews back on scene. they notified neighbors via reverse 911 calls and the goal of the dallas mayor was he didn't want people to wake up to a panic and fear here in dallas. they wanted the situation under control. they have also decontaminated the health care worker's car here at the hospital. they have also decontaminated the parking lot and railings, everything that they can think to decontaminate right now. the e.r. is close to patients. not bringing in patients via ambulance as they work to get a handle on this situation, but just to reiterate. the cue points, a health care worker who treated thomas harris duncan has treated positive in preliminary tests for ebola and this health care worker was in full gea while dealing with duncan. a lot more details to come on exactly how they contracted this illness. adam and angie, back to you. >> thank you very much. a story we'll have to stay on top of all day today. >> we know that president obama has already been briefed on this second diagnosis here in the u.s. and chuck todd actually will be joining us probably in about 45 minutes or so to talk about what this means for the administration. he's speaking to some government officials, so we'll definitely be able to shed some more light on that. we're looking at 9:34. time to get a check of your forecast. meteorologis chuck bell went outside to the storm team 4 weather deck. >> and the sun is a-shining on you. >> yes, it is, a beautiful morning. a little bit of a northeast freeze and if you're in the shade and the breeze there's a noticeable autumnal chill in the air this morning. temperatures in the 40s and low 50s, but there's the view from our tower that is indeed full sunshine out in our eastern skies. here's the view across loudon, fairfax and western montgomery counties from our reston town center camera. nice looking days across parts of northern virginia. prince george's county over and into the river. over the woodrow wilson bridge. good looking day. present f-sunshine. and raindrops in southwestern and south central virginia are inching their way in our direction. not sure how much of that rain is really going to make it here, but the clouds sure will, so as a result our skies will become mostly cloudy later on this afternoon. metro temperatures today generally up into the mid-60s. it will feel cooler once that sun is matchinged behind the clouds later today, definitely a cool 65 and not a warm sunny 65. rain chances start to sneak back tonight and tomorrow. more on all that with your seven-day forecast coming up. >> chuck, thank you. >> a new documentary tells the story of the nsa documents leak, and it's from the perspectives of edward snowden. the movie "citizen four" is titled after the alias he communicated under. it showed the first meetings with the journalist where he would share thousands of undisclosed government documents. snowden is seen as highly aware that such a leak would mean sacrificing his own freedom. at one point he said, quote, i already know how this will end for me. snowden is a u.s. fugitive and is living in moscow where he was granted asylum. >> new info on what the public thinks former governor mcdonnel's punishment would be. 60% of the people the governor used to serve feel he should go to prison. the results bipartisan with more than half republicans and half democrats thinking he should go to prison. for some local school board members there is such a thing as a free lunch. just months ago the montgomery county school board cut up their own taxpayer funded credit cards amid controversy over pricey meals. now the news 4 iteam has found another local school board swing their cards for some swipy purchases and as some mcfarlane shows us, some of the chaes are just minutes from home. >> this is the crab bomb, famed house specialty at jerry's seafood in buoy. >> along with a platter of scallops, an $82 dinner with the tip. the exact dinner that this school board member virginia davis used her credit card to buy for a meeting with a fellow board member to talk about the system's program. one of 40 times she swiped the card in a year and a half. her expense receipts showed more than $200 worth of restaurant meals expenses by jacobs. a $95 dinner for a meeting on professional development and a $185 dinner at the restaurant in february, too, with two board colleagues about the district's budget. >> i just wonder why it's needed. >> juanita miller is a longtime district resident who says the meetings could have been held without the food and the expenses. >> that's something that could go towards workshops or community outreach. >> one of her most frequent meal meeting partners, her fellow board member carolyn boston who the iteam discovered used her own card to buy 80 dinners, lunches and breakfasts in the last year and a half, sea foods, desserts, buffets for meetings with her fellow board meetings and sometimes all along. >> >> reporter: we caught up with miss boston before a board meeting. >> in some cases you're eating by yourself at old town inn without a meeting guest. is that the best way to use taxpayer dollars? >> if i'm down here all day long for meetings and i need to have lunch, i can use the card for that purpose. >> reporter: even if by yourself. >> even if by myself. i am entitled to eat. >> reporter: when we caught up with miss jacobs she said the meal meetings are important. >> you meet with each other and taxpayers pick up the tab so close to home, so close to the office. >> we also meet with constituents and we meet with other board members from different areas. >> reporter: but other board members charge far fewer meals to taxpayers, a few dozen total between the rest of them, but our investigation only found some of their expenses were meals. they spend taxpayer money right here, the national harbor westin hotel in oxen hill where taxpayers recently provided several overnight hotel rooms for a board member retreat, $200 a night a room. disz tricket's general fund paid for the room but jacobs and another board member used their credit card for valet parking at the hotel. those expenses are allowed and the district spent money for local hotel rooms because meetings began early and ended late. we found more than $10,000 was spent on the two most recent board retreats at national harbor including the overnight hotel rooms, a hotel in the same county and a 25-minute drive from the district offices and taxpayers footed the bill on this $230 a night hotel room at washington, d.c. hilton in northwest in march for a conference 37 minutes from the board's offices. the district told us jacobs is now seeking reimbursement from taxpayers for the group that staged the conference. >> they could have gone metro which required getting up early and if it requires being out late then make arrangements to catch a cab. >> district policy puts no limit on the cost of meals or hotel rooms for which board members can charge taxpayers and puts an overall $7,000 yearly cap on all expenses for the board member. >> is the system working? >> i think there's always room for looking at what the can be improved. that's always the case and as board members we have a responsibility to our taxpayers to do that. >> reporter: now maryland state delegate alonzo washington who rops prince georges county tells the news 4 iteam they will consider introducing new legislation to been want issuance of credit cards to the school board members. the findings are, quote, a concern for my constituents. >> looking to take some data usage on your cell phone. the service that could save you some money on next month's bill. plus, thinking beyond the party store. the place you may want to visit if you're in search for that creative halloween kus costume. and sunny skies today but you're going to want to play close attention to chuck's forecast especially in the mid-week. we're going to get a look at the seven-day straight ahead. this week's "wednesday's child ""is a 10-year-old who already knows what she wants to do had she grows up, but first her list of things to accomplish as a child and dance lessons are on that list. news 4's barbara harrison has her story. >> reporter: 10-year-old shantiana has dreams of taking dance lessons but never had that opportunity. fabian bonds, founder and extive director of the dance institute of washington said today she would have that chance. >> okay. i'm excited. >> fabian bonds, who was once a principal dancer with the dance theater of harlem personal ly taught her very first ballet class. >> arm low. stand up straight. >> reporter: shantiana caught on quickly. >> wonderful. >> and close the book. >> you had your first ballet lesson. you did a great job. are you ready to do some hip-hop. >> yes. >> reporter: shantiana came into the foster care system four years ago. she's a good student in school, and while she loves dancing she has a different profession in mind for her future. >> when i grow up, i want to be a lawyer. >> reporter: and she knows that means lots of school. >> i've got to go to college and then go to law school. >> okay. cool. you ready to learn something. >> reporter: the school's director gave shantiana a lesson in hip-hop. >> tell me about the family that you would think you would like to have. >> a family that's going to give me love, that's going to take care of me an a family -- and a mother that not only helps me as a mother but like a friend can be a friend to me. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. >> you got it. >> reporter: she got it, and what she needs now like all children is a family that will encourage her to keep on trying to reach all of her goals in life. barbara harrison, news 4 for "wednesday's child." >> well, if you have room in your home and your heart for shantiana or another teen in waiting call the spelt hotline. 1-88-to-adopt-me or search "wednesday's child" on nbcwashington.com. >> a facility that's opportunity tomorrow that will give us a taste of winter. but first, here's chuck. >> no need to worry about win e winter just yet but get out old saying, let's get ready to rumble, wednesday, a little chance for thunderstorms coming our way. we'll tell you more about that with your seven-day coming up. start shopping a new way. start maximizing at the place where you always get more than you pay for. t.j.maxx. brands you love, prices that work for you. you deserve it. maxx life at t.j.maxx. in the battle for smartphone customers wireless carriers look for any edge they can get. more carriers will soon offer wi-fi calling. nbc's marc barger reports. >> reporter: ever since cell phones first hit the market, wireless carriers have been competing to offer better coverage. >> can you hear me now. >> reporter: and whether you're in your base president or in the middle of nowhere, zero bars can be frustrating. that's one reason t-mobile is making the push for wi-fi calling. >> which way unleashed. >> wi-fi calling let's a phone user send and receive phone calls and text messages but they come over a wi-fi connection rather than a cellular connection. >> reporter: a feature t-mobile has offered since 2007, but now -- >> it's back in the spotlight because apple is now offering wi-fi calling as an option on the iphone 6. >> reporter: it's built into the new t-mobile phones that allows callers to switch seamlessly between wi-fi and cellular networks but keep in mind -- >> if you want to use wi-fi calling as a built-in feature you do need a phone and a wireless carrier that supports it. >> reporter: and more carriers are. sprint now offers it for some of their android power devices. >> and both at&t and verizon are planning to offer wi-fi calling sometime in 2015. >> reporter: the feature may hold appeal for customers in rural locales or areas plagued by spotty coverage but it can also help users save money on their wireless accounts. >> doesn't use text messaging against your plan minutes. >> reporter: another reason why wi-fi could connect with a bigger audience. marc barger, nbc news. >> well, it's a jackpot for halloweener. the westfield high school theater department in chantilly is cleaning its closets full of the old costumes there. prom and royal-style costumes earust a few of the kinds that you can choose from today. accessories are also available. the best part. you pick the price. all items will go for a suggested donation. >> a lot of things were donated by people's families so they have been in the family for a long time, and a lot of the things are vintage inspired that we've made for other shows. >> so many like handmade stuff and really cool stuff that you wouldn't be able to find anywhere else. >> the sale runs from 11:00 this morning until 2:00 at westfield high. proceeds will benefit the westfield theater program. >> chuck, it looks like we're starti sunday with lots of sun. >> most certainly are, angie and add am. beautiful morning outside. picture over downtown washington. still a mostly clear sky in place. you can see a lot of folks running army ten-miler on the 14th street bridge complex. 55 degrees. perfect running weather for the people doing the army ten-miler. 15 miles per hour and i told you yesterday the latest 90 of the year was yesterday's date, october 11th, 1919. you asked the question, when's the earliest 90, our earliest 90th, march the 22nd which occurred between 1907. october 11th is my mom's birthday and march 22nd is my dad but they would be quick to tell you they weren't born in those years of 1919 or 1902. outside right now temperatures in the low to mid-50s. mom just had her birthday yesterday. partly cloudy and 52 here in washington and 58 by noon. there will be clouds coming back in later today. if you need blue sky therapy you need to get outside and enjoy the weather as clouds will be coming back in and i couldn't rule out a quick passing sprinkle or a shower tonight and tomorrow as well. nothing heavy. hundreths of an inch of rain. there's a batch of moisture down to our south and west. the air mass overhead is 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if you win, they'll make it like hohum. and if you lose they'll say trump suffered the greatest loss in the history of the world. you can't let that happen to me. >> well, may have happened. this morning a source close to the white house who speaks to the president regularly says republicans are underestimating voter intensity against trump and that could be dangerous for them in 2020. adding that it is, quote, a bad omen as well for impeachment. >> let's turn to virginia because in virginia overnight, a clean sweep for democrats winning majorities in the state house and the state senate. republicans, though, can celebrate a big important win in mississippi's governors race. lieutenant governor tate reeves holding off an upset bid by the attorney general jim hood. president trump and vice president pence went to the state to campaign. let's bring in our friend. i find it the most, again, as jim said, a state that trump won by 30 points. bevin won by nine points. this was a hail mary for beshear and he pulled it off. you had the president with -- going there. you had a mike pence bus tour, major spending from national groups. what happened. >> i think basically what happened is that it turns out candidates do matter and matt bevin was a very unpopular governor. the president went there to try and save him. the fact was the president was not enough. at least, you know, obviously, we haven't called that race but it looks like beshear is most likely going to pull that out. there are three basic things that occurred last night in kentucky. two of which should be concerning to the president. one which is an interesting anecdote. if you look in the major metropolitan areas you saw beshear running up the totals there. that's indicative of the trump era. number two which should be concerning. in the cincinnati suburbs those are traditionally republican suburbs in kentucky. cincinnati is just north of the kentucky border. those flip to the democratic candidate. and the third, coal country which is where trump has -- that was where he ran up the score against hillary clinton. there were counties there. thirkts 30, 40, 50-point wins. and if you put those all it that's why beshear won. >> it's not just the urban areas and the suburbs, but if you slim the margin of victory in those rural districts, that spells trouble for 2020. >> let's talk about virginia. virginia has been trending blue for a number of years now. and now democrats solidifying control across the board. >> yeah, absolutely. took back the statehouse, the state senate. they made major gains in 2017 in the state house. if you look at where they made those gains if you're trying to create a full picture of what occurred, you saw major gains in the suburban areas. and that, to me is so indicative of this trump era overall where he's losing some of those key swing voters he was able to carry over hillary clinton. he lost those and virginia is a state that used to be very republican, right, you remember george w. bush winning those suburban areas back in 2000 but that state has changed completely. and what i'll just add to that point, if you look at how the popular vote went in the state house of virginia last night, that went for the democrats by nine points. that's the same as it was in 2017 and the year following that. what you see in the house of representatives you saw the democrats carrying the u.s. house of representatives by nine points. that could be a tell-tale sign. >> absolutely. we're going to be watching it. ryan nobles joins us now on the ground there. you've been covering this race in virginia. tell us what you are hearing from republicans and democrats in response. >> to harry's point about the energy and enthusiasm of democratic voters in virginia, this is what they call an off off-year election in virginia politics. no statewide candidates, no federal races. these were state house races and local races. generally the turnout is very, very low. not too many people even paying attention to the election. i remember as a local reporter barely even covering it in the local news. that was not the case last night. you saw a big turnout in numbers. numbers very similar to gubernatorial election years. and the democrats and republicans that i talked to last night attributed that to one thing. and that was president trump. you saw a democratic voter motivated to get out and send a message to the white house. yes, they were concerned about these local issues in kind of a broad sense and you can see what that led to. the democrats taking the house now. a two-seat majority there. still a couple of seats that have left to be decided on the house side as well. a big move over. the democrats now taking a big lead there. you'll remember that in the house of delegates two years ago that there were -- this was decided by a race that was a tie. they had to draw a name out of a bowl to decide who was going to be in the majority of the virginia house of delegates. this is a sea change in virginia. this was a state that was reliably republican for a long time. such is not the case anymore. and the demographic shift. this is something happening all over the country. and democrats in virginia believe this is something that will give us an idea of what's going to happen in 2020. >> state houses matter. they draw the districts. and for future congressional elections that has major impacts. harry cillizza and alex burns for "the new york times" join us. selena, you are seeing a continuation of trends we saw in the 2018 midterms here, which is urban areas certainly big turnout there but suburban areas swinging democratic making a real difference in those swing districts here. how concerning for the republican party as we look ahead to 2020? >> both parties have been shifting since 2004. and this is sort of -- it's starting to now settle in. if i was the president, the last thing i would be doing is underestimating support against him. it's always to -- it's always the best sort of plan to expect an underwhelming turnout and so that you can motivate your voters to show up. i think what happened in kentucky, i just got back from there. i think it was more about bevin. he was very unpopular for a number of reasons. people thought of him as a carpet bagger. not from the state. wasn't really in tune with the culture. and in state elections, those things matter. but then if you look down ballot at the ag race and secretary of state race and the agriculture race, republicans had great turnout, great wins. so i really think it was about being a bad candidate. >> okay, so i hear you. he certainly infuriated the teachers in the state and rolled back some of that medicaid expansion his father enacted as governor. but alex burns, the rhetoric was very trumpy. so, yes, republicans won across the state in kentucky. statewide elections, except for this one by a comfortable margin, but is it just bevin or something about the rhetoric? >> well, i think there are a couple different currents going on here, right? that it's not matt bevin alone that gets you a result like this in a world where the national environment were better for republicans, better for the president in particular. he probably could have given the narrowness of this margin, he probably would have won this race if the president was a couple points better nationally. if there was just a sense that partisanship trumped absolutely everything. this is the kind of state where we saw routinely during the obama years and even the early days of the trump administration where partisanship and the president's personality just ov overrode everything else and some of this is unquestionably about matt bevin in particular being a divisive governor, not a gifted politician, a guy who made a lot of bad choices almost from the start. but he won by a very convincing margin in 2015. in a state like kentucky, in the trump era, losing a nine-point win, even by the tiniest margin which seems to be happening here really takes some doing and takes multiple factors. >> this strikes me as key here. in kentucky at least it was not just big suburban turnout against the president. it was districts that he won -- he killed in in 2016. in this case, coal mining districts that either that margin slimmed or went the other way. that combination has to spell trouble if you are looking at -- and coal mining issues that had economic consequences from the president like, say, michigan, where folks are suffering from the trade war. tell us what that means. >> i think it's so important. we always say, oh, did someone win a county or lose a county? it's about margins. there's plenty of ground the president can make up. let's say he's losing in suburban areas or urban areas. in the western part of the state of pennsylvania, districts that used to be democratic flipped to trump but he needs to be able to expand upon those margins. what the kentucky result tells me is that's not necessarily a guarantee. if all of a sudden the president isn't able to expand upon his margins in rural areas like he did in 2016, then he's in big trouble because essentially put the urban and suburban areas are going to say uh-uh. >> what do you think what appears to be bevin's loss means for mcconnell next year? does it mean democrats will pour more money, more effort into backing mcgrath? >> well, here's -- this is how i look at it. this reminds me in 2009, 2010 when barack obama, then president, came out for martha coakley in massachusetts over scott brown. did a big rally. jon corzine in new jersey did a big rally. arlen specter. and all of them lost. but then the president went back and won in 2012. so a lot of it, i think, sometimes has to do with the candidate in the state. and a lot of it has to do with policy. barack obama was really smart in like reading the tea leaves in what those elections told him. and those states went back and vote forward hed ford for him i. >> what obama did was he read those results and corrected course, right? >> that's what i was trying to say. >> does someone like president trump look at the results here or the results in the midterms or the results in the 2017 off-year elections and say, gosh, i ought to do something about those suburban voters. he's had a number of opportunities. gun legislation was one of them. vaping was another one. he doesn't seem inclined to do that. it was one of the things obama did that frustrated his libera base, but it probably secured him re-election. taking that message from the suburbs in 2009 and in 2010 and really organizing his re-election campaign. not exclusively but to a great degree around making sure that he didn't get blown out by mitt romney the way democrats got blown out by chris christie and bob mcdonald. >> good points. smart minds. thank you all. it's really interesting to watch what happened. all right. happening right now on capitol hill, the first witness to show up this week in the impeachment inquiry. that is david hale. he is the third highest ranking state department official and is now testifying behind closed doors. we're already hearing a little bit, though, about what he is telling lawmakers. plus, new stunning details in that horrific attack on an american family. there they are in mexico. we're learning that a 13-year-old boy walked some six hours to get help and that this family may have been targeted. some farms grow food. this one grows fuel. ♪ exxonmobil is growing algae for biofuels. that could one day power planes, propel ships, and fuel trucks... and cut their greenhouse gas emissions in half. algae. its potential just keeps growing. ♪ its potential just keeps growing. she's the one the one for you when you know you just know she isn't perfect but she's perfect for you love is rare love's unique love is her love is him love is us ♪ the vera wang love collection designed for zales, the diamond store. billions of problems. dry 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diplomat. a million-dollar trump donor. hardly a never trumper. and yet he is now confirming, clarifying if you will, what he says he couldn't remember when he testified a few weeks ago under oath. and this is what it is. that he now says, under oath in this new revised statement to lawmakers that military aid was held up until ukraine met certain white house demands. namely, a public announcement of an investigation. let's get to capitol hill. senior congressional correspondent manu raju is on all of this. so, obviously, a key change and from what i see, the republican response led by jim jordan is now -- doesn't matter what sondland says. volker is the only person you can believe. >> that's right. and i -- they just spoke to reporters downstairs on the way in to this closed door hearing today. and the argument coming now from republicans is that what sondland said about amending his testimony in his amendment to his testimony in which he makes it clear that he was under the belief that the reason why military aid was proposed was because there had not yet been this public declaration of investigations they had been seeking for some time. well, now, according to one republican congressman, scott perry, he says, well, that's just sondland's opinion. republican jim jordan going into this testimony and said only kurt volker's testimony which he said there was no quid pro quo is enough for them. they said other witnesses were not in an authoritative position as, say, mr. volker, the special envoy to ukraine. even though the top diplomat to ukraine right now, bill taylor, has testified in an opposite fashion. so you're seeing the republican argument shift a bit in the release of these transcripts saying there's no quid pro quo despite increasing evidence from witnesses that there was. and one other point on the sondland testimony, fiona hill, a witness that also came by, the former top russia adviser in the white house strongly objected to what sondland said in his testimony referring to a meeting that they had. the lawyer for fiona hill actually tweeted out that sondland has fabricated communications with fiona hill over coffee and in that exchange from that testimony, what sondland said was she was pretty upset about her role in the administration. that is something that she is flatly denying. so more witnesses coming out to contradict what gordon sondland said himself in this sworn testimony, guys. >> question, david hale, third highest ranking member in the state department. so this is a significant official in the administration. what do we expect him to testify to today? >> yeah, he was someone who at least notified of this concern that was within the state department about the ouster of the then-ukrainian ambassador marie yovanovitch. according to testimony released this week from mike mckinley who was a former state department official, he said that he had emailed a number of individuals about his concern about marie yovanovitch's ouster. she had been targeted by rudy giuliani and giuliani's associates, targeted by the president himself. and mckinley asked for a show of support from the state department to -- in the midst of her ouster. but, according to the mckinley's testimony, hale was one of the people who did not respond to that email. we're hearing some -- from some other reports in an ap report that he intends to tell congress that the pompeo might -- mike pompeo was reluctant to defend his ukraine ambassador because it would hurt efforts to get military aid to ukraine, and there was concern about how it would be perceived by rudy giuliani. so we'll probably hear more about all that effort, that push to get rid of yovanovitch, the role that giuliani had and concerns he may have had about giuliani's efforts. >> seem to be broad based. that's a consistent story from a number of witnesses and sworn testimony. manu raju, thanks very much. elie honig is here. and sam vinegrad as well. good to have you here. sam, you worked a little bit with david hale. >> i did. >> his resume speaks for itself. what do you make of what we know, a little bit about what he's telling lawmakers right now? >> i think one thing we should expect is that the under secretary is going to tell lawmakers about the impact of this irregular channel and the impact of undermining u.s. ambassadors like marie yovanovitch. we heard about that from bill taylor and yovanovitch. and so we should expect hale to lay that out. also he is still at the state department. this was something that came up in some of the released transcripts yesterday. he was part of a meeting about how the state department is supposed to respond to congressional inquiries. there's a potential obstruction of congress, article that could be introduced. i think he'll talk about that and finally, poppy, he'll get to this question of why pompeo was so reluctant to defend the ambassador. on the email chain about the statement and finally in his role as under secretary, he is in charge of thousands of staff. they likely would have come to him with concerns about what was happening more generally. >> elie honig, forgive me for guessing what the next line of defense will be from republicans here as each of those dominos falls. what you don't have yet is a direct tie to the president. the president ordering sondland, volker. you don't give him that aid until they make this statement. of course, the white house is barring white house officials from testifying and that includes rick perry, secretary of energy, mick mulvaney. do you need that to make a credible case for a quid pro quo and to bolster an impeachment case? >> in an ideal world, you would have that, but, no, you do not need it. you can build it through other channels. and to that point, do we have a direct link to the president? i'd point to the july 25th call. there's a case to be made that right there he lays it out. also, the white house needs to be really careful about putting too much on kurt volker who now seems to be the night in shining armor for the republicans and trump defenders. the statement yesterday was, well, volker said there was no quid pro quo. okay. i'm not sure that's an accurate characterization of his testimony but he texted on july 25th, these are the texts we saw before, heard from white house. assuming president zelensky convinces trump he will investigate, we will nail down date for visit to washington. that's a quid pro quo right there. >> i hear you. but let me counter with this, and that is his testimony from the transcript released yesterday afternoon, kurt volker, quote, i was never asked to do anything that i thought was wrong. the question becomes how you see it, how you weigh those statements. >> so two things there. maybe he didn't think it was wrong. i think he's wrong to think it's not wrong. if you have someone that testifies to something here in november but texted something different back in july, the texts back in july takes precedence. it's much more credible. it's what he did and said at the time. >> and mick mulvaney hasn't agreed to testify in front of congress. he did say that everything sondland did was at the president's direction and he did say there was a quid pro quo. we have to be careful when we read the white house statement saying that the president didn't order this. we have mulvaney's words in front of the american people at the very least. >> and the call transcript. before we go, elie, this may be the extent of witness testimony that democrats get here. if the white house effort is, a, successful or stretches out long enough in the courts so that it doesn't happen before the timeline the democrats want here, your view, do you have enough? >> i think you do. you base it on the call, on the next. and you don't have an inner inner circle witness. ideally you'd get one. maybe bolton, mulvaney, rooney. you have enough with these players who are involved in the decision making, the career 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how concerned you are about what this said about republican chances in 2020. >> we're not concerned at all. some of those governors races are very specific, very parochial and, of course, governor bevin was a controversial figure there because he took on a lot of big issues and made a lot of political enemies. i'm down in louisiana. the president is coming here tonight for our governors race. a run-off november 16th. he'll return again before that run-off. we're going to win that race in louisiana, and it will be largely because of the president's influence. >> the president went to kentucky and that doesn't appear to have gotten bevin across the line here. >> yeah, but, you know, some of those governors races are very specific to things going on on the ground there. a lot of factors that are in play. and that was a tough race. i think governor bevin was down pretty significantly in the polls before the president got involved. so, clearly, his assistance helped and i don't think that one is fully decided yet. it sounds like bevin may not have conceded so there may be more to come. >> about 5,000 votes. he did win by 9% the last cycle. let's talk about the impeachment inquiry. as you know, the president's appointee as ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, he revised his testimony on tuesday. and he said in his view, there was a quid pro quo, that u.s. military assistance was withheld from ukraine in the middle of a war against russia to force, in, fects, an investigation of biden, his son and other issues here. do you deny a quid pro quo took place here? >> well, look, we reject the narrative that sondland somehow said the president demanded x for y. there's nothing in the transcript that says that. and, clearly, what's happened here and what you can infer from reading all of his -- sondland's actions were based on sondland's assumptions. there were many assumptions about what he said and that was based on his ideas about what was happening and not what the president said. >> i asked that argument -- i've heard that argument, congressman. this is a senior official in a trump administration, an ambassador to the eu appointed by the president and he said that he assumed this was illegal to make this connection. by the way, and it wasn't just the transcript of the call because sondland describes meetings weeks before that call, weeks after the call, where this explicit connection was made. so the transcript itself is not the only piece of evidence here. >> yeah, but he also said, and this is in the transcript, when he asked the president directly, point blachk, what do you want from ukraine, the president said i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. >> why was the aid withheld in the middle of a war? >> well, first of all, we don't know all those facts to be certain. we know there's a timeline problem because some of the actions sondland is describing is six weeks after the infamous phone call the president had with zelensky and everything that we're all talking about right now is conjecture. it's based on a transcript of what sondland said based on his own assumptions and the fact we don't have all the evidence is what we're really mostly concerned about. you have adam schiff in the basement doing these secret inquiries and he's releasing things by drip by drip. so you and i, look, i'm on the house judiciary committee. the committee with appropriate jurisdiction. >> i've heard the talking points and as you know, the transcripts show, republicans are in that room and had equal time with democrats to ask questions. and the transcripts clearly no longer secret because you and i are reading them. they're public. >> this -- yeah, this transcript has been leaked but many of the others have not. >> not leaked. released. two a day this week. not leaked. they're being released two a day in public. it's not a leak. it's -- >> we want all of it to come out. this is -- this is my point, jim. this is not a talking point. it's a fact. i'm on house judiciary committee with appropriate jurisdiction. i'm the ranking member on the constitution subcommittee, and i, as a duly elected member of congress, cannot -- i don't have access to all this evidence supposedly that they've been deriving down in the basement. this is a sham impeachment process. ultimately the american people lose faith in the institution if they can't trust the process. so on substance and on process, we have a lot of problems with this. >> to be fair now, everybody has access to those transcripts because they're posted on the website but you voted against the rules for the inquiry as did all republicans and two democrats. i just want -- and those rules for the inquiry going forward include public testimony from these witnesses with an opportunity for republicans in public to cross-examine them and challenge them. i wonder if your goal here is transparency, why not vote for those rules that would give you greater access but also your constituents and people at home can watch and make judgments themselves? >> boy, how i wish we could achieve that end. and that's what we've been demanding from the beginning. in addition to that -- >> a little skype freeze there. let's see if it comes back. we've all been through this before in calls. goodness. we lost the skype connection there. listen, we'll give the congressman an opportunity to come back so he can complete the thought there. but our thanks to -- oh, he's back. congressman, sorry. we lost you midway and everybody has had a skype call freeze before. completie your point there. i want to give you a chance to explain. >> thank you. the reason we voted against that resolution is because it did include some transparency but the problem we had is that it gave adam schiff and ultimately chairman jerry nadler and judiciary total authority over the proceedings. they can decide almost everything. they have veto power over what evidence is presented and how it's heard and what charges are brought. we want full transparency across the board. and that resolution didn't do anything to solve those concerns. it only reiterated what we've been saying from the beginning has been a sham. this is a predetermined political outcome they decided back in early 2017. the narrative has changed many times but they're trying to take down donald trump and this is just the latest vehicle to do it. >> i should note that previous impeachment inquiries, clinton and nixon, the majority party did have veto power. that was a consistent thing in those committee investigations. congressman, we appreciate your time. taking time from your home district to join us. you're always welcome to come on the broadcast. >> thank you, jim. we'll be back. appreciate it. >> i think he'll be with the president tonight. >> he will. >> that big election next week. >> good to have him on. this tragic story out of mexico. officials in mexico have made an arrest possibly connected to the brutal slaying of nine 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they say they're not missing anybody at this point. and it may just be the fact that this is a lawless region where there are people with guns, multiple cartels operating and the attorney general of chihuahua state said there's not been a direct contact. he was talking to a local media this morning. there's not been a direct contact made between this arrest and the shooting that has rocked this mormon community. so whether or not this is the first person they've arrested and they've tied to this terrible crime or just a coincidence that someone happened to be in the area with heavy duty rifles we're told and hostages. it may just be the fact this is a lawless area of mexico. what is unusual, though is how quickly this family has come out, speaking out against the crimes and they are now calling on the mexican government to take the fight to the cartels. >> mexican authorities announcing their first arrest in the ambush attack that killed nine americans in northern mexico. >> juanita and four of my grand children are burnt and shot up. >> the victims, three mothers and six children, including two infants, were all dual citizens of the united states and mexico. and members of the mormon community. the family was traveling in a convoy of three vehicles when they were attacked. juanita miller was driving one of the cars with four of her children, including her nearly 8-month-old twins. >> nita was one of the most vibrant, happy souls that i've ever met. she was just had so much spark and life in her. >> reporter: the car was shot at and set ablaze. >> none of my grandchildren made it out. burnt to a crisp. and my daughter-in-law. they're about as innocent as they come. >> the two vehicles were attacked about ten miles down the road. each rit riddled with bulle holes. donna langford was killed in one of those cars along with 2 of the 9 children with her. and christina johnson was killed while traveling with faith, her 7-month-old baby who miraculously survived. >> we don't know how she survived it because around the door in front of where she was, was full of bullet holes. her car seat face had bullets and somehow this baby escaped unscathed. >> reporter: 13-year-old devon langford survived the attack and hid six siblings in brush on the side of the road. a family member tells cnn that he then walked 14 miles for six hours to find help. his 9-year-old sister also left the group to find help and went missing. relatives and soldiers found the girl alive hours later. mexican authorities say the family may have been targeted after standing up to drug cartels in the past. family members say they had been threatened recently. >> our family was picked to be the ones to stir up trouble and to start a war. >> jim and poppy, over 30,000 mexicans died last year in this country's epidemic of drug-related violence. and these latest killings and apparently targeted women and children appear to be something of a tipping point. people are telling me they've just 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this by veteran's day. is that right? >> reporter: well, that's what the general thinking at the pentagon, if he decides to go ahead, he would do it around the veteran's day holiday, all emerging after a fox and friends report. we know they reported that the president was likely to exonerate three service members involved in cases of alleged and potential war crimes. defense secretary mark esper taking the unusual step of directly saying this is not a good idea, putting together the history and ready to present it to the president, trying to convince him not to exonerate people that may have been involved in war crimes. let's go quickly who these three service members are, leiutenant quint war rep found guilty for ordering his men to fire on men on a motor psych until afghanistan, eddie gallagher, a navy seal demoted after he was acquitted of some charges but found guilty of posing with a corporation, which obviously is not allowed. his rank could potentially be restored by the 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