Sources tell nbc news this was basically a double strike by the same war planes and the same pilots. Common in warfare. You tropical some bombs. You reassess. You come back. You to it again. So it is a double strike. Not really a double set of strikes. At least according to the information nbc news is getting. A lot of people here in washington, especially officials,realize a line has been crossed. The air strikes made history. The first u. S. Combat action in iraq since 2011. The pilots cirqueled back and struck again. The target was isis fighters moving towards erbil, the capital of iraqi kurds, u. S. Allies. American diplomats and military advisors are there. Top priority of the United States is the security of our people. We have people in erbil, and if we see an advance, well hit it. Isis is now a big army, well armed and motivated. Can some bombing make a difference. Were not in the area. I dont think we know what were doing. President obama promised no u. S. Troops on the ground but okd air strikes and ordered the airdrops west erbil this morning. An iraqi minority facing genocide at the hands of isis. I was, like, man, now we have hope. These men live in texas and came to washington begging for u. S. Intervention. Alan reached his family phone today. Up in the hylands where they fled isis last week with few provisions. They rushed to the u. S. Drop zone this morning. The food was gone. It was some water. They were able to get their hands on some water. So it helped . It helped a little bit, yes. The move is strong and bipar partisan support for the air strikes, support for helping the yazidis. A lot of concern about what comes next. Im steve handelsman, news 4. Numbers are still settling, but stoxz are finishing this day significantly higher. Up 185 points. Its been a roller coaster ride on wall street today. Analysts say investors are a little leary with so Many International crisises, including the conflicts in iraq, ukraine, gaza, and the Ebola Outbreak in africa. New at 4 00 a woodbridge man arrested for ligue two children alone in a car while he shopped. Milton roka encinas is charged with cruelty to children. An 8yearold boy and 3yearold girl were found until a car in the walmart parking lot yesterday evening. According to officers, they were left alone for about 40 minutes. The kids were not injured. Rokas encinas was arrested when he returned to the car. A night turned chaotic for some virginia women when they grappled with a violent purse snatcher. The guy ran up to the two women who were leaving a restaurant on sofa street in fredericksburg. He took their purses, both of them, and pushed one woman so hard she hit her head on the pavement. The womens two friends heard them screaming and went after the guy, punching him, and kicking him. He got away, but the women did get their purses back. Pretty guties. Yes, they were. If you are watch, we would love to hear from you because thats quite a story to tell. Dont want to try that at home. You did it, and you succeeded, so we would love to hear from you. Just a couple of weeks from the start of the new school year. One school in the district will have to replace nine of its computers. The Surveillance Video was just released today sowing a group of young people wraeking into Cordoza High School early on monday morning in northwest d. C. Can you see them walking out with what appear to be large mac computers. Were told all Nine Computers came from one classroom. Police say those thieves broke in through a side window. Well, he is out there, and someone knows who he is. Thats what police say about a man who attacked a jogger. Someone beat the woman with a stick on Silverado Court in mitchellville not far from the argo town center. The woman fought off her attacker but still needed to go to the hospital. She says the man was wearing a black hat, black backpack. Investigators believe someone in the neighborhood saw him before this attack. Only part of this car remains intact after a crash in maryland. Amazingly, everyone survived. Chopper 4 shot the scene over rock bridge road in laurel. It happened near dorsey run road during rush hour. Crews had to shut down part of the road. There were at least two cars involved. Investigators found a third car in a nearby creek. Investigators are trying to determine whether it was part of the crash or if it was there before the crash. One person was hospitalized, but is expected to be okay. You want to watch the way you drive on the beltway, at least this weekend. Right now theres a major crackdown underway on dangerous drivers who use the beltway, and it could cost you. State troopers from both maryland and virginia are watching and waiting for drivers who break the rules. Theyre just waiting to pull you over and give you a great big fine. Especially if are you speeding, driving aggressively, driving while distracted, or if you are not buckled up. The special enforcement will last through the weekend. The woman who was killed in that crash on the beltway last week is remembered as a loving mother and grandmother. Mourners gathered at a wake in a funeral this afternoon for cameron holt williams. She was killed a week ago when her car collided with a li s v t beltway in prince georges county. Investigators say the cadet hit her after he made a uturn in an emergency crossover. A lawyer for the family says there are still Unanswered Questions involving that 18yearold cadet who at this point has still not been charged. How exactly the cadet did get to have keys to a Maryland State Police vehicle because he certainly capitol have gotten into the vehicle and driven it off by himself, so he had to have been authorized by someone. Holtwilliams taught math and science in d. C. And maryland schools, and she had been on her way to get recertified when she was hit. News 4s derek ward will have more tonight on news 4 at 5 00. Hold the phone. Why some parents may be to blame for their teens text and driving. And a dramatic dramatic testimony painting an unflattering portrait of virginias former first lady. One witness calling her a gift hoarder. Julie kerry joins us as week number two comes to a close. If are you going to be going out this evening, oh, conditions couldnt be better. Low humidity. A little bit of haze. 80 to 83 degrees. Were comfortable. Will it stay that way through the weekend . Still track the system thats very close to our area. Ill show you who gets what coming up on news 4 at 4 00. Gifts. Disclosing them and hoarding them. Hot topics in the corruption trial of former governor bob mcdonald and his wife maureen. Another staff member who is part of their inner circle was testifying today about which gifts the governor should report, when the questioning took an unexpected twist. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carrie is at the courthouse in richmond. Reporter add the term gift hoarder to the portrait being created at this trial of the former first lady Maureen Mcdonald, and interestingly, this latest unflattering characterization came in response to questions from her own attorney. This is the witnesses who was first on the stand, matt conrad, who was deputy chief of staff for governor bob mcdonald. He was being quizzed about something called the statement of economic interest. The form on which the governor is required to report gifts. Because shes not an elected official, the first lady does not have to turn in the form, but conrad gave her training on how to account for gifts anyway. It was Maureen Mcdonalds defense lawyer who pressed the issue asking were there any concerns the first lady was putting gifts in closets, hoarding gifts . Conrad answered, i heard that there were piles of gifts or things that were being put in closets that needed tobacco knowledged or determined who they were intended for. Conrad explained there were worries that some gifts being delivered to the Governors Mansion might have been intended for both the governor and first lady and should have been recorded. The gift hoarder issue seems to have little to do with the government corruption charges against the former first couple, so its unclear right now why Maureen Mcdonalds attorney raised it. A key witness today, a former Star Scientific executive who is also a close friend of Johnny Williams. His explosive reaction when he found out Johnny Williams wanted to put Maureen Mcdonald on the board of directors. In richmond, virginia, im julie carey in virginia. Her hand is juliecarreynbc. Dont text and drive. We hear it all the time. Now some say it is parents who are the ones distracting thirteen drivers. We are now under the highest alert level in the ebola crisis, and new today one of the two americans being treated in atlanta for ebola is making his first statement. The big island in hawaii pounded by rain and winds today and another storms o bin glibl health emergency. Thats the declaration today oh bowl by the world health organization. This comes the same day as an american with ebola is speaking out about his condition. Nbcs Erica Edwards has this update. Reporter writing from the isolation unit, dr. Kent brantley recalls the moment it was confirmed. He was infected with ebola. When the result was positive, he writes, i remember a deep sense of peace that was beyond all understanding. He says he is getting stronger every day and recounts holding the hands of other ebola victims in africa, writing, i witnessed the horror firsthand, and i can still remember every face and name. The chief nurse at emory, susan grant, defended the decision to bring dr. Brantley and the other american ebola patient Nancy Writebol home to the u. S. For treatment. Weve known for its work around infectious disease, and so i would say that these people are in the right place. This is where to be. Reporter during testimony on capitol hill thursday, ken isaacs of americas first called the response to the wrout break a failure. He warns it will spread to other countries if something sent done soon. This is a very nasty, bloody disease. I could give you descriptions of people dying that you cannot even believe. Reporter the outbreak that began in guinea this past spring has spread to sierra leone and nigeria. That country just declared a state of emergency. Nearly 1,000 people in africa have died. The Ebola Outbreak is likely to continue for months. Its moving faste that be efforts to control it. Erica edwards, nbc news. Theres been no official update on either brantleys or Nancy Writebols conditions, but in a phone call with conditions writebol has said although shes not out of the woods yet, its appearing shes doing well. Her sons even brought her Starbucks Coffee today. Wow. Thats a great sign. The weekend is upon us, veronica. Are we going to have some rain . Are we going to be able to frolic . Were going to have a little bit of rain for a very short period of time. A little froolic. A little frolic with the showers. Which is kind of interesting because, you know, its been very comfortable out. The humidity has been low. Its going to stay relatively low as we move through the weekend. It will get just a little sticky i think by sunday, but the atmosphere really doesnt have much moisture to work with, so any breeze we do get wont be heavy at all. Lets take a look at your evening forecast where we sit right now. We take a look across the area with a few clouds, and yes, even haze. That haze coming from areas of canada. Fires have been burning there. Were at 83. Terrific evening unfolding, and comfortable by 8 00, 9 00. We brought you the temperature of 80 degrees. Were into the 70s after 9 00. Not going to need the jacket at all. Pretty delightful weather, in fact. Heres a look at your satellite and radar. You can see the clouds streaming through the area right now. Partly sunny. Tthnortherly wind that we have been under for the most part, and those fires that have been burning well off in the northwestern providences of canada all the way down here on the heels of those upper level winds. Thats how far things can carry, folks. Were at 79 degrees, the temperature. Weve gotten up to 79. Thats it for today around montgomery county. 83 in d. C. Falls church, sterling too, and 82 also down south in fre fredericksburg. Beach locations, mido pe7 0apma thats ve cseo e r temperature. That is because those coastal locations have been under just that easterly wind. As we take a look at the forecast, i think right now the weekend is looking better at the beaches. Nice conditions on saturday. The high 82. Some breaks of clouds and sun a. The highs 80, so its on sunday where it could be just a little cooler. All this as we still track the same weather system. The weather front that moved through, can you see it south. The area of low pressure. In the next 48 hours, the area is split. Some areas getting sunshine. Some areas getting more clouds. That will make for some cooler temperatures in that southwest pocket after 2 00, 3 00. Its a chance for a shower, isolated thunderstorm up until about 5 00 or 6 00 p. M. Then were back to sunshine, i think, a lot of sunshine for sunday across the area. Heres a look at your recreational impact forecast for tomorrow. Temperatures moving into the upper 70s by 11 00 a. M. , low to mid 80s for the afternoon. Again, it could just be a brief shower coming your way during the afternoon, so keep that in mind. Road conditions for the most part pretty dry, and again, it should not impact allowing your activity to come to an end. Theres a look at the next four days. Some storms on tuesday. Well take a look on the super moon coming up on tuesday, and your yardwork impact forecast. How the weather could impact that. Oh, my. Thank you, veronica. New at 4 00 the executives of the popular Uber Car Service dont want to be regulated the seam way taxi cabs are. They say local governments need to do a bettered job of adapting taxi and car for hire rules to modern technology. The wamu radio politics hour an executive of uber said Consumers Want convenient access to vehicles for hire, and they dont want to have the same rules as d. C. Taxis. Unless they create a set of rules that make sense for this new system. Lets not say lets put a square peg in a round hole and say lets force the Uber Technology company into an old set of rules. Authorities in maryland, virginia, and d. C. Each have approached car Service Rules a little differently. News 4s tom sherwood will be taking a closer look at the uber fight. That comes up on news 4 at 5 00. If you plan to drive yourself through the district tomorrow, expect some roads to be closed near the national mall. Crews for the tv show house of cards. Will be filming along pennsylvania, virginia, and constitution avenues between noon and 10 00 p. M. The mock motorcade scene will be seen sometime during the upcoming third season. You may be contributing to your teenagers bad driving. Half of the teens surveyed say they have talked to their parents while behind the wheel. Many say their parents get mad when they dont answer the phone, and about 400 families took part in this study. It was funded by the National Institutes of health. Talking or texting while driving is the leading cause of deadly accidents among teenagers. Researchers say parents should use an app that lets them know when their child is driving and cannot pick up the phone. We want to know, even though distracted driving is dangerous and, of course, illegal, do you still talk or text when you are behind the wheel . Thats our nbc washington survey of the day. Weigh in on twitter or facebook. Text or call us at 2026013444. So far most people are saying theyre being good. No, they dont do it. However, about onequarter of you are admitting that you are still texting, talking, and driving. Have you heard about the ice bucket challenge . Its an idea started on social media. Today it picked up some steam. Notoriously blamed overweight women for the companys malfunctioning yoga pant. Why the controversial founder of lulu lemon is now walking away. Here we go. Oh, that looks cold. The today shows matt lauer did it a few weeks ago, and since the first ice bucket challenge, several months ago, its become a nationwide phenomenon, and the ice buckets have gotten more creative. The stunt was started by the family of former Boston College baseball player peter who has lou gehrigs disease. People doused themselves with that icy water and then they nominate other people who have to do the same thing. Chuck explains why this phenomenon has grown so popular. We want to help you help your child get happy. A new study says exercise could help prevent depression in preteens. It was done by scientists at the university of north texas. The sixth graders who did the best on cardio fitness tests were less likely to be depressed in seventh grade. This was especially true for girls. Researchers say its important for parents to recognize the symptoms of depression because depression starts in adolescents, and then it often reappears later in life. A single push thats the claim of a new app. It gets the food to your door with the touch of a button. Unless you live in the district, when the app asks for your state, if you punch in d. C. , youre told its not a valid state. The app creators told d. C. Residents they can put in virginia as the state and the app will work for them. Were told they are also working on a fix, and they will get an update soon and submit it to apple. Why the coast guard had to rush out to this Carnival Cruise ship. And the big island of hawaii pummelled by up to 18 inches of rain just today, and now theyre looking out for flash floods and mudslides. We have a reporter in honolulu. We will get her report on the we will get her report on the other side of this break. Hey, uncle craig, whats the deal . Oh. 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