Reporter but thomas eric duncans 85yearold mother and other family members traveled 15 hours from North Carolina to be as close as they can. As the ebola patient fights for his life. Reverend Jesse Jackson and local ergy spent time with the family today, sharing a message of hope and support. Thomas today needs love. Yes. And medical treatment. Reporter we now know that duncan is being treated with the experimental drug, brincidofovir, an anti viral medicine he first received saturday, the same day his condition dropped from serious to critical. A day after walking off a medevac jet rushed him from liberia to omaha, doctors are treating freelance journalist mukpo with the same drugs used on duncan. Hes holding himself and said im going to get through this. Reporter in an effort to get through a Global Crisis that president obama has called a National Security priority, 4,000 u. S. Troops are being september to africa. The military focus is on providing logistics, training, and engineering support. Reporter while here at home, National Security and health teams are mapping out a new strategy that will likely include a stepped up screening process in at least four major u. S. Airports. All of these things make me confident that here in the united states, at least, we the chances of an outbreak of an epidemic here are extraordinarily low. Reporter even if concern about the deadly virus spreading is not. Jay gray, nbc news, dallas. New at 6 00, more fallout from that shooting outside the Ethiopian Embassy here last week. Today there were rival protests outside the state department. One group waved banners and an ethiopian flag and called for t u. S. To do more to protect the compound. Across the street a counter demonstration by a Group Protesting the ethiopian government. D. C. Police and barricades kept the two sides separated. You may remember it was last monday that secret Service Agents were called to the embassy because a security attache fired a gun at demonstrators. Nobody was hit, but today the u. S. Attorneys office obtained a warrant, charging him with assault with intent to kill. Its unclear whether hell ever be prosecuted. Shortly after the incident, he was sent back to ethiopia. He did not wave his diplomatic immunity. The d. C. Police are trying to figure out how a prisoner being held at d. C. Superior court was able to hide a gun in his underwear. Police say the prisoner was 19 years old. He was arrested early this morning for stealing a car. They took him to the Third District police headquarters. Then he was handed over to the u. S. Marshals service at the courthouse, and thats when they found the gun. Police say three different agencies searched that man and at this point it is unclear when or how the prisoner got the gun. The fbi is taking a new step to try to stop the isis terror group. Today the fbi posted part of an isis propaganda video on their website. Investigators hope the public can help identify a man who appears in the video, and who speaks both english and arabic. Were here in the 17th Division Military base just outside the city of raqqa. And were here with with the soldiers of ba sha. You can see them digging graves in the very place where they were stationed. The very place where they were stationed, terrorizing the muslims. The original isis propaganda video runs nearly an hour and features two men who speak english with accents that have been described as north american. Politics now, a big night in the race for a Virginia Senate seat. In an hour, democratic incumbent mark warner will face off against republican challenger ed gillespie in a debate. Gillespie currently is trailing warner in the polls. A new survey by Christopher NewportUniversity Shows warner with a 12point lead in the race. Joining us is meet the press moderator, chuck todd. Hes also going to serve as mad rater for the debate. He joins us now in mclean, virginia. First of all, can you tell us what you expect from these two guys tonight . Reporter well, well see. I mean, i think, look, tonight in some ways ive always seen Virginia Senate as a test of sort of the National Climate on whats going on a little bit, right . Virginia in many ways is the best microcosm we have of the country. As virginia goes, so goes its nation. Could tonights debate be combative, particularly from ed gillespie, because you have the polls that have showed him trailing, though not out of reach. And you can tell just by the advertisement, mark warner is a little bit nervous. Chuck, you mentioned the polls. Hes gained some ground, as you say, in the polls since labor day. There are still 7 undecided. How is the challenger what does he need to do to try to make up the double digit deficit . Reporter well, i think youre seeing what hes trying to do, which is hes trying to nationalize the race. And we have seen this in every senate race in the country. And i suspect well hear this tonight. But republicans want to make it a referendum on president obama. Democrats democratic incumbents are trying hard to figure out how to distance themselves without alienating supporters of president obama and mark warner has been trying to do that dance, ed gillespie has been trying to do the nationalized referendum part of it. And i think, you know, that will be, you know, look, our job tonight, were trying very hard to get them to talk about specific issues. How they, you know shall its our job to pin them down so they do that so they dont slip into their 30second tv ads. But that is what we have seen, certainly, in the way they have been combatting with each other. If anybody can get them off their talking points, chuck, we expect you can. Thanks. We look forward to it. You got it. You can watch the debate at 7 00 here on nbc 4. Or online at nbcwashington. Com. Northern virginia reporter david culver will be live tweeting it. One other programming note. Nbc nightly news will air a half hour earlier than normal tonight. It airs at 6 30. Only on news4, tempers flare up at a Public Meeting and its all caught on video. Why this Heated Exchange could land a local leader in legal trouble. A skimming scheme. This time the target, the sandy spring bank. Im pat collins. The story, coming up, news4. Your handsfree device in your car is not free of risk. Well tell you why technology designed to cut down on distracted driving might be having just the opposite effect. On my journey across america, ive learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want big savings on car insurance, its a bit like asking if they want a big hat. scuse me. Or a big steak. Or big hair. I think we have our answer. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. [ inaudible ] an advisory neighborhood commissioner in the district may face charges after a Heated Exchange during a Public Meeting. Video of the incident shows ward 8 c commissioner mary cusspert arguing. He told officers he wants to file assault charges. Today police say they are still investigating. News4 reached out for comment, but she has not returned our call. A barricade situation ended in gunfire. It happened in virginia, began in the yard of a house in warrenton yesterday. Deputies there had an emergency Custody Order for a man named joshua simpson. They say there were concerns about his mental health. When they tried to pick him up, he ran inside the house, locked himself in. There were negotiations all night long, but police say simpson came outside this morning and started shooting. Police shot back. He is now in critical condition. They are the type of thieves you dont see and dont realize they have taken anything until its too late. Tonight police are looking for this guy in connection with a skimming ring in maryland. As news4s pat collins reports, they have targeted a half dozen banks and have multiple victims. Reporter this is a picture of a suspect Police Believe may be linked to an atm skimming scheme thats targeting sandy spring banks in maryland. In the last couple of weeks, they have recovered skimming devices in six sandy Spring Branches. Two in frederick county. One in howard county. One in anne arundel county, and two in Montgomery County. Police say the schisming device is attached to the atm and allows thieves to copy sensitive account information and then use that to make illegal cash withdrawals. This woman is one of the victims. She asked we not show her face or use her name. She uses a sandy Spring Branch in urbana. She says someone in new york made three 500 withdrawals from her account over the weekend. It is scary. You feel helpless. You do feel like a victim. Reporter robert is the head of security for sandy spring bank. He says check that atm machine before you use it. First should look around the area, but secondly before they mays place their card into the atm, should physically pull on the reader, make sure it isnt loose or ajar and is something affixed put in there by the manufacturer. Reporter if it is loose . If it is loose, they should not place their card in there and report it to the bank. Reporter cover the key pad with one hand when you punch in your pin to keep someone from stealing your number. And check Bank Accounts routinely to make sure everything is on the up and up. Do those things, and you could stay safe from skimmers. Live in frederick, pat collins, news4. New efforts to crack down on risky behavior at dangerous intersections. Police are exploring new leads hours after the parents of missing uva student hannah missing uva student Hannah Graham made an emotional ple in cases of rape and incest, just missing uva student Hannah Graham made an emotional ple like the rightwing 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 rightwing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. Thats all i need to know. Im john foust and i approve this messge. Tonight, theres a dramatic shift in pedestrian safety. There is new data that shows that tickets given to drivers have increased more than tenfold in Montgomery County. At the same time, a driver has been charged after hitting two girls as they walk to school today. Ne news4s Mark Segraves has more on the crackdown. Reporter just before 8 00 this morning outside kings view middle school, a driver hit the girls as they crossed the road. Although they had minor injuries thshs is a serious event. Reporter police say theyre on track to have fewer pedestrian fatalities in Montgomery County this year than last. We have had seven so far this year, seven too many. Reporter one Reason Police say pedestrian fatalities are down, because the last four years they have ramped up enforcement, issuing thousands of tickets and warnings. The tickets went to drivers who didnt yield to pedestrians in cross walks, and pedestrians who jay walked. But the tickets werent always issued on an equal basis. Prior to 2010, pedestrians rarely got a ticket. Reporter new dataeleased by Montgomery County police show theres been a major swing in who has been getting those tickets. After police began cracking down on pedestrians, in 2012, drivers received 42 tickets. Pedestrians . 1,219. But in 2013, police again shifted their focus. Drivers received 651 tickets. Pedestrians 630. Police tell news4, while the increased enforcement is working, pedestrians dont often understand why theyre getting tickets. Some pedestrians believe that they always have the rightofway, regardless of where and when they cross. And thats not the case. Reporter in Montgomery County, Mark Segraves, news4. Tonight some potential new leads in the search for a missing uva student. Police say theyve gotten 400 tips since Hannah Grahams parents released an emotional video statement over the weekend. Graham was last seen in charlottesvilles downtown mall area on september 13th. Jesse matthew has been charged in her abduction. He is in jail, due back in court in december. The d. C. Council approved two big changes to marijuana laws. One of them will seal the criminal records of anyone convicted of a nonviolent marijuana crime. That would affect 20,000 people. Earlier this year, the council decriminalized Marijuana Possession in a step toward helping people who suffer the impact of the old laws. The d. C. Council also approved a bill allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for any medical reason the doctor sees fit. Congress still must approve these new laws. Handsfree technologies are supposed to be less distracting for drivers, but they may be having the opposite effect. Thats according to some new research from aaa. The group found drivers using voiceactivated systems to make phone calls or to change radio stations. Had slower reaction times. The study also says levels of distraction increased with the complexity of the system. Aa as ranking found toyotas least distracting. Apples seiri was found to be most distracting. Rain and stuff out there. Apparently were going to get smacked. Some areas already getting rain right now. Anybody have practices out there this evening . I guarantee you those practices are having some problems. Maybe even cancel practice tonight in some areas out to the west. In and around the d. C. Metro area, not bad just yet. But here comes the rain. There it is right there. Storm team 4 radar showing that rain across our region. Back towards i81 and winchester, hagerstown, frederick and leesburg, right on down towards warrenton along 15. And towards fredericksburg along i95, seeing showers. And we continue to see the rain. Not just showers. This is actually steady rain thats moving on in across our region. Heaviest rain just down to the south. Take a look at winchester, martinsburg, you folks are seeing some of that heavy rain. Jefferson county, West Virginia seeing that rain. You move over towards the frederick area there and there it is mt. Airy, clarksburg, gaithersburg on your doorstep. Fairfax and herndon starting to see light shower activity. And farther to the south, there it is around warrenton and manassas and quantico. And then we move further south and starting to notice a line of storms developing around rutgersville thats going to move close to culpeper and fredericksburg. So heads up for that line as it moves on towards your region. Over the next half hour to an hour if you live in fredericksburg, heads up for you folks. And then were watching this next round back to the west. And, again, this is the round thats already had Severe Weather with tornado warnings in portions of kentucky, now moving into West Virginia. Thats what we have to look ford to later on this evening. So thats what we are going to continue to watch. Right now, though, around the metro region, 74 with cloudy skies. Winds out of the south at 9 Miles Per Hour. The rain will move in over the next few hours, and, again, we could see some high winds with this. Not worried about the tornado threat here. Hail threat not really a big deal. But high winds could be a factor. Maybe 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour if these storms really do develop. And if that happens, we could see some local power outages, maybe a few trees down. Not looking for anything widespre widespread. But just something to keep an eye on. Refuse heavy rain for sure. 8 00, the rain around i95, but here comes the heavier rain around 11 00 and through the area around midnight to 1 00 tonight. So if you are heading out, take the umbrella for sure. 75 degrees tomorrow for a high. 72 on your thursday. Couple nice days just rather breezy. And then we get into a couple of not so nice days. Rather dreary conditions possible friday, saturday, sunday. And maybe into monday. High temperatures only in the low to mid 60s in most locations with a good chance of rain just about each day. Not exactly a washout, but not the best weekend, for sure. All right. You heard what doug said. 7 2 on thursday, a low of 50. Thats what were looking for. But first, weve got to get through one more out there in san francisco. Weve got sports coming up. This is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Dianna is hanging out at the park. Our eyes are on the west coast, right . Yeah, they were in a do or die yesterday. They won. Theyre in a do or die tonight. If they win tonight, theyre back in d. C. Thursday with the do or die. So nats fans attack your Blood Pressure pills for the nats this is what its all about. Its here. Everybody is excited. And like i said, were all just waiting for a break. And they have been playing great, all series. And like i said, weve got our break, and its all about building on it. We feel good. Getting this win was big. And the momentum shifted a little bit. But its up to us to keep it on our side. Baseball is a weird thing. We have to go out there, guyo is going to put up some zeros and score some runs. Reporter jay gruden and the redskins still searching for win number two. The defending champions, seattle seahawks, led by quarterback russe Russell Wilson came into fedex and beat the skins last night thanks in large part to russells career high 1 22 rushing yards while a 277 team home loss isnt anything to be happy about, i talked to chris cooley about how to build off this loss. They should expect to win and every game. And toetotoe is a little bit of a stretch. There were three touchdowns. That game could have gotten out of hand a lo