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Then she was transported to nih to continue to treatment. Now, the News Conference for 11 30 this morning. We have a list of the people that will be attending the conference. Anyonina is not on the list but will watch to see if she is there. Now to a doctor with ebola in new york city. His name is dr. Craig spencer. He recently returned from west africa where he treated other patients with ebola. Spencers fiance is also in quarantine. Interests a doctors are monitoring two of his friends for symptoms. Insist no one else is at risk though. Dr. Brantly released a statement in response to this case. The first person brought to the u. S. With ebola. He urged americans to stay calm, saying, quote, we need to replace irrational fear with courage and compassion and we need to focus our attention on stopping ebola in west africa. Today, were learning now how Health Care Workers in this region are attempting to handle an ebola patient. This after two nurses were treating for disease. He is the first person who died from ebola in the u. S. A group of nurses and First Responders are trying to get the word out about what needs to happen if a new case should pop up in d. C. News 4s Megan Mcgrath join us live. Many nurses are concerned. You never know where or when an ebola patient will present. And the nurses say that protect imgear and the level of training really can vary quite a bit from hospital to hospital. They say some hospitals are ready but others are not. It hits me specifically. That could have been me. Its an emotional issue for sandra falwell. A nurse at childrens hospital. She could one day treat an ebola patient. Saying colleagues anyone nina p vinson contract ebola while treating patients. Because its Health Care Workers that are coming down with it. Its not the general populous. Its those of us who are caring for them. Calling for mandated standards for the care of ebola patient patients, as well as better protective gear and more training. Im not saying look at a film or read a guideline. Interactive training where theyre practicing. Taking on, taking off, watching each other. Health care workers in the d. C. Area say improvements have been made since ebola first made headlines. They say some hospitals are ready to handle the virus but others are not and the time to prepare is now, before someone walks into the emergency room. We just are calling on employers and the government to do the right thing, to set up these standards, to have these standards accountable and measurable and make sure that we all know what to do. And the nurses say they are committed to caring for patients no matter what illness, but they want to be protected while doing their jobs. Megan mcgrath, news 4. Were starting to see more sunshine out there, but another chilly morning if you havent been outside. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us. Temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s across the area and with breezy conditions for everybody, definitely that autumn chill in the air. Washington now coming in at a temperature of 63 degrees. You can see leesburg at 61. Gaithersburg right now at 55. Slate and radar, still plenty of sunshine in the district. Notice the cloud cover in northern virginia. As we make our way into the afternoon and early evening, we are going to notice a little bit more cloudiness. Mostly sunny right now. But more partly sunny skies by 2 00 p. M. It will remain breezy through the early evening as well. 5 00, thats when well hit our High Temperature, 69 degrees. For friday night lights tonight, 6 to 8 knots, but as we get towards 10 00 p. M. , definitely at least sweatshirt weather. A beautiful weekend in store. High temperatures this weekend in the low 70s. Ill have your hour by hour forecast for the weekend coming up at 11 30. Right now, ntsb investigators are back at the scene, gatherring evidence from a midair collision. Theyre trying to figure out what caused the crash. Chopper 4 was over the scene earlier this morning. Wreckage from the helicopter was still there. We now know three people in that helicopter died. But two men on the plane survived. This morning, we also have the air Traffic Control recordings to give us a better idea what happened before that crash. A warning you may find difficult to listen to. I have three helicopters below you in the traffic pattern. All right, the two echoes here. I have the insight. Maintain your altitude. Airplane down and helicopter down. Yes, yes, i just saw it. And ones on the way. The ntsb said theyre not sure why the collision happened. Witnesses on the ground describe what they saw and what they heard. Plane was going like this, spinning, before it landed. So has the helicopter. They were both kind of hit and flailing until they hit. The ntsb says the parachute on the plane may have helped save the lives of the men on board. Late last night, the names of the men killed on the helicopter were also released. They are Christopher Parsons and brendan mcfarn of maryland and William Jenkins of morrison, colorado. New this morning, were told the Virginia State trooper is okay after a crash on the beltway. State police told us no one was hurt in the crash. They did not tell us exactly how it happened. Right now, we have a news 4 crew at a funeral for two sisters who died in a crash at oxen hill. They were at a traffic light on livingston road when a car slammed into their car. Five people including the sisters died. They have ten children between them, all younger than 15 years old. Mornings are not going to be the same for tens of thousands of you and your kids. School start times are changing in Fairfax County it the school board approved the changes last night with plenty of support in the crowd. High schools and the county will now start at 8 00 or 8 10, pushed back from the current time of 7 20. Middle School Students will start 15 minutes earlier at 7 30 a. M. , allowing students more sleep. It has been a dividing issue for years in the county. Sleep is not an evil. It is a vital and basic necessity. Many of my constituents have said they dont support this. Its not about saying that children shouldnt get sleep or dont get sleep. Its about the priorities we all have in our families. Start times for elementary School Students will remain about the same. The changes will not take effect until next school year. The change will cost the School District in fairfax nearly 5 million in the first year. 8 minutes after 11 now. Police are looking into the background of a man who attacked a new york city officer with a hatchet. The link theyre looking for. Plus, organized and ready. The new search planned for the 8yearold who has been missing for seven months now. And no homework. The local school that has made it a policy not to send Children Home with work to do. Stay with us. Well be right back. A man who atotacked new yor city police with a hatchet may have ties to terrorism. This video shows the seconds before police shot and killed the suspect yesterday. Police say out of nowhere the man came swinging at them with a weapon. He hit one officer in the arm, another in the back of the head. A bystander was accidentally shot when police fired at the man. Police say she survived after having surgery for her wounds. They are investigating who this person was, trying to find out if he has any contacts to radical islam. Amnesty international released a report detailing Human Rights Violations following the Michael Brown shooting. Report coalls into question the use deadly force against the unarmed teenager. Also questioned use of tear gas to discourage protesters from gathering in the streets of ferguson. Amnesty International Says the events in ferguson have sparked a long overdue conversation about policing and race in america. There will a renewed search this weekend for a missing 8yearold from d. C. Volunteers are coming from as far away as new england. They plan to search three areas near ken worth Aquatic Gardens in northeast d. C. For alicia rudd. Volunteers with the Group Guardian angels are driving down from maine to help. Police believe she was taken by a janitor at the d. C. General homeless shelt wear she lived. Lawmakers taking on the issue of ebola on the campaign trail and on capitol hill as well. Right now, top Government Health officials are being questioned about the effort to coordinate the u. S. Response to the virus. Our average High Temperature is now around 66 degrees. Were above that almost every day out of the next seven. Mild this weekend. Balmy next week. Wait until you see the temperatures on the im Richard Jordan back at the live desk with breaking news. Just learning a plane that took off from Dulles Airport has now been grounded in columbia, south carolina, because of a possible ebola connection. Were still working to find out exactly whats involved here. Were hearing from the airport officials there in columbia they have an emergency crew going to that crew right now to check things out. Still dont have any information as to what airliner or what time. All we know from airport officials in columbia is a plane from Dulles Airport is now grounded in columbia, south carolina, for a possible case of ebola. So were on top of it. Well let you know as soon as we get some more information. Barbara. All right, thank you, richard. Right now on capitol hill, lawmakers are addressing ebola cases in the u. S. The house hearing is focusing on the federal response to the disease. Members are questioning the coordination between various agencies. Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings says the u. S. Should step up its efforts to contain the disease in west africa. We have a fundamental moral and humanitarian obligation to address the crisis in africa. We are the richest nation in the world. And we have the resources and expertise to make the biggest difference. Several are attending todays house hearing. The World Health Organization says the disease has killed nearly 5,000 people and infected nearly 10,000 people worldwide. The family of the ebola patient who died in dallas now says theyre considering a lawsuit. Thomas duncan was from liberia and visiting family in texas. He showed up to the hospital in dallas but was sent home with antibiotics. He returns in worse condition and died days later. In texas, lawsuits must prove malpractice. Texas law also puts a 250,000 cap on claims such as pain and suffering. With the ebola crisis still in the news, its becoming part of the rhetoric in the midterm elections now. For more on that, were joined by carrie dan, Political Writer for nbc news. Tell me who is the whos using this the most, the republicans, democrats, where in the country . There isnt evidence this is necessarily hurting democrats but it certainly is not helping them. With this new case in new york, republicans are again talking about ebola. We saw in several debates last night, particularly in the state of New Hampshire where democrat Jeanne Shaheen is fighting off the challenge from scott brown. He brought up the case in new york and said basically that democrats have handled the ebola crisis poorly. Democrats, as weve said, over and over, want to talk about individualissues in these races. So theyre really saying the president didnt handle it correctly, is that right . Exactly, and then saying that Senate Democrats by going along with obama are complicity in mishandling the crisis. In the midterms, the possibility that republicans could take control of the senate. What changes do you think we would see if that happened . The most practical change would be the president would have a harder time getting confirmed his appointees to cabinet positions and even the Supreme Court if theres a vacancy. It would become even harder. From a practical standpoint, though, more bills will definitely get to the president s desk if the republicans control both the house and the senate. Theyll pass more bills. Its just the president is likely to veto. Youll see more bills being vetoed. I dont think youll see that much more legislation being passed. It will just die at the white house instead of congress as they are now. You have a new poll coming out on sunday. You think that could impact the election . People wait to hear what the polls are saying . I dont think so. We have po polls coming out in battleground states. These are tight contests and closely watched. So lots of data to look at on sunday into next week. So well be waiting to hear that. Well talk about it im sure on monday. Have a great weekend. For more from carrie and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on nbcnews. Com. And you can join nbc 4 at the walk to end hiv tomorrow. Begins at Freedom Plaza shortly after 9 00 a. M. Sameday legislation at 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Caught up with one woman who said she is walking for a very special reason. Hubert abram lehman jr. More affectionately known as j. R. Zjr. The options for treatment few. Almost detlothree decades later granddaughter has dedicated her life. I know that he had the courage to stand up to aids in 1985 by participating in the first Clinical Trials of azt at the National Institutes of health in bethesda. Azt. A controversial and often painful treatment brought to light by Matthew Mcconaughey in the movie dallas buyers club. The whole purpose of this study is to determine if azt is helping people. There have been thousands of selfless people like j. R. Who helped raise awareness. Over time, their efforts have helped lead to new groundbreaking treatments. Many of them will be on hd this saturday. The the good news is testing is up and new cases are down in the Whitman Walker clinic right here in northwest d. C. Is the big reason why. They offer support. They offer counseling. They offer treatment. Most importantly, they dont turn people away because the fight to end hiv here in the Nations Capital is real. Too real to ignore. And the fact is, we simply cannot allow myths and misconceptions to dictate our thinking about hiv anymore. We just cant afford it. Two approaches have been key in the fight, testing and changing stigma by personalizing the story. Infected through a blood transfusion. We walk for his courage and countless others still fighting this disease on saturday. Reporting in northeast d. C. , zachary keish, news 4. About 1 in every 20 people in the district has hiv. This is the 20th walk. Were following breaking news. A News Conference is expected to begin in just a few minutes at nih where a dallas nurse is now ebola free and being released from the hospital. Well bring you that News Conference when it starts. But first, heres a look at whats hot on nbcwashington. Com. Have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock . First, the Washington Post reported, Barbara Comstock failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature and didnt 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 she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. You want i fix this mess . A mess . I dont think whats that . Snapshot from progressive. Plug it in, and you can save on Car Insurance based on your good driving. You sell to me . No, its free. You want to try . I try this if you try. Not this. Okay. Da its a seat belt sign. Return to your seat right away. This is an Airline Safety video. Its hobbit themed. Air new zealand released it because the new hobbit movie is coming out later this year. The video has actor elijah wood in it and the director of the hon hobbit films peter jackson. The first one garnered more than 12 million views on you tooub. This one already has more than 3 million views. And an important reminder for parents in prince georges county. You may want to make sure your childrens vaccinations are up to date. School Officials Say more than 3,000 students still need to be vaccinated. Kids going into kindergarten need their mumps, measles and whooping cough vaccinations. Students going into seventh grade need to get the tdap and meningitis vaccines. So, what do you think when your kid gets home from school and says, i dont have any homework. Teachers stopped giving students homework three years ago. Now students are simply expected to read for at least 30 minutes every night. Not every parent was on board with the change. But the principal encourages them to just try it. You know, we can certainly have the conversation around, you know, what that looks like at home and typically thats what they do and then theyre thanking me for the time theyre spending with their Children Reading at night. Developing a culture of reading is a big goal in her school. We wanted her to know how successful this effort has been and why the parents and students are really buying into it. These are one of the topics were going to dig into on our news 4 education News Conference<\/a> for 11 30 this morning. We have a list of the people that will be attending the conference. Anyonina is not on the list but will watch to see if she is there. Now to a doctor with ebola in new york city. His name is dr. Craig spencer. He recently returned from west africa where he treated other patients with ebola. Spencers fiance is also in quarantine. Interests a doctors are monitoring two of his friends for symptoms. Insist no one else is at risk though. Dr. Brantly released a statement in response to this case. The first person brought to the u. S. With ebola. He urged americans to stay calm, saying, quote, we need to replace irrational fear with courage and compassion and we need to focus our attention on stopping ebola in west africa. Today, were learning now how Health Care Workers<\/a> in this region are attempting to handle an ebola patient. This after two nurses were treating for disease. He is the first person who died from ebola in the u. S. A group of nurses and First Responders<\/a> are trying to get the word out about what needs to happen if a new case should pop up in d. C. News 4s Megan Mcgrath<\/a> join us live. Many nurses are concerned. You never know where or when an ebola patient will present. And the nurses say that protect imgear and the level of training really can vary quite a bit from hospital to hospital. They say some hospitals are ready but others are not. It hits me specifically. That could have been me. Its an emotional issue for sandra falwell. A nurse at childrens hospital. She could one day treat an ebola patient. Saying colleagues anyone nina p vinson contract ebola while treating patients. Because its Health Care Workers<\/a> that are coming down with it. Its not the general populous. Its those of us who are caring for them. Calling for mandated standards for the care of ebola patient patients, as well as better protective gear and more training. Im not saying look at a film or read a guideline. Interactive training where theyre practicing. Taking on, taking off, watching each other. Health care workers in the d. C. Area say improvements have been made since ebola first made headlines. They say some hospitals are ready to handle the virus but others are not and the time to prepare is now, before someone walks into the emergency room. We just are calling on employers and the government to do the right thing, to set up these standards, to have these standards accountable and measurable and make sure that we all know what to do. And the nurses say they are committed to caring for patients no matter what illness, but they want to be protected while doing their jobs. Megan mcgrath, news 4. Were starting to see more sunshine out there, but another chilly morning if you havent been outside. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us. Temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s across the area and with breezy conditions for everybody, definitely that autumn chill in the air. Washington now coming in at a temperature of 63 degrees. You can see leesburg at 61. Gaithersburg right now at 55. Slate and radar, still plenty of sunshine in the district. Notice the cloud cover in northern virginia. As we make our way into the afternoon and early evening, we are going to notice a little bit more cloudiness. Mostly sunny right now. But more partly sunny skies by 2 00 p. M. It will remain breezy through the early evening as well. 5 00, thats when well hit our High Temperature<\/a>, 69 degrees. For friday night lights tonight, 6 to 8 knots, but as we get towards 10 00 p. M. , definitely at least sweatshirt weather. A beautiful weekend in store. High temperatures this weekend in the low 70s. Ill have your hour by hour forecast for the weekend coming up at 11 30. Right now, ntsb investigators are back at the scene, gatherring evidence from a midair collision. Theyre trying to figure out what caused the crash. Chopper 4 was over the scene earlier this morning. Wreckage from the helicopter was still there. We now know three people in that helicopter died. But two men on the plane survived. This morning, we also have the air Traffic Control<\/a> recordings to give us a better idea what happened before that crash. A warning you may find difficult to listen to. I have three helicopters below you in the traffic pattern. All right, the two echoes here. I have the insight. Maintain your altitude. Airplane down and helicopter down. Yes, yes, i just saw it. And ones on the way. The ntsb said theyre not sure why the collision happened. Witnesses on the ground describe what they saw and what they heard. Plane was going like this, spinning, before it landed. So has the helicopter. They were both kind of hit and flailing until they hit. The ntsb says the parachute on the plane may have helped save the lives of the men on board. Late last night, the names of the men killed on the helicopter were also released. They are Christopher Parsons<\/a> and brendan mcfarn of maryland and William Jenkins<\/a> of morrison, colorado. New this morning, were told the Virginia State<\/a> trooper is okay after a crash on the beltway. State police told us no one was hurt in the crash. They did not tell us exactly how it happened. Right now, we have a news 4 crew at a funeral for two sisters who died in a crash at oxen hill. They were at a traffic light on livingston road when a car slammed into their car. Five people including the sisters died. They have ten children between them, all younger than 15 years old. Mornings are not going to be the same for tens of thousands of you and your kids. School start times are changing in Fairfax County<\/a> it the school board approved the changes last night with plenty of support in the crowd. High schools and the county will now start at 8 00 or 8 10, pushed back from the current time of 7 20. Middle School Students<\/a> will start 15 minutes earlier at 7 30 a. M. , allowing students more sleep. It has been a dividing issue for years in the county. Sleep is not an evil. It is a vital and basic necessity. Many of my constituents have said they dont support this. Its not about saying that children shouldnt get sleep or dont get sleep. Its about the priorities we all have in our families. Start times for elementary School Students<\/a> will remain about the same. The changes will not take effect until next school year. The change will cost the School District<\/a> in fairfax nearly 5 million in the first year. 8 minutes after 11 now. Police are looking into the background of a man who attacked a new york city officer with a hatchet. The link theyre looking for. Plus, organized and ready. The new search planned for the 8yearold who has been missing for seven months now. And no homework. The local school that has made it a policy not to send Children Home<\/a> with work to do. Stay with us. Well be right back. A man who atotacked new yor city police with a hatchet may have ties to terrorism. This video shows the seconds before police shot and killed the suspect yesterday. Police say out of nowhere the man came swinging at them with a weapon. He hit one officer in the arm, another in the back of the head. A bystander was accidentally shot when police fired at the man. Police say she survived after having surgery for her wounds. They are investigating who this person was, trying to find out if he has any contacts to radical islam. Amnesty international released a report detailing Human Rights Violations<\/a> following the Michael Brown<\/a> shooting. Report coalls into question the use deadly force against the unarmed teenager. Also questioned use of tear gas to discourage protesters from gathering in the streets of ferguson. Amnesty International Says<\/a> the events in ferguson have sparked a long overdue conversation about policing and race in america. There will a renewed search this weekend for a missing 8yearold from d. C. Volunteers are coming from as far away as new england. They plan to search three areas near ken worth Aquatic Gardens<\/a> in northeast d. C. For alicia rudd. Volunteers with the Group Guardian<\/a> angels are driving down from maine to help. Police believe she was taken by a janitor at the d. C. General homeless shelt wear she lived. Lawmakers taking on the issue of ebola on the campaign trail and on capitol hill as well. Right now, top Government Health<\/a> officials are being questioned about the effort to coordinate the u. S. Response to the virus. Our average High Temperature<\/a> is now around 66 degrees. Were above that almost every day out of the next seven. Mild this weekend. Balmy next week. Wait until you see the temperatures on the im Richard Jordan<\/a> back at the live desk with breaking news. Just learning a plane that took off from Dulles Airport<\/a> has now been grounded in columbia, south carolina, because of a possible ebola connection. Were still working to find out exactly whats involved here. Were hearing from the airport officials there in columbia they have an emergency crew going to that crew right now to check things out. Still dont have any information as to what airliner or what time. All we know from airport officials in columbia is a plane from Dulles Airport<\/a> is now grounded in columbia, south carolina, for a possible case of ebola. So were on top of it. Well let you know as soon as we get some more information. Barbara. All right, thank you, richard. Right now on capitol hill, lawmakers are addressing ebola cases in the u. S. The house hearing is focusing on the federal response to the disease. Members are questioning the coordination between various agencies. Maryland congressman Elijah Cummings<\/a> says the u. S. Should step up its efforts to contain the disease in west africa. We have a fundamental moral and humanitarian obligation to address the crisis in africa. We are the richest nation in the world. And we have the resources and expertise to make the biggest difference. Several are attending todays house hearing. The World Health Organization<\/a> says the disease has killed nearly 5,000 people and infected nearly 10,000 people worldwide. The family of the ebola patient who died in dallas now says theyre considering a lawsuit. Thomas duncan was from liberia and visiting family in texas. He showed up to the hospital in dallas but was sent home with antibiotics. He returns in worse condition and died days later. In texas, lawsuits must prove malpractice. Texas law also puts a 250,000 cap on claims such as pain and suffering. With the ebola crisis still in the news, its becoming part of the rhetoric in the midterm elections now. For more on that, were joined by carrie dan, Political Writer<\/a> for nbc news. Tell me who is the whos using this the most, the republicans, democrats, where in the country . There isnt evidence this is necessarily hurting democrats but it certainly is not helping them. With this new case in new york, republicans are again talking about ebola. We saw in several debates last night, particularly in the state of New Hampshire<\/a> where democrat Jeanne Shaheen<\/a> is fighting off the challenge from scott brown. He brought up the case in new york and said basically that democrats have handled the ebola crisis poorly. Democrats, as weve said, over and over, want to talk about individualissues in these races. So theyre really saying the president didnt handle it correctly, is that right . Exactly, and then saying that Senate Democrats<\/a> by going along with obama are complicity in mishandling the crisis. In the midterms, the possibility that republicans could take control of the senate. What changes do you think we would see if that happened . The most practical change would be the president would have a harder time getting confirmed his appointees to cabinet positions and even the Supreme Court<\/a> if theres a vacancy. It would become even harder. From a practical standpoint, though, more bills will definitely get to the president s desk if the republicans control both the house and the senate. Theyll pass more bills. Its just the president is likely to veto. Youll see more bills being vetoed. I dont think youll see that much more legislation being passed. It will just die at the white house instead of congress as they are now. You have a new poll coming out on sunday. You think that could impact the election . People wait to hear what the polls are saying . I dont think so. We have po polls coming out in battleground states. These are tight contests and closely watched. So lots of data to look at on sunday into next week. So well be waiting to hear that. Well talk about it im sure on monday. Have a great weekend. For more from carrie and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on nbcnews. Com. And you can join nbc 4 at the walk to end hiv tomorrow. Begins at Freedom Plaza<\/a> shortly after 9 00 a. M. Sameday legislation at 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Caught up with one woman who said she is walking for a very special reason. Hubert abram lehman jr. More affectionately known as j. R. Zjr. The options for treatment few. Almost detlothree decades later granddaughter has dedicated her life. I know that he had the courage to stand up to aids in 1985 by participating in the first Clinical Trials<\/a> of azt at the National Institutes<\/a> of health in bethesda. Azt. A controversial and often painful treatment brought to light by Matthew Mcconaughey<\/a> in the movie dallas buyers club. The whole purpose of this study is to determine if azt is helping people. There have been thousands of selfless people like j. R. Who helped raise awareness. Over time, their efforts have helped lead to new groundbreaking treatments. Many of them will be on hd this saturday. The the good news is testing is up and new cases are down in the Whitman Walker<\/a> clinic right here in northwest d. C. Is the big reason why. They offer support. They offer counseling. They offer treatment. Most importantly, they dont turn people away because the fight to end hiv here in the Nations Capital<\/a> is real. Too real to ignore. And the fact is, we simply cannot allow myths and misconceptions to dictate our thinking about hiv anymore. We just cant afford it. Two approaches have been key in the fight, testing and changing stigma by personalizing the story. Infected through a blood transfusion. We walk for his courage and countless others still fighting this disease on saturday. Reporting in northeast d. C. , zachary keish, news 4. About 1 in every 20 people in the district has hiv. This is the 20th walk. Were following breaking news. A News Conference<\/a> is expected to begin in just a few minutes at nih where a dallas nurse is now ebola free and being released from the hospital. Well bring you that News Conference<\/a> when it starts. But first, heres a look at whats hot on nbcwashington. Com. Have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock<\/a> . First, the Washington Post<\/a> reported, Barbara Comstock<\/a> failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock<\/a> pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature<\/a> and didnt disclose it. Barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but Barbara Comstock<\/a> never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. You want i fix this mess . A mess . I dont think whats that . Snapshot from progressive. Plug it in, and you can save on Car Insurance<\/a> based on your good driving. You sell to me . No, its free. You want to try . I try this if you try. Not this. Okay. Da its a seat belt sign. Return to your seat right away. This is an Airline Safety<\/a> video. Its hobbit themed. Air new zealand released it because the new hobbit movie is coming out later this year. The video has actor elijah wood in it and the director of the hon hobbit films peter jackson. The first one garnered more than 12 million views on you tooub. This one already has more than 3 million views. And an important reminder for parents in prince georges county. You may want to make sure your childrens vaccinations are up to date. School Officials Say<\/a> more than 3,000 students still need to be vaccinated. Kids going into kindergarten need their mumps, measles and whooping cough vaccinations. Students going into seventh grade need to get the tdap and meningitis vaccines. So, what do you think when your kid gets home from school and says, i dont have any homework. Teachers stopped giving students homework three years ago. Now students are simply expected to read for at least 30 minutes every night. Not every parent was on board with the change. But the principal encourages them to just try it. You know, we can certainly have the conversation around, you know, what that looks like at home and typically thats what they do and then theyre thanking me for the time theyre spending with their Children Reading<\/a> at night. Developing a culture of reading is a big goal in her school. We wanted her to know how successful this effort has been and why the parents and students are really buying into it. These are one of the topics were going to dig into on our news 4 education Nation Special<\/a> report. Thats coming up tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. Here on nbc 4. Getting ready for snow early this morning. Dont worry, were not expecting an october snowstorm, but road crews are not letting that stop them. Plus, going to help you get ready for the marine corps marath marathon. Sundays road closures and how to track a runner if you know someone. A car seat recall. The problem with thousands of even flo seats. Wedetted sannghdexutted sangnv right now, hundreds of snowplows are out on streets in prince georges county. Theyre holding a practice run to make sure the streets are safe for all of you this winter. We spoke to the countys director of public works when the plows took off at 5 00 a. M. We certainly want to make sure our equipment is functioning properly. We want to make sure our men and women we have 400 employees that are participating. We want to make sure all 400 employees are familiar with snow routes and our equipment is operating properly. D. C. Held its snowplow dry run today as well. You can see mayor gray spoke at the event. He said crews and plows have new equipment this year to help keep the roads clean and safe. Storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal may have some guesses as to when we might see our first snow and how deep it will be. Ill show you the average first snowfall. Surprisingly, reagan and dulles are kind of right next to each other. Its in middecember. I posted all this information on my facebook and twitter pages. Reagan national and dulles looking at their average first measurable snowfall around december 18th and december 17th respecti respectively. First average snowfall, a little t earlier, december 14th. Again, you can find all of this if you go online and just search my name, twitter and facebook. It is posted there. Those averages were taken from 1981 to 2010, courtesy of the National Weather<\/a> service. Weather headlines for this weekend and on into next week. Spectacular weather for this weekend. Plenty of sunshine, but comfortable temperatures as well. Well continue with the mild temperatures. Near 80 degrees at least one day next week. We are tracking mainly dry conditions out of the next seven days. Right now, the temperature, 63 degrees. You can see, a few high thin clouds in the background of our city camera and breezy conditions with the northwest wind at 14 miles an hour. It will remain breezy throughout the day today. Heres the High Temperature<\/a> in your neighborhood. 68 in fairfax, as well as upper malboro. 68 in wood bridge. A little more cloud cover this afternoon when we were noticing this morning. Planner for saturday. High temperature tomorrow, 70 degrees. Plenty of sunshine. Just a little bit more cloud cover during the afternoon tomorrow as well. Good news though, the winds are not an issue at all tomorrow. Of course, we have the walk to end hiv. Well be there, kicking off everything around 7 00 a. M. Temperature of 48 degrees. Still chilly at 9 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. , temperatures near 60. It will be mild tomorrow afternoon but definitely feeling that autumn chill tomorrow morning. Heres your forecast for the weekend. Maybe youll see some of the spectacular colors. Peak color for West Virginia<\/a> and western maryland. If you catch the fall colors, make sure you post a picture and share it with us. As far as washington is concerned, the d. C. Metro area, some moderate color change around here right now. Again, tomorrow, High Temperature<\/a> of 70. For sunday, a little bit warmer. High of 73. On sunday, its going to be breezy. Plenty of sunshine. If youre running, best of luck to you as well. Temperature around 54, but mild by 2 00. Breezy at that point. A temperature around 70. Barbara, were looking at mild air next tuesday. High temperature of 78. Even wednesday, still mild. Maybe some showers wednesdays night. By thursday, well be dry. Just noticeably cooler. With a High Temperature<\/a> of 66. Were counting down to the start of the Marine Corps Marathon<\/a>. News 4 show us what the event means for your weekend. Reporter this weekends Marine Corps Marathon<\/a> could make it a little difficult to get around. As for the route, the race starts on route 110 in arlington. Then runners head into georgetown, around the national mall, and finish in arlington. The race is not until sunday. Street closures begin as early as noon saturday in rosalynn. Most roads will shut down around 4 00 sunday morning. Hov lanes on the 14th street bridge will be closed as will all lanes of the key bridge from 7 00 until noon. Roads should reopen around 3 00 on sunday afternoon. As for metro, trains will start running at 5 00 sunday morning. The closest station to the starting line is pentagon. Pentagon city is a good idea if youre nervous about big crowds. For your first 4 traffic, ill melissa malay. Theres a health and fitness expo at the d. C. Armory all day today. Theres a first timers pep rally tonight at the Hyatt Regency<\/a> in d. C. Tomorrow evening is the big carbo dining in. This is a soldout event. It will let runners fill up on pasta ahead of sundays long 26. 2 mile race. Well, if you know someone running sunday in the race, you can track their progress online. Runners can sign up to have their updates posted automatically on facebook pages. Friends and family can get an update sent by text or email. To track your runners, look for links on nbcwashington. Com. Youll find our coverage of the marine core mara than at the top of the homepage. One station is closed and there are some big delays on metro this weekend. Track work begins tonight. On the green line, the green belt station will be closed because crews will be testing the new 7,000 series trains. If youre taking the red and orange line, you could be waiting for a train as long as 24 minutes. Right now, a man in Frederick County<\/a> is facing charges for revenge porn. His former girlfriend said he recorded explicit videos of the two of them, then released the videos on the internet. She spoke exclusively with news 4 and told us exactly how she feels. I felt helpless. I felt like all these people were enjoying something that was supposed to be so beautiful and intimate. According to court documents, the man also posted her address with the videos and encouraged other men to rape her. If he is convicted, he could face two years in jail and a 5,000 fine. The government is helping you save more for retirement now. Plus, a warning for College Students<\/a> in our area. The Health Precautions<\/a> theyre being asked to take. And where do billionaires get their education . The east coast schools topping the list. Stay with us. Starting next year, youll be able to contribute more to your 401k plan. The irs opened the or upped it the maximum contribute to 1,000 for 2015. Also if youre over 50 youll be able to make more catch up contributions. These changes apply to other Retirement Savings<\/a> plans as well. The increases were triggered by an increase in the cost of living. Record credit card breaches have many of you rethinking where youre going to do your Holiday Shopping<\/a> this year. In fact, 45 of people said theyll likely avoid stores that were hacked this year. According to a survey by credit card. Com. People have said they dont want to take a chance on losing hardearned money when swiping credit and debit cards. Weve been hit with headlines about these data breaches it seems like on a weekly or daily basis. Its understandable people would be a little nervous. The most secure way to shop is with cash. If youre in store and paying by cash, you dont have to worry about anything. In the end, you could benefit from this. Many stores hacked are working to keep your business. Because of that, experts say youll probably see more sales this holiday season. That College Tuition<\/a> youre paying could end up paying off big time. American universitys produced the majority of worlds billionaires. 15 out of the top 20 schools listed with the most billionaire alumni were located in the u. S. Ivy League Schools<\/a> dominated the top five. University of pennsylvania came in first with 25 billionaires under its belt. The university of maryland is dealing with several new cases of viral meningitis. Three students have been diagnosed. But none of them needed to be admitted to the hospital. Health officials believe all three had contacts with each other. The university of Virginia Health<\/a> center says its nowhere near as dangerous as bacterial meningitis. Lucky to be alive. A car part that may have saved an oklahoma mans life. Were still waiting for an update. A News Conference<\/a> is expected to begin in just a few minutes at nih where dallas nurse is now ebola free and being released from the hospital. Whoa, if he hollers, let him go. Nursery rhyme. Nick cannon testing his riding schools and fathering schools. Today at 1 00 on nbc 4. Stay with us f mmm, progressive insurance here. Ever since we launched snapshot, my life has been positively craycray. Whats snapshot, you ask . Only a revolutionary tool that can save you bigtime. Just plug it in, and the better you drive, the more cash youll stash. Switching to progressive can already save ye 500. Snapshot could save ye even more. Meat maiden bringeth to me thine spiciest wings of buffalo. An oklahoma man is lucky to be alive after this crash. He says its all thanks to his headrest. Take a look at this. A tractor trailer flipped over on to a car this morning in oklahoma city. Weight of the trailer crushed the roof of the car causing it to cave in. The top of the headrest prevented the roof from coming down any further and completely crushing the driver. The man was then able to wiggle out through the rear window of the car. Both drivers are expected to be okay. Check your childs car seat. The company even flo says the buckles wont unlatch properly on hundreds of thousands of its seats. If that happen, it will be hard to get your child out in an energ emergency. The affected model number is 35 9999, made between 2011 and 2013. The company says it will replace defective buckles. A new development in the air bag recall. Even if you take your car to the dealer, you may have trouble getting it fixed. Nbcs tom costello tell us why. Reporter after four deaths and dozens of injuries, today many dealers say they dont have the replacement air bag parts. In texas, chrysler dealer says it will take months. As far as what were getting from the manufacturers right now, theres nothing. Reporter for drivers, growing anxiety. His bmw is on the recall list. A Top Executive<\/a> at the Insurance Institute<\/a> for highway safety, hes not taking any chances. Im planning to get my car fixed next week, but until then, im not going to put anybody in the passenger seat. Reporter under fire, the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a> or nhtsa urged drivers in humid climates to get their cars fixed fast since humidity is thought to play a role in the defect. Nhtsa then raised the number of affected drivers in those states. Singling out humid states, they say, makes no sense. There needs to be a National Recall<\/a> and car owners need to be provided with loaners or rental cars at no cost to them. Owners are urged to check if their call is on the recall list, then make a service call to their dealer, but be prepared to meet. Audi is dealing with a separate air bag recall unrelated to the problem. The company says air baggings are not deploying properly and says the cause is the problem with your cars software. Audi a4s from 2014 to 2015 are affected. Take your car to a service station to get it fixed. It should only take about 20 minutes they say. And this weekend, Arlington County<\/a> sheriff departments will work to keep teenagers sober. The sticker shock kicks off tomorrow. Youll see stickers on multipacks of beer, wine coolers and other alcohol products and alcohol stores. Theyre meant to remind adults not to buy alcohol for anyone under age. In virginia, buying alcohol for a minor is a misdemeanor with a fine of up to 2,500. And up to 12 months in jail. If youre not using all of your vacation days, you are not alone. According to a new report by ox further economics, many of you are not taking vacations at all. U. S. Workers only used 77 of their paid time off. Last year, employees took an average of 16 days a vacation compared to 20 days back in 2000. Most people are forfeiting two days of paid time off every year. Some reasons they give are about keeping the workload down. They dont feel like they can get away from all the work. And also keeping up with their colleagues. If youre thinking about joining twitter, you should know the queen is now on it. The monarchy released a picture of the queen, queen elizabeth, at a computer monitor in the london Science Museum<\/a>, sending out her very first tweet today. She will personally send out some tweets from the handle britishmonarchy and sign them with her name. Heres what the queen said today in her first tweet. Its a pleasure to open the Information Age<\/a> exhibition today at the Science Museum<\/a> and i hope people will enjoy visiting. Time now, 11 50. Coming up, we have a reporter in new york where a doctor is now being treated for ebola. The governor weighs in on how prepared new york city actually is. Plus, meteorologist amelia segal is back with a look at some mild weather headed in our direction. Stay with us. Well be rig im Richard Jordan<\/a> back at the live desk. Were expecting a News Conference<\/a> to begin outside the National Institutes<\/a> of health in bethesda where doctors will announce that ebola patient anyone nina pham is now disease free and will be released from the hospital. Were still waiting for those doctors to come and make those comments. Pham has been at nih now for just over a week, being treated for ebola. She was the dallas nurse that was infected while treating a patient who died from ebola at texas Presbyterian Hospital<\/a> there in dallas. We have heard from a spokesman at nih that nina pham will be at this News Conference<\/a> and will make a short statement. Again, were waiting for that to begin. It could happen at any moment. As soon as it does, were going to bring it to you. You can also check out nbcwashington. Com for the latest. Again, as soon as that News Conference<\/a> starts, were going to cut in and bring you that live. New york city doctor is in isolation now after testing positive for the deadly disease. He recently returned to the u. S. After working in west africa with ebola patients. The doctor had been back in new york city for a week before developing some symptoms. Nbcs Chris Pallone<\/a> has more on how officials are trying to assure the public theyre not at risk. Reporter good morning, barbara. The doctor is now back in the United States<\/a> for about a week after taking care of ebola patients in the west african nation of guinea. Here in new york, local and state leaders are trying to reassure the public they are not at risk. The doctor has been identified as 33yearold craig spencer, a doctor at new york columbia Presbyterian Hospital<\/a>. Around noon thursday, he not feed the relief group he works for Doctors Without Borders<\/a> he was suffering from fever nausea and fatigue. Within minutes, the hazmat team risked him from his home in harlem to Bellevue Hospital<\/a> in midtown manhattan. As soon as he had a fever, he presented himself to the hospital. All the procedures thereon were exactly according to the book. Health officials in new york say the general public is not at risk for contracting ebola. They say that spencer only started showing symptoms on thursday morning. The only people theyre concerned about that might have a possibility of contracting the disease are his fiance and two friends he went bowling with in brooklyn on wednesday night. All three are being quarantined. Though none is showing any signs of any signs or sim tops of ebola. Now, president obama has been briefed on this situation. He spoke separately by phone with the governor of new york and the mayor of new york city and the centers for Disease Control<\/a> is sending a team to new york to monitor this patients progress. Thats the story in new york city. Barbara, back to you. Thank you, chris. Breaking news. The News Conference<\/a> is getting under way at nih where the nurse is now ebola free. Lets listen in. Among the physicians, we have dr. Rick davey, dr. Chin larngs dr. Tara palmore and who am i leaving out . The director of the clinical center. All of whom have been involved directly in the care of this patient. We think of the National Insurance<\/a> tuesdtitutes of healte National Institutes<\/a> of hope and i think hope just went up a notch today by the fact we are all here to celebrate the recovery of a patient who clearly was afflicted by a disease that was very serious and yet under the care of this remarkable staff is now here before you. Now like to call on dr. Fauci about why we are all here. Thank you very much, francis. As you probably are anticipating, i have some very good and happy news to i part on you right now. Our patient nina pham is free of ebola virus. We know that because we have multiple determination, of her pcr. 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