But were also learning more about the midair collision that killed three people today in maryland. In fact, we just got some recordings from air Traffic Control in frederick, and they give us some idea what happened. We can hear the tower warn the pilot of a small plane, that three helicopters are in the area as the plane is about to land. The pilot acknowledges that. And we warn you, listening to what happens next may be difficult. Three helicopters below you in the traffic pattern. I have two of them in sight. The two echoes here have you in sight. Maintain your altitude until turning base, clear to land. Oh, god oh god one airplane down and helicopter down. Yes, yes, i just saw. 911 is on the way. Those voices you heard were from the control tower and from people who survived the crash. The two men on the plane survived. Three people in the helicopter were killed. Jackie bensen is live in frederick where federal investigators are now on the scene. Late word in Maryland State Police tonight identifying the men who died. Were told they are christopher parsons, 29 from westminster, maryland, william jenkins, 47 of morsisson, colorado. And breandan mac fawn, from cumberland, maryland. All three men were on board the helicopter. Part of the crash scene illuminated so they can examine the two aircraft involved in an unusual midair collision at the frederick, maryland, municipal airport. The helicopters destroyed. Just before 4 00 p. M. , witnesses reported hearing a loud boom from not far above the tree line. I saw an airplane hit a helicopter. It proceeded down. I checked to see what was going on, pulled both those guys out. The plane crashed into a wooded area, amazingly the pilot and his passenger were uninjured. Records show its owned by graeves in maryland. They say the planes blisk parachute may have played a role in their survival. The parachute system thats installed on the aircraft has resulted in the successful landing of several of their airplanes. Tragically, the robinson helicopter did not fare as well. It crashed into a Storage Facility with catastrophic consequences. The ntsb says that at the time of the collision the plane was on approach to land, and the helicopter was departing. The investigation will be wideranging. One of the things im going to look into is whether or not it was a pleasure flight, training flight. I have no idea. Maryland state police have released the names of the two men who survived. 55yearold scott graeves of brookville maryland and gill porter from sandy spring, maryland. Graves has a very good reputation as a pilot in the community, very well respected. Were told by the ntsb, this investigation could take some time. Live in frederick, jackie bens ep, news 4. Were also following breaking news out of new york where a doctor who returned from west africa has been diagnosed with ebola. New york city mayor bill de blasio announced the diagnosis at a news conference. The doctors name is craig spencer, he is a physician who returned from treating patient in guinea. This morning he called the Health Department with a 103degree fever, hazmat teams responded and people who came in contact with him are already being tracked down. Weve acted very quickly. We believe there are four people he came in contact with during the relevant period, and we are already in contact with all four people. The cdc is also sending a go team to new york, a procedure put in place after mistakes in dallas. Cdc said he passed through extra airport screening when he arrived back in the united states. We have more details on our website nbc washington. Com. Tune in to news 4 today starting at 4 26 thr any more developments. More news tonight that will affect School Start Times that are changing. The vote just wrapped up at Jacksonville Middle School and were there live with the latest. Kristin, what are you hearing . Chris, starting next school year, High School Students in Fairfax County will start school at 8 00, and 8 10, rather than 8 20. The superintendent and most of the school board and most of the parents here tonight say based students are now better off. Sleep is not an evil. It is a vital and basic necessity. I knew that these brutally early high School Start Times could not possibly be healthy. Clear support for later high School Start Times in Fairfax County at tonights school board meeting. Its challenging when i look outside and the sun hasnt risen yet. I know what its like as a parent, and to watch my son over the past four years deal with this. Only two voices of opposition spoke out. Students will get home later, they will eat dinner later. Theres a lot of people out there that dont want this change. And i need to be a voice for those people. All those in favor . Reporter in the end, the school board voted in favor of new start times almost unanimously. Motion passes. [ cheers and applause ] reporter an end to a decadelong debate over sleep in the school system. The changes will require 27 Additional School buses, which will cost the School District 5 million. Now, the elementary School Students will start at the same time next school year. Middle school will change just a little bit. Theyre actually going to be starting just a little bit earlier, and thats one of the things the superintendent and School Board Members say they are concerned about, the middle School Start Times. And they would like to eventually make those later too. Live in Fairfax County, news 4. Breaking news, d. C. Police are asking for help finding a 7yearold boy who has been missing for two weeks. This is zyvaunte higgins, last seen back on october 9. 4 feet tall, about 70 pounds, last seen wearing blue jeans and a pink polo shirt. If you have any information about him, or have seen him, please call the police immediately. Family and friends will say goodbye tomorrow to two sisters who were killed in a car accident in oxen hill. They were stopped at a light on the livingston road when another car slammed into them two weeks ago. Five people were killed. Tonight a public viewing was held for both sisters. Their funeral will be tomorrow morning. The sisters left behind ten children between them. Police have arrested a driver they suspect hit and killed a woman who was riding her bike near a metro station. Tanya reeves was riding her bike down 8th street, about a block from the shaw metro station. A lightcolored sufr ran into her and drove off. Reeves died at the hospital and police say dhani thomas was driving that suv. Shes been charged with seconddegree murder. [ applause ] quite a standing ovation in honor of the man who stopped the killer in parliament, sergeantatarms Kevin Vickers of the clearly moves as lawmakers applauded him for minutes. He shot the gunman yesterday and moments later, he was calmly securing the halls of the building, gun in hand. The Royal Canadian mounted Police Confirm that michael zehafbibeau acted alone. He shot and killed a soldier who was guarding canadas tomb of the unknown soldier. New video shows him walking into parliament where he opened fire again. He had recently tried to get a passport to go to syria. His mother released a statement, saying, shes crying for the victim, but not for her son. Turning to our weather now, there was quite a show in the skies tonight. Dougs here with a new look at that partial solar eclipse. Doug . It was only viewable for about 15 minutes and tough to see in our area, but the farther west and northwest you were, you got a pretty good show. Areas out towards los angeles, this was the time lapse. Look at the moon, coming right across the vision of the sun, really just an amazing picture out there today. This was from the griffith observatory. One other thing you notice, the dark spots in the middle of the sun, those are definitely some sun spots in that area. Those sun spots about the size of ten earths. So an amazing view today across portions of the western part of our country. The eastern part of the country has been under rain and much cooler temperatures. Today a little bit on the cool side for sure with the wind. But the storm systems moving out of here. Whats moving in, warm air, just in time for the weekend and even into next week. Wait until you see the numbers i have in the sevenday forecast. New surveillance tonight of an armed carjacking. D. C. Police are trying to identify the men in this video. The carjacking happened at a gas station on New Hampshire avenue Near Northwest around 8 50 yesterday evening. In the video, the men get identity of the car on the left side of the screen. One man pulls the passenger out of another car, forcing the driver down on the ground. After robbing the victims, they took off. Police want to hear from you if you have any information. New tonight, a local family is reacting to news that the police mishandled their grandmothers missing person case. She flew into Reagan International airport last year. Three days later, her body was found less than a mile away. Today a report released that several officers made inappropriate comments calling kong a 9,000yearold alzheimers woman. Although mere words are inadequate i was able to offer my sincere condolences to the family and apologize for the inappropriate comments. The kong family released a statement tonight through their attorneying, saying its troubling to receive this report which includes a number of details that open wounds not yet healed. It is our hope that this report will serve as a vehicle for bringing about change in the way missing persons reports are handled. Next at 11, a brazen attack that was caught on video, how two Police Officers are doing after getting attacked with a hatchet. And one of the first cases there it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. New video tonight shows a man swinging a hatchet at new york city Police Officers just seconds before they shoot and kill him. This happened in queens this afternoon. Police say four rookie cops were posing for a photo when without a word the man came rushing at them with a hatchet. He hit one officer in the arm and another in the back of the head before the other two officers fired. A bystander was also accidentally shot in the back. She and the two officers had to be taken to the hospital. Police say its too early to know the suspects motive. Three people have applied for permits to carry concealed weapons in d. C. On the first day that applications were available. D. C. Council changed the law to allow concealed carry. But owners can only carry guns outside their home if they can justify the need for a weapon. They also have to attend 18 hours of firearms training. Guns are still banned around schools and government buildings and are not allowed within a thousand feet of demonstrations or public dignitaries. Less than two weeks until election day. New tonight, two of the candidates for mayor answered questions. Muriel bowser did not attend. Erika gonzalez served as moderator. Election day is coming november 4th. Tonight a maryland woman said shes the victim of revenge porn and shes only talking to news 4 about what shes going through. The woman and a former bif recorded some of their sexual encounters, but she said he released the video on at least two porn sites. Hes from Frederick County and hes believed to be one of the first men charged under marylands new law. Court documents say he posted the womens address with the videos and encouraged other men to rape her. Its ruined me and its going to continue ruining me. These things just dont go away. If hes convicted, the maximum penalty is two years in jail a a 5,000 fine. National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado hit a part of the state near portland, oregon. Damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines. Police in long view, washington asked residents to avoid one part of the city, but right now, there are no reports of injuries. Again, thats in oregon. You saw how powerful the winds can be. Possibly upwards of 90 miles an hour. Some people were filming it. Amazing video. They get about one tornado a year. Thats the average. And this one, a very strong one for the state of washington. Out there for us, nothing like that. We saw a lot of winds. To about 30 miles an hour. Theyve begun to subside. Winds right now, northwest at about 12 Miles Per Hour. Temperatures of 63 degrees. We still have winds gusting 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour, but thats really about it. After the 30 miles an hour winds we saw earlier. Right now, a lot warmer than we were all day yesterday. 63 degrees right now, a high yesterday of only 58. 59 degrees in manassas, 57 to gaithersburg. On the cooler side tomorrow morning. Im not anticipating any rain. Not just today, but mostly the next chance of rain coming in about a week. You can see some clearing skies around our area. Still have all the clouds and the big storm up to the north, around boston, maine. Theyre still dealing with t two to five inches of rain up towards new england. Winds to 60 miles an hour. Noreaster, big for them, not nearly as big for , although we got about an inch of rain yesterday, at least in d. C. Future weather, tomorrow morning, 7 00 a. M. Starting off nice. I think your friday is looking fantastic. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Still breezy. Winds 10 to 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour but nothing like what we saw today. A much nicer day tomorrow and it gets better. First off tonight, its going to cool as the winds die down. Maybe 44 towards fredericksville. You probably need the jackets tomorrow morning. What to wear, i mentioned the jackets. What about the scarf . Not quite that cold. But long pants. Tomorrow afternoon, you can take the jacket off. 67 degrees in d. C. 65, manass. 63 back towards winchester. Cooler to the blue ridge. And 67 degrees toward fredericksburg. So your forecast not bad at all. Right now, were looking on the low side for sure. Weather should not have much of an impact on your afternoon. Couple big events, one of those the marine corps marathon, and the weather couldnt be better for it. 59 degrees at 11 00 a. M. And then 2 00 in the afternoon, coming in with a temperature of 66. The marathon long over by then, but if youre sticking around for the activities, going to be pretty nice. I told you to wait for the sevenday. Fourday looks pretty good. But how about this . 77 and then 78 on wednesday. Thats very warm for this time of year. Average high around 66 degrees. Temperatures well above that by about ten degrees. Another frontal boundary on wednesday, bringing the chance for showers and thunderstorms. But we have a great sevenday period coming up after a couple of dreary days. And you saved the best for last there . Thats right. Thanks, doug. Coming up, the redskins finally settle their quarterback finally settle their quarterback question, but now the making jackets that are built to perform anywhere is hard work. Finally settle their quarterback question, but now the and at l. L. Bean, we take our job, very seriously. Guaranteed quality, no matter what youre up against. From l. L. Bean. This is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Well, for one of the few times in the last few years, were not talking about sunday football this week. Yes, monday night. So get ready, guys. Monday night football in dallas. Redskins versus cowboys. Colt mccoy under center for the skins. Now that the starting quarterback has been named, its time to focus on the game. But in practice, lots were watching rg3 to see how hes coming along. Said today griffin is cleared to do anything, but the problem, hes not 100 football ready just yet. Timing, passing, comfort in the huddle. Very important. Yes, very important. While the trainers are watching rg3, theyre hoping to play off last weeks win and let it ride. Any time you come off a win, i mean, you feel a lot better. The atmosphere in the locker room is a lot better. You guys like us a lot more. Everythings going well. We have to go out and prove were a team to be reckoned with. On paper, were a good team. You watch film, we fly around and make plays. We just got to put it all together. Our record is what it is because we didnt win those games. Its a team that has to find ways to win and be confident that we have the capabilities to find those ways. All right, got to love it. College football, Virginia Tech in a thursday night matchup against miami. Pick it up, second quarter. Hokies already down 100. Duke johnson in there, and there he goes, blows through the line, untouched, 28yard touchdown. 249 with the td. Third quarter, little bit of life. Got some speed, returns it 58 yards, getting the crowd back in. Tech trying to make something happen. But its going to fall apart. On the 1 yard line handoff, fighting to get in here. Stripped of the ball. Going down. They review it, confirm miami ball. Tech will lose this one. A tough one. I dont know about you, but when was the last time you did something correctly five times in a row . Heck, id take two times in a row. So heres the scene, its Fresno States annual red and white hoops night. The guard Caesar Herrera having quite the night. Five times in a row he hits his halfcourt shot. He shot just 34 from the threepoint range last year. Maybe just needs to move further back to improve that number, because thats his hot spot. Five times once for all five people in the stands. No one was actually guarding him. Five times in tonight Health Experts are tracking cases of viral meningitis at the university of maryland. Three students have been diagnosed but none of them needed hospitalization. All three of believed to have had contact with each other. The director there said bacterial meningitis is more dangerous. You can expect to see stepped up security. U. S. Park police say theyll treat the concert on the mall very similar to the way they conduct 4th of july festivities. Expect numerous security checkpoints. The concert features an electic group of stars, bruce springsteen, carrie underwood, and metallica. Gonna be big. Tonight we want to share video of whats being billed as the most epic safety video ever made. Welcome to middle earth, my friend. Return to your seat right away. What . What . Elves and dwarves star in the disgraceful. A personal attack from a desperate candidate. Thats how even Republican Leaders describe this false ad from. Ed gillespe. The accusations arent true. But they are exactly what you would expect from a d. C. Lobbyist, who made millions lobbying for oil companies. And enron. Who specialized in dirty tricks as a partisan operative. And now he is bringing them to virginia. Mark warner is working to solve problems. Ed gillespe and his attacks are the problem. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests derek jeter James Marsden musical guest five seconds of