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Pat collins, news4. They are there to protect you if you get into an accident. But thousands of guard rails across virginia may hold a h hidden that could make a crash worse, even deadly. Transportation reporter, adam tuss, joins us live from fairfax tonight with more on the danger and what vdot plans to do about it. Adam . Reporter hey, jim. Virginia is now the first state in the entire country to say that it will replace detective guard rails. Take a look here on route 50 in fairfax. Of course, we drive past these kinds of guard rails on a daily basis. Dont think twice about them. But there could be a real danger with the design. When you hit a guardrail, the head of the rail is supposed to absorb the impact and push all the metal away from the vehicle. But Transportation Leaders say a company that manufacturers rail heads, as theyre known, made a costcutting Design Change in 2005, without telling federal officials. And that Design Change could turn rail heads into weapons. In essence, the metal could act like a spear, piecing straight through cars. Serious enough, more than a dozen states banning new purchases of this product from texasbased trinity industries, the rail heads are in use in maryland and virginia. And virginia is now the first state to say it will remove the guard rails. Drivers say there should be no shortcuts when it comes to safety. I think theres some Safety Standards required for the guard rails. And i would think whatever the mandated Safety Standards are, they should be honored and implemented. I wouldnt give exceptions. Reporter heres the real problem. Most of these rail heads, as theyre called, were put in by contractors around the state. Vdot doesnt have the records to show where the improper rail heads are. So now they have to go out and visually inspect each and every one. Now vdot sent this statement, saying since 2006, vdot has paid for and installed over 11,000 card rail end treatments throughout the commonwealth of virginia on construction contracts. Vdot does not have an inventory on specific brands of the gr9s used throughout the state. So now the lengthy work to identify the guard rails begins. And back here now live along route 50. Coming up next hour at 6 00, the company that designed these guard rails has a lot of work to do, and theyre going to have to do it with the federal government watching. Tell you more about that, next hour. Reporting live in fairfax, adam tuss, news4. New at 5 00, just days after this substitute teacher was charged with having sex with a student, she may not be the only teacher in hot water. We now know that another teacher saw the two flirting and did not report it. Lengthy Court Documents claim simone green performed oral sex on a male student inside a classroom on her first day of teaching at option charter school. This comes the same day as a new 3 million lawsuit is filed by the boys mother. Its against green, its against the Options Charter School and its against the Employment Firm that hired her. Family and friends from both sides testified today in the case of a former virginia marine who has admitted to killing his wife. Caleb crew shocked everyone yesterday when he pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife, andrea. Crew confessed to police, he had strangled her and dumped her body in the occoquan river. He could face life in prison. When disease or disaster strikes, americans help. And no other nation is doing as much to make sure that we it contain and ultimately eliminate this outbreak than america. President obama today says america cannot shy away from ebola. Amber vinson was released from the hospital as a nurse and now as someone who has experienced what its like to be cared for through a lifethreatening illness, i am so appreciative and grateful for your exceptional skill, warmth and care. Doctors say what they have learned successfully treating people here in the u. S. Is helping Health Care Workers in west africa and here in the states. Lawyers for nurse kaci hickox say she was treated inhumanly and became the first person quarantined under the states rules for workers who had contact with ebola patients in west africa. Hickox was released on monday. She is now in an undisclosed location in her home state of maine. Her lawyer says she is taking time to decompress. In response to that controversy surrounding the mandatory quarantines, the cdc is giving guidance who needs to be isolated. Doreen gentzler has details on who the cdc is saying is highrisk and lowrisk. Wendy, as you know, there are so many questions and concerns about this whole issue right now. These new guidelines are not as strict as what we have seen in new york and new jersey. They are meant to bring more uniformity to how Health Care Workers are treated. Cdc Officials Say theyre trying to find a balance between safety and Civil Liberties now requiring Health Care Workers or people who have been near ebola patients to do an inperson checkup and phone call with their local health department. The new guidelines also establish Different Levels of risk. And this is an important change. Those at high risk include people who have had direct contact with the bodily fluids of an ebola patient. They would be placed in isolation at home, and barred from public transportation, workplaces or any public areas. They would also be monitored in person by health officials. Those at some risk would include Health Workers returning from africa, but were not exposed directly to the virus. They would receive inperson monitoring to check for symptoms developing like fever. Restrictions on public activities would be on a casebycase basis. Low risk would include hospital workers here in the u. S. Caring for ebola patients. And they can be monitored by telephone, according to these new cdc guidelines. But this is important. These are just recommendations from the cdc. They are not laws by any means. States, individual states, still have the authority to do what they believe is best when it comes to how the people in the state respond to people returning from west africa. Wendy and jim, this is still a very fluid situation, and i think its an evolving set of guidelines that will change as we learn more about ebola in the u. S. Probably can count on that. Thanks, doreen. Oh, get ready for a dramatic shift in the weather. Chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer is tracking the temperature tumble for us. Doug . Thats right, guys. We are way above average today. Average high temperature, 64. 65. The high temperature, 78 today. But 84 in leesburg. 85 in fredericksburg. 84 in martinsburg. Close to a couple records around our region. But what were going to see over the next few days is a bigtime change as far as those temperatures are concerned. First off, though, no rain to talk about. Were not going to be seeing any rain as we move through the rest of the evening hours. What we are going to be seeing, though, is a front making its way in. This is the first front. Its right back to the west. That front making its way through cincinnati and cleveland, dropping temperatures by 10 to 15 degrees. That is nothing, however, to the 30 to 40degree drop when we get by the weekend. Ive got that in just a minute. All right. Thanks, doug. An unattended candle is to blame for a fire that destroyed a home in charles county. The fire started at around 7 00 this morning on mallard lane. Firefighters found heavy fire that spread to the second floor and into the attic. Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after the floor gave way beneath them. Theyre expected to be fine and t one was home when the fire protests ever in d. C. Today d. C. Taxi drivers honked their horns and blocked traffic all around Freedom Plaza. Theyre upset about Ridesharing Services like uber and side car. Taxi drivers say the companies dont follow the same rules. This protest came ahead of the d. C. Council, allowing car services to operate more freely in the district. Coming up tonight on news4 at 5 00, a bit later on, tom sherwood talks to the taxi drivers about what they fear could happen. Next and new at 5 00 tonight, candidates sound off about the problems with local Voting Machines. How theyre flipping votes to benefit one party. The news4 iteam uncovers problems with School Overcrowding and were learning how much its going to cost one local district trying to keep up. Im Dorsey Spencer in Prince Georges County. This huge apartment complex was home for a lot of families over the years. Now its coming down. Ill tell you whats being put in its place, coming up. After filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. Hogan was awarded an a from the nra. But now he refuses to release his responses. The nra opposes comprehensive background checks. They want to weaken marylands gun safety laws. Even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. On gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. Hogan gets an a from the nra. On protecting maryland, we just cant trust him. An iraqi war vet, and a father of two from western maryland both will be laid to rest this week. Christopher parsons and brendan mcfawn were killed when the helicopter they were in collided with a plane near Frederick Municipal Airport last week. A third man from colorado also killed. Investigators with the ntsb are still trying to figure out why it happened. A major step today in a plan to transform a Prince Georges County neighborhood. Today construction crews began to tear down the glen arden apartments to make new for a 100 development. Darcy spencer reports on whats next. We remember when reporter they hold a piece of history in their hands. Bricks from the glen arden apartment complex where they used to be next door neighbors. Those apartments are coming down to make way for a new 100 million housing development. You can stay right here and watch daddy. Reporter she can still see the i love jesus sign in her window. The tree sharon put up in the hallway is still there. Still, theyre glad to see all of this go away. Its happy feeling. Yes. Because i lived here over ten years. And at the time we lived here, we survived. And we did what we had to do as a community. Reporter despite the good memories, these pormts were run down. They had become a haven for illegal activity. Im told this area used to be known as little vietnam. Thats because it was a virtual war zone for people who lived here with shootings happening all of the time. Many are now saying its time for these buildings to it come down. It signifies the end of an era in a Housing Project that was where drug addiction was rampant. Reporter the new development will bring 450 apartments and townhouses, an emphasis on Senior Living and a potential new fbi site. The demolition was not welcomed by everyone. Ken hill sees a piece of his childhood going away. Theres a lot of memories out here, good and bad. We played in that pool right there. We played football right there. Reporter but they are happy with getting their piece of the past, as they look forward to seeing this site made into Something Better in the future. In Prince Georges County, dollars see spencer, news4. More than eight decades after her graduation, a virginia woman has left behind whats now the largestever gift to an allgirls school. Ruth bedford passed away this summer just shy of her 100th birthday, leaving a 40 million gift to her alma mater. That is fox croft school in middleburg, virginia. The school tells us tonight a majority of the gift will be used to sustain and more than double the endowment. Funds will also be set up for a scholarship in bedfords name. We have summer in late october now. Yeah. Wow. But any time you have summer in late october, whats coming next . A cold snap. A cold thats exactly right. Look at that. You guys are as quick weve been here. Youre as quick as kindergartner kids i was talking to earlier today. Hey, take a look. There they are there out there at viers mill elementary school. You guys are about as quick as those guys. Smart ones. Heres the other side of the room there. Got to tell you, these kids, smart, smart, smart when it came to the weather. Thank you guys for having me in there. Today, yes we told them you could wear the shorts and short sleeves. But this weekend, get ready. Especially on friday night for halloween. Make sure you tell your parents, yeah, mom and dad, i can wear the shirt underneath my elsa dress. Frozen. 76 degrees, the current temperature with plenty of sun sheen. Temperatures now, look at these numbers, 82 leesburg, 86 frederick. 83 in fredericksburg. Cool along the way with a temperature of 71 degrees. Storm team 4 radar, all clear around our area. And you have to go way back to the west to start to see showers in. A few thunderstorms. But not much. Notice this front kind of a dry frontal boundary. It will move to the recently. So it will bring us a lot of cloud cover. It will stay on the mild side tonight. And then behind it, well, thats when we get on the schooler side of things. You can see that right now. 76 here, 80 hagerstown and behind this front, 60 in columbus. Thats the weather well see tomorrow. Actually going for a high of 6 in d. C. 68 in la plata. A chance for showers tomorrow. So take the umbrella with you. Thats why i still have that impact on the low side. This is not going to be a whole lot in the way of rain tomorrow. Take the umbrella just in case you need it from time to time if youre out and about. But at least were staying on the mild side. Temperatures tomorrow should be above average. Next couple days, 68 on your wednesday. 60 degrees on thursday. Friday, coming up on halloween, 60 degrees on friday. Friday is looking good. Halloween looking really good too. And then saturday and sunday, 52 degrees on saturday. Of course, set the clocks back one hour before you go to bed saturday night. Saturday is the biggest deal, because thats when the really cold air moves in. One front tomorrow. Another front after halloween. So friday night into saturday. Much colder. Windy on saturday. Gusting 20, 30 miles per hour. And wind chills around 40 degrees. Some areas may be in the upper 30s. Daylight saving time does come to an end and stays breezy and chilly on sunday too. High temperature around 50 degrees. Then monday and tuesday, we start to break out of that as our storm system moves out of the area. We get to 63 by next tuesday. Coming up at 5 45, i take an indepth look and hour by hour for halloween for the trick or treaters around the area. They are some of the brightest minds in middle school and made a special visit to the white house. These are the 30 finalists for the broadcom masters, one of the most prestigious competitions for science, technology, engineering and math or s. T. E. M. , as its called. One finalist is kathryn woo, who developed a device that keeps drivers from falling asleep at the wheel. She got to talk about it today with the president. Meeting with the president was really cool. He told us how important it was to have innovation and to have people from the future to work on innovation. The grand prize is 25,000 to be handed out tonight. Drama after the game. Almost upstaged the redskins victory over the cowboys. You heard it. Up next, well get the first reaction from the redskins about this encounter that had the nation talking. Ebola backlash. Were going to find out how children who are not infected are the latest victims of this worldwide scare. High school graduation. Months away. But there are things students should be doing now before you get here on to a college campus. Im angie goff with a checklist im angie goff with a checklist every junior and 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. Welcome back into the cooley report. Chris cooley joining me here with a big night for the Washington Redskins. Colt mccoy getting his first start with washington. First of all, how cool is this we get to do this in dallas from the stadium. We get to watch everyone from our team, just so this was an amazing game, dianna. This was a signature win for this team. Colt has not started since 2011 and comes out here and jay gruden said a little nervous to start but got rid of the nerves pretty quick. Yeah. What i like about him tonight, he threw the interception but moved on from it. Come back on the field and go right back to work. And breeland outstanding. Such a good job by a rooker. Jim haslett dialed up blitz after blitz. They were able to do it because breeland plays oneonone, man coverage. Nobody thought the Washington Redskins huh a chance against the 61 Dallas Cowboys. What does this do to this team, how does this change the way the season goes from here on out . I think this is an amazing win at this point in the season and will make it really interesting. Because youve got confidence now as a football team. This locker room is going to play with confidence. This defense is going to play with confidence. And a couple games coming up. Minnesota, tampa. You can get right back thats crazy to say where we were three weeks ago. But you can get right back in this thing with a couple wins. And tonight was such a great start of it. I guess really you say last week this is a lot prettier, right . And this is a moment people are still talking about in the aftermath of last nights big upset. And now were learning more about what led up to folks tweeting this hash tag, no means no. Jay gruden, quite a night here in texas as the Dallas Cowboys the Washington Redskins no means no thats redskins commications tony wily leading colt mccoy to the locker room as an espn reporter tries to nab an interview while he tells pro Football Talk the reporter hadnt asked for an interview and decided to start anyway of after he told him no for the post game comments. Espn says the reporter did talk to mccoy later. One of virginias Senate Candidates is hoping his views on a redskins name change will help him score some political points. Republican ed gillespie created this new ad which aired during last nights Football Game and criticizes democrats who have threatened to strip the redskins of its taxexempt status unless the team changes its name. He also accuses democratic incumbent mark warner of failing to take a position on this measure. This is something that is better left to the private sector. And senator warner refuses to say that hell oppose that legislation. That was my position. I didnt join the 50 other democrats who said the name ought to be changed. I dont think congress ought to be interfering in this. Gillespie says the ad was only designed for the monday night football crowd and will not be running on television again. Tonight, its a mystery that all started at a Football Game. No one seems to know why this Denver Broncos fan suddenly disappeared. No one has seen paul kiterman since thursday night when he went to see his team take on the san diego chargers. His son says he left his seat around halftime to meet up with friends. His family calls him a simple guy who didnt have his cell phone on him or much money. Police say they dont suspect foul play. Right now at 5 00, accusations of voter flipping in maryland. Well explain how there could be new concerns that your votes are being changed with the race for governor on the line. The news4 iteam broke the story about overcrowding in our schools. And now were learning how much its going to cost you to make room for new students. And another loud cabby protest. Find out how this demonstration could impact the way you catch a cab in the district. Thank you, cable. For the slower internet upload speeds. For fewer video on demand titles. For taking longer to upload our movies. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you, cable. For taking longer to upload my fantasy picks. Thank you, cable. Thank you, cable. Because if we never had you. We wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. The numbers dont lie. In Customer Satisfaction studies fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability 8 years running. 1 in internet Customer Satisfaction. And hd picture quality. Join the millions who enjoy the difference fios makes and get a fios triple play online atan amazing price guaranteed for two years. Sign up now and get 300 back with a 2year agreement and as an extra bonus from verizon wireless, a free lg tablet, or up to 200 off any tablet. Go to verizon. Com thefacts today. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v all of them are switching republican votes to democratic votes. The state board of elections is looking into this as they do in every election cycle. The two candidates hoping to become the next governor of maryland are react to go concerns about faulty ballot machines during early voting. First now, an update to a story we told you about last hour. News4s Richard Jordan as at our live desk. Prince georges county Police Officers will be going back to the neighborhood where a man was shot and killed last night. 39yearold hollis Bradford Johnson was found outside of his apartment suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital. He did not survive. So in the next few minutes, Prince Georges County Police Officers will be going back to that neighborhood. Its chillum road and rigs road, trying to get information, uncover leads in this murder investigation. Theyll be looking to talk with people who may have some information for them. Theyre looking for the gunman involved and say they dont know why this man was shot and killed. Theyre working on that later tonight. Thats the latest from the live desk. Richard, thank you. At 5 30, the marylands tightening governors race may come to the final votes. And now concerns of voting problems. There could be technical issues with the equipment at some early voting locations. News4s Mark Segraves joins us with more on accusations of vote flipping. Plus, the latest polls. Mark . Well, wendy, as jim just said, this all comes as the polls commissioned by republicans but conducted by an independent polling firm show Anthony Brown leading by two points, well within the margin of error. A far closer race than many expected in the traditionally Democratic State of maryland. This is a neck and neck race, and one we can and should win. Reporter for the second time in a week, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie was in maryland stumping for republican larry hogan. We believe hes got the right plan to make sure taxes get reduced in this state, government gets reined, in keeping money in our own pockets and not sending to the state capitol. Reporter while hogan was greeting voters, democrat Anthony Brown was in bethesda. Okay, now. I got this. Reporter getting the endorsement of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence. The next governor of the state of maryland, Anthony Brown. As governor, i will continue to work with each and every one of you to keep guns off the streets of maryland. Reporter both candidates address reports of problems with some Voting Machines erroneously flipping voters choices during early voting. Its a serious concern. Weve had reports from 12 counties of machines supposedly malfunctioning, calibration errors. And all are switching republican votes to democratic votes. There is not a single chance of one going the other way. State board of election is looking into this as they do in every election cycle. When there are concerns about irregularities, technical or otherwise. So im confident the state board of election will be able to address the issue. I spoke with an official at the state board of elections and they have taken three Voting Machines out of service as a result of investigating news reports of vote flipping. One in arundel, one in frederick and howard counties. Five other machines were taken out of service for unrelated issues. They want people to ask for help when theyre voting if theyre having any problems. Jim and wendy . Mark segraves of. The first 4 iteam first revealed how severe School Overcrowding was. The review of state Education Department enrollment records shows at least 20 Public Schools in maryland are operating more than 140 recommended capacity. Our school macfarlanes reporting reveals more than 100 newportable classrooms were deployed at local schools in just the past two months to handle the new load. 220 million. Thats how much its going to take to fix the School Overcrowding problem in Montgomery County. School superintendent joshua star says tonight they desperately need that money to deal with the space crunch in their classrooms. We know that if we dont figure out how to deal with the bursting of the seams of Montgomery County Public Schools, we will not be able to give our children the instructional spaces that they deserve. News4s Zachary Kiesch tells us where that money will go. Reporter Montgomery County Public Schools need help. The School Superintendent announced today, theyre asking the state for more money to keep up with growth as more parents choose schools in the county. One day we drove by and all the kindergartners came out and i said thats the place we want to be. Reporter for teata, mother of two, diversity and Community Involvement is what drew her to Montgomery County schools. But shes not alone. There are 3,000 new Public Schools students this year and 16,000 more than in 2007. Here at bell elementary is a perfect example. The numbers are real. The school is only designed to hold about 650 students and theyre already over800. And i realized how many kids are actually at each elementary school. So i was a little shocked. It means renovations, ex packses and in some cases brandnew middle and high schools will be needed to keep pace. Four high schools in particular will face large space deficits. Montgomery county blair, einstein, kennedy and northwood. In the coming years, those schools will have 1,300 more students than capacity. She is optimistic. And as pta president at bell, an active participant. But with an oldest child in middle school, alarmed. There are, i believe, 32 or 34 kids in some of his classes. So thats a lot of children to manage. Reporter that is concerning. That is concerning. Reporter at 6 00, they look like small villages. How portable classrooms are being used to deal with student overflow. Reporting in rockville, Zachary Kiesch, news4. Montgomery county is using more than 400 portable classrooms this year. Most of them are at elementary schools. A nanny stole more than 400,000 from the family she was caring for. And now shes going to prison. She was sentenced to three years. The maximum sentence was 20. Prosecutors say she forged her employers signature on more than 100 checks between 2011 and 2013 while working in gaithersburg. And she used the 430,000 to gamble in West Virginia and to buy a home in africa. She was also ordered to pay back all of that 430,000. The Virginia Supreme Court will decide if your reviews on yelp will remain anonymous in the commonwealth. Yelp is appealing a lower courts ruling that ordered the website to identify the users who criticized an alexandria carpet cleaners business. Yelp refused and a judge held the company in contempt. Yelp says its anonymous users are entitled to First Amendment protection. In 2012, the Carpet Company filed a defamation lawsuit, claiming its reputation was stained by seven negative reviews. The justices are expected to rule in january. An emotional tribute to the canian soldier killed by a gunman last week. The prime ministers message tonight that soldiers 5yearold son. And you know what youre getting from your wireless data plan . At t responds to a new lawsuit over what its telling customers. Doug . Well, change number one making its way our way as a frontal boundary is moving in. Shower activity, cooler air tomorrow. But then colder air. Were taking a look. Plus, the hourby hour halloween forecast, next. Its easy for politicians to forget that taxpayer money actually comes out of your pocket. Im Peter Franchot as comptroller i know you work hard for your money. Thats why i make sure that most of you get your state refund in three days or less. With new technology weve collected over 3 billion dollars from tax evaders. Thats more money for schools, roads and public safety. And ive led the fight in annapolis against wasteful spending. This is your money and ill never forget that. Peter franchot, marylands comptroller. A show of unity today as canada laid to rest that soldier who was killed in last weeks terror attack. Corporal nathan cirillos casket moved through the states of hamilton, ontario. Cirillo was standing guard when a lone gunman killed him. Prime minister Stephen Harper had a Emotional Message for cirillos young son. May his son, young Marcus Daniel cirillo, someday find comfort in the fact that our entire country looks up to his dad. With pride, with gratitude, with deep abiding respect. Secretary of state john kerry also placed a wreath in ottawa today. The district is now accepting applications for concealed handgun carry permits, but those permits may never get issued. The districts Attorney Generals Office tells news4 tonight, they will appeal the ruling that requires d. C. To issue those permits. The appeal will be filed before the end of the year. Until then, the Police Department will continue taking applications. But if the appeal is successful, any permits granted could be rescind rescinded. It happened again. Traffic stopped. Some cabbies are fueled by anger and want their voices and horns heard. Were going to find out how this protest could impact your next ride, even if you dont take a cab. Its nearly time for open enrollment. Dotcom versus dotgov. There is a difference. Im Erika Gonzales and ill tell you how to stay safe when shopping for your health care plan. Im richard skror dan at the live desk with breaking news. Just moments ago, Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson announced increased security at some federal buildings here in washington. And across the country. Those buildings are not being specifically named, and right now it appears the plan is that the security will shift from building to building, day to day. So this will not be a specifically targeted toward a specific location. But instead it will fluctuate, depending on what the threat level is at the time. Johnson saying that this is because of world events, citing cause from terror groups like isis for homegrown attacks. Their concern here is, of course, foreign fighters. Now, there is no specific mention in the alert of the shooting last week in ottawa. The Canadian Parliament building. But local and state governments to be vigilant guarding against any potential smallscale attacks by lone offenders. So beginning immediately, any moment now, you should start seeing some increased security at federal buildings here in washington, and all across the country. Were on top of this story from the live desk. Jim and wendy . There were more honking horns than usual around Freedom Plaza today. D. C. Cab drivers in a snarl protest. But despite this protest, the d. C. Council approved a bill today that allows competing webbased car services to operate more freely around the city. News4s tom sherwood reports the cab drivers fear theyll be put out of business. Reporter the third protest in recent weeks. Angry cab drivers, some backed by the teamsters union. Who say theyre too heavily regulated. While internetbased car Services Like uber are adding more cars on the street and taking business from them unfairly. There cannot be unlimited number of cabs in this city. Reporter put you out of business. Exactly. Reporter still, the d. C. Council voted 121 to accommodate the webbased car services in a city with more than 6,000 cabs and 20 million cab rides annually. Council Transportation Committee chairman mary che says the new law ends a yearslong battle over how to regulate the new services. I think weve come up with a system where we can allow these new services to operate. Right now theyre operating in an unregulated fashion. Reporter the new law requires car Service Vehicles to have d. C. Tags, and have drivers undergoing Company Background checks. And webbased services cant pick up random passengers on the street like cabs. If theyre going to be street hails, they have to submit to the regulation for taxis. Reporter many citizens say they like the webbased car service more than cabs. Definitely. Uber is a great service. Reporter cab drivers thinking its going to put them out of business. Well, its the better company. Reporter ward 1 council member, jim graham, the only who voted against the regulations, says many poor people cant afford car services, and cabs are disadvantaged. And yet youve got your judicial operators who are heavily regulated. Not in a minor way, but heavily regulated. I would say theyre bound and shackled. Reporter in the district, tom sherwood, news4. Drivers for the webbased car services say theyre glad the city has finally finished regulations for them. Well hear from them on news4 at 6 00. There are new warnings when it come to shopping for health care. Consumer reporter Erika Gonzales shows us how to stay safe. In a few weeks, open enrollment for health care begins. But a warning tonight for insurance shoppers. Be aware of copy cat websites trying to take your money. Here are four ways to stay safe. Number one, be sure you go to the right website. Healthcare. Gov. Sites like healthcare. Com help you shop for a health plan, but warns, nongovernment sites may not list all of the plans available to you. Next, if you are overwhelmed, dont be afraid to ask for help. Go to healthcare. Gov and click contact us. Three, be cautious when asking for perm information online. However, if you need financial help, healthcare. Gov will ask for your Social Security number. And finally, even if you enrolled last year, shop around again and make sure your doctor and all of your medicines you take are still in the network. You can find more on how to stay safe while shopping for a health plan. Head to nbcwashington. Com and Search Health plans. Hondas trouble with defective air bags means you wont be seeing new models roll out over the next few months. A honda executive said today the recalls are having a major impact on the car maker. The launch of a new model could be delayed up to six months. Faulty air bag cannisters explode during crashes, sending shrapnel flying toward drivers. Safety advocates say the defect has caused dozens of injuries around the world and might be linked to four deaths. Ooh, it is like summer out there now. But we are expecting some changes by the end of the week. Doug . Looking great out there right now. Temperatures around that 80degree mark. Many locations, even the low 80s. Tonight could be a great night for some viewing. I want to show a picture now. This is towards Wallace Island as they are going to be setting off this rocket right there and in just over a half hour, around the Wallops Island area. If youre going to be looking outside down to your east or southeast from the d. C. Metro area, thats where we will see this rocket actually take off. It happens just after sunset tonight. So hopefully the viewing for that will be okay. We do have a few clouds across our area right now. Those could obscure the launch just a little bit. And the sunset again only eight minutes after the launch. Only eight minutes after sunset so still a bit in the way of daylight too. Take a look. 6 12, thats what time the sun will go down so that rocket launch ten minutes past that. 76 degrees now. Theyre actually doing can we go back to that shot real quick, guys . Can we go back to that . There it is right there. Thats what theyre going to be doing. Theyre actually going to be sending this up to the International Space station. I just think this is the coolest thing. And, yes, we will be able to watch this visible from our area a little later on this afternoon. So this evening, its going to be on the warm side. If youre thinking about getting out there. 76 degrees in d. C. 79 in ft. Belvoir. 82 in manassas. Storm team 4 radar is clear. And its going to stay that way tonight. Its going to stay that way most of the day tomorrow. But we will see some showers from this frontal boundary as it makes its way in across our area. Not expecting a lot of rain tomorrow. But showers, so take the umbrella. And it will also be cooler tomorrow. High temperature, 63 to 69 degrees. Now, i told you hour by hour as far as halloween is concerned, how about that forecast . Well, cool conditions, temperatures around 60 at 5 00. Chilly around 56. So the kids will need the light jacket, maybe the longsleeved shirt. And rather breezy around 9 00. Temperatures at 52 degrees. So, yeah, a little cool to say the least. Theres the next couple days. Much colder on saturday. Wind chills on saturday only around 40. Well talk much more about that at 6 15. Thanks, doug. High School Graduations are still months away. But there are some things collegebound students should be doing right now. News4s angie goff has some advice to help you avoid the top problems that freshmen face in college. The college experience. Depicted so often with no rules and newfound freedom. But in real life, students are finding the transition from high school to college is anything but a party. I had no idea the work that was in store. Reporter jessica breezed through high school, but freshman year was shocked after getting lower grades. I took an english class, and i was like, oh, there is work involved. There are things you have to know and you have to be able to apply it. Reporter in fact, in this world of smart technologies, many are struggling when it comes to putting their thoughts in writing. Kim holmes is a director of retention and Student Success at george mason university. The expectations for the amount of writing and the quality of it definitely ramps up. Reporter she suggests writing early so you can get feedback from others. Outline your thoughts first. And use library and Scholarly Resources for papers, as opposed to Something Like pick wikiped r problem, time manage in high school, you have five, six classes a day and when you come to college, one or two. Reporter many visors suggest for every one credit hour, you should spend two to three hours studying. Preparing for life after high school can also come with a pressure of choosing a major. But if you dont know what you want to do right now, dont worry. You are not alone. But finding your path later could mean some more time in school, and a costlier education. So seeking out resources to help sort everything out early can be key. Other quick tips. Check the admissions web page. Most list summer conferences and camps. Sit in front of the classroom. It says youre serious about your studies. And get involved. Engagement is directly linked to students staying in school. As for jessica, she survived her freshman year, finding support from masons theatre community. Now she is making the grade, and hopefully soon a little history of her own. My mom and my dad, they both went to college. But they didnt graduate. So it will just be nice to be able i did it for you guys, i graduated. Angie goff, news4. There are online tools that allow you to look up classes and see what other students are saying about the course and professor. You can go to our website, nbcwashington. Com and search college. Children bullied over ebola. Young boys attacked at school, accused of trying to spread the virus. Find out how the school took action and what their parents had to say. Were coming right back. After filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. Hogan was awarded an a from the nra. But now he refuses to release his responses. The nra opposes comprehensive background checks. They want to weaken marylands gun safety laws. Even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. On gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. Hogan gets an a from the nra. On protecting maryland, we just cant trust him. Lets check out what stories e trending online today. At t says it did not mislead its smartphone customers about its unlimited data plans. The government is suing the phone company over a practice thats called throttling. The suit alleges at t did not adequately inform people that their data speeds would be reduced if they went over a set amount of data during one billing cycle. Well this made web browsing and video streaming nearly impossible for millions of customers. This evening, were hearing from a father who says his two sons were bullied at school, because of ebola. The two boys just moved frto the states from west africa. The man says what started as namecalling quickly got out of hand. Rose ann killetty has the story from new york. They were scared. Reporter the worried father told us he put cold compresses on his sons head and took both boys to the hospital to be checked out after being called to is318 in the bronx last friday afternoon. He says the boys had been pummeled by other students in the school yard at lunch after almost two weeks of being taunted over ebola. They dont want them touching. Reporter 11yearold ammadu and his brother arrived a few weeks ago and speak only french, making it hard to understand, much less combat insults. Where were the administrators . Where was the school staff . When all of this was happening . Reporter department of ed is aware of the incident and tells us School Safety staff from on site to mediate and ensure the safety and support of the school, staff and families. This parent didnt know what happened until she saw the police cars outside. I feel bad for the kids. Its very sad, because they have got to be feeling bad now that everybody that everybody thinks theyve got ebola and they really dont. Reporter the father says his sons will go back to school, but he wants to know its safe. The Education Department says it will instruct teachers and principals to be on high alert for any potential cases of bullying or discrimination. And sinegenegal has not had new ebola cases reported since august. The World Health Organization has declared senegal ebolafree. News4 at 6 00 begins with breaking news. And we begin with new details on a breaking story. Security is being increased tonight at some federal buildings in washington. And other major cities around the country. Homeland security secretary jeh johnson ordered the heightened security today. Six days after an attack on the canadian capital. Homeland Security Officials tell nbc news, todays order is not based solely on that attack. Rather, its a response to the overall threat level. Most notably, the continuing threats from isis. The affected buildings and the specific security precautions may change from day to day. We are also following breaking news in maryland where police have issued an amber lurt for two young children. Police believe their mother took them. Her name ist tia marie value zalea. Were told she may be driving a green or graycolored 2009 honda crv. The tags, maryland tags, that read 4aw 5518. If youve seen one, youve seen a thousand, and you probably stopped even noticing them years ago. Were talking about highway guard rails. Those metal barriers that are supposed to help you survive a mishap. But as the old cap calloway song suggests, it aint necessarily so. In many rails, there is a design flaw that could kill you. And transportation officials in virginia have decided to do something about that. Adam tuss is on the road in Fairfax County now with more. Adam . Reporter jim, this has become such an issue that vdot is now putting a plan together to identify potentially defective guard rails, and remove them. Take a look here. This is route 50 in fairfax. These are the kind of guardrail ad