A medical issue. A nurse at the 911 call center would determine the level of care you need over the phone and then decide how and when to transport you. The chief estimate this is will impact about 200 calls a day. Were going to look at alternative ways of getting people to the right type of treatment they need versus just grabbing them, taking them to the emergency room and stacking the Emergency Private ambulance contract. Its on a regular basis and our ability to recover. That was ten or more ambulances and our ability to recover has increased tremendously. The average Response Time for an ambulance has dropped from just over eight minutes to under seven minutes. He says theres been more time to train personnel and for he credits having the private ambulance service. Hes proposed changes to the contract to keep the costs down. He signed a oneyear contract with the fouryear option. Under the new contract, the patient would no longer be able to choose which hospital they are taken to. Amr would be allowed more time to arrive on scene and would hire more residents. A year ago our system was attractive. The hiring is not a requirement in the new contract and the contract does require the counsel approval. That all goes through the changes could take effect in the next couple months. For 911, not sending an ambulance, that could take about a year to go into effect. Jim, back to you. Mark segraves, thank you. Breaking news in northeast d. C. Tonight, emergency crews on the scene of a crash between a metro bus and a charter bus students. This is happening on Eastern Avenue near randolph street. The injuries appear to be minor at the time. Demanding action after they were e convicted from their condo. Its been a difficult couple we talked to one resident who tells us she has been sleeping in her car until she figures out what to do next. In the rain, several tenants and homeowners gathered in front of the county building hoping to get relief for a dire situation. We need some action. The lights are still out. Its cold. The gas is off. Reporter the electricity at the condos was turned off on tuesday. Residents pay which was supposed to pay utility bills. Home onners say that hasnt happened for years. The attorney for the new board of directors for the hoa along with anthony went to court. With regard to the the termination of Facility Services in position of the automatic stake. They have been working to it will have time to investigate. What happened to the money . How was it gone so long . Be. Were frustrated. Help has come for resident that dont have anywhere else to go. The longterm fix is fking out how to pay back a debt that board of directors for the hov says they have been meeting trying to explain the plan they have in place to pay back the 1. 2 million debt but it will take some time. They will tell you what the community is doing to make sure these people are taken care of. If youd like to help residents displaced, go to our nbc washington app. Kind of a cool day out there weather wise. It was cool as far as temperatures go, but pretty cool for whats been going on in the atmosphere. We have seen some shower activity. We saw some sunshine. Temperatures have gone up over the last hour or so as we have seen some clearing. Were still tracking the rain. More rain and even some heavier rain through portions of the panhandle of west virginia. Moving into st. Marys county. Were not done with the rain yet. More about cool weather. This is a really neat storm here. You have snow to the north. Not for us. And then thunderstorms down to the south. Change of the seasons for sure. A battle of the seasons in our region. With that, were going to e see i have your halloween forecast coming up at 5 25. In the race to the white house with just 12 days before the election, early voting in several states, both parties are making closing arguments to shore up those votes. Hillary clinton appeared beside michelle obama. The pair campaigned for the first time together in battleground north carolina. She called clinton to run and urged the crowd to go straight from the rally to vote early. Donald trump has three events in ohio and has pounced on the latest stolen email release by wikileaks. One memo revealed efforts to create Business Ventures from bill clinton that paralleled his that they made to be based on the clinton foundation. Early voting started saturday in the district and virginia has had early voting since september 23rd. And big numbers today in maryland for the first day of early voting in the state. Tom sherwood is live for us in silver spring. You can see behind me there are the lots of choices for the voters and the voters today they were r it was raining part of the day and that probably kept some people away. Why did you come out in the rain to vote early . Its very important to vote. Rain or shine. I didnt want the crowds. Reporter there are crowds some places. Not here. Reporter many voters were anxious to vote on this first day of early voting. Can i ask you why you came out early to vote in the rain . With. This has been a very, very long election. Hopefully the future they will not be this long. Reporter whatever their reasons, turnout was reported strong statewide. Early voting ends next thursday and could exceed the 430,000 early voters reported in 2012. Why vote . For our president and our country. Its important who we have in offic us. There are 70 early voting sites across maryland including ten in montgomery county. Voting spokesman march ji said turnover fgs better in part because the polls opened at 8 00 a. M. Instead of 10 00 this morning. Now maryland early voting ends at 8 00 tonight, which means you have time to get somewhere after the news. Questions about voter fraud are front and center because of claims by donald trump. Looked s issue. Preps underway over in the uk as london gets ready to host our redskins and the cincinnati beng beng. While we get rain every now and then here, this is the norm over there. It makes for an interesting situation when it comes to lets check in with pat collins, who is live in london. He got a sneak peek inside the stadium today. Reporter hello, governor, from london, england. Its 10 15 my time. This is a fun place. But this time a year, the sun only makes an occasional grass. They want the grass to be perfect for that big game between the bengals and the redskins and they are working hard on it. Lets go now to wembley stadium. Its all about the grass. Theres a fancy roof here, but its designed not to interfere with the growing of the grass. The end zone retracted. Thats purely a light thing. To get it to grow. Reporter theres great attention to decorations and communication preparations. But the close eye is on the grass. The at wembley they take their grass seriously. They cut it and blow it to make sure its just right. Because its so cloudy, they have a special set of lights grows. Welcome to wembley stadium, the site of the bengals and redskins on sunday. Its one of the premier outdoor venues in the world and its not just for sports. Most appearances by a single artist at wembley, michael jackson, 15. Normally this place is what they call a pitch. A field of play for soccer. But sunday football ready. And theres no chance any of these fans are going to get close to that grass. In front of the front row is something called the lateral fence. It keeps overenthusiastic fans off the field. Dont have to worry about anyone tearing down the goalpost here. Pat collins reporting from its not the u. S. Government calling you. Still to come, dozens of people have been charged with scamming. Thousands of victims through fake irs calls. Scientists make a breakthrough in the development of a male brth control pill. I man hey baby, how are you . Woman i have a surprise for you. Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. And when theyre away, they miss out on a lot. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them than energy. Breaking news. A a picture of a bus crash we told you about ten minutes ago. Metro bus and a bus carrying Elementary School students crashed on Eastern Avenue near randolph street northeast. As you can see there, one of the buss seems to be town timtd on the side. Well keep you updated about this breaking news story on our nbc washington app. We have a Major Development in a multimillion dollar tax scam that vounds a call center in india. Dozens of people were indicted for allegedly scamming thousands of americans through fake irs calls you have been hearing about. Susan hogan has been following this story and is here with the new developments. Defendants, many arrested in an Early Morning raid. They are all accused of scamming americans out of millions of dollars. Now their criminal enterprise is shout down. This call is officially the final notice from the irs. The reason of this call is to inform you that the irs is filing a lawsuit against you. Its fake irs calls like this one that has victimized thousands of americans, includi scary. Both describe a phone call they thought was the irs calling to collect a debt. It targeted victims in ts united states. Reporter officials from the department of justice and department of Homeland Security individuals and entities inclouding 20 people from the united states. 32 people in 5 call centers in india all involved in an elaborate scheme to swindle americans. One california woman was called by an individual impersonating an irs employee who threatened her with immediate arrest unless she paid 12,000. Reporter its pof indian call centers. This is a similar raid at another call center three weeks ago. 70 workers arrested for duping americans. Were trying as best we can to trace the money and seize whatever money is still available. Reporter once the money is paid, its gone. According to the indictment, one victim agreed to pay, coconspirators would launder cards or wire transfers. These scammers not only steal money, but their sense of security and trust in their government officials. Now irs phone scams are one of our top complaints into the nbc 4 responds center and Officials Say if it were not for the victims coming forward none of the arrests would have ever been possible. House. It shows clinton with a 12point lead. Third Party Candidates gary johnson combine for 6 of the vote. The poll shows statistical ties in georgia and iowa and Hillary Clinton is up 4 points in north carolina. The poll was taken from october 20th to the 26th yesterday and we have heard it over and over again. Donald trump claiming the election is rigged and voter fraud is rampant. So our partners at factcheck. Org investigated the claims. Keith jones has our story. Reporter they want to rig the election at the polling booths. Take a look chicago. Where you see things happening that are horrendous. Donald trump repeating claims of voter fraud. The number of presints in philadelphia that voted entirely for obama in the 2012 election and some folks pointed to that as evidence of fraud. According to factcheck. Org, those who looked said evidence of construction just isnt were heavily democratic, often times in africanamerican communities that went heavily in favor of obama. They said it was not only possible but probable that you might have these kind of instances. Despite the data, trump continues to claim that voter fraud is very common. They criticize us for saying that. Reporter hes calling for poll watchers to look for those impersonating. Researchers look into that kind of thing say that kind of voter reporter professors say noncitizen voters may have benefitted democrats in 2008. But a harvard professor manages the data use nad n that study to the data was misused and the conclusions are wrong. There have been some cases of not citizens voting and there have been some folks that have been arrested and charged with crimes for that. Those numbers are so small that they couldnt swing a National President ial election. Reporter keith jones, nbc news. We encourage you to exercise your civic dout. But when it comes to selfie, be aware of what you can and you cannot do at the polls. Get out and vote. Me and the guys walked into this place. You Woulda Thought from the name it was gonna be packed with sailors. So i immediately picked out the biggest guy in there. And i walked straight up to him. Whoa friendly alert i got a great auto rate outta that guy. Now i have a wonderful hybrid. Slate blue. Cr . Me interior. He was so nice open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. Thousands of people are going to have a new place to go for health care. The new marys centers opens in the fort totten area. It will provide health care for everyone from expecting parents to seniors, dental services and even Educational Services will also be va our Doug Kammerer got a chance to tour that facility. He talked to the director about why marys center is so important. Its a community that is not changing. We have people here who are mixed. Marys Center Serves more than 36,000 people around you have been connected to them for awhile. A good number of years. The gala is tomorrow night. Special to be out there today. Take a look at whats going on here. Were seeing rain earlier coming right on through the region. Now for the most part, were about done. Heads up in those areas. As we widen out, we have one here and one more back to the west. Were not quite done with the rain. Most of us should be dry. This is the first we have seen. Theres been snow up towards connecticut, parts of new york and northeast. And down to the south, still so some thunderstorm tuft earlier. If youre heading to the d. C. United game, its playoff season. 59 degrees at 7 00. 57 by 9 00. Could be a couple sprinkles by the time you get home. So go united. A pretty nice shot of the sun going down. Winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. Temperatures went up over the last few hours as we have seen a little bit of clearing. Notice to the west, royal. 63 in manassas. Where we have stayed cloudy, temperatures in the 50s. Now as i mentioned, heres 8 00. Notice a couple showers coming on through. And well see a few of these popping up here and there. And then we get clear through the overnight hours. By tomorrow morning, were seeing plenty of sunshine. Another Beautiful Day tomorrow. However, it will be a little on by 7 00, temperature around 55 degrees. You wont need a coat. High temperatures tomorrow 58 in gathers berg. 59 over towards the area. Take a look at this forecast. Saturday and sunday, phenomenal. 74 on sunday. 78 on sunday. Halloween looking in our forecast. Chilly and dry. Temperatures there the 50s no matter what your costume is, you may need another layer underneath. Next front line workers accusing Metro Management of forcing them and threatening the sidestep Safety Practices all in theres a a School Bus Accident this afternoon and Jackie Bensen is there to tell us what happened. Reporter i want to show you whats going on. What i can tell you is this is it looks bad, but no injuries were seen. Thank goodness because you can charter bus that has a bunch of Young School Children on it. Impacted crash into a metro bus here at Eastern Avenue and randolph streets right at the Prince Georges County d. C. Border. Im told there are 43 young people on that bus. You can see them. You can see they have very serious faces. They are scared by whats going on here. Firefighters at Prince Georges County and d. C. Asel they are doing their best to try to calm them down and get everybody off that bus. This is a medical bus that has been brought in here. Thats the one with the red lights. You can see it and 43 children will be taken on board that bus. They will be examined for injuries. And they will be able to figure out if they have any type of injuries as a result of the impact this afternoon. Can you tell us right now, we hear the injuries are minor. Thats the most important thing. These are young kids. Most important, we want to tell parents to go to Childrens Hospital to collect their children. Some of the parents have been coming here. They want to take their children, but we need to have them taken to the hospital to be evaluated. So we would urge all parents to go to Childrens Hospital who reporter youre talking to firefighters over there right now. They seem to be bumps and bruises . These all appear to be minor injuries. There are a few exceptions. One child had a previous medical condition who is being transported because of a previous medical condition. Not due directly to the the side of it impacted with a metro bus just a short time ago when we get more information, well bring it to you. Back to you. Metro leaders heard from angry maintenance e employees. Workers are claiming that they are being bullied and pressured by Metro Management to rush through the safety fixes so service can resume. Adam tuss has been following these developments from metro headquarters where he evening. With so much maintenance going on with the metro system thrks doesnt look good. Metro employees saying they are being forced to break safety rules. All in order to get the l tracks back up and running. Management does not begin to listen and respect employees like us, the model will never reach its full potential. Reporter frustration from employees are sidestepping safety rules unless they get fixed quickly. Workers worry about being rushed into making a fatal mistake. Its terrified of angering the public. More concern they dont die. Reporter it goes farther. They are also worried about themselves. Do you feel like not all the time. No, i can can honestly say not all the time. Reporter a familiar line, safety trumps service. Officials point to a spike in cases recently where tracks have been taken out of service and trains slowed dough to safety failures. I think historically we say, no, deal with it now. Cast aside. We have to start. Coming up next hour, these employees are describing a hostile work environment. Well bring that to you. Thank you, adam. A reminder if youre taking part in this sundays pleern corps marathon, metro is not opening early. So you may need to consider another option to get to the start line. We posted those in our nbc its the selfie that landed Justin Timberlake in hot water in it his home state. Tennessee actually used the post urging people to vote to remind perspective voters that taing pictures in the voting booth is banned. E he said he had no idea that the state had actually passed a law prohibiting voter selfies. Good chance you might see or be tempted yourself to snap a picture when you go to the polls. Dont do it. We have a look at where you can and cant take selfies. Good advice. The voting booth has been a sacred place where youre the the only one who knows for sure who you voted for. But with everyone these days sharing more and more on social media, its no surprise that this has become an issue. Especially with how contested this election still theres some debate over whether people would actually even pull out their cell phones in the booth. I never thought about taking a selfie or picture while voting. Would you take a selfie . For memories. Whether you can take a picture or whether youll be pulling a timberlake depends on area. Heres what e we found. In the district, theres no ban at all. Election Officials Say they discourage from taking photos but they wont do anything to stop you. In maryland its a bit more up in the air. Electronic devices are banned in some polling places except the media. But even we cant photograph anything that shows how someone is voting. And in battleground weighed in on this and signed off on it. He says theres no law prohibiting voters from snapping pictures in the polling places. 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To get back to their homes. And 395 express lanes expansion project. You get to weigh in on it tonight at a public hearing. And Francis Hammond middle school. This project will take the 395 express lanes from duke street. A maryland man realizes the driving. How long hell spend in prison for hitting and killing a police officer. I dont usually see nfl in arts and crafts tables. One way the nfl is drawng up it is sentencing day for the driver who hit and killed officer noah after a night of drinking and drugs. Ten years thats the maximum in this case. The driver got e e emotional today when he spoke to the victims family in court. Chris gordon is live outside the courthouse with that reaction today. Reporter we moved inside. Killing the officer. He admitted that hes been an alcoholic drinking for 30 years and handing down the sentence today, the judge sent a message to the community. Noahs family thinks the drunk driver deserves live in prison, but they understand that the tenyear sentence the judge gave him is the maximum allowed under maryland law. This judge understood the gravity of the situation and everything going on in that courtroom and made the right decision. Reporter officer noah was hit at a holiday sobriety check point. He died a week later. Prosecutors say the 47yearold smoked marijuana and took a xanax before having ten drinks in a restaurant. He was a man on a mission to get intoxicated, the prosecutor said. Family saying the fact he was killed by me while trying to prevent what i was doing is a a tragedy. Ill never forgive myself. Because at the end of the day, rich and marci are still without their son. The Police Department is still without one of its great officers. Wu justice was served today as best it can be. Reporter the only place he can talk to say, yes, i think we made a difference today. The judge were too lean yet, guess what, today they proved me wrong and noah would be happy about that. Reporter ahead at 6 00, what rich had to say to the family of the driver who killed his son just minutes after the sentencing. Thats coming up at 6 00. We had a wet start. Whats it doing now . You look outside. The sunshining on the capital and were getting heavy rain in spots. Its very common in our area. Sun in one place and rain in the other. I want to give you impact times. Notice the timing there hitting frederick the city at and right around the 7 00 hour. St. Marys county, a a look at the bigger picture, the metro area for the most part looking completely dry. If youre heading to the d. C. Game tonight, going to bring the poncho just in case. Were at 63 degrees right now. Chilly side. As you head to the Haunted Houses or friday night lights, youll want the warm jacket. But its going to be dry. The commute to and from work that gets concerned is going to be the sun glare. The weekend is looking spectacular. Its not necessarily the weather wed expect for october, but well take it for this time of year. Runners want the summer gear versus winter gear. Temperatures for the race will be in the 60s and 70s. Great weekend to have brunch. You can have dinner outdoors both saturday and sunday. Lock at these numbers. No records, but really mild. A high of 62 on halloween. As the kids go out trick or treating, well be in the 50s. Youll want long sleeves under their tuesday, 66. Look at this. Wednesday, 80 degrees. Next thursday, 76. And then the next weekend, this is the first weekend in november, were in the mid60s. Also Daylight Saving time ends. So we get that extra hour of slope. If the circus around the election has stressed you out, thats the miniature horse. This draws more than 500 top horses and riders. That includes several olympic medal winners. You can see them both through sunday. Redskins are on the way to the airport as they are about to take off for london. They are going to meet a lot of across the pond. Carol maloney has been in london for awhile to show us how far reaching the nfl is going to make contact with foreign fans. Reporter when i say i went to vick tor ya house, i sound british today. Friendly drawing up support for american football. I dont usually see nfl in arts and crafts tables. One of the things we wanted to do is get kids and parents interacting together. They are designing footballs and jerseys. The goal of the nfl house is for american football to on. It was the redskins and dolphins super bowl. Ive been a a fan ever since. Sharing an american passion with a british accent. What do you like about hes just a good player. Hes skillful and athletic and a great person. How did that happen . We just like different teams. A family of four from bedford with an interesting game day sunday for sure. They will be at the game at wembley on sunday. The nfl house runs through sunday. After that it will be gone, but not forgotten. I love the family with these different teams. Thank you, carol. To Northern Virginia where firefighters are making sure you stay safe this season in giving you an incentive. The evening. The firefighters will deliver pizza to some randomly selected dominos customers. Firefighters will also check your smoke detectors. The Fire Department says youll only get your pizza if the detectors are working. One womans allegations have prompted dozens of others to come forward. They are all related to encount wers a College Student charged with sexual assault. How police say he led the woman found there after his arrest. And the next at 6 00, the history behind this Haunted House in virginia. From the famous general who roamed the halls to the popular novel written there. Nion electrician. I grew up working on his jobsites where he taught me the value of hard work and teamwork. Thats how i built two businesses from scratch right here in maryland and created thousands of jobs. In congress, i Work Across Party Lines from rebuilding roads to creating jobs and to strengthening social security. Roll up your sleeves and work with others. Thats what my dad did, and its what ill keep doing in congress. Im john delaney charges keep piling up against a student accused of sexually assaulting his classmates. The university of wisconsin madison student faced au charges. The story tonight from chris clackum. Reporter it was a courthouse for alex cook after the list of charges he faces for allegedly sexually assaulting fellow female students grew to 15 with prosecutors saying there could be more. Said cook strangle led and repeatedly raped her at his apartment in madison on october 12th, other female students have come forward claiming cook assaulted them too. Including one from last february. He saw him in News Coverage and thought back to what he did to her and how inappropriate it was. And felt compelled to come forward and explain what were glad she did. She was brave to do so. Cooks attorneys denied the allegations and say their client is a 20yearold business major with no criminal history. Cook remains behind bars until he posts bail and then has been ordered to stay away from the university campus. Chris clackum, nbc news. D. C. Where two buss collided. A bus driver told authorities he was unable to stop. That caused him to crash with a metro bus. The school bus was carrying dozens of Elementary School children. Jackie bensen is at the scene. Shes got an update on the injuries. Whats going on there . Take a look at this. As a parent, you see this and your heart just stops. You can see the school bus. Crashed into the metro bus and that red bus youre seeing right there is whats called an ambulance bus. Thats the bus that is take 43 children to Childrens Hospital right now. The Fire Department has told us, parents, get your children at Childrens Hospital. Bus as bad as that looks, those injuries are described as minor, which is a very, very good thing. Were told one young girl had some type of preexisting condition, but we dont have a lot of details. I can tell you that the firefighters and paramedics here at the scene did a tremendous job of trying to keep these children calm. All of them are under ten years old and some of them were just absolutely terrified calling for know every single one of these firefighters used a lot of tenderness to get these children on the bus, getting them checked out and sending them to Childrens Hospital. An investigation is just beginning into what caused this crash as a charter bus from the Charter School was taking students home here in northeast washington this afternoon