Information about what just happened on monday afternoon as students returned to school. News 4 Megan Mcgrath joins us. Reporter in the last hour and a half, we received word from police that additional arrests have been made in the murder of 16yearold brandon wilson, a student here at wood Bridge High School. Three suspects including the man that Police Believe pulled the trigger are now behind bars and the search is on for a fourth suspect. A teenager who is still on the loose. Word of the arrest comes as wood Bridge High School students returned to class for the First Time Since the murder. I was shocked that he died. Reporter the violent loss is still sinking in. There are grief counselors on hand. People are crying. Going to the counselors. Reporter it is the first day back to school since 16yearold Brendan Wilson, a junior at wood bridge, was shot to death. But this morning, there is comfort in news that the man police say pulled the trigger and two others are behind bars. It makes me feel better to know that im going to be a lot more safer since they arrested somebody. Reporter 20yearold kewayne small was arrested last night at his home in wood bridge. Police believe he fired the deadly shots. Also in custody, 18yearold kymithie wilson also of will bridge. A 17yearold was also been arre arrested. His name has not been released. Investigators say the suspects all new Brendan Wilson and the shooting stems from a drugrelated robbery. It happened on a path near woodbridge high skochool, often used by students to cut through the neighborhood. I dont thi it should have happened. Reporter while 2 of the 4 suspects are juveniles, police say they did not attend wood Bridge High School. Reporting live in wood bridge, Megan Mcgrath, news 4. Right now, nurses at Providence Hospital in northeast washington are on the picket lines. Its part of a national day of action to bring attention to what the nations Largest Nurses Union calls a lack of preparedness. Th news 4 has more on the strike. Reporter nurses at prove dins hospital are in the fourth hour of a 24hour strike. They are demonstrating outside of the hospital in northeast right now. The nurses are demanding better personal protective equipment at providence to handle ebola patients. They also want interactive training in ebola preparedness. The strike at providence is part of a countrywide and National Protest by National Nurses united which is the countrys Largest Nurses Union. We need safe staffing for our patients. We are not prepared for ebola. Our patients are suffering. The nurses are suffering. Were tired of it. We dont even have the adequate room. We dont have an isolation unit. Reporter the nurses at providence say they will strike for 24 hours until 7 00 tomorrow morning with a rally planned here at the hospital today at noon and a protest at the white house at 2 00. The hospital says they do have temporary nurses in place today. In northeast, kristin wright, news 4. Right now, European Spacecraft is landing on a comet. Lets check in with news 4 at the live desk. It literally just happened within the last minute and a half or so. Huge celebration right now going on. As we take you live and show you whats going on at Mission Control in germany. We saw a lot of anxiety building up to this moment. And what we just witnessed was everyone jumping up in the room. Throwing high fives all over the place. Right now, they are taking a look at what the spacecraft looks like as it landed on this icy comet. Now, this is history that was just made. For the first time, a spacecraft getting ready to land on that speeding comet. It took place. What youre looking at is an animation of what that image looked like. The spacecraft. Scientists have been using it to chase the 2 1 2 mile wide comet for the last decade. Millions of miles from earth. It safely landed. That unmanned rosetta probe now will take on the task of gathering a bunch of gases and chemicals. Things are going to help us understand the origin of life, how life began on this earth. Now, this, keep in mind, has been a 4 billion mile trip. So absolutely remarkable. That they were able to pull this off. Barbara. Thank you, angie. It is exciting. Well keep watching. Turning to our weather. Our final mild day of the week. Big changes are on the way. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first midday forecast. Weve been talking about it and talking about it for days. And now finally the colder air is starting to arrive. We made 71 degrees yesterday at Reagan National airport. Even though it will be close to 70 at national today, already temperatures back in the 50s out towards the blue ridge. Here you go, on storm team 4 radar. Nothing to worry about as far as rains concerned. Newest rain drops to us across new york and new jersey. Northern in our immediate vicinity. Temperatures in the low to mid50s in the shenandoah valley. 40s in western maryland where were inching close to 70 along east of i95. As you expect the kids to come home later this afternoon, temperatures about 62 by 2 00. Back into the 50s even in the metro area before 3 00 this afternoon and much chillier weather after that. Know where your winter coat is because youre going to need it. Its going to be cold for quite a while. Well talk about our next chance for rain in our seven day forecast. A woman says she was sexually assaulted after picking up a ride at a commuter lot in Prince William county. Take a look at the sketch. Police are hoping you can help them find the suspect. We posted this picture on the nbc washington facebook page. So you can share it with people you know who may use this particular lot. The attack happened around 5 30 yesterday morning in woodbridge. A woman says she was waiting for a bus when a man in another car asked her if she needed a ride. She got in the car and says the man exposed himself and then sexually assaulted her. Police say the man dropped the woman off on i95. The man accused of abducting a woman in philadelphia will be in court for a hearing. The Charles City County virginia Sheriffs Department tell us fbi agents picked up dell vin barns for his hearing in philadelphia. Barns is accused of abducting a 22yearold woman off the street in philadelphia it the random attack was caught on camera. The Sheriff Department tells us barns will be tried in philadelphia first before he faces separate charges for the attempted murder a 16yearold girl last month in virginia. Today, the man convicted for killing chandra levy is back in d. C. Court. He is trying to get a new trial in this case. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison after his conviction in 2010 but defense lawyers are questioning the testimony of a key prosecution witness in this case. Armando says wandiki confessed to him to the killing while he was in jail but defense lawyers are trying to prove he lied for liency in his own case. A prominent rabbi accused of voyeurism was back in a d. C. Courtroom. The rabbi had a status hearing. He served at kesher israel for 25 years. Hes accused of taping women in a ceremonial changing room at the synagogue. He was also a professor. Hes been suspended for both those jobs. Right now, firefighters remain on the scene of a large fire at a Townhouse Community in waldorf, maryland. Chopper 4 just got this video. Were making calls and well bring you up to date in just a few minutes. Also right now, part of a neighborhood is evacuated after two sinkholes open up. The concern that has police the concern that has police guarding that area. What youre doing now, janice. Blogging. Your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. Its called a fashion blog, todd. Well, ive been helping people save money with progressives discounts. Flo, can you get janice a job . [ laughs ] you shouldve stuck to softball i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. Wheres your wife, todd . Vacation. Discounts like homeowners, multipolicy i got a discount on this ham. Ive got the meat sweats. This is good ham, diane. Paperless discounts give it a rest, flo. All yeah, flo, give it a rest. Down the chimney . It wait, how does he fit up the chimney . How does he keep down all that milk . How much does 7 billion presents weigh . I just dont get it. Why dont you ask him yourself . Santa join us at Busch Gardens christmas town, where christmas shines brightest. Celebrate beneath the glow of 8 million twinkling lights. Get upclose to penguins, and experience spectacular shows, all at Busch Gardens. For the best ticket offers, visit christmastown. Com today. Breaking news into the live desk out of charles county. Chopper 4 right now over a townhouse fire on spy glass hill court. This is in waldorf. We can see there fighting this fire earlier. Theyre still in the process of getting the smoke and contained. Youll notice there are some flames there. A lot of hot spots. Prince georges county even being called in to help with this blaze. No one is hurt. The cause of the fire, still unknown. Were told here at news 4 the fire started at the end unit and it quickly spread. Barbara. Thank you, angie. Take a look at this street in florida. Where a new sinkhole opened overnight. Right now, deputies there are guarding the area to keep anyone from going near it. You can see it at the bottom of your screen it you look closely. This is the town of holiday on the states west coast near tampa. The very same block as another sinkhole that swallowed a car. No one was hurt here. One nearby home was condemned. Six others are evacuated. Deputies say the sinkholes are growing. A third one could happen at any time now. The elections are over. Its time to get back to work. What they will get done if anything. Well find out. Were going to talk about that coming up. Plus, two pieces for shopping advice for you. Two pieces of advice. How to find the best holiday deals. Its a breezy day out here already but these are north winds and that means the cooldown has already begun. Exactly how cold were going to get and how long were going to stay there. Thats coming up with your new this morning, a major milestone on climate change. President obamas goal is to reduce emissions up to 28 by 2025. China agreed to do what it can to reduce its carbon emissions. Emitters of greenhouse gases, we have a special responsibility to lead the effort against climate change. Its not clear yet how the u. S. Or china will meet these new goals shortly after the announcement. President obama left beijing. Hell spend a few days in in myanmar for the association of southeast asians summit. Two u. S. Senators say theyre optimistic a jailed man in northern cuba will be released. Gross has threatened to take his own life if he is not released by his birthday next may. New mexico senator tom udall say while they are optimistic, there is no indication cuba will take any action soon. Hes serving a 15year sentence, accused of spying for the u. S. Government. Gross says he was there to set up Internet Service in jewish communities there in cuba. Cuba says it will release gross in exchange for cuban agents jailed in the u. S. Today, a local College Professor officially becomes a u. S. Congressman. House Speaker John Boehner will swear in dave bratt during a ceremony in the capitol. He upset the longtime majority leader eric cantor in the primary. He went on to win the election in the seventh district by beating a fellow professor from Randolph Macon college. Right now, congress is back at work for the First Time Since the midterm election. Topping the ambitious agenda, this afternoon, the senate will hold a hearing on the handling of the ebola crisis. This is the first hearing in the senate since the first u. S. Case of ebola was diagnose signatured in dallas. Both the senate and house are back in session for the first time in weeks. For more on that, were joined by mark murray nbc political editor. Expecting to get anything done at all . There are some things that can get done but probably not as much as the previous lame duck after the republican had their big win in 2010. The chief items, one, just keeping the government open. They still have to pass something. So or the government will shut down. They used to do it for a whole year but in the last few terms weve seen it only for a few months, right . This thing of either a continuing resolution or do you end up passing one final omnibus legislation that puts all the final appropriations bills. Count on some type of Government Fund to keep the doors open for some period of time. And as you just mentioned, the lead in, ebola funding. Theres a request for 6 billion from president obama to be able to fund that. What about tax extenders . There are some tax cuts and taxes that do expire, barbara. And so youre going to see a lot of members of congress and their lobbyists busy at work, to making sure that these tax cuts stay in place. Two things, Keystone Pipeline and immigration of course are things that the president has worked on. Expect to hear anything about that before the end of the session . I dont think immigrations going to go anywhere. More likely president obama is going to end up having his executive action when it comes to immigration, than congress doing anything on that. So that is and then keystone xl, it looks like theres going to be a vote in the United States senate on that, also to be able to help out. Mary landrieu in that runoff in louisiana. Barbara, thats something president obama could veto where he says look, there still needs to be more time. Lets hear what he said about his wife. I dont know what hillarys going to do. Thats true. If i did, i wouldnt tell you. But i dont know. Does he know . Whats going to happen . Sometimes its interesting to parse the words from the former president. All indications are shes going to make a run and in fact if shes not she had to explain either now or several weeks ago she wasnt running to be able to help other democrats who might be considering the race. Everyone is on the expectation shes going to run. The question is when does she start setting up that president ial committee. For more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on n nbcnews. Com. We will be live in denver, colorado, where the cold is breaking records out there. Temperatures today are only expected in the Single Digits in colorado. And hiring our heroes. Best buy and target getting a jump on black friday. Releasing their catalog on their websites. Both retailers are planning deep discounts on Electronics Like tvs, headphones, fitness trackers and ipads. Youll have to wait until 5 00 on thanksgiving to get the deals at best buy. Targets going to open at 6 00. And we are working for you to keep you safe and secure this Holiday Shopping season. Apple pay, google wallet, credit cash, we have more Payment Options now when it comes to paying at a register. Is it safer . Is one safer than the other . News 4s erica good hnzalez is g an entire week of stories to keep you safe during the holidays. Were glad to have this information. We tackle a different issue for consumers and tonight its Payment Options. Big breaches have shoppers really nervous about whats going to happen if and when they swipe their cards. But the National Retail federation says more and more people are switching over to chip cars. That could revolutionize shopping in the years to come. Think if the Credit Card Companies do it right this will be the last season where people sign for their purchases. Suppose you have one and the store you go to does not have the machine to use it. You can still use the chip card at those retailers. You still will be able to swipe the cards instead. As the chip cards are being rolled out retailers are getting everything in place the Credit Card Companies are also trying to send those out at the same time to make sure everybodys on the same page. If youve got a question about Holiday Shopping, you can send them to me on facebook. Just search news 4 consumer watch. My team and i will do our best to answer them for you on news 4 coming up on friday. Thank you. Well see you tomorrow. Right now, police are making a plan in case more violence breaks out in ferguson, missouri. How the parents of a teen killed by police there are trying to get worldwide attention to whats happening in ferguson. Yes, ha, ha. Plus, how this excited homeowner catches a thief red handed. And our first look at the seven day forecast coming up. Chuck bell has two things to keep an eye out for, cold and keep an eye out for, cold and rain. You want i fix this mess . A mess . I dont think whats that . Snapshot from progressive. Plug it in, and you can save on Car Insurance based on your good driving. You sell to me . No, its free. You want to try . I try this if you try. Not this. Okay. Da right now, we are in the 50s and 60s in our region. Other places in the west are not so lucky. Heres a look at radar. An arctic blast is causing temperatures to drop. Nbcs leanne greg joins us live from denver where temperatures are 50 degrees below normal. Whats it like out there, leann . It is frigidly cold. Minus 1 degree with the windchill throughout the day between 10 and 20 degrees below. Just a few days ago here at washington park, people were enjoying much different scene. Temperatures in the 70s. After an unseasonably warm fall. This has been quite an extreme. Not only for denver but across colorado and the region. This system is huge, affecting twothirds of the United States with these freezing temperatures. Up to two feet of snow in the upper midwest. Its moving toward the east now into the midwest and then it will go on into the east just as this is happening, another system is moving in in the Pacific Northwest which will bring more snow to this area later in the week. You can see the snow continuing to fall here in denver. Were expecting up to 3 inches by this afternoon. And about half a foot or more in the foothill areas. Again, the real story, though, are these plummeting temperatures. Record breaking. The highs today are so low that they havent been this low in close to 100 years. Back to you, barbara. Leann, it looks beautiful out there. The first snow is always one that people look forward to. I guess they cant wait for it to be over now. Oh, thats right, the cold, the snow is beautiful but the cold is brutal. Yeah. All right. Stay warm if you can. Thanks again, leann. Thank you. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us now with a look at our forecast. Nothing quite like that. Nothing so dramatic. Were not going to go from 70s to Single Digits like they did out there. We will go from 71 yesterday to the time we wake up on saturday morning, most of the areas will be in the 20s. Thats a 50degree drop over two or three days as opposed to places like denver that did a 70 degree drop in barely more than 24 hours. The cold, once it gets here, it has no intentions of leaving. We could be in store for an extended period of below average weather. Its been a while since weve seen one. The longest stretch, look back on the record being boos, we had a period where we went as many as six days with temperatures below average burr ou longest stretch of below average temperatures this whole year was 11 days in a row, february 6 to the 17. And wait until you see our seven day forecast. All below average for the next seven days and likely that stretch will continue out past seven days from now. 67 mild degrees at Reagan National airport right now. Oh, this is the story right here. A northwest wind at 24 miles per hour. That means that it may still be mild. But already the colder air is sinking in fast. 59 in leesburg. 55, martinsburg. Already 50 in thermot, maryland. Hourly temperatures is a big spread on the map. In and around the metro area, hell be low to mid60s for the next couple of hours. Trailing off very quickly. Most of the suburbs in the 40s by 7 00 or 8 00 this evening. Big weather changes means you need to stay ahead of the forecast. Best way to do that is download our storm team 4 weather app and get your forecast in the palm of your hand. The cold air is ariling now. Well be 20 to 30 degrees colder tomorrow afternoon than we are this afternoon. So prepare for a real chill. We started out at 60 this morning. Well be in the 30s tomorrow. And then not month of a rise. Highs tomorrow only in the 40s. A chance for some rain showers coming in, second part of the day tomorrow. Future weather, sunshine and a gusty northwest wind for the remainder of the day today. The colder air really settles in overnight tonight. Wakeup temperatures tomorrow morning down near the freezing mark in the shenandoah valley. As we go through the day tomorrow, clouds roll in about lunchtime tomorrow. By tomorrow, 3 00 in the afternoon, theres a little chance for some light rain showers to come through here. Most likely time for rain is after 2 00 in the afternoon. And that companiy s comes to an midnight. So shower chances around here. And then the sunshine, chilly sunshine, is back on friday. And its going to stay that way on into the weekend. Heres your sevenday forecast. 68 today in town. Its already cooler than that out north and west. 40s tomorrow with that chance of some showers in here late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. Chilly sunshine back for friday, saturday, and then sunday, the clouds come back in here. Wakeup temperatures in the mid20s. Barbara, that will be the end of the flower growing season for everybody. I have roses still blooming. Bundle them up. Theyre going to be gone. Thanks a lot. New at midday this morning, news 4 has con firmed that jesse matthew, the suspect in the death of uva student hannah graham, has been transferred to a Fairfax County jail. Matthew is also wanted in connection with a fairfax rape in 2005. He was being held in charlottesville. Matthew is scheduled to be in court on friday. And right now, the city of ferguson, missouri, is bracing for more potential trouble over the shooting death of Michael Brown. Will announce if officer wilson will face charges for killing brown. City leaders and police are worried about public reaction. Police have been boarding up businesses and pleading to the media to appeal for calm. Weeks of protest followed the shooting. Officials are trying to make sure things remain peaceful. Browns parents were in geneva, switzerland this morning. Their lawyer did most of the talking at the committee against torture. Their parents say they want the world to know whats going on in ferguson. Me and his mother, we came here to the u. N. To get justice for our son. A pig pabig part of this is attempt to chab the attitude and approach by the city of ferguson and st. Louis chey look at the this loss of life at the hands of a police officer. Lesley mcspaden and Michael Brown senior testified behind closed doors yesterday. The u. N. Committee works against cruel or degrading treatment or punishment by government authorities. A new report by the fbi shows Deadly Force Incidents involving police are the highest in 20 years. There were 461 justifiable homicides last year. Thats the most in 20 years according to the fbi report. But not all Police Agencies participate in the annual count. So the homicide count could be more. The database it is under scrutiny as questions are raised about the use of deadly force by police. Were hearing from the father and daughter who survived a house fire in arlington that killed a mother and daughter. They were killed in the fire last week. 11yearold sarah survive and is in the hospital with burns. Sarahs father managed to grab a ladder and rescue her. He tried to go back in and save his wife and other daughter but the fire was too intense. Its the most difficult decision i ever made in my life. When i walked down that ladder, i did i felt helpless. I want to jump in but i figured if i did, and i didnt get out, shed on orphan. I didnt want to leave them. Neighbors have raised 60,000 to help the family. If youd like to help, weve posted a link on our website. Just search fire survivors. And were following breaking news in mcclane right now. We know the names connected to a violent Home Invasion in Fairfax County. Take a look. Police say alicia shmole and andrew shmole of springfield are suspects. Theyve been charged with two counts of abduction and two unit coulds of malicious wounding. The attack may be linked to a workplace argument, police say. The victims right now still in the hospital. Police spent the night searching for clues last night along spencer road in mcclane. Its within that house they say the victims lived. A man and a woman. And they say they were stabbed by a couple sunday night. Barbara, thats the latest. All right, thank you, angie. Right now, hiring our heroes job fare is connecting employers and veterans in the district. A look at the opportunities available today. And they are diets youve probably tried. Do they really work long term . We have the results of a new study o say can you see today, officials are saying the concert for valor was a big success. Tens of thousands of you came out to see the free show to honor veterans which included performances from a lot of stars. Right now, crews are cleaning up from all the activity. The crowds didnt leave much trash behind but you can see all the huge set pieces that have been taken down now. News 4 was on the mall early this morning to watch as crews began. Right now, hundreds of people are taking part in a special event for veterans. Theres still time for you to attend the hiring our heroes job fair which nbc 4 is a proud partner of. News 4s Kristen Wright with more. Reporter barbara, the hiring our heroes job fair really means so much to veterans and Service Members who are here today. Its a chance for them to gain employment. Its livelihood. Its that sense of pride that s with working, after giving so much of themselves. About 75 employers are here today from diverse fields. Police departments. Federal agencies. Banking. To name just a few. The u. S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and its hiring our Heroes Campaign set out in 2011 to find jobs for 500,000 heroes. The big news today is that they have surpassed that number and, in fact, businesses here and across the country have now pledged to hire 580,000 heroes. Those are job commitments from more than 1700 companies nationwide. Vets and military women at todays job fair can feel hopeful. Im hoping to find a permanent position in the federal government because ive been working as a federal contractor so im trying to find something more stable. It brings the employers to you. It allows you to market your skills. It allows you to work on your resume. It assists with easing the transition. If you are a service member, a veteran, or a military spouse, its not too late for you to come to the job fair. Its open until 1 00. Live at joint base and cost ya, news 4. The Supreme Court could help put some extra money in your pockets. Plus, the Mental Health conditions that can now be diagnosed with the help of tests like the ct scan. Today, we want to honor a veteran in our audience right now but she has no idea were about to change her life. Meet the d. C. Woman meredith surprises. Thats today at 1 00 o what would you do if you saw someone breaking into your home and you were 1,000 miles away . Thats what happened to one woman. She was in philadelphia when she got an alert from her phone. Thats when she looked at a Security Camera app and saw a woman breaking into her condo. This woman and man come walking into our beautiful apartment in florida. Ive got a clean picture of this womans face and i really want im not letting this go. This is not a minor issue. The burglars got away with the camera and an empty safe. The Supreme Court hears a case today that could lead to tax refunds for some of you in maryland. The court will decide whether the states piggyback tax on out of state income is legal. Maryland does not make certain people pay taxes on income made in other state but everyone is required to pay county taxes on that income. Maryland could be on the hook for 150 million in back taxes for residents. The reaction to this next story has been nonstop on nbc washingtons facebook page. The Montgomery County school board decided to stop naming the holidays on the calendar. More than 3600 have weighed in on our facebook page. The district gives students a day the day off for christian and jewish high holidays. But not for the islamic ones. This is in maryland. After a push to add islamic holidays, the board chose to remove all of the names of the holidays instead. However your children will still have off on christmas and yarmulke poand you can still register your feelings about that. Diagnose a long list of conditions but can these same tests be used to treat Mental Health disorders . Joshua weiner joins us this morning with some answers for us. Were hearing more about this. Can you explain what kind of radio logic tests are they doing on peoples brains i suppose to try to determine . We have two types of scans. You have straurt plans which are things like cat scans and mris. They will take pictures of the brain anatomy. And then you have functional scans. These are things like speck scans. These are functional mris. These are actually showing brain activities alive. Does this show any difference between the normal brain and a person who may have some issues . Mental Health Issues . We do see differences. Adhd, we see decreased activity in the front part of the brain. When people have adhd. For people with schizophrenia, they have enlarged ventricles. People with anxiety we think have overactive amygdala. The problem is the science really hans progressed yet to the point where we can really use it clinically. But do they use them to diagnose an illness . If you saw the things you just described, could you say, okay, this person probably has this, and we can move on with a treatment . No, were not at that point. Theyre doing a lot of studies. Theyre seeing small differences between the brains of people without certain condition and those in people with conditions but its not at the diagnostic level yet. I think everybody wants to prove theres actually something going on with the brain. I think that will not only help potentially with Treatment Options but as well as decreasing the stigma associated with Mental Illness. Im sure courts would like to use Something Like that too but theyve not gone there either. Exactly no. You would not recommend this . I would not. There are clinics that are offering some tests. Theyre very expensive. I think a lot of people become desperate and they really end up, i think, doing things that really are not scientifically backed. There are some clinics out there that will take pictures of your brain using scans or functional mris and theyll claim based on your particular results they can target the treatment specifically to you. I think the science is not there. Dont recommend it to patients. I really dont think its a good idea. Why do most people feel they need a positive diagnosis . Because they dont want to take pills or have certain treatments they dont need if the brain isnt showing thats the problem . Thing they want to be able they think people think maybe if we get a particular scan of my brain, were going to have more success in the treatment. People are doing this after theyve failed certain treatments. Theyre hoping with this greater information they might be able to get the help theyve been looking for. I also think theyre looking to say to people and their families, see, this really isnt my fault, theres nothing wrong with me, its a biological problem, a brain functioning problem. I think that is the case. I think we are going there. I think in 20 years the science might go there. Its just not yet. Were looking closely at anything we can that has to do with Mental Illness at nbc 4 this whole year. We hope some progress is being made to figure out exactly what is going on with so many people who have problems. Its a very complicated organ and you dont want to take pieces of the brain to look at it. Thank you so much, dr. Weiner. Our time right now, 11 51. Coming up, are some diets better than others for longterm success . Youll want to know this. Plus, the cold arrives and sticks around. Storm Team Meteorologist chuck bell let were following several developing stories. Including nurses at Providence Hospital who are on strike. This is part of a national day of action to bring attention to what the nations Largest Nurses Union calls a lack of ebola preparedness. Look for an update starting on news 4 at 4 00 today. The man accused of abducting a woman in philadelphia is expected in court. The charles city virginia Sheriffs Department tells us fbi agents picked up dell vin barnes for his hearing in philadelphia. He is accused of abducting a 22yearold woman in philadelphia. Stay with news 4 and nbcwashington. Com for updaintte and the European Space agency is celebrating a cosmic touchdown. The spacecraft landed on a comet for the first time in history. Caps off a 4 billionmile journey. We hope to get you new pictures of the landing later today. In news for your health, some of the popular diets come up short over type in the battle of the bulge. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk reports. Reporter americans spend 66 billion a year trying to beat the bulge. Everyone searching for the Silver Bullet. Doctors compared existing research on four of the most popular diet plans. Adkins, the zone, Weight Watchers and south beach. Finding all four modestly successful in the first year but these benefits are not sustained long term. Among the four diets, there was insufficient proof was more beneficial than the other. It basically says all of the claims about one diet versus another diet and everybody says theyre the best, theres just no there there. There are no data to back that up. In a statement, says diets do work, the key is to find a diet an individual can sustain. A point echoed by the doctor who invented the zone. You need to pick a way of life and stick to it. Weight watchers which showed a slight shortterm edge over the others maintains it is a prove be program. Where does all of this leave the Silver Bullet . Just as elusive as others. We need to grow up about weight and health and recognize theyre like everything else. If you want to get there from here, it actually involves time and patience and effort. That was stephanie ghosk reporting. Researchers say it should be broad overall lifestyle changes, the changes that are difficult to make. Or get out and run like you do and stay as thin. I dont know about the thin but i continue to run. Another five or six miles yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful to be outside. Not so much anymore. Thats it. Winter running season is officially here. Get out the long running pants. The cold airs arriving now. Well be 20 to 30 greadegrees cr starting tomorrow and going through the rest your sevday. Average high is 59. After today in the plus territory, every other day is in the minus category. Temperatures 10 to 15 degrees colder than average. If we had a 10 to 14 day forecast, temperatures will stay well below average through the next 10, maybe 14 days so well see. Were going into winter now, huh . Winter has officially arrived. At least by your thermometer. Thanks so much. Thats news 4 midday. Invite you to tune in for news at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00 and well be back here at 11 00 tomorrow with news 4 midday. Until then have a terrific day. You cant breathe through your nose, suddenly, youre a mouth breather. A mouth breather well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. Cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38 more. So you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do, sleep. Add breathe right to your Cold Medicine shut your mouth and sleep right. Breathe right. And look for the calming scent of new breathe right lavender, in the sleep aisle. Abigail i hope its okay that i just, um, stopped by like this. Ben oh, yeah. Of course. Of course. Abigail actually, um, i was kind of hoping we could talk. About us. Daniel no, no, no problem. I have surgery scheduled a little later today. Yeah. No, i will take care of it when i get there. Okay, thank you. Bye. Let me just find my keys. What is that . Thats weird. Is this jjs . Eve whos there with you . Jj no one. And abig