Normal. Branch avenue here you can see at speed at 54 Miles Per Hour. Again going to keep an eye on the situation in gaithersburg for you. Weather is looking better than my traffic this morning. Not as chilly as yesterday morning but still a chill in the air on this monday morning. Your monday headlines mild afternoon and then a chance of some rain moving in by this time tomorrow morning. Temperatures right now in Montgomery County just near 40 degrees as is Fairfax County. Low 40s now Prince Georges County near 50 in washington by the bay. Parts of Northern Virginia have dipped down into the upper 30s including Prince William county and Fauquier County. Theres Shenandoah Valley this morning. And heading out the door and waiting for the bus, youll definitely need a jacket. Well stay in the 40s between now and 8 00. Bright sunshine. Milder between 8 00 and 9 00. Into the mid 50s with bright sunshine. Next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 6 11. The storm team 4x4 hits the road and were going to fedex field for the game forecast. Chuck bell will join us live then. Back to you. All right. Thank you. 6 02. Now to a developing story right now. An nbc news cameraman diagnosed with ebola is on his way to nebraska. The plane took off from liberia yesterday after a quick stop to refuel in bangor, maine, the jet is on course for omaha. This comes after another u. S. Patient, thomas duncan, is battling for his life. His condition was downgraded over the weekend from serious to critical. The head of the centers for Disease Control will brief president obama on the ebola situation later on today. Two patients in our area who were being tested for the disease do not have it. The centers for Disease Control says a patient admitted to Howard University hospital does not have ebola. A person at sahady grove hospitl in rockville was also tested for exposure and that test was negative. Police told us they brought a warrant to arrest a man at his apartment on wheeler road southeast this weekend. When they showed up, he brought out a gun and according to police he would not put it down. They say the officers then shot him. Vdot will kick off a project that could mess with your commute. Crews in alexandria replacing pipes on north king highway south of the beltway. The road work should not impact your drive home. You can expect to see it in that area at least until the end of the month. As you get ready to head out this morning, we want to tell you about a major metro project getting under way. Today metro is shutting down escalators at one of the busiest stations to make them work better for you. News4s Megan Mcgrath live at the bethesda metro station for more. Reporter were on that escalator right now. You can see just how long it is. 106 feet long to be exact. Its the second longest escalator in the western hemisphere and theyre on the way out. These are over 30 years old and theyre going to start swapping them out. The work actually getting under way today and so what that means for riders here at bethesda metro station is youll have one less escalator to get you where you want to go and that of course could mean some crowding as you make your way to and from work. Two escalators will be working. One in each direction but that third escalator is going to be down as they swap it out. The work is expected to take 2 1 2 years. People should also keep in mind if they do have issues with overcrowding, theres the possibility that they could shut the station down until things thin out. Youll want to have just alternative plans in case they have to do that on occasion. Inconvenient for a lot of people but when its all said and done, there will be three brand new escalators and things should be much better. Reporting live from the bethesda metro station, Megan Mcgrath, news4. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. The longest game in playoff history could turn into a short stay in the playoffs for the nats. They face elimination today when they play the San Francisco giants shortly after 5 00. That game is in San Francisco. To move on in the playoffs, the nationals will have to win today, tomorrow and in a possible game five later this week. I think we can do this. I really do. The team is awesome. Im just hoping we can pull out a win especially today. We know a lot of you are pulling for the team to win as well. A lot of people have their good luck thing. Maybe you dont change your socks or underwear for some people. Grow beards and wear red. Some people kick it up a notch and take it to the next level. One guy did that with a rubber chicken and a kitchen knife. Here we go. One, two, three. Yea lets go nats. A rubber chicken were talking about here. The guy who cut the head off that rubber chicken calls himself the rubber chicken man. He said hes been doing this ritual since 2005 to help the nats win. So far the nationals have been doing each year better and better and better and so we continue to knock the heads off. One, two, three. Yea lets go nats. Hes been doing this for a while. Last time he did this was memorial day when the team was having a rough time. And he says right after that, turned things right around for them. I guess fans are saying whatever it takes. Willing to do anything to get a win tonight. Whatever it takes. Youre absolutely right. Nats are not the only Washington Team on a major stage tonight. The redskins take on the seahawks as well. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has storm team 4x4 at fedex field for your game time forecast. A study that no parent wants to hear about. Sexting is the norm among teenagers and well look at whether that choice is changing their behavior. Were staying on top of a developing story. One airman killed and two others missing in a typhoon in japan. Why the search to find them has be you might have noticed things are looking pretty good at southwest. Our dazzling smiles. Our incredible good looks. Our new ride. And some shiny, new nonstops ready for takeoff. Youre going to need more reasons to travel. Because flying new nonstops on southwest is looking pretty good. Book your low fare now at southwest. Com welcome back. High schools may do more than offer an education. A new Study Suggests they may be a good source for healthcare services. University of colorado researchers surveyed teens who visited a School Based Health center in denver. Most visited because they were sick or because they needed a vaccine. More than 70 of teens and parents said they had a good experience. A disturbing new Study Suggests sexting is becoming a normal part of teenage life. Researchers at the university of texas just wrapped a sixyear study. They say its surprisingly common for kids to text sexually explicit photos before actually having sex. The study found no link between sexting and future risky sexual behavior. 6 11 our time. Tonight the redskins take center stage to monday night football. Our team takes on the Seattle Seahawks, the defending super bowl champions and its a home game. We sent meteorologist chuck bell to fedex field with the storm team 4x4. Chuck . Good morning, aaron, once again inside the 4x4 diving deep through data trying to figure out how were going to win this game. Im on the twitter feed for the redskins. They think the answer tonight is number 12. Andre roberts has experience with seattle. He knows their tricks and he doesnt like pete carroll. Lacks like the weath looks like the weather will be good. You need an extra layer of warmth. Temperatures in landover, maryland, were at 51 degrees but many suburbs are still in the 40s. Bit of a morning chill this morning. Temperatures 60s by lunchtime and most neighborhoods in the low 70s for highs today. So a very nice day. It will be dry. That also should favor the home team because it rains all the time in seattle. They would prefer rainy weather. It will be dry and breezy. Game time temperatures will be in the 60s. You may want to have a Little Something to wear just to keep you on the warm side out at the game. Tom will be back with your sevenday forecast in ten minutes. For now, Melissa Mollet has breaking news with first 4 traffic. Breaking news in gaithersburg. Were talking about Snouffer School road. This is some time. Chopper 4 over the scene. Petco trying to get the downed wires out of the way. Otherwise looking good at this point this morning. Travel times to share with you. Were pretty much on time around town. 95 northbound from quantico to the beltway, a tad slow. Outer loom from 95 to 270 on time at ten minutes. Im back in ten minutes. Thank you. A scare on the tarmac. The investigation into how two planes bumped into each other. Trapped in a hot air balloon as it landed in the ocean. Its unforgettable. Thats all i can say. Dont know if well do it again. For the couple onboard this hard landing was only the second hard landing was only the second most memorable part of the tr hardin Fairfax County the second most memowe had to cut the tr a lot of waste. We consolidated offices. Started sharing printers. We can walk a few feet. Replaced computers, but kept the monitors. They still work fine. We even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three Million Dollars i approve this message because congress doesnt need another right winger. They need someone who can balance a budget. Oh, and we definitely didnt need so many government studies. Ive been preparing. I have the right feeling going into tomorrow. I know that what ive worked on for the last eight months is going to be at my fingertips. Doug fister says hes ready and hell pitch for the nationals tonight with their pennant hopes on the line here. Fister faced the opposing pitcher in the world series two years ago. It is anyones game tonight. Go nats. The search is on hold to find two american airmen missing off the coast of japan. The water is too rough. A huge typhoon swept four airmen into the ocean this weekend. One died. Right now another is recovering on the mainland. People in tokyo are bracing for the storm as it is heading their way. This morning ntsb is investigating a tarmac fenderbender at new yorks jfk airport. A delta connection plane was parked waiting to approach its gate last night when it was hit by a jordanian flight. The Royal Jordanian planes nose hit the tail of the smaller delta connector. No one was hurt and neither plane was seriously damaged. We learned new information about deadly stabbing in Montgomery County. Police say that 18yearold andrew david stabbed his uncle to death, russell david, saturday night in the home that they shared in gaithersburg. Police believe the two may have been fighting. Its been almost two months since a ferguson, missouri, Police Officer shot and killed an unarmed man. The family of Michael Brown is asking for the officers immediate arrest. The grand jury is determining whether there is enough evidence to arrest darren wilson. Community activists, clergy and the brown family lawyer called for swift justice yesterday. You got a factual dispute issue, you take it to the jury. If you take it to the jury, he should be charged. He should be booked and fingerprinted and we should get what we asked for from the very beginning which is justice. The grand jury has until january to decide whether the officer should be charged. Last week officials investigated a claim that the jury leaked information related to the case. The search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370 received new focus and new equipment. An australia ship has been outfitted with sonar, video cameras and jet fuel sensors to find the missing plane. Search efforts were put on hold for four months while the ships were customized. They will spend a year looking for the plane that disappeared without a trace on march 8th. Theyll focus on a 23,000 mile patch of the indian ocean off the australian coast. All of you oriole fans are pumped for the pennant. This is cover of the baltimore suns sport section today. Otown. Os swept the Detroit Tigers and beat three of the leagues best pitchers in the process. Orioles play on friday in front of a home crowd and we expect it will be going pretty wild out at camden yards. Os have not been this far in the playoffs since 1997. Theyll play the Kansas City Royals who havent been to the playoffs for 29 years. Players say it doesnt matter who the opoeponent is, theyre willing to defy expectations. To win three in a row was pretty shocking. A lot of people had us at underdogs. That shows what you kind of team we have and what kind of guys we have. Both teams will have plenty of rest before the series starts. We know youll be talking about it before then. In fact, right now the hashtag alcs is number one trending topic on twitter in our area. A lot of kids grew up in this area as os fans because there was no baseball in d. C. Some stayed. Some jump shipped. Were excited for both. Everyone gets behind the os. They didnt just sort of kind of sort of beat the tigers. They whipped the tigers. Im still looking ahead to the San Francisco giants game for our nationals. Im getting nervous. Keep hope alive. 20 minutes after 6 00. Breaking news on the roads right now. Lets go to Melissa Mollet in first 4 traffic. Breaking news in gaithersburg. Snouffer school road shut down between centerway and 124 because of downed wires. Petco out on the scene along with police redirecting traffic. Your best bet as far as alternates is goshen road. 270 is looking pretty good at this point this morning. No major problems there. Wider look at things, you can see were slow here 295 passing 50. Otherwise we look typical for this time of day. 66 and 95 okay. 95 through dale city is slow as normal at this time of day. Follow us on twitte twitter first4traffic. Good morning, tom. You are looking better than i am today. We have got another chilly morning and the temperatures are down into the 30s to just near 40 degrees around many of the rural areas. Closer to washington suburbs in Fairfax County, low 40s. Low 40s Montgomery County and in Prince Georges County. Right now in washington its near 50 and in the low 50s right near the chesapeake bay. Upper 30s Prince William, fauquier and in the Shenandoah Valley this morning. And definitely need a jacket, long sleeves and long pants this morning as were going to stay chilly herehrough mid morning and a nice warming after you need the heater on driving this morning. Well have beautiful afternoon. Turn the heater off and have windows open and youll need sunglasses and well be in low 70s by later this afternoon. Quite a dramatic warming from where we are now under a partly cloudy sky. Tomorrow morning we might get a few sprinkles of light rain right around this time tomorrow morning and then some sun back midday on tuesday into the mid 70s. Perhaps an afternoon shower as well. A small chance of that ending any showers tuesday night, wednesday beautiful day. Bright sunshine. Morning lows 50s. Afternoon highs into the upper 70s and on thursday, still mild. 40s in the morning. Afternoon highs low 70s. Friday, for the game friday, it could be rainout. Looks like a wet day on friday. Temperatures just near 70 degrees. And then over the weekend we dry out just in time. Morning lows 50s on saturday. Afternoon highs upper 60s. Upper 60s again sunday. Great weather for outdoor activities. Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 31. Hometown high temperatures for the day ahead. Erin . Tens of thousands of people are back at work and students are back in class following massive protests that shut down parts of hong kong. Today is the deadline for prodemocracy demonstrators to scale back protests. Demonstrators say they have taken steps to begin negotiations with government leaders. Protestors are demanding political reform. A hot air balloon ride near san diego, california, is one to remember. Take a look. A man was proposing to his girlfriend during the sunset ride yesterday when the balloon drifted off course and hovered over the water. My fiance and i were getting engaged up there. Next thing you know the balloon was veering off toward the water and on our way back to land so air was stagnant so it was going straight down. Couldnt go back this way. With the help of some lifeguards and surfers, the balloon made it back to shore. No one was hurt. At least they will have a memorae story to tell because they survived. If you went to bed early, you missed a touching moment during the bengals patriots game. They donned replica jerseys to honor devon stills daughter, leah. The 4 year old recently diagnosed with neuroblastoma. He recently sat down with nbc sports to talk about the day leah was diagnosed. She was looking at me and said to me, dad, this is all your fault. You should never have brought me to the hospital. I broke down crying because i didnt know what to say. Instead of releasing him, the bengals originally kept still on their practice squad so he had insurance to pay for his daughters costly medical bills. So far still is being credited with helping to raise more than 1 million for pediatric cancer research. You can watch that full interview on this mornings today show here on nbc 4. Theres also an amazing video online of still giving his daughter in a pep talk. Shes in the way. I cant watch it without crying. Very touching. If you step outside, you may know youll want a jacket this morning. Its going to warm up though. Just how warm it will get in your neighborhood in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 31. Plus, the final say on gay marriage in virginia. The implications of some huge cases the Supreme Court could take up starting today. And welcome news to anyone who takes i66 to work every morning. The new idea to make your trip quicker and remember news4 teaming up to bring you a Virginia Senate debate. They go head to head. Meet the press Moderator Chuck Todd monitoring tomorrow night. Well be on the panel asking questions. Live coverage here and on nbcwashington. Com. Stay with us. This is a picture saying nothing but october. Believe. Loose and ready to go i this is what we need. We need people to believe. Were not giving up yet. The nats are playing the San Francisco giants at 5 07. Jayson werth saying i believe in this team. If anyone can do it, we can. Two games down in the playoff series coming off the longest playoff game in history. Put it behind us. Its in the past. We move on. Were ready. This is a stellar team. We can win three games. We can move on. Do with a they know how to do. Absolutely. Lets get you ready for the forecast this morning to get to do what you need to do today. Tom kierein is here with that forecast. Quite a chill in the air on this monday morning. All of the observation reports showing 30s. Vienna, 44. Hometown forecast there clear sky and lots of sun this morning. A few clouds midday. Then by mid to late afternoon, right around 70 degrees. A nice warming there. Another hometown forecast, bowie at 45 in Prince Georges County. Under a clear sky. Low 70s in bowie by mid afternoon. Silver spring Montgomery County. 46. A few clouds around. Then sunshine during the afternoon with highs there reaching the low 70s. There is chilly temperatures as you head out the door farther west and north where were down to the upper 30s many locations. Coming up next, weather and traffic on the 1s storm team 4x4 hits the road at fedex field for the game forecast for tonight. Now breaking news. Breaking news in gaithersburg. Snouffer school road closed from centerway to 124. Keeping an eye on this for you as thats shut down for some downed wires. Right now chopper 4 over 270 southbound. Red taillights are all headed south. You can see more volume than we normally see at this time of morning. Otherwise, looking typical as well. Look at the beltway. Some slowdowns coming inside the beltway at 395. Top of the beltway, prince georges side looking good. Slow branch avenue heading into the beltway there. Otherwise looking good. 95 in virginia, hopping on in Stafford County and you can see heading into town its slow the entire way in. Doesnt really let up all of the way through triangle. 66 at germantown road looking good. Today in just a few hours the Supreme Court will be back in session and the issue on peoples minds is samesex marriage. Three cases are pending over virginias ban on samesex marriage and on final word from the Supreme Court. Both sides are looking to the justices to decide whether samesex marriage is a constitutional right or something skates alone should allow. If the Court Decides samesex marriage is a constitutional issue, the marriages could begin immediately in the commonwealth. Other cases on the justices agenda this term include a threats over facebook. A pennsylvania man says his facebook posts about killing his wife and shooting up a school were rap lyrics and not actual threats. The court will have to decide whether intention to commit an act is needed for a conviction. Also on the docket, religious discrimination. Retailer ambbercrombie fitch will defend the right to refuse an employee to wear a head scarf. Police are increasing their search for hannah graham. Hannah has been missing now for more than three weeks. More than 100 officers and volunteers spent the weekend searching more than 700 square miles of the county. As the search for the 18 year old continues, investigators maintain hope that hannah will be found alive. This is a rescue effort. Were here to find hannah and to bring hannah home. We made that commitment to her parents and were going to honor that commitment. Reporter yesterday grahams mother made a tearful plea for her daughters safe return. Investigators are following up on 3,000 tips. Volunteers are not giving up their search for two children who vanished nearly a month ago in Montgomery County. Searchers are now meeting at the Germantown Community center as they look for the two. They are posting flyers in different languag and searching hiking trails. Prosecutors charged the childrens mother in this case. She suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. A 17 year old is in Critical Condition after falling off a moving car. Police say saturday night the teen jumped on a coworkers car in the parking lot of a chickfila. He hit his head and now has life threatening injuries. Police say the driver knew the teen was on the car but is not being charged right now. Today a maryland family will offer a 10,000 reward in hopes of solving a murder mystery. Two years since lamont ellis was shot and killed in frederick, maryland. His mother will speak during a News Conference at 10 00 this morning. If you have information on this case, call the Frederick City Police department. Also today, you may find it harder to catch a cab in Montgomery County. Union cabbies there plan a slow moving traffic protest. They say Cab Companies are charging too much to lease their cars. Cab drivers will drive to the county executive building in rockville beginning at 11 00 this morning asking county leaders to start regulating leasing fees for cab drivers. Your commute could soon be quicker. Vdot will launch a Pilot Program allowing buses to use the shoulder on i66 inside the beltway during heavy traffic. The oneyear program is expected to begin by november. Vdot is working with different Transit Companies to hammer out the rules. The redskins come back from a long break tonight. Theyll be at home and we know a lot of you will pack the parking lots here at fedex field just hours from now. Both the skins and the Seattle Seahawks have had a lot of rest before today. Of course the big question, whether kirk cousins can rebound after throwing those interceptions ainst the new york giants. He says he can. If i start to let previous performances affect the next game in a negative way, i wont be in this league very long. The team will also have to contain seahawks running back lynch if they want to win the game. It starts at 8 30 p. M. I hope kirk cousins is right you have to move on and put the game behind you and try to do better. You have to win the game in front of you. Absolutely. Right now were live at fedex field. Meteorologist chuck bell is there with the storm team 4x4 to show us how the forecast could impact the game and they are barely used but theyre tracking your every move. How advertisers use pay phones to keep tabs on where you walk. Making payments through facebook. How the social media site is dipping its toe into the banking world. Your weather and traffic always on news4 today. Its 6 36. Its 6 36. Well be right back. Oh, the young. Their energy seems like an unlimited resource we sometimes wish would run out, at least for a moment. But as we grow into adults, its important to learn how to use our energy wisely, especially when it comes to electricity. You can save energy and money by caulking around windows. And by using a power strip, you can turn off several devices when theyre not in use, or when youre simply done. Its all about using your energy wisely, and novec is here to help. For more tips, go to novec. Com. Novec helping you save. The time has come to put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach fo a Dunkin Donuts dark roast. Bold start, smooth finish, never bitter. Rejoice with the 99cent medium hot or iced dark roast today. Welcome back. A new kind of technology is turning phone booths into tracking devices. All you have to do is walk by. Thousands of new york citys phone booth advertising displays have radio transmitters known as beacons. The beacons pick up cell phone signals and sends that information to stores to allow them to advertise based on where you go. The city is required to put out a Public Notice to let people know that this is happening. One of the companys operating the beacons says it only tracks customers who sign up with their app. Every passing day big brother is watching more and more. Its too much. You have to be careful. Thats the tradeoff we make for technology we have. Its a good night to be a sports fan in washington. The redskins take on the seahawks. That action at fedex field. Chilly out there, chuck . Its chilly, you betcha. 49 degrees in landover first thing this morning. Our eastern sky is brightening. Sunrise 7 10 this morning. This will be the coldest part of the day. Its going to be a great day for all of your outdoor activities. Outdoor recess for kids today. Temperatures 40s this morning. Youll definitely need a layer of warmth for you. Well be in the 60s by lunchtime. In the 70s by later on this afternoon. Your hour by hour planner through the day is all smooth sailing. When it comes to the game tonight, seahawks and redskins kickoff at 8 30 tonight on monday night football. Game time temperatures will be in the 60s. There will be a substantial south breeze. Well see if that helps the home team go to victory. More monday morning breaking news from Melissa Mollet and news4 traffic. Still have this breaking news in gaithersburg. We have Snouffer School road. Its closed from cherry laurel to 124. Not as big of a closure. Still shut down. Best alternate is goshen road if you have to get through. Wider look at things. We look good overall. No major problems. Travel times for you. Ten minutes behind everywhere. At this point this morning 270 from 118 southbound to beltway, 22 minutes. The outer loop from 95 to 270 is ten minutes. 66 east from Fairfax County parkway to beltway running at 16 minutes and 95 north from quantico to beltway 25 minutes. This is the second longest escalator in the western hemisphere in bethesda. The construction project that could make you late for work. Were staying on top of a developing story for you. Containing the ebola virus in the u. S. The game plan in texas to keep that virus from spreading. The time is 6 42. 15 before the hour. Were following a developing story for you containing the ebola virus. Its one of several stories were following to get you up to the minute the minute youre up. We start with mark potter in dallas where a man with ebola is in Critical Condition. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Theres a pretty somber mood in dallas after it was revealed that the ebola patient here, thomas eric duncan, is now fighting for his life. Over the weekend his condition was downgraded to critical. Family members in North Carolina said they were told by his doctors that hes on a respirator and on a dialysis machine. Earlier last week we were able to talk to him by phone but thats not the condition now. Authorities are keeping a close eye on 48 people in this area. 38 of them for may have had contact with him. Ten others who had known contact. That includes seven hospital workers and three family members. They are being tested regularly. A couple times a day to make sure this disease does not spread. So far Authorities Say no one in that 48person population has tested positive for the disease but there are two more weeks to go before the testing ends and people can be given the all clear. Meantime, efforts are under way to sanitize the apartment where duncan stayed right before he got sick. That was going on again here last night. Back to you. All right. Mark potter live in dallas for us this morning. Thank you. We have been tracking the journey home for the freelance cameraman working for nbc news that contracted ebola while in liberia. Hes on his way right now to omaha, nebraska. Should be arriving in about two hours at 8 45 this morning. The plane did briefly touch down just to refuel in maine earlier today. This is now the final leg arriving at Nebraska Medical Center where he will be treated. Hell be put in an Isolation Unit there. The second american to be treated at that medical facility for ebola. Now the 33yearold cameraman was in liberia last week when he started getting sick. Now hes going to get treatment here in the u. S. Thats the latest from the live desk. Two patients in our area who were being tested for the disease do not have it. The centers for Disease Control say the patient admitted to Howard University hospital does not have ebola. A person at shady grove hospital in rockville was also tested for possible exposure and that test was negative too. Look for the latest on the Ebola Outbreak throughout the morning on the today show. Right now d. C. Police are investigating a d. C. Officer and a u. S. Marshal who shot and killed a man. Police told us they brought a warrant to arrest a man at his apartment this weekend. When they showed up, he brought a gun. According to police, he would not put it down. They say thats when officers shot him. Two fans were attacked inside a bathroom at an nfl game this weekend according to santa clara police. Shortly before kickoff yesterday at the San Francisco 49ers game, two people were found beaten inside a bathroom. Two men were arrested for felony assault. Police are not saying whether the fight was a result of a drunken altercation or because of team rivalry. 12 minutes before the hour. Today metro is beginning a major project to replace a really long escalator at one of its busiest stations. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live at the bethesda metro station with how backed up things may get today. Good morning. Reporter were riding that escalator right now. Its a long one. There are three of them. 106 feet long. Second longest escalators in the western hemisphere and all three will be we placed. Work beginning today. What it means for riders is that theyll have one less escalator at their disposal. Theyll do the work one at a time swapping these things out so there will be one up and one down and then that third one will be out of commission and theyre just going to go down the line replacing these one by one. The work is expected to take 2 1 2 years and we are expecting to see some crowding on the escalators as we dont have that third escalator in use. People are going to want to keep that in mind. However, when all is said and done, there will be three brand new escalators so this should improve the situation but in the shortterm it could be rough going for folks who use the bethesda metro station. Reporting live from bethesda, Megan Mcgrath, news4. Back to you guys. Today you can visit a new memorial on the National Mall for disabled veterans. President obama dedicated the memorial yesterday. Its just south of the Botanical Gardens near the capitol. Its a tribute to disabled veterans from all branches of the military. Its now 6 50. Soon you might be able to use your facebook account to pay for things. Cnbcs kate rogers joins us to explain for your money. Good morning. Good morning. Facebook has reportedly created a prototype feature for messenger app to allow mobile payments and money transfers. They can use a debit card but Mark Zuckerberg said the system isnt expected to arrive any time soon. Back to you. Kate rogers from cnbc, thanks. Tom is back with us this morning. Everybody is still thinking about you guys are wearing red. Were holding out hope for the nats. All the way. We need a big win here, tom. Whatever it takes. Friday we all wore these hats. These nome hats. Posted them on social media. That didnt work. Maybe our beards arent long enough. Well keep trying whatever we can. Or maybe the nats bats need to come alive. That will help. Theres the view at at t park. Likely what it will look like later this afternoon in San Francisco. First pitch is at 5 07 eastern time. There in San Francisco 2 07 in the low 70s and should be in the 70s the rest of the game. So great baseball weather. Hopefully well see great baseball. And now a chill in the air. Locally we have it in low 40s in prince georges, montgomery, fairfax counties, district and near the bay its around 50. A few spots hit upper 30s this afternoon including Prince William and Fauquier County and panhandle of west virginia. So this morning you need to wear jacket, long sleeves and long pants for another couple of hours. Were going to stay in the 40s between now and about 9 00 this morning. You need the heater on in the car. Bright sunshine. Need sunglasses. During the afternoon commute hitting the low 70s. A beautiful afternoon coming up under a partly cloudy sky. Were getting autumn foliage showing up. Fall colors. This is a tree in centreville. Trees are showing beautiful color. You see autumn color, post it on twitter and facebook. Overnight tonight with clouds rolling in, might get a sprinkle of rain early tomorrow morning in the 50s and then partly sunny, mid 70s. Another chance of maybe a shower tuesday afternoon and evening. Wednesday, thursday, beautiful. Highs in the 70s. This mild trend continues. And then on friday the orioles are playing the royals and it may be a rainout. Looks like a lot of rain on friday. Over the weekend drying out. Saturday, sunday, well get the sun back. Highs in the 60s. Great weather for outdoor fun. Breaking news on the roads this morning. Breaking news with this problem in gaithersburg. Snouffer school road shut down from cherry laurel to 124 due to downed wires. Inbound 66 approaching the beltway volume but not terrible this morning. My friends in Stafford County are slow all of the way up 95 northbound. Opens up a tiny bit once you hit triangle. That of course is good. Beltway at indian head highway seeing typical volume this morning. Wide look at things again. Looking normal. Nothing too bad or abnormal at this point this morning. 95 in maryland, bw parkway looking as it typically does right now and you can see southbound 270 running about 40 Miles Per Hour the entire way. A little bit slow there. Guys . Thank you, melissa. New this morning, we now know who won the nobel prize in medicine. John okeefe and husband and wife ed vvard and maybritt mos won giving huge insight into alzheimers research. On north kings highway youll see crews replacing pipes south of the beltway. That work starts at 9 30 happening every day this week. This should not affect your drive home. Construction expected to last until the end of the month. The nationals cannot lose tonight whor their time in the playoffs is nothing. Theyre in a 20 hole. The game starts at 5 00 our time. If the nats want to advance, they have to win the next three games and two of those are in San Francisco. If San Francisco can do it in washington, theres no reason why we cant do it in San Francisco. A lot of people are doing everything they can to pull for a team win here tonight. One guy around here tried to sort of take that to the next level involving a rubber chicken and a kitchen knife. Here we go. One, two, three. Yea lets go nats a rubber chicken there. Hes excited about this. The man cuts the head off that chicken calls himself the rubber chicken man. He said hes been doing this ritual since 2005 to help the nats win. Hopefully the juju will take our squad to two wins in San Francisco lord willing. There you go. This is something he did around memorial day when nats werent doing well and they turned things around. Maybe. Apparently the players have supported him in his efforts so lets hope that this works. Lets go nats. For sure. 6 55. Our time right now. Here are four things to know on this monday morning. Metro is beginning its escalator replacement project today at the bethesda metro station. Riders will have only one escalator to ride in each direction. The project should take about two years to complete. The Supreme Court back in session today. The most anticipated case of this term could be gay marriage. The justices are expected to decide whether samesex marriage is a constitutionally protected right or something that states alone should be allowing. Right now the american cameraman diagnosed with ebola is on his way to nebraska. The plane touched down about two hours ago in bangor, maine. Once it lands in omaha, hell immediately begin treatment. Weve been talking about it all morning long. The nats must win or they will be eliminated from the playoffs today. Their game in San Francisco starts shortly after 5 00 this afternoon. Redskins play at 8 30 at fedex field. And now a chill in the air. You need a jacket. Youll be comfortable in short sleeves during the afternoon as highs reach low 70s. Beautiful day coming up. Then tomorrow, partly sunny. Maybe a morning shower or an afternoon shower. Theres a small chance. Highs reaching mid 70s. The mild trend continues on wednesday and thursday with high 70s. Rain is looking likely now on friday. Clearing out in time for the weekend with sunshine back. Highs 60s. Melissa . Want to show you volume right now. You can see chopper 4 over 66 at beltway. All those folks headed into town. Stafford county north on 95 volume until you hit triangle. About 40 Miles Per Hour right there. Taking a look here beltway at indian head highway. No major issues. Top of the beltway your nastiest spot. Were going to win. Im not going to be sad for much longer i hope. Thats the broadcast this morning. We appreciate you waking up with us. The today show is next. Well be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news. Hope you join us then. 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