Not in biohazard suits had to sit around all day and their symptoms were monitored to see if they might have been exposed. She doesnt have ebola, so its kind of a happy ending and it gave people here some experience on what it might be like to do it for real. The bus was in a pentagon parking lot when the woman got sick. That parking lot was quickly closed to traffic. The hazmat teams moved in, but the bus left heading into d. C. And finally stopped at seventh and i streets. That is where bruce leshan is tonight and we know those passengers have to be breathing a whole lot easier tonight. Reporter the funny thing is the passengers we talked to were not all that worried in the first place, but the Public Health officials did tell them they needed to monitor themselves and see if they came up with a fee. Now they can quit worrying even about that. A fever. A fever. Now they can quit worrying even about that. Reporter alerted by the pentagon Emergency Operations center, dozens of police and Public Health workers surrounded the bus and question. Ed the driver and 21 passengers one questioned the driver and 21 passengers one after the other. At first it seemed like an overreaction. The more i thought about it, im like this is important. Lets determine if anybody had any physical contact with the passenger in question. Reporter it turned out no one had. The woman had been on the bus only briefly, used the restroom and then got off and was sick in the pentagon parking lot. Rescue workers say she told them she had recently traveled to sierra leone at the heart of the ebola outbreak. I would say im concerned about her health to see how shes going to be. Im less concerned about our health because none of us had any close contact. Reporter it took hours for Health Officials to question each passenger, get Contact Information and instruct them to monitor themselves for fever. From my own expertise on my teams guidance on expertise, we consider this a very low risk case. Reporter the driver and passengers were all released just in time to make it to the new commandants celebration and reception. Missed the ceremony unfortunately, but i guess its better to have a safe and healthy public. The woman worked for a pentagon contractor, a Company Called total spectrum. It is a pr firm, but that company told cbs news, told david martin at the pentagon, that this woman was confused, his employee, and that she he suspected had never even left the country. Back to you. Thats a serious case of confusion. It is indeed. No confusion about nina pham, one of the two nurses who cared for the first ebola patient top duncan who passed away last week, she is under close watch in bethesda at the National Institutes of health. Surae chinn is live tonight. What did Health Officials say about how pham is doing tonight . Reporter well, she is in fair condition. She is spending her first night here at nih and doctors say shes in good spirits. Shes very, very tired, though. Shes eating and sitting up. So thats very good news. She is receiving some of the best care in the world here. Our main concern is the health and recovery of nina. Reporter nina pham is inside nihs clinical studies unit that can hold up to two ebola patients receiving around the clock care from highly trained and experienced doctors and nurses. She will be seen by 10 nurses a day who are working in 12 hour shifts. We have intensivists and Infectious Disease experts who take care of the sickest possible patients. Reporter before coming here she and her doctor in dallas released this youtube video. Im really proud of you, all right. Reporter pham then left dallas and took a chartered flight to frederick, maryland. With assistance she walked off the plane in full protective gear and arrived at nih close to midnight. Shes resting comfortably, interacted with the staff. Shes eating and is able to interact freely and really think shes doing quite well. Is in a virus that really wreaks havoc on you out. Reporter the institutes director of Infectious Diseases dr. Anthony fauci says pham will be here for the foreseeable future until he believes she is well and clear of the virus. We fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital and will do everything we possibly can to make that happen. Reporter there is no cure for ebola, so doctors are treating her symptoms and that would and may include experimental drugs. After all, this is a research hospital, the Worlds Largest dedicated to clinical research. By the way, her sister and mother are here in support. They call it the house of hope and hope is in abundant supply tonight. Thank you. In less than an hour youll be ail to watch the third and final debate able to up 0 the third and final debate to watch the third and final debate between Muriel Bowser and David Catania and Carroll Schwartz squared off last night. Many of you watched it on www. Wusa9. Com as it happened. While we learned a lot about the candidates, the action was brought to a halt several minutes after a woman interrupted the debate. [ hollering ] can we get a show of hands . Do you want to continue the debate . Yes yes weve edited out most of the unpleasantness to spend more time on the issues that matter to you. Watch tonight at 7 p. M. Here on www. Wusa9. Com. Our Bruce Johnson moderates this important third and final debate. As you watch use the dcdebate to talk about the issues on twitter. Early voting starts monday in the district and election day is november 4th. Lots of lanes for drivers or split it up for those on two or even no wheels . Later on a look at the road debate thats sparking a bit of rage in montgomery evening. What a great evening, temperatures above average today. We hit 75, 75 and 56 go in the books officially. Averages are down to 68 and 50, record high 86. No more record highs above 90 anymore, record low 33. Well come back, talk about the weekend. Winds will increase and temps will fall. Well explain. A fast food spot that could be worthy of a restaurant alert. Next what a man says he found in woman he did a lot in our community. The way als dismantles someone like stuart is so painful. Embryonic stem cells have so much promise but Barbara Comstock voted to ban that Research Funding even though conservatives like nancy reagan support it. That takes away hope for a cure but also for families like ours who just wanted a little more time. House majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. A party . Hi. Im new ensure active clear protein drink. Clear huh . 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Along with the joe was some mickey as in mickey mouse. Ron moret bought the coffee from mcdonalds divethrough in New Brunswick and was on his way to work. He left the lid on. Then he got a big surprise. I always take the lid off to take my last gulp of coffee and when i took the lid off, there was a little bit of surprise in my coffee cup. Okay. So it is around the dinner hour. We decided not to show you the mouse in the bottom of that cup. Make no mistake, though, it was there. How it got there, thats a whole other question. Ron said he doesnt know. Mcdonalds said it doesnt know. The restaurant said a government inspector found no pests or violations. An independent contractor didnt find anything either. Ron says from now on hes bringing his own coffee. That cup had to be a little heavier dont you think . But it could be one of though little mice. Picture perfect fall weather on tap for the weekend, topper up next with his first alert fo there it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. The battle over the future of a Maryland Community now being fought over how many traffic lanes there ought to be along one small stretch of a busy road. Wusa9 transportation reporter martin decarro tells us theres a bigger issue. How to share the streets among the cars, pedestrians and bikers as redevelopment takes hold. Reporter this is white flint and you can see the future starting to come into focus above all georgetown road, but as for the road itself the future is muddled. Thats the fight were in. Its walking, biking and fewer lanes versus more cars and more lanes. Reporter white flint is a sea of suburban strip malls and surface parking lots built for cars. The members of this Community Say the future must include pedestrians and bicyclists, too. What were trying to do is keep the streets tight to make it more pedestrian friendly. Reporter a county plan calls for this part of the road to be rebuilt with two traffic lanes each direction plus bike lanes and wide sidewalks. The Montgomery County councilman roger beliner is concerned there might be eight lanes squeezing out bikes and pedestrians. Were trying to tell d. O. T. Get with the new program that we had actually forward funded other roads that will take traffic off of this intersection that actually this intersection has had less cars over time. Reporter the county d. O. T. Turned down our request for an on camera interview. The Agency Issued a statement saying it supports building a more narrow road, but since its a state road its working with the state to reduce the number of lanes. Advocates such as Howard Feldman hope that is the case. I think its very important to have a walkable community, a place where people want to come live, work and play. Reporter old georgetown road is the first street rescheduled for redesign that will transform white flint and thats why smart growth advocates say its so important to get this one right. Know how to go, text radar to 25543 and download the wusa9 wusa9 weather app. Were not going anywhere close to bermuda any time soon. No, were not. Theyre getting pounded with hurricane gonzalo, winds about 115. Its raining to beat the band. The storm will hit between now and midnight. Were talking about winds well over 115, gusts to 150. Let me show you the graphic. Look at the wave height and the red here and the orange. Those are like 35 to 40foot waves. That is mammoth. That will do a lot of damage, the worst certainly since fabio. In 2003 theres stuff fabio ruined that they havent rebuilt. There was a place down on this beach we like and they didnt rebuild it. They said go to the next staircase. You wonder what will happen in the wake of this storm, again 35foot waves just offshore. The latest winds are down a bit. So its not as strong as it was. It was at one time 125 miles per hour. Now its down to 115. The scary news is we have wind gusts to 150 and it is going to move essentially right over the islands. In fact, really the worst part of the storm always in the upper right quadrant is probably going right over top of bermuda. Now by 2 a. M. Tonight its going to be through bermuda, but the next four or five hours going to be tough going. Thats going harmlessly into the atlantic. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam looking up wisconsin avenue to the north and east. Its just spectacular out, 72, relative humidity comfortable, 46 , so perfect for exercising and for spectating if youre going to see a High School Football game. Winds south at 9. Great friday night. You might need a light jacket, nothing crazy cool. It will fall in the 50s eventually. Cool and breezy to start saturday, windy and mild finish. On sunday breezy youll need a sweatshirt sunday, a whole different deal. Its going to feel like late autumn. Today it felt like mid september. Sunday will feel like early november. 10 00 tonight, clear skies, mid 50s. By morning not too bad, by 10 00 low to mid60s. By lunchtime maybe even upper 60s downtown. By 4 00 temps in the mid60s, upper 50s north and west of town. Its going to be 44 on the west side of the divide with showers in oakland. By 7 00 were in the 50s. Tomorrow night temps will fall quickly when the sun goes down. How quickly . By 9 00 its 49 in gaithersburg, 51 in leesburg and manassas. Day planner, we got primarily low 60s by 9 00 and mid60s with sunshine by 1 00. Sunday breezy, chilly, 60 and that may be pushing it. 65, cool monday, clouds coming in late, but it will stay dry. Now the next seven days we are looking at temperatures generally going down on tuesday with showers, low 60s on tuesday and wednesday, morning showers on wednesday and then were looking at pretty nice thursday and friday next week, temperatures low 60s and upper 60s by friday. We should know the team the redskins played sunday has only one one game, too the only team that the redskins has beaten, thats who they beat. We could have some hope here. This is a real matchup here. Worse versus worser. Oh. You know how i. The locker room is getting how i am. The locker room is getting testy, washington secretly seeking a win and player in cases of rape and incest, just like the rightwing republicans in congress. They want to overturn roe v. Wade. So does she. I think roe v. Wade should be overturned. Barbara comstock even voted with rightwing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. Thats all i need to know. Im john foust and i approve this messge. 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. Now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. This is how little respect the Tennessee Titans have. Washington hasnt won in a month. Theyve last 13 of their last 14 regular season games and lost six of their last seven at fedex field and theyre still favored by five points over tennessee. This certainly feels like must win sunday. The standings would concur, washington in the division basement. The season is slipping away. Frustrating for fans and players. Full back Durrell Young says close isnt good enough. We need to win. I feel like were in a position where we can win games and its frustrating to know what youre doing. Youre having fun in practice. We take things seriously, but wins mean a lot more in this business. We got you covered all weekend with football. Right here on wusa9. Then we follow up with the game with a full postgame report at 5 00. Tonight is midnight madness, the unofficial beginning of College Basketball season. R and b singer trey songs is performing at georgetown. Gw calls theirs colonial invasion. George mason, mason madness. Garry williams used to do all kind of crazy stuff. Now mark turgeon has dialed it down a bit. Hes got big ever issues to tackle like a new after bigger issues to tackle like new affiliations with the big 10. Obviously right now we probably dont have a rival, but five years from now we might not be the first rival, but well have a rival in this league and there will be big games for us in this league and ones that our fans get excited about. Football, iowa comes to college park and a big week for starting quarterback c. Judgment brown, but he struggled and c. J. Brown. He struggled and the backup caleb brown has been getting time. Tonight we continue our High School Football coverage heading to Montgomery County, gaithersburg traveling to colonel zaddocl magruder high school. Reporter im here at Gaithersburg High School where the trojans are getting ready to take on magruder. Im joined by the cheer squad and drum corps as well. These two schools, gaithersburg and magruder, they know each other very well. Theyre separated by a power line at the border. Lets hear what both coaches have to say about these unique rivalry. We share common borders. We have kids that go to Elementary School and middle School Together and go to high school in different places due to location. So theres aphid rivalry. A lot of familiarity with a good rivalry. A lot of familiarity with growing up with these guys. Reporter last year gaithersburg had the top record. So theres a lot of spirit. Theres a lot of game to go. I want you to tune in a little bit later on tonight at 11 25 to find out the final score from this one. Well have highlights of this game and three others. Follow along on twitter gameonvarsity and check us out online at usatodayhighschoolsports. Com dc. Good luck magruder and gaithersburg. Back to you. Thank you, general. Should be a good 1. I dont know much about whats happening tone, but that was a funky beat. We should use that to take us on out of here. The cbs evening news is physical activity. But keeping that mix balanced, isnt always easy. So coke, dr. Pepper, and pepsi are joining your efforts to find balance with the new initative called mixify. Coming together for the first time to talk to teens about balancing what they eat and drink with what they do. And helping them think about when theyve had too much, or maybe when its time for a treat. Supporting your efforts, with our message. Balance what you eat and drink with what you do. Thats how you mixify. Pelley tonight a czar is born. The president names a littleknown former aide with no Health Care Background to landlord the response to ebola. And the first nurse to catch ebola in dallas begins treatment at a federal hospital in maryland. We fully intend to have this patient walk out of this hospital. Pelley reports from major garrett, manuel bojorquez, and juliana goldman. Gonzalo pounds bermuda the biggest hurricane to hit the tiny island in more than a decade. Holly williams in iraq has the latest on reports that isis is trying to build an air force. And on the road. I didnt want to do anything. I would just sit around. Pelley then, Steve Hartman reports, she found a cure for the blues. I recommend it to anybody