County. A firefighter and one other person were also hurt. Vanessa herring talked to the man who spotted the flames and told his neighbors the building was on fire. Reporter broken glass is evidence after dramatic rescue at this condo. I happened to be walking the dog around 12 30 luckily and i heard these loud pops. I was on the opsite side of the complex opposite side of the complex and went around. Flames completely ungulfed his back porch. Reporter firefighters shatter add window to rescue the man trapped inside. He was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Injuries. Furniture, crates and other items were cluttered on the patio. Inside the home, dozens of bottles of lotion and lawngdzry deter laundry detergent, cardboard boxes stacked along the wall. Neighbors say this red car stacked with items belongs to the man who lived in the condo. I heard from other neighbors in the complex did complain about the amount of clutter he had on his patio. Unfortunately because these are condos and not apartments, there really wasnt much legally that other tenants could do about it. Reporter crews have been called in to do what he says his neighbor wouldnt, clean the property. Investigators are now working to determine what caused this condo to go up in flames. Another person and a firefighter were taken to the hospital. Both of them had nonlife threatening injuries. In Montgomery County, maryland, vanessa herring, wusa9. Everyone else got out of the mallard cove condominums safely. At least one other unit was damaged by the fire. A man accused of knowingly spreading h. I. V. By having unprotected sex with women is due in court later today. Dan cleervetion was arrested dan cleaves was arrested last week in richmond. He had unprotected sex with a woman he met at a bethesda bar this summer. The woman said she later found information in cleaves backpack saying he was h. I. V. Positive. Cleaves faces an extradition hearing back to Montgomery County today. Passengers on a dallas bound plane from San Francisco received quite a scare. The flight was forced to turn around when it appeared the cabin was coming apart in mid air. The interior walls literally began ripping apart. We do have a potential problem in the back and ill get back to you in a s. E. C. All of a sudden the pop, pop, pop. It sounded like we were losing the front part of the plane. Reporter on board American Airlines flight 2993, passengers looked on in shock. The plane seamingly coming apart in mid flight as the cabins wall panels began tearing open. It was terrifying. We dont know what was going on. We were all shouting for the flight crew, the walls are caving in. The boeing 757 took off from San Francisco around 1 00 p. M. Monday headed for dallas. Shortly after takeoff, witnesses on board describe the body of the aircraft shaking violently as interior panels on both sides of the plane blew off. One passenger said, nearly 45 minutes went by before the pilot decided to turn the plane around and head back to San Francisco. Id like to clear the active runway. Reporter the plane landed safely and none of the 193 people on board was injured. The emergency lad been caused by a blown air duct adding that there was no loss of pressure in the cabin and no oxygen masks were deployed. Im scared. I really was. I wasnt sure if we were going to make it but a little prayer, we made it. The faa says it will work with American Airlines to determine the problem with that plane before it flies again. A new poll finds most virginians feel former governor Bob Mcdonnell should go to jail after his conviction on corruption charges. 60 of the adults in the university of Mary Washington center for leadership and media studies say mcdonnell should be sentenced to prison time. 28 say the republican governor former governor should not serve time and 12 had no opinion. Mcdonnell and his wife, maureen, were convicted of selling the states highest office in exchange for luxury goods and 120,000 in loans from businessman jonnie williams. The mcdonnells could face decades in dead cades in pris decades in prison. Sentencing will be january 6. Democratic incumbent mark warner and republican ed gillespie faced off in another debate last night. The latest opinion poll suggests warner holds a double digit lead over gillespie but its a slim one. The obama administrations handling of the ebola crisis was among the issues of the night. The time to consider stopping flights coming in from west africa where theres an Ebola Outbreak has passed. Its time to impose a flight ba tn inhat regard and thats what this administration should do. I think in the last couple of days, the head of the n. I. H. Says but for sequestration, we might have been able to find a vaccination against ebol la. Weve seen cuts to public health. Weve got to not have one hand tied behind our back. The two candidates are expected to take part in a joint Forum Tonight at 7 00 in danville, virginia. Grim and disturbing news on the ebola crisis today. Officials from the World Health Organization said the death rate from the outbreak has risen up to 70 and in a couple of months there could be up to 10,000 new ebola cases a week. Adriana diaz is in dallas where a nurse who contracted the disease is being treated. Reporter a male employee at the fort worth medical company alcon has been identified as the one person who had contact with dallas nurse nina pham after she started showing symptoms of the ebola virus. Theyre both in isolation at the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital where ebola patient Thomas Duncan died last week. Pham contracted ebola while treating duncan. The centers for Disease Control and prevention believes there was a, quote, breach of protocol and that pham may have gotten the virus after removing her protective gear. We were just shocked, stunned. Reporter but a nurse who was trained by pham said she was meticulous about infection control, hand hygiene and protocol. Knowing nina, knowing the kind of person she is and kind of nurse she s i know she would definitely do it again. Shes always willing to take on the difficult patients. Reporter 70 other hospital staffers who also had contact with duncan are now being watched for science of ebola. Officials say pham is in stable condition and the person she had contact with is not showing any signs of being sick. The World Health Organization said this morning there could be as many as 10,000 new ebola cases per week by the end of november. So far there have been nearly 4500 deaths. Adriana diaz, cbs news, dallas. A United Nations medical worker infected with ebola in liberia died in germany today. Doctors at the university of kansas are treating a medic who served on the ship off the west african coast. He is in isolation and being tested for ebola. Defense chiefs from 22 nations fighting isis are meeting today. President obama is scheduled to attend the meeting later at joint base andrews in prince georges county. Meanwhile isis fighters have captured another military base in iraq. Iraqs military says it ban daned the base as abandoned the base as part of a tactical withdrawal. Isis militants now control almost the entire an var prove advice Anbar Province in western iraq. A deadly storm system that ripped through several states in the south and midwest has left tens of thousands of people without electricity. Some of the worst damage was in arkansas where a man was killed and at least two tornadoes were reported. The mans wife was taken to the hospital and she is in Critical Condition following surgery. Their children also survived a tornado as well. Severe storms ravaged parts of alabama. A woman was killed there and her husband injured when a large oak tree fell on their mobile home. The firefighter that saw the tornado tried to come over. He ran as fast as he could. He went in and he tried to get the tree off of her. He couldnt. Severe storms in kansas city canceled last nights American League championship game between the royals and the baltimore orioles. A makeup game is scheduled for tonight. Its warm and breezy out there. Not feeling like october. Weve got a very strong october system out to the west that produced all that Severe Weather giving us a rather warm day. Notice the darker colors here. Eres a accident amount of sunshine decent amount of sunshine. The brighter clouds out to the west. You guys are going to see cooler temps and also the threat for some showers and storms coming in from raleigh. The heavy stuff out west, thats arriving late tonight but more likely during the day on wednesday for most of us. There have been some heavier showers coming through lynchburg, harrisonburg. This is going to move off almost the north, maybe slightly east of north. From romney south through moorefield, mathias, into the Shenandoah Valley and western maryland. Better chance youll see some showers and storms this afternoon. Its been a breezy day gusting over 30 in garrett county. Most winds are gust twg 15 and 25. Gusting between 15 and 25. Thats allowing temperatures with the sun to soar. 81 fredricksburg. 79 easton. I was earlier thinking 75 to 80. We may get to 85 down south the way were going. Weve got a yellow alert for tomorrow. Im have more on whats going to be an active weather day coming up in a few minutes. Thanks, howard. Still ahead on wusa9, more tension in missouri where resideare still angry over the Police Shooting death of an unarmed teenager. Plus, after a monthlong absence, wothe way als dismantles someone like stuarty. 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. More attention in more tension in missouri where protesters are stirl calling for justice two months after the death of unarmed teenager michael brown. Well into the night, protesters chanted and rammied in the st. Louis area. At city hall demonstrators called for officers to wear body cameras in the creation of a civilian review board. Across town, other protesters shut down a walmart in ferguson, missouri. Police there arrested nearly 50 demonstrators including well known author and activist dr. Cornel west. North Koreas Kim Jongun has made his first public appearance in about five weeks. State media in north korea showed him smiling and walking with a cane during a neighborhood tour. There was wide speculation something was wrong with the reclusive leader after he dropped from public view in early december. It was the longest stretch of time he was out of the public eye since he assumed power in north korea. We want to save you a little money on gas. So far were not seeing super low prices in rockville, maryland but theyre better than the beginning of summer. According to aaa, the least expensive gallon of regular is going for 3. 16 a gallon. Thats at the liberty station at 1900 rockville pike. Gas that cheap can go a very long way in wusa9s newest sweepstakes. Were giving away 900 worth of gas to three lucky winners. To enter, like us on facebook, click on the free gas box on our page and enter your contact information. You can enter every day to increase your chance and well randomly choose the winners in two weeks. Today in family health, advances in Genetic Research give us a better understanding of what causes certain cancers. Still we have a long way to go. We know that women who have the brca 1 and 2 mutations have a greater chance of developing breast and ovarian cancers. Now a mutation in a third gene called the pal b2 is also linked to Breast Cancer. A recent study shows women with that gene mutation have a one in three risk of developing Breast Cancer by the age of 70. Were right on the very edge of really understanding the clinical implications of a mutation in that gene. So we can test for it now but theres not nearly the amount of Data Available to tell us what it means and what a patient should do. October is Breast Cancer awareness month. Right here on wusa9 news at 5 00, well have experted from inova here in our studio to talk about everything from Breast Cancer screenings to tumor profiling and research thats being done right now that will affect the future of your breast health. Still ahead on wusa9, a realtor, anxious homeowners and 140,000 reasons to part with their beloved cat. That story thing is. Our crazy tax code actually rewards companies. For shipping them overseas. Its wrong and im fighting to fix it. Im mark warner. I brought republicans and democrats. Together on a bill that gives incentives to companies that. Bring high tech and manufacturing jobs to virgina. Because instead of outsourcing jobs to china. We should be. Insourcing them here for our people. And thats why i. Approved this message. Have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock . First, the Washington Post reported, Barbara Comstock failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature and didnt disclose it. Barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but Barbara Comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. Displz in australia, a lucky couple has their cat to thank for helping to save their multiMillion Dollar house. The feline wasnt the original part of the contract but the daughter of the potential buyers just fell in love with the cat named tiffany and eager to make the deal, the realtor and the seller agreed to an unusual request. They wouldnt sign the papers unless they got the cat. Shes lucky. She has lots of people that love her. They clearly had a lot of money. Another reason to love the deal . The home buyers through in an extra 140,000 for tiffany the cat. That can buy you a lot of replacement pets. I dont think wed do that with kiwi and chloe, throw them in like that. The cats convey. Warm today, breezy. Doesnt feel like the season. It will by the weekend. All this warmth and humidity, its bringing up moisture. When that storm system comes later tonight, tomorrow, its going to rain. At times its going to rain heavily and we could get some strong storms. We have partly sunny conditions out there. A few clouds now but a moment ago i saw the sun shining on the roof of the white house. Temperatures in the upper 70s, if not low 80s. Were already 81 fredricksburg. Weve not far from the 78 now in d. C. Its 77. This may be a little underdone but still, you know its going to abwarm, breezy day. The showers will stay generally west of the blue ridge here this afternoon. Even this evening while we may get a stray shower, most of the activity stays west of the blue ridge till overnight into tomorrow. Right now theres a lot of activity ohio, indiana south into the carolinas. Its this stuff coming out of raleigh i showed you at the top of the broadcast that we can see this activity coming out of the lynchburg area, toward charlottesville, trying to sneak into areas west of i81, moorefield down toward harrisonburg, and heavier stuff off to the south. Well see how much of this holds together as it lifts north over the next few hours. But east, not too bad a day. 79 now. All right. Weve already clipped the high. We could be 83, 85 in a few spots with 79 in easton. 79 frederick. 57 in manassas. Officially Reagan National as of noon going partly to mostly cloudy skies. 79 with a heat index of 81. I thought we would be done with that for the season. Not today. The dew point at 64. Winds gusting 22 miles an hour out of the southeast. Big storm. Had some damage in the tallahassee area this morning. Thats a tornado watch across parts of south carolina, north carolina, and georgia at this hour. For us the activity will be here tomorrow in the form of showers and thunderstorms. Some heavy downpours. I dont think well have the severity of the weather weve been seeing with this system as its wackenning as it moves east weakening as it moves east. Well have showers around for the morning commute but the heaviest weather, at least in the metro wont be here till late morning, afternoon as the line of showers and storms moves n. Thats why tomorrow is a yellow alert day. Been looking at potentially an inch or two of rain. Locally higher than that this system. Gone disol la a gone disol la gonzalo, low 80s many areas. Showers and storms. Some will be heavy. You need some extra time for traveling tomorrow. Left over showers on thursday, low 70s. Friday looks nice. Sunshine, 72. The weekend is going to be good. Maryland is home. Howard has the homecoming. Cool and pleasant for the football l washingtons pet worth neighborhood has been the top neighborhood to watch in the city. One locally owned business has been a driving force behind its success. Here now is michele smith, owner of cookie wear fashions on georgia avenue. Good to have you back at channel 9. For people who dont the area this is near howard university, missouri, north capitol street. Whats going on in petworth that pa makes it an up and coming area . New development. Its growing. New professionals moving into the neighborhood. They love to support small businesses. The more they grow, the more we grow. I love the i guess the relationship im having with my customers. They get excited. They dont want to go to marshalls or tj maxx. They love the boutique feel so its an honor. Cookie wear meets their needs. Talk about the womenowned businesses. Thats where the new growth is. But how difficult is it . How difficult is it still for you as a woman Business Owner . Its difficult so i still work. I believe that anyone, any male or female dealing with entrepreneurship, you can be successful. If you just put your heart into it, your mind into it, create goals for yourself. One of the main things you have to do, still work. Still work. Look at your day job is funding your dream versus just paying your bills. You did not go for a bank loan. Why not . Too much. Too much emotion. Too much paperwork. Scairld of rejection. Just scairld of rejection. Just scared of rejection. Just impatient. Were you already in petworth before the new Development Started . A lot of people use the word gentrification and thats sometimes a negative pejorative but you see this evolving demographic city g for you city, good for your business. Happy, excited when they get off work to either come by my store or go by the local bar, go by the new safeway on randolph. Its just a beautiful up and coming area. Im very proud to be a part of it. She is there with cookie wear. Thank you for being with us. Watch this neighborhood. Thank you for watching us on 9news at noon. Well be back of course at 5 00 and well have that Panel Discussion dealing with branlser, the treatments, dying Breast Cancer, the treatments, diagnosis and prevention. Until then, have a great day. Have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock . First, the Washington Post reported, Barbara Comstock failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature and didnt disclose it. Barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but Barbara Comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. Enron, the largest coporate fraud in american history. And ed gillespie was their lobbyist. Enron paid gillespie and his firm seven hundred thousand. Dollars to block regulation of the energy markets. So they could raise utility rates. Then got even worse. Thousands lost their jobs and life savings. The former leaders of enron head to prison. Enrons ed gillespie. The Million Dollar lobbyist who put enron ahead of you. Jack [ sighs ] come on. Come on. Voicemail again. Traci [ sighs ] billy. Hes probably got his phone turned off. Abby he really shouldnt be out there alone. Traci well, wherever he is and whoever he is with, theres no escaping what today is. Abby i cant believe its been a whole year since delia died. Jack it feels like yesterday. Traci you know, it was all so fresh that First Anniversary after i lost colleen. It felt like i was reliving every single detail of her last day. But now, as the years have gone by, there are some details that ve sort of slipped away, and, honestly, i dont know whats worse the pain of rememberi