Resignation. Here is a comment we found on social media. Who did not see that coming . Just asys, probably well. However, questions need to be addressed as well. We would like you to join our conversation with going to our Wjla Facebook agent telling us what you think about julia piersons resignation. Our senior political reporter was in the courtroom for todays hearing. We will get some perspective from him on what he saw and heard, coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Tothe first death connected a rare respiratory virus sweeping the nation. Staff died from a infection associated with enterovirus d68. Combination is very rare. This is an isolated case, which obviously led to a tragic outcome, but its not something we expect to see again. Enterovirus d68 oestreich and more than 450 people in 41 states, including maryland, virginia, and the district he read the department of health said only a small number of people infected will experience symptoms be on runny nose or a fever. Theres no doubt in my mind we can stop it in its tracks. Quick strong words from the head of the centers for Disease Control and prevention after the first case of ebola was diagnosed in the u. S. Person is being monitored after having close contact with the first. What we know right now. It is the first case of ebola ever diagnosed on u. S. Soil, the treated patient being in isolation at this dallas hospital. Officials have identified the apartment complex as well as 1218 people who may have come in contact with him after becoming infectious. Some were released from koran teen and sent home after testing negative for ebola. They and others who might be at risk will be watch closely for three weeks. Texas governor rick perry and Health Officials spoke this afternoon. It today we learned that some schoolaged children having been identified as having contact with the patient are now being monitored at home for any signs of the disease. Liberiaan left september 19, pair may already infected with the disease, but not contagious. With ebola, you are not infectious until you have symptoms. The man landed in texas september 20 and began showing symptoms on the 24th. On the 26th, he came on his own to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. Dr. Said his illness did not seem unusual and sent him home. On the 28th, the man was rushed back to the hospital. On tuesday he tested positive for ebola. Dr. Richard messer reporting from the front lines in liberia for the second time said everyone who flies out of that country is thoroughly screened. Even whens us that youre doing the right thing, infected people can slip through. The cbc will not release his flight itinerary because they say the patient was not sick while he was traveling and therefore posed no risk to people on the flight. Lets talk about the weather here. The sun came out for about 30 seconds today and then hightailed it out of here. Doug hill is in the Weather Center with more. Transitionind of in now with clouds moving through every couple of minutes the sky changes. Lets give you look at what is going on around the area right now. Outside they Weather Center studios here. Most of the time it will just be cloudy with the trend toward the clearing side a little bit later this evening. 75 at reagan national. Martinsburg, 78 in fredericksburg. Through the evening, mainly cloudy. Stray showers will in and drop into the 60s. A lot of weather changes. I will plotted out in the seven day outlook coming up in just a bit. Morenight where learning about the connection between two bodies found in potomac late yesterday afternoon. One was in a car near the intersection of piney meetinghouse and near river road. The second at a house where there was a small fire inside just a mile away. Us . , what can you tell allison, this is where all of the violence began, in this big house in that garage, the twocar garage door on the right. You can see it still has sit and smoke on it. There are tire marks that go across the yard and the fence in the front of the house is also broken. What police are telling us is that when they got to this house yesterday, they found a woman inside, her body had been set on fire. We can show you whole picture, picture, noww your we know her name. She is carolyn mattingly. She is a Real Estate Agent out here in the potomac area. The man who was found in the car , police say he is 42yearold andrew racca. This is apparently what brought them together. Worked for mattinglys husband at the Cystic Fibrosis foundation in bethesda. On monday racca was accused of death accused of theft in the office. Police believe he came back yesterday to exact revenge on his boss for what was going on at work. Richard mattingly is the name of the man who was the chief operating officer of the cystic arthrosis foundation. Racca was the i. T. Or computer guy out there. He had an automobile collision on friday night in saint michaels. We are told the issue with theft is not a huge number, it was something to do with goods in the office. We will have much more on this coming up at 5 00, but the bottom line, police are telling us to people dead in a murder suicide issue that had to do with a man seeking revenge against his boss. Bell, abc 7 news. Can store just county police say they know who they are. Ooking for he is accused of shooting and killing a man right next to a high school. It happened yesterday afternoon at the bel air sports and racquet club. Police say they found dead on mitchell the ground. He was trying to break up a fight among teenagers. Police are just wrapping up a press conference on the case. We will get an update in just a few moments. The d. C. Police are investigating what they call the undetermined death of a 13yearold boy. The incident happened about 7 30 last night inside an apartment on downing street. Sources say the teenager was shot and killed while he and another juvenile were playing with a loaded handgun. Police are waiting for autopsy results. Jennifer will have more in a live report tonight at 5 00. The search for Hannah Graham is headed to the air. They will be launching a drone to search for any sign of the missing university of virginia student. The last person seen with her live, Jesse Matthew, is due in Court Tomorrow. Well have more on him and the search coming up at 4 30 right here. , a falls church man already out of jail but finds himself arrested on another illustration charge. Honge massive protest in kong may be reaching a breaking point. The federal Communications Commission is in the middle of a debate over the name redskins. They are considering a petition to ban the name from all broadcasts. Filed bytition was local law professor who has been at the center of many high profile legal battles over the years. He is a law professor at george hasington university and decadesvotal suits later about cigarette advertising. Now he wants the fcc to stop broadcast ors from using the ame redskins in one he calls repeated and unnecessary manner. We ha alleged, for example, that these broadcasts calls violence against children. It is hate speech. Aside from the fact that its derogatory, its what we call fighting words, which are words that are not protected by the constitution. Thats what the name is it hasnt been changed. Coming up at 5 00 we will hear more about that, some interesting comments from the head of the sec, and reactions from redskins fans and others. Debate is always a hot topic. The latest twist is proving to be just as controversial. Kai jackson is here and says of opinionsshortage training on social media. People are really passionate about this. We are finding most people who comment pick a side. Few are on the fence about it. Sandy says this is absolutely ridiculous. So many other issues in this country and this is what they worry about. By the way, we should point out that the united Indian Nation continues its push to have the name redskins banned from the Washington Football Team. We invite you to join our conversation on this latest twist in the debate on our Facebook Page. It goes on and on. No matter what their name, most people would agree that this Washington Football Team has not shown a whole lot of spark this season. , thist has us wondering week in particular, which are you more excited about, the redskins regular season are the nationals postseason . Day. Is our question of the go to our Facebook Page and ellis what you think about it. We will share some of the answers later in the show. I will let you know late monday night. What is in store with the weather . We have been waiting for it to clear out all day and then it clouded over again. Its going to be partly cloudy for a couple of days. It still looks like friday night we could see rain across the entire area with a very strong front. In the meantime, he said with anticipation, take a look outside in alexandria at the belle haven country club. Comes out and then it goes back in. 72 degrees is the temperature right now. Throughout the entire area we are seeing similar scenes to this. Saudi skies giving way to a little sunshine. In Berkeley Springs and morgan county,. 7 inches of rain. Almost a half inch in germantown. At this hour its 75 at reagan national, 75 in fredericksburg with a little shower moving through. A comfortable afternoon, just a bit on the cloudy side. It will be partly to mostly cloudy and we could have areas of fog as temperatures drop from the lower 50s to near 60. Anfar as satellite radar, area of low pressure bringing rain in from the atlantic ocean. In our area, this is the satellite image and there is not a lot of difference between cloud temperature and air temperature, so you dont see any wild indication of cloudiness. The strong cold front i alluded to will bring range many parts of the area on friday evening. There is the next system gearing up and get getting ready to come through chicagoland. And weair behind it, will be the recipients of that cooler air just in time for the weekend. At the bust up for thursday morning there will be some fog in the area and cloud cover, 5360 degrees. At recess time it will be partly cloudy and temperatures in the mid 70s. It should be a very nice afternoon. A lot of stuff going on friday night so we will keep you uptodate with the rain chances. Right now, plan on rain. Bugs were following more breaking news from Prince Georges County where police say they have a strong lead in a murder investigation. The just wrapped up a press conference. Kevin lewis was there. What have we learned this evening . Less than 24 hours after that homicide took lace, the first homicide there in about two years, police have named the suspect. I will step out of the way so you can take a first look at 19yearold eugene moran of upper marlboro. Police say war and shot a father. Eugene warren a man by the name of mitchell writes, a 39yearold man, was coming to pick up his high schools son. His son was involved in an altercation. Tried to break up that altercation. Anwarren pulled out a handgun and tried to help that father. That gunshot killed the man, wright. L righ police are asking for your help to get this man behind bars. They believe he is still in the area. If you have any information, contact homicide detectives in Prince Georges County immediately. Live, kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Moving on now, the official handwritten manuscript of the starspangled banner is visiting virginia for the first time. Georgean on display at Washingtons Mount Vernon estate in honor of the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott keys famous point. You can see that manuscript through the end of the month. Now on as a followup story we first brought you back in august. We want to congratulate the lucky couple receiving the wedding present of a lifetime. Marlboroe from upper one the Perfect Match wedding giveaway contest. They will get an 80,000 wedding completely free. Includes the ceremony, cocktail hour, a reception for up to 175 guests, all at that the editor in southwest d. C. Are told a happy couple plans to tie the knot january 2. Dont worry, theres no storm coming yet. We are following a developing story out of Northern Virginia where a falls church man has been arrested once again on a molestation charge. Michael gartner has already been convicted of molesting two children, and now he is also accused of molesting a member of his own family. It was in this falls church neighborhood at 4 00 this morning the Police Arrested michael gardner, charging him with aggravated Sexual Battery of a child. Member,im, a family came forward recently to say she was assaulted by gardner in 2009 when she was younger than 13 years old. The allegations came right after gardner was recently released from prison after his conviction was overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court related to charges of molesting two girls. 5 00, we will hear from the chief of police in the city of falls church about how the new allegations came to light, and her message to members of the public. Again, gardner was sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of molesting those two young girls at his daughters birthday party. Ago,party was three years but that verdict was later overturned and gardner was out of jail waiting for a retrial. Both sides of, those massive protest underway in hong kong. Updating the breaking news from the top of the newscast, julia pierson, the head of the secret service, has resigned. Julia pierson was brought in to revamp the agency in the wake of a scandal involving agents. Now she is stepping down after an intense hearing on capitol hill yesterday. Lawmakers were calling for her release after they say she could not adequately explain massive breaches that impacted the president and the executive mansion. She was part of the secret service for 30 years and she offered her resignation earlier this afternoon. It was accepted by the director of Homeland Security him a one day after she took questions in that heated congressional hearing. Lawmakers wanted and asked nation for how someone could jump the fence at the white house and get inside. Initially the secret service did not disclose that someone had made it all the way into the east room. Now the white house says she offered her resignation saying she believed it was in the best interest of the agency, and the president agreed. We have seen reports raising questions on the performance of the agency, and they president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required. The former special agent in charge of the president ial Protection Division will step in to lead the secret service until a new directors chosen. A white house spokesman said the an independent panel will weigh in on potential changes in security. Meanwhile, tonight police say they are going to start using a drone to try to find any sign of the missing university of virginia student. Tom has the latest on the search for Hannah Graham. More new developments today. The last time we know that anyone saw Hannah Graham, she was with the suspect, Jesse Matthew. A woman who was working down the street solve them walking in this direction towards charlottesvilles downtown mall. From there were not sure where Jesse Matthew or Hannah Graham went, but we know he is in jail, charged with her abduction. Authorities are hoping this will help in the search. This is a picture of a new drone they showed us this afternoon, owned by virginia tech. Folks from that college will be using it starting today in the search for Hannah Graham. They say it can go places that helicopters cannot go because it is smaller and can go places it is tough to get an atv into. There are certain areas they have not been able to search well that they think the drone will be able to search well. That said, the oldfashioned search on the ground continues as well. Off route 20rching south of charlottesville today, going through barnes and brush on the side of the road, looking for any sign of Hannah Graham. The search has been going on for almost three weeks at this point, but Authorities Say they will do it as long as it takes. As long as we keep getting good information and we have something we can do, we will continue to pursue it. Jesse matthew, the suspect in the disappearance, was supposed to have two Court Appearances tomorrow. Now we have learned hes only going to have one. One of those Court Appearances, the one everyone was most interested in, was supposed to happen in charlottesville district court. That one is related to the abduction charge. Thatst learned moments ago it will now be moved into early december. So that one will not happen, but theres another charge he faces involving alleged reckless driving. Police say he was fleeing this area before heading to texas where he was on. That hearing will go forward. A video link will take place tomorrow morning. Roussey, abc 7 news. Jesse matthew will be in Court Tomorrow on those traffic charges. We will have more on what happens in the hearing tomorrow right here at 4 00. The sun finally started to peek out this afternoon. Doug hill is in the Weather Center with more. Will see a little more clearing tonight. This is the first day of october. The average high today is 74. By the end of the month, it dropped to 64. The wettest october on record in 2005, over nine inches of rain. In 1963, barely a trace for the entire month. 18 92 was the earliest oh fall on record. We keep losing daylight hours, down to 10 hours an