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Workers who like pham had had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan before his death. Of those 76 individuals, all will be monitored for fever or symptoms on a daily basis. Reporter part of the fight to save phams life and prevent the spread of the deadly virus. And one of those being monitored is a friend of phams who had contact with the nurse, and now has been protectively moved into the Isolation Unit here. Jay gray, nbc news, dallas. The increased awareness about ebola is leading to a number of false alarms. And that includes a brief scare in virginia. A patient at Vcu Medical Center in richmond tested negative for ebola. The woman was placed in isolation last night because she had a fever and recently returned from liberia. A man taken to Holy Cross Hospital in germantown in maryland does not have ebola. He recently traveled to africa and then developed aches and a fever. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. They say it was out of an abundance of caution yesterday. The hospital says he did not present any signs of ebola. And he was released. So the question tonight, are local hospitals prepared to handle a patient who has ebola . News4s chris gordon spoke with Montgomery County leaders about their response and their concerns. Chris . Good evening. They want to know how the Montgomery County Health Department is screening for ebola. They were told there are two criteria. Travel history and symptoms. If a person has been to one of the three west african countries that have ebola within the past 21 days, state Health Officials are immediately notified. With the ebola scare dominating the news, the Montgomery County council today asked for an update on the local state of readiness. Im confident that Montgomery County is safe, but i will not be so bold to say that we dont need to continue to prepare and to practice to be ready. Reporter just yesterday, the most recent patient with ebolalike symptoms was brought to the new holy Cross Germantown hospital, and determined not to have the disease. Earlier this month, a patient was taken to shady grove add venuiest hospital where it was determined not to be ebola. Montgomery county Council Members want to make sure proper protocols are in place, in case of an actual emergency. Were not sure if all of our hospitals are really ready to actually be able to treat an ebola patient. Keep in mind, there are only six throughout the nation that are actually deemed as places where the cdc would send a patient. Reporter but a patient could turn up any time or place. So the Montgomery County Health Department is being asked to reach further. Council member phil andrews says a dentist contacted him, saying she has heard nothing from the Health Department. I think its important for the department to reach out, especially to our own providers, but i think to all dentists and doctors and hygienists and so on in the county to let them know what they should be doing that might be different from what theyre already doing. Reporter the Montgomery County Health Department wants the public to keep all of this in perspective, saying, more people will die from the flu than from ebola. Wendy, jim . Thanks, chris. The continuing spread of the ebola virus in west africa is now creating a greater challenge for those involved in humanitarian aid efforts there. Sonia kutsche is with a group, save the children. She just returned from a month in liberia, where she found the impact was far beyond those who are sick. One of the most heartbreaking aspects of this for me was the way children have been affected by this emergency. They didnt have anywhere to go, they didnt have anywhere to sleep. They didnt have any regular source of food. Coming up at 6 30, kutsche will explain what she and her colleagues did to minimize their risk of ex poer to the poesh to the virus. A rabbi of a prestigious synagogue is in custody, facing charges of voyeurisvoyeurism. It allegedly happened inside a place of worship for a number of prominent people over the years. News4s pat collins is live in georgetown with more on this. Pat . Reporter wendy, a rabbi charged with voyeurism. They say he used a hidden camera in the shower of the synagogue. People in georgetown are talking. Its obviously horrible. Reporter the crime scene, the kesher israel synagogue in georgetown. I think its despicable. Reporter the crime, according to the Police Report, voyeurism. Its horrible i mean, thats all you can say. Its just absolutely horrible. Reporter the suspect, dr. Barry frendel. A 62yearold rabbi who has been the spiritual leader of this synagogue for 25 years. That sounds terrible if that story is true. Thats awful. Reporter rabbi frendel arrested at his home on o street in georgetown this morning. Arrested after police raided the place and seized some computer equipment. I talked to some women who were nearby when it happened. How many cops . Five cops . Reporter five cops . Five. They took out about five hard drives. Hard drives . Oh, yeah, they took out a lot of computers. Reporter and did they take out the rabbi . Yes. Yes, but we didnt see that. Reporter really . He was in the back, running around. Reporter accor to a Police Report obtained by news4, a witness says the rabbi installed a hidden camera in the womans shower at the synagogue. The Police Report described it as a dream machine, similar to this one, a camera and recorder disguised as a clock radio. According to the witness, the rabbi said he was using it for ventilation in the shower. Tonight, rabbi frendel is in jail. He has a Court Appearance scheduled tomorrow. Live in georgetown, pat collins, news4. Thanks, pat. The death toll continues to rise as storms continue to batter the south. Tornadoes in alabama and in arkansas have been blamed for two deaths today. They are the first tornado fatalities in october in this country since 2009. Heavy thunderstorms from the same system are causing delays to hundreds of flights out of atlanta. Thousands of people are facing a powerless night. Now that storm system is on the move, and were going to feel the impact of it tomorrow. Doug, just how severe is it going to be around here . The good news here, jim, were not going to see the severity they have seen to the west. But well see flight delays in our area, some localized power outages, too. Right now were just dealing with a little bit in the way of shower activity. Not a lot. And most of this is from i95 well to the west. So inside the d. C. Metro area, were okay. But look back towards winchester. Hagerstown, martinsburg towards warrenton and culpeper, we see rain move. And notice the movement here from south to north with a little bit of an easterly movement. So if you live in Loudoun County, Fauquier County, culpeper county, Jefferson County and in the western virginia panhandle, you will continue to see showers right through the night tonight. This is the area that were watching to the west. Very big line of showers and thunderstorms. Some of which continue to be on the strong to severe side. Thats whats coming in during the day tomorrow. So what to expect tomorrow . Lots of cloud cover, strong winds, flooding possible. The strongest rains between around 10 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. Im going to break do you knwn e attention for you, coming up next. Now there is a new plan to better serve d. C. s homeless population. This is an issue that came to the forefront after the disappearance ofyearold relisha rudd earlier this year. She has not been found. The man who has waft se last se with the child was at the shelter where relisha and her family were living and he has killed himself. As relisha became the face of thousands of Homeless Children in our city, her case exposed systemic problems at the largest shelter here in the nations capital. News4s Mark Segraves explains the plan that was presented today by the mayor. Were still waiting for housing. Reporter hers is more than 100 families living at the shelter and waiting to be moved into real apartments. And i just dont understand why im being were being passed up. Like, were so many families have come in, and they havent even been here as long as we have and theyre gone. Im not understanding it. Reporter under the mayors new plan, that mother and all the other families here at d. C. General would have to wait until the district can find landlords willing to rent apartment buildings to the city for 24 million a year, and until the district can actually build its own Housing Units for another 48 million. Until those two goals are reached, this shelter will stay open and families will continue to live here. And theres a catch for the families once they are offered an apartment. Once a family moves out of the shelter and into subsidized housing, the money for the rent is only guaranteed for 4 to 12 months. Then its up to the family to pay all of that rent. Knowing that leaves many families uneasy about leaving the shelter, knowing that when theyre living there, they have free food and a place to live yearround. How am i going to pay my rent . The whole fee went up, and im not working and all that. Reporter officials acknowledge, they wont be able to get enough adequate housing to meet all of the demand for this winter. And some homeless advocates wonder if the city will ever be able to keep up with the demand. And that means d. C. General will stay open as a homeless shelter for this year, and possibly even longer. From d. C. General, Mark Segraves, news4. Homelessness is one of the issues facing candidates in d. C. s race for mayor. Nbc 4 and the Washington Post are co hosting a candidates forum. This onehour event will be streamed live on nbcwashington. Com. And well broadcast this forum at 11 30 in the morning this coming sunday. Coming up, tense moments in the air when the cabin walls on an airliner started cracking. Plus, a local School Bus Driver arrested for something he allegedly did on the job. And president Obama Meeting with World Leaders on a new with World Leaders on a new strategy to fight isis. 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. Youre watching news4 at 6 00. President obama today kicked off a series of meetings with World Leaders on a strategy to beat and deal with the terrorist group, isis. Steve handelsman is on capitol hill now. Hes got more on this story. Reporter jim, thanks. Out at andrews today, president obama insists the plan to beat isis is still in its startup stage. If so, its a rough start. The Obama Coalition meeting brought in military leaders from 20 countries. Australia, canada, germany, the arab nations and turkey, and they agree, more has to be done to stop isis. This is going to be a longterm campaign. There are not quick fixes involved. Were still at the early stages. Reporter shortterm, the war is not going well. Despite many more u. S. Air strikes, isis could still ta take kobani, syria. And even though refugees are jamming into turkey, the turks wont send their tanks or troops against the islamic state. Instead today, turkey admitted shelling Kurdish Forces who were fighting isis. In iraq, where isis took over another army base after the iraqi army again fled, baghdad got hammered by suicide attacks, two dozen dead, amid a disturbing report. The shiite militias put together to fight isis are killing iraqi sunnis. Iraq in chaos. So were going to have to help the Iraqi Security forces get up to snuff. And i think we may even need to do some mentoring in the field with some of the units which may mean a few thousand americans back in iraq. Reporter but u. S. Boots on the ground isti to try to pro homeland from isis, the Obama Administration is considering a plan to require more visas than are currently required from foreign nationals before people like that, especially those who have been to syria and return to their home countries like, for example, germany. Another visa before they can get in the u. S. Im steve handelsman, news4. Thanks, steve. The police are investigating a shooting near several d. C. Schools right now. Officers say a man was shot about 3 30 this afternoon on q street southeast. That victim was conscience when the police arrived. Other than that, we know very little about what led to the shooting or the condition of the victim. That shooting happened about a block away from orr elementary and cramer middle schools. A terrifying situation on board a crosscountry flight that was forced to make an Emergency Landing after some of the interior wall panels started to break loose. This was flight 2293, headed from San Francisco to dallas. Passenger james wilson says just after takeoff, they felt the fuselage shake violently. That was followed by popping noises and then the plane appeared to be coming apart. All of a sudden there were loud popping and ripping noise. Row 14, both sides of the cabin started ribbing in and tearing in. And we started screaming and shouting. Reporter wilson says the flight attendants first checked the damage, they werent concerned. But passengers kept complaining and then the pilot went back to check and decided to turn the plane around. It landed safely about an hour after takeoff and there were no injuries. How scary that would scare me too. I dont want the plane to be doing anything. Is this hole in my plane normal . What have we got coming . Weve got some storms coming and rain out there right now. But the biggest thing we have across our area is very warm temperatures. Our average high today is actually only around 68 degrees. And were sit agent 78 degrees right now. So 10 degrees above average. Winds out of the southeast at 15 Miles Per Hour. But those winds gusting over 20 to even 25 Miles Per Hour, and those winds are going to continue to be that strong right on through the night tonight. So you will most likely hear the trees outside your house, maybe around your area too. 72 degrees in gaithersburg. 79 in frederick. 80 in fredericksburg and towards winchester. Not much in the way of sunshine. A lot of cloud cover and a few showers out there. Nothing around i95, nothing around d. C. Or fredericksburg or waldorf. But back toward the west, where we see showers through frederick county, virginia, western Loudoun County, parts of Fauquier County, cumberland county, all seeing that rain. And you notice here, where these areas are. If you live in and around this circle right here, youre going to continue to see the shower activity right on through the night tonight. Because thats the moisture feed coming right off the atlantic right across your area. So front royal seeing the rain, towards little washington, marshal, around the middleburg area, and then if we move right on up, look at bluemont and cabletown. Up towards charlestown. You will all see more showers as you move through the night tonight. Something to watch out for. These showers will be fairly quick tonight and you can see them. Look. Heres the atlantic. Look at the moisture feed through raleigh, through the area i just told you about. Here is yet another one. Thats the one were going to be waiting for that will move through tomorrow. And it will move through very slowly. Thats why were worried about the concern for heavier rainfall. 11 00 tonight, theres the shower, still back towards front royal, winchester, along the blue ridge. Tomorrow morning around 6 30 in the morning, notice were going to be dealing with some showers around d. C. But here comes the heavier rain with that second band that im talking about. Right around i81. And notice how it stays out there. This is the area were really concerned about as far as flooding is concerned back towards the front royal region, culpeper and the line through the d. C. Metro area between noon and maybe 3 00. Anywhere along that line we could see heavy downpours and more rain throughout the evening tomorrow. Your severe storm potential tomorrow looks like this. Tornado threat on the low side. Cant rule it out but its on the low side. High winds for sure, medium risk now. Heavy rain i think is the highest risk. And we have a Flash Flood Watch in effect. Not for the d. C. Metro area, but back towards regions i showed you, towards the Shenandoah Valley and blue ridge, locust dale on the right and charlottesville. 2 to 3 inches of rain possible in those locations. And remember, flash flooding can occur very, very quickly. So give yourself some extra time out there on the roadways during the day tomorrow. The rest of us, especially northern virginia, maryland, d. C. , maybe about 1 to 2 inches of rain here. So it can still pile up. 78 for a high tomorrow. Then 70 on your thursday. 71 on friday. We dry out very nicely starting on friday after a few showers on thursday. And then look at the weekend. Saturday, sunny with a high of 71. Then a cold front moves through. Doesnt bring us much, but much cooler weather on sunday with a high of 63. Thanks, doug. Breaking news out of boston right now. Jim handly is at our live desk. We are just now getting word that two park rangers have been stabbed in the nations oldest park. Were talking about boston common. It happened shortly before 5 00. A very crowded time of day. These are live aerial pictures were showing right now. Boston police say the rangers were attacked on boston common. They have been taken to the hospitals. One has lifethreatening injuries. The Spokesman Says no one has been arrested. No other details were immediately available. Again, this stabbing of two park rangers in boston common. At the live desk, im jim han y handly, news4. Next, dozens of robberies across town targeting women. The new alert at gas stations in Montgomery County as police look for possible connections. Forget the car. A new study says a lot of younger people around here just want to walk or take a bike. They dont want to deal with the traffic. Im adam tuss. Well tell you all about this new study, coming up. Plus, postponing babies with benefits. Two tech giants gamechanging offer that has women choosing between the career and kids. Next. Traffic is one thing that can make life truly miserable in these parts. But is there is one population that goes out of their way to have nothing to do with it. Ah, the millennials. They are ditching the car all together and they are finding other ways to get around. Transportation reporter, adam tuss, live in clarendon to look at this growing trend. Adam . Reporter that it is, wendy. And you know, some people are simply married to their cars. They cant imagine ever getting rid of it. But when you start to examine how the Younger Generation gets around, you quickly find out the car is not what it once was. I hate driving it. Driving in d. C. Is the worst. Ill metro over anything. Reporter Carolyn Rudolph is the millennial, loosely defined between the age of 18 and 33. Carolyn lives in falls church, doesnt want to be in a car. She would rather be on a train or a bus. Its just easier. You dont have to focus. You can be on the phone the whole time. Reporter across the u. S. And very much so in our area, the younger demographic is choosing Transportation Options besides the car. According to the Aaa Foundation for highway safety, the percentage of High School Seniors with a drivers license declined from 85 to 73 between 1996 and 2010. Now the u. S. Public Interest Research group has released a report detailing that trend. A way to get transportation experts to think differently about how well move in the future. Mill he willials are attracted to technologies that enable you to drive less. Reporter technologies like capital bike share and smartphone ride sharing apps like uber and lyft. Sarah crosby from maryland says she has noticed the difference. I think a lot of younger people are moving toward Public Transportation for sure, because, yeah, traffic is awful. Reporter and through some of our own digging, were finding it may not just be the youth. More established travelers around here also telling us they would like to ditch the car all together. I also know that in areas like clarionton in the district, where there is limited parking, having a car can be a nuisance. Reporter another interesting note about this study, guys. It says the car is not the social status symbol that it once was. Reporting live in clarendon, adam tuss, news4. She witnessed the devastation firsthand. A local Charity Worker is back home and sharingter stories of the ebola crisis in liberia. What she is revealing about the outbreak. Im julie carey. A former School Bus Driver is charged with assault after a bus attendant reports he improperly touched a disabled gi a grim warning tonight about the spread of ebola. Expert with the World Health Organizations say that west africa could face up to 10,000 new cases each week within the next two months. Thats about ten times the rate of the past four weeks. Doctors also say the morality rate from that disease is now nearly 70 . One of the recent deaths was a Lab Technician who had been working with the United Nations as part of a volunteer group in liberia. He died of the virus at a hospital in germany early this morning. Kristin wright is here with the story of a woman who just returned from an aid mission in liberia. Reporter save the children stepped up its response over the past few months because of the number of people becoming infected in west africa. It keeps growing. Well, stepping up their response means heightening their own safety measures. One of the most heartbreaking aspects of this for me was the way children have been affected by this emergency. Reporter this is save the children sonja kutsche with four children orphaned after their mother died from ebola. Save the children is still working to find their relatives. Kutsche couldnt physically comfort them or the other countless young people somehow affected by the virus. The other sort of odd thing about being in liberia is you dont touch anyone. Reporter kutsche returned from liberia ten days ago. She is senior director of human response for nonprofit relieve organization, save the children. Kutsche was in west africa for one month, taking the necessary precautions. We had really good Infection Control procedures in place, so we were constantly washing our hands with a chlorine water mix. Reporter their work is from the ground up with the construction of ebola treatment units and other facilities to care for the sick. We want to create ebola care centers at the community level, which is a very simple structure with beds for suspected cases and confirmed cases. Reporter she says the risks must be taken to save lives. Save the children was supporting them with food and with hygiene items, trying to find extended family members, and making sure they just had some semblance of support to get back to normal. Reporter save the children is also still providing supplies and shelter to those four children who lost their mother. Jim . Thanks, kristin. An apology from nbcs dr. Nancy snyderman who admits a member of her team violated a volunteer ebola quarantine. That quarantine is now mandatory until the 21 days have expired. A freelance photographer who had been working with snyderman contracted ebola in west africa earlier this month and is now recovering at a hospital in nebraska. Snyderman says no one else on the team has shown any symptoms, but she is deeply sorry. There are reports she is the one who broke the quarantine by leaving her home to go get some soup at a restaurant in new jersey. Charges against a former bus driver who worked with disabled children. Johnnie miller inappropriately touched a student as he strapped her into her seat. Bureau chief julie carey is in springfield, virginia with more on these allegations and why the school decided not to notify the other parents. Julie . Reporter well, the search warrant documents i found at the Fairfax County courthouse today say the allegation came near the end of last school year from another adult on that bus. The bus attendant. The buses at the Key Center School carry children with intellectual disabilities and autism. Last school year, bus driver Johnnie Miller transported children here until he was accused of assaulting one of them, a 13yearold girl who had to be strapped into a special harness for the ride. This search warrant affidavit reveals that last may 6th, the adult attendant on the bus noticed what she thought was possible sexual abuse as miller buckled the special needs student into her seat. The attendant told transportation supervisors and urged them to review the bus video from that day. It had been recorded over, so they took a look at the may 8th video instead. Court documents say it showed miller rubbing his hand back and forth while fastening the girl in. The girl could be heard yelling at him. When confronted by supervisors, miller explained it was, quote, just a little tickle game. School Officials Say they contacted Child Protective Services and the Police Investigation soon began. Were always concerned about the safety and wellbeing of our students and we are thankful the attendant brought this alleged incident to our attention. Reporter the 66yearold bus driver was immediately placed on administrative leave. He retired at the end of may. Then on september 11th, Johnnie Miller was arrested by Fairfax County police, charged with assault and battery in connection with the incident. Parents at the Key Center School got the word today through media reports. Well, im concerned, but im going to withhold judgment until i hear the whole story. Reporter School District Officials Say parents were not notified last school year when the allegations surfaced because a decision was made to take action internally. Today a change of heart. Key Center Parents will be informed about what allegedly happened. Now, i called Johnnie Millers home in fredericksburg today, but was unable to reach him. He is due in a Fairfax County courtroom on october 29th. In springfield, virginia, im julie carey, news4. Thanks, julie. Weather now. Some severe storms already battering parts of the country to our west. Its heading our way. Doug, when do we see it . Were already seeing showers out there now, jim. We will see storms move through the area during the day tomorrow. And they could come through a little earlier than we were talking about yesterday. And that could mean your rush hour could be affected for some of you. Right now, look where the rain is, back towards the west in through western Loudoun County, jeffer son county, west virginia, Fauquier County, moistu moisture moving right out of the atlantic. This is where we continue to see shower activity tonight. Where were looking for in the d. C. Metro area is now through the carolinas, georgia, tornado watches in effect here. And we have a chance to see some strong thunderstorms with some very gusty winds. Well break down the timing one more time in the next nine minutes. 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Three people were hurt, including the man who lived in the apartment where the fire started. He was rescued by firefighters and is expected to be okay. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Some guys have been going around stealing stuff out of peops cars, and tonight Police Believe the crimes in two maryland counties at gas stations there might be linked much. The thieves had grabbed wallets and purses and driven off with an entire car. Tracee wilkins is in lanham with a warning. Reporter when youre at the gas station, it can happen this quickly. Perm belongings, gone. It doesnt matter where you live, im a Firm Believer in that. Reporter scenes like this are becoming a regular occurrence in Prince George with an estimated 5,000 thefts from auto last year. Now its a growing problem in montgomery count in some cases, stealing items from the vehicles, in some cases stealing the vehicles th. Reporter the latest happened just this morning at this exxon. The gentleman went in to pay for his gas and left his keys in his vehicle. The vehicle was unlocked. And he looked up to see his vehicle being driven away. Reporter now both jurisdictions are working together and comparing notes to try and figure out are all of these connected. And are they dealing with a crime ring . On our end, its a trend. Were working with pg county on their end to come together, pool our resources and do the best we can to eliminate these crimes. And if it is a particular group of people, work with as many jurisdictions we need to that are indicating its a trend in their jurisdiction as well. Reporter police from both jurisdictions say folks who are distracted are more likely to become victims. So the more aware you are of your surroundings, the better. Police offer these tips to stay safe. Were asking people to be vigilant with their surroundings, not leave things in their car that are within easy eyesight and to make sure they dont leave their cars in their car. Reporter montgomery coun police say they are worried about the possibility of this crime escalating. Thats why it is so important for folks to stay vigilant. In lanham, im tracee wilkins, news4. We have a wicked day heading our way tomorrow. Yeah. You know, tomorrow is going to be one of those nasty days, it really is. No matter what time youre out and about, some kind of weather is going to be getting you. Whether its the wind during the day, whether its the storms, the heavier rain or the wind with that heavy rain. Take a look outside right now. Nothing like that happening down towards national harbor. Were dealing with a little wind. Winds gusting over 20 Miles Per Hour in many areas. And were going to continue to see that right on through the evening. Current temperature, though, we are warm. 78 degrees after a temperature today, that got up to 80 degrees in most areas. 76 around 7 00. Dropping to 72. Still warm at 11 00 and rather breezy. Most of us on the dry side. The theirs will not, areas to the west. Warrenton, culpeper, towards the west around leesburg and winchester, charlestown and martinsburg. You can see rain continuing in these locations, and it will continue here as were dealing with rain coming right out of the atlantic ocean. And then moving right up around our region. Here is bluemont. Bluemont has seen off and on showers the last couple hours. Cabletown, the same way. You can go right down on this feed just a little bit farther to the south. Heres route 50 as it hits 17. Out towards clark county, southern Loudoun County and then back in towards Fauquier County around marshal. So we will continue to see that rain. And look at this line. Just follow this all the way down, right on in through the atlantic ocean. Its coming right towards our area. The big area, though, is bringing moisture out of the atlantic, its bringing moisture out of the gulf of mexico and all but going to converge on our region during the day tomorrow. Well time it out around 11 00, shower Activity Still toward the west. Most of us around the d. C. Metro area, southern maryland, fredericksburg, dry side. Tomorrow morning, notice showers around i95. We will see a fairly wet commute for some, but especially towards the west of the blue ridge tomorrow, the area were concerned about for fooding. A Flash Flood Watch in effect through the day on wednesday. Front royal, la ray, and harrisonburg. And the wind a factor tomorrow. Winds gusting to 30 Miles Per Hour. And thats why tomorrow is a weather alert day. Again, well have the latest for you tonight at 11 00. Chuck bell will be in tomorrow at around 4 30 for news4 today. 78 degrees tomorrow. 70 on your thursday with a 30 chance of showers. Maybe a rumble of thunder on wednesday. But i think just showers thursday. Friday, saturday and sunday, were on the sunny side of things. But notice that temperature difference, sunday much cooler with a high of only 63. Thanks, doug. Caps back on the ice after a couple days off. Jason is down at Verizon Center. Jason . Reporter yeah, vance, a big game for the capitals. This year this team is getting physical, thanks to one of their newest players. Plus, Alex Ovechkin is a great player on the ice. But off the ice, well 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. Wothe way als dismantles someone like stuarty. Is so painful. 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One thing that fans will notice about this team this season as opposed to years past, they are playing far more physical hockey this year under head coach barry trotz. Now one of the big pickups from the off season for the caps, it had to be former penguins defensem defe defens orpik, second only to Alex Ovechkin in hits. His teammates have definitely taken notice of his play. Weve always had guys like olve go out and make hits that you can see and hear and everyone gets excited. But we have a dman now that does it. So a little more wellrounded now, but playing more physical style. We have added some key guys to help fill that void a little bit. I think a lot of guys are just chipping in, obviously a lot of guys that came in had good energy, physicality i think in our own zone. A lot stronger for sure. I think thats been creating ourselves to get pucks out early and limiting the scoring chances. Reporter lets move over to baseball now. Game three of the alcs in kansas city. The orioles, they find themselves in a 20 hole against the royals. Theyre on the wrong side of history. No team has come back after losing the first two games at home in a best of seven championship series. Buc showalters birds know how important tonights game truly is. I dont want to be captain obvious here. They get it. You kn, they know who they are. So when you try to stay in the moment, and not want something too much. Sometimes you want something too much and get in your own way. I dont i know nobody is going to outwant us. You know, our curiosity is always satisfied and doesnt always mean you like the results. But you really have got to stay in the process. Reporter all right. Well see if the birds can get back in this series tonight. Lets move on to College Football now. Maryland is come offering a bye week, and not many people they believe in the terps moving to the big ten conference. Mixed reviews so far. Good win, a bad loss. But after this bye week, theyre trying to regroup on the field. It was definitely tough. I think it helped that we were able to get back on the practice field. And get two practices in during that bye week. We were able to get back out there, get better and dust it off a bit. We watched the film, critiqued ourselves and just moved on. Put it in the past. Its a week to week thing. And you take what you need from each game and you learn from it, and you just move on. Reporter maryland will face iowa this weekend. That game will take place in college park. Before we get out of here, weve got to go back to hockey for a second. We all know that Alex Ovechkin, the captain of this capitals team, we know hes a great hockey player, thats obvious. But off the ice, ovechkin is dabbling in music videos. Check this out, guys. Reporter now the song is titled let him talk. From a russian singer. Its a great song, even better music video. I watched this at 9 45 this morning and as sad as this may sound, guys, it made my entire day. , he is standing i dont think he blinked the entire video. But looks awesome. Does he sing . Reporter no, he stands there and looks like Alex Ovechkin. Game face, baby, game face. Does he kiss her . No, they did not kiss at the end of the video. Jason why not . Honey, i think we need to get you a date. If this made your day at 9 45 this morning. Reporter its a good video im on it. Im on it. Youre in trouble now, bro. Thats your broadcast for now. Nbc nightly news coming up next. See you tonight. On our broadcast tonight, emergency response. There are big changes on the way as the head of the cdc admits mistakes. He says more could have been done, more should have been done to prevent that nurse from contracting ebola. Tornado warnings. A dangerous night ahead as a big storm system is moving east. 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