Continues. Craig boswell has the latest now from the white house. Reporter dallas nurse amber vinson is ebola free and going home from Emory University hospital in atlanta today. She caught the virus treating Thomas Duncan of liberia who died earlier this month. And the nurse who was forced into quarantine in new jersey is back home in fort kent, maine. Local officials want case cri kari hickox to avoid going out. She has tested negative for the virus and shez she feels final. The latest develops come as the cdc has updated its latest ebola guidelines for Health Workers who come from treating patients in west africa. The new guidelines classify travelers into four risk categories. Health workers who treated patients using personal protective equipment pose some risk while those who had direct contact with bodily fluids are considered high risk. Theyll be monitored by officials for signs of infection and there will be restrictions about going out in public and taking commercial transportation. President obama has told his ebola team that Government Policies should not discourage Health Care Work frers going to west africa to fight the virus. So far at least half a dozen stateswith their own guide lines for mandatory quarantine. The white house says Ebola Response coordinator rob klain has been working behind the scenes and meeting with cdc officials in atlanta this week. Case boswell, cbs news, craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. Switzerland has approved a new ebola vaccine. Health care workers are bound for west africa and will take part. Now australia has joined them. The government has been criticized for not sending medical teams to west africa. 22 soldiers from here in maryland to Aberdeen Proving Ground are heading to liberia to help prevent the spread of ebol la. The unit is from the 20th biological, Radiological Nuclear explosive command. None of the soldiers will have direct contact with ebola patients. Theyll still draw a blood sample from the patient. Those samples will be brought to the laboratory where well do testing. I think i want the people to know that we are going over there fully trained and fully protected and that were over there to mitigate this risk of so ebola doesnt come here. For the soldiers this is much different than going to the combat zone. Humanitarian work is the focus this time. Viral meningitis is now a concern at a northeast d. C. Elementary school but classes are still in session today at peabody primary. D. C. Health officials sent a letter to parents and students to let them know that a staffer tested positive for it. Viral meningitis is serious, but its rarely deadly. Symptoms include fever, severe headache, stiff neck, drowsiness and nausea. Again, classes are in session. The cleaning crews have disinfected the areas that are commonly used in the school. Police are trying to find out what led to a Fatal Shooting in hyattsville, maryland last night. Prince georges county police got a call about gunshots on chillum road. When they got there, they found a man bleeding. He died at the hospital a short time later. If you have any information call Crime Stoppers 1866411 tips. Cab drivers took to the street around Freedom Plaza in d. C. In protest. Many of them are upset over a d. C. Bill involving illegal private sedan services, like uber and lyft. Cab drivers say those services do not have to follow the same rules and regulations that cab drivers need to follow. And the cabbies say a bill before the city council right now trying to fix that falls far short of providing fairness, they say. The final vote in the council is scheduled for later today. How about those redskins . Third time is a charm when it comes to the quarterback apparently. Third stringer colt mccoy hasnt start add game since 2011. He completed 83 of his passes last night against the cowboys in dallas. This was one he wanted back, though, in the first half. Forces it into double coverage. Jj wilcox picked it off in the end zone. Makes mccoy pay. That proves to be shaking off some rust. Mccoy redeems himself, lowers his helmet, goes into pay dirt. That puts washington up 1710. Cowboys tie it up. Four minutes later we head to overtime. In ot, mccoy looking like money, floats that pass to the receiver directing traffic. Jordan reed makes the catch. That gets the skins into field goal range. They would settle for 3. They need add stop and they get one. Bashaud breeland bats the down. Game over. 2017. Fans are flying high. Mccoy all the way. Mccoy showed balance and humility in whole thing, but they fought hard and they had a game plan. If they give us hope i want anybody to play a good quarterback, you know what im saying . Whoever it s i dont care. Just get us to where we need to be. Go skins, you know, especially in dallas. Well see next week. Make i will get on the bandwagon again. When youre waiting for a win that long, you can imagine that social media was on fire last night after the game. Nikki burdine was tracking some tweets from redskins nation. The best celebration by a redskins player goes to this player. And locker room celebrations and Ryan Kerrigan tweeted out this screen shot of some guy in a neck brace. Yes, thats all you need to know. We know how you feel. Our own dave owens always on fire on twitter. He said fans are like this, yeah, they are. My personal favorite came from twitter user key mart. Let the colt roam indeed. Instagram was a hot spot for celebrations. Jacqueline posted this picture. How about the cowboys. And chat. Com post add picture of a baby sleeping. This is how redskins fans sleep tonight. Another Instagram User posted this. Tony row ma with the nike swish, you blew it. Adam on instagram had fun. But the real star of the night, lets be honest, is tony wiley of the redskins. When colt mccoy was approached by another reporter on the field for an interview. Well, lets just listen. No means no. No means no. No means no. Reporter no means no he says and he meant it. Our own wusa9 newsroom was full of celebrations last night. Derek mcginty and omar mohamed clearly happy for the outcome. They almost took a shot to the head there with that chest bump. Skins travel to minnesota to play the vikings coming up on sunday. Still ahead, coming up, the popularity of everything pumpkin on the rise right now. Were going to look at if this benefits farmers or not. With midterm elections weeks away, appears most americans are unhappy. Well take now its up to afghanistans government to protect its people. After 13 years, u. S. Marines and british troops pulled up the stakes and handed the reigns to reins to Afghan Forces. Reporter marines boarded planes monday morning to leave camp leatherneck in Helmand Province for the last time. I have an 8monthold little boy at home that i missed seven months of his life so far. Im ready to not be here ever again. Reporter in a ceremony sunday, marines lowered flags at the base which was shared by u. S. And british forces. Helmand was the headquarters for u. S. Military operations in southern afghanistan. It was also the deadliest province for coalition forces. Nearly 1,000 troops were killed here during the 13year conflict. Before boarding their flights, the marines methodically went down this perimeter turning over the guard post one by one. By the time the last platoon left the base, camp leatherneck was entirely under afghan control. The taliban has been stepping uppity aaks in attacks in anticipation of the drawdown. Sergeant jared green questions whether the Afghan Forces are a match for the taliban. Can they come together as a country if they come together as a country and carry it through . That has yet to be seen. Reporter as they leave the marines worry they may have to come back one day again. Around 10,000 u. S. Military personnel will remain in afghanistan. All of those, though, will be in an advisory capacity. A new cnn poll finds nearly seven in ten americans are angry with the direction the country is headed. And 53 of americans disapprove of presidenobamas job performance. The polls are not good news for democrats just one week before the mid term elections. Democrats are trying to hold on to the Senate Majority and they are hoping to prevent more losses in the g. O. P. Controlled house. Well, a day like this in the end of october, hard to beat. Howard is up next with the forecast. Fantastic. Were going to get 2080plus in a few spots this afternoon. Soak it in. We have changes coming. A front tomorrow and another one friday night. It will be a whole different landscape around here by the weekend. Im have your full forecast coming up when wusa9 news and we owe a debt to every single one. When the v. A. Refused to treat women with ptsd. It was senator warner who got the rule changed. Hes forcing the v. A. To bring new technology to reduce. Wait times for vets like me. When military families were forced to live in toxic housing mark warner got it fixed. He even came back down to check on us. Im mark warner and i approve this message because. Whether its military housing or veterans healthcare. Weve got to get it right. And i wont stop working until we do. Now the wusa9 restaurant alert. Im Investigative Reporter russ ptacek. To track inspecks text foods to 25543 inspections text foods to 25543 for a restaurant alert. Best world supermarket on Market Street cited 11 Violations Including produce rotten, live rats, cockroaches, fruit flies and mouse droppings. It passed reinspection and is back in business. To search your favorite restaurant, text food to 25543. Well send you a link to the restaurant alert. Traffic around here may drive you crazy but there is indeed a little relief when it comes to gas prices. Some stations in town are dropping their prices 3 a gallon or even lower than that for regular unleaded all according to the aaa fuel finder. One of the spots youll find is at the freedom citgo on 9th street in northeast washington, just about 3 there. An annual halloween tradits heels once again tonight in dupont circle. The d. C. High heel drag queen race held each tuesday before halloween. Thousands of spectators are going to turn out to watch the costume drag queens race down 17th street. It starts tonight at 9 00 p. M. Its nearly halloween and the popularity of the pumpkin is proving very profitable for businesses this time of year. But what does all of that success mean for farmers who actually grow the powm kins . Pumpkins . We take a look. Its definitely pumpkin time of year. Pumpkin land, pumpkin season, this is what we do. We get excited for it. Reporter october at Butlers Orchard in germantown, maryland has a distinct color and a distinct flavor. We have pumpkin rolls, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pies, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin syrup and we havepumpkin butter. Reporter and pumpkin brittle, pumpkin soup, pumpkin seeds. Like most retailers this fall, feeding the pull skin spice craze which Pumpkin Spice craze which is widely believed to have started with the starbucks drink. What about the sales of actual pumpkins like the 20 acres grown on this farm . According to the u. S. Department of agriculture, the acreage devoted to them is on the rise and pumpkin sales of 34 coincide with the Pumpkin Spice craze. Peel will come out and have their pumpkin, whatever it may be, coffee, but it helps get people in the mood. Reporter bud letter says with the expanding roster of pumpkin flavored products and a greater spotlight on the humble halloween pumpkin has come more interest in pumpkin varieties. Cinderella, fairy tale, cotton candy. Of course youre going to get your jackolanterns for the kids to carve, things like that, but kind of the oddball different color, different shape, multipurpose pumpkins have gotten really big for us. Reporter extending the reach beyond a simple halloween decoration and, yes, adding a little spice to sales on the farm. Pumpkin beer is pretty good, too. Howard, good to see you. What a sunrise we had this morning. You sent it out on your twitter and facebook. I want to share a picture from one of our viewers. This is from waldorf from grace. Just the clouds were so cool this morning. Before sunrise as the light is coming up over the horizon, we dont get to see the sun, it lights from below the clouds and this is when we get our great colors. So often the sun is up and the clouds are being lift from behind. When theyre getting lit from below, breaght taking. You can go to our wusa9 news app. We have galleries of breath taking photos for you there as well. The apps are not only great, they dont cost you anything. Check out this on our michael son weather camera. High clouds out there now. Were watching just the gorgeousness of the afternoon. Webster is going to add that to the dictionary. Trust me on that one. Temperatures approaching the 80 degree mark and they will do it west of town. The only question im having now because im see something warm air just on the other side of the blue ridge, winds are going to get here t. Might take mid to Late Afternoon but were on our way. Southwesterly wind 5s to 10, maybe 15 miles an hour. Our weather headlines after today, we have a few showers well be looking at for tomorrow. Right now not enough to warrant a yellow alert but were watching it and monitoring it. We may have to go there for the afternoon. Cool and dry behind that for thursday and also for halloween. Looks like in the low 50s for the trick or treaters. On saturday rain snow mix possible. Im thinking rain showers and some wet flakes. As you get into the Higher Elevations in western virginia, western maryland, southwestern virginia, areas maybe, maybe skyline drive southwest of here, we may see sticking of that snow. But in d. C. And most of the areas, its going to be too warm. Dont be surprised for a couple of wet flakes. If youre going to the penn statemaryland game in state college, you better dress for cold. There are going to be some snow showers. Temperatures in the 30s to near 40 for that game. Clocks back this weekend. Dont forget we also want you to check out your smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors. You might as well. Its that time of year you need to do this. Were in the upper 60s and low 70s in the metro but leesburg 72. Winchester 77. Its 82 in luray and petersburg. I do think this is going to be moving east over the next few hours. Thats why upper 70s and low 80s will do it for us for the afternoon. Beautiful right now. Reagan national officially mostly cloudy and 68. A south wind at 8. Thats off the river. River temperatures are dropping now as we get into the season. Goes a little more west, boom, well shoot up quickly. Front out to the west. You see the showers with it past end ap liss right now. Indianapolis right now. This is the front well be tracking for tomorrow. Some showers will make it toward the mountains for tonight. Areas west of i18 have a chance of showers overnight into i81 have a chance of showers overnight into wednesday morning. We wont see temperatures drop below 60 in town. But tomorrow with the front approaching, more clouds. Winds will go more northwesterly as the day wears on. A few showers around for the afternoon. Thats why tomorrows highs in the upper 60s, maybe near 70. Then were cooling down behind that front tomorrow night as we clear out some. So its going to get back to season a. M. And below it by the weekend. 80 today. 62 tonight. Tomorrow only 68 with a few afternoon showers. In the 40s tomorrow night. Only about 60 on thursday. Sun returns. More seasonal weather moves in. Friday some clouds start to increase later on. But should be dry through the evening hours. And then rain showers and wet flakes, only in the 40s on saturday. 52 sunday and back in the 50s on monday. Stick around. Weve got more coming up 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. On gun safety, larry hogan isnt being straight. After filling out their questionaire, hogan was awarded an a from the nra. But now he refuses to release his responses. The nra opposes comprehensive background checks. They want to weaken marylands gun safety laws. Even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. On gun safety and terror the nra is wrong. Hogan gets an a from the nra. On protecting maryland we just cant trust him. Finally this afternoon, one of the most interesting homes in the d. C. Area is now on the market after many years of being one owner. Neighbors dubbed it the mushroom house. And wusa9s Stephanie Ramirez received a rare invitation to get a look inside. Sometimes somebody would knock on the door and theyd say, can i come in and wed say no. And theyd say why and wed say its our home. We live here. So just that type of thing. But its you know, its been fun. Reporter now some 40 years later, Eddie Garfinkle says its time to sell, the entire home the familys work of heart. It began in the early 70s. This way is to the master bedroom. Reporter giving us a special tour, he showed us the 30foot tall ceilings, the fish pond inside, exposed wood beams, nooks, and skylights galore. Like a fantasy. Reporter the fantasy land, the bethesda mushroom house. Cant drive by without taking a double take. I think we had over 20 kids in there for a picture. Reporter today with his children out of the home, gar finkle says its too much space for him and his wife which is why they decided to sell but the home is like a child to them, something theyve made into what it is now. At the time w