in a matter of hours the first known cases of ebola will be here on american soil. the preparation to treat patients plus what is happening now to make sure that the disease does not spread. and it is a no sales tax weekend, but that's not the only way to save on back to school shopping. the overnight rain is moving out, but is there more where that came from? happy saturday, everybody. good morning to you. welcome to news4 today i'm angie goff. >> and i'm david culver. some of you may step out this morning and find wet lawns after a bit of overnight showers.

>> yeah. we want to find out if more rain could spoil your outdoor plans for this saturday. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal has the forecast. >> good morning. we could be dealing with a shower or two today, but all in all we're looking at a mainly dry day. as we look at storm team 4 radar right now, you can see some light sprinkles leaving fredericksburg. steady rain saw in the area overnight. it's pushing out of the area. only about a 40% chance that you're dealing with rain today. and if you are, it's going to be light in nature. no thunderstorms in the forecast for your saturday. and you can see we're not really looking at anything on the map to be moving into our area. what we are having plenty of this morning, cloudy skies. and a high temperature of 69 degrees. maybe some drizzle around or an isolated shower, but plenty of

time. i'll be walking you through coming up showing you just how dry your day will be. breaking news right now from metro. transit officials saying a train hit a man in virginia. this happened around 3:30 this morning. it was between the franconiya station. we're told this should not impact trains running in the next hour. also new this morning, police working right now trying to figure out who shot a man in green belt. police took him to the hospital with life threatening injuries. this happened in prince george's county. police are trying to figure what led to the shooting. right now two americans infected with ebola are headed

to the united states. they will be the first ever to be treated for ebola in the united states. when the american patients arrive, they're going to be moved into a quarantine unit in emory hospital in atlanta. >> we have one of our four facilities in the united states capable of handling patients of this nature. >> this one of the special isolation rooms brantly and writebol will be in. one is expected to arrive later this morning. the patients will get that special hospital room once you get here. but you may be asking how are they getting here? stephanie gosk shows us the specially modified plane that is bringing them over. >> reporter: the medevac is led by the state department and the cdc. dr. brantly and writebol will be

flown separatelyn planes like this one with multiple layers of protections. the gurney will be in a secured plastic tent, the patient enclosed in another layer of plastic. and anyone in that part of the plane with hazmat suits and gloves. they will land not far from emory hospital. the facility is similar to nebraska medical center's biocontainment unit where drills like this one are regularly held. medical staff rehearse in a room equipped. doctors at emory say there's enough protection. >> i will be one of the individuals who will be coming in direct contact with the patients. i have no concerns about myself or others in that unit. >> reporter: the arrival is triggering some anger and fear like this reader's comment in the atlanta journal

constitution. it's just a bad idea, plain and simple. just down the road from the hospital we heard confidence. >> i don't have a problem as long as cdc's involved. i feel like they'll take the right precautions. >> reporter: and it may be the best chance of survival for two aid workers who went to africa to help and now need help themselves. israeli forces right now looking for a missing israeli soldier believed to have been caught by hamas. it's about 1:05 in the afternoon there. in the past few hours we've seen mostly calm skies over the area. the israeli military, however, believes hamas ambushed and abducted one of its soldiers ending a cease-fire. hamas says it is not aware of any capture. but overnight israel launched into gaza. at least 35 people have died in the overnight strikes. want to bring you up to speed on a traffic alert. if you go through route 1 in

hyattsville, crews there are repairing that stretch due to a water main break. right now it is back in service. all the customers have their water again. now, on thursday, more than 6 million gallons of water rushed down rhode island avenue. it created a massive hole. crews trying to fill that right now. may want to drive of kennelworth avenue. and another traffic alert. crews repairing a sinkhole in columbia heights. columbia road between 13th and 14th streets will be closed during the repairs. they want to avoid that area. a car stuck and flooding with the water just rising so fast. we're going to show you efforts to save a woman trapped inside. and questions of corruption and even infidelity coming out in the trial against bob mcdonnell. plus the next step in what has been a captivating case. and how

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already almost that time, right? you might want to head to virginia if you're shopping for some back to school supplies. right now is the tax-free holiday. you won't have to pay tax on most supplies less than $20 each. it began yesterday and ends tomorrow. and if you are looking for the best deals, the tax holiday is only part of the equation. >> that's right. cnbc's kelly grant has tips to maximize your savings. >> reporter: giving shoppers a break on school supplies, clothing, computers and other items. you might be under the impressions these are huge, everything must go sales. but how much are you saving

really? maybe not that much depending on the state savings top out at about 7% and local taxes might still be in effect adding to your bill. keep that in mind as you're filling up your cart. if those school supplies aren't already on sale, you'll probably get better deals throughout the month. and make sure you're stacking up on coupons, sales, or other deals to maximize the savings you're seeing on computers and other big ticket items. >> kelly grant reporting there. we picked up a lot of school supply lists to see what they're asking your children. >> it's not quite the lists we need back then. most had a folder color requirement to help kids stay organized. another required ear buds for all the technology the kids are using in school these days. and now most schools ask for tissues they will use throughout the year. everyone can share those. >> some also

drives. >> usb drives along with thumb drives. parents saying these lists are longer and more expensive. last year on average parents spent about $90 on supplies. this year $101. >> wait until they start asking to bring google glass. >> oh, no. if you're living in maryland your tax-free holiday starts august 10th through the 16th. it involves deals on clothing and footwear but not school supplies. if you didn't catch all that, we put all the details on our website. just head to nbcwashington.com. search tax free. and new video this morning showing what could happen if you're high up on one of those roller coasters when something goes wrong. we're going to show you a few souls living by example. we may see some drizzle. but what about

the corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell is off for the weekend. when the trial resumes, star witness johnnie williams will take the stand for his third day of testimony. williams is under intense cross examination by the mcdonnells' defense lawyers. most recently lawyers showed williams and the mcdonnells exchanged 1200 texts and e-mails

in the last two years. bob mcdonnell spoke to reporters when he left the courtroom. >> my defense has done a great job. we'll look forward to prevailing. >> one of the digital exchanges that came out happened during the 2011 earthquake. maureen mcdonnell wrote a letter to him the earth just moved and i'm not even having sex. end quote. trial evidence has included a picture of bob mcdonnell driving in williams' ferrari and a rolex the businessman gave him. we're posting everything including a timeline of all the evidence as it comes out. for our coverage head over to nbcwashington.com and search mcdonnell. a manassas teenager tells me he's disappointed a judge didn't find him innocent of charges. simms is accused of sexting with

his girlfriend who also was a minor. they wanted to take explicit pictures of the teenager and compare them to the ones he sent at the time. they backed off pursuing that controversial search warrant. >> it's been hard these past couple months. hard on my family. hard on me. >> here's what's simms is going to have to do under that probation. 100 hours public community service. he has to stay away from his girlfriend. simms will be back in court next year when the judge could decide to dismiss the felony charges all together. new this morning, take a look at this video we got our hands on. it shows a dramatic water rescue. this happened out in the arizona area. you can see rescuers pulling a woman right there to safety. she drove into that high water last night. you can see part of her car right there submerged in that water. she wasn't hurt. this apparently is an area known for flash flooding.

emergency officials saying they are called to this area for water rescues quite often. >> water problems this time in california. faculty and staff at ucla campus checking their cars this morning hoping they still work after this huge water main break drenched them. the flooded parts of campus and garages. >> reporter: tow trucks on the west side have been quite busy. a steady stream of them dropping off the cars parked at ucla. after the water main break that flooded much of ucla. are you feeling pretty fortunate? >> very. my other car got damage, towed awhile ago. and then we got this one. it's good this one survived. >> i'm feeling better than the people who unfortunately may have got their cars ruined in the flood. but it was an amazing event to actually witness it.

>> reporter: during the flooding they moved their cars to the top of the structure and that likely saved them from damage. most lower remain stuck there. >> as we go lower we'll have more damaged cars. those will all be towed to another location. >> reporter: there was a bit of suspense. being told your car is okay and actually seeing it. >> i'm very glad. and i'm glad it's not really -- it doesn't look like it's hurt. and i'm glad they said it probably isn't. a group of thrill seekers have a different story to tell this morning after they had to walk down a roller coaster. >> yeah. this happened at a six flags in new jersey. take a look right there. it is what you are looking at. a few dozen people walking down because the ride just broke in mid-air. the coaster was on its way up to the peak height of 233 feet. a power failure caused the problem.

thankfully nobody was hurt. but it was just a few weeks ago out in california. remember there's a couple dozen that were left hanging for a few hours because a coaster at six flags hit a tree branch. and fire and rescue were able to help them. i don't know. i think i wod have just hung tight. >> they got a workout in too. >> they sure did. a lot of people wanting to go out this weekend hoping to see that sun. >> not much sun, but we aren't looking for washouts. i have to stress there's going to be plenty of dry time. if you do have plans outside, keep the rain jacket or that small umbrella handy. no severe weather in the forecast. if you have to be outside, we're not looking at chances of a storm. because of that chance of rain and drizzle today, maybe a shower or two you're dealing with and cloudy skies. the weather having a low to

moderate impact on your day. it will also be a little bit humid. here on storm team 4 radar, you can see the area right now is dry. rain pushing off of the eastern shore. we're looking at plenty of clouds as the sun continues to come up and we'll keep the cloud cover around for the morning, midday, and afternoon hours. here we are 8:00 a.m. on future weather. just some mist outside. that threat cntinuing throughout the day today. we can't put a timing on the rain. just know you could be dealing with a shower or two throughout the day. notice at 3:00 how dry the area is. 8:00 p.m., maybe some isolated showers around. then as we get into tomorrow, here's your sunday at 6:00 a.m. notice that threat for more scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible tomorrow afternoon. a little bit more sunshine across the area, though, tomorrow afternoon. so your sunday evening not

looking too bad. temperatures right now in the 60s and 70s. 65 in camp springs, 70 in washington. a chilly relatively speaking 59 degrees right now in winchester. here's a look at your highs today. pretty similar to yesterday. our high yesterday was 80. today our high 78 in washington. 76 in gaithersburg. 78 in culpepper. typically our high, 88. we're a good 10 degrees below where we should be. nationals taking on the phillies tonight. first pitch just after 7:00. can't rule out a shower for the game, but we're not looking at any rain delays and mainly dry conditions. plenty of clouds and a little bit humid at the game with temperatures starting off in the mid-70s and finishing in the low 70s. i'm going to be talking about tropical storm bertha later this morning, but let's take a look at your seven-day forecast right now. for tomorrow a little bit better chance you're dealing with a shower or isolated thunderstorm and warmer. for monday, plenty of clouds.

a high temperature of 87. so it's warmer and it's muggy. tuesday is looking like a nice day. a nice summer day. mostly sunny skies, a high around 90. chance of some thunderstorms wednesday and thursday. >> looks good. thank you. so you swiped your debit card but don't have the money in your account. this morning a look at how much overage fees can cost you. plus a popular airline plus a popular airline admitting it has bedbu

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welcome back. listen up. we have a consumer alert for those i don't have you who own a gm car, truck, or suv. federal regulators say the company's recall website may not list all of the cars that need recall repairs. the national highway traffic safety administration says gm's search system is incorrectly telling some owners that their cars are not involved in recalls. the agency asked gm to fix this problem. the system should show owners any recalls regardless if the parts are ready. united airlines is dealing with a bedbug problem. no bedbug has been found on the carrier planes, thank goodness. however, those pests have turned

up at the company's headquarters in chicago. the bedbugs were found on some cubicles on one floor. united airlines brought in exterminators to work on the problem. looks like more of you are jumping on bikes across our area. the program is smashing records. bike share had its higher ridership month ever in june clocking 320,000 trips. the previous was set in may with 310,000 trips. as for july, last month you averaged about 11,000 trips per day. you can now find bike share in d.c., maryland, and in the commonwealth. >> i rode my first one last month. they're really smooth. >> they're easy to do too. >> and they're everywhere. well, you can watch your smallest purchases because they can add up. >> they sure can. that's the new advice from the financial protection bureau. most card overdrafts, that's when you swipe for more money than you have in your account, happen on transactions for $24

or less. fees for those transactions, $34. therefore you are spending more on the fee than the actual purchase. >> they say some banks are eliminating the fee on small purchases. >> you can take control of it and tell the bank you don't want overdraft protection. it will just decline when you go to purchase. make some room. the area you want to avoid where some 60,000 people are attending a convention happening today. plus the return of a popular mobile app. the game you can once again download. plus why the creator bolted off the market in the first place. and a very cloudy morning and a chance of more rain. angie's headed over to talk to amelia about the forecast.

should you carry that umbrella or perhaps a sun shade? they're all questions you might have this morning if you get ready to make your saturday plans. i'm here in the storm team 4 weather center with my friend amelia segal. great to see you this morning. also seeing a bit of that rain from overnight. hopefully it won't linger too long, right? >> we're looking at mainly dry conditions right now which is good. today it will be a mainly dry day. if you are going to be outside, i would keep the small umbrella ready. the timing possible at any time.

morning, midday hours, or even hours. there's going to be plenty of dry time. right now on storm team 4 radar, i'm not tracking any rain. if you're dealing with rain, it will generally be light in nature. we're not looking at anything on the map right now that will be moving into the area. so we're going to see these light showers developing. but again, light in nature. 70 degrees right now in washington and a high today of only 78. i'll have more on what you can expect sunday coming up in a bit. >> all right. we'll check in with you then. happening today. if you're one of those heading to the convention of jehovah's witnesses, might want to bring your umbrella with you to be safe. 60,000 people expected to attend the international conference. chopper 4 flew over the beltway near route 202 yesterday. you can see the backup. services begin at 9:20 this morning. the convention will come to an end tomorrow. crews are getting ready for

tomorrow's u.s./africa leaders summer. it will take place in southwest d.c. president obama invited leaders from 50 african countries here. a lot of roads will be shut down. there's too many to list here, although we did just that on nbcwashington.com. those closures begin at midnight tonight, but the summit is going to actually start on monday. it's going to focus on u.s. trade and investment in africa. the president says he hopes to build on his 2013 trip to the continent and strengthen u.s. tie there is. be sure to watch news4 today monday morning for our information of the closures. happening today. family and friends will say a final good-bye to a new jersey couple killed by a tornado while camping in virginia. the husband and wife were killed at the cherrystone campground on virginia's eastern shore. the service is happening in new jersey. the couple's 13-year-old son was among those hurt. hundreds of volunteers have bee

reopen this weekend. this morning investigators want to know why a maryland state police cadet used an emergency crossover between the inner and outer loop of the beltway. that killed a teacher karen williams. >> reporter: karen holt-williams was the proud mother of five adult children, nine grand kids. her family members and neighbors are heartbroken she died. a maryland state police cadet hit her on the beltway. >> she was a nice person. i always enjoyed being around her. >> reporter: her family tells me she was driving her lincoln town car to get a teaching recertification. maryland state police cadet, 18-year-old sebastian reyes used his unmarked suv to make an

emergency cross yoover. >> the information indicates he sideswiped a 2000 lincoln. that lincoln then lost control and crashed into the jersey wall on the fast shoulder. >> reporter: medics drove karen holt-williams to the medical center where doctors pronounced her dead. a third car was involved in the crash, but none of those people were hurt. the unanswered questions, was cadet reyes authorized to make a turn from the inner loop to the outer loop? >> police do not have any authority. that's something the investigators will be looking at. >> reporter: shomari stone, news4. >> investigators interviewed the cadet and he could face charges. nba player paul george tweeted a thank you so everyone shocked by his serious leg injury. we're not going to show you that injury on air. i did see it before we came on air and it is disturbing. players covered their faces as

he crumpled to the ground. his leg snapped as he came down trying to block a layup. saying, quote, the thoughts of all of us at the nba are with paul and his family. right now young basketball players are reliving memories made right here. >> we are told about the men who brought them to northern virginia. >> reporter: alex harris and marvin forbes teamed up to help the teens from turks and caicos. >> there's only one basketball club in the whole country. >> a lot of our kids have dreams of being nba players. they're showing them to take it one step at a time and work hard. anything can happen. >> reporter: the players are aging 11 to 17.

there are 21 boys and 1 girl. their days include workouts at the training facility but they're also sightseeing. >> my favorite part is the workouts. i like to feel the burn. i know i got to push myself to keep on going forward. >> we got to go to mary mount university and play a pickup game with some of the students there. it was fun. >> reporter: and one of their biggest thrills, competing with kids in youth leagues from this area. news4 sports. wash your hands before you eat. practically common sense, right? a new study may reveal our true habits. and the action on capitol hill causing a protest today. plus amelia told us about the chance of rain today. but what about tomorrow and beyond? we're getting a look at her we're getting a look at her

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a new study shows your hands are dirtier than an escalator handrail. the study also said only one in eight of us washes our hands before eating. the daily mail reported that researchers swabbed shoppers' hands at a mall and found more germs than on benches and tables. not washing includes your risk of getting sickness. >> lovely from that to some ice cream. >> you want a scoop? >> we always enjoy a nice ice cream cone to cool off from the summer heat. >> one maker is putting a twist on an old favorite.

look at this ice cream. >> changes colors as you lick it. a spanish physicist came up with the concept after a man created glow in the dark ice cream. no word on whether this will be sold in the u.s. flappy bird fanatics, you can get the game now. you should know at this time it's only available for amazon fire tv. it has changed. it's now called flappy bird family and has a multiplayer option. the creator took it off the market because he said it was too addictive. i never got into this one. >> neither did i. well, it's going to be a busy weekend in storm team 4. let's check in with amelia. >> there's a chance of some showers in the forecast not only today but tomorrow as well. in addition to that, i'm going to have the latest on tropical storm bertha coming up in my

full forecast. he's played with the greatest names in music, now this musician from d.c. has fallen on hard times and is hoping for one thing to help him play again.

we'vegot the "today" show coming up next here on news4. let's check in on what they're

work ogen. >> lester holt and erica hill in new york. >> good morning. the latest on the race to get two infected workers with ebola into the united states. we're at the hospital where one of them will arrive in a few hours. and nancy snyderman will join us. she's been going through some of your questions about ebola. we'll also have more about the gruesome injury suffered by nba's paul george. it happened last night during a scrimmage for the u.s. basketball team. also the dispute between a mayor and a bicyclist he's accused of running down in an alleged case of road rage. we'll hear from both men about what happened. and you likely saw this. the viral video of the week. this little 5-year-old girl crying because she doesn't want her super cute little brother to grow up. this morning the entire family is here with us live. those stories and more when we get started here on "today." back to you. >> erica, i think you could

agree with me. that's like us, right? looking at our kids. >> a little bit. >> george is doing that with bob saying you can't grow up. >> at the same time she's like i want to be big. so you can't have it both ways. thanks, guys. right now several groups are making their way to the district. they will rally on the national mall to stop the war on gaza. the coalition is bringing in people from more than a dozen cities. the park will be a very busy area because another group will march there to stop deportation. and on capitol hill, the house did pass a bill to deal with children crossing the border illegally. many of those children are making their way alone from central america and this bill would send those kids back home without hearings. president obama condemned the republican bill. the senate already recessed for august break, so that bill has a

very slim chance of actually becoming law. ♪ you probably recognize the music he helped to make, but you may not know his name. woody woodson is a native washingtonian. he's lived in the same northeast home for more than 50 years. a few years ago diabetes took one of his legs. we talk to him about how he hopes to get a second chance at playing one more show. >> marvin gave, temptations, four tops, supremes, stevie wonder. everything motown. >> reporter: sitting in his northeast d.c. home, woody woodson recalls playing drums for some of the greats. he spent years on the road with wilson pickett, otis redding, and marvin gave who he snapped pictures of on the road.

♪ it's your thing >> reporter: stier jordon said it was his drumming that inspired him. >> he's one of the greatest drummers of all time. big influence on my play. >> reporter: today woodson struggles. he's able to get himself around his two-story home, but it's not easy. >> it's rough. >> reporter: unable to work for years because of his diabetes, he gets by on the few royalty checks he does get. but he says he gets nothing for his work on two of otis redding's biggest records. >> i recorded with otis and got two albums out. i should get some money somewhere. >> reporter: without a decent prosthetic leg, he is unable to play the drums like he once did. his friends are trying to help him out. >> he's a guy like nobody talks

about and he is super bad. he's totally incredible. anyway, he needs a leg. >> reporter: and what woodson really wants is to play. >> it would tickle me to death to not play a gig, but just to be able to play a couple of songs. if i play a couple of songs, there ain't no telling, man. >> reporter: mark seagraves. >> if he's playing again, i'll go see him. let's hope he'll get the donations he needs. that would be phenomenal to hear him again. meantime, folks thinking about their weekend and we've been spoiled really this summer. >> we have. our weekends this summer all in all have been fabulous. not the case this weekend but it's not a washout either. keep the small umbrella handy. there is going to be plenty of dry time this weekend.

it will be a little bit humid and temperatures below average. so here's what you can expect for the weekend. some showers at times. again, plenty of dry time as well. no thunderstorms in the forecast for today. maybe an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow. there will be plenty of clouds around today and tomorrow. the clouds definitely winning out. again, it's not going to be too hot, but it is going to be muggy outside. definitely noticing that humidity already out there this morning. temperatures right now for the most part in the 60s. washington coming in at 70 degrees. we're at 64 in leesburg. 66 in haigers town. 67 degrees at the river. radar showing dry conditions across the area. again, there could be some drizzle today, a shower or two. but there will be more dry time than wet time for your saturday. when we add the clouds here on the satellite and radar, you could see some sun breaking out back to the west.

like i said, for the most part the clouds win out today. temperature around 70 degrees at that point. noon temperatures in the mid-70s. again some scattered showers around today. our high today 78. very similar to what we had yesterday. a few showers at 6:00 in the evening. and a temperature of 76 degrees. the nationals play tonight. i think they'll get the game in just fine. but you might want to bring the poncho there. we can't rule out a shower. for tomorrow, high temperatures will be just a little by warmer. 79 in frederick. and 81 degrees in culpepper. there will be a few showers around tomorrow, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. a little bit better chance dealing with rain tomorrow. as we head to the tropics, talking about tropical storm bertha right now, maximum sustained winds at 50 miles an hour. now, it's going to track over puerto rico where there's tropical storm warnings in effect. some areas of the island could see up to 8 inches of rain.

now, the good news about bertha, is it looks like it's going to curve back out to sea potentially becoming a category 1 hurricane very early wednesday morning. really no impact on our area, direct impact. heading to the beach this weekend, some showers at times. cede some rain on the beach, sunday maybe a thunderstorm. temperatures in the upper 70s. tomorrow low 80s for highs. monday here will be mostly cloudy. maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm. but warmer. high temperature on monday of 87 degrees. hot and humid on tuesday. a high temperature around 90 with mostly sunny skies. tuesday looking like a great pool day for the kids. wednesday and thursday there's the chance of showers and thunderstorms. high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. friday partly sunny skies. it's the first weekend in august, not a fabulous weekend, but it's not a bust either. >> i'm amazed we haven't been

talking about triple digits. typically when we talk about washington summers. >> we had a lack of extremely hot days this year. >> been nice. thanks. showing appreciation for the fans. how redskins players are showing their support for one particular young man. customer satisfaction?

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