>> good morning, guys. most of us were dry for all of the daytime hours yesterday. some isolated showers around mainly during the evening hours. today just a slightly better chance that are you dealing with a shower or thunderstorm. once again we are going to feature plenty of dry time. depending on where are you, looking at variably cloudy skies across the area. the sun trying to break out. temperature right now at 75 degrees. the dew point indicates the humidity. above 65 we say it is humid. it says 67%. notice it will be muggy and humid throughout the day today. the clouds will win out. we are dry for the rest of the morning hours but getting into the afternoon hours, especially the later afternoon hours, some scattered showers. more on your forecast in ten minutes. we're learning new details about a crash involving d.c. council member marion barry. since we brought you this breaking news last night at

11:00, a source tells nbc 4 applicant ticketed him for driving on the wrong side of the road and driving with an expired tag. the crash happened last night along pennsylvania avenue just a few blocks from minnesota avenue in southeast d.c. police saying another car was involved in the accident. the driver was not hurt badly. barry was taken to the hospital for treatment. he is diabetic and his aides say his sugar level was low and he got disoriented. barry tweeted out this -- thank you, everyone, for the calls and well wishes. i thank god for his grace. ". police say someone stabbed a man on the green line just before 2:30 this morning. rescuers rushed him to the hospital. he didn't have life threatening

injuries. a major convention begins today, bringing asmany as 50 leaders from african countries right here to the district. believe in africa day panels will be held at the museum. at noon, the mayor will host some of those leaders in the ronald reagan building. the summit runs through wednesday. why should you care? because it is going to affect a lot of the roads in the area. megan mcgrath is live. >> reporter: we're already starting to see the closures. african leaders summit is a four-day event that will have a major impact on traffic in the d.c. area. look behind me here. we're standing along m street in georgetown. you can see the 29th street has already been closed. it's closed from m all the way down to k street. that's going to be the case for the next couple of days here. we are going to have a major

impact in our area all through the week. things getting under way here today. the number of events. of course, monday and all the way through wednesday. folks will just have to plan accordingly. we are going to see some traffic tie-ups as a result of all of this. let's take a closer look at the areas that are going to be affected here. there are events at the national academy of sciences, the white house, the world bank and mandarin oriental hotel. expect road closures in those areas as well as parking restrictions. you aren't going to be able to park when there are events taking place. closures are going to be staggered depending on the events around town. monday that is going to be the first big impact that we're going to see. take a look at this map. give you an idea of some of the road closures we are going to experience monday. primarily in the area of southwest washington around the mandarin oriental hotel. there are really too many specific road closures to mention here so take a look at

the map. also go to our website, nbcwashington.com. we've got a complete list of all of those road closures. we're also going to be staying on top of this in the morning. "news4 today" for have the latest on how this will impact you. folks will just have to give themselves some extra sometime starting today and into the work week as well because it is going to be a little messy. >> thanks. all those closures you'll want to watch tomorrow morning, first 4's traffic will be on top of it for "news4 today." the coverage begins at 4:26. right now the specialized plane that brought one ebola infected american here is headed back to africa to bring back another. nancy writebol should arrive in the next few days. her colleague, dr. kent brantly is at emory university hospital. this is video of him as he arrived there. he needs support to walk.

brantly's treatment is already under way. nbc's jay grey tells us more about the doctor and how he is doing. >> reporter: with some help, dr. kent brantly, the first ebola patient ever treat in the western hemisphere, walked out of an ambulance and into emery hospital saturday. >> we have a unit that's staffed with both physician experts and nursing experts that are really key players in understanding practices to maintain safety not just of the unit and all the other patients but the general public as well. >> reporter: plane specially converted for his transfer from africa landed just before noon. then police and fbi agents escorted an ambulance with dr. brantly inside. his treatment started immediately at the atlanta hospital and for the first time in weeks dr. brantly's wife, amber, was able to see and hear her husband from the other side of a glass barricade in the isolation unit. dr. brantly was working as a medical missionary in liberia when he was infected with the deadly virus. last july, just before he left

on the mission trip, he spoke at his childhood church in indianapolis. >> i knew nothing about liberia and i had never met anyone who had ever been there. so how is it that less than a year later i'll be taking my family to this faf-off place. it's because god has a call in my life. >> a life that hangs in the balance as doctors at emery hospital work to save their colleagues. jay grey, nbc news, atlanta. >> now ebola is very deadly killing 9 of every 10 people who are infected. hundreds of people in africa have already died from the disease in just the last few weeks. health experts say you don't have to worry about the virus spreading here. clean-up efforts happening now after an explosion at a plant. how a flavoring for food set off the blast. plus, everything changed in a matter of seconds. a deputy's costly mistake that ended an eight-hour standoff. plus, some good news before your monday morning commute.

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you're going to want to watch out for track work on the red line today until closing tonight. the brooklyn and rhode island avenue stations are closed which means you have to get off your train at ft. to it. ten and nomo. you can always take the green line to avoid the delay. all of the metro's other lines are running at normal weekend service. your commute through bethesda could become a little bit smoother today. >> that's right. maryland state highway administration could re-open a portion of cedar lane tomorrow. now this stretches from elmhurst parkway. this all depends if the weather holds up and cooperates and crews can finish up their work.

just under 18 hours left -- really 15 hours left to take advantage of the tax-free holiday in virginia. until midnight you don't have to pay sales tax on any school supplies so long as it is under $20. lots of clothing is tax-free as well as long as each item costs less than $100. if today doesn't work for you, maryland's tax-free holiday begins august 10th. for all the details how to save, go to nbcwashington.com. search tax free. heads up. don't litter in the district or you could face a $75 ticket. right now d.c. police are reminding folks to properly throw away your trash and not just toss it on the street while walking. for now you'll only get a warning if caught but next month you could get a ticket and have to pay up. police already enforce this in some neighborhoods. officers also issue $100 tickets to drivers who throw trash out of car windows. we are getting word of a major earthquake in china. we are hearing that 150 people have been killed.

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this breaking news now from china. state media reporting at least 150 people are dead following a strong earthquake. hundreds of others, we are hearing, are hurt. the quake registered at 6.1 magnitude. this was in china's hunan province. it toppled houses and building. we're working to get some video from that region. this is the strongest earthquake to hit hunan in 14 years. we have learned a sheriff's deputy mistakenly shot and killed an innocent homeowner during a standoff out in california. los angeles county sheriff's deputies were looking for an armed parolee who took a woman hosta hostage. the sheriff says that the deputy mistook the homeowner for that armed man. deputies evacuated three people inside of the house before the shoot-out happened. this will probably make for some intereing photo albums. a florida wedding party had to evacuate their boat when a fire started during the ceremony.

nbc's heather crawford tells us exactly what happened. >> reporter: all of the passengers aboard this boat were brought to shore. >> we were having dinner and all the power went out right before they were getting ready to cut the cake. we all had to go up to the top of the ship -- or boat. and there was a fire in the engine room. >> reporter: a short time later the fire department arrived. >> everybody was all right. the crew was great about everything. and they got there. the fire department got there as soon as they could and brought us back in. no injuries or anything. >> reporter: jean hawkins, the mother of the bride, says it is definitely a night she will never forget. >> i have three girls, so this one getting married, the first one, yes? i'll never forget it. >> heather crawford reporting

there. >> at least they had the right equipment to be able to get off there and everybody was safe. like she said, they will not forget this one. >> no question. a mystery explosion of eggnog flavoring is being cleaned up this morning in new jersey. >> right now investigators are trying to figure out how this all happened. they said the flavoring was in a big container. it blew up in a manufacturing lab. the explosion took out a wall and be lab will probably be torn down. seven people were hurt but they are expected to be okay. 9:16. yesterday of course you warned us that it would be hit or miss when it comes to the showers. a cloudy start this morning. >> the sun is trying to break out. there could be a shower around today. a little bit better chance that you're dealing with a shower than you had yesterday. 50% chance today. the timing will be during the afternoon and evening hours. it is not going to be a wash-out. it is not going to be a two-hour rain. it will be kind of that

summertime showery activity. this morning you probably notice plenty of clouds especially if you're in the d.c. metro area. areas farther back to the west, noticing a little bit more sunshine right now. all in all the clouds thinning out today, a few showers are in the forecast. the chance for an isolated storm. the beginning of the work week, it will be warm to hot, temperatures return to average. average now is about 88 degrees. you're noticing the humidity. it is humid today and the mugginess sticks around through wednesday. with the heat and humidity comes some minor rain chances but we're not looking at any steady soaking, rainy days. just kind of that scattered shower and thunderstorm activity remains the threat on the seven-day. here on storm team four radar, i have it turned up all the way. if you're seeing green, this is a misty drizzle persistent in parts of eastern frederick county. parts of montgomery county and

howard county and kind of on the border of prince george's county but most of us are dry this morning. again, notice cloudiness through the district, down through southern maryland a little bit more sunshine. back to the west, front royal, charlottesville. temperatures around 70. 72 college park. 72 rockville, washington. now up to 75. a high temperature of 84, we'll hit that at 4:00 in the afternoon. mainly dry, plenty of clouds. 2:00 maybe an isolated shower, humid, low 80s. scattered showers become more likely by 3:00, 4:00 p.m. we are still tracking some scattered showers on into the evening hours. that includes the 6:00 hour when there can also be a thunderstorm around. if you have outdoor plans today, keep the umbrella or poncho handy. you might not need to use it. 3:00, spot hit-or-miss activity. 8:00 potentially still

some thunderstorms or a shower around the area. we'll return to mainly dry weather just after midnight tonight. so the nationals take on the felli phillies this afternoon. can't rule out a shower, but i don't thing that will cause a delay. temperatures at the first pitch, just after 1:30, low 80s. by the last out, 85 degrees. for tomorrow, high of 87. partly sunny skies. more sun tomorrow. maybe an isolated afternoon thunderstorm. there could be a shower or thunderstorm around on your tuesday afternoon as well. a high of 90. little bit better chance of rain on wednesday. a high of 87. the humidity, lowered on thursday. partly sunny skies, a high of 86 next friday looking beautiful -- or this coming friday. the second full weekend of august will be better than the first. a wild scene here in fairfax

county. this is the aftermath of a chase on i-66. coming up, what happened during the traffic stop that started all of this. the focus returns back to the campaign trail on tuesday with four states holding primaries. the biggest contests will be in kansas where incumbent senator pat roberts is facing a tea party challenge from milton wolf. >> most analysts think that roberts will probably win the race but wolf has been hammering him for living more in northern virginia than in kansas and the roberts campaign has been highlighting some really gruesome images that wolf, who is a doctor, posted on his facebook page. >> we're not only having primaries on tuesday. on thursday tennessee will hold its primary elections and the contest we'll be watching, senator lamar alexander is getting republican primary from several opponents. he's probably pretty safe. >> primary season's back.

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you might have already been counting down the days. football is officially back. starting today you are going to be able to watch a game every sunday from now until the super bowl. it all begins tonight on "sunday

night football" with the hall of fame game between the new york giants and buffalo bills. then the full preseason schedule starts thursday including redskins versus patriots. right here on nbc 4. this morning, that you group of football players waking up with some new hardware from the hall of fame. among the new inductees, derrick brooks, michael strahan, as well as andre reed who spent a season with the redskins. all in all, seven new players joined the ranks of the game's greats. you've heard of crazed fans sprinting on to the field in baseball but how about a young child? take a look at this. young girl no older than elementary school age, runs down on to the field as the cincinnati reds were playing the miami marlins last night. a group of security guards decided to return her to her mom and dad. no word if she was grounded when she got home. you got to wonder was she set up by dad? >> a lot of people say where

were her parents. but you know if you are a parent, if they were that close to the field, she could have just hopped over. we have another scam alert to warn you about. this time it is a man sweet-talking his way into some homes in our area. we'll tell what you to look out for. plus, marking one year since a virginia teen disappeared. how her loved ones hope to keep her memory alive. and the new pink ambulance from prince george's county stopping by our studio this morning. we'll tell you about the

more on that breaking news. now from china. we just got this new video in. state media reporting at least 150 people dead following a strong earthquake. hundreds of others are hurt. these are images coming in from media there in china. you can tell that we have a lot of military response looking for any survivors in that rubble. >> this video is just coming in at this hour. quake was 6.1 in china's human province. that's i case are you wonder geographically towards the southwest of the country bord bordering burma and laos. this was the strongest earthquake to hit in that area in 14 years.

it toppled houses and buildings. of course we're keeping an eye on it. this is breaking news. >> all that developing really quickly. one woman describing what she experienced, it felt like a bomb went off. they're saying hundreds of people are hurt. the death toll already at 150. unfortunately, as something that we have covered many a time like this, that number will probably end up going up. but we are going to stay on top of this, once again showing you that video out of human province in china where they have been hit by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake. david, how does it compare to what we experienced here in virginia? >> that was 5.8. but if i'm reading here from nbc news right now, they're getting in that 2,000 tents are being sent to the area, 3,000 folding

beds, thousands of quilts, coats to help folks who are in that region help cope with what's a disaster. >> the local reaction, very swift. we'll see a global response, can you imagine. we'll continue to bring you the latest developments as they come in. right now a tough decision for the prince george's county fire and ems department. they received more than 200 names for this -- isn't she beautiful. it is the pink ambulance. a naming contest just wrapped up and the winning name will be anounsd very soon. >> we have the ambulance here at our studio this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal is outside with a big pink vehicle behind her. >> absolutely. love it out here. what you're looking at, one of the newest additions to the rescue fleet of prince george's county fire and ems. i am joined this morning with benjamin barksdale. why did you want to paint the

vehicle pink? >> as you know, part of our responsibility is saving lives. we also have a duty to prevent as far as life saving and making people aware of different things. so we thought what a better way to get people's awareness about breast cancer than to paint a couple of our vehicles pink so that when we're out and about in the community, people can see this as a reminder, awareness about breast cancer and making sure that women are doing their monthly checks and staying healthy and watching their diet and things that they can do to prevent breast cancer. >> you not only have a pink ambulance, you have a fire truck as well. you told me that another vehicle is getting added to the fleet soon as well. correct? >> we do have a pink engine at firestation 805 in the capitol heights area. it has a pink rack. these vehicles are actually painted pink at no additional

cost of having painted pink. citizens don't have to worry about -- we didn't spend tax money wastefully. but, yes. hopefully next couple of weeks our new pink engine will be in to replace the one that is wreck wrecked. >> you have little kids going to the firestation or seeing the fire truck. when you have a fire truck not only are they being educated about how important first responders are and what to do in the case of a fire but they are also learning and their parents, especially mothers, learning about the importance of following through with your health an breast cancer awareness. >> it is all about making sure that the quality of life in prince george's county an everywhere, that we try to promote that. again, it is just not about running emergencies and saving lives. it is on the preventive side as well. >> you had naming contest. what can you tell me about that

contest? what kind of names did you get? >> we had over 200 entries through our social media campaign. everhing from pinkie, rosie, lady pink, there were several that were sentimental for people's names that suffered with breast cancer or passed because of it. and of course there was some that, while they were funny, but probably won't be appropriate. >> right, not very appropriate. when will you announce what the name will be? >> we hope to have a command staff meeting this week so hopefully by the end of this week we'll have a name for her. >> i'll put you on the spot. did you have any favorite names to came to mind? >> hope. >> hope. that's a good one. i love that. thanks for being with us today. we've seen this in video but in person, it really grabs your attention. >> it does. it does. yes. >> it's wonderful.

as we talk about the weather today, of course we are standing outside. noticing the humidity a little bit here. there's definitely some mugginess in the air. it is going to be humid throughout the day today. plenty of clouds out here in our studios in the northwest. high temperature this afternoon at 84 about 4:00. when we get to 4:00 is when we'll see the greatest likelihood of scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm. but plenty of dry time day. when i come back inside i'll have the full work week forecast. it really grabs your attention with breast cancer being such a ubiquitous disease in our area. i like the name hope. pink we often associate with women but we do know that men suffer from breast cancer as well and i think that covers it all. >> certainly getting a lot of attention out there. we appreciate them popping by our station this morning. a man wakes up in jail accused of murdering two women in maryland. police arrested 54-year-old

malcolm thomas in wakefield, virginia. police found two women dead oxen hill yesterday morning. they were responding to a call to check on the people who lived inside the home. police say the murders do not appear to be random. they say it was domestic. still, neighbors are on edge. >> you see it on television. you hear about it and then you wake up one morning to the police knocking on your door and you find out that that very thing is going on next door. it is very, very, very unnerving. >> the suspect, thomas, is in custody in southern virginia awaiting extradition at this hour to prince george's county. happening today, family and friends will remember virginia teenager who vanished a year ago. 17-year-old alexis murphy disappeared from a gas station. this was while she was on a shopping trip. her body was never found. tonight family and friends will gather at 6:00 at the nelson county high school in

lovingston, virginia. a jury convicted randy taylor of and dush abducting and murdering murphy even though her body was never found. he was sentenced to two life terms in prison. this is the pile-up of a chain reaction crash. virginia state police say it started yesterday afternoon when they pulled over a woman. she had an outstanding warrant. when police started to take her into custody, her passenger allegedly jumped into the driver's seat and took off. police chased him until he crashed the car into another car which in turn hit another. six people hurt in all. two of them seriously. we do have a scam alert for people. police say that a man posed as a water company worker to get inside one woman's home. once inside the woman told police she noticed that several things were missing after he left. investigators say this is the second time in the past week

alone that they've responded to a similar call. 9:36. don't use it, don't drink it. don't even try to boil it. the toxic water problem in a major city and the rush to get this essential resource to the public. seeing the first damage reports done by tropical storm bertha. we'll get the latest track from we'll get the latest track from storm team 4 as we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast.

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in this week's "wednesday's child," we meet a young man with special needs but his social worker says is he a lovable boy who could really benefit from a permanent, loving home. >> reporter: the greater mount cavalry church is one of 6-year-old terrance's favorite places. terrance who neitr walks or is able to see or hear well loves coming here. inside, some of the choir members are already warming up.

they came just for us so we could see just how much terrance loves their music. ♪ >> reporter: terrance' eyes widened as he felt the beat. he seemed to enjoy letting the sound surround him and embrace him. he has some hearing ability and it seemed that he was listening intently to the words and feeling the energy that filled the church. terrance comes here each week with his foster parents. his social worker says he's been in foster care for most of his life. >> he's a wonderful kid. he's so adorable. he's so cute, as you seen. and he just needs a home. >> reporter: terrance seemed to feel right at home here at the greater mount cavalry church. sensing the vitality of the singers, feeling the powerful rhythm of the drums and the strong spirit of sounds pound the out on the organ.

after the song we applauded the choir and they came down to the sanctuary to talk to us. >> i'm hoeing for a family that will love him, show him attention and definitely has the time to support a child like terrance. he loves to be loved. he loves to be held. he loves to be touched. >> reporter: and the choir members ask if they can say a prayer in the hopes that an adoptive family will come forward. >> thank you for this family that's going to love him and care for him like the only father he deserves. >> reporter: they pray terrance' days to come will be his better days. >> amen. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4 for "wednesday's child." >> such a sweet little boy there. if have you room in your home and your heart for terrance, or perhaps another child who is still waiting, call our special adeoption hotline on our screen or search nbc's child on nbcwashington.com. we are looking at a high today of 84. for the work week our temperatures will be warmer. i'll let you know just how warm

plus the latest timing on any storm chances.

developing at this hour -- imagine turning on the tap water this morning at your house and the water that comes out could kill you. new york stock exchange's miguel almaguer tells us how toledo, ohio is now dealing with a toxic water supply. >> reporter: the camps waited three hours with 60 other

desperate families to finally get what they came for. one case per family of clean drinking water for 4-year-old todd jr. and his 1-year-old sister, michelle. they live in toledo, ohio where families are waiting in line and living in a state of emergency. >> orderly fashion, please. >> reporter: the water here is not safe to drink. >> i'm very concerned for my kids because i don't want them to get sick. >> reporter: the city announced tap water was dangerous to consume, store shelves went empty in hours. lines at grocery stores wrapped around the block. some drove from ohio to michigan for a case of water. police called in for crowd control. >> so far there's no real panic but people are very concerned. >> reporter: lake erie, a major source of drinking water for toledo, may have been impacted by a harmful algae. the city's water treatment plant serves 400,000 people, an area spanning 100 square miles. restaurants have been shut down.

the university of toledo and the zoo are closed. >> we are issuing this alert because it is above the safe level for ingestion. >> reporter: effects from the tainted water could be crippling. abnormal liver function, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, numbness. dizziness. just to name a few. >> panic is not the answer getting through this. >> reporter: late tonight, new precautions in chicago. city officials are retesting water quality in lake michigan. back in toledo, the epa is on the ground. but for families like this, help and answers aren't coming fast enough. miguel almaguer. nbc news. >> people can't even boil the water to clean it because the toxin can become more concentrated that way. we're tracking tropical storm bertha. right now it is north of the dominican republic heading near the turks and caicos and the

bahamas. storm slammed over puerto rico bringing up to eight inches of rain in some parts of the island leaving thousands without power or wart serviter service. the storm is packing winds up to 45 miles per hour. not the prettiest of weekend but at least, on a good note, we aren't dealing with anything so severe. >> the good thing about bertha, it will track back out to sea. it will impact turks an caicos and parts of the bahamas. but then it is just going to kind of run parallel to the eastern seaboard far enough away where it is really not having any direct impact on the east coast. there could be some rip currents from it but we're not going to be seeing any rain from that tropical system. it could become a hurricane wednesday. category 1 only. then it would start to dramatically fall apart. for today the weather in our area having a low, maybe moderate impact on your day. i say potentially moderate because of that threat for scattered showers this afternoon

and evening and maybe an isolated thunderstorm. otherwise, the clouds win out today. it is humid outside. the temperatures aren't too bad. so if you do have outdoor plans maybe you have that outdoor birthday party, for the most part it should be okay. nationals game, we'll talk about that forecast in a moment. here on storm team 4 radar, right now some very light rain if parts of montgomery county, eastern parts of the county. also some rain persisting in frederick county. i have the radar turned up all the way so this is barely enough to wet the windshield. as we get into the afternoon hours we'll be tracking some scattered showers, the rain will be a little bit more substantial but we still aren't looking for a widespread soak rain that would last your entire afternoon. temperatures for the most part, everybody's in the 70s. 71 in annapolis. 75 right now in washington. a high today of 84 so very similar to with a we saw yesterday. 84 for a high in fredericksburg as well. 82 in gaithersburg.

getting into the afternoon and evening hours, there will likely be some scattered showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. about a 50% chance you are dealing with a little bit of rain later today. if you are heading to the nationals game as they take on phillies, first pitch just after 1:30. can't rule out a shower or storm at the game so bring the poncho. be prepared for a little bit of rain but i don't think the rain will be heavy enough for them to actually put the game into a rain delay. if you're watching at home on tv, almost likely won't be looking at the little delay up in the corner. pitch first temperatures will be in the mid 80s. low 80s by the last out. more than the threat of any rain at the game, you'll notice the humidity. tomorrow it is still humid. a little warmer, a high temperature of 87 degrees. more sunshine in the forecast for monday, partly sunuartly su. weather looks nice for a run

after work or walking the dog. tomorrow high temperature again of 87 degrees. also tomorrow night, that make-up game between the nationals and orioles. the battle of the beltways tomorrow evening. nice baseball weather tomorrow night. tuesday there could be an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. if you're trying to head to the pool, weather still looks good for that. a high temperature of 90 degrees. that's going to be the warme day for the work week. 86 for a high on wednesday. a little bit better chance of some showers and storms on wednesday. but again when you see the chances, it is not like a rainy day from start to finish. this upcoming friday looks beautiful. >> thanks. the special declaration today that may inspire you to call up an old friend. and a birthday tomorrow at the white house. how the president is spending

his weekend before his big day. and the national zoo counting down to a big celebration. the special occasion that you may just

looking at the week ahead, president obama turns 53 tomorrow. he already started his birthday celebrations, however. yesterday he played a round of golf with his three buddies at joint base andrews. they all boarded marine one for

a trip to camp david and the white house didn't say what the president had planned for today or whether or not first lady michelle obama would be joining him. he is expected to return to the white house later this afternoon. another big d.c. birthday, this time happening at the national zoo. folks there making plans to celebrate its giant panda cub's first birthday. bao bao turns 1. august 23rd join the celebration by decorating the birthday card and eating chinese noodles. why chinese noodles? they are a tradition in china that symbolize long life. bao bao has been exploring outside with her mom. this is the second cub that's survived at the national zoo. >> so fun watching bao bao grow up over the last year. today is international friendship today. this happens every first sunday in the month of august. you can use the day to spend time with your friends, maybe call them, maybe send them one of those old-fashioned cards. just a few years ago the united nations officially recognized

july 30th as international friendship day. this is going to shock you -- the holiday was invented by hallmark in 1919 as a way to sell cards. >> wow! that's crazy. >> commercialized. >> i know if you go there you'll fine a nice section there. because they have a section for almost every single day at hallmark these days. >> they come up with about half of our holidays. the first known case of ebola is now on u.s. soil but this isn't the first american with the virus. up next, a man who survived disease before it ever even had a name. how he contracted the virus. we do have a major traffic alert to tell you about in the district. >> the african leaders summit means lot of parking restrictions and road closures. i'm megan mcgrath. i'll have details in a live report. we're following breaking news. a major earthquake in china. this one measured 6.1 magnitude.

buildings destroyed, hundreds killed. an update on this right after the break.

we are following this breaking news now from china. state media there reporting that the death toll is rising. we are now at 180 people dead. this following a strong earthquake. this is video we're getting from china state tv. hundreds of others are hurt. you are looking at images from

media there. this looks like it might be from either a hotel or resort or a sky cam of some sort showing the ground there shaking and people just frantic not knowing what to do. >> we are bringing these videos in from our feed as we are monitoring this story. we are told a woman who lives in that region says streets look like a battlefield after a bomb went off. also that her neighbor's two-story house collapsed. it was a 6.2 quake in china's human province in the southwest part of the country. it borders burma and laos. it was the strongest earthquake to hit human in 14 years. in 2008 there was one in sichuan that killed 70,000 people. at 180 now. i saw a school is one of the buildings that collapsed there as well. >> we are watching a lot of video of the rescue workers and the military rushing, scrambling trying to help find people. a lot of crumbled buildings in the area. we will continue to follow this.

as expected, that death toll could very much so continue to rise as they continue to find -- or search through the rubble and chaos there. we will continue to keep you posted. meanwhile, right now the u.s. africa leaders summit is under way. leaders from as many as 50 countries in africa are here in the district right now. the summit is centered around the mall and southwest d.c., specifically the mandarin hotel. now as you can guess, a lot of roads are closed and we're only getting started. news4's megan mcgrath is live in georgetown right now to tell us more. megan, you've been there all morning. we haven't even hit the work week and we're already dealing with traffic issues. >> reporter: that's true. african leaders summit will have a big impact on traffic. we'll see road closures, parking restrictions, and it has already started. look behind me here. we're in georgetown. i'm actually standing on m street. this is 29th