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 street. the police cruiser is blocking

the roadway there. it is blocked all the way down to k street, just one of a number of closures in effect already. a little while ago they brought in some concrete jersey barriers, they put those down. this is what folks can expect to see now through wednesday as this summit gets under way. there are going to be some traffic tie-ups, no doubt about it, as a lot of roads in the area are going to be closed as events get under way. take a look at some of the areas that are affected. there are going to be events this week at the national academy of sciences, the white house, world bank, the mandarin oriental hotel. monday as folks head off to work, many of the closures are going to be in the area of southwest d.c. around the mandarin oriental hotel. there are going to be parking restrictions as well so folks, if you've got some flexibility, you might want to telecommute if you live in those areas and give yourself some extra time because it will be a bit tricky out there. >> telecommute, great advice.

thanks for keeping us posted. watch "news4 today" tomorrow for our coverage of the closures downtown. it will be on the top of our list. we'll tell you everything you need to know to get to work on time. any drop of rain along with traffic problems creates a mess in our area. >> we could see some showers. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal joins us now with a look at the radar. >> it is always impressive how just a little bit of rain does impact traffic around the d.c. area. so later today some scattered showers are likely. maybe an isolated thunderstorm. the good news for tomorrow, at least the morning commute, even the evening commute, the weather not impacting that heading into or going home from work. temperature right now at 78 degrees. it's humid. dew point above 55. you know it is muggy outside. when it is at 67 we're definitely feeling the closeness in the air. for today, plenty of clouds around and scattered showers

again this afternoon. mainly arriving by 3:00 p.m. i'll have your work week forecast in just over ten minutes. we're learning new details this morning about a crash involving d.c. council member marion barry. police ticketed him for driving on the wrong side of the road and driving with expired tags. a crash happened last night along pennsylvania avenue a few blocks from minnesota avenue in southeast. d.c. police say another car was involved in the crash. that driver wasn't badly hurt. barry was taken to the hospital for treatment. he is diabetic and his aides say his sugar level was low and he got disoriented. now he did tweet out a quote saying, "thank you everyone for the calls and well wishes. i thank god for his grace, howard university, d.c. fire and ems, family and friends, much love, mb." right now, the specialized plane that brought one ebola infected american here is headed back to africa to bring back

another. dr. kent brantly and kol nancy writebol contracted the virus while treating patients there. this morning brantly is being treated at emory university hospital in atlanta. this is video of him stepping out of the ambulance. take a look. he is the one who needs help to stand up and to walk. brantly and writebol will be the first two patients ever to be treated for ebola in the united states. 9 of every 10 people who get ebola die from it. but right now there is a 71-year-old in minnesota who was the exception. how the man survived ebola before it ever even had a name. >> reporter: as a new doctor in africa -- >> that's just part of life in tropical medicine. >> reporter: this doctor knew he would be dealing with a number of exotic ailments. >> monkeypox. anthrax. >> reporter: he didn't know he'd play a role in discovering a new one. >> we had no idea what he had. it didn't fit any of the classic

textbook pictures of any of the diseases. >> reporter: it was in zaire, 1972. he was a missionary doctor performing an autopsy on a patient who died before they had a chance to diagnose him. >> in so doing i nicked my finger with a scalpel and it was two weeks later i came down acutely ill. we didn't even go up to the hospital at that time. i was just cared for right there in our house. >> reporter: for weeks he suffered high fever, vomiting, and tremendous aching. still unaware at what he even had. >> i lost 20 pounds in the process. and finally recovered enough to be able to go back up to the hospital part-time. then start getting back into my schedule again. >> reporter: for years he continued to work in zaire. the illness that nearly killed him still remained a mystery. that is, until 1976. that year two epidemics of an unknown virus broke out in northern zaire and southern sudan. of the 602 cases, 431 suffered

painful, violent deaths. the waterway that cut through the affected area was the ebola river. the virus had its name. >> lots of very sick people. >> reporter: he says the cdc began texting expatriates and medical staff in the area to see if anyone had ever gotten the virus. >> among the 50 or so of everyone living if the area that they drew blood on, all were negative for a ebola antibody and that was one, me. >> reporter: four years earlier he had survived the ebola virus. >> i was probably the first non-african survivor of ebola. >> reporter: at 71 -- >> all 12 of our grandchildren. >> reporter: -- he now lives in bloomington and is semi-retired. he says he'll never forget his time in zaire, the lives that he saved and the illness that nearly killed him. >> i'm thankful i was chosen to be a survivor. i'm very thankful to god. >> what a story.

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bringing you up to speed on a developing story in the middle east. we've seen what appears to be israeli air strikes all morning long in gaza. a united nations school sheltering people in the southern gaza strip was hit. a u.n. leader says it appeared to be from an israeli air strike. several israeli tanks and military trucks you see leaving gaza there.

the move follows benjamin netanyahu's tv address last night saying troops would re-assess their operation once they completed destroying hamas tunnels under the border. >> the attempt at a cease-fire just collapsed within a matter of hours. that deal negotiated by secretary of state john kerry. >> now reports that israeli soldiers were killed. at least two there. david gregory from "meet the press" joins us right now. i guess the question is, is a cease-fire even possible, let alone peace? >> i think that's still far off. the israelis this morning have pulled back their troops from gaza, redeployed, as they say. they've destroyed many of the tunnels. they say they've degraded a lot of that rocket capacity for hamas to fire rockets in to israel. so some of the military objectives are being achieved by israel. they're not really interested in talking about a formal cease-fire. but i think there is a little bit more room now for some concessions now that they're able to declare that what they sought out to do that they have been able to do. >> we were talking about

president obama. on friday we heard very strong support for israel, really pushing for this truce. but the response from netanyahu. is there a sense that when it comes to u.s.-israel relations things are a little messy behind the scenes? >> i think they are tense behind the scenes, particularly what the secretary of state has been doing trying to craft a cease-fire. some miscommunication about that. feeling on the part of the israelis there was not enough support. i think the president really ratcheted that up when he spoke to reporters, sucking that really a cease-fire was not in the offing because it would be too hard to agree to. i think there is no question that the administration has very publicly gotten behind israel here even putting pressure to say consider the wider costs of a militarympled so many civilians. >> people know congress is out for the summer. they'll look at that and say, wait a minute. there is still a lot of work to be done. >> it is embarrassing. the state of washington government is just a mess,

whether immigration or some other measures. there is not even agreement about way to broke down. i think it is a vacation. it sets up for a pretty contentious fall. it is really about the fall campaign. it is more argument than it is solutions and the president looks to move on some of the immigration questions on his own using executive power which won't make republicans any happier. >> we know that they're on vacation but definitely the rhetoric is not going to take a break. real quick i know on the show you are also talking about the ebola virus. we have the first american here on land that has it. this as concerns about it are escalating despite what health officials are saying. >> escalating in africa. the u.s. is getting involved trying to contain it in africa and the concern of health care workers who have treated those there coming back to america. health officials i've spoken to said there is no threat of it spreading here. dr. brantly, the first american worker who's come back, appears to be doing a bit better. certainly a lot of concern and monitoring of his progress.

>> catch all of those elements today with david gregory on "meet the press" right after this show at 10:30 on nbc 4. hundreds of people rallied against deportation of men, women and children who crossed into the u.s. illegally. they say the government should focus its resources on keeping immigrant families together. >> reporter: they brought their message. not one more deportation to the national mall. they say this movement is about keeping families together. >> my husband was detained for five months. >> reporter: this woman who lives in pennsylvania with her 3 and 9-year-old girls does not want her husband and children's father sent back to mexico. >> i got arrested. i was trying to make a point. >> reporter: so is this american university professor. >> we just came back from honduras. >> reporter: she's marching for

her 2-year-old daughter around the family left behind in honduras. >> my daughter is half honduran and she has a large family in honduras. >> reporter: three dozen groups, 15 bus loads of people came here from all across the country to put the pressure on president obama. >> not one more deportation, everyone. >> reporter: first stop, freedom plaza where two protesters delivered their message high above on flag poles. the hour-long climb stopped traffic on pennsylvania avenue and captured the attention of d.c. firefighters, metropolitan and park police, who eventually arrested the man and woman. >> yes, we can change things. we already have. >> reporter: final stop -- the white house. >> so it is political, but it is very intimate. it is also about families. >> reporter: and then back home to fight very personal campaigns to live their version of the american dream.

a cloudy start today but not a washout, right? >> no, it is not a washout. when i was outside, skies do kind of look ominous where you almost think it could rain at any second. the good news, for the most part, any really steady rain -- i mean a rain sthur lahower tha for maybe 30 to 45 minutes? that threat holds off until this afternoon. maybe a little bit of drizzle out there. looking outside with our city camera, making for a pretty beautiful picture with the green and the bluish of the sky there. temperatures right now are in the 70s across the area. here's storm team 4 radar. i have this turned up all the way and i am only tracking some very isolated light rain. just drizzle here on the radar. making its way toward washington. if it does hold together the district will be getting some sprinkles in about the next hour or so. some activity also up if frederick county and washington county. as we head throughout the day

today, about a 50% chance that you're dealing with some rain. generally it would be light in nature. here's noon. notice how spotty this activity is. otherwise we're getting some sunny breaks. the sun trying to come out today. we'll have a little bit better success at seaing more sun later this afternoon at about 3:00. but also greater potential of some scattered showers an maybe a thunderstorm. this evening tracking some scattered showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. nothing severe in the forecast for tonight. after midnight we are looking at mainly dry conditions. 78 is the temperature now in washington. a high temperature today of 84. very similar to what we experienced yesterday. and again, it is really waiting until we get into the afternoon hours where we're tracking scattered showers. maybe just some misty drizzle for the remainder of the morning hours. tomorrow, most if not all of your monday, is dry, just an isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. a high temperature of 87.

pretty good pool day tomorrow. pretty good pool day on tuesday as well. i guess you have to get the grocery shopping done. i think a lot of people put it off during the work week. at least with the clouds around today you won't feel too guilty about doing something like that. wednesday also looking at some rain in the forecast. really nice weather thursday and friday. low humidity. >> your whole point is don't look up into the sky and say we're going to cancel our plans for the rest of today. keep that umbrella nearby. >> right. some people saying i have a birthday party to go to, or what about the nationals game. just have the umbrella ready or be prepared to move indoors but, like i said, it is nothing to cancel your plans over. >> we've talked about the string of really nice weekends that we've had. i guess this is one of the few that -- >> right. it is, unfortunately, the first weekend in august and it didn't deliver. but hopefully next weekend -- >> it is going to bounce back next weekend. like you said. always something to look forward to. a police officer pulls over this car. opens the door.

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>> lou about >> you saw where they were working on that guy in the street, the move-overaw applies. scattered showers especially this afternoon, 50% chance you'll have to deal with rain. >> that does it for "news4 today." "meet the press" is next. but if you can't get enough of these guys -- >> we'll be back at 6:00 tonight. "news4 today" continues tomorrow morning, 4:26 a.m. until then, have a great sunday. bye.

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next on "meet the press," our focus is on the search for solutions to key crises around the u.s. and the world. the first ever known ebola patient on u.s. soil is now being treated at an atlanta hospital. what's his prognosis? and how is the u.s. government responding? i'll ask the head of the centers for disease control. no end in s to the war in the middle east. strong backi ining for israel f president obama. plus, your government at work, not working. the most do-nothing congress ever heads for vacation. tempers flare on the house floor. will anything get done on the country's more