We want to get your forecast. Amelia, seems like it is going to be hit or miss today. You are absolutely right. Right now on storm team 4, radar in the d. C. Metro area, not tracking any rain. A little bit of drizzle around annapolis. For the Morning Hours we will be mainly dry. As we get foot afternoon hours though, there may be hit or miss showers, maybe even a thunderstorms. 73 degrees right now, mostly cloudy skies across the area, mainly dry. 8 00 a. M. , 10 00 a. M. By 10 00 a. M. , temperatures will be already around 75 degrees. News of isolated showers will develop. What you can expect this afternoon with future weather in ten minutes. Were 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, the former d. C. Mayor posting messages on his twitter account saying he is okay. The crash happened last night along pennsylvania avenue just a few blocks from minnesota avenue in southeast d. C. Polic
University hospital, says it is preparing to receive a patient with the ebola virus airlifted to this country from africa while in isolation. This outbreak is now surging out of control. New numbers out today show over 1,300 cases, 729 deaths reported. In this country the cdc has issued what they call a level 3 travel warning, thats their highest level. So far it concerns those americans headed to the infection region in western africa. This while u. S. Hospitals have been put on notice, all of them, to be alert for patients who may have the symptoms after returning from that part of the world especially. Its where we begin again tonight here with our chief medical correspondent dr. Nancy snyderman. Nancy, good evening. Good evening, brian. The news today from Emory University hospital saying that it is preparing a special Isolation Unit to receive a patient with ebola within the next few days. Which patient will be treated . We are not sure. But in the meantime, two american lives are
Infecting others on board. Emery University Hospital in atlantic has a specially built wing for Infectious Diseases. Its only one of four units like it in the country. This team has been trained in how to use the personal protective equipment and take special precautions to avoid any potential exposures. Joining me live from emery University Hospital. Do we know at this point when the patient is going to be arriving . That is a very big question right now. An answer is we dont know. Because the medical teams themselves dont know. Theyre on the ground evacuating the patient. Theres a chance that actually that nobody could come here. That the patient they are thinking of bringing here is in such poor shape its not safe to transport them. Somebody with ebola that progressed to a serious level could be killed as something as small as the bumps on a dirt road. Its a fluid situation and the biggest variable right now is the acondition of the patient. Both americans conditions deteriorating.