How about those blinds of yours . Blinds to go blinds for life. Know youre not alone because im going to make this place your home well this morning we are hearing about making a very different kind of place your home. Not a house of bricks, wood or concrete block, but a house of steel. Not just any kind of steel, resookled shipping containers, coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Imagine itch 84 tons of chinese steel moved in next to your house. This is going to be an Apartment Building . Yeah, this is going to be an Apartment Building. Hey doc, you hear what theyre putting up, shipping containers. Reporter thats right shipping containers that covered everything from bananas to ipads across oceans, making its way to a historic part of the capital. Lowering down the 1th. Final shipping container. Six tons of steel will become somebodys apartment. 24 bed rooms filling four floors. Each its own rental uniit. Use your imagination, floor to ceiling windows, natural wood in teen yerz and common room for dining and relaxing. Before theyre complete, the building is fully leased and people clamoring for the chance to move in next. This thing really stand out on the block. Nexthistoric d. C. Homes. Intentionally so. That is a wonderful observation. It is not an eyesore. That is in the eye of the beholder. Here the 19th century. 20th century. 21st century greeting each other as new neighbors. Reporter some neighbors are less than thrilled. Critics around the world panned container building as ugly. It can be expensive to make livable with giant cranes, welding to open windows, cleaning toxic paint that lines the insides and the smells. One of the containers we went in smelled like garlic. They had been shipping garlic granules in it. So it varies. You know, some things you dont want to know what they shipped in it. Still there is something strangely appealing about living in a box. Four containers, two stacked on each other. Reporter from the stylish near san antonio to the homey in tulsa. Eye catching curb appeal. The vanderlins of North Carolina building theirs with the help of donations online. A crowd sourced home. 3yearold soleil waving in her living room. A mr. Modern look people are craving and looking for. People want to see something different. Theyll stick around forever. Reporter theyre sturdy and plentiful. Tens of thousand of shipping containers are piled up in ports all over the nation waiting to be plucked up and transformed na the home of your dreams. Because im going to make this place your home now each of the containers costs 2,000 used. There is real debate about how much cheaper it is to build with them because you have to do all that work to move them in and modify them. The smell of garlic in one of the shipping containers. Couldnt get over that. The paint. How much would it cost to rent one in d. C. . These guys wont actually tell us how much the month knee rent is. Only that they is reasonable for the area. Does seem to beep t the bigger selling point here, reena, the concept. Each floor a unit. Group unit. Their own bathroom. Young professionals, two 30something guys, can live like family together. Look your freshman year again. I always wanted to relive. Little nostalgia in a can. I would do it. Do it for a week maybe. Not for me. Off awe not a week. Wouldnt do it with me for a week. The smell of garlic . Are you in, floor director knoll . Knoll is in. Build a group home here. Looking for three more people to join us. Moving to d. C. Tweet us. When we come back, a big moving dayen the future for Kim Kardashian and kanye west. Instagramming, Barbra Streisand style. Skinny so skinny welcome back. Skinny time. New digs for the couple we affectionately call kimye. Kim kardashian and kanye west purchased a 20 million estate in hidden hills, california. You know the area, minutes from her mothers home. Sources say they want to move to a place thats theirs. And as is. Quite the place. Reportedly almost 16,000 square feet with two pools, a vineyard, vineyard. Once described as insanely massive entertainment pavilion. I believe it. Look at that. Huge master bedroom. Who knows what will be going on there . Hmm. You get what im saying. I want a tour. Not a shipping container. Not a shipping container. She was living with her mom all this time. And now she has digs. Khloe kardashian, a new place nearby, bought Justin Biebers mansion for 7 million. The bieber is back in l. A. After partying in spain. Seems his pr team may be trying to polish his image. Take a look at this. Few hours ago, posted a snapshot of a facetime session with the inspirational teen shot by the taliban for going to school. Bieber said he cant wait to meet her in person. Thats sweet. May have to do more than that to rehab his reputation. Wonder what they talked about. Yeah, what do you talk about. I have issues with the taliban. I have issues with selena gomez. Paparazzi or selena gomez. Most fashionable people, vanity fair announced the best dressed list. A lot of fresh faces, come as no surprise. Among those making the cult on the womens side. As for the stylish men. I think they are just totally well dressed guys. Awesome. Well, Barbra Streisand, speaking of well dressed who once sued to protect her privacy joined instagram. Posted her first photo, hello, instagram, isnt my samantha just precious. The white dog. Perfectly groomed. My gosh, every hair in place. Streisand at 72 looks good. Black and white suit. Black heels. She gushed about the dog, calling her the daughter she never had. All right. I wish my photos on insta gram looked as good. Weird al having a great summer and the year may be getting better. The song parody master should be the headliner at this years super bowl halftime show. 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After customers grumbled about waiting to long, mcdonalds rolling out a promotion from some of its restaurants, from win deto highway in 60 second. Heres abcs rebecca jarvis. Reporter video after video of people on youtube complaining their fast food just isnt fast enough. This is taking way too long. Reporter now some mcdonalds in south florida serving up a fast food fantasy. Your drive through food in 60 second or you get a free sandwich. Our producer putting it to the test. Are you guys doing the 60second guarantee. Placing the order, paying and the clock starts ticking. You are doing well. You have a way to go though. You better hurry. 41 second later lunch is in hand. They did it. In new jersey, headed out with fast food aficionados, phil and stacy for a quick bite. How important is time, speed . Speed is of the essence. We have to get back to the office. And we have hey lot of work to do. Reporter and the facts are working against them. A recent study says that drivethrough times are actually getting slower. Mcdonalds clocking in its slowest speed in 15 years. Averaging more than three minutes. The problem. Giant menus with load of options. So how do you keep it fast . Keep it simple. No special requests. That was under a minute. I am shocked. Nobody order anything special. I did not see that coming. Reporter kid this, today, 70 of fast food orders are coming from the drivethrough. Which means the lines inside could be shorter. We tried it. A happy meal while on the run. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. Here is the question i have if theyre trying to speed up the process does this mean they make a bunch of food and let it sit there under the heat lamp so it can quickly be doled out. Only during the month of september. Week days. 12 00 to 1 00. Must have found out. I know the fussy drivethrough customer. Let me tell you. A great thumbs up. There you go. 60 second or lesotho. I always keep my end of the bargain. Fast in the fast food, baby. No special orders. Chicken nuggets. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decad good morning. Im reena ninan. Im devin dwyer. Here are some of the top headlines we are following this morning on world news now. The mideast ceasefire that went into effect this week has been extended for another two days. Negotiators are in cairo hoping to hammer out a plan for a much longer truce between israel and hamas. Full details in a moment. A deal is in the works for bank of america to pay 17 billion to settle claims over bad mortgages. If an agreement is reached it would be the largest single settlement in u. S. History. A california woman now on two years probation after boarding a flight from san jose to los angeles without a ticket. Airline Officials Say she was screened by security and the flight was never in any danger. Even he admits it is something of a miracle. A 14yearold florida teen is walking and talking after a Lightning Strike caused organ failure. He should make a full recovery. Those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 7th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Well, good morning to you. We begin this halfhour with the ceasefire in the middle east not only Still Holding but actually extended for two more days. It is still quiet in gaza this morning as talks get under way for a more lasting truce. Abcs Karen Travers has the latest. Reporter the ceasefire in gaza is Still Holding. A break in violence and today an agreement to extend it for an additional 48 hours. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said his militarys intense assault on gaza was justified and proportionate. Israel deeply regrets every civilian casualty. The people of gaza are not our enemy. Our enemy is hamas. Reporter the fourweek conflict has taken a considerable toll. Nearly 1,900 palestinians have been killed including 40 children. On the israeli side, 64 Israeli Soldiers and three civilians dead. Much of the infrastructure in gaza has been damaged by relentless israeli assaults including Water Treatment plants. About a million and a half people have no or very limited access to water. Were doing okay in getting potable and nonpotable water into our shelters but a broader problem for the population in general. The blistering attacks on israel. This ceasefire has come at a price that is almost too much to bear. The massive death and destruction in gaza have shocked and shamed the world. Reporter president obama also weighed in. I have also expressed my distress at what has happened to innocent civilians including women and children during the course of this process and i am very glad that we have at least temporarily achieved a ceasefire. Reporter negotiators from both side in cairo to discuss a longer ceasefire. This one ends tomorrow. Devin, reena. We have learned new details about the shooting death of majorgeneral Harold Greene in afghanistan. The afghan soldier who killed greene fired two to three bursts of gunfire from the bathroom before he was killed by afghan forces. According to the pentagon, the generals body is expected to arrive at Dover Air Force base in delaware later this morning. Russian president vladamir putin fighting back over sanctions imposed by the white house. No agriculture product produceden the u. S. Allowed in russia. Well, liberias president has declared a state of emergency this morning amid an Ebola Outbreak that now shows no signs of slowing. The death toll in africa is nearly 1,000. Here in the u. S. Now new efforts from the cdc to battle the virus. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter the two american missionaries try to fight off ebola in isolation units at this atlanta hospital. The family of Nancy Writebol sharing in a statement mom is tired from travel but continues to fight the virus and strengthen her faith. Doctors there speaking generally tell us that this far into the disease it is the roundtheclock western level of care that is their best hope. The key here is excellent nursing, frequent vital signs, fixing problem. You have dehydrated patient, giving iv fluid. A patient anemic, give blood transfusion. Reporter one of the pilots that helped fly each of the aid workers to the u. S. , when the plane landed in liberia it was like stepping back in time. Off awe when the patient arrived he was in, i would call it a large pickup with a tarp over it that i, it appeared that is used as an ambulance transport in that area. Reporter abc news obtained the short video from inside the plane on one of the long trips home. Those are zip ties holding up a plastic barrier. There is the containment pod. Inside it a Health Care Worker in a protective suit looking after one of the patients. The situation in west africa is getting worse. International Health Authorities report more than 900 dead. The cdc moving to its highest level of response. roundtheclock monitoring. Abc news is on the ground in liberia where we saw disturbing pictures. A field of make shift grave markers, so many families robbed by the disease. Health care workers trying to walk into homes with sick families are meeting resistance. Theyre scared. Sometimes refusing to be hospitalized. The missionaries say there is one positive to awful this. They say ebola has been an issue for africans for decade but for the first time capturing the attention of americans. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. The search for a missing little girl in Washington State is growing larger, jenice wright was last seen at her home. They reported her missing sunday night. Authorities have searched the Mobile Home Park where sunny lived. Theyre widening the search area. Asking for prompt owners to be on the lookout for anything suspicious. Jurors returning for the first full day of deliberations in the trial of a detroit area man who fatally shot an unarmed woman on his porch. The jury met for three hours yesterday. In the case of theodore wafer, he claimed self defense for firing a shotgun through a screen door at 19yearold renisha mcbride. New development about the bus crash in times square that left a dozen people injured. One of the doubledecker bus drivers was impaired and has been arrested. No word on prescription or illegal drugs. Also his license has been suspended many times before although none of the infractions related to dangerous driving. Know one was home when a city bus slammed into a twofamily house in wisconsin. The bus driver lost control cut off buy another vehicle. Swerved to avoid a crash. Ended up there. She was taken to the hospital. Two bus passengers had minor bumps and bruises. New tenants were supposed to move into that side of the duplex today but it is not habitable. More oregon residents told to flee their home overnight because of a wildfire. The new blaze is racing along, pushed by gusting wind. Firefighters are working through the night to protect buildings. The steep slopes, dotted with timber and dry grass arent helping. Area residents have been told not to get ready to evacuate if necessary. Close call for a woman in suburban portland, maine, struck by lightning looking at her bathroom mirror. The bolt came out of the light fixture sounding like a shotgun. She has blisters on her feet. She says she was worried the house would burn down. The house is fine. Some lech troings were damaged a. Two hurricanes churning towards hawaii, iselle did not weaken as expected. Likely to make landfall as a hour cane. The first in hawaii in two decades. Julio behind it trailing by 36 hours. People across the state are not taking any chances. They ha