US capital celebrates: 'The pandas are coming!'

In 1972, when then US first lady Patricia Nixon welcomed the first pair of giant pandas to Washington's National Zoo, Jill Biden was a 20-year-old college student.

In a video posted on Wednesday, Biden, who is now the first lady of the United States, got her chance to welcome the eagerly anticipated arrival of a new pair of pandas.

As she enthusiastically clutched a toy panda that someone threw to her, she exclaimed: "We can't wait to celebrate this historic moment here in our nation's capital.... It's official. The pandas are coming back to DC."