this morning, economic realitit. a down day for stocks a emp shopping carts in stores. did ththe rerecentnt rosie viewe cessssion come toooo soon gun rightsts bearingrm outside an appearanance by the presiden are second amendment supporters a sign of america's new cultu war? and dirty money. a shocking discovery about90% and dirty money. a shocking discovery about90% of the nation's per money. captions paid for by abc, inc. good mororning. and thanksor being wh us. we begin witith t developing morning, w where the preresiden palace in kabul ha been hit by mortars. >>o one was hurt in e

attack, which comes, of course, jujust twowo days bore presidential elections ththerer. the police headquarters was also hit. the incicident fol a attack yesterday,y, whihich killean americanan sererce member and a civilian working for the mililitary. the taliban has teaeatened to disrupt the elections. and warned a afghans notot to g the popolls. abc has a team of r reporters i will stay on top of thi storory. the other big storyhis mornin the ononomy. despite the worst t day on wall streetince the e early july, asian markets managed d to cse higher in today'y's trading. but ononly b by a slilim margin. coumerers are t paparting wiwit theicash.for a look behind the emily schmididt jns us from washington. > reporter: for weeks now, ininveigats have looooked at the rarallying markets as a sign th economy's headed in the rightht direction. the question today is, what happens when s stocks go the otr waway, instead?d? when theow d dropped 1866 point monday, down 2%, wall street's challengngeses sududnly resembl

the of 2,000 virginia job-ekers. >> you just can't quit. ha to keep working. hopefufully find something.>> t. >> reporter: dave smart spent his tenth b fair in twoeour lines, hopining to land that elusive next j job. >> there's no i.t. jobs here. especially for us older workers. >> reporter: unemployment figures show nearly 250,000 jobs disappred st month. homeme foreclosures are at a rerd high. consumers who who have money aren't spending it. lowe's jt reporteted itsts earnings are down 19%. ck-to-school shopping has dropped d 5%. >> we're s still running at confidencece levels that are consistent witthe wosof the recessions of the early y 1980s. >> reporter: still, many economists say we'e're out of t recessssion. fewer credit card defaults. and a a market that hasas ralli forr months, despite monday's loss. >> we t think t that thehe s&p& could drop from its closi high

of101012, jusus the last week, down to o abouout 945, 950 or s before advdvancing once ain and possibly hitting a recovery high. >> reporter: and we shouldet a few more smallll clu about theh direction of this ecoconomy lat today. construction numbers.some new he also, eningss r reports from reretailerlike home dep and taet. jeremy a and vinit b back to yo. >> emily schmidt,t, from shington this moing. heal care reform iss looking like a a no-win situati president obama. the prpresiden sigled h he migh be w willing to back off to appease consvativeve criticics. now, his liberal allies are cryiyi foul. and the white house insis the esident't's position has not changed. confuseded? heherere's viviana hurtado. >> reporter: the ainistratioion flat rejec that the esident signaled a willingness to drop the -called pupublic optition, from health care refo legislation, when he saiaid t t >> the pubublic option, whetethe have it or we don't hav it, i i

not the entirety of health care reform. this is just one sliver of it. onaspect of it.. >> reporter: b b a governrnment-runun option is a crucia aspect. and is t threatening to dederai this latest attempt t to overha the healtlth care st.. in phoix, where the psident adessed the e vfw natnal conventition, and atown hall meetings across the cotry, the opposition has gained momomentu. it's's government control of our -- >> k keep the government out of it. we're doing justine. thank you, sirir. >> reporter: supportrters are jt as r riled up aboutut the need a governnt-run option >> the preresident thinks we're goingg to getet the votes witho publblic o optption, he has ano thing coming. at wonon't pass t thehouse. congressman,n, anthony weiner said,, not including the public opti, coulcost v votesn thehe house, whihichch could mean def >> some e of us w who got roughp in town h hall meingsnd stutuck

inin therere, now feel we havev tire track on our chest where the bus ththat rolled over us i. >> reporter: viviananaurtado, abc news, washshington while the prpresidenwas pushing healthth c ce rereform phoeninix, abobout a dozozen pe owed up outside the convention center, openly flaunting the fifiarms. no crimes were fitted a and ny was arrested. gun advocates say thehey a are exercising their rights to while those f favavoring g gunul says these displays are a growg distuturbing thre to president obama. presididentsts obama are simili ose faced by presidents bush and clinton. alalthought has taken a while appear, the atlantic's firsrst hurricane is up and runnining. bill has grown into a category 2 ststorm, packing windsdsf up to 100 mileles per hour. while ll is well out at sea, it iss gaining strength.. and is on track to blow by bermuda by the end of the week. the fbi says it wl launcnch

an investigation into the minneapolis police departmenent and a beating that was caught on camera. ages from a d car dash cam shows sixx officers pching and facedown in n e snow.he was held police sayay dar jenkins resiststed aest after ththey pulled him over forr spspeeding. jenkins insists he was cooperative. withalfisis faceloodied and tal, swollen. in floridida, there are new chilling details s in the murd of byryrd and melanie billining. documements show thatheir 10-year-olold d son was sleepin the room. the chilild heard one of the me say his father, you're going to dieie.. e, two, threree. the autopsy sws thaha byrd ings was shot mulplee tes in thehe head and legs. we'll have more on this story on "gooood morning america." michael jackson-themed merchandise is coming to atore shelf f near you. a judgdge in california approve the deal y yesterday. after the hearing, anttororney for jackson's mother, kaththerin

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a very pleasant tuesday morning. welcome in on this august 18th. thank you so much for joining us. weather and traffic in just a moment. another busy newsday. what do you have to do to get a little air around here? nor air conditioning for days for seniors and they are hotter than hot. we're live there. evon champagne escaped on friday. devon champagne. keep an eye on this escapee. and rex ryan and the jets are coming to town. we're off to a great start. all right. let's go. right now let's get weather with meteorologist susan schrack. good morning. >> good morning. things are looking pretty quiet for us to start us off. we're looking at temperatures that are a little on the muggy side. 72 degrees for the most part in

our immediate area. let's look at the rest of the area. 74 baltimore. 73 reisterstown and marching. add in the humidity and it feels like upper 70s. we don't have much in the way of cloud cover now but the clouds will continue to build throughout the day because we have moisture from what was tropical storm claudette heading our way. so we're looking at the low 70s around wakeup time. 83 degrees by noon and partly sunny skies. it should be very nice until late afternoon, 90 degrees, hot, muggy and sticky. don't be surprised to see a couple of thunderstorms formulate this afternoon and into this evening. let's check the roads with kim. good morning. as we check at 95 southbound approaching whitemarsh boulevard things are running smoothly here but further down towards the beltway you'll see all the lanes are blocked, that is for construction they've been doing overnight. they are going to actually force you to detour