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22 high school students from our area who travelled to china for an educational trip are under arqu entine in china for swine flu. >> the question is how many of them are infected with swine flu. and we have the latest with tracee. >> reporter: three of the students on this trip are from walter johnson. most of the other ones are from montgomery county, and various schools throughout the area. a couple from the district as well. 22 students in all went on this trip. now, half of them have been hospitalized. some of them are being tested. some have tested positive for swine flu, and others are still waiting for their test results. the other 11 are quarantined in their hotel rooms,nd a parents areer nvous a standing byvo wil. >> 22 students set out for china

to learn more about the culture and language, and now they are getting another lesson in how seriously the china government is treating the true. >> we got it from a boy that was taken to the airport. we think that he is probably -- he probably had it, you know, before we got on the plane. >> students say a member of the group had an elevated temperature on the plane. he later tested positive for swine flu. soon, 10 other students became sick. >> this trip unfortunately was met with the, i guess, worldwide fears of the swine flu, and the chinese government is taking no chances. >> mark cheney's daughter, natalie, seen here a few days ago on the british report now has a favor, and is waiting to find out if she has the swine flu. >> i am not squarcared. they will take care of us.

we have american food and a tv. >> reporter: his daughter is still being isolated, so that doesn't ease the concerns of her dad. >> she does not have contact with her classmates that she has gone over to china with. and she is anxious to find out whether the test results will get her released. >> reporter: how are you feeling physically? >> well, i was feeling pretty bad earlier. now it's become just a cough. but, you know, before i was feverish, and coughing, and sneezing a lot. >> marine now tested negative for swine flu, and is looking forward to being released soon, and looking forward to the story she will tell her classmates when school starts. >> it's almost a little funny. i mean, i will be able to go

home and tell my friends that i had swine flu while i was in china. it's s definitely something wor telling people, and it sounds pretty dramatic. >> reporter: this trip was put together by the university of maryland. the chinese government paid for the entire thing. all the parents had to pay for was basically airfare for the kids to get over there. they are saying it's a great program. the chinese government is working along with the kids to try and extend the trip so that those that have been sick will still have a opportunity to do all the things they had planned to do. they also say that they knew in advance before their kids got on the flight that if they had any kind of favor, this could possibly happen. the chinese government is taking swine flu very seriously because of the population there. with more than a billion people, they cannot have this flew outbreak in their area. so they are working very hard to make sure that they quarantine people that possibly have it to keep it from spreading.

back to you in the studio, joe. >> thank you, tracee. earlier this year, a group from silver springs found themselves in a similar scare. they travelled back in may and were quarantined for a week. the students were there and reunited at the airport, and news4 was there. none of them actually ended up contracting the swine flu. the students at the st. mary's school in medford. these were taken inside the beijing hotel. they were given laptop computers so they could stay in touch with family and friends back home. right now, the watergate hotel is on the auction block right now. kimberly is here with the late-breaking details. kimberly? >> we have a crew inside the

auction now. i am told it's hot and crowded in ere. approximately six bidders, and a lot of media, and watergate residents that want to see it turned into a luxury hotel. we should know about the historic watergate hotel. and while the property may go for a good price in this poor economy, anybody that takes it over will have a lot of work to do. the hotel has been closed since 2007, and is in desperate need of extensive renovation. the owner monument realty planned to renovate the hotel and recently defaulted on the million-dollar bank loan. and interested buyers had to bring a $1 million deposit to the auction. it had to be banked backed. and no personal chance for a chance to own a piece of history and restore it to new glory.

as soon as we know of the new buyer, we will let youknow. back to you. >> kimberly, thank you. now to a developing story in afghanistan. that's where the taliban attacked a u.s. base and several ghan government eights. eight and six aren fea acereapp escio tit er lith nt mintta.s u . se u. th oern the oer attacked the government buildings in the eastern city of garr dez. in iraq, two people are dead and 30 others injured after bombs exploded a few seconds apart this morning near a group of day a laborers. one bomb was in a nearby pile of trash. and violence has fallen in iraq, and bombers are still targeting the shiite district of sadr city. the pentagon is still working to find the american

soldier being held captive of the taliban. and in a video released by the taliban, the 23-year-old says that he is scared and he misses his family in his hometown of haley, idaho. >> we have seen our beloved son and want him home. >> they are sparing no effort to find the young soldier. my personal reaction was one of disgust at exsplemploy tags of s young man. >> he was captured after he walked out of his base without his weapon. the army is looking to temporarily add 22,000 soldiers to its ranks. the extra troops are needed to stop the rising violence in afghanistan and support efforts in iraq. the decision not to keep soldier

past their enlistment dates were reasons for the expansion. new at midday, and the airline says it lost $213 million in the second quarter. now it will cut 1,700 jobs and raise the fee for checking luggage. flyers will have to pay $20 for the first checked bag. and they will face another $5 increase to book a flight over the telephone, meaning they will now pay $25. outside now, our streak of dry days could be at an end. >> chuck bell has our first forecast for midday. good morning, joe. i am filling in for tom, obviously. we have a nice day outside. temperatures not too bad by july standards. a live check of live doppler,

and no rain to speak of. but we will have a chance for showers later in the afternoon. our current temperatures jumped up to 77 degrees in washington. and 75 in saulz bury, maryland. and then cooler up the road to philadelphia and new york city, thanks to rain showers up there. dew point temperatures in the low to mid-60s now, so a little bit on the summer humid side out there. and here is a check on the regional doppr. and here is most of the rain now, and much of connecticut, and southern new england and toward the boston area getting in on showers right now. and you may run into flight delays. and partly sunny around here. still a chance for shower and maybe a rumble or two of thunder this afternoon. a check of the seven-day forecast coming up. for ynow, back to you. let's check with jerry

edwards for the check on traffic. >> another painful day for folks trying to head on down towards the auk akwan river. and construction south of lorden takes away the right lane. and northbound right now looks like we are doing okay. elsewhere, we will check out the woodrow wilson bridge. no worries there. and a little work zone, the outer work of the beltway. time 11:11. hitting the roads in virginia. what you might want to do before you go. >> issue one for the president right now. find out why reforming health care is causing his popularity to plunge. new details about the deadly hotel bombings in indonesia. why the video could be key in the investigation. what the government was not told about cell phone safety. fios guy! where ya headed?

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welcome back. president obama is turning up the heat on congress. he is meeting with democrats today all part of the plan for health care reform. but he does have his work cut out for him. republicans are launching new attacks and the poll numbers are slipping. brooke heart reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: now the poll shows

his rating at 50%. he says it's not about him. >> this has to be done. >> reporter: but the president is embracing an increasingly public fight on nbc's "today." >> doing nothing means that you are going to lose what you have, because on the current protecto protectory, your premiums will double again on the next five to ten years. >> republicans slammed the obam plan to tackle it in a new ad, saying kids would cover. and the gop printed its strategy to kill the obama plan in a play book, a script for critics. >> it's a risk our country cannot afford. it's too much, too fast, too soon. >> reporter: the president did praise senators, including republicans who are working to trim the cost of reform. >> we have a $200 billion hole that we have to plug.

>> reporter: one option to tax insurers on the cadillac plan. the president is backing off his august deadline for health care plans to pass. >> if somebody said it was done, it will spill over by a few days or week. that's different. >> reporter: he brushed aside that a defeat would upset the obama agenda. he is trying to break a jam in his own party over the reform. president obama will make public remarks on health care about an hour from now. you can see those remarks live on nbcwashington.com. the crew of shuttle "endeavour" is up and looking for down-time today. ♪ this morning, the crew was woken up by the song "life is a

highway" by rascal flats. they are resting after yesterday's space walk. where is the button you press to turn that up? are they still waking up up there? >> my guess it's easy to wake up when the view is planet earth. >> you know they are tired. they need to rest. they are repairing toilets. >> yeah, that's an important mission in itself. no doubt about it. and still we have an opportunity for a shower or thundershower later this afternoon. no severe weather, just much needed rain drops hopefully. had one or two lonely rain drops out there this morning. and there is the publicling cumulus clouds. and our temperature here in washington, 77 degrees. believe it or not, annual is

nearly 4 degrees cooler than average this time of year, compared to an average july. and now the 21st of the month, two days for the entire month, two of the 21 days have been warmer than average. a real summer vacation from heat and humidity. outside this morning, 71 degrees was the starting temperature in washington. there were some cool spots out in the western suburbs. now with the sunshine spilling through, most areas in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. 77 degrees in the fredericksburg area. and it definitely feels like july out there. but when temperatures are not in the 90s, dew points in the 60s, that's not a problem. no rain on the radar at this point in time. at least not around our area. here is a look at doppler over the last hour. and even across the virginia piedmont now, and most is fairly on the dry side.

there are some rain showers leaving the philadelphia area going up to new york city, and if you have flights or trains or you are driving that way, you will go back in the clouds and the showers. and most of the rain is done for now around here, but with the daytime heating we have a 30% of a thundershower coming up or shower coming up this afternoon. and that area of low pressure, as it moves away, we get a stable part of the atmosphere around here. an isolated shower possibility for the afternoon. another line of powerhouse thunderstorms rolling through southern oklahoma, and southern arkansas, and that area of low pressure will make the turn and bring us our next best chance of rain coming up on the day for thursday. so we will keep that in mind here over the next 24 to 36 hours. and clouds givingay to sunshine. just enough heating to maybe

cook up an isolated thundershower this afternoon. and overnight, things are quiet once again. and then during the day tomorrow, only a slight chance of a shower or two. the best chance for seeing rain this week forverybody comes up as we get into the day on thursday. so thursday it looks to be our busiest day. and mostly sunny for now. and bubbling up clouds. slight chance for a shower. highs today, still cooler than average. highs today up in the low to mid-80s. and the all important forecast here calls for a little bit more humidity in the air as we go to tomorrow and into thursday. again, as you can see, a best chance of rain. we have a little chance each and every day, but the best chance is on thursday. and the weekend will not be a washout. if you have your plans already thinking about the beach, and thinking about the weekend, fear not! >> i am going to the beach,

chuck. >> you are? >> what a terrible mistake! just teasing. >> okay. let's take a look at the roads out there, jerry. any problems. >> we have lot of roadwork to talk about. rock field pike. on the northbound side, construction. everybody seems to be dealing with it okay. and downtown at this hour, take a gander. looking better than an hour or so. 395 northbound as you head across the 14th street bridge, no worries. and it's moving along nicely. there are now 18 fewer rest op on the highway in virginia. and there is one stop in ma nas mus, and two in lady smith virginia. barrels were put up to block the entrances. many travelers are against the closures. they say when have you been on the road for long periods of time, you need a safe, conve

convenient place to pull or. our time right now is 11:21. 77 degrees. gasoline prices are doing something that we have not seen them do in months. and why you soon may be able to enjoy a glass of wine with yooo library. b b talks about what happenewianthih r.na op >ree h a somef e t stories if you're like a lot of people,

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we are learning new details about an attack that killed nine people in indonesia and injured more than 50. take a look at this. according to an indonesian tv station, these are images of the militants suspected in the bombing. the video shows them going through security check points and walking around with their luggage. the attack happened on friday when the explosions ripped through the hotels. nobody claimed responsibility. maryland officials might abandon a plan to eavesdrop on riders. they wanted to use listening devices on buses and trains to record the conversations on passengers and employees. and they wanted to say whether it was violating the law against wire tapping. now she will review if the state will move forward with such a

program. large transit agencies decided to record sound from their security cameras. here is some welcome news for drivers. gasoline prices are at the lowest point in 18 weeks. nationwide, the average is $2.46 a gallon. and maryland drivers are paying about $2.42. and virginia, about $2.33. it's now 11:26. up next, the latest on the bidding to buy watergate. and nearly two dozen high school students quarantined in china because of the swine flu. plus, another minor league team's pitch to come to town. could our streak of dry days be at

right now at 11:30, we are following the latest developing stde longlopistory. ozen students fromwo our area arerauaed qin intn china this morning.

>> they are being held at a hospital because of fears that some are showing symptoms of the swine flu. tracee? >> reporter: we are here because three of the students who are on the trip attended walter johnson, and the restf them are from various other schools in montgomery county, and a couple from the district. 11 have shown signs of the swine flu, and eight now tested positive, including natalie cheney, who attends national cathedral school where she will be a junior next year. these are pictures tenf natalie a lite while ago. hi hehe latest was among t of the group to test positive. one student had the swine flu and soon other students started to get sick. they have been taken to various

hospitals. and those who are not showing signs are being isolated in their hotels. natalie told news crews is little while ago this. >> i am not really scared. i think they will take good care of us. i spoke with one of my friends in the hospital right now, and they said they have been treated well and received american food, and have a tv. >> it's very scary for us, and it's very scary for natalie who is in the hospital in beijing. it is, by u.s. standards, somewhat crude, and you know, she is all alone and doesn't have much contact, if any, with her classmates that she has gone over to china with. >> reporter: that interview with natalie was done a few days ago. we talked to her dad a few minutes ago, and he wanted to make clear this is her second time of going through the trip, and he approved of the trip. this is paid for by the chinese government.

the parents only had to take care of airfare. he was saying the chinese government warned all of the parents before they went over there thaf i the kids had an elevated temperature of a tki,shndy gheldouo ahead and meay meho, and that they arehe towi scone flu very seriously. because with a billion people in that country, they just cannot risk the possibility of somebody getting sick and then passing it on, and folks there live in tight quarters, and they want to make sure these students knew they had to be safe when arriving there and could not risk the chances of spreading this. tracee wilkins, live in bough thez nau, back to you in the studio. another story we are following closely, here the watergate hotel is on the auction block right now. and megan mcgrath is at the auction house and told us the bidding began 15 minutes ago. and the opening bid was $25 million. we are hearing that was a cash bid. we should know the winner any

moment. we will bring you the information on any new owner as soon as we get it. we understand there has been a break in the action there. a pause in the bidding at the moment. but once we find out more about the bid, we will let you know. >> all right. right now, let's check the weather. we could see much-needed rain this afternoon. chuck bell is up inhe storm center with details. >> i am disappointed, i am $20 million in the checkbook, and now i am already out of the bidding. >> only cash, your checkbook is not good. >> if i have checks, i have money. isn't that the way it works? temperatures are climbing in the upper 70s and low 80s. 80 in fairfax county. and 79 degrees in leesburg, and frederick, maryland. and doppler shows not much, if anything, in the way of rainfall at this point in time. leave your umbrellas at home if you are planning a lunch.

and highs close to 85 degrees around the washington area, and near 80 degrees in the western suburbs and the high spots west of the blue ridge. the extended forecast for the rest of the day, upper 70s to near 80 degrees. as we go through the rest of the week, there will be a chance for a shower or a thundershower each and every day. i think that our best chance comes on thursday this week. we cannot rule it out, pretty much any day. and highs staying cooler than average. the average high is 89 degrees. and it's our warmest time of the year usually, and we will stay a couple degrees cooler than average each and every day for the rest of the week. and a peek at the weekend, no chance of showers. unless you are headed to the beach, in which case the chance of showers goes up substantially -- for not taking your co-workers. >> thank you.

jerry? >> this is as you make the trip from i-95 towards new hampshire avenue, construction. and the inner loop of the beltway, looks like it's moving along well at this hour. and then we will take a peek through the summertime haze. we watch the tractor trailers there, and traffic is moving along well in both directions. back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> thank you, much. and breaking news now, the watergate hotel has officially sold at action. >> megan mcgrath was at thene auct snnd aaw i tsold. >> reporter: it did not take long. the whole bidding process lasted less than five minutes. in the end, pb capital, the lender bought the property back for $25 million. and an attorney says they will market and eventually sell the

property again, or try to sell it again, but probably that time not at auction. now the ender is owed $40 million. the watergate auction failed to move. they were the only bid of $25 million. and so ultimately the property went back to pb capital. the watergate hotel became famous. burglars stayed in the hotel prior to the crime. the watergate scandal led to the resignation of president richard nixon. a famous property known by all across the world, and people who never have even been to washington, d.c. are familiar with the watergate complex. again, there was one bid made at the action today. it was a bid of $25 million. it was made by the lender, and the property goes to pb capital, and having talked to the

attorneys, the plan here is to market, and once again, try to sell the watergate hotel. back to you. >> would they sell it before they reopen it as a luxury hotel? any plans to renovate and reopen it? or are they getting rid of it before they do that? >> that question was asked, and the short answer that was given is they would market the property and the try to sell it again. it does not sound like i at this point, that the $25 million being the only bid by the lender, and they are owed $40 million, and they will step back and do some things and then put it on the market in a different way. >> thank you. the heated debate continues on the proposal to bring in a 5,500 seat baseball team. >> before the team, they have to bring the stadium. and the vote is whether or not to bring a ballpark into louden

county. this has several strikes against it, and others say it's a home run. it's a 400-acre undeveloped track of land near the intersection of route 7 and 28. there could be a hotel and restaurants and a retail center. those crying foul say they are concerned about traffic. monday night a. small rally of supporters gathered at the county board of supervisors public meeting, and they kept their caps on inside to show their support. and one said no matter what is developed in that space, there will be traffic. in his view a ballpark is the best place to have it. >> i stood there, and kt saying support baseball. nobody said no. everybody said i cannot finally wait to take my kids somewhere. we need it. it's an opportunity. don't mess it up. >> better than you get at potomac, and believe me, york, pennsylvania, better than you

get at frederick, maryland, and better than cal ripken stadium, and sometimes it's better than the nationals or the orioles to tell you the truth. >> that was the legendary third baseman for the orioles. and he is considered a heavy hitter here with a vested in this particular ballpark. and he is also a member of the concora baseball advisory reof directors. the driving force of the franchise. and now the timing and the financing of the project as well is a concern. one environmental group cite impact on streams and other

things. the vote is now expected after lunch today. joe, back to you. this afternoon, supervisors are expected to vote on a propose to combine books and booze at public lie braries. supporters say this could bring in more money to cash-strapped libraries, and others say it could open up for lawsuits. >> libraries are not meant to be a facility to facilitate a commercial enterprise and shift liability for accidents and things that occur that we are actually spending many millions of dollars on. >> a library spokesperson says the after hour events would be strictly for fund-raising with the proceeds going to library funds. it may cost you more to do your back to school shopping this year. one reason, d.c. is canceling

the sales tax holiday. district officials say they cannot afford to do without the sales tax revenue. >> i think it will personally hurt a lot of families who are already struggling with paying for school supplies, and clothing and all that. >> it saves us money, you know, so we buy more during that tax holiday time. when there is not a tax holiday time, i may not buy as much. >> and maryland suspended its tax-free holiday this year. it will be back next year. and virginia's tax holiday will run between august 7th and the 9th. northern virginia is about to get its piece of the stimulus pie. fairfax, louden and prince william will get smuslu money. the governor sayshes money will go towards paving roads and also y wa brkdanldui aomnfax gentbuild anwaernt ian at fair lakes parkway.

the commonwealth could use the cash. the metro bus riders will have to find a new place to buy cards. the offices at the royal street bus garage in alexandria wil close on july 31st, and so will one in arlington and one in highetsville. the time is 11:42. 77 degrees. up next, the secrets the cell phone industry is keeping from the government. and chris brown speaks out for the first time about what happened between he and rihanna. and who police believe is boldd a series bold

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i am not going to sit here and make any excuses. i take great pride in me being able to exercise self-control. what i did is inexcusable. i am sad and ashamed of what i have done. >> a month after pleading guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfend rihanna. and brown says he sought the advice of spiritual advisors and his mother, herself, a victim of domestic violence. he will be sentenced to 180 days of community labor.

we are learning new details in the investigation into michael jackson's death. and detectives are looking into more doctors than original thought. a source close to the case tells nbc news 19 doctors are now facing scrutiny. >> reporter: the investigation into michael jackson's death is growing. a drag net so far, a source tells nbc news 19 docrs are under the microscope, and it could take months or years to take action against any of them or all of them. prosecutors could make their move after the results of the toxicology results are in. voluntary manslaughter is possible. and robert sacks worked in the office handling this case. >> it's attractive because it's saying you as a doctor should

have known better. you should have known these medicines could have killed you. >> investigators seized prescription drugs from jackson's home, and then subpoenaed the medical reports of his determirm tall gist. and his attorney has denied dr. murray did anything wrong. >> i am thinking tt it's foul play. yeah, that's what i am thinking. >> michael's father, joe jackson, in a new interview on cnn -- >> are you implying the doctor committed foul play? >> something went wrong, larry. because when they tried to bring michael back, he was dead. >> reporter: joe jackson is playing a role in the custody case. sources involved in the case says debbie rowe does not want him raising the kids because

michael accused him of abuse in a documentary. >> what about this you harming michael as a child? >> that's a bunch of bull s. bull s. >> straighten me out? >> that's not true. >> you never harmed him? >> never. >> us weekly reports paris stays in her room most of the time and writes letters to her dad, and prince and blanket watch cartoons, but never the news. >> they do not know debbie rowe is their mother. >> soon, shielding them from everything going on will become impossible. including their father's final days, now aeg is selling the rights to more footage taken

during michael's last rehearsal. it will be a movie with studios already bidding $15 million for the rights. >> there is also new information on michael jackson's estate. his mother katherine is still deciding whether to fight for more control. her lawyer says it's only fair, and the top priority is taking care of her grandchildren. and federal researchers reported held back warnings because they did not want to anger congress. and "the new york times" quotes the head of the highway safety administration who says there were hundreds of pages and research about the hazards of using a cell phone behind the wheel. transportation officials said billions of dollars in financing could be at risk. some small two-door cars are

getting good marks in the crash safety test. the ford focus and the volvo c-32 top scores in tests. and in addition, the civic got the highest score in the rear test. and an insurance institute called the test on the models good news. the fed chairman speaks out in the wall street journal. we have more on those stories and the rest of the day's business news. >> stocks have been higher for most of the morning. the dow is only up 12 points. and the other two indexes are trading a bit in the red. we did get quite a bit of earnings this morning. the earnings trade continues. and all the earnings expectations that they did report lower revenue.

we will run through some of them for you now. dupont, did beat expectations. and merck beat the street. and united technology beat by a penny. and coca-cola was three cents above expectations. looking forward, we are having mixed results on trading on the heals of the earnings as we have gone through the day today. europe finished up in the green. investors will also be keeping an eye on capitol hill as ben bernanke continues his testimony. he is before a house panel right now talking about the concern the state of the economy. and in today's wall street journal, he said they will keep interest rates low for now but will take them when the time is right. a chain is opening an electronic

bookstore letting customers to read on the handheld readers. back to you. >> it will be interesting to see how that turns out. >> thank you, courtney. >> thank you. it's 11:52. up next, the issue with the president's appearance at last week's all-star game. and meteorologist, chuck ll, will be back with another

he is the commander in chief, but he says he is no fashion. the president showed up in a well-worn pair of high-water jeans, i guess you can call them. and mr. obama was unapologetic this morning, and said he will leave to his wife to bring a touch of class to the white house. >> i am frumpy. i hate to shop. those jeans are comfortable. and for those of you who will, you know, want your president to, you know, look great in his tight jeans, i am sorry, i am not the guy. >> president obama added low

riders just would not fit him since he is not 20 years old. but hardly frumpy, and he has made the list of best dressed. >> mr. president, whatever you want to wear at this point. let's find out some of th stories in the works for this afternoon. >> we have a preview now with pat. >> if you are president, can't you just get somebody to go shopping for you? >> if you care. if you are happy with your clothes, wear them. >> oh, well. coming up, before you take out the next frozen dinner, liz crenshaw explains the hidden dangers lurking inside the frozen foods. and then lunch with one of the biggest names in tennis. an aco . times have changed, anwe will tell you which vehicles are topping the list these days.

watch out. that's beginning at 4:00 this afternoon. >> thank you very much. let's get a roundup of the weather with chuck bell who is up in storm center 4. chuck, i don't like all the talk about the weather they beach. >> no, it's only where you are staying, because you are not taking your co-workers with you. that's all right. our feelings are not hurt. most of the heavier rain shower is toward the northern side of the new jersey, and heading up towards the new york city and that's where the rain showers are. a little humid outside. we don't need to worry too much about that. just an outside chance of an thundershower today. >> be sure and bring an embrela. finally, several texas store owners are dealing with monkey business this morning.

>> because security cameras caught what appears to be a monkey breaking into the store. it was at the plants and planters nursery. the owners are convinced the money is trained to sneak in and steal plants. 40 plants were mysteriously gone. >> that does it for "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. be sure and tune in at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00, for all the day's news. >> bye.