right now on "news4 midday," 26 states have wide-spread flu activity. and 99% of those cases have been confirmed as swine flu. new housing numbers out this morning. whole prices are up for the third month in a row. and an unusual driving test designed to teach teens the dangers of texting and driving. "news4 midday" starts right now.

good morning, and welcome to "news4idday." >> joe krebs is on assignment this morning. it's tuesday, september 29th, 2009. >> that's the message going out. in case you could not make that out, schools are closed because of swine flu, and the district made the move after 900 students missed classes. they could not take the chance one more child would get sick. and the focus this morning is on businesses. >> representatives from local businesses are receiving a swine flu briefing from health emergency preparedness. the pandemic is continuing to

spread. it's early in the season, but as we reported, already 26 states have wide-spread flu activity. all of the cases almo have been confirmed as swine flu. and kimberly suitors is where the forum is taking place. >> reporter: well, they are saying the d.c. is basically a place where we have the good old-fashioned hand sake and the other things. the board members showed up for the swine flu seminar, and their interest in the impact on business -- >> it's pretty high. >> reporter: they are swine flu across america. the numbers are daunting. >> 11,284.

11,284. that's the number of school ks that did not go to school because their school was closed last week, because of h1n1. >> reporter: they are asked to imagine the impact that level of absenteeism on their businesses. >> it may be 20% of the another department and right down the road. >> reporter: one d.c. area law firm would be financially damaged. >> we are determined to have a safe house within our work space. and so if there are methods and techniques of communications that we have not thought about yet, i am hoping to get a read on that. >> and a quarantined work space

where nobody sick is allowed in. children are banned in some inpatient areas atome hospitals. >> and the way to go is social distancing or limiting the amount of contact the six individuals have with people in the community, who may be coming down with influenza. >> other tips for swine flu survival, encourage colleagues to stay home if they are sick, and make a chart of your deepen done sees, and who pays the bills. make sure you have hand sanitizer everywhere. everybody that attended the conference on going right now behind me got a care package. in it, the hand sanitizer, and tissues and a thermometer to place on your forehead if necessary. this is not flu as usual.

reporting live, i am kimberly suitors, news4. this morning friends and family are remembering a local marine killed in afghanistan while serving his second tour of duty there. he was killed during combat this past weekend. he already had been deployed once before in iraq. relatives say the 24-year-old always wanted to serve his country. >> he loved re-enacting and he just seemed to have a heart for that. and he always wanted to be a marine. >> he leaves behind a wife and three younger siblings. the department of defense have not released details of his death. right now a man accused in a major terror bus is in court. najibullah zazi is set to be arraigned in brooklyn as we speak. he is charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. authorities believe he and two

other people might have wanted to blow up transit systems. and there is a program called orange cones, no phones. this comes after a recent survey, which found over half of the drivers admitted to using their cell phones and read or write text messages while driving. those made changes to their behavior even in construction zones. andhis is the reason ford motor company is holding a training course right now. it's part of an effort to alert teenager and adults about the dangers of texting and driving. and tell us what is going on out there, megan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the program is called skills for life. can you see the course behind me here. students from our area, from area high schools are taking an unusual driving course today. you can see a car going by us

right now packed with teenagers as well as a professionally trained driver. what they are doing here on this track lined with cones is they are teaching young people just how distracted you get when you text while driving. >> you hop in the driver's seat. >> reporter: shannon got her learners' permit in july. she heard the warning, don't text and drive because it's dangerous. but today she is getting an unusual lesson. she is driving with a trained racecar driver. as she negotiates a track lined with cones, she is told to send a text messages. how does she do? >> think about it, right now we are moving at about 8 miles per hour -- >> good one. >> got the cone and chalk.

>> reporter: shannon's driving took a swan dive. at times her hands were barely on the steering wheel. >> i went out of the lines and hit cones, and i lost control of the wheel at one point. yeah, it was very difficult. >> reporter: it's something a one-time grand am car driver sees a lot. >> it's enormous. they don't think ahead or look ahead. in some cases, they are so taken up in texting they don't realize which way the car is driving. >> reporter: studies show that driver distraction is a factor in nearly 80% of accidents. the program hopes to prove to teens just how dangerous driving and texting is. the kids do the course twice. once while texting. another time while giving their full attention to the road. shannon seems to have gotten the

message. >> while you are texting and doing various things, while you are driving, things that distract you, your life is in danger. you could seriously hurt yourself and other people. >> and you can see some of the cars that are getting ready to begin the course here. again, teenager drivers behind the wheel. and they are going to have to negotiate the cones that you see behind me while literally sitting there and working their thumbs trying to text. i took the exercise here myself and texted while i was behind the wheel. i took out a couple cones. wasn't a train wreck. but here is something to keep in mind, this is a very, very controlled situation they he going on here. it has to be for safety reasons. but just imagine how bad it would be while you are texting and you had traffic or perhaps pedestrians or wildlife running in front of your car. i can't even imagine, because i was barely paying attention to the course while i was driving, and they were asking me to text.

so a very interesting lesson, and the kids here seem to be getting it. back to you in the studio. >> yeah, it's a lesson that they really ought to learn. i see a lot of them doing it out there. >> reporter: i had no idea what was going on around me while i was texting. i must admit that. don't you love the weather we are having this week? it's beautiful. cool. nice fall weather this morning. right now, 67 in washington. after a chilly start in the 40s and low 50s, now we are in the mid to upper 60s all around the region. and as we take a look at the latest wind gusts, we had gusts over 30 miles per hour. and some of the higher ridges

may have had gusts to 40 miles per hour this morning. we are going to see the gusts continuing to increase into the afternoon. we already had gusts 25 around washington in to southern maryland. we have a cool morning low of 48 there. they had a wind gusts there to 20 miles per hour. and look at the temperatures out of the mountains. around 50 degrees now. it's only in the low 50s out in western pennsylvania. some of the clouds are on the increase as we had gusty winds pick up. and gusts are around 30 to 35 around the metro area. and temperatures are climbing into the low 70s. and we will have the cool pattern remaining into the weekend. a look at the rest of the week and the weekend in just a few minutes. barbara and pat? >> thank you, tom. >> thanks, jerry -- wow, that's tom. sorry. i have jerry on my mind and he is not even here. >> yeah, he is on vacation. but we have steve.

>> hi, steve. tlfrs a report of a broken down vehicle in the center of the roadway, so that will slow you down as you head towards the beltway on eastbound 66. now, over to springfield, traffic is easing up now, better than just a few minutes ago. on the left, there was a broken down vehicle in the right lane just before the springville interchange. and it looks like that is clearing away because things are moving nicely. they are setting up the roadwork on northbound and southbound near lorden blocking the right lane each way. back to you. >> thank you, steve. >> thanks, steve. smile when you ride metro. you soon may be on candid surveillance camera. they are getting $78 million in grants from homeland security to beef up the security system. much will go to installing surveillance cameras. riders we talked to this morning had mixed feelings about the plan.

>> no, it doesn't bother me at all. it's more secure and i think it will be better for patrons who are riding the trains and buses. >> i don't know if i like somebody watching you while i am trying to go home, but i'm most of the time sleeping. >> they will use the bonds to offer additional training to employees. and coming up, we will take a look at the decision president ama must make on the war in afghanistan. plus a typhoon in asia is creating extreme conditions. we'll have the latest. stay with us.

president obama is getting ready to tackle afghanistan. tomorrow he will have a big meeting with his top advisers talking strategy. one big question is troops. the pentagon is calling for more, but democrats don't feel the same way. >> reporter: president obama will hear out the case to send more troops to afghanistan, up to 40,000 more is what general stanley mcchrystal, the u.s. war commander is said to want. the presidt says he will ask will they wipe out al qaeda. this was friday. >> my overriding goal is to dismantle the al qaeda network. >> 68,000 u.s. troops are in

afghanistan now. almost one third on barack obama's order. he campaigned for a beefed up mission. >> if the world is committed to this, it will require all of us accepting additial responsibility and burden in this area. >> reporter: after eight years, many afghans are angry, and hundreds of civilians have been killed. taliban fighters are regrouping and claims of fraud hang over last month's election. could an iraq-style surge help. many democrats are not onboard. >> i don't think that there is a great deal of support for sendsing more troops to afghanistan. in a country or in the congress. >> the president will hear from nato's secretary general to send military trainers at least. >> they will have a different mission, wch is to train the afghan security forces so they can take over from us. >> in a war barack obama himself

has long called necessary. >> what the president says is also necessary, a resized war strategy is bound to deepen his responsibility for afghanistan. a spokesman said a final decision on that is still weeks away. in washington, brook hart, nbc news. today 30 people were killed in afghanistan when a roadside bomb hit a bus in kandahar. children were amo the dead. and in vietnam, rivers are overflowing. 175 people have been forced out of their homes. in china, the typhoon stirred up surf and rough rains. >> in the philippines, the typhoon was a killer blamed for more than 240 deaths. the country is now cleaning up nearly 400,000 people. they can't go home because of flooding and damage there. this is the most rainfall they

have had in 40 years. several nations including the u.s. have always donated money to help pay for relief supplies. we have been lucky around here. we have not had to deal with any inclement weather in the last few months. >> for the philippines, another typhoon that may be coming close there in the next few days. here around our part of the world in the atlantic, we had a quiet season. as we take a look outside this morning, we had the autumn chill arrive. and we look at the sky going back in time, and over the last hour and a half, we can squeeze that down to 30 seconds. and the camera is on our tower, about :&>fñ.5x275 feet up look towards virginia in the w5 district, and looking towards the south-southwest, and you can see clouds rolling in from e northwest. and the winds are gust k 60 to 70 miles per hour, and down to the surface they are gusting to near 40.

and let's look at the live view of the sky wcher camera. you can see the camera bouncing around a bit as the winds increased over the last hour. as we look at the view from the city camera, we see clouds passing over capitol hill. that's a live picture this morning. the river is getting a bit of a chop on it from e winds that increased. 67 in washington. and the atlantic tropical season have not been active. we had two hurricanes so far and four tropical storms. we are at the height of the hurricane season right now. this season so far is the quietest, most tranquil hurricane season in 17 years. let's hope it doesn't get more active. let's look at the view from the radar scanning the sky. no precipitation coming from the clouds coming through. look at the lows we had this morning. down to 45 in manassas. a chilly start down in dulles. and the low here at washington was 54. quite a chilly start this morning.

now the temperatures have hit the low 60s around the shenandoah valley, and mid-and upper 60s from washington over to the atlantic beaches. and gusts around 20 or so here in washington and generally around 20 to 25 at the surface. these are the lower spots. the higher elevations here along the blue ridge and out in west virginia, gusts near 40 miles per hour. and around the neighborhood network, temperatures at 58. and they had gusts around 20 miles per hour. and the eastern shore in the upper 60s and out in the mountains in the cool low 50s where the clouds began to cover the sky there, as shenandoah valley is quite cloudy. and now here are the tropics. here is washington. here is florida. still, very subtle. and here for our part of the world, we are being affected by a storm that is 500 miles away, and the circulation around this powerful low bringing in the winds that will be with us here

for today and zpoetonight and p of tomorrow. there may be a few sprinkles out of the mountains today and tonight, and then a drying trend with pressure moving in from the midwest that will dry us out on thursday. the winds will get rather blustery. if you are going to the concert tonight, u2 at fedex field. it should be in the low is 60s at the beginning of the concert and the upper 50s under a moon lit sky. and then dawn, it will be in the upper 40s that and then the 30s and 40s may be on sunday morning. a bit warmer on friday with increasing clouds ahead of a rain system that may be in on saturday, but drying out sunday and monday. that's the way it looks on this tuesday morning. >> looks pretty good. >> did you layer up? >> well, actually this was -- i

had a shaw on this morning when i came in. >> i am going to turn the heat on real soon. i almost did it lastnight, but i didn't. >> i thought i was the one that was always cold. >> thanks a lot. let's dmcheck in with steve and see how the roads are moving. >> we have roadwork back again today both ways on i-95 in virginia between route 1 and lorden, and blocking the lane north and southbound, it will be slow through there. and nothing we haven't seen in the last few days. and over to maryland on 270, everything is looking good now. we had a tough ride this morning. now it's okay. back to you. >> all right. >> thank you very much. an olympic effort to bring the summer games to chicago in 2016, a star-studded delegation left for denmark last night.

and on friday president obama will join them. and it will be the first time a u.s. president has lobied the ioc this way. and michelle obama is leaving for copenhagen today, and will join a host of olympic stars to do their best to bring the games to the windy city. >> chicago, 2016, i would be here, competing? i am not sure. but i will definitely be there. >> it's always a fun city. not too many people in the world know too much about chicago, even though it's a big city. we will have a great time. >> if they were not enough, oprah is making the trip to denmark. chicago needs to beat out madrid, a rio de janeiro and tokyo to get the games. >> if the president can't do it, maybe oprah can. >> she has a lot of persuasion. still ahead, director polanski filed a motion

directing his release. and a new doll on the market. she is homeless. and conan o'brien gets a few laughs at his own expense after surviving a scary fall. >> first, here is a look at what is hot on nbcwashington.com.

it looks like sarah palin's highly anticipate memoir will hit shelves earlier than expected. she finished righter her book early so her publisher decided to move up the release date. it will appear on shelves by thanksgiving. and the most intriguing part is the title "going rogue" which was used in the campaign to mock her. >> we will look at the scary moment that sent the tonight host, conan o'brien to the hospital. he was racing a guest, teri hatcher, when he fell and slipped. o'brien struggled to get up and tried to go on the with the show. when he started speaking, it was obvious he could not do it.

>> let me ask oneotion replay of what happened there, please. i believe i won. >> that was a hard hit. producers cancelled the taping and nbc aired a rerun. and the first guest brought something to make sure it would not happen again. he was given a bike helmet. >> he needs to use one that covered more of his head. >> we are glad he is okay. coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday," the latest on the police involved shooting. a man shot by a police officer and remains in critical condition this morning. >> and today marks one year since the wall street catastrophe. we'll take a look back and behind the scenes of the new arena stage under construction right now. >> and tom kierein will be back

with another look at the cool forecast that we will have. stay with us. we'l

let's take a look at what is happening right now at 11:30. a man accused of being a

terrorists is in court. najibullah zazi's lawyer entered a not guilty plea. he is being charged with planning to bomb the public transportation in the new york area. and president obama will meet with top advisers to talk about afghanistan, and among the issues are troop levels. the pentagon wants more forces in afghanistan, but democrats are against the idea. and then the dangers of texting behind the wheel. a distracted driver training course. it was set uprab by the5bç ford company and the governor's highway association. it's to teach the teens the importance of safe driving habits. a man shot remains in critical condition, and the shooting happened in the front of a home. police say a man called them because he saw a stranger coming up his driveway. an officer arrived quickly and said he spotted the man trying

to drive away by turning around in the front yard. >> the recent rain, and the ground was wet. back wheels of the car got caught in the grass, the mud. the subject got out of the car and at that point police had arrived. witness statements tell us that the subject charged and attacked the officer who then fired more than one shot. >> he has a long criminal history, including arrest for burg re, robbery and drugs. the officer is on leave due to the investigation, which is standard procedure. and a run in with the bank robber. he walked into wachovia with his gun in the air and pointed it at workers and hopped the counter. he had his face covered and wore gloves and camouflaged pants. he put cash in a bag and took

off. police are asking anybody with information to call 911 immediately. and james van braun was moved, and doctors are trying to determine if he is fit to stand trial. he was hospitalized after being shot in the face by other museum guards. he has been indicted on several charges, including first-degree murder and can face the death penalty if he is convicted. >> and an arrest 32 years in the making. the director roman polanski is finally in custody, and his lawyer filed a motion to have him freed. >> he spent 31 years as a fugitive from american justice, and now film director roman polanski behind bars in switzerland is now preparing to fight extradition to america. he is a fighter, says his

attorney. supporters are lining up to defend him. the french foreign minister said the arrest was a bit sinister. listen to the culture minister. in the same way as there is a generous america, we love, he says, a certain kind of america is that frightening, and this is the america that is shown us its face. the foreign ministers of france and poland say they will appeal to hillary clinton to intervene. actress debra winger, she says they hope the case is dropped. >> it's based on a three-decade old case that is all but dead accept for a minor technicality. >> he fled the u.s. after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. his victim has for giveren him. he hardly spent his life in hiding. he travelled widely in europe and has a holiday home in

switzerland, and he cannot understand why the u.s. is going after him now. >> there is a sense of humanity that has gone wack yoe. there is 32 years ago. everybody involved in the incident is wanting to move on, and to bring this thing up again is absurd. >> some u.s. legal experts says he is being treated like any other fugitive of justice. >> they are trying to demonstrate because it's old it doesn't mean it's over and because you run away doesn't mean we will forget about you. >> polanski's lawyers argue his arrest was illegal and want him released immediately. the case is in the hands of the swiss justice decision and can take up to 10 days for a decision. and the pilot will take on a new role when he goes back to work. the officials announced captain

sullenberger will be working as a management pilot with the management team. back in january captain sullenberger execkv a successful landing on the hudson engine. and captain sullenberger will continue his flying duties and will be an excellent addition to the team. >> i am sure a lot of passengers are glad to hear he will be doing his flying duties. >> yeah, that's the case. let's go to tom kierein. >> anybody flying into washington now has a bumpy ride. we are approaching the noon hour. that's a live picture from the city camera, and there is a chop as we look at the potomac river as the winds are kicking up. and temperatures are in the 60s now after a chilly start. low to mid-60s to upper 60s near wash and near the bay.

and these are the winds we have had. some near 40. around washington, gusts around 20 to 25. and black hilltop orchard, a wonderful place to get all the apples coming out now and the peaches, and the temperatures are at 58. they had a gust of 20. and the temperatures in the mountains, it's only arod 50 there. and we had the clouds moving in from the northwest, in a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy at times afternoon with the blustery winds. it will feel cooler than the 70s. and the winds will settle down. and during the day tomorrow, partly sunny, and blustery highs in the 60s. and the winds die down wednesday and thursday with the highs near 60 and sunny. and then clouding up with a chance of showers from saturday into sunday. >> thanks, tom. let's check out what is left

of the rush hour. >> yeah, and now there is other traffic problems usually. steve what is going on out there now, construction? >> southbound 95, we will look at the map. there was a work zone south of lorden, and as you enter the work zone there is a accident in the right lane. and then springfield, as you leave going south, not too bad. over into maryland right now, a work zone, even though nobody is going down to get through it. southbound 270 on the left, can you see the cones there in the right lane, and really not causing a backup at all with a very light volume of traffic. back to you. >> thank you very much, steve. well, if you or your children suffer from food allergies, you know putting together recipes could be a bit of a challenge. >> that's why one pennsylvania mother decided to make changeses to the way her family eats and now hoping to inspire other

families across the country. >> reporter: rich and amy have their hands full with three young children, but besides the normal challenges be withing parents, all of them have an array of food allergies. finding food with no gluten or dairy or soy or nuts was not easy. amy cooked up her own solution. >> everything out there tasted bad or had 35 ingredients that were not healthy to me to what i wanted to put in my children's bodies. >> amy did research and experimented in the kitchen, and her secret to success for people on a restricted diet might surprise you. good old home cooking. her specialties, include gluten free rice pasta with home run tomato sauce, and check out this

dish. >> i think our chicken dish is finished. >> chicken sauteed with fresh spinach and sun-dried tomatoes. it's so good. >> to go with the chicken, amy prepared a salad. >> they call it super greens, and so it's filled with protein. >> delicious and perfect for somebody on a glooten-free diet. >> on the sweet side, who could resist the chocolate cup takes, topped with chocolate chips, vegan chocolate chips. >> you don't cook foods that are this good that are allergy free that don't get around. can you find her dishes at the

good food market that opens up at the chest hill neighborhood next week. >> i did not know anything. if i can help one person not to have to do that, i would love to do it. >> if you are wondering about the costs, amy says buying local fresh healthy ingredients doesn't cost that much more. some doctors say in the end it's definitely worth it to stay healthy. the food did look good, didn't it? >> yeah, and if it's healthy. i am hungry right now. bring it on. still ahead, a strong opening to the week on wall street. we'll check in to see where things stand right now. a popular doll line releases

you are looking at a live picture of i-95 north where a truck procession with a police escort is moving steel from the world trade towers initially. it's currently back on their way back to new york city. it's an anniversary that view would like to remember. today marks one year since the wall street catastrophe. >> let's check in with cnbc's courtney reagan on how the markets look a year later.

>> good morning to yo both. some things are looking considerably better today from where we sat a year ago. the dow is lower but only by 44 points. it could be profit keeping where they cash in on the money they made. and then europe a bit lower. a little weaker than what we are seeing around the rest of the world. still, overall a good tuesday shaping up for the markets. and the s&p home index is showing signs of improvement in the housing market. the leading measure shows the annual rate of decline in the 10 to 20 city calm pause it's improved from last month. it marks six months of improved readings of the index. the department of energy says the price of regular unleaded dropped five cents to a national average of $2.49 a gallon and that's the first time it has

been below $2.50 since july. and then starbucks, the company started to sell it's instant coffee today. before it was available in stores in chicago, and london. and they are launching a week-long tv ad campaign. the innocent coffee does generate $700 million in sales each year, and the company thinks it's quite worth it. >> have you tried it yet, courtney? >> i have not tried it yet. i hope to. i have seen the signs in the starbucks around my apartment. i have lots of options to get there. >> the taste test came out well against the brewed coffee there. >> i believe it. >> we have to try it. >> thanks, and have a great day. >> do you the same. if you are the parent of a

young girl, you know how popular american girl dolls are. now the company responsible for marketing a unique line with a unique background. >> reporter: most any little girl will inform you american girl dolls come with a story and lots of stuff. but this doll is a first. her name is gwen and she comes with only one dress. this costs close to $100, and can also wear the clothes of all of the others, the and dolls with homes. this doll is homeless. how will girls react to that? >> what would you think about a homeless doll? >> i don know. i would feel bad. >> would you want that doll? would you read about her? >> yeah, i think it's good. do you know her name? >> uh-huh. gwen. >> is she replacing samantha? >> no, she is not.

she is part of the doll of the year selection, and she is a character teaching how to stand up to bullies and help those in need. >> it brings a sense of reality to young girls when they are playing and so i think it's a good idea. >> it's expensive. but most of the girls are going to love it. >> mom and dad and santa claus take note. >> if it teaches girls, young girls to have concern for kids that don't have homes and are living in the conditions that we know about, that's a good thing. >> a teaching doll. >> it is expensive, though. >> a holiday gift. the time is 11:50. a peek behind the stage. plus we will be back with a check on the forecast. and we are looking for people that make the day special in the early-morning hours.

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if you have driven around the southwest waterfront lately, it's impossible to miss the new arena stage and the grand statement it is making as it grows out of the ground. it will bring in productions from all over the nation and

serve as theater for fans. >> they are setting the stage in dramatic fashion. a glass roof supported by 18 giant columns, dividing a curtain of glass walls that overlook the southwest waterfront. it's designed to pull people in and businesses in to an area poised to take off. >> basically, reknitting the city back together the way it was 40 years ago in this area. so it's very, very exciting to be a part of really a renaissance in south west washington. >> this is the classroom. >> reporter: some 20,000 students will use the classrooms year round. those rooms neighbor giant rehearsal halls. from 83,000 square feet to now more than 200,000, the new arena stage will be home to three theaters. this entire village is built around the two theaters that

stood here since the 6'60s, and it was important to keep that piece of history. >> blood and tears and sweat that have gone on into those theaters, i think it's a good -- a feel-good thing for all of us to maintain those. >> a staircase opens to a huge lobby, and cafe lodge and terra terrace. they will teach here in one shared community. >> i think that's very exciting. part of theater is not just seeing it, but also talking about it. >> the arena stage at the mead center for america will attract productions around the country, from classic and contemporary. molly smith sees it as a crossroads. >> it's american artists, and so this whole center has been built for the production, and the

presentation, and the development and the study of american theater. >> jim hadly, news4. >> the new center is on budget and on schedule and set to open fall of next year. coming up, a look at the support system on the ground needed for air ambulances. we get the inside stories. then at 5:00, washington wizards forward tells all over "lunch with lindsay", and he talks about meeting expectations and getting a new start for a new season. for all the day's news, join us right after "the daily connection." and here is a live view from the sky watcher camera looking towards virginia in the district. the clouds are racing through on gusty upper level winds. right now temperatures in the

60s all around the region. we will gradually climb into the low 70s for highs today. these are the latest wind gusts. they have been gusting to 25 and as high as 40 on some of the hill tops. and there was a peak gust there this thermont. and then tonight the wind should diminish a bit and be good weather for the concert at fedex field. and then we will be in the 40s as we start off wednesday morning. still a high in the 60s. and chilly, maybe 30s in the mountains. and we will have bright sunshine and diminishing wind. increasing clouds on friday. and then ahead of a rain system that may be coming through on saturday with passing showers, otherwise partly sunny in the 70s. we'll see you tomorrow morning.

>> thanks, tom. we are just hours from a big rock 'n' roll show at fedex field tonight. workers are putting the final touches on the elaborate stage for the u2 concert. you can e you are going. metro will keep the morgan boulevard station near fedex field open one hour later until 1:00 a.m. that's tonight. and then the stadium will not open the doors until 5:00 p.m. u2 is encouraging groups to carpool. >> there were a couple u2 tickets floating around the news room. i don't think they are floating around any more? >> no, they are gone. be sure and tune into "the daily if i had to sit on a bench during the middle of a game due to diabetes it would frustrate me. in a basketball game a couple minutes could mean a big momentum shift. my bayer meter is very important.

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