the michael jackson memorial. today fans around the world will stop to remember the king of pop and bid a final farewell. responding to charges. marion barry stands up to accusations of criminal stalking. russian alliance. president obama preaches democracy as he works to strengthen ties with his russian counterpart. thanks for joining us. it is tuesday, july 7th. angie goff is here with better news for commuters out there on the roadways and kim has a beautiful forecast for all of us. good morning. >> oh, yeah. it is going to be nice. not often in the middle of july we can talk about high temperatures and low humidity. so let's enjoy it while we have it. it is great to see u on a tu morn g.s lowe ll ok tsouidouth

e ownd nce i 72 wn. downto wi hest 0. hwee ave got 72 culpeper. fredericksburg meanwhile coming in with73. th e sateite d andarar oplo shows op have a lot of sunshine everywhere you go. a little road trip around the mid-atlantic today? you should be setting off with smooth sailing. as for the forecast, let's focus on maryland first, la plata 83 and sunny. at thurmont the carnival is going on this week i hope to grab crab cakes. off to frostburg 79 degrees, not a bad place to go and gorgeous weather to go with it. and warming up approaching the 90s across northern virginia out to gainesville, 90 today. 7 luray. a lot of sunshine and should be a decent day in chantilly. 87 degrees. coming up we will talk about the seven-day forecast. can the great weather last the

rest of the week and when is the next chance of rain. we will need a little rain to keep the gardens green. that is coming up next. find out how the roads are shaping up with angie. >> hey, everybody. it is tuesday. we are off to a terrific start. it looks like we have zero incidents or accidents to report on our capital beltway on the outer loop. just jammed 95 to georgia avenue. i'm estimating the drive time at 20 minutes. moving things along, new crash activity to tell you about. it is on 50 going both directions westbound and and eastbound. we know drivers here at 197, both losing that left lane. please use caution if you are heading that way. on inbound new york avenue we take it to the district. this is the shot in northeast. below speed from the washington times building to this spot at bladensburg road and 395 northbound tracking that trip, as well. delayed in two spots. the first from the capital

beltway to seminary and using the brakes from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. to wrap it up here's 66 eastbound. from 123 to the beltway we are below speed but happy to report no incidents or accidents at this time. now over to you. the jackson family is preparing to bury michael jackson today. private services come a few hours after they observed a wake for the gloved one yesterday evening. cameras captured a hers pulling in and several members of michael jackson's family were seen coming and going to the funeral home. cars were screened at the entrance to the cemetery. >> the world will say a final good-bye in a public meme yacht at the staples center. armando trull is live in the 9 news now information center with more. armando? >> well, some michael jackson fans are hoping his brothers will reunion one more time to pay a final tribute to the most

talented member of the jackson 5 but even if that doesn't happen you can expect some of the best entertainers in attendance for the king of pop. >> the golden ticket. >> reporter: moan what that austin from bristow, virginia is one of the 18,000 people lucky enough to have witnessed michael jackson's star-studded memorial. >> i'm delighted to have the opportunity. >> reporter: like he did in his real life concert, tickets to his final act are the hottest ones in town. >> oh, yes. >> reporter: stevie wonder, lionel ritchie, mariah carey and jennifer hudson are some of the stars that will perform. in the streets around the staples center and the nokia theater will be sealed off by police to keep away those who didn't get tickets. >> a lot of jealous people out there. >> before the memorial, jackson family and their closest friends will participate in the private ceremony at forest lawn cemetery. and there are several ways to watch the event live. you can drive to

fredericksburg, virginia. the marquee south point nine theater has it and you can see it on facebook and my space provided they don't crash because of the traffic and andrea, you have other ideas how folks can watch. >> absolutely. cbs news will have live coverage of michael jackson the farewell and people can watch it live here on wusa9.com -- on wusa 9 beginning at 1:00 p.m. it will impact our broadcast schedule today. emergency personnel in montgomery county have teamed up with federal agencies for an anti-terror exercise today. the drill is aimed at testing how well both local and federal first responders would work together to prevent and detect any threat at a metro station. in addition to crews from montgomery county, there are transit police and federal air marshalls taking place in the exercise.

this is a coordination exercise, a drill. and it helps to make sure we can work in partnership with those law enforcements organizations out there such as montgomery county police department. >> reporter: the exercise began at 6:00 this morning and runs until 7:00 this evening which means there will be increased police presence along the red light throughout most of the day. ward councilman marion barry denies stalking a long time friend. a woman with whom he had a year- long relationship complained to police. barry called reporters to the wilson building on monday to denounce the accusation that led to his arrest on saturday night. >> we believe the charge stems from a personal relationship that has gone horribly wrong in a lot of ways and has resulted in one party to that relationship striking out at mr. barry. >> reporter: barry is scheduled for a court hearing on the stalking charge on thursday. he designed to speak on the

advice of his lawyer, fred cook. later today, minnesota's new junior senator al franken is scheduled to be sworn in. he arrived on captiol hill yesterday afternoon to officially move to his new office. his arrival comes after months of recount and legal wrangling which ended in him claiming the seat once held by norm coleman. >> president obama told russian prime minister pouten it is time to put america's relationship with russia on a strong footing. it comes after both countries pledge to cut their nuclear arsenals by year's end. charlie dag has the story from london. >> president obama and putin shared a hand shake and hopes for better relations between the u.s. and russia. the president used the university speech to deliver the message that the two countries were not destined to be antagonists. >> let me be clear, america wants a strong, peaceful and

prosperous russia. >> reporter: he says both countries share concerns about the threat of nuclear weapons in asia an the middle east. >> that's why we should be united in opposing north korea's efforts to be a nuclear power and iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. >> reporter: next stop on his overseas tour is the g-8 summit in italy where rich countries will try to continue the work that began at the economic summit here in london earlier this year. the host, italian prime minister, decided to move the summit to the earthquake struck city to boost the local economy. thousands of extra forces have been deployed to provide security for the three-day summit. >> here we have troops coming from navy, air force and army. >> reporter: after the summit, the president will have his first meeting with the pope in rome before ending his week- long trip in the african country of ghana. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. pentagon officials say the air force is developing a new

video sensor program and assigning 2500 new analysts to help with the war in afghanistan. they will gather and interpret the flood of aerial surveillance data coming in from the war front and get it back to the troops on the ground. the new technology will be available for deployment to the war zone on a limited basis early next year. monday was the deadliest day for u.s. forces in afghanistan in nearly a year. bombs and bullets killed seven american troops. taliban militants also claimed on a militant website that they are holding an american soldier who the u.s. military says might have been captured last week. this morning the associated press is reporting a suspected u.s. missile attack in mac stan near the afghan border. the missiles which are believed to be launched by unmanned american planes killed 12 suspected militants. the united states has launched 40 missile strikes in the region since last august. 9 news now reporter andrew

stack is here with us again. he's an award-winning war correspondent and covered the fighting in pakistan and iraq. good to have you back here. as we said, at least 12 militants are said to have died in the latest drone attack by the u.s. and i understand that you trained reporters in this very delicate zone of combat. what are they saying to you about being caught in the middle? >> one of the reporters i trained with is in swat valley. another operation started a month and a half ago. a lot of refugees are coming out of that area. between classes when i was talking to to him he told me he was on the phone with his wife and she said the artillery was falling 600-yards from their house. that is a half mile and they have kids. he, through all of this, asked how he should approach it to cover the story. a lot of us think the first

amendment, if it meant your life it is a difficult job. he thought i would handle it and i just -- you saw me stammer. i'm like i don't know how i would handle that. my advice to him at the time was you split in to a team with somebody else enhave them cover one side and you cover the other and regroup later to put the story together. because if you are seen giving an interview to the opposite opposing side gives the impression that you favor them. and it could end up, a lot of reporters, a lot of journalists have been killed in that region. >> part of the problem in this region with the drones is that the u.s. military can't go in on the ground and you have this hopefully targeted strikes but you never know who's below as you say. >> well, this system, the drones are very good at putting the missiles on target. the problem is you are looking through a view of this instead of seeing all around you.

i think the new system they are talking about may work better. but i think one of the problems is when they are putting these -- it's political as everything is. as we talked about before with iraq and some other things going on out there. the government in pakistan is most lick likely giving intel to us. but at the same time because the country is islamic and a lot of leaders the leaders are a little fanatical they say we are more for islam than they are. and that creates a lot of tension. >> let's talk about why is this so strategic. that's what ambassador holbrooke told captiol hill last month. in fact it was described as being grilled by lawmakers and he said this region and pakistan was very strategic to the war in afghanistan.

explain that. >> is fall back position for a lot of taliban leaders. as you know a lot of intelligence analysts believe that saddam hussein lived there for a fair amount of time. they will fall back, regroup and go back in like the attacks from two days ago. where do you begin? i have heard some in the military say we should just go in full force but because it is not officially afghanistan and even though it is -- you could say pakistan they don't see it the same way either. it is a region -- before the show we were talking about this. it is difficult to put a finger on it but a lot like trying to catch smoke. they sort of go through the cracks. we need a much larger military presence. not from my point of view but to go in there if we are going to do it they need more than 20,000 additional troops a very large area. >> this is afghanistan. with pakistan again, do we have the support, the backing, the

cooperation of the president of the pakistani army there? >> they are moving forward as they said they would but the real problem is -- i'm trying to think of the right words for this. it is difficult for them to make a decision. they are frustrated from us and their own people and it goes back to religious -- a lot of students get in touch with me and they ask me what is the.of view of the united states as if i represent the country somehow. they want to know what are our intentions because there is so much that makes this is a religious political football. we have support but the question is how much because a lot of soldiers in the pakistani army, again, where do their allegiances lie. they are moving forepardon and doing what they are supposed to

do. >> canada's prime minister steven harper told president obama we can't win in afghanistan in the traditional sense. what is our goal. are we looking for balm balm or trying to win afghanistan as a traditional victory in a war, what? do we understand what the administration is after? >> i think this was an inherited conflict obviously. i talked to a lot of soldiers and most of them, the line you hear most often is you bought it you own it. we're in there now. what do we do? i think it is mostly strategic. iran is sandwiched at the moment by two u.s. forces. >> it all ties together. >> andrew thank you for your perspective. good to have you back with us. a man police say terrorized a south carolina town is killed in north carolina. and thousands arrive in spain for the beginning of the annual rite of passage.

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the united nations security council is giving north korea another scolding. the council is condemning the north for firing seven ballistic missiles on saturday. members say that they must comply fully with the obligation under the resolution. residents of the south carolina town terrorized by five murders in six days are expressing relief that it is over. police are confident they killed a man responsible for

the murders in cherokee county, south carolina. patrick tracy burris was shot to death by police investigating a burglary complaint, some 30 miles away in gastonia, north carolina. the gun matches the gun used this the south carolina killings. the state's gop did not ask stanford to step down. he says he appreciates the party's position and will work to regain its trust. tens of thousands of people in spain crowded in patch low ma to celebrate the running of the bull festival. it is part of a festival which runs from july 6th to july 14th each year. here's kim with an update on the forecast. >> cut to the video of all the injuries. every year, like clock work. how are we doing with the ailer

jens, surprisingly everything is in the low category, even the mold which has been high but there is something making a lot of you sneeze and i think i can join your club but i don't know what it is. 75 is our number. 77 patuxent river. 76 baltimore. to the west in the 60s in cumberland. 75 culpeper and 72 down to the shenandoah valley airport. look at the sunshine. a nice satellite loop. the trail of clouds through pittsburgh. a little weak front may stir a shower up to the far north and west. western maryland area and west virginia panhandle today. slight chance later this afternoon. as we look at the computer model, the time line is in the title up here. hardly any clouds this afternoon. later this evening, tries to pop a shower to the west. we will see if that happens. in fact most of the workweek i think will be rain-free. we have an opportunity for clouds to back in off the

ocean. the time atlantic would be thursday. a little later in the afternoon when we are cooling. so we will take you up to 82 at noon. 86 for the high. air quality is yellow which is in the moderate category. the front through pennsylvania across new york state and new england. this area to our north is much closer to the upper level low and that is why they have had so many showers the last week. it has been relentless. a lot of rain marching across new england today. they will be dodging the drops up there. if you have travel plans, pass the umbrella, especially by the lunch hour in to the berkshires of massachusetts. florida getting by with scattered storms today and they seem to be hugging the gulf coast of new orleans over to tallahassee and jacksonville. staying north of tampa for the time being and the middle of the country is looking dry but turning hot again. down to the desert southwest. they are going to be in the triple-digits. meanwhile regional travel, buffalo chilly and 68.

70 boston. 81 in new york city. 91 in raleigh. a rain-free day and we, too, are looking at some rain-free weather today, tomorrow. there's the clouds on thursday. slightly cooler, 81. 90 by saturday. that's going to be the warmest day this week. and the better of the two weekend days. on sunday, scattered storms and 88. don't forget you can get your forecast first thing in the morning if you follow me on twitter. my i.d. is weather kim. let's send it over to jessica. >> thank you so much. have we got a deal for you. veteran travel journalist lauren powell has last minute summer bargains and is here to share her insider tips. thank you for agreeing to give it up. >> well, you know, this is the one summer where the last- minute traveler can actually find some great deals and destinations are worried and hotels are worried so everyone is throwing out bargains out there. >> you have identified some great bargains right in north

america. what deals are you finding. >> first of all every year if you go where summer is the off season, places like phoenix, las vegas, even the caribbean, you can usually find great places to stay, five star resorts for 50% off. las vegas is offering really, really good deals this year. i think tropicana has rooms as little as $29 a night for example. if you are willing to put up with the heat that's the place to go. mexico had a lo of issues in the spring with the swine flu. the fact is that did not hit resort areas but they are suffering. so mexico is offering a lot of bargains. one rule of thumb is look who's advertising on tv. if you see theirs you know they are desperate for tourist and you will get a good deal. >> what if we want to hop on a plane, what are you finding. >> this year for some reason even though we have a recession the dollar is strong in a lot of places. the best value is iceland. they have had a major financial

mess. the result is the dollar is almost twice as strong as a year ago. you can get a value vacation there. i was in england and amazed how cheap it is there. it is 25% stronger against the pound than last summer. australia and new zealand other bargains where the 35% stronger than last year. so pick those destinations where the exchange rate is good and you will get a lot of volume for your -- value for your money. >> currency going our way. what about travel ideas. >> there are a lot of deals. the vacation shores rental company has a deal if you travel by july 17th they offer 30% off of all rentals. for the rest of the summer if you rent a place for more than ten people you get three nights free with four nights paid. but in general renting condos and houses is a good idea in the summer. people who own the homes privately are desperate to get

the presential income and may be willing to make a deal where in the past they never were. >> cruises can be a bargain but this year they are crazy bargains. >> partially because there is so much more cruising out of baltimore. so you don't have to fly to florida, get in a day early and getting a hotel room. look to baltimore. royal caribbean has a cruise five days to bermuda. it starts 6:29. travel has an eight day caribbean use, $800 and if you wait until after labor day to cruise you will save 20%. a cruise to bermuda goes to under $500 after labor day. so some really good deals. >> timing can be a real advantage. >> if you have the flexibility in terms of waiting until the kids are back in school, that's when to find the best deals for sure. >> you have more tips for us on the website. >> i do. if people want more

information, www.daily suitcase.com has information on deals and tips for travel. >> we appreciate your tips for the travel industry and i think we should pack and go. >> i think so too. let's do it. port security could be revolutionized with a program pioneered at a southern port and more disturbing news about the chesapeake. after yohear this you may never jump in the bay again. you've got a strawberry pop-tart,

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national levels to upon more port security. a watch dog group warning the pollution in the chesapeake bay is harboring a hazardous bacteria which is known to be harmful to humans. they noted increases in virginia and maryland of the number of infections from the salt water bacteria known as vibrio some varieties can cause life-threatening skin and blood infections and intestinal illnesses. could a tree in your neighborhood post a hidden hazard to your family. a woman and her 7-year-old daughter were killed a couple of weeks ago when that tree branch came crashing down on their van. with me is one of the top arborists, lou block. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> can you just look at a tree and tell if it is healthy or not? well, sometimes. but you mentioned health and the most important part of the tree is not necessarily the

health but the structure and stability. in other words a tree can seem to be healthy, full of a lot of foliage and leaves but it can have structural problems, especially in the tree trunk and the tree root because this is what causes most plant failures. as a matter of fact, in certain kinds of storms, like hurricanes-force winds, with saturated soil healthy trees blow over before sick tree answer the reason for that is that healthy trees have a canopy that is like a sail on a sailboat and when the winds blows and the ground is really saturated the tree will topple over. whereas a sick tree will have little foliage and the wind will whistle right through it. >> reporter: so in situations like that, are they really just freak accidents or in some cases accidents waiting to happen that we might be able to do something about ahead of time. >> both. if a tree has structural

problems you want to take care of it. but my point is, there's no such thing as a safe tree in severe weather. in high winds, saturated soil or even ice storms healthy trees can break and cause a lot of opinional injuries and fatalities. >> when they have those significant fatalities and liabilities you are called in. tell us about the services you provide in situations like that. >> well, i have served as an expert witness numerous times over 60 times in the last 20 years involving fatalities and severe personal injury problems. so i do a lot of this type of work, but i do a lot of hazard tree evaluations or high risk tree evaluations too for homeowner and municipality and homeowners associations to try to prevent these things. we can make trees -- there's no

way to make a tree safe but we can make trees safer. >> how do you do that? >> well, one of the reasons, of course we should inspect the trees. a lot of literature says big trees should be inspected annually in the real world people don't inspect their trees annually but they should. and a lot of people when they inspect the trees, even some professionals all they want to do is look at the canopy of the trie tree and the most important part of the tree is the root and the trunk. the roots obviously they absorb water and nutrients to make the tree healthy and anchor it to the ground and if they have poor root system the tree is likely to fail and the same way with the trunk. if the trunk could have cavities or holes in it, it could be split or cracked. >> i brought in this. i told you it was falling off the tree in my house.

it is not a big tree but the fact the bark is coming off a significant limb on the tree, this isn't good, is it. >> no, it is not. something is going on inside the tree. we can tell a lot about trees by looking at it. i can walk around a tree with my mallet to see if it sounds hollow orsolid. there are some sophisticated equipment to analyze tree. there is a resistograph where you bore a hole in the tree and get a reading like an ekg and a gentleman in silver spring invented a tree radar system where you can actually photograph the tree or the tree roots to get a picture. >> reporter: are you worried with county finances especially for trees on public land and whatever that inspections won't be happening as frequently or as needed because of the money crisis, the shortage. >> yeah, i have that concern. municipalities have to cut

somewhere. and i'm sure that's one place where they will be cutting. >> reporter: but if you see something you nod act if you can. >> you should. absolutely. >> thank you very much for being with us. >> you are welcome. now to angie. she has an update on the rush hour. 35 minutes after the 9:00 hour. just a reminder, i'm going to hook you up with a personalized traffic report. find me on facebook and follow me on twitter. oh my goff is my name. on 197 some crash activity is taking away the right lane. drivers below speed from 197 to 198. moving along and taking you to 50 in maryland, watching that crash activity around 197 affecting drivers on westbound and eastbound lanes. they are losing the left lane there. to the outer loop we go. here we go. the capital beltway is jammed 95 to georgia. drive time 15 minutes. so it is a wee bit better. we're not done yet. 66 from nutley to this beltway a ten minute drive and that is

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could one day help keep it from returning. master match maker steve ward is cohosting a special crash course in love this wednesday and thursday night at the ritz carlton on 22nd street and he's here now with details. steve, a pleasure to have you here and this is home, graduate of fairfax high school. >> a dc native and this is where my mom started the company so we thought it would be appropriate to have the first seminar here. >> what should people expect? >> this is a crash course in love. it is exactly what we say it is. we kind of condense the boot camp that we had on our tough love program on vh-1 where we took eight women and went through the riggers of dating from when you first meet somebody to when you form the relationship and so each week was a self contained theme. well, for the seminar we condensed that in to a two hour

portion of how too find someone, develop a connection with them and form a healthy relationship. >> reporter: you said on the tv show, the vh-1 you took eight women. is this just for women, or men and women coming to the seminar. >> come one and all, if you are single, male, woman, or a couple looking to improve their relationship or you want to help the relationship grow in to something more meaningful. anyone can come and learn something from the seminar. my mom and i have been match making together for 30 years combined and we have a lot of insight to share. >> it is amazing you did this with your mom because you usually think of the match maker as the mature woman helping to put people together. not a young guy like yourself. why did you say yes when mom asked you to partner or did you want to do this. >> she was doing everything old fashioned way, filing cabinets and folders and after i graduated from college in 2002

and decided to join up with her i brought a little technological invasion to the business to get her more effective in what she was doing but i realized quickly i had the same gift she had for bringing people together and i think it is that brutal honesty that my mom shared with me growing up. i had that same approach with my clients and so i offer a unique perspective inside of the male mind and offering women a different point of view that maybe they are not getting from their girlfriends or family. >> what does a guy want in the dating situation, beside the obvious? >> no i think men want a relationship to be fairly simple. i don't think they want to complicate their life anymore than it already is. in today's economy and the world we live in today people want to enter in to relationships that are going to enhance the quality of their life, not going to make it anymore difficult than it already is. so i'm going to give women and men tips and tricks to help them bring value in to somebody

else's life and to create this proposition for a meaningful relationship so it is attractive to both people. >> what's one key tip you can offer those who are watching. >> keep it positive. i think that's the easiest thing for anyone to do. we're always slipping and fighting in to these danger zones. when you are talking about your past experiences or when you are talking about sensitive subjects like religion or politics especially in this town it could be a sensitive area but if you have difference of opinions and interest embrace the differences, keep the conversation positive and offer what is the upside of getting in to a relationship with you or it's not so much about this is the negativetivety or the baggage or this is what we will have to overcome. i see people complain so much about traffic. that is a big obstacle to forming a relationship.

i say when you are stuck in on the beltway and on the way see somebody you love and care about, does it matter if it takes you 15 minutes to get there. that's the i thing i'm trying to get people to understand. don't think of why it won't work but how we can make it work. >> should the end game be marriage in these relationships? >> well, no. everybody has their own definition of what a successful relationship is. to me, i think it is a committed monday nothing mouse relationship, cohabitation, marriage, to each his own but as listening as you are commune cateing with each other and have respect for each other and a foundation of trust there i think you can be in a happy relationship. >> good advice. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> more informatn onhe t atmir naur o website at wusa9.com. we'll be right back. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr.

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the final numbers have been crunched and transformers, revenge of the fallen is officially the winner of this past weekend's box office battle. the sequel earned a little over $42 million friday through sunday while the third ice age movie earned just under 42 million. now in the third week in theaters transformers should surpass the $300 million mark in the u.s. to date. the newest "american idol" judge is now also a newlywed. 38-year-old song writer tied the knot over the weekend with her boyfriend contractor mike mccutty. her publicist said 30 guests attended the wedding in maine. in maine, how about that. >> pretty neat. my wedding is coming up in a couple of weeks. i can't believe it. welcome back the weather terrace. we have a treat for you today. the next guest has a taste of

his home style jamaican cooking to our weather terrace. we want to welcome him back. the owner of jerk chicken restaurant. what does jerk mean? >> jerk is a name originated from jamaica. during the time of slivery there are a couple of people called the maroons. they didn't believe in certain things. and the only way to feed ourselves was the seeds and berries and they used wood to make the fire to cook their meal. and they come up, to survive they came up with doing jerk chicken. >> not a bad way to survive, pretty delicious. very good. >> so this is your specialty. i'm looking at a few ingredients here. is this ginger. >> that is ginger. >> this is allspice.

this is one of the main ingredients they use. they use the wood to make the fire. >> so allspice isn't a bunch of spices it is one thing. >> one thing. >> that's so confusing. >> this is thyme. >> right. >> garlic, onion, and this is jerk sauce. >> all right. take us through how we make this. >> this is the jerk sauce right here. >> you can get that in a grocery store. >> that's correct. >> and you were telling me this is the seasoning and they have the dry version. you prefer the wet version. >> i prefer the wet version. >> tell us what to do. >> i have chicken, that has the bone. >> bone has to be in it. >> that's key. >> does it add flavor. >> you are going to give it the flavor with your seasoning. >> so tell me what to do. >> just put it all in there. >> first, everything goes in the blender. >> in the blender.

>> there's the allspice. >> so you are going to chop it like that. do you have to press the garlic. >> we like to press it but i will go ahead and put it in there. and ginger dice it a little bit. >> you don't go peeling it or anything. >> it has already been peeled. >> okay. this smells so good. i love ginger. it is good in just about anything. >> you can't go wrong with it. >> no. next in the onion. and then the jerk sauce. can i pour that in there in the meantime? >> sure you can. >> so when you mix this in a mixture and blender is this going to marinate for a certain period of time. is that the key? >> yes. >> that gets chopped up.

chop up this. >> we'll get a better chopper. add a little water to help it along. >> make it a little moist. >> so there it all goes. that was easy. so don't need a huge food processor for this. >> no. >> we also have this, all of these ingredients and the recipe on our website at wusa9.com. just pour over this. >> yeah. >> how long did you say? >> for me i like to put it in the refrigerator overnight and let it marinate overnight and good to go on the grill the next day. >> we have to wrap it up. throw it on the grill and you are done. >> before you season it, rub it in. >> literally rub it in and put it on the grill. >> put it in the freezer and you are good to go. >> thank you for coming in. we will be checking back in a few minutes. when we come back we have to update you on wall street an the seven-day forecast this tuesday morning. thank you for hanging out with

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. a look another the opening numbers on wall street. it is a downer. dow off 19 and nasdaq down 2 and a quarter and s&p almost down 2 1/2. here's a look at the rest of the week on 9 news now at 9:00 a.m. -- we're going to need that. we need to know that, and ya. >> bernard madoff already has copy of it. mostly sunny and it is really nice on the weather terrace.

boy, man, here's the jerk chicken. yes, we have it from the jerk hill restaurant in hyattsville, maryland an we are thanking you and coming in and bringing your beautiful family. can't wait to try it. >> you are focused on the prize. >> that's it for us. the next news a is at noon with j.c. and kim. we will see you tomorrow morning at 4:55 and don't forget cbs special mike squall jackson at 1:00 p.m. the farewell.