this morning president obama hits the road. he visits the world renowned medical center in his push for health care reform. the search for an attacker in rock creek park. a woman says she was assaulted while out for her morning run. remembering a journalistic legend. family and friends prepare to say good-bye to walter cronkite. today is thursday, july 23rd. angie is here and she has traffic and the whether the rain falling in our area is impacting motorists. >> it is. >> kim is here and she will tell us if more rain is going to fall. >> it is. we have been watching it on

live doppler 9000 and more as we head to the afternoon, everybody. great to see you. look at the big radar loop first and you will get de iana at i is ttg seup shop across the area. if you have plans to no go to new york cit eitew nngewnd, thrae inra thocean is torrential downpours. that is going to cause airport delays and it is go to cause a nightmare on 95 driving no heads up. around here doppler 9000 is focused on a handful of showers that popped up in the area, in the northern neck and southern maryland. colonial beach you are getting wet. dahlgren, 301 and mechanicsville, leonard town you will be getting wet. we have a chatter in my live chat room babs lives in mechanicsville. heads up, the rain is heading your way. look at how the clouds look on the weather cam. this is a view looking toward the washington monument looking east. you can see this morning the thick clouds are in place and

throughout the morning we have had the low clouds above the tower cam if not right atal camera level and showers coming through. don't forget the umbrella today you will use it a lot. 76 is the number. winds from the east at three and the humidity is high at 82%. the weather forecast for today, muggy and 84 degrees. a lot of shower and thunderstorms around especially in the afternoon. this isn't going to be isolated to the mountains like yesterday but across the viewing area kind of thing from ocean city west in to eastern panhandle of west virginia. tomorrow a little more sunshine, 86. we will get hot as we head to the weekend. reaching for those 90s. i will talk about the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. angie has been tracking the drive in. >> good morning, kim. hello, everybody. not the weekend yet but it is thursday and despite that rain we will make it a great day. but you know anytime we have precipitation in the forecast it is going to impact our drive. we are seeing slow goes out there. beginning with the beltway from

95 to georgia. we are looking at 25 plus minutes. this is just volume. your inner loop a different story. things are free flowing as you take a live shot from new hampshire avenue. flipping over to 270 southbound. go ahead and see if that camera can pop up or not. we will go ahead and go to the maps. in virginia the inner loop in the red and yellow from braddock up to 66. no incidents or accidents here. nearby on 395, let's open up the door and show you going northbound, things are dragging from edsall to duke and drivers are really using the brakes again once they reach the pentagon across the 14th street bridge to make their way to the freeway where we had an earlier accident. wrap up with the district, a delay from inbound new york avenue from the times building to bladenburg is there but okay approaching the third street tunnel. that's a look at the camera shots in the region. now over to andrea. >> we by gin with a push for health care reform by president obama. he will visit cleveland in a

few hours to make his case. digital correspondent susan roberts has the story. >> there's been talk -- >> president obama is not letting up honor his fight to overhaul the nation's health care system. >> let me be clear, if we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. >> reporter: after taking his message to the air waves last night, he'll continue to push prison plan this morning in ohio. he'll tour the cleveland clinic, a facility he says represents the type of change americans want to see. >> they have set up a system where patient care is the number one concern, not bureaucracy, what forms have to be filled out, what do we get reimbursed for. >> reporter: the president will have a chance to hear concerns from the american people during his town hall meeting. the white house's mission is to have both houses of congress pass bills before heading home for the august recess but that goal seems to be slowly slipping away. >> this is too important to be rushed. we need to take our time and do it right. >> reporter: republicans blasted the plan's trillion

dollar price tag and argue it won't save taxpayers any money. they want more time to hammer out a new plan. but the president insists there is a good reason to hurry. >> i'm rushed because i get letters every day from families that are being clobbered by health care costs. >> reporter: while president obama is determined to get the job done soon, he also wants it done right. he's repeatedly vowed to only sign off on a bill that does not add to the nation's ballooning deficit. susan roberts, 9 news now and wusa9.com. we spoke with a doctor in bethesda to get his -- his thoughts on the president's plan. he supports the plan but is worried about what congress may impose. >> you definitely do not need someone overseeing the physicians telling us where you can send a patient or what type of care. i think that's a concern -- that's a concern. >> reporter: the doctor adds any reform will take sacrifices

by everyone. we want you to join in the discussion at wusa9.com. leave your comments on what the president said. learn more about what the president talked about and get the associated press ' fact check on the press conference. all of it is right now on wusa9.com. there's a lot more coming your way in this full hour of 9 news now, maryland leaders are slashing their budget to make ends meet. we'll see what it means for people in montgomery county. and we will go live to rock creek park, 24 hours after a woman says she was attacked. police are trying to get their man. it is 6 after the hour. stay with us.

police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and another man hurt. police have not released the names of the victims. a maryland company will het help metro with a backup safety system when complete it will alert metro instantly to any problem physician the track surface including problems like the one bein edlvvo to be invol > lastmonth's deadly cr h.laas >>la rymand is following eain d.nrg l witl close two of ghway welco onney. ng at lideilsing hl at 68 and the other is bay country welcome center in centreville. it will save $400,000. so what will the latest cuts mean for montgomery county. with me is ike leggett. good to see you.

thanks for joining us. the governor recently instituted $280 million in emergency cuts. they are mainly targeted at state agencies and higher education. so does that mean the county, as far as consequences off the hook for now? >> not completely. there's another round of cuts the governor will announce prior to the end of the summer. and we are looking very carefully at some of the things he might -- clearly we have had tremendous cuts in the last few months but the governor is in a tough position and certainly he has to rely upon the state will have but you can not often times do that without some impact. we have trying to brace for that and hopefully he can do that without impacting the local jurisdictions. that is tough to do. >> he said by the next round, labor day, $400 million he has to find and no way you can get around aid cuts to the counties. >> there's a way around doing it but -- >> but he said he isn't going

to do anything until he talks to county leaders. >> i'm not interested to pick up the phone. >> you haven't gotten the call. you said you are bracing for the cuts we saw portion county instituted ten days of furloughs. anymore furloughs or layoffs on the table, cuts to agencies? >> we cannot do that. 75 to 80% of our budget is made up of personnel cost in some fashion and you can not adjust to what we already have, which is $370 million short fall. added to what the state may provide. we can't get there without some shared sacrifice and obviously employees will have to be part of that. >> k-12 according to state senator mike miller. everyone he says is in agreement you will keep those cuts as low as possible. on the county level, you have spent a lot of money on education. any way you can trim the school budget without any problems. >> it is very difficult to do

that. we have tried to make adjustments but the adjustments we have to make are adjustments that do not negatively impact the classroom but it is very difficult to do that. keep in mind in montgomery county the last few budget cycles we were adjusted down $1.2 billion and when you get to that level you are eating to the core of the budget itself. we will try to protect the classroom but it is very difficult to go through as you go forward. >> one question on a personal note. the last time you were here you were telling us you were going on vacation on your dime to vietnam and this is where you served and led other young men in to combat. how emotional was that trip. >> quite emotional. it was a wonderful trip. it was 40 years ago that i was there at this point in time. the vietnamese people were quite wonderful. it is odd in many ways to go back. i got through it very well. >> you talked about a tunnel system that really surprised

you. how intricate it was and basically one underneath the u.s. base. >> that's correct. in fact, many years ago, the vietnamese had really started to construct, going back to the french war because the french colonized vietnam for a long period of time so it was extensive and we did not realize that i think early in the war but capable of being hidden very well and i think surprised the american troops many years to come and had an opportunity to look at how ingenious they had improvised that system. so it was quite revealing to me to see that. >> what surprised me is how the state of maryland is looking to vietnam, one of the fastest growing economies in asia as maybe a solution to its budget cuts. it even opened an economic and business development office in hanoi. >> that's correct. we went to vietnam to stop the impact of communism and when you get there you see marriott, starbuck and everything else that --

>> in a communist nation. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for are having me. >> you are welcome. police are looking for a man who attacked a female jogger. armando trull is live in northwest with an update. armando? >> good morning, and ya. this area in rock creek park is ideaic. the folks that use this park on a daily basis say it is a pair days dice for walking, running, jogging and hanging out but two days ago this became hellish for a woman and police are now looking for the man who terrorized her. >> don't run alone. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's the advice from joggers after learning about the attack. >> we'd never run here by ourselves. >> many enjoying the same bike path where the attack happened two days ago are shocked. >> we don't come after dark and we don't go alone and if there is any announce of a problem we go elsewhere. >> bad luck. it can happen anywhere.

i run here every single day. in the woods, in the streets. never giving it a second thought. >> reporter: u.s. park police say the assault happened in a rock creek park bath near beach drive and bingham road. >> i'm not sure about the specifics of the assault other than the fact a victim was assaulted. >> robbed? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: u.s. park police are still looking for the suspect. >> we are looking for a hispanic male, about 5'7" to 5'10" inches tall, stocky or large build with shoulder length black wavey hair, unshaven and he apparently smelled of alcohol at 7:00 in the morning. >> andrea, because of the attack, police have step up patrols in the area. as far as the condition of the victim we don't have an up date on that. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. let's go to kim now. we see armando was wearing his rain slicker and rain is falling in parts of our area,

right, kim? >> that's right. the pollen count is on the low side. so what little pollen we have air be washed out of the today. trees, grass and mold, again all low. all right. let's look at the radar loop. we have soaking rain. i mean torrential downpours that will be coming up the gulf stream and slamming in to new york city and new england today and we mentioned this before, if you have travel plans to go there today you will be slowed down by the weather. doppler 9000 is picking up a handful of showers locally. the biggest problem at the moment is crossing the potomac river in to southern maryland and charles county, leonardtown and mechanicsville you will be getting wet. to the maps what we have in store for you today, a day full of rain showers and scattered thunderstorms. you are going to notice our time lapse tower cam shows the thick clouds and our view from the netherlands carillon if we can change back to the computer will show you how the oucl dsen day. maybe we can't get that up.

so we'll -- there we go. we will lapse it for you and show you those showers, boy, have they been persist tint but you know what? we haven't had a lot of rain in three weeks so this is welcome news. the temperature right now we are at 76 degrees. east winds blowing at three and the humidity is 82% with that dew. look at that. it jumped up to around 70. so that means we will have the high humidity in the air again and we have a lot of moisture in the air. it doesn't take a lot to get rain to fall and that's not a problem as we head to the afternoon. how about the numbers? leesburg is the exception to the rule. they are 81. most of us in the 70s. 76 in dc. 75 andrews air force base. 75 in frederick. as we go to the west. 673 winchester. 68 culpeper and 75 in fredericksburg. your weather today keeping things cloudy. a lot of showers and even thunderstorms. by lunchtime we will be around 80 and 5:00 temperature up to 83 with scattered storms. air quality is good.

the temperature is 76. as for the game plan, we will focus on where the rain is heaviest, coming up the gulf coast. the gulf stream i should say slamming in to new england. we are between that batch and this heavier batch across the great lakes but this air mass is unstable and wants to rain itself out. that's what we will have with this front nearby us and the flow off the ocean with the easterly winds. the winds will get more southerly in to the afternoon and we will have the thunderstorms. temperatures today in the low to middle 80s. tonight, lows around 70. and as we look ahead to somorrow, upper 80s with meso scattered thunderstorms. let's put it in writing as we look ahead to the next seven. there's the sneak peek at the weekend. 90 is making a comeback. looks like saturday will be the dry day this weekend. sunday will be back with scattered thunderstorms and highs around 90. andrea, back to you. >> we want to go back to the president's speech on health care reform. with me is reynard jackson a republican commentator and radio talk show host and we

welcome allison finch wilson, she's a democratic commentator and former deputy communications director for the terry mcauliffe gubernatorial campaign. welcome to both of you. good morning. one analyst called last night's address obama's toughest sales pitch is also his most critical. allison, i will start with you. did he move the needle at all on the health care debate? move it forward? >> absolutely. he did. what he has to do is essentially a public relations campaign. he has to make sure the people understand why health care reform is needed and make sure the argues are louder than the dissen. right now republicans are throwing out any attacks they can. trying to undermine the confident dense, their confident dense in obama's efforts to reform and he has to stay out there which is what you are seeing today, heading to cleveland to have a town hall meeting where he can continue to make the case for important reform. >> reynard, one of the attacks

thrown out by the republicans calling this obama's waterloo, if the gop can stop him on this they can break him saying senator -- says senator jim demeant. it is what it is about breaking him or having health care access for all. >> the senator is kind of demented. republicans will take victory out of the jaws of defeat. if they focus on the issue, obama just explained to the general public in layman's terms what this will do and i think that's the problem he has. he is not even read the bill in the house coming through and he is not adequately explained how it will be paid for. doesn't include treating illegal immigrants as well? and how will this be paid. so i think strategically the president made a mistake by allowing the congress to write the bill, versus him submitting the bill and telling congress how to handle it. >> here's the thing.

whatever bill exists right now is not going to be the bill we will see in august or whenever they try to get this passed. as long as he coops the main argument alive, makes the case to the people why we need this reform he's going to be okay. here's what he needs to do, as long as the republicans are fractionalized. half are take trying to take obama down and the other half are trying to come up with their own health care plan. as long as they are fighting and he lays a steady course he will be okay. >> the american people don't understand the case because he himself doesn't understand the case. >> he admitted that he set this time line to get them to do something. >> he did, but what we are going to see, i think is obama laying out a frame work where he will integrate best practice. he will go to health care companies and figure out how to achieve what it is he wants to achieve. what he did do last night, what evidence effective in doing is

explaining that we need to rein health care costs in. that these health care costs are the reason we are not seeing wage increases because a higher percentage of everyone's income is going to pay for health insurance. >> reporter: the gop talked about insurance companies and they will be losing in this because everyone will want to opt in to the public option. isn't that what republicans usually say, let the market bear. the private sin insurers reason offering a good plan, then isn't it okay. >> i have no problem with that. the government can do it cheaper than any other private sector because the government has all of these staffers. >> when you have open options and people in government can choose, they choose different plans based ons what good for them, right. >> right. but maybe one major institution of the government is run effectively and efficiently. medicare and medicaid. it is not as poorly. >> see, this is republican argument that i say always goes nowhere. the government will have the frame work. the insurance companies the

people that know what they are doing will be involved in the process and president obama said last night there will be open choice. that people will be able to pick plans. they are not going to throw out the entire group of people who administer health care plans. those people will be brought in to the fold. they know what they are doing. ge didn't know how to cbs, they let cbs run cbs. >> nbc. >> this discussion will go on. we may not have something by the end of august or september or december. allison, reynard, thank you. >> still to come, saying good- bye to a legend. the funeral today for walter cronkite. plus, the arrest of a harvard professor and accusations of racial profiling. what president obama has to say about it all. 'll be igouback ////kkk÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷

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. a funeral service will be held today for legendary cbs newsman walter cronkite. it will happen this afternoon at saint bartholomews episcopal church. he will be buried in kansas city next to his late wife where the two met. he died at his home at the age of 92. you can wah tch ve coverage of his funeral on wusa9.com beginning this afternn at 2:00. the arrest of harvard professor henry lewis gates has made headlines for days. the professor, who is black, claims racism. he was arrested outside of his cambridge, massachusetts home, while trying to get in. he said he forgot his keys and the officers who were white thought it was a break in. there was an exchange of words, the ofpressor was arrested on

disorderly kokanee even the president weighed in last night. >> i think it is fair to say, number one that any of us would be pretty angry. number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was proof they were in their own home and number three, what i know separate and apart from this incident is that there is a long history in this country of african-americans and latinos being stopped by prlaw enfot enemrtditeioroionadily. >> reporter: the prosecutors na massachusetts have dropped disorderly conduct charges against gates. the officer, who arrested him, is pooh also speaking out. >> it is comforting. i have gotten a lot of calls of support and i'm very grateful for my friends an colleagues. >> reporter: what if it means discipline or your job? >> it will. i have the support of my

organization and it is not a consideration. it is not going to happen. >> reporter: he says he is not a racist and says he will not apologize to professor gates for what happened. the story is a hot topic among readers of the afro american newspaper. the general manager of the paper is here with us now. one account referred to what happened as housing while black. how are readers reacting. >> we have been getting a lot of response from our readers. the whole issue of racial profiling is coming to the forefront. most feel that based on what they know and what they are hearing that maybe dr. gates was inappropriately handled by the police department. but based on what they know. that's the key, getting all the facts and details because if you get some of it, you would think this poor man was unjustly wronged by the police department. however, as sergeant crawley said i simply followed

procedures in that context and i think when you have this interchange between to the two americans and emotions begin to raise up from dr. gates and he spoke for the first time last night on cnn with soledad o'brien on his case of what happened and again demanding an apology and we're told that the mayor has called and offered an apology on behalf of the city but he wants an apoll joy from officer crawley himself and said he is contemplating legal action at this point. >> reporter: just a few days ago, the president was speaking before the naacp on their 100th anniversary and he said as much progress as we have made, that there's still the pain of discrimination that is being felt in america and right there in massachusetts you have patrick who is black as the governor. you have the woman, who is black is the mayor of cambridge, massachusetts so a lot has happened and then this police sergeant, he is credited

with trying to save the life of someone who was black with mouth-to-mouth and i think a basketball player reginald lewis. so in his background, but in america, quite frankly, parents are teaching their children how to respond when they are stopped by police officers and not just one race or whatever, but how to respond to police. this is what black parents have done in the past. >> absolutely. i know i have done it myself. i have told my daughter and my son, black male to listen if you are approached, listen, hear what they have to say. getting aggressive, verbal would not resolve the issue except they put you in jail. you have to deal with that situation. calmness is the name of the game. then take appropriate action if you think you have been unfairly done, that justice was not properly administered in the case. so from that stond point.

we have come a long way but challenges as to we, as a collective body present the message in terms of how we should or should not do. >> again, trying to piece everything together. the sergeant they responded to a call from a neighbor who said there was a break in going on. it says a lot about your neighbors that they don't recognize you going to your own home. and for those in the metro area it brings to mind what happened to mayor calvo in maryland where the with the a swat team went in his home and he too is considering lawsuit talking an aggressive police behavior and their unwillingness to make an apology. >> i think that is a you have to be vigilant in regard to that. these issues will bridge something out that we need to look at. it is often said our police officers are there for our benefit. >> never know. >> they make split decisions of

what to do in particular circumstances and cool heads have to prevail and move from that point and to whatever the issues may be in the context of the situation. >> edgar, this conversation will continue but at another time and we have a link to the afro on our web page at wusa9.com. let's go to angie now for an update. >> thank you, andrea. the time 9:33. this is what is going on with traffic. we come to you live from viersmill and connecticut avenue. the remnants of an accident involving a school bus. the last couple of minutes or so, the school bus is able to drive by but some crews are on the scene and that is adding to that delay and backup on viersmill road. we are tracking a crawl on this part of the beltway. looking at 20 minutes or so to get from 95 past georgia avenue but all lanes are open. moving to 66 at the beltway. you are going to get buy fine, as well. below speed. drivers are backed up to

gallows road. that's just volume. on 395. that this has been a tough drive tall awl morning, a sluggish commute. from edsall to seminary and the progress to the southeast southwest freeway and we lend on a bright note. this is 95 northbound. we like it when it looks like this. looks clear to the mixing bowl. remember, you can get more shots like this on-line at wusa9.com. just click on the traffic tab. now over to andrea. up next, adjusting to life on the outside. a local program helping convicts learn to start a new life after paying their debt to society. plus, the epic quest to find the perfect wedding hair. in part three and you get to vote. it is 9:34. we'll be right back. in

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looking at live pictures of flower on our weather terrace. a nice day outside. in our area, the alexandria sheriffs office is offering up a special workshop to help inmates transition to their new lives once they are freed. with me is captain bucheer and irvin, the organizer of the program. thank you for coming in to talk about this.

>> what sort of problems do inmates transitioning from the jail situation tend to face when they are back in the real world? >> the problem that offenders often face are things that you and i would deem as essential, like food, clothing, shelter, housing issues. anything that is just basic needs to make the transition. >> explain to us why food and shelter become a problem? >> a lot of time when people are incarcerated for a significant amount of time they get disconnected if their families and of course employment is a problem. getting out there and applying for a job and having to place those things on a resume or application and employers frown upon that so we need these agencies to come in and bridge those gaps and get them to be self sufficient. >> reporter: let's talk about that, captain. what sort of services can be provided to the offenders so their transition to the real world doesn't lead to some sort

of reoffense? >> they are committed to making the lives of our residents better. so we designed a unit called sobriety, education and transition and part of that is sober living training as far as substance abuse, educational, ged, english as a second language and transitional component and that's what we are having a resource fair for to provide resources to the inmates so they know what is available to them in the community once they get released from the facility. >> let's talk about the workshop you are having today. tell us what you plan to do today. >> today is really exciting. we have several local city, nonprofit and state agencies coming in, shelters. we have caring by individuality. they do a health services piece. we have virginia cares. it does a whole transitional

piece. so anything that someone would knee hundred need going to the commune we have those people coming in and real people and real places and real services. our residents will be able to see the people and know the eligibility requirements and know where to go when they are released to get the help they need to be successful when they return back home. >> so almost like a checklist. you can check off food, clothing, shelter. >> whatever it is you need you will know exactly where you are and you will get a pact of information and meet a real person who will say, hey, i'm so and so. i'm here when you get out come and see me. >> reporter: let's talk about costs. in this era of budget cutting, how much do the services cost you and cost others to provide, you know, a seamless transition. >> today, with the budget cuts we are having to do more with less. so for us, our staff and inmate service division, our staff are all collectively working together to put our own programs on that we used to be

able to get out in the community but there are not those services available because they have to reach other -- those agencies have to make decisions on who they can service. so it is a collaborative effort from our staff to provide those services to the inmates. >> i guess ultimately for the commune, recidivism, keeping it down is one of the goals. >> that's our goal. if they know they have services available to them they will not have to do crimes because they have their basic needs being met. you know -- >> we appreciate you coming in and explaining the program and telling us all about it. >> thank you very much. and now we will go over to kim who has an update on the travel weather forecast today. hey there, kim. >> thank you so much. here's a check on the rain that is beginning to encroach across the area. the heavy u.s. stuff in the ocean but a handful of showers locally. new york city and.s north is we reheatst ofokat the rest

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it is a staple for people living in maine, but for people living in washington, lobster roll is a sought after specialty. we have got will corporate chef from chef jeff. he is here with his recipe. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> you brought crustaceans from maine. our favorite water bug as we like to say. tell me what goes in to making a great lobster roll. >> the variations are endless but you have to correspondent he flavor of the remember store, which is delicate and sweet and obviously an expensive product so you don't want to overpower it.

>> from what i hear they are not too expensive. i get they have had a bumper crop. >> a good summer for lobster. that's for sure. >> take me through it. i feel like i'm back in biology class. tell me how you make a lobster roll. >> what we will do. >> okay. you beached it which means you steamed it an took the meat out. >> what we do is a flavorful liquid with lemon juice, a little old bay, some shallots and water and wine. >> do you use old bay in new england or is that a maryland thing. >> it is a maryland thing. >> it is allowed. >> go ahead. >> we have nice delica lobster meat here that has been poached lightly. don't want to boil the lobster. it will tense up on you. you want a nice texture to it. and our twist on the recipe is to make a little sauce which is normally a dressing that is

mayonnaise based that has chili sauce in it. >> what would you normally use it for? >> it is an alternative to tartare sauce, a regional thing. >> sure. >> i see some onions. >> these are shallots. you want to use a little shallots. >> capers. >> little caper there for added punch. >> yum. >> and roasted peppers. everything has been done ahead of time. even the bread. i made it yesterday at our tysons location. >> fresh bread. beats a hot dog roll. >> absolutely. and lemon juice is an important component to nichelle fish. >> right out of there. >> absolutely. there we go. it a little more. >> this is a food processor. >> this is my secret weapon. it has a whisk attachment and

immersion blender. it is as simple as it gets. >> wow. >> that looks fast. it gives it a pinkish hue, goes well with the lobster. >> a little salt. pardon me. >> no worries. >> just a pinch. >> right. >> and the bread we make hot dog roll style where it comes up and we have two sides here that are great for basting. >> it has that nice shiney egg white top to it. >> yes. we finish it with a little -- >> the lobster is cold in there, right? >> yes. the lobster is cold. >> you will mix it together. >> correct. >> what we will do is mix this up during the commercial break. for those interested the recipe will be at our website at wusa9.com. when we come back, we will check in with wall street. my forecast we will taste this lobster roll from chef jeff

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>> today's weather is very touch and go. remember if you look at the weather citgoing to rain on you. hotter in to the weekend. 90s on saturday and sunday. saturday looks to be the dry day this weekend. not so much on sunday and next week we will keep 90s on tuesday and wednesday. we thank chef jeff for making his lobster roll a little chesapeake style and stuck in old bay. almost said old spice. that would be awful, wouldn't it? >> looks delicious. i love how it is bursting out of the top. >> beautiful, as well. >> when can we call ismi>>. th is mine. >> you can visit wusa9.com and look at this recipe. you can vote on my wedding hair

at my blog. the financialista, you can find her blog inside the dollar on the website. >> on there, as well. like everybody. >> that's the morning's 9 news. thanks for joining us. the next news is at noon with j.c. hayward and kim martucci. just all over me. going for the food. we will see you at 4:55 this morning.

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