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regardless. we have weather quieting down even when we had thunderstorms across southern maryland and northern neck of virginia. we are quiet and oo n in cogsthul ged tht rnten thincoget rough once again. showers and storms kl quickly moved out. here they come and there they go. we have some clou qu be. longer they stay longer thel i think llbe. i think it ke e itr 80the upper 80s ternoon. ri t ghternn. leesburg. 70s bulees aat thermometer runs warmnd want to find out what is going on with that. 72 manassas. quantico and andrews. a decent morning but on the muggy side. temperatures in the upper 80s and watch out. a couple of these storms could be strong to severe. right now 73 and time for traffic. here's kenny burns. >> thank you very much. we will start in virginia. the arlington boulevard heading to the district. we are looking at the sky view

graphic there. an accident on the roosevelt bridge blocking the left lane. if you are traveling think the area take precautions. eastbound 66 delay between nutley and the beltway. however, no incidents blocking the beltway. over to college park, the outer loop is jammed up from 95 continuing to silver spring and mormon temple. slow go montgomery village to montross road and a look at new york avenue inund where we whe experienced a slow delay from the washington times building to bladens burling road. need a new car, want extra cash in your pocket? if you answered yes, you may want to take advantage of the cash for clunkers program. it will provide you with both. 9 news now digital correspondent armando trull is live in bethesda, maryland with more. >> reporter: the u.s. government wants everyone behind the wheel of a more fuel efficient car and they are willing to pay you to do it. the program is supposed to

insenty vise you to trade in your clunker and get a more fuel efficient car and it will also help struggling car dealers like this one selling domestic and imported vehicles. for everyone wanting to scrap their old battle wagon, today you may be able to do so. buy a new car and get $4,500 off the stick erprice. >> if i could get a better car that is better on the environment and get money to put down on it. who wouldn't go for that? >> reporter: the government's cash for clunkers program begins today and dealers are hoping a lot of buyers will go for it. >> i would say 80% of the people on the phone are asking for the program. >> reporter: in order to qualify your clunker must get 18 miles a gallon or less. be less than 25 years old, insured and registered to you for the past year and the new

car must get 22 miles a gallon. the government expects to spend a billion dollars on the program. nothing good lasts forever and the program expires november 1st or when the money runs out. get behind the wheel of a cream puff come to your nearest dealership. >> very disappointing is what alexandria city manager is saying about the arrest of the police chief. he is dawe in court to face drunk driving charges. authorities say he was driving drunk. baker is now on paid administrative leave but could lose his job since driving a city vehicle while intoxicated is a fireable offense. >> behavior that i have never seen. it is something that has certainly not been a part of

his career even his ethics and i have worked with him now 19 years and the surprising thing is this even came up at all. >> reporter: the driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. will he finally make a court appearance. a hearing is scheduled for a white supremacist scheduled for killing a security guard at the holocaust memorial museum. an attorney for james von brunn told the federal judge his client is not well enough to come to court. prosecutors said doctors told them the 89-year-old suspect may be able to come to court later in the month. james von brunn faces a first- degree murder charge in the death of stephen johns. james von brunn was shot and wounded by other guards. bank robbery suspect cynthia crawford is expected to be arraigned today. police say she entered a sun trust bank on friday, tom the teller she had a gun and she made a get away and police stopped her a short time later.

she has been held without bond since her arrest. the fbi is investigating marion barry's action as city councilman. the washington examiner reports the feds are looking in to his decision to hire his then girlfriend. news of the $5,000 a month contract leaked following his arrest earlier this monday on stalking charges. the charges were later dropped and barry denied wrongdoing. if you are not working or taking advantage of district programs to help you find a job it could cut your benefits. the mayor is considering cutting benefits in half for any recipient deemed employable that does not meet the requirements for six months and could be cut all together if they go another six months. they are looking to help the $66 million revenue short fall.

the h1n1 could affect 40% of american over the next two years. that means twice the number of people that normally get sick in a flu season would get sick by the virus. it will drop if a new vaccine is ready an widely available as expected. emergency preparedness for the flu is one of the items on the agenda of a summit on the h1n1 flu virus. the global recession and foreign policy will dominate talks today as meetings begin. they hope to resolve tensions over the trade gap with china and the chinese government's soar budget deficit. climate control will be on the ayen da also. sarah palin is a private

citizen she initially resigned yesterday as a the governor of alaska and gave a slight hint of her future. >> i will be able to fight even harder for you for what's right and for truth. >> reporter: she said she wanted to spend time with her family. she is fighting several ethics investigation and did not say whether she plans to run for president. >> reporter: we are joined by pamela gentry, bet senior political analyst and public policy professor dr. michael fontroy. sarah palin says she will be fighting harder for what's right and true. she has $1 million in her sara pack. but what does the future hold for her. >> i don't think her in a larger role. i think her making public speaking circumstance and may try to put her foot out there to campaign for other

conservative candidates and other specific parts of the country but i don't think she will be able to escalate herself to the national level and the reason is, i don't think that her republican colleagues will let her. >> i think we are missing the beginning of the end as sarah palin in a politics. it will be a slow descent. >> she has a 70% of support in the conservative base. >> it is a small sector and only the kind of thing that can make her a celebrity and not necessarily an impact player. >> you said she will be on the public speaking circumstance and she has one at the ronald reagan presidential library. do you think we could see her in virginia where she drew huge crowds campaigning for gubernatorial bob mcdonnell. >> i don't think there are any questions that pockets of virginia are receptive to her

message and if bob mcdonnell says he needs her and is meeting whatever she needs to come i think she will do it and i think she is best on the stump. to the extent she is best on the stump giving the listeners the red meat they need for their own political sustenance. i think that's where you will be. >> reporter: on the other hand, president obama said he will campaign for deeds. does that hurt deeds and his conservative base? does it help him in the northern virginia area where they were blue for the president? >> thus far, we have not seen the president bring a negative impact in campaigning for any of the candidates. even the democrats that are conservative understand that he is their party leader so they have akey yes, sirred that position to him. he will be probably much stronger when he goes to liberal states like with governor corzine in new jersey but i think just as effective

in virginia. and northern virginia was a huge draw for him. >> but his approval ratings are down. >> that's part of the problem. if the president's approval rating declined precipitously, that could be a problem but the reality is right now there is no bigger fund-raiser or bigger public draw to get people out, but barack obama. let's talk about health care reform. one republican was quoted on tv saying we ought to take as much time going through health care reform as it took the white house to find a dog for the family. why the rush? >> the rush is you have to do it now and the sooner the berth. >> do it now or do something now. >> he will have to go for as much as we can. i think what we will see the president do is draw lines in the sand. congress has said we have gone at it as much as we can an we want leadership from the president. i think the president will say these are the three things i

will not veto. i got to have -- i think that is why he is traveling to north carolina to take it to the public again. he will avoid more press conferences if he does anything else in that sense he will do it in an address to the people but he has made it clear to congress that he has staff working closely with them that this is what he has to have. i think it will be by the end of the year, not necessarily by all but some of the differences we are hearing about are not as large. >> let me say quickly. president obama will only have one bite at this apple. so he has to get as much as he can and lean on people as much as he can. so the closer to 2010 elections it is not going to happen. one final thing, professor gates versus sergeant crawley. the president invited them to the white house for beer. he's admitted his use of the word stupid referring to the cambridge police may not have been the last word.

is in the last we are going to hear about this or will it drag out over the summer. >> it is winding down and the only reason they can't get to goat the sergeant. he will not go to the media and he's not joe the plumber and not contributing to the mania and i think that will lied to it and i think the president made a clear statement on friday. i was in the press office when he said it is a good thing we can talk about race. if folks want to talk about race, this incident is over. >> i disagree a little. the reality is done a few interviews. from saying he is not going to apologize and i think he has contributed a few logs to fire, as well. i think it is time to come together and provide a message to the country to teach them that it can be useful but at the same time that president

really only wants to talk about this stuff when there is a crisis. i have a problem with that but that's another issue. >> thank you for being with us. a man accused of killing an abortion doctor inside of his church is due in court and sunday proves to be a deadly day on the road your pet makes lots of friends.

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direction on the taconic state parkway ran in to two cars killing apeople including four children. a second crash on long island killed three people. a fourth person is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. an oklahoma man is being held on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two seminole county deputies. they say ezekiel holbert fired on the deputies trying to serve a warn. a passerby was injured by a stray bullet. a man accused of killing one of the nation's abortion providers is due in court this week. he is charged in the death of george tiller. he was gunned down inside of his kansas church in may. technology is changing lives every day, especially for those lives with -- living with a disability. the telecommunications for the deaf and hard of hearing kicks off a conference at the

mayflower hotel. joining us is the executive director of tbi. we are pleased to have the keynote speaker who is the special assistance to the president for disability policy. thanks for joining us today. >> let's start with you, kareem. accessible for the disabled at work, school, everyday lives has gotten better but there are major challenges in terms of what you would like to see tackled in the short term what would you like to see happen. >> i think we are working with the president on full inclusion and integration with people with disabilities in our lives. to that tend, last year, the ada amendments act was signed which restores the intent of the ada to protect all americans with disabilities. this past friday the president announced the united states will sign a u.n. convention on the rights with persons with disabilities to enhance and bring about the protection of 650 million people with

disabilities worldwide and join 140 other countries. we are working on full integration, including health care, education and employment, just like the president's agenda for all americans. >> claude, your conference, the tdi conference is starting on wednesday. what sort of themes will you be addressing the next couple of days? we will. we will have a conference and our scheme is to be washington where access begins. so to that end, we will kick off with celebrating the access that we have already enjoyed in our everyday lives. we're, of course, going to review the gap and what is lacking in different areas of access. when we speak of access, by that we mean telecommunications, media, technology. in addition to that, we want to talk about how we are going to make things better. how we are going to close those gaps. during the conference we are going to address issues

regarding this digital transition, captioning on television, emergency preparedness, relay, telecommunication services and the like. >> cell phones have advanced dramatically and cell phones are now allowing more accessibility for those with disabilities. how has technology changed? >> i would say, yes, it is important to keep in mind that cell phones do benefit some of our community. there are, however, individuals who are deaf, some of which have a bit of hearing, some of which are hard of hearing, maybe have speech impairments who can't avail themselves to cell phone technology and in the industry, have been, at&ts, sprint, there are those for whom a -- a percentage of whom these kinds of things are compatible with their hearing aids and i think some of us benefit greatly from technology. people like me, however, who i

don't depend on my hearing whatsoever. instead i use text devices, pagers, pd a's. like an iphone or blackberry or a t-mobile sidekick. and we very much applaud the industry for making strides and making it possible to enhance our opportunities and our everybody lives and within the general community. there are fewer and fewer of us as isolated as we have been historically. >> let's talk a little about your keynote address. you will be delivering that on wednesday, i believe. what are you going to talk about? i think what i'm going to talk is the president's commitment to these issues. when you start to talk about improving accessiblability and improving technology or anything for any community, in particular this community you start with putting the right people in place. for example the president has nominated the new fcc chairperson to be julius

jankowski who is a phenomenal member and he is committed to enhancing technology issues. i will be talking about that and the president's commitment to these issue and improving technology and accessibility as we go through a technology revolution. >> reporter: obviously we are in the middle of a recession and work place issues are an issue. how difficult is it to push employers to open up their accessibility for people like this? >> it can be difficult but what we try to demonstrate is number one that the federal government will be a model employer. the president has five people working in the white house who are people with disabilities. two of whom work on disability issues and in the first six months we have employed nearly as many people with

disabilities as any other administration. so we are leading by example. and what we are saying to private employers is that if you employ people with disabilities, it improves your diversity, and work life and makes your company more productive and better able to meet the challenges of the 21st century. >> we appreciate you coming in to talk about these issues today and we wish you luck with the conference. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now we throw it over to howard for an update on the weather forecast. pretty quiet right now but this afternoon thunderstorms could be rumbling over the landscape. warm upper 80s. on wednesday scattered storms return and 88 degrees. in fact much of the week we will have a threat of at least isolated afternoon thunderstorms. sunday is scattered like today, upper 80s. southwest wind winds five to ten and a couple could be on the strong to severe side. a chance of an evening

thunderstorm, otherwise partly cloudy and muggy. 65 to 73 and then tomorrow, hot, humid, isolated afternoon thunderstorm. broken record time. highs in the lower 90s. showers and storms have pulled away and dissipated. in the wake a few clouds out there. keeping us mostly cloudy at the moment but i think we will see some sunshine as the day wears on and that combined with the humid conditions we have, well, that will fire up a thunderstorm. 73 winchester. culpeper is 58. 75 in southern maryland. 73 on the eastern shore and washington right now we have cloudy skies out there for the most part and 75 degrees. the dew point in the upper 60s so just muggy with a southwesterly wind at nine miles an hour. leesburg 81. cambridge 77 and 73 from quantico. there's a cold front just about at the garrett county parts of west virginia. this is really losing its

movement. it is going to stall out. with that front here near us it will help to focus the development of showers and storms. especially with the warm muggy air mass. the next front will be here on wednesday. so we have more storms expected on wednesday and fewer tomorrow. as we look at the seven-day forecast, temperatures upper 80s to low 90s. 88 on wednesday with scattered storms. 91 on thursday, fewer storms and we hope saturday will be dry. looks like a chance of that. a lot of folks will be at the paul mccartney concert at fedex. highs in the upper 80. sunday a chance of thunderstorms. i will be at the leg mason family day. temperatures an 90. work on a water tunnel which will serve as a link in maryland suburban water system is about to begin and more portable classrooms are coming you are watctching 9 news n wel be'l right back.

welcome back. a massive four-year long tunnel project is about to get underway in maryland. workers will build a five mile long water tunnel between i-70 and the monday monday temple in kensington. when completed it will deliver 100 million-gallons of water a day from potomac river to prince georges county. during the construction, people will hear explosions and may feel vibrations from the blasting. an unexpected rise in student enrollment means more portable classrooms will be used this year an officials are

blaming the economy. people with children are moving inning many to less affluent regions and are pulling children out of private schools. the superintendent says all of the trailers will meet green requirements. beginning in montgomery county and chevy chase, a police investigation for much of the morning. that has wrapped up. the intersection of bradley boulevard and arlington road has wrapped up and closed much of the. we are seeing improvement. however, you are seeing delays from new hampshire avenue to the mormon temple. to virginia now. go to the graphics the 50 accident to the district has been cleared on the roosevelt bridge. all lanes are open and the delays that were there have cleared out. inner loop of the beltway, clear ride from springfield to 6. eastbound 66 as you can see to the top of the screen a delay nutley street to the

beltway. over to dc. rit now 14th street will be open for much of the day. however, expect some intermittent closures between now and 6:00 this evening. now over to peggy fox. >> thank you very much. when you think of summertime and the things that you did as a child, odds are you caught lightning bugs or fire flies. today we are learning about these fascinating insects and how to make a spruced up fire fly jar. we have with us liz, resource editor of washington family magazine and my own daughter lea who is 8. thank you for being here. >> welcome. >> she is right now already getting started on her fire fly jar and thank you for coming in. >> i love this idea. >> you have brought your own jar. >> i have. >> tell us a little bit about what makes the fire flies glow. i know you go outside in the summer and when you see the first fire flies you know summer is here. >> they have special organs

under their abdomens and when they take in oxygen it combines with a certain substance and makes them glow and it is great because this is the best way they attract mates and they can communicate with each other this way. so at night when you see them light up that's what is going on. >> really fun and lea it is one of your favorite things to do. i know. she runs outside and catches them. you had a jar full, didn't you? >> yep. >> these are fancy jars. where do you get the jars and the stuff to go with them. >> i got this jar at ac. moore and you can find them at any craft store and what we have here is paint pens and foam stickers and regular stickers. >> these are neat. these aren't just regular magic markers. they are able to paint on the jar. you can see the design that she has made. >> a lot less mess. >> very cool. it seems there aren't as many

fire flies as there were when i was a kid. are they dropping? >> they are saying the numbers are kinding for fire flies and this could be numerous reasons, pollution is one of them. so when you catch fire flies be careful with them. they are fragile and we have a neat netting so they can breathe and a damp paper towel in there so they can have humidity because that's what they need to survive. >> the netter is safer than punching holes in them. and what do you recommend to put inside the jar? >> well, inside the jar we have a damp paper towel which keeps it humid. we also have sticks here that you can put in and make it feel like home for them. leaves of any kind but make sure you don't have them more than a day or two because they will tend to either die or dry out if they are not in the wild. >> how long do they live in the

wild, do you know. >> usually around the summer months. they don't usually last longer than that. they need the humidity. >> so if you want to keep them. lea, we will watch them and put them in the jar for a night and let them out the next night. >> sounds great. >> i like what you are doing here. is that a bird. >> yes. >> she has the foam sticky things you can get at michaels or anywhere else. where do you go to get craft supplies? >> i go to ac. moore. it has all the supplies i needed the ribbon and netting i putt on the top. so it is great. >> i like it. what design are you making lea? >> i don't know. >> it doesn't matter, right as long as it is pretty. >> and think then it can be a display piece on your mantle. and then if you lose power you get some light [ laughter ] >> well, liz, thank you so much. we will have all of these tips and more information and links

to find out all about fire flies and what makes them glow and whether the females ante males both light up, which they do, rite and so you can learn all about that going to dc.momslikeme.com. what says summer to you? did you catch fire flies like i did. thank you for being here. did a great job. thank you, liz. a study supports the claim may made by war veterans who served in vietnam. we will have that story coming up. and doctors offer a simple solution to losing extra weight gain during pregnancy. you are watching 9 news now. academically gifted,

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veterans have contended that agent orange made them ill a new study says they have what higher risk of heart disease and parkinsons but they caution it was based on a limit number of dayses. the department of veterans affairs will decide what to do with the latest findings. a simple saliva test could determine if a pregnant woman will go in to premature labor. british researchers have discovered women going in to early labor had low pro-jest roan levels in saliva. studies are underway to determine whether to give the women more of this hormone during pregnancy cuts the risk of pre-term birth. sleep may help new moms

shed baby weight. they found that new mothers who got five or less hours of sleep during the first six months were three times more likely to hold on to extra pounds. those with seven hours or more had an easier time dropping the weight. our next guest on the show, the bigger loser alongside her husband weigh has lost 165- pounds and runs a fitness program aimed at inspiring others and helping them achieve their goals. thank you for being with us. i told her when i met her you are an inspiration to us all who tried to lose the pounds. you have tried diets before. what was wrong about those diets that national television seemed to make a difference. >> i think the hardest thing is understanding what calories in an calories out meant. a lot of diets are out there

have you depriving yourself of carbohydrates and things that you actually need to lose weight. and just not really understanding how to do it and how to manage it. i come from a family of very healthy people. and so it was always -- i always told people look at my pictures. i was always smiling. i never had a problem with self esteem or being unhappy about myself. that was less of a motivation. my husband he liked me at 221- pounds. so going on the show we learned. >> together going on the show. >> to have a partner in it you weren't doing it by yourself and you weren't asking for another heaping of potatoes. >> how much weight weight did you lose. >> 80-pounds. we help to motivate one another. >> that makes a difference. >> it does. >> when you are you are put in that environment when you are set aside from the rest of the world it is good to have a

friend especially in serious competition mode. we were glad to have one another to push each other, especially after that first couple of days when we really, really sore. >> like the rest of us, was it hardest to lose the last ten or 20-pounds. >> i tell people all the time i lost 46-pounds in the first four months during the show and the last four i lost 12. so talk about needed to stay motivated. >> not just what you were in and out eating but what you were doing and you have some things to show your exercise routine. tell us about it. where do you want to start? usually i take my clients through cardio when we first start out and he will show how he will jump rope. usually have him on the treadmill. i do boot camps outside. we work out of gainesville, virginia. we will run, do treadmill, do

elliptical. the next part of the routine is usually some kind of biometric exercise or resistance training. it keeps the lower bowden gauged and heart rate up a lot. >> so that's just the bands or -- we'll do the bands sometimes. usually i will save that until the en. we will use the agility and do some jumping, side of side, things lake that. >> little like hopscotch. >> it is but you would be amazed how it keeps your heart mill up. i couldn't run on the treadmill when i started but skipping. you have to be careful. but it is great. it is great. gets your heart rate up. >> if the music is good in my ear i can go faster and faster. >> what about the ball.

>> the stability ball you can use it on pretty much every part of your body. bicep curls. our trainer showed us crazy things of using it to do planks, to do things in a circle, good for the core and upper arms. >> you have the trainer on the biggest loser. you are training other people. we can't really do it on our own. >> you can but it takes someone who is very focused and has determination. it is so great to have someone there to push you and motivate you and push you further than you might push yourself. if you can't afford a trainer, find a workout buddy. >> like a husband or a friend. >> i want to ask you, do you ever eat, splurge and have junk food. >> oh, yeah. on the show we learned from our friends about high calorie day and so once a week you take your calories up to the level

that you need to sustain your weight. >> i'm glad to hear that because later on in the show we have something that may push us to the limit on that. we'll tell you about that later. howard will tell you about the travel weather. >> we will be grilling here in a few minutes. first the travel weather. you can see scattered showers from maine to us. now off the east coast and the coast here and back through the plains and northern plains. a lot going on and with the daytime heat we expect more thunderstorms to be popping up. chicago, detroit, new york new york, boston mid-80s. new orleans 88 and out west we are looking at high heat. phoenix 114. salt lake 94. seattle 92. storms in dallas and minneapolis and temperatures in the 80s. andrea? >> thank you, howard. virginia rest stop closures are raising money for the state and helping local businesses and we're on the deck preparing a staple of the american cookout.

adam and stacey have figured what they b@n eat. what they can put in and leave out. we'll be right back. mmmm. i do. (announcer) pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. kids are hungry after school. that's why i always have totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste. in a bite size roll. kids can't resist their delicious pizza flavor. totino's pizza rolls. the pizza way to snack.

guinea pigs working as covert government spies at the box office. disney's 3-d animation g-force earned $32 million in the opening even. harry potter and the half blood prince was a close second and the ugly truth in third. there is a silver lining in the decision to close 18 rest stops in virginia. some businesses are seeing a boost in sales. a clerk at a convenient store off of 81 says business is off 10% since the rest stops closed last week.

virginia closed the rest stops to save $9 million a year. jessica is out on the weather terrace. >> thank you, andrea. the perfect burger. it is like the search for the holy grail when you talk about summertime heat eating and we have the man to give us tips. his restaurant just opened up in restaurant. thank you for coming an cooking up this for us. >> thank you for having us. >> what are the secrets for the perfect burger. you simplified it to six steps. >> six ease easy steps and simple as starting with a great product. go to the local grocery store, whole foods any local mark and start with a great product. it is going to be 80/20 as far as the lean to fat ratio. you can't be afraid of fat. >> a lot of fat. >> because people shy away from fat now days because oh, the waistline. >> working out a segment ago. >> there you go. so you work up an appetite. with burgers on a grill a lot

of the fat drips off. having more fat is better because it will make it juicier burger in the pend and then go to a coarse grind. it makes it a looser form in the burger. after that the formation of the burger. you want a nice, round, minimal cracks and so you don't have the heat seeping in to the burger. much like a steak. it has flat sides and no cracks. cooks nice and evenly. >> you said don't handle it too much because it will what, melt the fat out. >> it can. it can affect the quality of the meat we talk about the coarse grind. if you mash up the meet you will end with meatballs at the end. you want it to be a veal sety tech churr. after that salt and pepper, hamburg and steak's best friend. sea salt, kosher salt, i wouldn't reamier diesed salt

but you can. if you are doing it on the grill the fat drips off. so you want the flavor to remain. after that the grill. optimum temperature to have the grill for grilling burgers is 500 degrees. >> okay. >> hotter and you will char the burger and little under and write won't get a nice sere to seal the burger up. the final step is the resting portion. you can take the burgers off and tent them under a little aluminum foil and mel the cheese and let the juices come back in the burger. >> with the smell coming off the grill let's look inside here. it is hard to let it rest. >> it is. >> i have, like i said the perfect burgers here. that's a big burger here. >> this is one third. all of our burgers are precooked eight weight. one pound is here in the middle of the table. like i said, simply a little

salt and fresh ground pepper. you want to see a sere and you want to see the smoke and hear that sound. >> if you are at 500 degrees how long does it take. >> it is really about two minutes per side. that's our rule of thumb at the restaurant. we want to go two and flip it over. our medium we cook to 130 degrees. it is a little under what they are used to. we tell customers our medium is pink throughout and warm red center. coming back we will try the burgers and you have some sliders and all of these fries and a bunch of other stuff you will tell us about. coming up next we will check on the stock and howard will be back with seven-day forecast. keep it here.

look at the opening numbers on wall street. jessica, we have a mixed picture here. look at there. the dow is down 23 an the nasdaq up a quarter of a fraction and s&p up almost -- down almost two points. and here's a look at what is coming up on wusa9.com at nine a.m. we will talk to the web master of a new listing gate gbo.com and on wednesday help getting your investments on track and we take you to the eastern shore for none the sun. >> yeah. >> we like that. >> the seven day, a chance of thunderstorms almost every day. upper 80s to low 90s real summer pattern. more storms. and we will see if we can keep saturday dry. >> i want to thank john for coming and assembling all of these fan fastic burgers.

>> it is as big as my head. >> a one pound burger there. >> one pound. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. >> what is on it. >> not a lot. >> i like the sweet potato fries. a favor of mine over there. >> these are sliders. >> minis, yes. >> like adam and stacey said you can figure out ways to increase and have a little treat. >> over here chili fries. >> oh, wow. j.c. and howard, they are back on 9 news at noon. we are back starting at 4:55 a.m. see you then. >> lunchtime.

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