this morning president clinton is in north korea trying to persuade the communist country to release two american journalists. president obama plans to do some work before he celebrates his 48th birthday and he could get a birthday present from the senate when sonia sotomayor is expected to be nominated to the supreme court. it is tuesday, august 4th. angie goff is here. she has a smile on her face. hope that is good news about the traffic. >> deceiving. >> howard has a smile on his

face. tomorrow afternoon is when a cg as dersthunnctotoha ce will gup for this morning we will get out the door. g-metithunderstorms across ohio, kentucky and west virginia. charlottesville to roanoke has a better chance of seeing that than we do. a boundary could pop up one or two isten.rnaf this ooten.rnaf oote urerstaresar e af to climb big big me. 71 . 71 winchester. 70 manassas. we're 75. 81meatstation inrir d anverimbao inrnisofe g therand you are 77. so the heat is around and the muggies have come back after yesterday's wonderfully dry day. code orange air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. highs in the lower 90s and only a stray thunderstorm expected. angie goff, give us the news. >> i will get started by saying it is not terrible news out there. we have some tieups to tell you about. we will begin with southbound

on the bw parkway where it meets 198. crash activity is pushed to the right shoulder. drivers are back up too 175. a lot of volume past 32 on 95, as well. no incidents or accidents on the roadway. turning on the cameras and taking it outside under sunny skies, 270 southbound is free flowing from germantown road to montross but still a little below speed. we are estimating the drive time at 15 minutes. hello, virginia. 66 eastbound. here's your shot. we are delayed from the capital beltway -- actually approaching the capital beltway. but the congestion is breaking apart nicely on this interstate. 395 northbound not the same situation. we are crawling along here from the capital beltway to seminary. that's just volume. to wrap it up we take it to realtime graphics where at northeast dc at 24th and south dakota avenue is where we have crash activity confirmed and crews are on the scene.

please be careful. that's a look at traffic. now over to you. we start with a story that's been developing this morning. former president clinton is in north korea on a mission to bring two american journalists home. euna lee and laura ling were working for current tv when they crossed the border in to north korea. president clinton will try to negotiate their release from the communist nation. >> the fact they have agreed to welcome former president of the united states with a strong likelihood that he will see kim jong-il, the north korea leader suggests the north is still interested in some kind of accommodation with the united states. >> reporter: north korea's chief nuclear negotiators met the nuclear chief at the airport that suggests they may want to talk about more than

the journalists. friends and family members say that americans were staying in a hotel in northeast iraq and had gone hiking when they wandered in to iran. but sighting reports identify one as a freelance journalist. iran says the three have been charged with illegal entry. u.s. and swiss officials have been pressing teheran for more information about though trio. a change of plan on the table for dozens of guantanamo bay detainees. the obama administration says that attorney general eric holder has referred cases to federal prosecutors along the east coast for possibility criminal trials in washington, virginia and new york city. that is a change from a pentagon plan to hold civilian and military trials for detainees at a single courtroom within a prison facility in the midwest. explosions rocked the capital of afghanistan. police say five rockets were fired in kabul close to the international airport just before daybreak. officials say one of those

blasts landed in an area near the u.s. embassy. one child was injured but no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. there's word this morning that five rockets hit kabul afghanistan. as we said, one of the rockets fell near the embassy. the latest violence comes about three weeks before the presidential elections. freelance journalist and foreign affairs expert kevin whitelaw is with us. good to see you. >> thank you. >> the violence has been increasing in afghanistan for the past several weeks. more american lives have been lost than since the start of the war. the elections are august 20th. is that what all of this violence is about, stopping the elections? >> it is certainly about disrupting the elections and i think everyone anticipated there would be an increase in violence around this time. the taliban has made it clear they want to disrupt a it and prevent people in a number of areas from faking part. western initial officials have

already assumed it is not going to equal the turnout we saw a couple of years ago. they are already expecting a lower turnout because the taliban can go and continue its attacks and intimidate voter and depress it further it may suggest that whoever wins won't have the same level of legitimacy that everyone was hoping. at the same time it appears the election will happen. there's been a campaign and looks like a relatively open campaign. >> you say relatively. >> well, you know. >> the taliban violence that is keeping it from being more out there. >> it is hard to campaign fully in many parts of the country. there are certain provinces that are off limits to the main candidates, particularly in the south the taliban has pretty strong control. there will be police stations in some provinces that can't open because they don't have enough security there. that's been part of the problem. there's some questions about the voter roles and how proper

they are in a few places. >> will american troops be at the polling places to help with security or are we leaving that to afghan forces. >> the u.s. will be involved in security. i would expect you wouldn't see them at the individual police stations but almost certainly in the area surrounding us. >> you say it is the second national election. let's talk about the candidate, obviously happened karzai is the incumbent. does he have an open door in to re-election or does he have serious challengers. >> a couple of months ago it looked like he was going to be -- not uncontested but in term those turnout, the voters assumed he would win easily. one candidate has emerged as a challenger of some note. this is the former minister named abdullah abdullah and he is a bit of a challenger. karzai is expected to win and may not be as much of a landslide as people thought but it may give creed dense that

was a free election. >> reporter: one thing they have been talking an is engaging the taliban and rasmussen is also saying we nod do this, the french and people in britain, engage in the taliban. are they interested, willing to engage? what's the benefit to them? >> i think this is the ultimate question which is whether the taliban has some level of political ambition to be involved in the afghan government as such or whether they really just want to be rid of everything that has to do with this western-supported institution. so, i don't think we know the answer to that question. i the the idea of engaging is you could peel off the moderate elements and isolate the hard core. it's not clear there are enough moderate elements to make that worthwhile. very quickly, bill clinton going to north korea, does this have the blessing of the obama administration. did he have to get the okay from the secretary of state hillary clinton? >> i believe he probably talked to his wife.

this was something that was scripted to a certain degree. they have been talking about sending someone. we have seen former u.s. ambassador bill richardson do a number of north korea missions in the past to help resolve situations like this one. people were talking about whether al gore would go or someone else. this shows a high-level interest in getting it done. it will be hard for the north koreans to ignore the symbol they have been looking for short of an actual u.s. official going over. >> thank you for joining us. police are su tsecsp suspects in an early morning errdmu. rsofficerd found four people fi y r tlaftedn shortly after midnight. one man died from his injuries and another is in critical condition. wo o twmen were struck but o did ng injuries. blblock ivof lingston road. police say it stems from an argument among people who knew each other. overall violent crime is down

in maryland, though. a report shows an 11% drop in murders across the state last year. the uniform crime report cites a 20 year low in homicides in baltimore. a 17% reduction from the year before and 14% reduction in prince georges county. 13 of 24 jurisdictions reported reductions in violent crime. a man who stopped traffic to allow a flock of geese of road faced a judge yesterday. he was ticketed for jaywalking. a police officer saw him as he stood on the fairfax county parkway to stop traffic to so the geese could cross safely. the officer said he was creating aiding route situation, nearly causing a multiple car pileup. but he says if he hadn't stopped the traffic the geese would have been hit. >> if there was going to walk through there, 50 cars or i don't know how many the outcome

would be terrible. >> reporter: the judge said he could see both sides but also told the story about a woman who swerve to miss a squirrel only to hit and kill a pedestrian. he can continued the case until january telling him if he has no other violations he will dismiss the case but he says if necessary he will continue to stop traffic for geese. the senate starts to debate the sonia sotomayor nomination today and there's some other key issues on the agenda. erin billings from roll call newspaper is here on what the senate is trying to accomplish before recess. good to have you with us. the house is on vacation, or working vacation i'm sure they would say. president obama has invited the democratic conference to the white house for lunch. real birthday party, huh. >> say there will be cake. >> what's on the agenda. >> he will make one last push for health care reform and the cash for clunkers, he wants $2 billion more which is popular

program across the country. basically you trade in your old car and get a subsidy to buy a fuel efficient vehicle and of course this is helping the auto industry. he really wants that done and wants progress on health care reform. obviously they are going to take up sonia sotomayor nomination to the supreme court. that will be their get out of town rally and this will be a unity opportunity. i think he wants to get the democrats in one big room and have a group hug. >> talk about health care reform. there was a meeting yesterday. the gang of six i'm calling them. that's not what they are being called but they were trying to meet a mid september deadline. we are hearing from one of the republicans, no way we will make it. how critical is this group of six to getting something accomplished in the senate. >> this is essential. this is a bipartisan group. we have three republicans and three democrats and senators know they have two options. either they go the route of the

finance committee with these six negotiatorrers and come up with something negotiable or democrats will have to go back to this obscure procedural tool called reconciliation which will allow them to pass it with 51 votes instead of 60 which is needed in the senate to get anything done. the president doesn't want to do that because they would like it to be a bipartisan effort. because then they own it all and if it fails it is on them. plus, if the president really thought he was going to be able to bring both sides together on something. they are finding it more complicated than even they forecasted. >> it will be difficult going to the home districts and rallying voters. voters are saying why the rush, focus on the economy. and even health care as important as it is to us maybe that should be on the back burner. >> people don't know what they are supporting. we really don't have anything specific. the house has a bill but it

hasn't gotten to the floor yet. the senate has one bill that passed in one committee but we are waiting to see what the finance committee will do. so there are different ideas out there and i'm not sure if the public understands what we are looking at. so it is hard for members to sell something because they don't know what they are selling and the economy is a on top of everyone's mind. health care is second or 3rddown the list. >> what does this say about the leadership, majority leader reid and mitch mccon nell that the bipartisan group seems to be running how health care may turn out? what's going on with the leaders? they don't seem to be leading. >> i think the leaders like to show deference to their members to get things done. they don't want to be heavy- handed in this. at the same time they are working behind the scenes quietly to make sure their agenda is preserved. you have mitch mccon nell

trying to tell republicans, wait a second, don't sign off on anything yet. we want to make sure we are on board with this and they are trying to keep those guys in communication and harry reid on the majority side who wants to make sure he is overseeing it. they have to make sure something does or does not get through the senate. they have a significant role to play and i wouldn't be confused. i think they are definitely watching from the side and making their -- >> yes or no, the only vote today the sonia sotomayor vote. >> he will get that on thursday. that is all but assured. right now it is all over but the shoutin'. i think we are waiting for the vote. >> it is all over for us. and we will have a look at the forecast and the obama administration promises to put its efforts behind a clearing

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14 post offices are on a list of 1,000 that could be closed. it is an effort to save cash. the agency is struggling as fewer people sent letters and businesses switch to e-mail. they are looking at nine in the district, nine in maryland and

19 in virginia. including one office in rockville, one in bethesda, hyattsville and silver spring. the closest virginia branch to the area is in fredericksburg. you can see the list at wusa9.com. today police in ocean city, maryland plan to go door-to door to see whether any boardwalk shops are selling salvia. they passed a ban on making, selling or possessing the herb. ten states ban it already. lawmakers from six states are is asking the federal government to put more weight behind cleaning in the chesapeake bay. they review a hearing that focused on the key problems. the hearing was the beginning of a commitment by the obama administration to use more federal resources to clean up the bay. we say good morning, again to howard bernstein. he has an update on the forecast. >> right now at the little

green man blog, if you wait a few minutes, i'm finishing an update about tires, about buying good ones for environmental reasons and where the rubber when it rubs off of your tire rubs off. some of iteneds up in the water, as well. a sticky gay ahead. chance of a storm, low 90s. 91 tomorrow with a better chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. and tomorrow seasonable, upper 80s with a chance of a thunderstorm. this afternoon, sunny, hot. stray thunderstorm is out there. about 20% chance of rain today. highs in the low 90s. southwest winds five to ten. lows mainly in the 70s. some spots upper 60s. southwest winds at five and tomorrow partly sunny, hot, humid, scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. high temperatures in the r 90s. winds with westerly at five to ten. look at the humidity in th r.ai llaththwi air. with all the haze showing up in our time lapse, a hazy suy t day out there.

temperature at reagan national right now 77 degrees. the winds still calm. the dew point in the upper 60s in southern maryland right now on the bay. we have serious dew points coming in toward southern maryland. dew point 76. an air temperature of 81 there. everybody else in the 70s. form get culpeper they are misreporting. martinsburg the exception at 68. quantico is 80. when you factor in the humidity, the heat index is 88 in southern maryland. feels like 84 easton. near 089 in frederick and hagerstown. , 82 fredericksburg and in town our heat index 81 degrees. we are watching a front of fronts to the north. across northern missouri through iowa right now, also illinois and then ohio. these thunderstorms will try to move east. i think right now the batch of it is really south of us. but if this moves more east than south, some time this afternoon, maybe the middle to latter part of the afternoon the northern edge could affect parts of the area. that is something to watch for

the rest of the day. we are a little concerned about serious heat building by the weekend, 92 today, 91 tomorrow. it will cool off on thursday and friday but look at the weekend. a pair of 95s for sunday and monday. if the computers are right, then that 95 is not warm enough. we are going to temper it right now. this could be the hottest of the season. >> let's hope the computers are right. thank you, howard. within the last hour, governor eyo'ssmall announced s for metro' ulomfre th we stn fromthe of the rrthcucut red toesth tow arrollton sonnetati carrollton station at the eastern end of the orange line. armando trull is live at the new carolton station with more. >> that press conference with maryland governor o'malley just wrapped up. if you could see through the shuttle bus you would sycee everybody there and especially it is a gathering of notables

from prince georges and montgomery county. you have elected officials from the county and members of the state and federal delegation pledging support for the $1.5 billion project. it is an east-west loop that stretches 16 miles. 55 cable cars would make 21 stops between new carrollton and bethesda. the governor says it is a sleeker, low to the ground, quiet cable car system. not your grandfather's cable car system. >> during a time now have when our transportation costs are actually second only to the cost of housing for maryland families, our region now ranks as the second worst traffic congestion in the nation and we cannot afford to continue to do the same old things we have done before. that's why we need to move forward. we need to move forward with this next very important step in the purple line. >> reporter: andrea, the next step in the process is now for

the state of maryland to apply to the federal government for over a billion dollars in federal funds to complete the project. but of course there have been some detractors to the purple line who say it may affect the hiking and biking trails along the crescent an georgetown area and they may actually file a lawsuit to stop the project. reporting live, armando trull , back to you. >> thank you. if you are shopping around for a fall getaway, one expert tells us whether to book trips now or hang on longer to save big bucks. coming up a possible explanation for why there's been a huge jump in the number of americans using antidepressant drugs. we'll be right back. ♪

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should you book airline tickets now or wait a while. we have an expert with us. so should we buy the tickets now or wait. >> i think you should wait. the airlines have been doing poorly. revenues have down from last year. so they are desperate and so you are going to find that there are a lot of last-minute sales. >> a buy evers market. >> i think so. september is a tipping point because if business travel comes back the way it normally does in september maybe they will breathe a sigh of relief but given the economy i don't expect that. so i think it will be a buyers march. the only time travelers may want to book really far in advance is holiday travel. think of the wednesday and sunday around thanksgiving. >> because regardless of what is going on those are busy days. >> always busy days. last year for some reason there were planes empty but i wouldn't count on that so book those early. >> the fees we keep hearing about the baggage and food

fees. we are nickeled and dimed to death. >> there are new ones to know about. continental added a $5 fee if you pay for your checked bag at the airport instead of on-line. united and delta already have the policy. >> they want it up front. >> if you wait to pay at the airport $5 extra per bag. american is charging $5 extra a bag period. they are slowly but surely adding more fees. >> i had a neighbor when i was growing up shipped his bags area never worried about it. does it pay to do that. >> it can. i know federal express steamed up with united and some shipping services have teamed up with airlines to offer deals. it is still expensive but at least you know your bags will get there and you won't have to deal with the hassle of paying and worrying about fees and that kind of thing. >> speaking of the hassle there are rules of showing up early and we have driven more than we have flown.

because of the hassle factor do the airlines worry that the hassle factor is chasing away customers as well as everything else. >> they are trying to fill the seats right now. their concern is lou do we get the seats full, how do we cut flights out? how do we get the most bang for our buck? a lot of problems customers have is with security and the airlines don't have a lot of control with what is happening at the airport itself. >> reporter: what about frequent flyer miles. these programs are combined with other airlines they are changing. you may have miles with one airline on the brink teetering and how do you know what you are going to do. >> you should always keep updated on the airline's website but for example, northwest and delta, they are merging and so right now all the northwest fliers are going to the delta sky miles program. the interesting thing is delta and northwest are offering double miles through the end of the year on all flights all

classes of service but the catch is you have to have an american express delta sky miles card but the good news is if you don't have one, you can sign up for one an it is free for the year. there are all of these rules and regulations but if you are smart about figuring out how to get through the rule and regulations will you can get good deals through the frequent flier programs. >> people are so savvy, they think if i take a short hop to indianapolis i will get 15,000 miles and it will put me over the top. >> sometimes they offer a minimum points per segment and sometimes they can be very short and cost $29 and it is worth it to add up the segments so you get more points. people game the system all the time. >> if you are savvy and have some time you may want to hop on a plane to ohio. >> right. a lot of the airlines are trying to make the frequent flier programs more flexible. united the mileage plus members no longer have to pay a fee.

if they decided to reseem it at the last minute they used to have to pay $100 processing. they are trying to be flexible which i find interesting because they need more paying customers and not more frequent flyer customers. >> an interesting time. >> it is. >> angie has an update on the traffic. let's talk about the drive around town. thanks for joining us. no, i'm not here to give you the weather. we will switch that over and i will show you outside, 395 northbound from duke over to seminary in the clearing stages of that delay. things are getting better. a little relief but below speed. over to the inner loop we go. realtime graphics are we will stick with a live shot from 95 to 6. we are slowing down a bit around the 50 area. proving the shot over to 270 southbound from 118 germantown road to the split, that delay is starting to break apart. you are going to hit a couple

of slow goes perhaps. on the outer loop, no issues to report. i'm giving this drive a nice thumbs up and finally, let's wrap it up in northwest dc. this is the intersection of 17th and e. as you can see, there are no incidents or accidents slowing drivers down. over to andrea. >> thank you very much. it will be a day of celebration with a tropical twist on sunday. jamaica is celebrating the 47th anniversary of independence this thursday but the celebrations take place on sunday. there are two major events in washington. with me is the ambassador of jamaica, his excellencecy baker. you were telling me the again and black are the color of the parties you are a member of. >> and yellow, that is the color of the jamaican flag. >> sorry i didn't have that all together for today. >> august 6th, 1962. independence from great britain but it is still a commonwealth but the queen is your head, correct? >> yes. we are part of 54 countries

which are members hoff the commonwealth, many of them in africa, new zealand, australia, canada, 14 territories of the caribbean, belize, jamaica. >> let's talk about the celebration. a celebration that's been going on since the first of august, that was emancipation day. what is planned for sunday. >> we start at 11:00 at the dunn barton chapel at the law school which we always do and we are having a special celebrant, the rev end e. don taylor who is the first person to be bishop of new york. he just retired and gone back to kingston as head of the kingston parish church but he will be the main celebrant and speaker on sunday and we're having commander john mcfarland and his niece who is a very accomplished singer and others

and then we move on to the big thing which is at the corner of constitution and connecticut from 1:00 and there we will make the good times roll. we will be having the main band. anyone who knows about reggae music has hard of five for five. and then we are having a local disco that people like and we are having flame and rising sun. so that's a whole lot of stuff that will be coming on sunday. we are having jamaican food, like jamaican patties, jerk chicken, jerk fish. >> making us sam straight. is there something that tickets are available? the public can be invited to or just a select group. >> no. we invite anyone who has good feelings toward jamaica to come

down and you buy your ticket outside or whatever you want. we are having stuff like cocoa bread and jamaican foods, pastries of one kind or another, red striped beer, you know. >> something for everyone. and the fact is that washington, d.c. has one of the large jamaican populations outside of jamaica itself along with new york, florida as well. >> atlanta. >> we really have 14 centers that have over 2,000 people. new york has over 1 million. south florida has over a half million. it is growing in the atlanta area. this area between virginia, dc, maryland, probably 10,000. last week, the jamaica association of maryland had a big ball for their part of the celebration. >> mr. ambassador, we are

almost out of time, but congratulations. happy anniversary and we probably won't have the tropical breezes they have in jamaica. we will have the warmth according to howard's forecast. >> who wants to come to the embassy you can come and sign the book for the widow of our founding prime minister who passed on this week and her funeral is sunday but we have the book open all week for jamaicans or friends of jamaica to come and sign at due upon circle anytime between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. >> our condolences on her death and again the jamaican celebration is sunday. there's a dramatic increase in the number of americans taking antidepressants. that story is coming up. thyme too much time in front of the television can add more than just weight to your children. how about a theater production instead? we will preview a comedy coming

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a new study finds tv may be bad for a child's blood pressure. the study of 3 to 8-year-olds found significantly higher blood pressure rates in youngsters who watched the most television compared to those who only watched 30 minutes a day. the finding tells whether or not the subjects were overweight. a new report recommends that everyone add a dose of omega-3 fatty acids to their diet. they say it reduces the risk of future heart attacks in people who already have heart disease. they recommend people consume 500 megagrams daily. the pinpoints theater company is billed as one of washington's best-kept secrets an now the secret is out. with me to talk about the latest production at studio w in northeast washington is the executive director of pinpoint and we have the president of the multimedia training institute. thank you for being here. and i will start with you as

the founder. pinpoints from what i have read, is more than putting on a good show on stage but education and entertainment all in one. explain that for us. >> exactly. we run the gamut of educating not only audiences but also the youth that we helped to develop. and we have created the productions that we have and the challenging environments and southeast washington and we have taken them to 39 states and nine countries. >> with the shows, are we talking about all original productions, or do you take material that is already been written these these young people can relate to or what? >> the majority of them are original productions and many of the ingenious young people we have worked with have written them, and we take these plays from the bob hope theater

in california to lincoln theater, but we can also be found at small venues and can also be found at schools throughout the country as well. >> what does it mean to be the multimedia training institute, the director of that. >> i founded that 27 years ago. we empower young people in technology and media. it is a black box broadcast facility and theater. young people are doing the audio, lighting, behind the cameras shooting it, editing it. we are empowering them with technology. they are excited about the broad band that will be happening soon. i understand that channel 9 is one of the first stations with high definition. so we are preparing our young people and they are very excited to do all of this. >> we have young people behind the curtain and in front. that's really excited. tell us about the production

hooked on love which we are seeing a little bit of it here. >> hooked on love is a play that shows the insane stressful and oh, so unnecessary, changes that men and women go through in order to just to be with each other. and it is extremely funny and it is very surprising. it goes through the gamut of emotions. they start with one character saying i hate you and in the middle of the play there's a marriage proposal. so it is extremely funny and it's a very unique, two-person singing comedy team. >> wow. >> tell me about the ages of the young people involved, the technical side and the production, the acting side of it. lou do you recruit them? >> we are part of the national youth program. these young people are 14 to 18 years old. so this is their summer job. they are getting paid to do this. they are getting paid to learn

web design, script writing, personal development, so it is a great opportunity. >> when they have they come to channel 9 they have a resume to begin with. >> we actually brought them on tour here last summer. >> and what about the young actors how do you recruit them? >> we have auditions and. >> hooked on love will be on stage until when? august 15th. an it will be there thursday, friday and saturday 7:00. and we also have a show especially for the summer youth at 11:00 a.m. in the morning on thursday. >> we'll put information on hooked on love and pinpoint theater company at our website at wusa9.com. that will be on the website after the show. so look for it then. times and locations. gentlemen, a pleasure to meet

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