metro general manager says more money is needed for improvement to the trains. thanks for joining us. it is wednesday morning. howard is here with the weather. angie has traffic. she has early-morning issues we will hear about in a few minutes. >> that's right. >> let's get started with howard's forecast. >> some afternoon issues an here weather wise. this morning it is quiet. some clouds out there but they are high and thin clouds. this afternoon when the storms could be popping up an isolated strong one possible. let's show you what is happening upstairs. showers ahead of a line line. uld be on tonightco in on tonig to the morning. low 60s in the mountains. mid-70s here. looking at upper 80s and maybe near 90 if we get enough

sunshine and better chance of storms in the afternoon. it is 5:00 straight up. time for traffic with angie and her issues. >> thank you, howard. we will be -- we will begin in leesburg. u.s. 15, all lanes are closed at emerald park drive due to an didn't. southbound is fine. to 66. here's a look. no incidents or accidents to report as we track volume through centreville. 270 southbound all clear commute past 121 so far. on the outer loop in maryland, here's your shot. looks like we are doing fine. zipping by here at university. and then finally route 4, route 5 and 301 and the suitland parkway, we will get there and show you this is an incident and accident free zone. lanes are all open. lack of money is metro's biggest problem according to the system's manager. john catoe was trying to win approval for federal funding which he says is crucial forry

liable service. armando trull is live at the fort totten station with more. >> reporter: that $150 million is a drop in the bucket of all the money they need to run safely over the next ten years. metro is seeking $7 billion over the next ten years in order to make the capital improvements needed to maintain safe and reliable service. metro's general manager john catoe is hoping a chunk of change will come from uncle sam. he asked the senate to follow the house's lead and approve $150 million for capital improvements next year. that amount would be matched by maryland, virginia and the district. the meeting lasted 75 minutes and a good deal of the discussion centered on june 22nd fatal crash and what steps cokebed tan tobe taken to preve similar accidents in the

future. catoe said that lack of money were not the cause of the accident but had there been money to replace some of the cars the damage would have been less. after 20 years of debate it is full speed ahead for the purple line project to connect montgomery and prince georges county. governor o'malley yesterday announced what he calls the locally preferred option, light rail. he said it is a good idea for three reasons. >> it is the cost cost effective. number two, it is the most sustainable. number three, it is the more efficient and rider-friendly option available to us. >> reporter: however, some residents voiced environmental concerns because the purple line will run next to the capital crescent trail in some areas. the price tag is $1.5 billion.

u.s. park police are verdicting a deadly pedestrian accident. it happened last night on the baltimore washington parkway near route 450. police say a man was struck by a vehicle as he tried to cross the highway. it is illegal for pedestrians to be on that section of the parkway. no charges have been filed. we have a followup on a story which was breaking iserst. da inyesterday. prince georges county an arrestn tioosh ngrr shooting at an oxon hill apartment complex. r-23easa-yd olel d rollins is charged with fit- deeegree murder. he opened fire after a domestic dispute. one man died and anotr wan critically injured and two women suffered less serious wounds. authorities say the gunman who opened fire at a pittsburgh health club got off more than 50 rounds. the deadly shooting happened last night at an l.a. fitness. witnesses say a man carrying a bag entered through the back door, went to an aerobics

studio, turned out the lights and started shooting. >> just bang bang bang bang bang. >> i was working out and heard a bunch of gunshots and seen everybody run. we just all head for the hill. >> she kept saying he is going to kill me, my exboyfriend. >> they believe he may have been targeting one woman in the class. the gunman killed himself and three women. nine others were injured. police say they are having trouble identifying nerve everyone since most left their i.d.es in the locker room or vehicles. new developments this morning in former president clinton's trip to north korea. mcis on his way back to the united states with the two american journalists. he departed pyongyang with lee and willing after meeting with kim jong-il. north korea arrested them accusing them of illegally crossing the board from china. think families are waiting for

them to arrive in los angeles. time for another "living $mart" report of the morning. some traders in asia may wish they were on vacation, as well. most of the markets there took a nose dive by the end of the day. the nikkei closed down 122. the good news so far, markets in europe appear to be holding steady. and this comes after a positive day for u.s. markets. the dow gained 33 points to close at 9320. the nasdaq rose two and the s&p 500 jumped 3 points. there's good news if you are hoping to take advantage of the cash for clunkers incentive. the senate is expect todd greene light another $2 billion for the program by the end of the week before they break for the august recess. earlier some republicans had threatened to block in the vote. a cash for clunkers for

real estate plan. five deals were closed on tuesday as part of a program called down payment on your dream. portions county is kicking in as much as $20,000 to help buyers snatch up think the large inventory of homes. >> we went to close and we have our keys. it has been a journey but we were successful today. without the program we wouldn't have had the opportunity to purchase this home. >> reporter: meanwhile real estate brokers report the market for foreclosured properties is heating up. home sales in prince georges county have jumped 17%. we will have more "living $mart" stories in our next half hour. 9 news now learned about a series of complaints filed against a police officer in the past seven years. he's the same officer accused of spotting an antigay slur while making an arrest in dupont circle. six formal complaints have been

filed against dc police officer james colt since 2002. the latest involved attorney pepin tuma. he claims that colt grabbed him and slammed him in to a steel utility box because he reportedly overheard pepin tuma make a remark about police. >> i told the officer i was an attorney and i knew it was within my rights to express an opinion in public. >> reporter: pepin tuma who is openly gay also says the officer insulted him with a gay slur. an internal affairs investigation is being conducted by police. a top local fire official who commented on down sizing plans has been suspended. that story is coming up. plus, federal agents close the door on local health care businesses. and nasa moves the next shuttle in to pox for a launch -- in to position for a launch later this month. you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back.

in the news now, the fbi shut down two health-care related businesses yesterday. agents armed with search warrants raided the office of standard medical supply and pain and rehab center. both are located in southeast washington. the fbi did not specify the reason but did say the raids were part of a health fraud investigation. in prince georges county, assistant chief antawn jordan has been operationally suspended until further notice. jordan recently spoke publicly about the new staffing reduction plan put in to place by fire chief eugene jones. however, jordan says he doesn't think thcomments had anything to do with his suspension. the space shuttle"discovery" is ready to launch to the international space station. it was rolled out from its hangar at cape canaveral. it took eight hours to be slowly rolled to the launch pad. the military slaps new

restrictions on social networking. that story is coming up in what's on the web. plus, a close call with death in the path of storms that rolled across the midwest. it is 5:11. here's howard. >> we could be having our own storms this afternoon. get ready, that seven day has some serious heat on the backside of it. we will have the details. 9 news now this morning returns after this. fab@fab@

a toddler narrowly suives severe storms that rolled across indiana. a large tree fell in to the home and hit the 2-year-old. he fractured his skull but is expected to recover. the storm snapped utility poles leaving power lines lying across neighborhood streets. >> they had 3.81 inches of rain yesterday. that was a record and louisville had 6 1/2 inches of rain during the rush hour on tuesday. so, just reading a story in usa "usa today" and then another inch in the afternoon. hundreds of people rescued from cars. >> unbelievable. >> we used to say this is about global warming now i read it is global cooling. >> it is global freak out. >> i like that. >> let's get you out the door because we have a decent start to the day. however, i think the finish

will be more unsettled than what we have right now. looking like this, upper 80s today. maybe near 90 if we get enough sunshine but scatter thunderstorms which will linger in to tonight and in to thursday morning, especially south. thursday, early clouds and a shower is possible in the morning and little sun in the afternoon, cooler, only 85 and then friday, not bad, pretty comfortable. partly to mostly sunny and highs again in the mid-80s. this morning partly to mostly cloudy. 60s to 70s with light wind. scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. highs 85 to 90. we could have an ice lathed severe storm but should not be widespread severe event. westerly at five to ten miles an hour. and storms a likely tonight, 65 to 70 and could be off and on much of the night. this morning, we see the hint of a front right here. thin line of showers north of pittsburgh. some showers and storms in southern west virginia.

the cloud cover on top of us. that will give us somewhat of a tempering of the highs today. right now 74 already in washington. 68 from winchester. it is 61 oakland. our friends in southern maryland, low 60s at -- 70s at the naval air station but some in the upper 70s. a soupy atmosphere with dew points in the upper 60s. the winds are reported calm at reagan national and humidity 79%. we had storms in indiana and kentucky yesterday. this morning the cluster of storms coming to the memphis area, look at that thing dive down. what a mess on i-40 this morning and storms across the better part of tennessee have diminished. kentucky -- kentucky a few showers here and we will watch as this front comes in the warm air mass. it bubbles up this afternoon and as we look at microcast nine we are okay in the early afternoon but the latter part of the day things develop and should be with us through

tomorrow, at least in southern maryland. get the seven-day forecast where temperatures will be on the toasty side to say the at least by the second half of the week. not bad through friday, watch for storms today and tonight and serious heat on sunday, monday and tuesday. stepping in with traffic is angie goff. >> that i am. it is wednesday, good morning. wake up, wake up. we will have a great day. we have made it through the middle of the week. begin with 95 northbound live from dale city. no major delays to report at this time. we have an accident investigation going on in woodbridge. we will take it to the maps and show it is closed between u.s. 1 and smoke court. over to 395, heading northbound. no problems to report past edsall road past the pentagon and 14th street bridge. on inbound new york avenue drivers are at speed past bladensburg to florida and the third street tunnel. here's the beltway. looking great north of the district. a little volume here at

colesville but no incidents or accidents at this time. over to you. >> this this living well headlines the world health organization standing by the claim that 2 billion people could catch the h1n1 flu virus. the who says no one knows how many have already caught the strain because many cases are so mild they go undetected and in more h1n1 news, homeland security secretary, january january says cases will probably flair up after school starts and before a vaccine is available. you can read more at wusa9.com. just click on living well for the story that includes a link to audio clips from secretary janet napolitano. the september 11th attacks in new york are still causing health problems for tens of thousands of people. more than 400,000 workers, residents and rescuers were in lower manhattan that day or shortly afterwards. a report shows that 25,000 of them have since developed

asthma and 51% suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. we say good morning to kristin fisher. she's in the web center. what's happening? >> it is a tough day for twitter and other social networking sites. two very big, very powerful organizations are banning or considering banning its members from using social media. i'm talking about the u.s. marine corps e e a look. wired blk oca look. wired blocngda er omonrohaogbls e thngdae er room has one daof the the stori hee nethliriads mane ban s fa face, face, oktwitter, effective immediately all social sites will be banned their network for at t leasone year. a marine ordeon website. sobadie atofn inrnteinternet cial networking sites on marine rpen riteseenterprise network. why? for obous vias onre s.thnee marivi corps cites macu ernccons. well, now, the pentagon is reviewing its policy ncon socia

networking sites. the re until the end ofte until the end ember but ptser b could mean the marine corps baexnd to the mend to e thentir u.s. military. the military is ennot alone. the nfl issoal one.t the nfl is also flirtia on twitter ban. that's e story chsw. .cit omgh w t rinonfthe switch.com. right now the nfl does not have a social oicials told the new york times yesterday, in this story, that they are liponda cy aey a policy and they hope to n n ba all coaches om using twitter mega days. so what do all of you think about this? i want to know. i have posed the question on my twitter account and facebook page. weigh in on the discussion and i will air the best comments at 6:40. you can find my twitter page at twitter.com/kristin fisher or on facebook.com/kristin fisher. back to you. >> thank you. the nationals face a recently departed teammate out for pay back. and jason campbell finally

opens up about what it felt like when the redskins went after other quarterbacks this off season. stay tuned. sports is next. it is 5:21.

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in sports redskins b@ quarterback jason campbell is the subject of a cover story in the sports illustrated that hits newsstands today. after holding his tongue for months campbell is sounding off about his team making plays for other quarterbacks during the season. the redskins flirted with the idea of acquiring two others. >> he said i am fine now but a couple of times in the off season i felt like a piece of  tissue they were flushing down the ilheet had yesterday afternoon off but his teammate defended his quarterback to our sara walsh. >> he's human, you know. you can only take so much before you explode. you have to try to handle it in a professional manner and i think he has done a great job. all the hoopla going on. jay is going to come out and handle his business. he doesn't let it affect him.

>> campbell can expect some questions about the article today. in other skins news, stephon left tuesday's practice with a sprained knee. he will have an mri and miss at least a few days. he has been considered a front runner for the starting job. for more reports tune in tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. the nats dealt johnson to the marlins last week and now they are in town for a three- game series and johnson didn't take long to give his old team pay back. florida led the game 4-0. but the nationals clawed their way back and then tied at four in the 8th. adam dunn, blasts a two run homer which turned out to be the difference. nats win 6-4. a scheduling conflict pushed andy roddick's debut at the legg mason tournament from last night to tonight but he wants to make nice with any disappointed fans. starting at 11:00 a.m., the

first 150 people who show up with stubs from last night at the la cost store in georgetown will get free tickets for tonight. tommy breezes through the first set taking two break points. after dropping the second he came back in the third to clinch a victory. former virginia star also advanced. another sports star who's won in this area has a new deal for fans. that's coming up in our next "living $mart" segment. plus, what's old is new again at ford as the automaker hopes the successful 1990s model will make more profit. the head of metro says the feds need to chip in to make the system safer. and we are traveling southbound on the bw parkway to the beltway. lanes are wide open. we have howard bernstein with weather and more traffic when 9 news now returns. stay with us. (announcer) back to school means back to busy mornings.

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years hard labor are instead hours away from a homecoming. welcome back to 9 news now. i'm andrea roan. thanks for joining us this wednesday morning. angie will have the traffic in just a moment but howard is starting us off with the forecast. >> happy to say angie has more to tell you than i do this morning. >> i do. things are looking better, though. >> that's always good. weather wise, a quiet morning out there with high, thin clouds at the moment, but this afternoon concerned we will have some showers and thunderstorms and some will last through the night in to thurof mshwaongt ge. t h yo ouofwashington. let's get you door door jacket no jacket is cenessary. mid-60s out there. cool spots martnesb70wsre nd73,r a70wsre 73cambdgis morning. on the bay, 74 at the naval academy and 68 frederick. we are looking for highs in the upper 80s. maybe 90 if we get enough sunshine but also this afternoon we will have some scattered thunderstorms, one or two could be on the strong

side. it is 5:30. coming up on 5:31. get the traffic news, angie. >> let's do it. and update you on the situation on u.s. 15 out in leesburg. the accident is now clear. northbound lanes are closed out there. that road is looking nice right now. 95 and the bw parkway, southbound, no problems to report, nothing but green cars to the beltway. 270 southbound from father hurl live to the split. no major delays here at this time. switching over to virginia. 66 eastbound from centreville to the beltway, no real volume and on the inner loop from 95 to 66. notice our realtime sensors are showing the drivers are clocking in on average more than at speed. that's a quick look at traffic. now, over to andrea. >> thank you, angie. secretary of state hillary clinton says two american journalists are extremely excited to be headed home. her husband, former president clinton secured their release in a visit yesterday with north korean leader jim i don't know

ill and more developments in los angeles where a happy homecoming is in the making. elizabeth sanchez reports. the families of lee and ling are counting down the seconds until the homecoming. >> words cannot express my happiness and excitement. >> it has been 140 days and we obviously are joyed she will be back. >> reporter: after being held for months, lee and ling board a private jet with former president clinton on tuesday night. they left north korea, less than 24 hours after he met with the country's leader, kim jong- il. >> clinton and the two women are just hours away from setting foot on american soil. they will touchdown here at burbank bob hope airport. their safe arrival will mark a joyous ending to a four-month deal. lee and ling were arrested back in march while working for al gore's current tv. they were sentenced in june to

12 years hard labor. a fate the families are relieved have been avoided. >> i have to remind myself i have to be strong for her and that's what keeps me going, for this day. waiting for this day coming. yeah. i'm is glad it is here. >> reporter: it is clear the reporters, relatives and friends aren't the only ones that euna lee and ling are said to be excited to return home. elizabeth sanchez for cbs news, burbank, california. >> there is speculation the north koreans may want to open a dialogue on other issues especially the nuclear negotiator greeted president clinton at the pyongyang airport. mahmoud ahmadinejad was sworn in to a second term in office this morning. his inauguration speech the appealed for national unity and denounced foreign interference. they questioned the vote count

in this june election and called for demonstrations today but hundreds of police closed the subway station closed the subway station nearest to the parliament building. a soldier was killed on sunday in afghanistan. the sergeant first class was one of three who died in a road side bombing. his two brothers are also in combat, one in afghanistan and one in iraq. lack of money is metro's biggest problem. that's according to the system's general manager. john catoe is trying to approve fun for federal funding which he says is crucial for reliable service. armando trull is live at the fort totten metro station with more. >> reporter: good morning. that $150 million is just a drop in the bucket. metro will need $7 billion over the next ten years and that's why metro's top man was on

captiol hill yesterday singing the old, depression era song, brother can you spare a dime? gust ." >> he said the system is in desperate need of cash in order to pay for capital projects that will keep the training running safely and on time. next year alone, metro plans to spend $700 million on infrastructure improvements and new equipment. the house has already approved 15 -- $150 million. he wants the senate to follow suit. maryland, virginia and the district have agreed to match the federal funds. it is likely the senate will act quickly. the fatal train crash is still fresh on the minds of many in washington. lawmakers responsible for transportation issues want to ensure the future safety of a metro system that moves so many federal workers and tourists to the nation's capital. andrea, catoe told lawmakers yesterday that lack of money was not the cause of the fatal

crash but did admit that less damage would have happened had there been newer cars instead of older ones they could not replace because of lack of money. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. time for another "living $mart" report. one of ford's most popular models is once again rolling off the production line. the 2010 taurus is officially back with a new design. in the early ' 90s the taurus was the best-selling car in america. ford hopes bringing it back will help to turn around the financial fortunes. the car will sell for $26,000. living smart correspondent jessica doyle is off this week but she le ftndhibe left behind money re'sngideas to idea toeae insurance premium. pay in a lump sum annually. rates can decrease that if you y monthly. quit smoking an you'll lower pa

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intersection of 7th and rhode island in northwest dc. i have more shots like this on the roads you take coming up. authorities say a gunman who opened fire at a pittsburgh health club got off more than 50 rounds. it happened at an l.a. fitness. three women died and nine were injured before the gunman killed himself. he went to an aerobics studio and may have been targeting an exgirlfriend. day five of deliberations in the trial of former congressman william jefferson begins this morning. the louisiana democrat is accused of accepting $400,000 in bribes. the jury asked think first question on tuesday and hasn't been released but the judge called the defense and prosecutors in to court before issuing an answer. and the senate vote to confirm judge sonia sotomayor is the next -- as the next u.s. supreme court justice is expected tomorrow. republican opponents have

denounced her as an activists judge but democrats have the numbers needed to make her the first hispanic on the high court. there are some photo galleries attracting a lot of attention on-line this morning. that's coming up in what's on the web. plus, a place that feels like the beach but is close to the city shuts down after becoming a victim of its own popularity. here's howard. >> a tad bit of humidity out here. we are talking storms and also serious heat in the seven-day forecast and the allergy update. everything else was low but the mold spores were high yesterday. that could have been an issue. we will have the full forecast coming up. fafa so when you said you bring fiber optic

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you have heard of beach resorts struggling with fewer tourists than usual thisye ar. nth. 'satot the case for one ' thbeach beach towns around. coloal beach has been flooded with so macony visitors it had close a main attraction. peggy fox has the story. >> reporter: it looks like the beach. it sounds like the beach. >> it is only an hour from washington. the small town of colonial beach on the potomac river has become an increasingly popular destination, thanks to the economy. >> i think because of the

economy people have less money to spend but yet they want some type of recreation. >> half of my family has been laid off. we can't afford to go to kings dominion this year. >> reporter: but colonial beach wasn't ready for an influx of tours. they have been a victim of their own success. >> very crowded. >> this is what they left behind, piles and piles of as h. so much so it took two people five hours to clean it up says the town manager. >> i get a lot of e-mails from citizens who are angry and frustrated. >> reporter: because they don't have enough bathrooms, people are using the grown an leaving other unpleasant surprises. >> some things we found included diapers, people change their little ones and maybe they intended to put them in the trash cans and maybe they fell out. >> they decided to close the castle wood park so it can be cleaned and fixed up. the park is across from the boat ramp. with the influx of tourists the

boaters have little room to park, they complain, along with the residents. the town has made more parking for boaters and are charging to park and it is enacting more restrictions such as banning tents and rules and fees that trendy ocean resorts have. colonial beach, 9 news now and wusa9.com. alcohol and sleeping on the beach and fires are prohibited. they are looking there to creating swim-only beaches to keep the fishermen separate from the swimmers. we say good morning to howard bernstein. nice start. the finish is the big question. >> speaking of the speech we have serious beach weather toward the weekend. it will be some kind of hot by the second half of the week in to early next week. saturday is looking really warm. the next three days relatively comfortable. we can deal with this for

august. 87 today with showers and storms this afternoon in to tonight and early tomorrow especially down south. tomorrow and friday looking good with temperatures only in the mid-80s. in writing this morning, partly to mostly cloudy. some 60s and 70s out there. winds are fairly light and sunrise 6:13. scattered thunderstorms 85 to 90. it depends on how thick or how quickly the clouds thicken up with a west wind at five to ten miles an hour. showers and storms off and on tonight, and north winds 5 miles an hour. a thin line of showers in pennsylvania. look at the cloud cover. some high and mid-level clouds coming in. they will dim the sunshine and some showers from south of charles approaching roanoke. with the daytime heating and the front approaching showers later on. 69 in winchester. 64 culpeper. frederick 68. hagerstown is 73. we have 76 from jan in reedville and 73 in cambridge.

easton 72 and annapolis is 74. here in washington we have 74 degrees. dew point in the upper 60s. it is a little muggy out there. not terrible but just a little muggy and big thunderstorms, yesterday they were indianapolis and kentucky, louisville had 6 1/2 inches of rain in the morning rush hour alone. this morning memphis is being hit hard. this will approach little rock and parts of mississippi. other than that, not as rough as it was yesterday. there's the storms in eastern kentucky moving east toward us. we watch a front which is up here approaching buffalo and this front will be closer to us this afternoon. it will be the trigger, so to speak for showers and storms and then a wave comes up so that tomorrow morning, especially in southern maryland, eastern shore you could have lingering rains. right now south of the washington metro region. the seven-day forecast, as i said, heating up by the weekend, not so bad here the next three days with showers and storms. isolated storms after that.

look at that, angie, sunday, monday, tuesday, that 95 across the board. >> hello, heat. hello to you. it is wednesday, howard. can you believe it? we have made it half way through the workweek. we will help you through the rest. we are 11 minutes from the 6:00 hour on the outer loop we are watching volume build between university and georgia avenue. taking it over to realtime graphics. here's westbound a nice drive to far. lanes are wide open. moving to 395 northbound. great past edsall and to the inner loop, back to the maps from 95 to 66. we will get there, maybe not. drivers are moving at speed. 95 northbound in virginia plus ten minutes to make it from the prince william parkway to lorton. now over to kristin. >> thank you, angie. good morning, everyone. russian prime minister putin is showing some skin. plus, the first pictures of the newly released journalists

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virtual reality and maybe even tried it out in a video game. now, those concepts are being used in real life. digital correspondent, lindsey mastis has more on augmented reality. >> walk in to a room with people you have never met. hold up your cell phone and you can see their names, titles and hobbies. this is one example of augmented reality. >> you will be able to walk down a normal city street and be able to see true, real world, realtime information about the people around you as well as a people 1,000 miles away. >> lewis shepherd says it is like having access to your computer all the time and the technology is ready to go. here's a cell phone application for the nearest subway station or see what people in the area are twittering, even the military is using it. >> if you are familiar with modern, first-person shooter video games then you are cognizant of what it is like to

be a soldier in battle today. >> reporter: it doesn't stop there. we will soon be able to wear cameras and get even more information. >> we are now building smaller and more powerful projectors that can be worn or embedded in to clothing or embedded in to objects that are portable. >> reporter: that means in the future you can make a phone call from the palm of your hand or find out that your new friend is a student who works in the media lab. i'm landcy mastis, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> there's some privacy concerns. the the information people see is information you have made available. if you don't want to share anything you can opt out. >> it looks like something we will see in a james bonn film. >> when you think it can't keep growing and growing it dud. >> it just does. >> we talked about this earlier. we teased it. michael jackson's final rehearsals as a feature film

would you pay to see that? that's what they are talking about that right now. if a judge in los angeles says this is okay they can go ahead and move forward and make this movie. columbia pictures paid 60 million there's for the rights. >> they are already editing this thing. >> basically it would include everything from the trailer to the promotion to featured items. everything that goes in to a regular movie. this would be all based on his last rehearsals. the last footage seen. i guess michael jackson entertaining so to speak. i was going to put this on my facebook as a question of the day, producer heather says, i don't know if people would pay to 10 there's. >> fans would pay. >> it should be a big hit. >> i'm with you. >> let's talk about something people may miss next season, paula abdul. it is over. she's done with "american idol." and she announced it actually on twitter. she says with sadness in my heart i have decided not to

return to the singing contest. >> read between the lines they wouldn't give me a $2 million raise. >> she has credit to show for giving her a comeback in her career. she got a lot out of them as well. we want to say lady gaga and beyonce lead the list of mtv nominations. the awards will be handed out ad lga>>gay o . is ad ln ga is on fire. >> she is. >> quiet mogag.rnin iet morning. little humid inthe d s. e ths d an70th 70s. 74 here so 0 tos ththwie me so 60s to isis th e the case. oakland a comfortable 59 out there. this afternoon will be the time frame to watch for. later this afternoon with