before starting biometrics. >> > if you drive in to or past tysons corner on your commute you could be if for traffic troubles this morning. howard is back with the weather. angie is back and will have the traffic in a moment. >> the signs for that, too. we will have more on that. >> more on that in a second. do we need umbrellas. anything to worry about in weather. >> just the heat. claudeette came ashore. she will make some rain but shouldn't cause any big flooding problems. ana is falling apart and bill is now a hurricane but likely to stay out to sea. around here this morning a touch of fog in culpeper. visibility three-quarter mile. the rest of us partly cloudy to.

ie lyst 51 ies. 51 with the wig in culpeper. 65 winchester. hagerstown, reagan national 74. 70 across the bay in easton. we'll see temperatures by noonened mostly sunny skies topping off around 94. a hot dog day. angie, how's the traffic? >> not sot bad as we kick off this monday morning. we will begin with a camera tour for you. hello to 395, 395 to duke street looks like a delay-free commute. we are tracking the trip on the capital beltway. drivers are zipping by fine at colesville road. take it to the maps. 95 an bw parkway, what's up? baltimore parkway all the way down green cars. drivers are moving at speed. wrap it up with inbound new

york avenue, no delays or slow goes and incident free commute. over to you. if you are not prepared a big traffic change could catch you off guard this morning. run -- one of the ramps from 123 to tysons corner will be closed until late september. 9 news nol ditagi correspondent armando trull is joining us from this part of the hot lanes project. good morning. >> we have been telling you for a while how hot lane construction is affecting traffic here in the tysons corner area and right now new construction will kick things up a notch. if you travel southbound on 495, you will not be able to exit northbound on route 123. exit 46-b has been closed. you will instead be detoured to exit 45-b. that will be a left exit and then to 267. eventually you will be able to get off on chain bridge road at

19-a or 19-b. also if you travel eastbound on 267 and you try to get chain bridge road using 495 you will not be able to do that. you have to stay on 267 and exit on 19-a or 19-b. in addition for the next six months there are more construction woes for you. there will be construction on 495, the southbound bridge at 123. that means left lane closures on 123 and 495 at all times of the day. they will be on and off. expect lane closures 9:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on monday through thursday because of the construction at 495 and chain bridge road. andrea, as we said, that's going to be happening the next six months as they finish reconstructing the bridge here at 495 and chain bridge. reporting live, armando trull. back to you.

the metropolitan washington airport authority wants your input on raising rates on the dull tess follow road. they plan to hold hearings whether to increase the toll next year by 25 cents with incremental increases in future years. they are accepting comments on- line at their website through september 14th. and you can find a link to it at wusa9.com. just look for this story under virginia news. metro fired two drivers. one who refused to allow a passenger off the bus after they argued. and a second driver was arrested for driving with taa suspend license. and a third driver who was suspended after a passenger took this photo of her talking on the phone is back on the job. investigators determine she used the report to -- the phone to report a mechanical problem. jim webb met with the 53-

year-old who had sentenced to hard labor in myanmar. webb won his release on saturday. >> it was a good gesture to return home with his family. i appreciate them honoring the request. >> he is pushing for the release of another nobel peace prize winner. he added he will make recommendations on changing policy toward myanmar to secretary of state hillary clinton. five after the hour. time for the first living smart report of the morning. jessica doyle is off today and the markets in asia were off much to the chagrin of investors. big losses for the nikkei which fell 328 points and the hang seng plummeted 755 points.

the drops came despite significant growth in japan's gdp. my the major european markets have dipped in early trading there. this follows losses on friday in the american market. the dow fell 77 and the nasdaq dropped 24 and the s&p slipped more than eight. county leaders in maryland are preparing themselves for a huge loss of state funding. with the state facing a $700 million short fall, the counties are expected to lose a quarter billion dollars in financial help. they say the basics such as fire, police and education will not be affected. however, ike leggett made one promise to residents -- >> we are not going to raise taxes in montgomery county in order to resolve our budgetary shortfalls. what we will have to do is find ways to make a necessary reduction. >> reporter: he said that every cost-cutting option will be open for discuss including more

layoffs. some people in oklahoma found a fun way to demolish those traded in clunkers. a dealership brought in a monster truck to come in and run over the old cars. they say the have to be crushed but doesn't specify the method. now we have followups on a few stories we brought you last week. last week, david baker went to jail. he resigned as chief of police of alexandria days after his arrest. heexpressed his humiliation and apologized to the other driver who suffered whiplash in the crash. he is serving five days but could go to jail for six months if he gets in to anymore

trouble. baltimore police are citing michael phelps after he was involved in a minor car accident. the other driver sped through a red light but said that phelps was driving with an expired michigan license and failed to establh residencecy in the state of maryland. they say all he had was a an expired driver license from michigan. lynndie england was supposed to discuss her story at congress but her appearance was cancelled due to staff safety concerns. this morning it appears a major transportation strike has been avoided. that story is coming up. several spots to our south where people are hoping to see the sun today. and a shocker from the sports world after tiger failed to live up to expectations in a

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in the news now, baltimore's mayor says the city's police department will take steps to improve security at the inner harbor. a popular tourist destination. two people were shot when someone pulled a knife. a tentative agreement has been reached to avoid a strike which would have crippled san francisco's rush hour this morning. the washout would have shut down b.a.r.t. used by 300,000 people. the dispute he union says amounts to a 7% pay cut. people in north carolina hope to dry out this week. heavy rains caused flash flooding in many low-lying areas. an apartment building had to be evacuated when storm water

rushed in and several roads were impassable. some people are becoming millionaires almost overnight not because they invented the iphone but made something for the gadget. the first tropical storm to hit the u.s. mainland this year is dumping rain and more to the south. here's howard? >> we are watching claudette and we will have the latest on hurricane bill and we will tell you about the week. 9 news now this morning returns after this. sib@ b@

this morning tropical storm claudee has been dumping rain across florida. a possible twister uprooted and snapped trees, lifted cars and damaged dozens of homes. fortunately no one was hurt. >> when you think of this part of the world, florida no stranger to tropical disturbance but while this produced a few tornadoes a relatively mild blow for this part of the world. they have been hammered before. ike, remember when it did. some bridges were wiped out. that's probably the most recent to get them. hurricane katrina affected them all the way from alabama and

over. claudette a minor system. >> do we have to worry about bill? >> we are getting in to the peak of hurricane season. andrea and i a week ago said it is all quiet and i said, remember, ' 92. 94 today and tomorrow. by the time it gets to wednesday a better chance of a few thunderstorms and not to say we won't have one possible this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon but wednesday is a better chance. temperatures only around au90. partly cloudy, pleasant this morning. teeratures ranging mostly 60s and 70s now. in the 80s in a couple of hours with winds generally light. sunny and hot. a stray thunderstorm. low to mid-90s. most of us are dry. south winds five to ten. sunset 8:00 on the nose. mid-60s to 70s with south winds. temperatures low 70s. a southeast wind at five.

a dew point 68 and in culpeper the visibility down to three- quarter of a mile at last check. nationally things are quiet. high pressure in the east. a lot of storms in the middle of the country but this is claudette and we will not talk about claudette much. look at the rain on the east side. a lot of rain and rainfall rates of two to three inches an hour. for us not seeing too much from claudette and around here high pressure is in control. this is bill just coming in to the screen here. i will try to adjust in the next time i see you. but bill is the best looking thing we seen in the tropics with a hurricane of 75 miles an hour gusting over 90. remember, the islands are right here. watch the forecast track from bill. fortunately bill will likely make the turn and stay worth and west of the islands over to the caribbean and virginia islands, puerto rico. and we will watch to see if it

goes through bermuda and the u.s. anne and makes the turn. however, this is still something we will watch because we live on the east coast. the seven-day forecast, low to mid-90s today and tomorrow. a stray storm is possible. by midweek things change a little bit. still warm. 90ish on wednesday and thursday. and we finish the week with thunderstorms possible on friday and saturday. week temperature low to mid 80s. speaking of comfortable a casual looking angie goff. >> casual, they call this business professional. or business chick. >> 270 southbound from 121 no delays as drivers make their way to the split. take it to the maps and show you route 4, route 5, 301 an incident and accident-free zone.

checking on 395, heading in this direction it looks like we are finding lanes wide open. nice and quiet still. drivers making their way to the district. on the beltway from 95 to 66 moving at a nice a pace and wrap it up with 95 from dumfries up to lorton. looking good. no delays or accidents at this time. now, over to andrea. would you believe you can make $3 million in three months off of one invention. it happened for creators of some iphone applications. a team of locals with no experience may be on the way. >> smart phone sales are up. >> it is one of the few bright spots in the economy and two locals are hoping to catch the glare. a banker and personal trainer. >> we think we have a unique product. >> this is the application girls farther too. >> yeah you heard him girls

farther, too. >> yeah, farthers are funny, girls fartherring funny. >> it sounds strong. >> but research tells them others will. take pull my finger and ifart have attorneys. >> both raking in $10,000 a week. the new developer show me number one hit the moron test. >> you are officially a moron [ laughter ] here's a few more they created, snap an 80s nostalgia app. and oh, snap, scenes from life. >> the economy today, everything is bad news. any doctor will tell you laughter will cure. >> reporter: laughter at the cost of 99 cents for life. brittany morehouse, 9 news now

and wusa9.com. >> apple is partnering with various universities that offer courses on making iphone applications at no cost. students can take a crack at creating. for everything else out there there is a $99 fee to create, test and distribute. tiger reacts to the first loss after a major with one round to go. an the nats are hours left to find baseball's number one draft pick. we'll be right back. yeah, no it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ... yeah, every night is something different.

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if the nats fail to sign straussberg this will be the second time they failed to sign the first round draft pick. a visit against the reds this in the fourth willingham had a two-run shot to left field for his 19th homer of the year. nats up 2-0. the reds up 4-2 in the fifth with a shot from johnny gomes. zimmerman lined one to right. chris dickerson couldn't handle the catch. dunn scored and then willingham

caught the reds sleeping and took off for home scoring the winning run. the nats win 5-4. this morning, american sports fans are learning the name ye yang because he is the winner of this year's championship and he pulled off one of the biggest upsets against tiger woods. he had a rough back nine missing a putt on 17. he bogeyed going to six under. yang had a fantastic day. the south korean birdie the putt to win. he is the first asian-born player to win a major tournament. >> i played well enough to win the championship but did not putt well enough to win the championship and didn't get it done on the greens and consequently i didn't win the tournament. i was a bad day at the wrong time and just the way it goes.

>> reporter: early on it seemed as if tiger or patrick hairington would bring home the cup but both blew it. tiger shot a 75 and hairington a 78. the redskins got back to work after the kings disappointing preseason start. the shutout makes the skins and browns only teams not to score a point in the first preseason game. both admit their loss have certainly raised the bar across the board. jim zorn called the team soft after the game but the same can't be said about practice. >> what i needed to see what i did see. guys were going 100%. >> we have work to do and that is part of going through the preseason but that's part of it. we have to finish it off. >> everyone has to take care of their own. i can't worry about jason or me. >> being a pro is doing your

own job. >> jamaican sprinter has done it yesterday. yesterday at the world championship. he is not there he shattered his record of 9.69 which he ran in the beijing olympics. american was a distant second. gay is coming but can't catch him. bolt, look at the time. world record. i told you. >> the maryland home builder who duped his customers learns his punishment today. that story is coming up. plus, students at howard university have new ways to stay safe in the upcoming school year. and there are signs the obama administration is willing to compromise on one of the most controversial health care reform proposals. here's angie. >> a lot to stay tuned for

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president obama now appears willing to drop his government insurance co-op proposal in order to pass health care reform. welcome back to 9 news now. thanks for joining us. it is 5:30. angie is back and will have the traffic in a moment. howard is also back. he has the forecast. >> it is a hot one. article high is starting to drop off a little bit. we reached the peak of the summer. we're in the dog days of august for sure where the high was 92. today and tomorrow hotter than that if you will. and then things sort of cool off. maybe mild off. i don't know about cool off. they will be not as hot. this morning a few clouds out there. a patch or two of fog with visibilities in culpeper, three- quarter of . mia led ana . le at last check five mileso veha come up.

manassas 63. we sit at 73. code orange air quality. unhealthy for sensitive groups highs in the low -- lower to mid-90s under mostly sunny skies. remember, throughout the morning show i'm hooking you up with personalized traffic reports. broadcasting live from my blog. come behind the scenes with me and i will get you what you need to know. an accident at georgia avenue. drivers are losing the left lane we are seeing a stack up of head lights backed up to university. we will go next and fly 50 from the bay bridge to the capital beltway. no incidents or accidents. nothing but pretty green cars. drivers are moving at speed. on 66 eastbound here's the shot. we are clear tracking head lights past 28 to the district and finish with the gw parkway heading southbound to the key bridge, zero incidents to report at this time.

andrea, that's the traffic. over to you. today, president obama keeps up his cross-country working vacation with is a speech in phoenix. he is addressing veterans of foreign wars and expected to bring up health care reform an issue where there is now mpcomise. susan roberts has the latest. >> reporter: the president obama administration is easing up on the government run insurance program. >> what is important and choice and competition and i'm sure at the end of the day it will be both of those but that is not the essential element. >> reporter: officials say they are willing to consider nonprofit health insurance co- ops as a way to compete with health insurance companies. president obama may have more to say when he addresses a crowd of vets in phoenix today. as of sunday, the press secretary indicated he favors a government-run program. >> the president has thus far sided with the notion that this can best be done through a

public option. >> reporter: some lawmakers see the public option as a deal breaker fearing it would have unfair advantages that could drive some private health insurers out of business. >> there are not the votes in the senate for the public option. >> kent conrad has come up with a proposal, a nonprofit co-op system funded by the government but independently run it. >> is not a public plan in the sense that government runs it. government has nothing to do with it once it is established. it is run by the members. >> reporter: it's the type of idea the gop is open to. >> i don't know if it will do everything people want, but we ought to look at it. >> reporter: president obama wrote in a new york times article over the weekend that he believes congress agrees with about 80% of his ideas for health care reform, dropping the public option could be key to winning him even more support. susan roberts, cbs news, washington. a new poll from the "washington post" shows a narrowing in the gap between virginia's candidates for

governor. the survey of just over 1,000 registered voters shows bob mcdonnell with a 47-40% lead over deeds and among those who say they will definitely vote the gap doubles with 54% saying they support mcdonnell and 39% backing deeds. if your commute takes you on the . beltway through tysons corner a new closure to tell you about. it ischeduled to st5 4 days. armando trull is live at the construction site with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and ya. we have been telling you about construction here at chain bridge road and 495 area of tysons and things are going to get worse for you. here's one exit closure you need to know about right now. if you travel southbound on 495, you will no longer be able to exit northbound at chain bridge road. that's exit 46-b and it is closed. you will instead be detoured to

exit 45-b. that is route 267. you will be on 467 and that's how you will access chain bridge road by either taking the 19-a or 19-b exit depending on which way you want to travel on chain bridge road. if were on of those people that uses 495 to get to chain bridge road when you are traveling eastbound on 267 you will no longer be able to do that t. you have to stay on eastbound 267 until you get to exit 199-a or 19-b and then decide which to take to get to chain bridge road. the bottom line is, chain bridge road and 495 not a place to be for the next 45 days. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. construction on the inner county connector has kicked in to high gear. officials believe the western sections of the 19-mile highway should open on schedule by fall of 2010. it will link i-95 in prince

georges county with i-270 in montgomery county. the next two segments are expect to be finished by early 2011. the budget is currently $2.6 billion. time for another "living $mart" report. digital correspondent jessica doyle has the day off. today a maryland home builder accused of stealing $3 million from buyers will be sentenced a prince georges county jury convicted him of mortgage fraud sined -- finding he signed contracts with buyers and never planned to build homes for them. states attorney glenn ivey said he will ask for a lengthy prison sentence. montgomery county officials say they will push state lawmakers to give fruit vendors the same exception that allows seafood stands to operate on road sides it is to preserve the country time market in bethesda. state officials ordered them to move from the spot on river

road where it operated the last decade. even though many families stocked up on back to school supplies, analysts say it is down 9% over last year. the national retail federation says this year's season is predicted to be the most dismal in a decade. shoppers are buying but cautiously. >> i watch very carefully because in this tough economy everything is tight. >> back to school shopping is like our christmas. you go to toys r us and during christmas it is a frenzy and crazy here. that's what your back to school season is to us, our christmas. >> sales of clothing are down 5 1/2%. in other back to school news, 1500 freshman have moved in to american university p. >> your number. >> 33. >> armed with suitcases,

bedding and a few books, new au students made their way to their colonels this weekend. after a meet and greet with resident assistants they took part in the dc tour to get them acquainted with their home away from home. classes start next wednesday. students reporting to howard university for the start of the fall semesser are starting something new, tightened security. police have been upgrading security and adding new features including a notification system. >> since virginia tech a lot of universities have gone to a system where if we have a big emergency we can notify people instantly. >> reporter: police have add emergency call boxes which will be equiped with cameras later this year and students can sign up for guardian service giving police access to their cell phone's gps in case they go missing. stay with 9 news now for more back to school stories as we get closer to the start of the

year 2009/2010. authorities determine a cause of a wildfire and it may surprise you. that story is coming up. plus, today a closer look taken at this dash cam video where a driver says officers beat him up during a traffic stop. on the outer loop at georgia avenue an accident is blocking the left lane and drivers are backed up to university. more things that can slow you down and look at the monday weather coming up. l-l-l-fa

welcome back. all a is a go past greenbelt all the way to the beltway. more traffic in realtime coming up. in the news now at 5:41, today the minneapolis police chief plans to review this dash cam video of an arrest officers made in february. the man being arrested darryl jenkins is claiming police brutality. he did not appear to resist as more officers arrive and start to punch and kick the suspect. the charges were later dropped. the mexican government replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors this weekend. authorities took back the inspectors government-issued weapons. they are being replaced with 1400 newly hired and trained agents who have undergone more thorough background checks. the blaze burning in santa barbara, california started

from a fire used in a marijuana drug trafficking operation. the counties narcotics unit said they are believed to be in a wilderness area and trying to escape on foot. one maryland woman take an unconventional route in an effort to find a job. that story is coming up. and some people took no chances being ready for whatever punches tropical storm claudette would throw at the u.s. it is not just claudette. an ab and c storm and bill is gaining strength and of course our weather. it is all coming up.

it is 5:45. welcome back to 9 news now. we welcome back howard bernstein. >> good morning. the storm only had winds 40 to 50 miles an hour, maybe gusts to 60 but not a big storm in the sense of western florida tropical activity. bill, on the other hand is gaining strength in the atlantic, thankfully the open atlantic. >> stay there.

>> i think it will be a fish storm at this point. bermuda may have to watch a little bit. next week weekend if you go to the beach the rip tides could be a problem across delaware and maryland beaches and virginia beach and new jersey. talk about what is happening the next three days. our forecast starts on a hot note. low to mid-90s around here. a stray storm is possible today and tomorrow. by wednesday, as the front gets closer a better chance of storms in the afternoon. cooler and highs around 90. this morning, partly cloudy and pleasant. 60s and 70s out there. we will quickly rise and by 2 afternoon a hot hot day with just a stray thunderstorm, low to mid-90s. sunrise 6 will be 24. setting p.m. on the nose. clear to partly cloudy mild, 60s and 70s for overnight lows. this morning 74 on the bay in annapolis. 69 from saint indigos.

manassas 63. good morning martinsburg, 64. and 70 leesburg and here in town we have 73 degrees. dew point upper 60s to a muggy start to the day and a light southeast wind at five miles an hour. not much going on west. thunderstorms in the middle of the country and claudette still tropical storm claudette is spinning here moving in to southern most alabama. look at the rain on the southern and eastern side. this will move through alabama and toward western tennessee as a tropical depression as it weakens here as woe go think next 36 hours. for us high pressure is in control and this front out here gets closer to us for the middle and latter part of the week. the atlantic, the tropics a big storm. this is bill. bill is starting to look like an organized storm and this morning the national hurricane center has upgraded bill to a

hurricane. winds 75 miles an hour an gusting to 92. the forecast track, the gad news here as you go through wednesday and thursday and friday is look how far it stays away from the virgin islands and stays away from the u.s., as well. all things look like a major hurricane, category three but for us it should stay out to sea. here's our seven-day forecast, temperatures today and tomorrow mid 90s. thunderstorm chance increase through the middle and latter part of weekend and temperatures cool off. by the weekend low to mid 80s. 73 degrees. time for a traffic update. >> thank you very much. just want to remind you if you follow me on twitter, i update my traffic throughout the morning. this just in at annapolis road. we have a report of crash activity. we will apples show you on the outer loop we have congestion from university to georgia starting early. that's because we have a crash

at georgia avenue. no longer blocking that left lane. moving to the inner loop -- or actually 270 southbound from father hurley to the split a clear commute. things looking nice. on the beltway in virginia from 95 to 66. our realtime sensors showing drivers are doing fine as far as speed is concerned. 395 northbound, things are slowing down a bit around the seminary area and 95 northbound we are great as drivers make their way from dale boulevard to the mixing bowl. now over to andrea. an unusual sign of the rough economic times unfolded in waldorf, maryland. a 4-year-old widow and cancer survivor resumes atout resumes a busy intersection. instead of a job she attracted the attention of police. scott broom has more on her efforts. >> i need a job, full time, steady with benefits. >> reporter: donna, unemployed and desperate for work.

>> 37 years of work experience. >> reporter: she handed out resumes on a busy median strip in the heart of waldorf. >> thank you so much -6r7b89s. pass it on if you know anyone. >> it is up to us if we know anyone to help her find a job. >> i need a job they are this across the parking lot from the retail boating store she managed until a bankruptcy put her out of business three months ago. >> i put hundreds of resumes out all over the web but the web can't see your heart. >> reporter: and her sign tells her more about her 20or, 07r he died when their house burned down. >> i lost everything that day that i worked all my life for. that we worked hard. he was a wonderful man, my best friend. >> reporter: and now days many prescriptions go unfilled. donna is a survivor of breast cancer. health insurance is a huge hurdle until the job hunt. >> i don't want your money. i need to work. >> i see this and it is breaking my heart to see all

that is happening in this country and people trying to find health insurance. congress has to do something about this. >> reporter: but this unusual job search ended early. >> according to ordinance laws there is not supposed to be solicitation of any type. >> he is just doing his job and was very nice about it. >> reporter: donna got most of her resumes printed out before she had to quit. she really hopes something comes of that before she has to take her job search back to the internet and the newspaper want ads. scott broom, 9 news now and wusa9.com. you can have a look at her resume by logging on to wusa9.com and look under maryland news for the story called woman woman's desperate job hunt. a teenager whose vacation accident put him in a wheelchair isn't letting his

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authorities catch up with a music piracy group and illegals are charged with public drunkenness and driving without a license in prince william county. read these stories and more in the examiner. two years ago this week a young man from great falls, virginia paralyzed himself while doing flips in the waves. instead of focusing on what he lost he is looking to his future and peggy fox reports he is about to leap in to the hokey nation. >> reporter: this 1-year-old is funny even when talking about his devastating injury. >> it wasn't an intelligent thing to do but i do a lot of dumb things it tjustb@ned juout

to be the worst. >> reporter: he is learned to live with the consequences of an incident at the beach. >> i dove in to the ocean trying to a front flip and it worked out less than stellar. >> he was left paralyzed from the chest down. his injury is not pursuing his dream to attend virginia tech and become a sports writer. >> only school i applied to. i got an early decision and it was what do we do. >> i would have been more comfortable with him staying at home but he didn't consider that at all. >> they don't have a football program and he needs to be able to write about football. >> reporter: nick's dad has been his primary caregiver getting him in and out of bed and dressed every day. they have find two men that will take over those responsibilities. >> he will stay in a handicapped dorm at virginia

tech. >> i hope people realize they can do anything that you want to do if you want to do it bad enough. it wasn't like we made it happen for him. he made it happen for him. 9 news now and wusa9.com. nick's dad will be staying at tech for a few weeks to train the caretakers. he has a lot of friends who graduated from langley high school at tech and he won't be along. i'm -- alone. i'm sure he do well. number one movie this weekend, district nine. the lord of the rings director directed this. last weekend, g.i. joe the rise of cobra, which i saw, by the way. >> did you like it? >> i thought it was awful. action was terrible movie. one of the worst movies i have seen in a long time. >> phillip enjoyed it. >> but that fell to 22 1/2 million dollars and the time

travelers wife had 19.2 million. finishing julie and julia. very good movie and g-force the animated gerbil, have not seen that yet. it was number five at 6.9. taking a switch from movies to music i know producer het her could have hopped a flight to london she would have been here. fans came to see u-2 perform in a new stadium. a record 88,000 fans turned out for this mammoth performance. it is part of their 360 tour. they arrived in london on the 14th and 15th. and it is known for having an electrifying set. this is defendantly an upgrade. when i saw them in 2001, the big heart stage is simple. it had the scrolling name

necessary background. something to see. they come to the u.s. >> now we know why ticket prices so much. a sign of things to come for the fans of the king of pop, michael jackson. kings of elvis presley gather this weekend. the 38ened anniversary of his death. i can't believe it was that long ago. they are still as emotional and committed fans to elvis as they were before his death three decades later. they say their emotions run high. some people have been there a dozen or more times and plan to come back as long as they are alive. >> some have gotten married there. james in arlington one of our viewers tied the knot. >> good for them. congratulations. weather wise another hot day. we start the week off hot. a few clouds