driving through tyson just got a little more difficult. stabbing investigation. police search for crews two after two men are found outside of a local 7-eleven. health care reform, president obama continues his push for health care reform while softening his message about specific changes. good morning. i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. it is monday, august 17th. angie is here and she has traffic for you and howard is here in for kim martucci and he's got another hot forecast. >> good pool day. go to the beach. the temperatures will soar to the mid to low 90s this afternoon. that's the case to start the

week. as we go through the week rain chances will be coming up. a balancing act going on. get idoutsoutside this morning. a few clouds this morning. pretty sunrise. the skies are partly sunny out there. some spots are mostly sunny. an any storms that you see in the midwest, especially hd is seeing them over to michigan and indiana. stough ugh time stea an. st laeast. just an isolated storm iwill e pe . . ed e the ws lofrom earlier. 61 culpeper. 72 here at reagan ti onnaanald as e ofstteth mbnuers and waiting on to mbs to meo r toine inin e e 60s to tope upper 70s right now. le buesthrgright now. to on top of of the roof while they do construction. keep that in mind. here's a look at the day planner. in the upper 80s by noon. 94 for the temperature at 5:00. this we go.

78 the 9:00 temperature with partly sunny conditions. angie, it is 9:01. take it away. hello, everybody. welcome to the 9:00 hour. thank you so much for joining us. you know that i have been busy tweeting away on-line. all the tieups that can slow you down. beginning with southbound on the bw parkway at 197. watch for crews. notice that yellow. backed up to 198. we know the delay is getting bigger. move to the outer loop where we are tracking that slow go. it is 15 to 20 minutes from 95 to georgia. no incidents or accidents here. 66 eastbound a good amount of congestion. no surprise nutley to the beltway. that's a ten-minute drive. as for the inner loop in virginia seeing a slow go from braddock to 66. you can flip that camera over here it comes an we will skip it and take you to that ugly delay on 395 northbound. right now stretching from duke

to seminary and again crossing the 14th street bridge. that's the latest look at traffic. now, over to you. police in college park are searching for answers after a fatal stabbing. two men were found in the 900 block of rhode island avenue suffering from stab wounds both were taken to a local hospital where one died later. police haven't released any information about a possible suspect or motive in the case and stay tuned to 9 news now and wusa9.com for more details on this story as they become available. a big change this morning for commuters in the tysons corner area. vdot crews have shut down the outer loop on to 123 north toward mclean. 9 news now digital correspondent, armando trull is live where all of the construction on the outer loop is and he has more. >> it is part of hot lanes construction and you can see part of that activity. that blue drill right there is

actually making holes in the ground. those will be the support posts. the posts are for a new bridge that will go 495 over chain bridge road but it is creating detours you need to know about. the next month and a half if you travel southbound on 495 you can no longer exit the northbound chain bridge road because exit 46-b is closed. instead you will be detoured to the dulles access road, that's route 267. once there you will be able to get to chain bridge road by taking 19-a if you are heading to tysons or 19-b if mclean is your destination. be aware if you travel eastbound on 267 you can no longer cut across 495 to get to chain bridge road. you'll also have to don't 19-a or 19-b. and andrea, all of this construction activity around 495 and chain bridge road will continue for six

possibility oh months. that's how long it will take to build the bridge and that means if you are traveling in this area on 495 especially in the overnight hours between 9:30 ann and 5:00 p.m. expect lane closures. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you. here's a closer look at the hot lanes project. it will add four new high occupancy lanes from the dulles toll road to the springfield interchange. it will cost $1.4 billion and should be done by 2013. we have more at wusa9.com. just look under virginia news. the metropolitan washington airport authority wants your input on raising rates on the dulles toll roads. airport officials plan to hold three hearings on 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. you can find a link to it at

wusa9.com. look under the virginia news for this story. local counties in maryland will be forced to operate with significantly less safe funding due to an impending state's deficit of $700 million. governor o'malley told county leaders they would receive a quarter billion dollars less than in previous years. ike leggett said residents would not be taxed to make up the loss. however, he did say every other cost-cutting option will be on the available. >> it will not be oozy. i anticipate we will have additional layoffs an reduce programs and services. this this point in time i have not said which services that would be but that is what it could come down to. we're less than three months from election day in virginia. a poll shows the majority of commonwealth voters are still making up their minds in the

race for governor. the "washington post" survey finds 47% back mcdonnell and 40% deeds and 13% undecided. however yawl, 52% said they have not definitivety picked their candidate. president obama will address the veterans of foreign wars and is expected to bring up health care reform. an issue his administration is willing to compromise now on. >> he obama administration is easing up on the government run system. >> it is not the essential element. >> reporter: faced with tough town hall audiences and mounting opposition, officials say they are willing to consider nonprofit health insurance can ops as a way to compete with private insurance companies.

president obama may have more to said when he addresses crowd of vets today but the press secretary indicated that the president favors a government- run program. >> the president has so far decided with that it can be best done through a public option. >> reporter: some fear it would have unfair advantages that could drive some private insurers out of business. >> they are not the vote in the united states senate for the public option. >> reporter: can't conrad has come up with a nonpro-profit co- op system funded by the government but independently run. >> it is not a public plan at all. in the sense that government running it. government has nothing to do with it. it is run by the members. >> reporter: it's the type of gop the 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 80% of his ideas for

public forum, dropping the public option could be the key to winning more support. >> there are renewed concerns about a different kind of terrorist threats in pakistan. our next guest calls it the x factor. with us is the national security editor and spy talk columnist for congressional quarterly. good to have you here. >> the question has been is pakistan's nuclear arsenal safe from terrorists? that was the main concern especially when we had reports they had been attacked three times. but you say that's not the biggest worry. >> not like there is a firecracker in there and you can set it off in the street or whatever. there was a suicide attack at the gate and attacks on buses of employees. these attacks in other words were not designed to penetrate the base and get in and steal a suk yarr weapon if that were possible. the x-factor is what is in the hearts of men inside 0 a

nuclear installation. pakistan is a teaching example of what can happen when loyalties are divided. a famous pakistani scientist made nuclear technology various to various rogue states libya, iran, north korea and so on. so we are worried about the political loyalties of the people who work in there, especially the civilian workers. that's the problem we are thinking about. >> so the civilian workers, terrorists buried within the in so to speak. >> that's the fear. security workers are not as closely vetted as the military officers that work in the complex. i'm not saying anything lighthearted about their treatment of security and these issues, they are not. but as we have shown a secret agent inside of the installation could help terrorists on the outside and that's what we fear it. >> is highly enriched uranium

that you say they could get their hands on and thisaway we have to worry about. >> more easily. highly enriched uranium can be slapped together to make a rudimentary bomb. we are more worried about that than putting together nuclear bomb continue components and worried about the movement of weapons when there is a crisis they tend to move them around because they fear a pre-emptive attack from india. so they move these weapons around and if there were an insider to help the terrorists get ahold of one of these weapons while in transit that's a definite problem but again the problem is inside not blasting their way in to a nuclear base. >> talking about those who might be blasting their way in, the president said he is confident the u.s. could make sure the arsenal is secure because the army recognizes the hazards of weapons falling in 0 the wrong hands be you have if people inside, who are muslims

or supporters of taliban isn't that a problem with some in the military they could be supportive of the terrorists as well? >> sure. we don't expect the president to say anything else. we won't say he is worried an the security of the weapons or where they are. we are worried about religious penetration of the lab and its work force. that's the big worry. the point i made in my column today, no number of predator drones can find the secret agents inside of there. technology has its limits and what we need are good spies to know what is going on in these circles and i know we are working hard at it but there is a question of how successful we have been. >> the cia director said we don't possess the intelligence to know where all the nuclear sites are and that's a problem with the recent as is nation of

the taliban leader in pakistan, that signals better intelligence. are we there? is there a window of opportunity to seize right now. >> that's a good question. the government in pakistan is more split than ours is. we have fight against health care but pakistan is like that on steroids. i mean all sorts of warring factions including religious factions of the government. so pakistan is our friend but a duel fen. we're not sure what face we are seeing listen we deal with them at various levels of the government including the army and civilian nuclear command. it is a very difficult situation and i suppose we won't know things have gone wrong until a bad mistake is made unfortunately but we have a difficult relationship with pakistan to manage as everybody knows right now, and that includes the nuclear establishment there. >> always good to have you with us. >> thank you. nice to be here. a transit strike is averted at the last might be, saving

one city from a morning commuter nightmare. and the first hurricane of the 2009 season forms over the atlantic. you are. watching 9 news now.

meteorologists are keeping an eye on two atlantic storms. bill became the first atlantic hurricane of the season and what is now tropical depression claudette is pumping heavy rain along the florida panhandle across the border in to alabama. it will bring plenty of rain

but no flooding or wind damage is expected. another frustrating day for firefighters in california battling at least 11 blazes. a fire, north of sacramento is threatening roughly 600 homes. authorities say another fire in santa barbara county started from a fire used in a drug trafficking situation. the smugglers are believed to be in a wilderness area trying to escape on foot. a tentative agreement to reach a strike has been reached that would have shut down the rail system used by 300,000 people. the dispute is over work rules that the union says amounts to a 7% pay cut. howard is in for kim and is giving us an update on the forecast. >> serious heat around here. not record territory. 1997, 105 degrees on this date. 94 for a high. same story tomorrow, only an

isolated chance by wednesday. step out of the way. a better chance of evening thunderstorms. highs around 90. mostly sunny. quite hot this afternoon. a 10% chance of a thunderstorm. 92 to 96. south winds five to ten. and the sunset 00. clear to partly cloudy tonight. mid-60s out west and mid-70s in town. by the bay south winds at 5:00. isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possible. lower to mid 90s. southwest winds five to ten. here we go. temperatures in the low 60s in spots for the lows. the low 70s in town. at this hour, we are watching the cloud cover. a little bit any way. so rtof break up. we have hazy sunshine out there. a few high clouds. not a bad start to the day with upper 70s at reagan national. a south wind at six. the dew point upper 60s it is a muggy start to the day and a muggy afternoon. baltimore is checking in at 79.

81 leesburg. andrews 75 and easton and cambridge 77 and northern shenandoah valley lower 70s. even out to cumberland they are at 73 degrees. talked about this wildfires a moment ago. it is high and dry in california. no relief in sight for them. storms in in the middle of the country approaching chicago. another batch will approach kansas city shortly. claudette has been downgraded to a tropical depression but there is plenty of moisture coming in off the gulf. you can see it moving to the north with a disorganized storm system. most of the action on the east side, not the west side, claudette formed quickly yesterday and moved on shore early this morning. and around here, well, high pressure is dominating our weather. we will be nice, sunny and hot the next couple of days nominee the front gets cl oserby the middle of the week. we have what is left of anna, a tropical depression. maybe a wave. they may stop issuing advisories shortly and this guy

here. this is bill. bill is looking more and more impressive with time. the latest advisory winds 75 miles an hour gusting to 90 moving west northwest at 19. it will be a stronger hurricane. right now category one. it will intensify as it stays over warm waters as great upper level conditions to help it become a major hurricane. by wednesday morning with winds of 120 miles an hour but the track is taking it northeast of the islands and bending it around. best case for us is that it goes between bermuda and the u.s. and brings maybe rough seas and rip currents by the weekend to our beaches and heads to the north atlantic and dies in the colder water. i they what's what this storm will do but it certainly bears watching. temperatures around here will be dropping. not so much today and tomorrow, mid-90s but around 90 on wednesday and thursday with a better chance of thunderstorms and then thunderstorms are possible on friday and saturday. temperatures in the mid-80s and sunday, i have it dry now but i'm looking at the computer

models so if that remnant moisture from ana gets up this way it could throw a wrench in it but right now sunny and 83. one new york city prep school says its auditorium will double as a sick room and the city's public school system is require considering requiring students to wash their hands several times a day. those are some of the precautions taken at schools to prepare for the h1n1 virus. with me is dr. simon. the chief of infectious disease at george washington university medical center. thank you for being with us. the headline this morning h1n1 is causing health officials and educators in their region to make plans including possibly administering vaccinations, the largest rack sin nation since the polio outbreak in the ' 0 s. perfect response or over reaction? >> everybody should be

immunized against influenza for a number of years now. i'm old enough to remember being immunized in the schools for polio. i don't think it is a bad idea to do it. i think it would help to prevent the spread of the disease because if the -- it is the children who spread it. they bring it home to grandma and grandpa. and especially with this particular h1n1 virus, immunization in the schools would obviously get a much broader range of students or people than it would by any other means. >> reporter: it seems as if the alert is higher than for the seasonal flu. as you said you always recommended that we be vaccinated against the flu. i thought that killed people more than what we have seen with the h1n1. why is the global attack to h1n1 so different from the seasonal flu? >> i think we are having a bit of a panic here to be frank. yes, this h1n1 will infect more people. we believe it will infect more people than a typical seasonal

influenza. seasonal influenza is h1n1. this happens to be a different h1n1. and the degree of immunity is less with this particular strain. in a sense this h1n1 is a seasonal flu but it is a pandemic in what we have a much broader population. >> vaccination is important but will we have a vaccine ready by the start of school? for some in our area that is a week or two from today. >> certainly won't have it at the start of school but it is like the influenza season, we won't have it until the fall. i believe we will have a vaccine. i don't know if it will be one or two injections. but i believe we will have a vaccine. >> will we have enough for everyone that needs one? >> well, will we have enough?

that's a tough question. we have had years we have had shortages and years where we had more than we were able to use. i think we will have some degree of shortage because there's been an increased level of anxiety associated with this. that is somewhat warranted but it is the flu and not death. it may lead to shortages and it will be prioritized who gets it first. >> what about getting the vaccination for the regular seasonal flu. will that help you ward off until vaccines are ready for everyone? >> not a lot. >> what is your best advice? we hear some schools may require students to wash their hands several times a day. we are talking about coughing in to our sleeves.

what do you tell parents and young people who are watching the best way to contain this. >> obviously coughing in to your sleeve is a good thing, washing hands is a good thing. if we will line students in and have them wash their hands two or three times a day i wash my hands a lot of times a day. when somebody is sick they need to stay home. >> the high fever, runny nose and cough. >> right until a day after the fever breaks. there are potential options for preventing the spread of influenza. there is a drug, you have to take it in the first day or two to be effective. for example, in a dorm if one person came down with influenza, and had two roommates you could give them a the drug to prevent them from coming down with influenza. but there are options but basically good hygiene, coughing and washing hands are

a good thing to do. >> on any given day. >> on any given day. >> and don't panic. a warehouse for dc schools may never be built. and security at one campus has dergone a major upgrade. you are watching 9 news now. e

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gnaw one. 1500 freshmen are moved in to american university, armed with suitcases, beefing and new books they made their way to the dorm rooms this weekend. after a meet and great with the resident assistance they took part in a discover dc tour to get them acquainted with their new home away from home. classes start next monday. students reported to howard university for the start of the fall semester are finding something new. tightened security. over the summer campus police upgraded security and added new features i including a notification system. police have added emergency call boxes, which will be equiped with cameras later this year. students can sign up for guardian service, giving police access to their cell phones gps in case they go missing. some of washington's amazing success stories are being celebrated in a new book full of photographs. it is called the best of dc greater washington and we welcome the managing editor. a pleasure to have you with us. >> the pleasure is mine.

thank you for slow and go me. >> you talk about this as a unique journal i feelism project. what do you mean? >> we are doing the opposite of what a newspaper magazine done, we are strictly focused on bias journalism and pursuing the success of leadership and sustainability on the priceless pages of timeless history. dc doesn't just mean district of columbia but we are paying tribute through greater washington. >> i was saying when you sat down you need to workout to lift up this book. it is huge. it weighs a lot but it is all sorts of genera. not just politics of washington, d.c. bethe greater metro area. who decided who was the best of glenn i'm not the subject matter expert nor do i claim to be. we delegated that leadership

through leadership platform in various industries covered through our chapters. each chapter has a leadership practice or an introduction to that chapter. those leaders, through their due diligence of their members in the industry, determine and decide who should and should not be participating. who has the success story that should be celebrated in this chapter. >> obviously starting with the dc government we saw the mayor and first lady michelle fenty. it is beautiful images, as well. the best stuff is not just human beings. >> the photography is captured throughout the book. we worked with leading photographers in the area and they say a picture is worth a thousand words so what a better way to decorate than with award- winning photography and dc represents destiny captured on film. each chapter has a remarkable

dc continuing theme and which as an acronym represents defining theme and education, knowledge-based economies like america and degrees and higher education. so it is exciting and educational. sophisticated but sexy and stylish if you will. >> how long did it take to put it together and have what we have here. >> this five pound history book, 360 pages going full circle on 27 chapters a through z took about a year, almost a year and a half in terms of the planning an policy implementation. the research and fact finding and working with leading organizations to help to find what success stories should be, in fact, put in the book. >> reporter: there are other best ofs. i saw egypt, abu dob by, dubai. can we expect these in other

areas. >> each state in every u.s. city will be on the list of books and e-bobs that will be interactive on-line e-books so we have the opposite of a newspaper and magazine. however, at the i am time, this could be a great supplement to about annual supplement to a daily newspaper, capturing the best features of the year kind of a corporate gift. while at the same time we have an on-line business directory that is a spinoff of what we are doing but basically global village directory.info in which we showcase the regions around the world. >> one person looking at the best of dc said it is not often you see the author of a book show their passion that it comes across in every page. was that person right about you? this is your passion for the usa that is on display. >> yes, it was. basically it was my traveling abroad for the last 15 years

and germany for four years as a proud american and living abroad has made me an american of greater strength than the average american who has been complacent for years. no to say those don't leave their hometowns or states aren't patriotic but it was fueled by my national pride and virginia passion. >> t.c. williams graduate. five pounds worth of the best of dc. not too early to start your shopping right now. congratulations. >> thanks for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> i want to add i have a copy of the book and i cannot get it back from my father. i have been tries. i might have to get another one. something not so pretty as we talk about pictures. southbound 295 blocks the left lane. drivers are jammed back too 32. hopefully this will be clearing out here shortly.

we want to move over to the beltway where we have a couple of incidents here. we are dragging 95 to wisconsin avenue. as we head back to the realtime graphics, i can show you route 50 we have more crash activity to be careful of. on the beltway also, this time in virginia. things are started to clear from 95 to 66. good news there and 66 eastbound not looking so bad either. drivers are moving at speed and we are finding lanes wide open. andrea, back to you. it is still august and several of us are already preparing to take in the colorful sites of the -- sights of the fall season and. a new study says happiness lies in old age. we'll be right back.

the living well made lines the longer you live the happier you'll likely be. research shows mental health generally improves with age. experts say that's because older adults learn to limit stressful situations and less likely than younger adults to let negative comments or criticism bother them. eating fish could help to ward off dementia. a survey found the more fish they ate the lower the risk of dementia. those that ate fish a few days a week were 20% less likely to develop the disease than those that ate no fish at all. it may not take long for people who quit smoking to see results.

a study found weeks after kicking the habit, women showed reduction in inflammation associated with heart disease. they hope the findings will encourage people at risk of heart disease to quit lighting up. if you are fed up with the heat and humidity, here's a cool thought. plan a trip in the fall to see the scenic foliage. we have some suggestions with jim from best weekends. good to have you with us. we are still getting our flip flops and now you are rushing us in to fall. isn't it early to start planning. >> actually no. fall foliage is one of the busiest seasons, particularly in new england. so usually the sooner you plan the more likely you are to get a room. >> you talk about new england. we have to pretty far outside of dc to see great foliage to thse e e change of seasons? >> not really. foliage begins to peak in maine up around the last week of september. and begins to move.

this is the williamsburg inn. >> that's not too far away. >> not at all. foliage peaks in virginia the end of october, beginning of november. >> you want to plan because if you plan to spend anytime there you need to reserve a room. make a reservation for dinner and lunch and make sure you have got the place. >> although this time of the year for the first time there are rooms available during foliage because of the economy and because of the way things are going in the mark place. there's still rooms to be had. >> all right. let's take a little tour as best you can. on your website you have 12 great spots to enjoy the foliage and you start at the top and name down to virginia. what are your favorites. >> in maine a wonderful place in kennebunkport which is where the bush's have their summer home, called the captain lord mansion and that is a beautiful place. northern vermont the rabbit hill inn which is wonderful and moving down to virginia.

we just visited a place last month actually called labersche pro-even call. and we revisited colonial williamsburg where i hadn't been since i was a kid and it is a spectacular place, even if you have no interest in history. >> what makes it spectacular. >> the williamsburg inn has wonderful golf and accommodations. the restaurants are wonderful. and so there is plenty to do even if you are not interested in colonial williamsburg. >> do you have to leave the city to get a good glimpse of fall foliage. >> not really. there's plenty of trees in washington. so you have an opportunity to see that but the countryside is the place to see the leaves change and get the most out of it. >> the economy is really taking a toll. on one hand that is bad for those who are looking for tourists. but for tourists looking to get there they may have a little more elbow room.

>> usually by this time of the year there's not too many available, particularly in new england but we did a survey recently and there's plenty of rooms available and at good prices as well. >> like what are we talking about. >> you can get rooms in vermont right now for under $300 where normally some of the better places are -- 400, 500, 600 a night. >> what is really nice about it, maine is a little far away but driving to get to the spots you see the foliage and the changes from our region. >> some of those rides are spectacular. talk about the shenandoah drive and the skyline drive and places like that. it is just beautiful. >> can't wait for it to cool down. and jim has his 12 favorites from maine to virginia on his website and we're providing a link to that on our website at wusa9.com. "american idol" rolls on finding bigger names to replace paula abdul. and next we're in the

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in third. bear season is underway in our area and what a better way -- fair season is underway in our area. and activities include carnival rides, exhibits and fun fair food. the fair runs through august 22nd. howard is in the kitchen. >> that's right. speaking of food we are talking about wings. it is football time, right. with us is advice on how to cook up the perfect buffalo wing mike bank and mike banks junior. mike has got in to the wing business the last couple of years and you are now a wing expert. >> wing king is what i want to be eventually known as. >> the wing king. you were telling me there are two parts of the wings. >> it looks like a little leg. >> a lot of customers come in looking for the whole wing. buffalo wings are actually two parts, the flats and the drums.

it is not the whole wing and it is done true buffalo style as we do in wing zone is which is fresh wings, fried and then tossed in one of our 15 flavors. >> do people ask for the drums thly e flats are a lot of work for me. >> you are right. folks come in with a special guest. some want all drums or all flats an we are able to honor that. >> when i think of waves i think of wimpy hot or atomic. but you were telling me there are all sorts of flavorings the wings are coming in now. >> absolutely. we have the traditional, mild, medium and hot and unlike atomic we have what we call nuclear. but flavorful unlike some of these hot flavors that -- i mean they are not but not very tasty. our nuclear, although extremely hot but they are

still very flavorful. >> mike is going to show us how to salt wings. >> the key is to make sure the wing is fully coated. what he will do is basically drop the wings and put them in the bowl as he is doing doing right now. getting one of our 15 flavors. this say ward winning flavor here. this is bar lick parmesan. this won first place. shake them up. >> i don't want to wear this. >> if it was nuclear we'd all want to step back. >> there's no flour or egg. >> no. absolutely not. chicken is fresh and that's the difference in buffalo wings. it is cooked fresh, not floured and the seasoning is in the sauce. so we have some folks come in and ask for i just want the

wings. >> they are fried but it is not fried in the sense it doesn't have a batter. >> exactly. >> so there we have some nice flavored garlic parmesan wings and mix up a couple other flavors there. a frh bowl. we don't like to mix the flavors. if you are going to get garlic parmesan wings we want you to taste the true garlic parmesannian. to every time we mix the flavor we change the bowl. >> you must have a lot of bowls. >> yes, we do. >> with certain sauces there is no way you want to mix nuclear wings this the same bowl as honey barbecue. >> you have somebody like me that doesn't want their mouth burning. i don't want to have that spice. what gives it the kick. >> it is proprietary type flavor. here we have one of our new sauces. we just introduced this called buffalo blue. two most popular dressings with

wings is of course ranch and blue cheese. >> to cut the spice and the heat. >> exactly. a lot of people don't understand what the dressings are for but that is what it is for. when you are eating something hot some may think you drink glass of water. mix up a couple more while we are lking. but actually it is the milk that can kind of neutralize the heat. >> so anything if your mouth is burning go for a glass of milk. >> cold milk and beer. >> you have salad and onion rings and not just wings. >> as wing zone we do 15 flavors of wings but also do beer battered onion rings, excellent potato wedges, salad, grilled chicken, arfried chicke salad, shrimp salad. >> we have run out of time but you are in bowie and district heights. we will come back and try not to burn our palate and find out

how the markets open and one last look at that seven-day forecast

daw off 181. s&p down 2 and the nasdaq down 37. here's what is on nine news now at 9:00 a.m. tips to talk to your children about drinking before they head off to college. mayor fenty is expected here on wednesday and ike leggett will be here on thursday. in southwest dc we have a situation where a driver ran in to a wall. we know the cars overturned and they are still trapped. so watch for crews. this is the intersection of main avenue and ninth street. avoid the area if you can. howie? >> all right. partly sunny today and hot.

94. isolated storm is possible. by the middle of the week storm chances pick up temperatures fall off and looking at only 80s. more comfortable by the weekend and a chance of storms by saturday. this is honey barbecue. >> those are honey barbecue. that's the number one seller. everyone loves the honey barbecue. >> we will see if matthew keeps this for the culinary tastes of dc. we will see you tomorrow at 4:55 a.m. bye-bye.

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