from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9 news now. severe weather. the residents of a local apartment building are forced to leave their homes after a tree comes crashing down. furlough ruling. emergency responders in our region win a lawsuit against the county-wide program which cost them two weeks ' pay. budget concerns, virginia officials are asked to do more with less as governor kaine announces a new round of budget cuts. good morning. i'm andrea roane. thanks for joining us. today is wednesday, august 19th. angie goff is here. she has a traffic update for us. we say good morning to kim martucci. she's back and ready to go. >> i am rubber stamping yesterday's weather forecast today. i hope you don't mind. i'm not trying to put it in cruise control but we will be

in one of those stagnating weather patterns where we have thunderstorms, high humidity and with that the heat. let's get testd,ar erod evon this -- it , is is wednesday. good morning. here's hour time lapse tower cam. we are okloing at the washington monument. you losee e thclouds leftov yay by. and now partly cloudy skies, it is 79 and the winds are calm and humidity is 74% at reagan national airport. as for the numbers, they run ye gamut from 75 in gaithersburg, already 81 in leesburg. it is 79 at quantico and looking south and west, culpeper has a pair of sevens on the map. this is what it feels like. when we factor in the humidity it feels warmer, middle 80s in the district and 82 in winchester. so, we will keep it humid. and rather warm this afternoon. by the lunch hour, we will already be tracking 87 with showers developing an thunderstorms likely at 5:00.

that high temperature 91. by e way, air quality is code yellow. that's moderate. i'm going to have a sneak at bill, hurricane bill. what he's doing and of course our seven-day forecast in a bit. angie has the traffic. how's the ride? >> a quick shoutout first to grant and bret who are watching us from the control room. visiting us today. thanks for joining us. and thanks for joining us for us, as well. if you are watching from home, i want you to know the outer loop is slow from georgia. 15 to 20 minute commute. taking you to the district. inbound new york avenue at the times building where a crash activity is reported. slow to bladensburg road and 8th and florida is where we have another wreck. watch for crews and use caution. checking on virginia's i-395. below speed from the capital beltway to seminary. that's probably an 11-minute drive so far. using the brakes again from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. next up, what's up here on 66,

better news, an accident at route 28 is clear. however, going westbound another accident there off to the left shoulder so all lanes are getting by. wrap it up with 95 northbound and switch that camera to virginia. our buddy alex tells us near lorton to watch for construction. right now volume light. no incidents or accidents to report along the way. that's a quick look at traffic. andrea, over to you. some residents of an apartment building in capital heights, maryland are back home after a run in with bad weather. last night's storm sent a tree crashing through the side of their building leading to a mass evacuation. armando trull is live in the 41st block of southern avenue in capital heights with more on the story. >> good morning. the apartment building you see behind me here in capitol heights has some beautiful large ma churr oak trees. a combination of heavy rains that loosened soil around the

roots and strong winds that pushed on the canopy made sure that tree had enough. an oak tree weighing several tons came crashing down on the roof of a capital heights pardon me building damaging one apartment on the top floor as well as side windows. initially several dozen residents were evacuated from the building until emergency responders could determine the safety. once they did, everyone was able to go home and get shut eye. two were displaced. they are being held by the red cross. thankfully no one was injured an repairs are underway this morning. they are expected to be wrapped up by later tonight, at the latest tonight. andrea, that's the latest right now here in capital heights. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you. right now a water main break is causing some problems for residents and businesses in alexandria, virginia. the 12-inch main opened up 6:35

this morning in the 100 block of south reynolds street. three businesses and one residential building has been affected. the washington suites hotel has lost all of its water service also. right now the blocks are closed. repairs to the main are expected to last all day but could run in to tomorrow. service will be restored once repairs are complete. police in the upper region of montgomery county are on the lookout for a fire starter. around this time yesterday morning we told you about a series of hay bale fires in damascus, germantown area. someone set fire to a dozen bales of hay and three mailboxes. >> fire can spread to so much more and create so much more damage and you wonder how far are they going to take this? will they do it to homes and that is more disturbing. >> we feel safe in our neighborhoods so something like this is a little alarming. >> reporter: if you have any information which could help in this investigation, you are

asked to call montgomery county police. emergency workers in montgomery county could be weeks away from receiving money they lost when they were forced to take two weeks off without pay. the judge ruled the furloughs were unconstitutional. several unions sued saying the county could have found other ways to save money without resorting to furloughs. the county is expected to appeal the decision which will delay yesterday's decision. there are major happenings today at the state capital in richmond, virginia. governor kaine is expected to announce a reduction in the budget revenue. and they say this will be a whoer. $1.3billion. the governor is expected to announce what cuts he wants to make up for the short fall by early next year. then after this morning's meeting with finance committee members, a special legislative session governor kaine called

for last month begins this afternoon. he wants to address a recent u.s. supreme court ruling that prosecutors say could jeopardize some criminal cases. things aren't getting any better in maryland. governor o'malley is trying to find over $400 million to cut and he says everyone will suffer. >> it will come from state agency reductions. it will come from asking state employees to sacrifice once again in terms of furlough days or some other measures, and it will also be a portion of it will have to be shared by reductions in local aid at a time that many local governments are struggling themselves. >> reporter: governor o'malley will present his plan for a quarter billion dollars in cuts next week in annapolis. president obama is facing a my showdown over health care reform and this time it is not the republicans who have him concerned. several democratic lawmakers have expressed concern over the administration's efforts to abandon plans to create a government-run insurance

option. house speaker nancy pelosi said a government run public option is essential to ensure that everyone is entitled to health insurance and at reasonable rates. many democrats say they plan to vote against any health care which bill which does not include a public option. insurgents in afghanistan have unleashed a series of attacks on poll workers ahead of the election tomorrow. six have been killed by road side bombs. a suicide attack on a alternate convoyed killed eight and wounded 55. two u.s. troops died in another attack. earlier today the afghan government and alternate issued a media blackout across the country. they fear news of bloodshed will scare off voters for tomorrow's presidential election. back now to that ruling about furloughs that is causing an outcry in prince georges county. the ruling affects thousands of county workers. one question now is whether workers in other cities could be impacted. with me is the university of

maryland professor michael greenberger and also a former justice department official. thanks for joining us. when you heard this ruling, your first reaction? >> i think it is a very significant ruling because across the country, states are putting their employees on forced furloughs. just in maryland, for example. >> you heard governor o'malley. >> and i, myself as a professor at the university of maryland was put on a forced furlough last year. this decision focuses on unionized employees. they have a contract with the county that assures them a certain salary. and the judge ruled that the -- forcing them to reduce their salary in affect by going on these furloughs is an abrogation of their contracts. governments can't unilaterally without good cause abandon a contract commitment between a union and its employer, for that matter any other contract.

when you hear them saying there were alternatives, it's not an absolute prohibition, but if the government does have another alternative abrogating the contract they can't do it. governor o'malley has put people on purr furloughs in the state. some are nonunionized. some are unionized. >> reporter: the ruling specified the union contracts were abrogated. so county employees could still suffer furloughs. >> if they are not unionized. although the judge went on to say that certain personnel rules of the county were abrogated, as well. that is a clear-cut violation if there are regulations that say you can't do this or that. the county can't just ignore it. it will have to be studied. it is not just prince georges county, or maryland. across the couldn't, county commissioner and mayors are trying to save money by putting employees on furloughs. certainly those who are unionized will have a weapon to

prevent that from happening and it will put a further burden in the budget cutting. the further thing i would say about what why this is important, we are coming up to the flu season. i know governor o'malley personally is very worried, as is true of all federal and state officials about the swine flu epidemic coming through. and there are all sorts of concerns about having emergency responders work overtime to deal with the excessive patient care, et cetera. and there's a lot of concern about can you force unionized employees to spend additional time during an emergency. like there are some agencies that want to lockdown hospitals or something else, keep nursing working. this is a very big expensive -- extensive issue. it is not just 5900 employees in prince georges county this affects. >> right now the decision, as far as paying back employees

for the missed pay they had that is on hold but other jurisdictions won't probably institute furloughs until this is decided. >> it has been stay it's and will go to the forth circuit court of appeals. i think it is a very difficult issue. i don't know whether people will stop doing furloughs but there will certainly be losses brought -- lawsuits brought when furloughs are made to government employees who are unionized. let's talk about something that could get to the supreme court. an unusual september session for the supreme court will be the first for sonia sotomayor. what is the case about. >> what is at stake is whether congress, if federal government can bar corporations and unions from directly contributing to campaign advertising. it's been a long-standing proposition of campaign finance reform that corporations and

unions cannot give direct contributions. they can use so-called pacts or other federal election vehicles that are regulated. in 1990, the court held, yes, the congress can stop these direct contributions as part of the campaign finance reform. since that time, three justices, thomas scalia and kennedy have said they think it is an unconstitutional provision. it impedes the first-amendment right. >> even the chief justice has said that now. >> and now alito and chief justice roberts have joined the court and this is -- there are many issues in this case but this is the principal issue. if five judges get together and say, in affect, that corporations can spend all the money they want on campaign advertising and to do otherwise would internear with their first amendment rights it will unravel what we know as campaign finance reform. >> how does judge sonia sotomayor get up to speed on something that will be heard on september 9th? >> i think if we have learned

anything about the justice is she is a very smart, intelligent, quick study. i have no doubt she will be fully prepared and be a very aggressive questioner during those hearings. this is the kind of thing that judges get themselves ready to do and i think she is fully capable of being right up there with the other eight and active in this decision. >> reporter: professor greenberger, thank you for being with us. >> you are welcome. talk about wasting taxpayers ' money. you'll never believe what one local delicate did to impress a woman. and terrorist really targeting key government buildings. we'll be right back.

at least 58 people are dead and 300 wounded after a series of explosions hit baghdad. the wave struck first near the finance ministry and minutes later near the foreign ministry by the heavily fortified green zone. the toll is expected to climb. no word yet if any americans were hurt or killed. the political columnist who revealed valerie plame's identity as a cia agent has died. robert zero novak was diagnosed last summer after he struck a pedestrian down with -- downtown with his corvette and drove away. he died with his wife by his side. he was 78 years old. maryland delegate john

cardin apologized for using taxpayer money and services to propose to his fiance. he used police officers and helicopter units to stake a fake raid and proposal. the baltimore county democrat says he will reimburse the city but we heard she did say yes. virginia senator jim webb won his release from the country of myanmar last weekend. he had been sentenced to hard labor. he spent the last few days in bangkok thailand undergoing tests in the hospital. let's go to kim with an update on the forecast. here's the time lapse tower cam showing how we have leftover clouds from last night. today back to the haze as we focus on the washington monument. our temperature has climbed up to 82 degrees. winds are light from the north at five miles an hour. not too bad for humidity yet.

yesterday's storms have blown the atlantic ocean. we kind of have a wave of partly cloudy skies between that batch of moisture and another round firing up across west virginia. and if you remember yesterday morning at this time, we were looking at a similar radar loop with storms firing across west virginia which will make their way in to western and eastern suburbs as we head through that evening commute. and we will see that again re'su s. s g.itweharet 82 thsb lwi uree bas 80 at andrews se ng ata ykiourc base. taking you north in to washington county, hagertown is 81. it is 77 off to the west in cumberland. now, we factor in the humidity and this is what it feels like to your body when there is more moisture in the air it is harder for your body to cool off. it so it is hotter. feels like 91 in leesburg and fredericksburg and it is chose 90s that's what the actual high will reflect this afternoon and again tomorrow. each day a good bet with scattered thunderstorms as we have a frontal system that will

be hung up here the next couple of days. the other thing we are talking about with respect to the weather is of course hurricane bill. it is now a category four storm on the saffir-simpson scale. they go as high as five. this has winds of 135 miles an hour. gusting to 161. and as it makes a gradual turn to the northwest and north it should with a little luck put it east of the united states and west of bermuda. notice right here by 2:00 on sunday morning it is going to be forecasted to be around a category three but look, off the coast of the u.s. and approaching our latitude. so this will likely generate really rough surf as you think of the weekend and the latter part of the weekend but the latest computer model guidance has it staying off the u.s. coast and we will be watching this closely. we have another computer model we use. we dahl it adonis.

this focuses wwiree w see se the rain e ind where itwill be deve oon t will have unthtorsdeof r then overnight things quiet down. tomorrow more clouds in here again. and then more thunderstorms targeting western maryland, eastern panhandle of west virginia and unsettled weather pattern takes us to the beginning of the weekend. speaking of, here it is on the seven-day forecast. we will keep the 90s in here until friday. saturday, the front comes through the first half of the day. by the afternoon, evening we should be clearing out and the temperatures and humidity is going to be noticeably lower on sunday. and monday in to next week as well, mostly sunny skies. that's my seven-day forecast. back over to andrea. >> thank you, kim. a show billed as a celebration of beauty, peace, love and hair nonmy doctor harmon money opens under the big top on september 11th. some performances will benefit the pentagon memorial fund. with the is the artistic

director. thank you for being with us. this is a return engagement for cavalia for those that didn't see it the first time or may have forgotten what it is about, what should they expect to see. >> we were here in 2005 and most of the show has changed. we have new horses. since 2005 we had a tour in europe and by the time we rewe going throughout europe we found new horses, new people. the show is an invention. >> looking at a little bit of it. >> you see 64 horses, 40 acrobats, but it is really a modern show. cavalia has done to the quest treian arts what cirque du soliel has done for the circus it is a modern show. a lot of technology, acrobatics. not a show only for the horse

lover but a show for the family. it is a feel-good show and a poetic show. the show is designed. it is original and designed for kind of a poem for the ears and the eyes. so you go in to -- when you enter in to the cavalia tent you feel something else. you feel good. >> it is a celebration of beauty, peace love and harmony and not expecting to get those emotions or sentiments when you go to a circus-like environment. >> well, the difference between a circus and us a. half of the time the horses are free on stage. we have a relationship with the horse. we train them to be our friend and the show, the horse improvise and we follow them as much as they go during the performance. also the acrobatics is a b@very

poetic acrobatics. it is not just tricks. it is not traditional. and the show is built under a team and the team is the history between the man and the horses. so we go back to 5,000 years ago and we just go through that fabulous relationship. it is a show about harmony, love and peace. >> one of the performers is a local person. james buchanan. tell us about him and what he will be doing. >> that is interesting. james started with us and he was a groom, just disabled and he came to us and said i want to be a writer. so he went away and he started to learn how to write and now he's back and he is one of the writers that is the most -- i mean he's doing everything. he is doing trick riding. that is when the horse goes very fast and the riders do upside down and crazy things. he is doing roman riding, standing on two horses, jumping

bars. he is doing -- he's a great performer and he's from here. >> in an hour and a half the big tent will be raised at pentagon city. we are talking about a really big tent. >> we are traveling with the biggest touring tent in the world. the tent 100 feet high and we created a big tent because we wanted a big stage. the stage is big enough, about 150 feet wide which is two or three times the regular theater opera stage. and we did that because we wanted the horse to have fun on stage. but when the horse comes on stage, it is like their playground. they come and play and they have fun. of course, because we have included a lot of aerialists it is a high ceiling, nothing traditional. when you enter it is not a ring. you don't see a ring.

you see an auditorium and we use a lot of high-tech nothing, special effects to create beauty. >> the horses are having fun and you'll have fun. it opens september 11th, pentagon city. tickets are still available. we will have a link to their website on our website at wusa9.com. thank you and congratulations again. >> thank you very much. some local transit agencies are getting a shot at federal fund and spotsylvania county residents open about a to bring vre to their community. we'll be right back. it's a revolution in pain relief.

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manual mode for the foreseeable future. metro general manager says trains will not return to automatic mode until problems related to the crash are fixed. metro repair crews have fixed a crack rail on the system's red line. it was found yesterday between the friendship heights and bethesda station. an inspector walking the tracks discovered it. some sing -- after single tracking it is back to normal this morning. two virginia transit agencies are getting federal stimulus money to help your commute. the vre is getting .million dollars which will go to buying locomotives and the prtc is getting $3.9 million. that will add to two buss to the fleet last night spotsylvania county residents opened up about expanding vre in to their county. opinion on the matter is mixed. >> in these uncertain economic times, it is not prudent for

spotsylvania county to make such an irregularrable commitment and i ask you to reject this proposal. >> we also believe it gives us an opportunity to recruit folks from northern virginia to come to the county, which brings a lot more professional folks to the county and by using the vre they are able to go up north and conduct business and travel back and forth. >> reporter: in if spotsylvania county joins vre it will mean higher gas tax for residents and a contract that would be nearly impossible to back out of. they may delay a vote until the november 3rd board of supervisors election. no delay. let's go to angie for a traffic update. >> remember, i always want to interact with you, answering your traffic issues and questions. follow me on twitter, oh my goff is my i.d. name. from new hampshire to georgia we are tracking a slow ride, estimating this at 15 minutes

and 245 is starting to break apart. things will get better. moving over to 270 under sunny skies one nice clear commute from frederick to the split. hey, virginia, 66 eastbound from 123 to the capital beltway and 495, take it to the inner loop in virginia where we notice the drivers are slowing down from 50 to 66. this is volume. the outer loop not completely in the clear. below speed from van doren to eisenhower. no incidents or accidents along the way. we are going to wrap it up with i-395 northbound. looks like that congestion that stretched from edsall to seminary is starting to break apart nicely. that's the traffic. now, back to you. >> i will take it, angie. how could a simple piece of wood provide spiritual comfort? he has been transforming pieces of wood in to works of art since he was 14 years old.

including this piece here. his next event is at the inner harbor art fest in baltimore. welcome to the show. let's answer the question right off. somehow can a piece of wood provide spiritual comfort. >> the grain orientation, the wood selection and if you can create it to where it is somebody's thumbprint they appreciate it that much more and it means something to them. >> i wish the viewers at home could feel this wood you have created this two-sided bench out of. it is so smooth and soft. how do you do this? >> a lot of sanding and it is a hand applied finish, which is a three-part oil mixture. so close to the wood finish. one of a kind texture. >> it is really beautiful. let's look at other pieces you have with us today. tell me about some of these items you have here. this is modern, where this maybe not so much. >> well, they are inspired by

woodworkers family and i created these chairs here to attribute that to him. and hopefully carry on the tradition of hand-crafted furniture. >> you have been doing this since you were 14 years old. how did you get in the process of making works of art, furniture that people can sit on but make their house beautiful how did you get in to this. >> i started making trinket and toys and picked up books and magazines and saw grit shapes i wanted to create. so i slowly taught myself how to build these things and apprenticed for a great couple of woodworkers so that helped. >> what is important, you can see the grain and the way you have created the back. where do you get your wood from? >> a couple of area sources in

the maryland virginia area that reclaim lumber. if a tree has come down or something needs to be cut for residential meetings they will find it and stock it in the warehouse and it is ready to work when i pick it up. >> this is the most important question, how do you buy one of these pieces? >> you can find me through my website or you can find me at various shows that i toto and exhibits. or if you get in contact with a designer that knows me. >> those are all good ways. >> how much would a piece like this cost. >> it depends on the wood. you know, it varies from 1,000 to 2,000 just that chair in particular. >> it is slaughtly beautiful. we appreciate you showing us these works of art today. >> thank you. a vaccine promoted for the anticancer benefits has been found to have potentially

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common forms of human papilloma virus or hpv. researchers found 12,000 girls have reported health problems including 772 serious problems and 32 deaths. the study also noted a higher incidence of faint and blood clots. some are wondering if the risks youth weigh the benefits of the vaccine because cervical cancer p easily caught with regular sm . pa study is out just as school is set to begin in the district. you will recall that dc public schools is requiring that all 6th grade girls to get the vaccine. however, parents have the ability to opt out. many teenagers maybe sharing prescription medications with their friends. a study of 617 girls across the country admitted to lending or borrowing a prescription drug. they say the trend could put teens at risk of having a

health affect go undiagnosed or side effects. imagine getting a filling without the pain of drilling. it is possible. one of the newest trends in dentistry, lasers she is the founder of thes a nettic dental spa this means things are changing in dentistry. >> no pain. the healing time is cut in half with any procedure. you can do a filling without numbing a patient at all. it is wonderful for children. >> we are talking laser surgery. how does it work. >> basically what happens is if you come in and you have a cavity all you are going to have is nothing will hit your tooth. what will happen is you will hear a dull popping sound and the laser will attack the decay and leave the rest of the tooth alone. and so no anesthesia before you get the procedure.

>> no anesthesia, every once in a while you have someone who has a really big cavity and you have to numb it a little bit. >> is it just for cavities. >> no. if someone has gum disease it will infect the pockets an the teeth and help to regrow bones in patients that previously couldn't regrow bones. >> reporter: you are saying this is out there but people are going, wait, my dentist doesn't have this. how long has this been available. >> this has been fda approved since ' 98 and it improves every year. every year there's more we can use it for. it works really well. >> what about the dreaded root canal, does it work for that? >> it actually does. it disinfects the canal so you have less chance of redoing the root canal later. >> reporter: it is fda approved but it is different and new. how costly is it for the patient. >> the same price just a

different method to get the same result. >> it is good and we have children going back to school and with a lot of jurisdictions they are required to have certain exams including a dental exam. >> yes, they are. >> you talked about the importance of dental hygiene, not only for the area of the mouth but overall good physical health. >> it makes a big difference. it is really important. if the mouth is clean the blood stream and everything that goes through your body is clear because of that. >> same cost, less pain. >> less pain. >> less recovery time. >> yes. no reason not to see the dentist. >> and how often should the dental exam be done? twice a year. >> you heard it from dr. alex. laser is out there. >> it is out there. >> are more and more doctors getting it or still pockets. >> it is still pockets but people are getting it. it is an investment. i call it my porsche. >> thank you.

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share custody of their 16-year- old son. they married in ' 96 and already filed for divorce once but attempted to reconcile. celine dion is expecting her sec child. a spokesperson confirms she learned of the pregnancy on monday after undergoing infertility treatment in new york. this is the second child for her and her husband. the first was born in 2001. seasonal, local, sustainable, along with fine wine these are the key ingredients and success to a great restaurant called vinipra. listen up. we want to welcome the executive chef here and the general manager. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having us. >> we were just talking about what sets you guys apart. you have a patio garden and you harvest your own herbs to put in to your fabulous dishes.

tell me about that. >> yes. we started to grow our own herbs back in april. we have some basil, oregano, thyme. >> we have some of them here. >> yes. >> and as a meteorologist, i immediately wanted to know what herb grows best in the dc area. so if somebody at homes wants to have an herb garden this what is the easiest to grow. >> rosemary. >> that's the easiest. >> and for those that don't know your herbs it is the one that looks like a little pine tree and smells so good. >> we are making grilled calamari with mediterranean tomato sauce. very fresh. >> we want to show everybody at home. this is what you do ahead of time. maybe we can get this with the overhead camera. you have the calamari marinating in olive oil, and

juice of the lime. >> how long do you let it sit. >> an hour. >> plenty. nice and cool. you let it marinate in the refrigerator. >> that great. if you let it go a couple of hours but one hour is great. >> tell me how we make the dish. >> start with the sauce. we have some onions and some ginger. get those going in a nice hot pan. cook them until the onions turn a little translucent. so they are almost clear looking. >> we have them chopped up very fine. >> nice minced. >> while we are cooking this, talk to me about the wines that go well with a an a tidier for example like calamari. >> it is a very easy dish pair. it goes with just about everything. most people think of seafood and white wine, a chardonnay. i'm doing different. i'm playing off of chef bo's

sauce and a red wine. started to play with the italian variety and it is full of fruit, berry flavors, a touch of mineralty and soil flavors to it. it goes very well with the herbs, the herbs, the jalapeno flavor in the sauce. it will pair nicely with the wine. >> tell me about the peppers you add. was there jalapenos in there. >> a little jalapeno and crushed red pepper. >> so there is a little kick. >> there have a little kick but not overpowering. the flavors blend well together. >> okay. like i said it is very fresh. look at those beautiful tomatoes. >> they look delicious. >> you should have told me. we have tomatoes on our weather terrace and i could have picked you one. they seem to be doing well this year. >> what is that vinegar.

>> white wine. >> oh, there we go. and then juice and zest of lime. little brown sugar. >> i have a basic wine question for you. you were mentioning how people think that fish has to be white and that is cnot arsscey necessary. could you say it ssis okay to have a red in it is a little wine, is that a no way. >> you won't hurt my feelings because i don't drink. >> for the most part you want to pair the wine and the foods so they don't overpower and compliment each other. >> okay. >> that's the key. that's why a lot of people think that big red wines go with big red sauce and meat. however, a mean know an hour can go with chicken, fish, a lot of different things. it is more on what you like personally. i like the zinfandel and

cabernets. that's what i'm going with. >> well said. this will simmer away. for those that don't know, i was asked about the saujoine and he said there are different levels. >> i'm part of the master guild out of france. we have four levels. the top level is the master. >> there's only 50 of them. >> 50 or 60 in the country right now. >> we will have to come out to reston and give it a try if you have any in stock when when we come in and we will sample this on the other side of the break. if you would like to make this delicious recipe visit us at wusa9.com. again, we are featuring vinera wine bar ands be tree treu. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber.

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let's take a look at the numbers on wall at the opening bell. they are down, jessica. this dow off 87 and the nasdaq down 18 and the s&p almost 10 1/2. >> what? >> it is early. the georgetown students will be ringing the bell on nasdaq in an hour. >> oh, good. a look at what is on tap for the rest of the week. hike leg get stops by tomorrow. dr. stephen fuller weighs in on the local economy and we expect a major announcement in local politics on our broadcast. tune in. >> come on you are friends with booker. >> they wouldn't tell me. >> we -- the bus stop forecast is coming back. >> say hi to mom and dad.

>> who are right over there. >> thank you for coming in and hanging out with us and watching the show and i want you to know about the seven day forecast. here we go. more of the same. i call it the mos forecast, more of the same. looking in to the week, clearing out. we will be back at noon with j.c. hayward. have a fantastic day and we see