the federal government pulls the plug on a program aimed at helping the auto industry and cleaning up the environment. a former bush administration official said he was ordered to raise the terror alert. and good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. today is friday, august 21st. >> it is ever. >> we are gad to say that. angie is here with traffic and get you around any problems that are creeping up and kim is here to say roll up the windows, turn on the air conditioner. >> and get the hair spray out. >> oh, yeah. >> or the pony tail. >> whatever you can do.

it is air you can wear alert. it means the humidity. if you have corelly hair it will be crazy curly and if you have the straight hair it will be flat. the second half of the weekend will be good. that's the bright news. the straight to the point forecast. right to what you want to know. 4:00 to 8:00 thunderstorms inside the beltway. some might train over the same spots. if that haatppppuls thco d tolicafllod ngzecooo di. localized flooding. on doppler i will show you where we have thunderstorms developing. kaiser, west virginia, moving in to cumberland right now. you are in the spotlight. and this is a band of shower and storms creeping ever closer to us. afternoon and late afternoon is the goal locally. the temperatures show 80. the humidity is high. put the together -- the two together and this is what it feels like outside, 85 as you step off the metro and feels like 94 leesburg. 90s are in the forecast for

today, low 90s but so is this afternoon cooling rain. it is down to 63 in deep creek. focus on the forecast for today, low 90s and stormy. stormy again tomorrow as i mentioned the sec half of the weekend is looking good and i will talk about hurricane bill and the impact on the beach forecast when i see you next. >> go redskins, right, on saturday. looking forward to that game. the dc united playing the galaxy. big sports fans here at 9 news. 95 in virginia one slow ride around dale city that's because actually that slow ride is actually we'll be right backing apart. southbound slow from dale city because we have an accident at 234. the good news it is off to the right shoulder so all lanes of traffic are getting by. switching that camera. the sun is out. delayed from the beltway to seminary. to the inner loop where drivers are below speed from 50 to 66 and that's partly due to this accident we have past 66. it is off to the shoulder.

okay. let's go to the outer loop. this time in maryland. north of the district. from new hampshire to georgia. drivers are not up to speed just yet. and finally we will call it a wrap with northeast dc and inbound new york avenue, slow in two spots. the first from the times building to bladensburg road and using the brakes once you reach north capital street to the third street tunnel. that's your traffic. now over to andrea. car dealerships will be busy this weekend because the cash for clunkers program ends on monday. armando trull is live in bethesda with more on the last- minute rush. >> they have already sold almost half a million and they want to squeeze a few more before the deadline this monday. the cash for clunkers program runs out of gas next monday at 8 p.m. eastern. by most accounts it has been one of the most successful government initiatives in decades. the dealers offered buyers as much as $4,500 for old gas

gulessers and then uncle sam would pay the dealers back. the first part worked fine, a half million new cars have been sold so far. dealer say getting their money back from uncle sam not so fine. >> i have done almost 1300 and have been paid on five total. >> reporter: five cars total? five cars total. >> bankers have been calling are you getting paid on these things so they are nervous for a reason. >> reporter: the wheels come off the cash for clunkers program next week. so andrea, expect good deals this weekend. if you head down to your local dealership tell them honest armando sent you. if i'm lying i'm dying. >> where's the accent. >> take your sales pitch and go. here's some stories which

are new this morning, fairfax county police are investigating an accident which has left a pedestrian dead. it happened in centreville around 5:50 this morning. authorities say a woman was vuk by a honda accord. officials say the woman was not walking in a cross walk and was pronounced dead at the scene. investigators are looking for the cause of a two alarm fire that began 4 clinton 40 at a home in the 2000 block of featherwood. flames from the fire jumped to a house next door. three minor injuries among firefighters are reported. a former bush administration official is implying politics may have played a role this the terror alert level. tom ridge said he was pressured by other members of the bush administration to raise the terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election.

ridge say he objected to the move and in the an end the alert level was not changed. bush's former homeland security adviser said politics never played a role in determining alert levels. the head of the senate intelligence committee said the cia broke the law by failing to notify congress about a secret program in which they hired private contractors to kill top level members of al-qaeda. the statement by california senator dianne feinstein is the strongest condemning the agency's program. the cia hired blackwater usa to plan, conduct and train in surveillance leading to the death of al-qaeda leadership. president obama is offering a health care guarantee. he says the health care overhaul will be approved. he made the vow during an interview from the white house on with a conservative radio host. he said he is not buckling under political criticism. >> a lot of economists are

making side bets whether ben bernanke stays or goes. he is up for reappointment in january. in general, economists think he has done a good job handling the economic crisis. the "wall street journal" journal survey of economists found near unanimous support for reappointment to a second term. later today we will find out whether business picked up in the housing market. the association of realtors releases figures on sales of previously owned homes for july. the numbers are gone up the last three months as lower prices pull in more buyers. >> thank you. a record number of maryland borrowers were behind in mortgages in the spring according to the mortgage bankers association. meanwhile there is good news about the state of the housing market. with me is dr. fuller an economist at george mason university. let's talk about the good news first. we are seeing really good signs, really signs of a pickup in the local housing market.

>> pretty much all the signs are positive and have been increasingly positive since winter. so a number of sales are up. the days on the market are down. prices have stabilize. that's quite important. that's the last positive indicator. it hasn't happened in every sub market yet. we have fewer houses available in inventory. inventory was down 21% from a year ago in july. it is almost normal now. i think the bargain hunter is about over and we will have a much more normal market as we go forward. >> reporter: what are your expectations for the next couple months for housing as we have first time home buyers who have a 8,000 dollars tax credit but the inventory is tighter. >> we will see sales pick up, i suspect the data to come out nationally today. we will expect a rise in that. through october we will see strong sales. we are running out of inventory. if there aren't houses to be

sold you can't sell them and the builders are just starting to build. building permits were up last month in the august area but it will take until next spring to the get the new homes market close to normal. prices should firm up and that should make us all happy that are homeowners. >> reporter: we are getting information out that a lot of homeowners are having trouble making mortgage payments a record number of people falling behind 30 days or more in them second quarter. does that indicate that maybe we might be in for another round of foreclosures just when it looks like we may have been getting out of the woods? >> i suspect we will. the economy has been in recession for 20 months. it's probably just about over everywhere now and many homeowners have been struggling to meet and pay their bills and make mortgage payment and we are getting to the point where they can't hang on any longer. unemployment is going up and it will go up more.

and probably through next year we will see high rates of foreclosure but a different problem than earlier this year when these were bad mortgages from the beginning. so the housing market isn't out of the roads yet but certainly better. let's look at the local job market. we saw a study earlier this week that says this is the grittest place in the country to get a job, but that information might not be that helpful to a lot of people who are unemployed. why is it we have high numbers of unemployment in say the district but we also have these jobs available. >> this is the best place to find a job if you have a college education. we are adding jobs. the federal government is adding jobs. there's business service sectors that are in federal contractors that are still growing. most of the unemployed workers don't have the qualifications for the jobs we are adding. so people are coming here from other labor markets that aren't as good as ours to take these

good job and it leaves unemployed workers out there, principally retail and construction workers but across other sectors that will be waiting their sector to grow and that probably won't be in next year. >> reporter: in terms of the jobless figures you see in our area, what do you think they will do over the next couple of months. do you think we will start to even out and see job growth? >> we are losing jobs still. the local data for july coming out this morning. i don't know yet what they are yet. we are not losing as many as other metro. unemployment will go up. i suspect it will go up until mid 10 and as it will nationally. it should go double-digit nationally. we're at 6.6 now and will go up to 7, i suspect, maybe higher. some jurisdictions it is already higher than that. it is a long haul and the last

part of the economy that corrects. in 2 a 12 me we will have high unemployment compared to what we are used to. it will be a long struggle before the economy feels good to everybody and may take until 2012 for that to happen. >> at least some signs of optimism. >> the signs are good. >> yes. >> dr. fuller, thank you so much. hurricane bill picks up strength as it heads up the east coast and investigators in montgomery county offer a reward they hope will lead to an arrest in a series of rural fires.

montgomery county police are offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in a series of arsons in damascus. the arsost set fire to mailboxes, landscaping and bale bales of straw in germantown. the result of afghanistan's second presidential election will not be known for several more days. it's believed 40 to 50% of afghans voted in thursday's election. taliban threats did keep some people from the polls in the south and that could hurt president happened karzai's re- election chances. tonight at sun down, more than 1 billion people around the world will begin to observe ramadan. during the next 30 days muslims will go without food or water during daylight hours and spend most of the day performing prayers and charity as an act

of foes focus on god. hurricane bill is heading to bermuda, carrying winds of 125 miles an hour. it is expected to pass the u.s. east coast and that has some residents pulling their boats out of the water for a weekend of rough surf. here's kim to tell us what those of us heading to ocean city might have in store. >> reporter: funny you should ask. i have the ocean city forecast up for all of you beach goers. if you are leaving today, thunderstorms will be coming probably later on tonight. saturday is a washout and sunday drying out. bill will not bring this rain to you at all. it will be several hundreds of miles out in the ocean. but we will get rain from the front approaching us today. one thing in ocean city to look out for, rip tides and very rough surf from that strong hurricane out in the atlantic ocean. straight to the point with our local forecast. thunderstorms are firing up

this afternoon and especially this evening. right now off to the west we st have atppdo ok atler dodoppler an n casee where n i' talking about. cumberland to iser, west virginia. romney you a in e . ththpa hancock and paw thpaw too. hagerstown with within the next three hours and a chilly 63 at deep creek lake along route 21ed from the rain-cooled air. back to the map. the numbers tell the story best. we are in the 80s already at 9:00. 70s with more cloud cover and elevation in winchester and martinsburg and yes, there's humidity, low 80s feel like upper 80s. feeling like summer this morning. game plan, time lapse tower cam shows the cloud cover as it was last night. we're enjoying some sunshine for the time being. this is going to further destabilize the atmosphere and aid in the thunderstorm development which will move from south to north. the progress of the batch of

storms isn't moving quest east very quickly. when it gets here the storms will continue from south to north on top of us leading to localized floodi 92 we will sneak in the high before the rain gets here for the late afternoon. all eyes on hurricane bill. here's the it willest. it is a category three, winds of 120. it has been taking that northwesterly track and recurbing away from north america. it is probably going to clip atlantic canada when you think of sunday in to monday morning. and again the ramifications locally for area beaches will be rough surf as we think about the weekend escape forecast. i know you want to see the seven day. here you go. have at it. my pick of the weekend is sunday. by then lower humidity, slightly lower temperatures. we will keep that gem of a weather forecast in to next week. it will be gorgeous here next monday and tuesday. back to you. we have been hearing rumors for mondays now about a new face in the race for prince

georges county executive. gentlemen, good to have you with us. it will be obvious why politics and sports are together in this segment but let's turn to the politics. mr. dean are you in the race for prince georges county executive. >> yes, i have declared to run for county executive for prince georges county. as you know we are term limited. i'm coming off the council in 2010. i have developed and gained a tremendous amount of experience in order to guide the county forward. therefore i decide i can make a contribution to prince georges county. one of the interesting things about my campaign in the last two runs i had my wife as my campaign manager and she will be my campaign manager again. therefore we have a winning team and we expect to prevail

in 2010. >> she's with us and we congratulate her on her role as your campaign manager but the two of you are take atlantic a difficult path at a difficult time the governor will be announcing millions of dollars in cuts that will affect the jurisdiction. you just had a federal judge's ruling go against the county in trying to balance the budget by furloughing union workers. your reaction to that, and are you crazy taking this responsibility at this time? >> i believe that you really make decisions to do things when things are difficult. i have never run from a fight. i believe i can put together an economic package that will help us to weather the storm. there's been some uptick in the housing market, which is one of the things that has driven the revenue and the economy in prince georges county. so i believe that when i put my team together that we will be

able to move the county forward to a new level. the judge acknowledged the hardships you were going through but overlooked alternatives to trim the budget. when you economic team comes together, do you have one thing that you can tell us now that would be something you would trim from the budget that the judge would consider more moderate that would be something other than the massive layoffs the current county executive predicts because of the ruling. >> what we will have to do is to look at our current agencies and departments and where we have economic economies of scale, where we can bring departments together. we will be looking at that. and also free up some money. we will also be looking at some of the other things such as overtime that we do pay to see how we can save in those areas. so we will be looking at a host

of opportunities. >> reporter: as a politician, you are here to make a presentation. dwayne sims is here. first off we will explain, dwayne, why are you here? >> we are going to the university of maryland, my new partner and they just got a new coach, coach backridge and they are helping us host an all negro league vintage game. we have a metropolitan junior baseball league and players from all over will be here and we will go back to the old negro league and bringing in wallace williams, 102 years old. which my friend. >> i one there but he is my friend now. >> reporter: and chiply field. >> correct. >> i read where you are really proud. everybody talks about what goes on in dc but a hot has happened in the counties outside surrounding dc, especially

prince georges county. >> i have the best of 0 both representations, prince georges county and district of columbia. >> you always bring some interesting memorabilia with us. tell us about the bat you have here. >> this was a bat in the smithsonian last year. i put it on loan. we won't talk about the value and economic thing but bucky wallace's signature is on that bat. he played back in 1927. >> 103 years old. he will be here. mr. dean you have this presentation. >> we believe very strongly in recognizing history and we think this is absolutely a opportunity for prince georges county to shine. therefore we wanted to present a proclamation to recognizing the negro league legends hall

of fame that will take place on the 21st through the 23rd. >> all right. the game is saturday 22nd. >> we are going to missionary baptist goodwill church. >> and tickets are still available or is it free. >> tickets are available but actually today donated 2,000 tickets free to our youth in our community and then also my cochairs made sure at least 500 tickets went to prince georges county. >> very good. the idea to see wallace bucky, 102 years old. >> 103 in december. >> congratulations. we will be talking more about his candacecy. it's a revolution in pain relief.

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welcome back to 9 news now. you are looking live at the lincoln memorial. the work to rebuild an organization likes pieces to masterpieces is far from over. donations are still needed. with me is the organization's founder mary brown. a pleasure to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: again, just remind us of what happened to life pieces to masterpieces when the vandalism and acts of hatred. >> actually it was either a sunday night or monday morning. we're not sure. clearly some individuals who were very unhappy. probably have a lot of hurt in their heart, pretty much came in and about 15 years of hard work and love and paintings that were created by our boy and young men in ward 7 all were vandalized paint was

thrown everywhere. computers were broken, television screens broken. horrible words of pain and hate were written all over our walls an in our children area, even in this area where we work with little ones ages 3 to 7, just horrible word and horrible things were done. >> reporter: some things were lost but we are talking about intangibles. the messages written, the paintings destroyed and how that must have hurt the people you worked. >> it hurt tremendously. over 15 years we have been teaching our young men and boys in ward seven that you can change challenges in to possibilities and that peace is the way to go about things. and being in harmony and balance and to see this, that was really a challenge. the first thing is we are dealing with a lot of testosterone here and the first thing is who did this. we quickly went to our life

pieces to masterpieces road. >> you talk with the men and boys that you work with. >> yes. >> why did you start this organization focusing on these young men. >> we are in one of the most challenging areas in the district of columbia. we are talking about high levels of unemployment, the absence of positive male role models. high substance abuse. homeless children. so there's a huge need. and, you know, in the district of columbia and only 30% of young black men graduate high school and we wanted to turn those statistics an and that's why we are needed. for the past three years, over 100% of our boy and young men have been graduating high school. so, you know, it was very hard. we didn't quite understand why this was done. but we quickly went about trying to rebuild. >> what do you need in order to continue the rebuilding process. >> definitely individuals to

continue to send checks to life pieces to masterpieces at 5002 hayes street northeast or visit our website. we have a way of donating there. we have a way of donating there, on the website. we have a large number of volunteers. we're thankful for that. we still need a lot. i want to thank all of my friends in the nonprofit sector that have come forward and given us support. >> we hope you get more support from this interview. it is life pieces to masterpiece. they need your help. we will provide a link to their website on our website after the show at wusa9.com. let's go to angie for an update on the rush hour. >> while you are at that website, check out my blog oh my goff. i give you a lot of fun things to do over the weekend and can hook you up with a opinionallized traffic report. we are tracking clear commute on 395 northbound from the capital beltway to the 14th

street bridge and flip over to i-66. here's the shot. slow approaching the beltway. that's a minor slow down. overall pretty picture under sunny skies. up on 270, a nice and quiet ride. all morning. that's what we are dealing with. hello, maryland. okay to the split. then we will take it to the outer loop where i'm not finding any problems from new hampshire to georgia. are you ready to get your beach on? maybe you are going to head to the bay bridge. we are flying it. making your way from the beltway through bowie to the bridge. you are going to find nothing but green cars telling us drivers are moving at a great pace. the time now 9:32. back to andrea. our next guest has been scouring around the malls looking for hot back to school bargains. stylist lauren rockman is here from tysons with her fall find. what a fun job to go shopping. >> thank you for having me. >> we know it has been tough at the malls. people haven't been there. have you seen traffic pick up.

>> it is picking up this time of the year. fall is my favorite season because all the goodies come out in stores and it is time for back to school shopping. >> reporter: what are the trends and what should we have on our young people that won't break the budget. >> what a great question. we are seeing a return of the ' 80s this year and we are seeing it in kids. >> is that a good thing. >> the middle and school high school kids are loving it. the neon pink, a little madonna. i mean you are seeing some good ' 80 punk is the look and we have some models here this morning to showcase some of our looks. we have the first model here. we have the liquid leggings, something we saw in hollywood a lot and now seeing it for $10 at papaya in tysons corner and the boyfriend blazer. >> $10. >> $10 for those liquid leggings, absolutely and then

this fun argyle sneaker holded over with nice hot pink, a studded belt with neon color. so this look is very affordable. all the pieces are terrific. >> you can pick pieces you don't have to buy the whole outfit and that is really neat. >> thank you. >> next up, come on down. >> we have david. everybody wants this look right now. and this is very inspired by entourage, gossip girls. you are seeing a lot of teens and between be inspired by the television show. the argyle is back. you have this neo prepster look going on. we love this look. the clothing is from forever 21 at tysoners corner center and the shoes, the slip ons, old navy, $24.50 and a messenger bag from old navy as well. >> a few pieces, the argyle vest you have in the jeans and the shirt. you can pump it up. >> pick a couple of key pieces an within this budget this

spire look is under $80. >> very good. thank you. next? >> colors are hot and what is fun about this look, back to school, this backpack, let me say this is the dickeys line. >> turn to the side so we can see the backpack. it has the stars this. we love this backpack. it has such a great line. it is terrific, the old navy trouser jean and the grunge gone glam. another trend we are seeing, the return of the grunge and something we saw in the ' 90s and now a puff sleeve jacket, a lot of nice plaid and a return to the pink. >> again, picking up pieces so you don't have to spend the whole week's worth of salary. >> the jeans, whether you do a skinny or legging jean or a plain pair of leggings or trouser jean all together you are going to have a gray look shopping at any of these

stores. i will also say the jewelry at lelerro are fantastic and all the pieces $7, the most expensive is $16. >> i can see mom going to the daughter's closet and raiding it. that's a great necklace. >> it is great and so age appropriate. >> reporter: thank you very much. models, thank you. and do well this school in the fall. we'll be right back. (announcer) back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky, pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two bonus box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. so i always have totino's pizza rolls.

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less are searching for ryan jenkins former reality star in the murder of his wife. a seattle woman is suing magician david copperfield saying he sexually assaulted and threatened her two years ago while she was a guest on his private island in the bahamas. the former miss washington usa contestant. copperfield is accusing the woman of extortion. stephanie meyer author of the high light books is being sued for plagiarism. it claims the fourth book in the tie light series, breaking dawn is similar to the novel

the nocturne. they say the suit is without merit calling it a publicity stunt. >> kim son the weather terrace. what's happening? [ no audio ] you need fresh inspiration just for a great choice on the favorite meals this is what you are going to do. take your favorite meal and to help us is red greenberg. i will have the spread you have. >> thank you. >> you have a little twist. tell me what we are doing. >> we are doing a bow tie shrimp cocktail with a tear gone vinaigrette instead of the cocktail sauce. >> been there done that. a funky new sauce and the shrimp isn't just boiled or steamed. we are -- >> going to grill it. was marinated a half hour to flavor, it is more for flavor. there is o.j.

concentrate, garlic, ginger, oil. >> it is a light summery recipe. >> a little fresh tear gone and blend it up and putt it on the grill and we will grill this and the other thing we grill scallions. you can just put them fresh on from there. once they grill down, what you do is. >> you cut them in to strips. >> boy, they reduce. >> and take the grilled shrimp. >> oh, cute. i like this idea. >> like a lollipop. and then basically take the scallions. >> here's the top of it. >> and kind of come through and you can jazz it up. and then you come through and create a little bit of a bow tie look. >> it holds it on there, a nice package. now i understand the lead, everybody. >> just dip it in there.

>> and they add such prettiness to your plate. what are these. >> cell feign noodles. most grocery stores,ing wemans or the asian stores have them. >> this doesn't look like ordinary cucumber salad. >> we took the seeds from the cueer per, scored it. >> let me give you a better look at home. >> red cucumber, the farmers market an watermelon ready dish. >> so this is a radish and it is pink on the inside and it is kind of stripey. does it have its own flavor. >> no. >> this is so beautiful. >> we cut it on a japanese mandolin. it is the same thing. >> over here on this dish, what a nice garnish. >> this is a thai curry chicken done in coconut curry sauce. we used a green curry paste and this is a peanut sauce which is very common with thai and this

was a jasmine rice salad. >> that goes with it. >> it compliments the salad with the shrimp and the idea of entertaining. we have the fruit tart. >> oh, the fruit tart. you skimmed over that. hold on. back up buster. are these things hard to make? is there a custard in there. >> pastry cream. you could do a pudding at home. and buy the tart shells and these again, with the farmers mark fresh berries are in. >> that doesn't look hard to do. i'm thinking i could do a dish like this. delicious. back to the shrimp, anything we need to know grill tip wise. >> again, with the shrimp, i would say about a minute on each side. >> we may have gone a little long there because i tend to ramble on but it is okay. it is just tv food. how long for the scallions to reduce. >> i would say two minutes for the scallion and pull it off and you can see how it gets

soft and then with your knife just pull this and cut it in to the thin strips. it is really not that difficult. >> oh, my gosh. let me tell you all watching we will have a link to these recipes at wusa9.com. just let your fingers do the walking we will hook you up with great expert advice from greg greenberg, rsvp catering. a taste test when we come back. we want to see you on the ote heside of the break before the rain comes in. stay with us.

-6r789s here's a check on the numbers on wall street at the opening bell. all green so far. the dow up 75 and the nasdaq up 11 and the s&p up nine and a third. here's a look at what's on tap for next week on 9 news at 9:00 a.m. virginia congressman jim moran

stops by on monday and we will hare from doug gansler will return and mind over money will return a week from today. >> man, that guy drops his rs. we are talking stormy weather. looks beautiful right now. get the grilling done now, may dam. and because later this afternoon the storms that are sitting over romney, west virginia, will be sitting on top of us. say your mom is going to ikea for a big fancy thing tonight, all of her friends are driving her. i want to see that car on the road around the subway at 7:00. >> so ladies, you might want to later. >> okay. >> all righty. at andrea's. you are all invited. >> thank you. you really jazzed some rom thing we have done before but they are different and delicious. >> love the shrimp on a

lollipop. >> traffic is really nice outside. pretty much a friday light on our hands but i want to remind you when we are on air we are also on-line. you can connect to us and get personalized traffic and weather reports at wusa9.com. >> that's it. we will see you again on monday starting 4:85. kim is back at noon with j.c. hayward. have a great weekend. >> bye-bye.