t. >> reporter: it is unclear if businesses will find any ban. bruce johnson, 9 news now and wusa9.com. health care reform. president obama goes before congress outlining his plan to reform the health care system. good morning. i'm andrea roane. howard is here with weather. angie has the traffic for you. we start off our thursday morning with howard's forecast. >> like the last couple of mornings. spotty showers, little cool but later on today, the pesky low which was once tropical storm erika will be moving to the west northwest and rain chances will be going up along with the wis in g goupand could be we geo tonight. especially north of town. sh veli doler hd spotty s.ow they were moving north south and today they are vi ngwest wiarllt st

we llar stk frfricericand montgomery counties. howa cliouy scntreght d atte showers from shrock lltoe middletown and to englelk d ane clarksville damascus over to boyds. to the bay activity. shady side and plum point to st. on and denton looking onin southern maryland a few hours in newland tosaint mary's and northern neck. showers today and highs around 70. good morning, angie goff. it is thursday and we are getting closer to the week. we kick off a report with a tie up in virginia. moving to 95 outside, heading northbound, okay to the mixing bowl.

no delays so far as you make your way past duke street all the way to the district. let's skip over to maryland and say hello to outer loop drivers. they are doing fine, zipping by at speed at colesville road. andrea, over to you. the fight for a major overhaul of our system is far from over. senate finance committee negotiators resume talks to come up with a bipartisan agreement an the nation sits back to resume debate over president obama's speech. armando trull is live from captiol hill with more. >> reporter: all summer long president obama allowed just about everyone in america, including his critics, to define his version of health care reform. last night, during the most important speech of his presidency, president obama finally told the country how he will cure the health care system that is on its death bed. >> health care represents one sixth of our economy, i believe it makes sense to build on what

works and fix what doesn't. >> he says any health care reform must contain certain key points. >> it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it the most. we will place a limit on how much you can be charged for outof pocket expenses because in the united states of america no one should go broke because they go sick. >> reporter: they want them to cover routine checkups and preventative care. >> it makes sense and saves money and lives. nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have. >> reporter: those without insurance or the self employed will have a low-cost option. >> we will create a new insurance extension, a marketplace where individuals and small businesses will be able to shop for health insurance at competitive prices. >> reporter: the president reached out to republicans saying some of their ideas including trying to control

malpractice lawsuits were worthless. and the dismissed the thought that there are death plans. >> i will not sign it if it adds a dime to the deficit of in the future, now or in the future period. >> reporter: this cost is $9 billion over the next ten years. even if the president extended an olive branch to republicans he says he will not waste time with those trying to kill the measure and not improve it. >> this morning a republican lawmaker is in hot water with his own party for heckling the president during the middle of his speech. >> those who claim our reform efforts will insure illegal immigrants this too is false. the reform the reforms i'm

proposing will not apply to those illegals. >> you lie. >> congressman joe wilson of south carolina issued a statement last night in which he said "this evening i let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the president's remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. while i disagree with the statement, my comments were inappropriate. i think he reminded america as to why they elected him as president. i think he reminded them of the fact that he is passionately for helping the american people. i thought he hit it out of the park. he touched all of the right bases and provided the right

reassurances. he challenged congress and reassured the american people, directly and senior citizens. you can read the remarks at wusa9.com. that's where we have also left the text of the letter senator ted kennedy wrote to president obama before he died. and a web poll on whether using any kind of health care reform will be passed this year. and it is time for the first living smart report of the morning. jessica doyle is here with a preview of the day on wall street and we have to ask is the color going to be green. >> we hope so. going for five days in a row today. we have had a nice rally on wall street lately and so far the rally is spilling in to overseas trading. asian markets up 2% or more today amid optimism about the u.s. economy. now the dow added 50 points yesterday. the nasdaq climbed 23 and the nasdaq up about 8 points. an economic report here at home helped to lift the markets yesterday. according to the beige book,

home sales and prices are improving in most of the country. the economy is stabilizing or improving throughout the country. opec decided to keep oil production levels unchanged. the cartel banking on the recovery is maintaining prices near $72 a barrel. current prices are translating in to gas prices that cost 2.585-gallon. now the official driving season is over, analysts expect to see prices drop a little more from current levels and we will take it to savehea little at the pump. >> you are saving us more in the next half hour. we are. money saving tip of the day. we are saving you $200 a year on your phone bill. thank you t are. an update on first lady's idea to have a farmers mark near the white house. they approved the application to close the 800 block of vermont avenue for a temporary farmers market. the market would operate

between h and i streets every thursday between 1:00 and 8 p.m. with this hurdle out of the way the markets could open as early as next thursday. lawmakers on the hill are opening a probe to the sec's failures in the madoff case. it is 8 after the hour. 67 degrees. you are watching 9 neow nws. sa

we are wishing you a happy thursday here from 9 news now. traffic is looking nice and green. we are going to tell you about some tieups to avoid coming up. congress is reopening its investigation in to why the securities and exchange commission failed to detect

madoff's massive ponzi scheme. david coats will testify before the committee today. they revealed how the agency botched five investigations in to madoff's business over more than 16 years. pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger will not accept a settlement offer woman that claims the quarterback sexually assaulted her. the alleged victim said he would be willing to settle for an apology and victims of domestic violence. bad weather to control a massive blaze burning north of los angeles. they want to set backfires to help destroy fuel that can spread the fire. the weather delayed the plan for two days. the wildfire is 62% contained. political pundits on the world wide web respond to the south carolina cram now known as the president's heckler. and having braces may not

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the time is 5:13. howard bernstein is here. good morning. >> is it a good morning. >> it is a good morning. >> you talked about my jacket earlier. >> i like it. >> it is a good morning because it is mainly dry, comfortable. not too breezy. compared to what it will be like this afternoon in to tonight, when the rains pick up the wind picks up, it is a yeah, a good morning. weed pollen is moderate. ragweed sufferers, this season has been not too bad. below average on the count. we'll take that with a grain of salt or whatever. let's go with the forecast. the next three days looks a little wet, especially later on in to tonight and early friday. saturday looks a lot better. lingering shower is possible in the afternoon. temperatures well to in to the 70s. at the bus stop this morning,

spotty showers and breezy and cool. in the 60s. northeast winds five to 15. gusts to the east right now close to 20 miles an hour. western areas the winds are dead calm to the shenandoah. that will change. some showers this afternoon. it will be a steady rain late, windy, highs an 70. i know we have been talking about the rain coming in. every time we look at the models just wait a little more but really think it is coming in tonight. more rain north of town. less south of town. north wind at ten 20 miles an hour and tomorrow showers around with more clouds. here we go. the whole thing is moving off to the west this morning. as we switch it over to live doppler hd. spotty showers across frederick and montgomery county. we see light scattered showers especially upper montgomery in to northern and western howard.

south of frederick over to 'tis da aurora. lighter showers have been moving in from west to east. plum point you have some showers, also badden and prince georges county and waldorf light sprinkles and southern maryland toward newland on the northern neck we have some showers. temperatures are in the 60s this morning and with the rain moving in and the clouds an the breeze not a lot of recovery. as we look at the seven-day forecast, temperatures will struggle. only get to around 70 today and tomorrow. heaviest rain should be tonight in to early friday. saturday a light shower is possible still but not a bad day. upper 70s. by sunday and monday real nice, low 80s and more rain by wednesday if not late tuesday. it is 5:16. 66 degrees. good morning, angie goff. >> hello, howie b. hello, everybody. it is thursday. we are ready to kick off a great day. unfortunately we have some

tieups beginning in leesburg, virginia. right now market is closed between battlefield and river creek parkway. as a result of this you want to use battlefield and take it to fort evans and get on river creek to get on to route 7. so there is a way around it. moving along, 66 eastbound. checking out no problems as you track those head lights. they are moving at speed. and lanes nice and quiet from 95 to 66. you can see the drive is nice and green. we are moving at speed, as well. the beltway in maryland, no problems. we are zipping by at colesville road north of the district and wrap it up with route 4, route 5, 301 crane highway. this is an incident and accident free zone. that's a quick look at traffic. now, over to you. in the living well headlines, less bulk could save americans billions. it would mean fewer cases of

high blood pressure and heart and kidney disease. the institute of medicine recommends that adults consume no more than 2300-milligrams of sodium a day but the average american gets 1,000-milligrams more than that. boys may be able to get guard gardasil , the sexually transmitted disease calls certain warts and rare cancers in men and women. the food and drug administration says the vaccine, which is already used in women to prevent cervical cancer should be approved to stop genital warts in men. a new study finds taking care of your teeth may cut your risk of head and neck cancer. research found having a gum disease known as chronic peer owe don'tist appeared town crease a person's chances of having cancer. that was the pack for smokers

and nonsmokers. a hand held device delivers a shuttle vibration. it speeds up metabolism in the beard teeth so braces can move them in to assign -- align more easily and cut the amount of treatment. >> it is applied ten or 20 minutes a day. >> reporter: patients testing the device say it doesn't hurt, just feels a little strange. the inventors believe it will be widely available by the fall of next year. time to say good morning to kristin fisher in the web center with what people are buzzing about today. >> absolutely. good morning, everyone. without a doubt the big story on the web this morning is the president's health care speech before congress last night. but the president's message is really being overshadowed especially on the web by the ermeurst from the republican mb . tothp e meer.

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health care debate. president obama urges congress to stop bicker and have sweeping health care reform. welcome back to 9 news now. angie goff is looking nice in her black and white and will have the traffic in a moment. hope it is that clear cut. here's howard with the forecast. >> trying to hold up miened of the book ends. the heavy stuff won't pick up in to late this afternoon and tonight an friday and then things impro e ththe weekend. yowe thrtu wi s dor leu ppdoppl hd. sspotr otwehoand the movement on isweth was nothh to south. today it is sort of east to the west northwest. spotty showers up in montgomery county, frederick, prince orges, southern orgeutsohern ma ev enwihester and ncwier and front royal ghristt now. you see them over to

sperryville there. we have activity off of the atlantic. our rains pick up this afternoon with highs around 70. right now 5:31 and here's angie goff. >> a quick look at traffic and keep you updated on the situation in leesburg, virginia. market street, crews are working hard between battlefield road and inbound new york avenue we come to you live from 395 heading northbound from duke to seminary. doing fine. at speed. making your way to the district. see if we can take it to 170 inbound. no delays yet from the times building to bladensburg or third street tunnel and wrap it up with 270, a little volume from 109. things break apart past 121 and oracles to the -- you are clear to the split. that's the traffic. over to you. today the nation is reacting to president obama's health care reform speech.

last night the president went before congress and the nation to try to regain control of the health care reform debate. armando trull is live on captiol hill with more. armando? >> well, andrea, hours before the president delivered that speech, a poll showed that 52% of the american public disapproved of his handling of the health care reform issue. that's one of the reasons why he tried to recapture the initiative during last night's address to congress. president obama said that america cannot afford to wait any longer for health care reform. >> the time for bickering is over [ applause ] the time for games has passed. >> reporter: he told congress health care reform must have low cost options for those that don't have health insurance. >> the plan will be required to carry basic health insurance as most states require you to carry auto insurance. >> reporter: the president did not shy away from a public

insurance option. >> i will not back down on the basic principal that if americans can't find affordable coverage we will provide you with a choice. >> reporter: the president said his plan will not add to the deficit because it will be paid through the safings and waste it generates. >> to prove i'm serious there will be a provision in the plan that requires us to come forward with spending cuts if the savings we promise don't materialize. >> reporter: the reform will cost $900 billion over the next ten years. even if president obama extended an olive branch to republicans he also sent them a warning he will not waste time with any of those who try to kill the bill instead of improving it. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. a maryland senator says a nitrogen and foes ferrous scheme is a way to restore the bay. the program includes a 2020

deadline for restoration efforts. also in the bill is $1.5 billion in grants to control urban and suburban storm water runoff, the only pollution sector that is still growing. tomorrow marks the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. our neighbors in virginia will remember the day by participating in service projects. governor kaine proclaimed it as a day of service and remembrance. governor kaine urged citizens to honor the victims by performing volunteer work in their communes. enrollment is up in dc public schools. the system's 127 schools currently have 44 rkz 397 students enrolled. the "washington post" says that number is a significant increase from the 37,000 students who were enrolled in the system at the start of the school year. the number we are seeing is good news for a system which has dealt with a steady decrease in the overall student

population. it's coming up on 5:35 and time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is back with a move that has saved 5,000 properties from the tax man. >> you can imagine a lot of people are breathing a sigh of relief this morning. this is the news. liens on 5,000 properties were heading to the block. the district office of tax and revenue were planning a sale to allow investors to buy the properties with delinquent tax bills. that would give them the option of starting foreclosure later but it has been halted for now one bidder complained in court the city did not include all properties that owed back taxes but only listed those with only $1,100 in overdue taxes. they plan to reschedule the auction for october. many businesses could be unprepared if employees catch the h1n1 flu. a harvard study found two- thirds of businesses admitted

they couldn't maintain normal operations if half 0 their workers were out for two weeks. they are urging people to let employees work at home if they come down with the swine flu. steve jobs made his first public appearance since receiving a liver transplant this spring. jobs got a standing ovation when he took the stage in san francisco to launch a new product. he urged everyone to become organ donors and unveiled a new line of ipod media players including an ipod nano with a but ilin video camera. consider removing the long distance service on your land line and use your cell phone a r long stdiance cas.st andice cheaper pre. thmovecan save you $200 a year. for more check out the financialista.com. follow me on twitter. my name is financialista.

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welcome back. in this news now, maryland governor o'malley said it wouldn't surprise him if the state needed to trim an additional 100 to $200 million from its budget. the additional cuts could come next week when revenue estimates are revised. a runway on national airport had to be closed yesterday. an american airlines flight from st. louis blew a tire

while landing. no one was injured but the runway was closed as the cleared the debris. the two other airways remained open. the vietnam veterans memorial fund says the grass on the national mall will be soon be greener. they are taking over lawn care for 13-acres on the mall near the monument. they plan to spend $96,000 to repair a broken irrigation system and improve the grass through retreatment, fertilization, air ration and other work. the repairs are set to begin today. still to come on 9 news now, a beloved telescope known for its images of space is returned to its former glory. great pictures we have been watching them on-line thanks to yoda and our chat room. some showers in some spots in the region. we will have the forecast when

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they say the closing of two prisons means the population of two local prisons will bloom. >> each day 40 to 0 people are people who should be in state prisons having been sentenced. that's normal but with two prisons closings, local sheriffs have been warned they will have to handle more state prisoners, which is always a money-losing proposition. >> the reimbursement for prisoners is minimal mall. about 10 to 20 dollars a day when our costs is $135 a day. >> any additional prisoners would force us to look at opening a new section of the jail which will be very costly.

>> reporter: on top of that the amount of money the state passes on to local jurisdictions is cut at a time when the sheriff says they are operating at bare bones. >> it is a double whammy because we will get a 5 to 7% budget cut from the state and then the backlog of prisoners which will raise our costs. >> reporter: if the population at the jail shifts to too many prisoners the sheriff says that can present other problems at the facility. >> when they are pretrial they are on their best behavior because they haven't been sentenced yet. once they are sentenced they want to get to the prison and serve their time and start to act up and become management problems for us. >> reporter: the big unknown is not if it is going to happen but how many beds the county will need to provide. dave statter 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> sheriff says he would have preferred to see the state make cuts that were passed to local jurisdictions. the hubble space fell scope is back in action and better

than ever. and the agency releases the first images captured by hubble since it underwent a billion. >> look at that. my goodness. -- repairs and upgraded last spring. >> it's not about budgets, line items or memos. it's about science, it's about technology, discovery and our american character and about the future of our children. >> reporter: scientists say they are in awe of the clarity and detail of these new images which show formations trillions of miles away. and some of them we have never seen before. this is so beautiful. >> it was a mission that almost didn't happen. it was initially cancelled and had to lobby to get nasa to restore this. we are grateful they did and the butterfly nebula earlier, stunning stuff there. stunning. just around the corner. and to the men and women at the

portion county fair which opens today in upper marlboro, maybe a little wet tonight. but the weekend is looking better. if you are going to the portion county fair you might want to hold off. though they certainly welcome you coming out today and the nats maybe in jeopardy with rain increasing in coverage later on. we look at the forecast first. spotty showers this morning, becoming a steadier rain late this afternoon in to tonight. tomorrow, 70 with more showers and then by saturday, upper 70s. pretty stiff breeze also later tonight in to tomorrow. at the bus stop this morning, good morning, everybody. going to school today? got the kids getting ready. spotty showers, breezy on the cool side with 60s out there. northeast wind five to 15. some kind of jacket may be needed with a wind chill. showers becoming steady rain. highs an 70. look at the winds 10 to 20 an

gusting higher than that. sunset 7:24. just spoke to jan in reedville in the northern neck. light rain and some kind of wind down there. mid-50s to low 60s with a north wind 10 to 20 miles an hour. two batches of moisture, one across here and another in norfolk region. not too much in town but to our south we will start north in frederick county. urbana to 270 out 340, scattered about in west virginia to martinsburg to harpers ferry. we go to the south. in the portion county line on 301 to between waldorf and la plata. from leonard town in to newland and southern end of the bay by

saint mary's county in to the bridge in calvert we have showers. temperatures wise things are in the 60s with lower 60s to the knot and west. with a stiff northeast winds temperatures will not be moving much today. looking at a high on the seven day around 70. tonight the rain maybe heavy at times and better weather over the weekend especially sunday and monday with highs in the low 80s. angie is stepping in with a lot to tell you. >> i have the traffic report and a tieup since early this morning an accident investigation continues in this area, leesburg, virginia. market street is closed between battlefield road and river creek parkway. take battlefield and take it over to fort evans to get you back to river creek and you will be able to get on to route 7. there's a way around it. moving over to 66.

tracking the taillights and incident free past the fairfax county parkway. also in virginia, already seeing a slow ride set in on 95 northbound from the prince william parkway to lorton. what you are looking at here is the outer loop. live from university. a little volume building north of the district and some delays on the metro and we want to tell you about them. on the blue and yellow lines from the braddock station to pentagon is where we see the delays and this is due to the track work they did this past weekend. we have been taking the back to school pictures. say hello to proud dad ron larkens little angel. this is ava. this is big fifth isabella. and she is in second grade at porter elementary school. and you can submit your pictures a the wusa9.com home page. over to you. thank you so much. good morning. in the wake of the president's

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one culpeper girl in virginia is adding another nine to the equation. james hash introduces us to her. >> happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday dear brandy happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ >> but not just any birthday a ninth birthday. on the ninth day of the ninth month of the ninth year. >> i'm turning nine on 09/09/09. >> pretty cool. >> a day to celebrate with family, be silly with friends and play with new presents and create memories. >> it was the best day i ever had in my life. >> and she is planning another party in the future. >> i will be 99 on 09/09/99.

>> happy early birthday to that. >> reminds me of the beatles song "number nine." talk about what a boss and taxi driver may have in common. anyone have any guesses? it is on the prompter. >> those are among the honorees for the kennedy center honors. the boss i'm talking able that is bruce springsteen and the taxi driver is tony award winner robert de niro. also producers and young frankenstein creator mel brooks is one of the honorees. jazz pianist dave brubeck is honored and opera singer grace, who at one point because of her skin color was told she couldn't get in to a singing class. the mezzo soprano will be honored, as well. the honors are the sixth -- sixth of december.

>> great. >> tell you about hugh hefner. believe it or not he was married a while ago and he and his wife separated a while ago and finally filed for divorce. he has been paying her $40,000 a month. but the asked the court for $20,000 and he is 83 now and has been living with single at the "playboy" mansion. he hangs out in a robe in the afternoon. >> real quick i want you to know channel 9 is a sponsor of the dc twestiv is iton cot cutiat atmidtown left loft. i hope you can join us. all of this benefits miriam's kip and they feed the hungry here in dc so hope to get you all out. o and you'll tweet about it. ur>>. se >> we have a couple of