this morning and then much of the day should be cloudy and drizzly. but you can see even heavier stuff in loudoun county in to southern frederick. day at a glance. temperatures won't move much. better chance of showers this morning. temperatures topping around 70. 6:00. we need a traffic update. with more, here's patranya bhoolsuwan. good news in the district. we have been telling you about an accident at inbound new york avenue at south dakota. it has been pushed to the side. traffic is moving well in that area. let's check the outer loop in maryland. a little volume is building but moving well between 95 and georgia. 270 southbound, 109 to 121 also moving well. little slow. not too fast but that is going

well as well as 66 eastbound, 50 to 123 no incidents or accidents to report there. >> thank you. on the rundown at 6:01, the push for health care reform. a committee vote could come next week from a plan from senator baucus. he unveiled the plan yesterday. it could create co-ops to sell insurance instead of the federal government. insurance companies would have to sell insurance to anyone even those with preexisting conditions and it would lower prices for low-income families and cover preventive dental and mental health care. while he has no republicans on his side now, he is hoping for gop support. >> at the enof the day we all share a common purpose, that is to make the lives of americans better than they are today tomorrow and to get health care reform done. which means the time to come for action is now.

>> reporter: the senator adds his plan would not add any money to the deficit. president obama is taking his push for health care reform to the university of maryland today. he is holding a rally at the comcast center. that's where we will find armando trull who's live with a preview. armando? >> tonight president obama wants congress pass a comprehensive health care reform plan and he seethes senate version as a good first step. later this morning he will tell a packed audience here at the cam cast center that any plan must provide security and stability for those who have insurance and provide affordable options for those who don't. the university of maryland terrapins were busy beavers last night. >> i think we are expecting a couple hundred volunteers. >> reporter: they were prepping the comcast center for the visit from president obama who will continue to use his electronic bully pulpit to push for health care reform.

this young cancer survivor says he get the message. >> i went through the treatment and chemotherapy and and i realized my parents had health insurance for me and so i had everything covered but then i realized there are millions who don't have health insurance and they can't afford the high cost of treatment. >> reporter: so do many other volunteers that will be in the audience today. >> it is wrong for our country to neglect health care for people that don't have it. >> reporter: the doors of the university of maryland's comcast center will open at 9:00 this morning and the event begins at 11:00. seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. get here early the early bird catches the seat. reporting live, armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. a group of medical experts wants the government to put a tax on soda. they say charging one penny an ounce will boost revenues and

lower consumption. o. soft drink makers oppose the idea. representatives from toe washington area sanitation authority and the dc fire and ems face tough questions during a dc council hearing yesterday. those questions were about inadequate water to fight a mansion fire in july. council member phil mendleson was stunned to learn thed ifed if never received maps. >> your testimony is the fire and ems responded to fires without maps. >> correct. >> i'm stunned here. how do you show up at a fire not knowing where the water supply is? >> reporter: dc fire and ems now say they have the maps they need to know where water supplies are.

be extra vigilant on your morning commute. a new report finds crimes are on the rise in montgomery county. our partners at the washington examiner report serious crimes in and around metro station and bus stops jumped 11% in the last two years. shady grove saw the most crime, 20% of them in wait. the biggest crime larceny, mostly from items stolen from cars and parking garages. work is underway on a new metro bus garage. up 29 -- 295 in southwest washington. money for if facility came from the sale of an old bus yard as well as federal stimulus dollars dollars. time for another "living $mart" report. she is playing princess for the day. >> every day. >> million million around the corner and parents are hitting the stores. princess costumes have been number one sellers for little

girls four years running but they are not just million million. year round interest makes the power of the princess big business. >> i like cinderella. >> why. >> booze she is beautiful and i love her hair. >> little girls love their princesses. >> they get to dress up and look beautiful. >> this week they enjoyed an afternoon of high tea and a dress rehearsal of a show at the ritz carlson in tysons corner. the general manager wants to make sure they are treated like royalty. >> what we are doing is asking our v.i.p.s, our little v.i.p.s to pick out the best items for our teas and give us feedback on the performance itself. >> reporter: with tea parties like this one, the ritz carlton is recognized as the power of the princess but they are not the only one.

princess impersonator rebecca russell plays cinderella, snow white or belle three times a weekend. her parties in virginia cost about $200. little pampered princess parties based in waldorf, maryland charges $600 to host a party for eight kids and there's princess secrets of reston, virginia. $450 for 12 kids. so why are they popular with little girls? >> everybody wants to be aspirationally something bigger, larger than life and i think the princesses capture these young girls emotions and imaginations. >> the commercial power of the princess isn't going away anytime soon. disney releases know white on defend and blue ray and the newest princess tiana makes a debut in the princess and the frog.

we of course have million million costumes. snow white is likely to be a big seller. >> i actually considered being snow white. >> thank you so much for that animated report. well, grownups they dressed up last night for a fashion to fight poverty event in georgetown. it was the dress responsibly look book. it honors ethical designers in toe world of fashion. ahead, kristin fisher goes in search of a local high school heros. and in ten minutes a new report on the health of the chesapeake. i want. it is not looking so good these days. how are the traffic and weather looking. we will start with howard. >> we have some wet weather. not everywhere but across northwestern montgomery county,

frederick county heavier showers there and prince georges and charles county showers moving out of virginia. for the day, the forecast a cool cloudy day. a couple of sprinkles especially this morning. temperatures range from 60 in meyersville. patranya bhoolsuwan has the maryland traffic. >> thank you, howard. let's take a live look. a lot of jammed traffic there. 270 southbound father hurl hurley to montross. take you a while to get through that area. at west east highway, this morning in silver spring, you can see wet roads and stay safe out there. fly over the bw parkway 32 to the beltway. no delays. head out the door with a maybe mind set if you want to achieve your goals today. best selling author and motivational speaker explains why the word maybe makes a difference. >> hello this is willie jolly and the live better step for

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. time for today's hero central report. i'm in the web center with kristin fisher and you are here to tell us about a great weekly event kicks off tomorrow. >> that's right. tomorrow morning we are taking our hero central segment on the road for high school heros find out more by going to wusa9.com. i will be featuring heros a high schools in virginia,

maryland or washington, d.c. it starts tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. and that's where i will be. tomorrow live at falls church from five to 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. the following week on september 25 at damascus catholic high school in hyattsville, maryland and then october 2nd broad run high school in ashburn, virginia. those are only the first three weeks. we have more down the road tomorrow i will be at jeb stewart high school where the focus is and we will profile two teachers who have made a huge difference in the lives of many people. what it does is it identifies at-risk sixth grader and provides them with skills and support to take ap classes, do community service and ultimately get in to college and get this now they have a 100% success rate. it is quite a story. if you would like us to come to

your high school we'd love to hear about it. shoot us an e-mail to heros@wusa9.com. high school heros. it starts tomorrow morning and i'm so excited. i'm heading out there to make sure everything is set up ready to go we will have cheerleaders, football players and it will be a fun morning. >> great way to kick off the weekend. thank you, kristin. the time is 6:14. here's what is in the news now, the fbi has raided two homes in suburban denver. both are part of a terrorism investigation which actually began in new york this week. the fbi won't say what, if anything, was found. & puff the magic dragon ♪ lived by the sea ♪ >> reporter: mary travers from peter paul and mary has died. this is a group performing on 9 news now back in 2004. she died yesterday after a battle with leukemia. she was 72. >> this week marks the tenth

anniversary of hurricane floyd. it flooded two sections of the carolinas and caused $4 billion in damage. and speaking of water, we woke up to rain on the roads this morning. >> and before it came here we had showers out. but floyd had winds 40 to 70- mile an hour gusts. >> west side of the metro less than the east. the rain this morning, yeah, that's showing up on the radar in a big way. not everybody is seeing it. i want to start on the weather computer. some sprinkles last night and showers. patranya bhoolsuwan will have the traffic in a second. and an area of showers popped up in northern virginia. an we see that on live doppler hd as we switch it over for you and you will see heavier stuff across parts of montgomery county now. this has come out of loudoun county, also it will hit parts of southern areas of frederick

county as well and to the south we have showers moving in to prince georges and charles county. and st. marys, this will stay north of you. in toe metro not much going on. even fairfax, west of 95, pretty quiet. but we start north, zoom in north because the upper part of montgomery county is seeing the rains here. especially from boyds to aurora county. south of town, we have been watching activity as it has been coming out of virginia. for the most part out of virginia showers woodbridge to alexandria along route 1 east of 95 and prince georges county as well but the heaviest is north. as far as the forecast, a few showers this morning. might be one or two this amp but this morning looks to have a better chance. 70 today. not bad tomorrow. upper 70s with maybe sun in the afternoon and a really nice saturday with highs in the mid

70s. at the because stop, some rainy patches, cloudy and cool. temperatures in the 60s. this afternoon, they are not going to move much, only 70 with a spotty shower or two. and tonight, still a sprinkle is possible. lows 58 to 64 degrees. 66 at the naval air station patuxent river. 59 in martinsburg and frederick is 61 and 63 with showers. 65 national. look at the winds, northeast at 12 and that breeze will keep the clouds an and a cooler flow for us. we will struggle today an raining across much of this area over to the deep south. some flooding in atlanta and for us we need a little more rain. only a couple more showers this morning. here we ego with the seven day forecast. 77 tomorrow with a few breaks of sunshine in the afternoon for saturday and sunday looking

good. mid to upper 70s and showers return to the forecast for monday, tuesday and wednesday. it is 6:17. patranya bhoolsuwan has the traffic. good morning. happy thursday to you. start with 95 northbound. prince william parkway to lorton a 20 minute drive time through that area. getting jammed up going down there. 395 northbound duke to seminary a little slow down tracking the head lights to the district. and inner loop 95 to 66 looking good so far this morning as we look at the map. the green cars out there. yellow means it is slowing down out there. finally 270 southbound in maryland starting to jam up a little bit but cars are moving between father hurley and montross. >> it is 6:18. the future of transit in the district is slowly becoming a reality. the first rail lines of the new anacostia streetcar are in place. the streetcar will eventually

run from bolling air force base to the anacostia metro and should be up and running in a couple of years. >> the chesapeake bay is polluted and getting worse. that's the findings of the group. they say over fishing and pollution in toe bay are taking a toll. it is having a huge impact on the economy of the state. watermen are demanding action. >> i think we are at a crucial point now that we could totally collapse within the next five years and if they don't do something drastic now that could happen. >> watermen blamed water treatment which allows algae. it can cause dead zones but updating plants would cost millions of dollars. the capitals begin their preseason tonight and he had a grand slam in the nationals game. but first the signs of now. remember in fourth grade when you have to learn the state

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raleigh you have bonus points coming to you. the capitals begin a game against buffalo tonight. ' and the puck drops at 7:00. the last time we saw them play was in may. game seven of the semi conference final. we got trounced by the penguins. the nationals were in philadelphia last night. they couldn't get things going against starter joe blanton. he gave out five hits and striking out seven. in the 7th, jason hits a grand slam. his 34th home run of the season. the nationals lose 6-1 and the series wraps up today. in baltimore the orioles and rays tied at two in the bottom of the ninth. >> in the air, left center field. that is near the wall, and good- bye. home run. >> reporter: matt had a walk-

off home run. baltimore wins 4-2. it is 6 24. ahead wait until you see who was caught doing the mom bow the other -- mom bow the other night. patranya bhoolsuwan has an eye on traffic. what's going on. >> northeast dc looking at traffic through tunnel worth and eastern avenue. no big problems. first howard. other than a sprinkle or two things are dry here. but not the case in other spots this morning. detailing the rain and the forecast when we return. #

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 . that's supreme court justice sonia sotomayor along with morales they did the mumbo at a gala at the corcoran gallery of art. the have is courtesy of washington life tv and howie, this kind of weather makes us want to mambo on the weather terrace. what's shaking? >> a decent day ahead. it is not too hot.

almost cool. that's why you have to mambo. >> it is great. i could stay out here all day. start with live doppler hd. some heavy shower showers across montgomery county. downpours as you go down 270 through clarksburg and germantown. gaithersburg and things get better. south of town, down route 5 there in to prince georges county and charles county lighter showers and even to the west, south and west of warrenton and culpeper, showers there and around annapolis a couple of sprinkles. we will talk about the temperatures. showers an the next few hours. upper 50s in martinsburg and upper 60s in southern maryland. we sit at 65 degrees. we are looking at temperatures struggling only to 70 for a high. the better chance of showers this morning. we will have the full weekend forecast coming up in 15. patranya bhoolsuwan is standing by here at 6:30 with the morning traffic.

>> good morning. we will start off in maryland where we will look at 95 and the bw parkway. right now in maryland all green cars and all drivers are at speed. that's good news. look outside where the roads are wet. not helping the traffic situation here. 270 southbound father hurley to montross a bit jammed. in virginia, 66 eastbound, two areas of delays one between 234 and 129 and 50 to 123. give yourself extra time getting through that area. and 395 northbound, the usual problem spots minor delays between edsall and seminary. back to you. >> in just a few hours, president obama will be at the university of maryland. he's bringing his health care push to the comcast center. it is an event happening today. digital correspondent armando trull is there live with a preview. armando? >> well, angie, we expect president obama to tell a packed house that any health care reform plan must achieve two objectives, one, provide security and stability for

those who have insurance and two affordable options for those who don't. president obama is continuing to pressure congress to pass health care reform. today he brings that message to the university of maryland where he will address a health care rally. they were working until the early hours to get the comcast center ready in time. it is really important to us. >> it begins at 11:00 a.m. but doors open the public starting at 9:00. an angie, seating is on a first h come first-served basis. if anyone wants to come they should go it as early as possible and the rain has let up and that's good news. armando trull for 9 news now

and wusa9.com. of course today's rally will draw plenty of people who oppose toe president's plan. the group operation rescue says it will be in the front of the comcast center drawing attention to the opposition to mr. obama. the group's first rally is scheduled for # a.m. new this morning, layoffs in cuts coming to dc public schools. we have learned the city is cutting $40 million from the school's budget. that means teach fors will be laid off. it is unclear how many. the school chancellor calls it an equalization and says it is coming earlier than usual. >> we found in the past if you wait until october to do equalization and it does require pulling staff out of schools, that it does cause more of a disruption because students are more used to their teachers so we want to do it earlier this year. >> we should know the full impact of the cuts by next

month. maryland the budget news gets worse. martin o'malley says $300 million may need to be cut from toe bucket. the forecast comes out today. it could be on top of the $735 million already slashed in annapolis. now the latest to campaign 2009 in virginia. a key debate for the two major candidates for governor, deeds and mcdonnell. they will be in mclean. the debate begins 10:45. our peggy fox will be there and will have a recap tonight on 9 news now. new developments in the murder of yale grad student annie le. we have learned an arrest is expected soon in le's murder. that comes down in the last hour. from a spokesman for the new haven connecticut police department. a yale lab technician has been named a person of interest but has not been charged. le's body was found in a body

where she works. police are searching for three teenagers who they say stabbed a man working at a subway restaurant. the attack happened yesterday around noon at the subway in the 800 block of northeast. an argument broke out between the workers and the girls. the girls who range in age from 14 to 18 allegedly attacked the man. he was treated at a local hospital. we are learning more about a college student who used a sword against an religioned burglar. police found no signs of forced entry in the home anded they it was discovered by the tune in a detached garage. the man who died has been arrested two dozen times for similar crimes and had just been released from jail. jessica doyle is back with another living smart report. you have news for potential home buyers out there. >> that's right. a lot of people want to buy a house for the first time but they are just not ready yet. here's good news for them.

the president may extend the recent first time home buyers tax credit. it is set to expire at the end of november and it covers 10% of the home price or up to $8,000. robert gibbs says the economic team is looking at the impact on home sales and will make a recommendation to the president. the tax break is credited with jumping sales this year. volkswagen is caring the new car the beetle of the 21st century but some think it looks like a bee without wings. it was unveiled in frankfurt. it is supposed to go in to production in 2013. an hour on the plug gets up toking ahours. on the first day the lost symbol sold 1 million copies in the u.s., canada an the u.k. the quell to the da vinci code

book records. and the e-book version posted big sales. currently the top seller for the kindle. i have my own version here. >> have you you started to read it. >> i first page. >> first they have 40% off and with the discount, $16 off. >> not bad. >> check it out at wusa9.com. the next time you take a cab in montgomery county you can pay with plastic. barwood cabs introduced the backseat readers on wednesday. it will let you swipe the card to pay. there are video screens showing communal videos. this kind of technology is already used in cabs in new york, boston and chicago. it is 6:37. who's watching your facebook page? it could be more than just your

friends. in five minutes kristin fisher looks at who's looking a us. right now our check on virginia weather and traffic beginning with howie b. >> good morning. you folks across virginia are dealing where shower activity. heaviest stuff in to virginia and maryland. some scattered showers across loudoun county but it is the stuff between warrenton and culpeper that is heaviest approaching amissville, north of culpeper, moving east and northeast. a few showers in fairfax county east of route 1. go to tephras for virginia today. we have showers this morning. it will be a cloudy day, coolish. look at those highs. 71 stafford. 67 front royal and 69 remington. as you say it will be a wet road for virginia drivers. 95 out of fredericksburg to triangle no problems aside from the rainy weather.

gallows road in annandale, no incidents or accidents to report an finally we will fly over the dulles toll road to 67 from routes 28 to the beltway. no slow downs. 9 news now will be right back. #

. back with the living green tip of the day. you can win points with the one you have you love. turn the ambience on by turning off the lights. a nice candle at dinner time will save money on your bill and set a mood. you can find more tips at wusa9.com. just click on living green. a report out this morning says the government is tracking social networking sites. kristin fisher is in the web center with what you need to know. this is freaking me out a little can yes. if you are a big social media

user. so for a lot of people that use these sites they should maybe not be concerned but should know about it. specifically we are talking about something the white house is doing. one of toe big buzz words of the obama administration has been transparency, especially transparency on-line which is why our web story of the day is so surprising. look at this. the washington times reported the white house is collecting and storing comments and videos on the social networking sites, here's the catch, without ever notifying or asking the consent of the site's viewedder -- users. this is a big deal because it affects a lot of people. right now the white house has more than 350,000 fans on facebook and gets hundreds of thousands of comments every day. on twitter the white house has a million followers, and on youtube they have 87,000 subscribers to the white house

youtube channel. so what's happening is the white house has tired a contractor to archive every comment you would see here on the white house's facebook page, every comment, every tag, every picture, every video that's on the white house's social networking sites. all the sites i just mentioned. according to this exclusive washington times report, the supporters of the new policy say the white house is doing its job as required by the presidential records act. they point out that the bush white house also archived comments posted on its official website but you know, angie, critics say this goes against the president's pledge to protect privacy on the internet. it is certainly what people are buzzing about this morning on the web. we'd love to hear your comments. go to wusa9.com and go to my blog, go fish and put your comments out there. i'd love to hear what you say. some people are surprised by this and others say come on, it

is the internet. by now you should know anything you post on-line could be picked up by anything, even the white house. >> another reason to think of posting anything. makes you think we do facebook and we are friends and i put the forecast out there and you are tweeting traffic and you have to think twice. >> don't get too comfortable. >> never never. >> good morning. we have some shower activity out there. it is going to slow things down for some. not raining everywhere and that's good news. go to live doppler hd and show you a nice little hole over washington. 95 we have showers earlier. that stuff is moved in toward maryland and prince georges and charles county. and over to the southwest between warrenton and culpeper back that way. we are watching shower activity. zooming in tighter in to

washington, from fairfax county, a couple of sprinkles but this is crossing the river in to northwestern charles, southwestern charless of prince georges county. clinton to hack cook we are seeing stuff and activity on the northern upper part of the county here. gaithersburg, north of 370 or coming south you get in to the drier weather. damascus to germantown and clarksburg, urbana and frederick, middletown and meyersville may get shower activity. it is moving east northeast in to western howard and carroll county. leesburg you have had sprinkles this morning and one or two could pass through. another area is south of washington where we have had shower activity come out of areas of virginia and move in to maryland. go to the weather computer and talk about the forecast. showers this morning. maybe one oar two this afternoon but the next few hours will be the bulk of the shower activity for today.

tomorrow upper 70s after struggling to 70 today and saturday looks good. a lot of sunshine and mid 70s. the bus stop, we have rainy patches. otherwise cloudy and cool with 60s. martinsburg 58, 59. this afternoon, cloudy and cool. a spotty shower is possible. highs of 70. northeast winds ten to 15 miles an hour. cloudy and cool tonight. a sprinkle is possible. lows 58 to 64. mid 60s in town. fredericksburg 68. to the north hagerstown 63 and winchester 0. our winds are northeast at 12. a little chill in the air and dew.at 60. the northeast flow will come in off the atlantic. not expecting a lot of clouds but i'm thinking the shower activity will be heaviest this morning and light they are afternoon. here's the seven day forecast. 70ish today. 7 tomorrow. the weekend looks good. both maryland an the skins are

at home. the games will be dry but late in the weekend more likely unmounted,tize and wednesday a chance of showers returns. patty is in with the traffic. we will start in virginia. 95 northbound looking at wet roads adding to the sloan slow down in that area between dale boulevard and lorton. give yourself a half hour to get through that area. we'll move on to 395 northbound. a lot of cars. volume is building up this time of the morning between edsall and seminary. it is a little slow. move over to the maps now in maryland. 4, 5 and 301. seeing green cars there. drivers are at speed. no incidents or accidents to report. head over to the outer loop. a live picture a lot of headlights out there. no problems, though, no accidents between new hampshire and georgia. and finally we will end up at 270 southbound this morning. between father hurley and montross. the drive time there 36 minutes. angie, back to you.

>> the time is 6:48. don't go alarmed today if you see a military plane flying low near ft. belvoir. a kc-135 is taking part in a mission there. it is big plane so don't be worry when you so it. heads up for saturday, september 2 th. first responders from northern virginia will conduct a training exercise. it will involve simulated bombings an a police pursuit. it is a simulation. it will from 7 a.m. to noon. a former dc police is among 12 people accused in a drug conspiracy case in maryland. he is accused of selling and distributing cocaine. the ring was allegedly based out of a tiny town of abell. they have hundreds of wiretapped calls to prove the case and seized cash, cards, jewelry and guns. >> the goal is not just to

catch the bad guys send a them to jail. the goal is to seize the profits. take the money out of crime. >> reporter: if he is convicted carter will receive a mandatory minimum of ten years in prison. in sports the first family is throwing its support behind chicago's olympic bid. the president hosted mayor daly at the white house. chicago hopes to host the 2016 summer games. the host city will be picked next month. the nationals will try to avoid a sweep in philadelphia tonight. blanton shut down the nats last night giving up five hits and striking out seven. the nats lose. the time is 6:50. we have 65 degrees here in northwest washington. a huge donation coming to children's hospital. in three minutes where the money is coming from and where it is going. tonight at 11:00. fighting gravity to find damage caused by stroke. in living well report, a local rehab center is getting people

on their feet. plus, a stroke warning sign this man missed. that's tonight at 11:00. #

. here's what is in the news now. the execution date is set for john allen mohammad. the sniper is set to die november 10th at a virginia prison. he killed ten people as part of his two sniper attacks. the new farmers mark by the white house begins today. it'll will shut down vermont avenue. 20 vendors will be out there. it will run every thursday through october 29th. a huge gift to the children's national medical center. $150million from the government of abu daib. it will provide researchers. we have some rain out there. a traffic update and the seven day forecast when 9 news now

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growing up we didn't have much, but education was always a priority. my mom sent me off to college with just four 20-dollar bills. so i know that education is the best investment virginia can make for our children and in our future. narrator: endorsed for governor by classroom teachers for his record protecting our schools... creigh deeds' plan to rebuild our economy starts with education. more accountability... and expanded college opportunities. creigh deeds. no one more committed to our children's future.

no leader more prepared to move virginia forward. . no the video is not stretched out. that's the new tallest man in toe world. according to the guinness book of world records he is eight foot 1 and he was certified yesterday. also among the new record holders jake longsly of michigan and the biggest hamburger in the world, 165- pounds. the latest edition 0 of the book hits stores today. the biggest traffic spot is 280

southbound between route 80 though split. it will be an hour drive and the wet roads as you can see are not helping. head over to 66 eastbound. two problem spots, 234 to route 29 in centreville and fairfax county parkway to the beltway. and finally coming in to the district, 14th and constitution, no incidents or accidents to report there. >> all right. thank you. we are looking at wet weather. showers around this morning. we will struggle with the clouds to get to 70. better weather starting late tomorrow. saturday and sunday looking good with more showers in the forecast monday, tuesday and wednesday. and if jessica does 8 feet tall she would look like this. >> this is along with the book of guinness records. wall street is looking higher today and we have to see how the economic data comes out. >> at the top of the hour, police in connecticut will give an update on