dispelling myths the barack obama administration dispels the h1n1 against hue rumors. dc lawmakers accuse mayor fenty of trying to divert claims that the school cut back. today is friday, september 18th. patranya bhoolsuwan had our traffic. but first we always start with kim. she has a look at the day's forecast. >> we are on the verge of a great weekend weather forecast. happy to help out. i'm kim martucci. we are holding steady at 65 inside the beltway and lower 60s in martinsburg.

to the south, fredericksburg 67 and middle 60s toward easton and the delmarva. the satellite and radar loop combined. you might have a little patchy drizzle left down through but generally speaking improving weather right in to the weekend and it starts this afternoon when we get some sunshine back by 5:00. by then we will be in the middle 70s. on top of the that the air quality is good. patranya bhoolsuwan is in and she's watching the traffic. >> good morning, kim. good morning, everybody. happy friday out there. taking a look at 86 eastbound. a lot of cars out there. jammed from nutley to the beltway. good news to report on the outer loop at cabin john parkway. that accident we have been telling you about is off to the right shoulder, but still bad news. the outer loop is jammed.

if you want to take a live shot here university boulevard to georgia we are seeing cars moving but a lot of volume to deal with. another accident this morning on the inner loop. you are looking at saint barnabas toward the wilson bridge. it has been pushed to the right shoulder as well but causing traffic in the area and finally inbound new york avenue is all clear from bladensburg to the times building. back to you. >> thank you. >> the federal government has begun a campaign which targets any rumors about the affects of the h1n1 vaccine. the first shots against the flu strain should be available next month. armando trull is live in the information center with more. looks like social networking is playing a big part here. >> that's right. uncle sam thinks internet rumors are nothing to sneeze at. they could be bad for your health because misinformation could keep people from getting

the information they need. >> reporter: the federal government says the treatment is safe and effective and ready to counter false information when they pop up on the internet or elsewhere. >> we know in health areas there is a lot of opportunity for misinformation but at the same time a lot of room for good information. >> it will be on twitter and facebook. >> this post cast is -- this podcast is presented by the cdc. >> and i'm here to speak to you about the symptoms of swine flu infection. >> i think it is a good idea. someone like the cdc is able to use their authority and credibility to get a strong influencers to pass it along and they tell a few friends and they tell a few friends and we know it is coming from a good

place. >> we have to be careful to make sure if there is an issue it is really linked to the vaccine. >> reporter: anyone who develops any medical issue after getting the vaccine is urged to contact their doctor right away. angie, the cdc and other agencies will monitor reports of adverse reactions to the vaccine and step in case there is a legitimate risk. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> thank you for that report. president obama is shooting down a being plan to build a missile defense field in eastern europe. he says several sites will defend better against the threat of iranian missiles. republicans claim it will endanger the country. defense secretary gates came out in support of the plan saying it is better suited for a new developing threat. a developing story many the

district. vincent gray is accusing mayor -- mayor fenty's of -- he says he is surprised by the announcement of the teacher layoffs since the mayor signed the budget in august. they claim major cuts are needed to cover an unexpected $40 million budget short fall. a new report in the washington examiner finds several businesses that employ cops are on the receiving end of taxpayer dollars in montgomery county. it is part of an ongoing investigation about potential breaches in the conflict of interest rules. the report states at least eight training companies were paid. new this morning on 9 news now, a prince georges conte attorney says they are exploring an appeal of a civil verdict against a police corporal. they found the corporal negligent in a december western crash. according to the "washington post," it awarded the victim's

family more than $4 million. cruisers slam fled to a car driven by gray, a 20-year-old university of maryland student. shah visit was going twice the 25-mile an hour speed limit. the attorney did not find enough evidence to charge him criminally with vehicular manslaughter. budget cuts are forcing the dc library system to change its hours. starting october 5th, library hours will be changed at all locations can. they will no longer be open on sundays and on some days of the week only open at noon. the library system had to make nearly $5 million in cuts for the next fiscal year. here's a look at something happening today. later today, we are expected to hear more details about possible layoffs in prince georges county. the layoffs are directly connected to a $22.7 million reduction in state funding. between 100 and 150 county employees could lose their

jobs. representatives from the workers union say employees are expected to learn if they will lose their jobs by october 1st. and beginning today, voters in virginia can apply for about isn't tee ballots for november's election. urn new legislation, most emergency response workers qualified to apply for absentee ballots. the deadline to apply by mail or e-mail is 5:00 p.m. on october 27th. the deadline to vote absentee in person is october 31st. the suspect in the case of a yale university student refuses to talk. and jewish people around the world prepare to usher in a new year. those stories and more when our 9:00 a.m. show returns.

here's a look at the stories in the news now. the man arrested for the murder of a yale university graduate student is not talking to police. raymond clark a lab technician did not enter a plea during his arraignment yesterday. he is held on $3 million bail. he is accused of killing his co- worker annie le was who was suffocated and stuffed in the wall at the university. a killer on the loose in spokane, washington. a state hospital took the man on the a trip to the fair and he escaped. he was diagnosed as being criminally insane and schizophrenic. an apartment fire which sent five people to the hospital has

been ruled an arson. it happened 7:00 yesterday morning at a five-story building on 13th street northwest. firefighters rescued 18 people using ladders including two children taken to a nearby hospital. the jewish new year begins at sundown tonight. president obama says in a video message that the holy days should be an opportunity for israel and its arab neighbors to repair their relationships. the holiday ends on sunday night. well, looks like we might be in for good weather. hopefully not too much rain. we will check in with kim martucci to see what the forecast holds. >> how about this? after a couple of days of clouds, cool weather and rain we will do a weather 180 in time for the weekend. let's get started with our temperatures. 63 inside the beltway and hanging on to the 50s in culpeper and faulkier county. to the east, at annapolis, the temperature is 65. here's how it unfolds on the satellite radar loop. notice, we are lacking a lot of

green. a little drizzle near toward the northern neck. fill you in on a weather scoop. when the radar, which is looking for terrain drops. when that beam gets far away from its center point for us in dc, it misses low level precipitation and that's why drizzle sometimes goes undetected on satellite and radar loops but we watch for the weather observations and we had a little patchy drizzle toward richmond. other than that things will be improving and sunshine on the increase. we are taking you to 72 at noon with cloudy skies and partly sunny at 5:00 and 76. the reason why, we have a big high pressure cell from canada that is going to be flexing its muscle and pushing to the south. so, you would think it would bring us cooler weather but it will really bring us dry weather and when that water v.i.p.er in the air tends to go away we can warm things up quickly. yes, this is a cool front that will be pushing things to the

south and keep us nice and dry and sunny as we head to the weekend. we can check out our adonis computer model hour by hour and you can see we will get rid of the clouds heading in to saturday. things are looking up and a lot of football this weekend. the terps are at home and so are the redskins and we don't want any rain of those games. we are not going to have any. enjoy it. and enjoy the temperatures in the upper 70s. today we will work on 78 later in the afternoon. 59 for hour low temperature tonight with clearing skies and middle to upper 70s in the offering for you tomorrow. seven day forecast, it goes like this. enjoy it. we have the sunshine. we will hold off on anytime rain in to later next week, especially on tuesday when we are back in the 80s. jessica, over to you. the weekend looks great. the first time home buyers tax credit has been popular. the irs just reported 1.4 million americans took advantage of the free money.

others have credited the benefit with helping to lift home sales. joining us to talk about the local housing market and other trends is dr. stephen fuller direct of analysis at george mason. what do you think? we have a first-time home buyers tax credit. it is set to expire in november, if it is not extended. some people are worried if that goes away maybe this resurgence in housing sales could go away soon. >> it has been very effective. the problem that led us in to the recession was an over supply of housing. there are other problems too. the inventory is brought down to normal levels and a major factor has been this $8,000 tangs credit for first time home buyers has basically taken the lower priced houses out of the market. it is one of those stimulus activities we can actually see the results of. i think one of the things it's done and it might be a little

worrisome as we look forward is it brought buyers to the market sooner than they would have been otherwise. it may have taken some sales early last year and put them in to next year. extending credit is a good idea. we have repair work to do in the housing mask but better than last year at this time. >> reporter: how are local housing sales and home prices looking to you, based on your latest research. >> the market is different around toe beltway but they have been up every month since april of a year ago. we have 18 months of housing sale increase, northern virginia has fared better than suburban maryland and the district in this regard, but the inventories are now down to six units on the market for every sale and that's considered normal. when it is lower than that, of course if you are a homeowner it is good because the prices go up. we have seen prices stabilize in northern virginia. the average price of housing selling this august were the

same as last august where they had dipped down considerably over the course of the year. maryland and dc are dragging a little bit but they are moving toward stability. the market, by the end of the year, the selling season next april is going to look pretty robust again. the big man on the economic campus said earlier this weekend hissest make, he thinks the recession maybe over but we are in for a slow down for some time to come. what do you think. >> the consensus is it is over. the third quarter maybe as high as 3% growth of gdp. probably was over in june, so mid year but he's right and i think we need to be cautious. the recovery isn't going to feel good for a long time we have suffered for 20 months of downturn and a slow economy the year before. it will probably take as long to feel good again and the last part of the economy to look

good is unemployment and employment. those lag the recovery by a year, possibly two years. so it will probably be 2011 before everything feels that we have recovered and we're back to normal. but the economy is growing again and that's good news. >> at least that's something to look forward to. >> well, it is getting much better, yes, thank you. >> the longest running television show in history prepares to sign off. and we are in the kitchen getting ready for a big fat greek recipe. don't want to miss this. "breakfast doesn't really start

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welcome back to 9 news now. here's a look at entertainment headlines. america's longest running television show is going off the air after 72 years." the guiding light "began on the radio and showed on television in ' 52. this is after year of declining viewership. the final episode airs in 40 minutes at 10:00 a.m. here on wusa 9. lisa ring will return to cohost the view next month. she will join the outspoken cohost october 5th and 6th filling in for elizabeth hasslebeck who is on maternity

leave. she left in two. she is now a correspondent for the opera winfrey show and cnn. jessica simpson is still holding out hope her dog daisy will be returned after the 5- year-old was snatched by a coyote. she hired a dog fighting service and called 1,000 neighbors asking for any sign of the beloved pet. looks like you are gearing up for a big celebration this weekend. >> rain or shine you can count on this greek festival. it is the largest and oldest in dc. it kicks off today and goes all weekend long. with me today is sylvia michaels. give it a plug for me. >> it is friday, saturday and sunday. today 12:00 to 9:00 and same

tomorrow and sunday 12:00 too 8:00. great to see you. another tall friend. >> what are we making today. >> it is actually the filling is made with spinach, fried spring onions, onions, peta cheese and eggs. and then we have phyllo dough and plenty of butter on the dough. >> it has the same filling but several ways you can make it. >> she is making the dinner version and i'm making the ordeserve version. >> you need a pan. this -- i hear this dough is so hard to make. can we cheat and buy it at the store. >> this is bought at the store. it is very hard to make and if you don't make it perfect forget it. >> this is one we will make for dinner and you will cut it like

lasagna. and the version you are making is. >> ordeserve and it is going in the oven. goes in the oven, just like that, 20 minutes. >> we put it like this. like a flag. and then you have the butter there. and then this is two layers. >> like one folded in half. >> half of one sheet. oh, easy. we have a minute left. i want it to count and matter. >> take me on a finished version. tell me a fun greek tidbit why we should come to your festival and what you will be doing. >> we will be eating the best food in washington weigh and we will be dancing. great dancing. >> and the kids we have our children the youth group that will dance for everybody. >> i love that t. >> this is the dinner version. >> they puff up. >> they do. >> i like that.

>> this puffs up as well. >> can you tell me something to say in greek when i tell everybody to come back. >> why don't you do the tease. >> tell everybody at home we will come back after commercial and sample this and we will be right back. very good. you are watching 9 news now by the way. stay with us.

i don't know about you but the festival at saint constant teen and greek orthodox church has fantastic weather for it. so we want you to go all weekend long. drive. go terps and redskins. we are giving you a recap around town. things this are happening around town that were fun that we were able to step by. we begin with sneaker ball where i along with laura, kristin and catherine, that's the sample sale, that's the wrong picture.

but we picked up some nice deals. this is the sneaker ball where eunice kennedy shriver was honored. it and brought the crowd to tears. >> take you over to this was at the crooked monkey party. photo shoot in dc. it is a graffiti artist doing a graffiti model on a bunch of different t-shirts. we are enjoying the big festival here. >> we are. >> delicious, ladies. we get 45,000 people through your festival this weekend. and the weather, you have no excuses everybody. thank you for joining us this morning. we're going to noche on this and everybody celebrating rosh

hashanah, enjoy. we are always on air and on- line. if you missed any of the events go to her blog oh my goff and i can hook you up with the forecast. >> the greek fest tall is 18th to the 20th and my blog we have more on the u.s. polo cup happening on the national mall. thank you for joining us, everyone.

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