perfect graduating 98% of its students. well, when the intercounty connector opens drivers now have an idea how much they have to pay to drive on it. good morning. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane has the day off. howard bernstein is here with weather and patranya bhoolsuwan is in for angie with traffic and of course we begin with howard. it is steamy out there already. >> i don't want to go on the weather terrace. i know what it will be like. we have had shower activity north of washington but this morning all is drive. for the drive in should be in good shape. show you the satellite and radar. north of town we had a line of showers out of west virginia. there they go and they are going to southern new jersey and the delmarva. otherwise it is a thick, muggy air mass in place rate right now.

temperatures from the mid-60s in culpeper to low to mid-70s. 74 reagan national at this hour and we are looking at partly to mostly cloudy. slight chance of a thunderstorm but another warm day. yesterday was 867, today 85, 86. good morning, patranya bhoolsuwan. good morning, everybody. thursday. we are getting close to the weekend. let's see how things are looking. see if it will be a smooth ride as you head to work. outer loop in maryland. right now open roads. not too many cars from 95 to 270. no big problems to report. check the maps and see how traffic is going from 4, 5 and 301 in maryland. all green cars and no problems to report. 395 northbound, good morning from the beltway too the 14th street bridge, a clear commute out there and then we head to the inner loop, 95 to 66. all cars are up to speed. and finally 95 northbound in

virginia. let's take a look clear and open roads. no problems fredericksburg to lorton to the beltway. jessica, back to you. imagine paying more than $9 to drive 18 miles. that's the price some delivers could shell out to drive the icc. alex trevino is live with the details. that's a lot of money, alex. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. indeed is. we are near the intersection of randolph road and new hampshire avenue. now, the folks who potentially use the intercounty connector are motorists who drive through this area but are people willing to dig deep in their pockets? the luxury of a traffic-free highway is not free these days. >> time is always money. >> reporter: motorists like lescy had been looking forward to beating the traffic on the icc under construction between shady grove and prince georges

county and on wednesday the transportation authority announced the proposed tolls. >> pricing is set with two objectives in mind. one to make sure it is a congestion free roadway were that means once it is built the price goes up at rush hour to travel the route from shady grove to u.s. 1. it will cost .15 dollars at rush hour and 3:55 at off peak time. at $3 if you go -- add $3 without an e-zpass bringing the toll up to $9.15. the tolls are not yet set in stone. four hearings are scheduled in october. we will keep you posted on development. alex trevino, 9 news now and wusa9.com. pilots have joined with the relatives of those killed in a buffalo train crash last february to ask lawmakers for

tougher standards. representatives from the airline pilots association testified wednesday on captiol hill. the investigation in to that crash that killed 50 people has covered improper pilot training and fatigue. pilots say the workload is heavier at regional carriers and the pilots have been disciplined for calling in tired. a man faces up to seven years in prison. colin mckenzie gude pled guilty to possessing a destructive device. the police found bomb chemicals and shotguns. he will be sentenced in january and faces two to seven years behind bars. administrators at the george washington university hospital are hoping you can help identify a patient. the woman was recently admitted but she doesn't know who she is. she is 58 years old and weighs 200-pounds. if you know who she is please

call gw parkway. in new york, president obama called for a new era of global engagement. the president said the world faces more threats than ever. too much even for a super power. >> those who used to chastise america for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems alone. >> reporter: president obama also made demands of israel and the palestinians in the middle east conflict and predicted the spread of nuclear weapons could lead to terror on a scale we've never seen. one area where progress appears to have been made more security council members appear to impose sanctions on north korea for its nuclear program. time for our first "living $mart" report of the morning. wall street is waking up glad to get the fed's decision on interest rates out of the way. now traders will focus on home

sales for august and claims for unemployment benefits. asian stocks were lower except for the nikkei up 1%. as for here at home, the dow fell 81 and the nasdaq dropped by 15 and the s&p down by 11. the federal reserve did as expected and left the key interest rate at a record low. policymakers were upbeat about the economy saying it shows signs of improvement but they were disappointed the didn't give an indication of when they may raise rates in the future. in the next 30 minutes, one way to stop flushing money down the toilet. the internal revenue service has joined a list of government agencies severing ties with acorn. irs officials say they will no longer include the community group and its volunteer tax assistance program. a sting operation caught acorn on tape giving advice to folks

they thought were a prostitute and pimp. acorn is suing the people who shot that video in baltimore because maryland law prohibits such recordings without the subject's permission. sun, surf and slots. three things you will be able to enjoy around ocean city next summer. maryland officials have approved the first slots parlor license. it is five miles from the beach. the owner plans to install 800 machines to start and they could be operating as early as next memorial day. police investigate a deadly attack possibly carried out because the victim works for the government. that story is coming up. plus, someone may have been targeting the president of libya last night hours after his speech.

good morning. we will take you as we fly over the dulles toll road this morning past route 28 to route 7. we are seeing no major problems this morning. back to you, jessica. in e news now at 5:09, the fbi is investigating the hangening death of a u.s. census worker. the body was found hanging at a remote part of daniel boone forest in clay county, kentucky. investigators are trying to figure out the events leading to his death. an alleged act of vandalism at the libyan embassy. according to reports someone threw something on to the property. police would not say what was thrown. this was the property that was supposed to be the temporary home of dad any during his visit to the u.s.

and a group of swedes in sweden have put a new twist on the term getaway vehicle. they managed to taker bags of money and fly away without any pursuit from local police. scientists have a new reason to be excited about exploring our moon. that story is coming up in what's on the web. plus, we're just at the start of the fall flu season and there are shortages already of some of the medicine to fight it. >> some of us are waking up with wet streets due to showers that occurred overnight. i'm looking to the weekend. 9 news now this morning returns in just a moment. more and more, the quality of our lives depends on our connections. access to high-speed internet, at home and on the go, is no longer a luxury.

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a case of water water everywhere but with no way to put it on this house fire outside of atlanta. people finally glimpsed the sun yesterday and floodwaters receded slightly. however, some neighborhoods are still full of floodwater and health officials say people should assume the water is contaminated. they saw sun and we saw some sun but may be seeing rain in the forecast as well. >> in the forecast, not so much today but as we head to the weekend. >> i know. >> in to that saturday evening,

saturday night time frame. >> just when i was going to barbecue, not this weekend. >> sunday evening should be better than saturday evening. but saturday evening we have some concerns. let's get the forecast first on this thursday morning. this weekend the saint mary's county fair opens and they are celebrating the 375th anniversary. they have been around a listening time. it is cool. choke that out. a cool place. 85, 86 today. slight chance of a shower or front coming through. tomorrow looks decent, partly to mostly sunny, less humid and 76 and saturday a cool day in the upper 60s to near 670 but rain or showers will be moving in sometime this afternoon and this evening and with us saturday in to sunday morning. sunday afternoon looks a lot better. here's the moms like me.coms but stop forecast. it is cloudy, 6 to 74.

-- 66 to 74. all the showers have left the region for the time being. highs in the mid-80s. yesterday 87. a lot more sun than i was thinking. warmed up to 7. average high is 77. partly cloudy a bit less humid as the north winds come in. 58 in the cool spots. inside the beltway low to mid- 60s and tomorrow in the 70s. right now it is muggy out there. 74 at the naval academy. 73 cambridge to the naval air station in patuxent river. culpeper 64. just about everyone else in the 70s. winchester and hagerstown is 74. we have cloudy skies out there. the dew point 71. this is not september weather. this is july, august weather. that will change. look at how cool it is to the west. denver 41.

kansas city 46. some showers and storms in the middle of the continue. for us we have a front coming from the north and this evening we will see the front to our south. could be showers richmond and points south. our southern areas may see a shower. here in the metro midday would be our chance of a shower. friday evening we are city okay but the rain in the ohio valley will move toward us a and get us late in to saturday. mid 80s today a chance of a shower, nice tomorrow. saturday rain develops sometime afternoon, evening in to early sunday and late monday more showers with the next front and cool and breezy on tuesday and wednesday. patranya bhoolsuwan is in this morning with traffic. good morning. it is thursday. we are getting close to the weekend. that's good news. more good news on the roadways. 66 eastbound is all clear out of centreville past 123 to the

beltway. check the maps and see how things are looking from 95 to 66. all green cars. everybody going up to speed. switching gears. head to 270 southbound. father hurley to the split, cars are moving well. open roads at this hour. and 95 bw parkway seeing green cars. that's what we like to see this thursday morning. and finally inbound new york avenue in the district this morning we are seeing no districts and accidents from times building all the way to the third street tunnel. back to you. in living well headlines researchers say for the first time an experimental vaccine has cut the risk of hiv infection by more than 30%. this morning, u.s. and thai officials announced success after the world's largest aids vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers. and adults battling leukemia. some patients have a better chance of remission if they get

a double dose of two chemotherapy drugs. they say it should change the standards of care for younger adults. the makers of tamiflu say they are running low on the liquid version of the drug used with children. it is billed as the first line of treatment for seasonal flu. the company has plenty of the pill form. they are recommending the pharmacies grind up the pills to make smaller child appropriate doses until more liquid can be made. now over to kristin fisher for what is hot on the web. the web is buzzing with big news from outer space this morning. get this, water has finally been found on the moon. data from three different spacecrafts have found what scientists call unambiguous evidence of water all over the moon's surface.

check out this top story on space.com. the headline is, it's official, water found on the moon. and this is the headline on the new york times. in surprise, moon shows signs of water. we're not talking a ton of water like you might think of when you think of a lake or pond. what we are talking about is if you took a two liter soda bottle and filled it with dirt it would give you one medicine drop of water. it is not a lake or anything but a big deal because it makes it easier for humans to someday build a lunar base and live on mars. the findings have been confirmed by three spacecrafts. nasa will be holding a press conference at 2:00 p.m.

today at the ames research center. and all they will say is nasa will reveal new scientific findings about the moon but we haven't seen pictures yet. so hopefully they will get some of those out today. the caps fans favorite is hanging up his skates. and the nationals find a way to avoid losing their 100th game. man, that story is coming up in sports. tonight at 11:00, a way some people are seeking help for everything from sugar addiction to psycho therapy. bringing help to the masses.

here's a look at who's celebrating a birthday today. happy birthday guys. the nationals are one loss away from forcing their fans to endure a 100 loss season. last night they hosted the dodgers at nationals park. as usual things were close until the end when it mattered most. here's the play of the game.

two on for the pinch hitter. he hit the ball deep to the right bringing in maxwell for the score and the nats win this one 5-4. the only thing more pathetic than a team that lost 19 games in a row is the team that loses to the team that losts 19 in a row. the lions have not been on the winning end of the scoreboard since christmas of 2007. with a rookie quarterback in stafford and a first year head coach in schwartz it is not exactly scaring anyone this year but they are bound to win eventually. >> i'm not playing -- we're are going to compete. they can come out and put 60 points on you out of the blue, what happened. >> we are talented but we have to be on the a game. >> you can't focus on that. when you do that is when you

become -- >> the nhl season opens a week from today. for the first time in 20 years it will happen without cole sic. he announced his retirement yesterday. he was drafted by the caps in ' 89 and spent 19 seasons as the backbone of the organization. he led the caps to the stanley cup finals in ' 98 and named the nhl's top goal tender that season. the caps preseason continued against the blackhawks an ovechkin found the score sheet. caps lead 3-1. moments later ovechkin scores again. caps crush chicago 6-2. the season opener is next thursday. coming up in our next living smart segment, an easy way to figure out if you are flushing money down the toilet

literally. plus, most protesters are already there. world leaders arrive in pittsburgh for the g-20 summit. plus, met tremendous' union says workers are unfairly being blamed for some of the safety problems on the train systems. we will fly 60 westbound from the bay bridge past annapolis to the beltway. right now everything is looking good. the time is 5:25. 9 news now will be right back.

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the steal city has the gop and other members going to the g-20 senate. patranya bhoolsuwan will have the traffic in a moment but first howard is here with the forecast. what are you thinking? i'm thinking improving weather the short term but as we head to the weekend we have problems. we could have some showers around here and cool showers by

the time we get in to saturday afternoon, evening, and saturday night in to early on sunday. today not so bad. show you what happened. overnight we had showers, which pushed across northern sections and rained hard for a while in montgomery county, howard and frederick county. this morning cloudy in spots and muggy. in the 70s right now with a few 60s but it will be another warm day. 74 now and dew point of 71 and mostly cloudy skies. look for highs in the middle 80s with a slight chance of a shower. patranya bhoolsuwan is in for angie this morning and she has the traffic. an accident in maryland on the outer loop. delays are building. it happened on wisconsin avenue blocking two right lanes there and jammed back up to georgia. let's take a look at our maps. much better news on 4, 5 and 301 this morning. green cars in the area. good morning, virginia. head over to 395 northbound. moving well. traffic is clear duke to the

14th street bridge. and hit 95 northbound in virginia. no problems, as well. drivers going up to speed from dumb fridays to the mixing bowl. jessica, back to you. >> thank you, patranya bhoolsuwan. world financial leaders are following president obama from new york to pennsylvania for a two-day summit. the summit ayen da is long and maybe overshadowed by what takes place outside of the venue. wit johnson reports from pittsburgh. >> reporter: top economic powers are meeting today in pittsburgh to chart a fresh road map to recovery. the summit's host, president obama believes part of the solution needs to be tough financial rules. >> we put an end to the greed and abuse of this disaster. >> reporter: they will tackle climate change and overhauling financial regulations. while leaders are busy discussing global problems pittsburgh residents worry about violent protests the summit may bring. >> worried they are going to do

a lot of damage. >> reporter: she manages a dry cleaning service downtown and isn't taking chances. she had her windows boarded up and is closing for a few days. jefferson is also shutting down his shoe shine shop and plans to lose $400 in business. >> it doesn't sound like much but for a shoe shine man that's a lot of money. >> reporter: dubbed the steel city for its industrial history, it will live up to its name but for other reasons stall steel fences have been set up in hopes of keeping out protesters. >> thousands of police have been brought in to keep the crowd under control. >> i have never seen anything like it. it is amazing. it is part of history and i wanted to come down and see. >> reporter: plate police may have already got an glimpse of what to expect. a group of greenpeace activists staged a dangerous stunt on wednesday. a dozen people were arrested and the two-day summit hasn't even started yet.

cbs news, pittsburgh. today the denver man at the center of a federal terrorism investigation is scheduled to appear in court. the attorneys for najibullah zazi will try to convince a judge to set bail for their client instead of keeping him in jail. his father is set to be releasted once electronic monitoring is in place but the situation got more complicated yesterday. the management at his parent complex has posted an eviction notice on the door. today the metro board is scheduled to discuss the contract of 178 manager john catoe. the union representing metro train operators says it members are becoming scapegoats in deadly train accidents. they say top metro officials have not been held accountable for correcting the deficiency an she accuses metro of ignoring safety recommendations from the union. would you pay more than $9

just to drive 18 miles? that's the price some may have to dish out to travel on maryland's intercounty connector or icc. alex trevino is live with details. >> good morning. many motorists who would potentially use the intercounty connector are people who would drive through this area of silver spring, randolph road and new hampshire avenue. the problem, drivers could pay tolerates up to 35 cents a mile during peak commuting times. many motorists want to beat the traffic on the beltway. the future intercounty connector, now under construction between shady grove and prince georges county may be the solution. >> pricing is set with two objectives in mind. one, of course, is to make sure it is a congestion-free roadway. >> reporter: that means once the toll road is built the price goes up at rush hour to keep traffic down. to travel the route from shady grove to u.s. 1 will cost $6.15

at rush hour and 3.55 off peak. add $3 extra if you go out an e- zpass bringing the maximum trip to 9.15. >> most of the customers we expect to use e-zpass. >> reporter: transportation officials say they expect less than 5% of users to go all the way on the road. the east-west highway is estimated to cost $2.56 billion. live in silver spring, alex trevino, 9 news now and wusa9.com. today the governor of massachusetts plans to announce his interim appointment to the u.s. senate after the death of senator ted kennedy. lawmakers gave final approval yesterday in to changing the state's succession law. the man up for the rob is paul kirk junior. she a former kennedy aide. if appointed he will serve until a special election is

held in january. time for another living smart report. this should come as good news for folks worried about the economy. a poll by our partners at "usa today" and ihs global insight predicts a strong recovery in the last three months of the year. the snap back a result of building increased and the forecast expects growth to slow next year as government stimulus programs run out. time for the money saving tip of the day. do you have a leaky toilet? one way to find out bullet food coloring in the bowl. if it changes color it is not only leaking water it is leaking money out of your wallet. saving a leaky toilet could save you $140 a year.

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homes overnight in california. they are trying to keep a wildfire that scorched 16,000- acres since the weekend from reaching the home. 900 firefighters and 30 aircraft have been battling this massive blaze. a helicopter made an unscheduled stop at a dairy farm in southwest virginia. a pilot from the virginia national guard was helping state police look for marijuana plants when the chopper's engine malfunctioned. the chopper, but not the pilot, was damaged in the hard landing. fall officially started this week but it is already looking like christmas in parts of san francisco. yesterday city workers began to put up lighted snowflakes on poles and halloween is a month away. they want the work finished by november 1st. who's the most influential politician on twitter? that story is coming up in what's on the web. residents in one northern

virginia community say the government needs to do more to clean up eyesore properties. howard? looking at a warm day. yesterday 87. the mold spores are moderate. showers in the forecast. that includes part of the weekend. details coming up when 9 news now this morning returns.

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>> next thing you know you will have squatters living over there and it is not going to be a nice neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbors say the home that includes a backyard pool that hasn't been used for decades is a hazard. they want the county to fix it up or tear it down. >> it has been sitting like that for 20 years. no with one has lived there. when the house falls down or gets hurt, is that when you will take control? >> reporter: the county can't take someone's property without due process and say it is not a danger yet. we finally contacted the owner and got cooperation and hope that we will get voluntary compliance. >> reporter: they have been plastering this letter on homes with violations. it threatened to take them to court and fine them if the problems aren't corrected. >> people don't like the legal look of that notice and once they see that violation notice that will spur them to take corrective action. >> reporter: 95% of property

owners comply. just down the road from that dilapidated road is this abandoned home. several times the county has removed graffiti and cut the lawn. they can't find the owner. in dale city, peggy fox, 9 news now and wusa9.com. after receiving a warning, residents have at least two weeks to comply before issued a violation notice. no violations yesterday with the weather howard. it was really nice but hot though. >> 87 was the high. now 77. we will go the other way. we will -- we have one more warm day today. cooler weather is coming in and also showers. i know we need rain in spots. we had some north of town but relatively it has been dry around here. on deficit for the month and now a deficit after the spring a deficit for 2009. the next three days look like this. warm today.

in the mid-80s. may see a shower but rain chances will be fairly low. most of us will be dry. on the muggy side this morning. tomorrow cooler, less humid. saturday upper 60s to near 70. showers lasting in to sunday morning. on the moms like me.com bus forecast, muggy and 66 to 74 with mostly cloudy skies this morning. should be dry out there for you with a chance of that shower in this afternoon or midday to this afternoon from north to south as the front approaches. winds northwesterly five to ten and a warm day. look at those highs. mid 80s. sun setting 7.02 -- 7:02. this morning it is muggy. low 70s. 73 for the southern maryland. jan in reedville said it is 72 on the northern neck. same with manassas and

frederick, winchester is warm with 74. and here in washington we have mostly cloudy skies and 74. dew point 71 and southwest wind at five. the front has not come through. you can see the warmth across the southeast and mid-atlantic with temperatures in the 70s. kansas city and dallas, behind the front. denver 41. by late afternoon a front will slide through us. better chance of showers late afternoon in this evening to the south. if you go to rich monday today you will run in to that possibility. as we head to friday evening, here's low pressure through the ohio valley. it will take a beeline toward us. by late saturday looks like it could be saturday everyone early but i'm thinking later in the afternoon, saturday night in to sunday morning we will have rain or showers an here for part of the weekend. here's our seven-day forecast. 86 today. slim chance of a shower.

cooler tomorrow. not bad. by sunday we are clearing out. it is 74 here. patranya bhoolsuwan is in with the traffic. good morning. traffic out there getting more information on this accident on the outer loop. it is between connecticut and wisconsin and right now only one right lane is blocked. as you can see from our live cameras there, traffic is jammed back to new hampshire at this hour. and we have word of another accident. this one at new hampshire avenue. we have it on the realtime graphic causing problems at colesville manor drive this morning. good morning, virginia. switch gears heading over to 66 eastbound. a little volume at fairfax county parkway past route 50. over at 395 northbound, not too bad. slow down a little bit at seminary. give yourself five extra minutes there and finally 95 northbound a little slow prince

william parkway and lorton this morning but no incidents or accidents to report. we'll send it over to kristin fisher. good morning, everyone. leave it to washington to conduct a full-fledged congressional report on what else, twitter. that's right. which party tweets the most? what are they tweeting about? and who's the most influential tweeterring politician. the title is the social networking and constituent communication member use of twitter during a two-week period in 111th congress. a report on a social networking site that limits responses to 140 characters i would say that is a very long title. what this report did is analyzed tweets of members of congress after two week long periods in july and august. here's what they found. don't let the social skills of

the obama white house fool you. 101 republicans use twitter compared to 57 democrats. you can see in this graph right here, this is senate and this is house republicans and these smaller slivers here for house and senate democrats. so republicans dominating twitter. this report found that during that two-week period, congressional republicansed 932 tweets compared with 255 for congressional democrats. and i want you to look at this graph. here's what they were tweeting about. the vast majority of the things that these senators and representatives were tweeting about were press articles or links to press articles in their websites instead of tweeting about a specific issue. i know you are dying to know who's the most influential

politician on twitter. any idea. >> you would think it would be the president but i guess not. >> no. it is congressman joe wilson from south carolina made famous when he shouted you lie at the president during his health care reform speech to congress. there you have it. joe wilson taking the cake. if you want to see the full report i will have a link on my blog. surprising results. a former child star makes stunning allegations in a new book. details coming up in the buzz. one of the redskins most visible stars and so why is haynesworth parking in a handicapped spot? we will have that story coming up. this is your captain speaking,

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this morning in the examiner, dc finance chief delivers positive news about the city's economy. it hasn't gotten any worse. montgomery and prince georges counties are near the top when it comes to getting waivers for high school seniors to skip the state's newly required graduation test. working out the bugs, new technology to help metro riders know when the next bus is coming. well, it has some quirks. read these stories and more in the examiner. a neighbor of haynesworth complained to police because he has been spotted parking in a

handicapped spot in his community. he says it is so his brother, who is handicapped can have easy access to the car. >> this is a car that is parked in a handicapped spot in front of hanes worst apartment. a neighbor sent a car of him getting out of the car alone days after another vehicle had been ticketed and towed. >> i think it is wrong. my friend's physically handicapped. she has a stroke. hi mother was handicapped. >> reporter: hanes worst says the pass is issued to his brother, a veteran who lives with him and uses the car. >> when i go off somewhere and my brother is not with me i don't park in handicap but when i come home and my brother uses the car i will leave it there

for him. >> i don't think it is fair to him he has to walk all the way across the street or somewhere else down the road because some guy is complaining. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies interviewed hanes worst and said there is no evidence of any crime and issued no ticket and advised him of the language. >> the car will continue to stay there and if he has a problem with it so be it. >> reporter: it shouldn't be a problem on sunday when he has plans to park himself at ford field in detroit. 9 news now and wusa9.com. we are buzzing this morning. >> we will start a couple of serious things. we'll start with john travolta. the trial is going on for the folks that tried to blackmail him. t. he testified on wednesday about the events surrounding his son's death saying he described jett as autistic and he tried to perform cpr on his son after the than tyny told him he had fallen ill at the vacation home. he had suffered seizures every

five to ten days and he typically slept for 12 hours after each one. police are accusing folks of trying to extent $25 million from travolta about that. >> wow. it has to be excruciating as a parent to lose a child and have to go through this. >> kelly preston is his wife and mother of jett and so she is dealing with this too. >> mckenzie phillips the former child star told the press that her father john phillips who was the leader of the mamas and papas raped her when she was a teenager and she said that her sexual relationship with him later became what she termed as consensual. and she's writing about this in a new book, high on arrival, that is coming out this week. >> it is interesting she would go public with this because a lot of people are uncomfortable with this just going to the psychiatrist office.

>> i don't know if i would be able to talk about that in public. >> is she trying to get awareness to it or sell books, maybe both. >> that is the question. we are moving to something fun. vogue has come to washington. there was a vogue party at a restaurant last night. this is a new event they are doing across the country. they come to town and this was hosted by michelle fenty. mayor fenty came as well and, you know, a little style in washington. >> a lot of beautiful people. >> yes. a lot of stuff going on in london. the burrs be berry show closed out london fashion week. slum dog millionaire star and got to love burberry in the fall. nothing beats a burberry coat. >> i like this one. >> i love it. yesterday was a great day. weather wise we will