the old fireplace. it might feel comfortable this morning. >> a little chilly out there. we've got the 30s and 40s in most areas but eight going to be a nice afternoon -- but it's going to be a nice afternoon. these october days, we have the colder nights. but when the leaves are starting to change, even closer to the metro, it's really a pretty time of year. pretty dark right now. sunrise still about 80 minutes away at 7:20. by lunch time a mix of clouds and sunshine. that will be the case most of the day where the high clouds are coming and going. sometimes a lot of sun, other times some filtered sunshine. 64 for lunch. high today could make a run toward 70 with enough sun and 67 at 5:00 p.m. we're looking at the high clouds this morning that have been coming in overnight. you get west of i-81, there's not much way in the way of cloudiness till you get back toward kentucky and ohio. worry about the chill this morning. it's 36 in frederick. 36 in winchester. 42 hagerstown. warm spot on the bay in annapolis at 49. even cambridge and la plata are only 40 at this hour.

6:00 a.m., good morning to monika samtani. how are the roads doing for us? >> you know, everything is good except -- look at this. all the red behind me right here. bw parkway and route 50. if you're planning to head there inside the beltway, both had accidents. inside the beltway. they're both gone but left slow traffic as you can see behind me inside the beltway on bw parkway and route 50. keep that in mind no your travel plans. the beltway is not affected. let's take a live look outside. if you're planning to head here on 270, normal slow stuff now forming as you leave frederick. another look at our maps. this time we'll head over to southbound side of 270 as i said. very slow and heavy through that area. we'll take a live look outside one more time and this time we're taking a look again at 270. route 109 is where you'll find your slow spot. more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you.

romney says he has a five- point plan. he doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one-point plan. >> why am i lowering taxes? because itself last four years they've been buried. mr. president, have you looked at your pension. >> i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours so doesn't take as long. >> i care about a hundred percent of the american people. i want a hundred percent of the american people to have a bright and prosperous people. >> when he said behind corrode doors that -- behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. >> some moments from last night's presidential debate. president obama and mitt romney ramped up the tension in the second debate. the. is said to have a sharper and more energetic performance than the heavily criticized one in the first debate. meanwhile romney main tabled the kind of methodical approach

he used in the first debate. here with me is kathi. people wanted to see if he could meet the challenge better than deor was it the cold fish you talked about before. who was there last fight? >> the president definitely showed up last night. he really corrected the problems he had in the first debate in the sense of being -- he was engaged. he was spirited. he was aggressive. there was some concern about the town hall format maybe being not the right praise for that but he did make it work. president obama really -- you know, in some ways to make -- kind of mix my metaphors a little bit, if you're going to turn your homework in two weeks late, it better be good. romney did meet him point for point for the most part. he was not worse than he was

two weeks ago. he definitely showed up as well. but, you know, the president definitely got the most improved trophy. you were talking about governor romney. he held on to the momentum. we have some poll numbers that seem to give the edge to president obama except on the economy. and they touched on the economy a lot. you watched the little tickers at the bottom. it was interesting that the president did make some varnses and made so good -- advances and made some good points about what he's done but then governor romney came back strong. >> yes. i think the president made some important points, the narrative about how gas prices going up were his fault. the president actually turned that around and said well, the gas prices were so low when i took office because the economy was in the tank. nobody needed gas. the demand was down. mitt romney kind of missed the point toward the end. key have said so now you think rising gas prices are good news, mr. president?

he didn't quite close that loop. so the president i think won that exchange in being able to say yeah, gas prices are up. that means the economy is better. >> yesterday we talked about polls and the trending towards mitt romney in the swing states. in fact, women were trending towards mitt romney in the swing states. what did you think about some of the comments both men made about equalizing women's pay in the work force and a comment take the governor made about women wanting to go home and he would let them go home early so they could fix food for their families. >> the president first of all got a big gift. that was a gift wrapped question for him about what are you going to do for women's equality because he has made obviously a very big emphasis on trying to attract women. one of the very first acts of his in office was the act for payee quality for women. so, you know, governor romney talked about the things he had done personally in office but i don't think he struck quite the right tone.

he talked about his cabinet and doing things to make a friendly workplace. >> we do have to go but foreign policy is the debate next monday. can the president stand up to some of the questioning that governor romney used last night talking about not knowing that it was a terror attack until 14 days later in libya? >> the president kind of walked mitt romney into a trap there because he was able to say i said it in the rose garden the day after. romney was kind of flustered by that. the question that was asked though that was not answered was why wasn't there enough security in benghazi. that was actually the voter's question. they went off on this other tangent. i think that that needs to be answered next time. >> that will be answered on monday. of course you can see that here and at wusa9. kathie obraodich, thank you for being here. last night's debate is making headlines arch the country and -- across the country and around the world. kristin fisher joins us with that part of the story.

>> reporter: good morning. i've been in the print room at the newseum for about an hour and a half. i've started to notice a trend in day after the second presidential debate. that trend would be this picture. it's a picture of the two candidates pointing fingers at each other. it's a moment that came about 20 minutes into the debate. a very fiery exchange the two candidates were going at each other on the issue of how they would balance the budget. it was a moment on twitter where folks were saying whoa, are these candidates going to actually have a brawl here? it was a very -- it was a big moment in the debate, i think the moment of the debate. it kind of was indicative of the flavor of the second debate which is was a very substantive debate but also very engaging and exciting to watch. this is the front page of "the washington post." the headline here with stakes high, temperatures rise. sharp exchanges in second debate. a more fiery obama hits back at

romney. so the post giving a slight edge to obama but still keeping it pretty even. over here on "the los angeles times," again you can see that same picture finger pointing. the headline here, a sharper tone in round two. this time the president firmly confronts romney who holds his own in a lively exchange. i think this is indicative of what we're seeing across the board. both candidates held their own, but president obama agreements the slight edge here. cnn took an instant poll right after the debate. what it showed was that obama got a seven-point lead right after the debate. same with a cbs instant poll. so again slight edge going to obama but romney most certainly holding his own. coming up, we'll be heading outside where they're going to be putting up these front pages from all newspapers across the country. they're going to be putting up right outside on that sidewalk right outside the newseum. we'll show them to you in just about half an hour.

>> that always attracts a lot of attention. people walking by. thank you, kristin. our time right now is 6:09. howard and monika both up next with weather and traffic. later in sports, find out why the washington caps fans could be flocking to verizon center soon. >> next in your morning's money report, cadillac is looking to get into the luxury electric car market. i'll have the details on these hot wheels when the news rolls on.

howard here on this wednesday morning. we'll call for a mix of sun and clouds. we start kind of chilly. some 30s even in the cold spots. by lunch time we'll be in the low 60s. this afternoon's high about 68. that will happen mid afternoon with a drive home temp of 66. howard, we're going to take a live look at the beltway north of town. if you're planning to head here at colesville road, traffic is still moving well. off and on delays through silver spring. same thing on 270 as you come in from frederick toward urban that. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:18. jess? >> thanks, monika. the time right now is 6:12. here's another look at your money. we're going to have to see how many of you will shell out some

cash for this new product. apple sent out invites for an announcement next tuesday. the company is expected to unveil a smaller ipad. what many are calling the ipad mini. the tablet is expected to be about half the size of the regular ipad and sell for it $250 and $300. citigroup not offering an explanation for the sudden resignation of the bank's c.e.o. vikram pandit. there are reports he clashed with the bank's board over strategy and performance. shareholders have also objected to pandit's pay package. he received $261 million over the past five years. his replacement will be long time citigroup executive michael corbat. general motors announced plans to build a plug-in luxury version of the chevrolet volt. the cadillac elr will compete against other luxury electric vehicles. the company has not announced the release date.

the car is expected to cost upwards of $50,000. but look at all you're going to save on gas. pizza hut is changing its tune after a marketing stunt went awry. a few days ago the company tried to convince attendees of last night's town hall meeting to ask the candidates if they preferred sausage or pepperoni on their pizza. andrea is already voting. but what happened here is pizza hut promised free pizza for life to anyone who posed the question. it comes out to be a free pie a week the next 30 years. >> i think we have a now more serious things to consider. >> they were thinking it was a little flip. >> the mtv thing where they said boxers or briefs. big issues. >> come on, you've got some issues in weather. >> not so much. tomorrow night will be the issue. will be some rain around here.

that will probably be our best chance of rain in the whole seven-day forecast. there's a clue there we're in a nice stretch of weather. but andrea is right. it's chilly out there. we have readings in the mid-30s in the outer suburbs. get ready to bundle up if you're headed out in the next hour or so. that chill is not going away that quickly with upper 30s to around 50 in the warm spots. most of us, though, are closer to the 40, 43, 44-degree range this morning. might even need gloves if you're going to be out for a little while. but a day filled with sunshine and high clouds. at times it will be mostly sunny. other times it may even become mostly cloudy with the high thin clouds giving us the filtered sunshine. 61 by 11:00. by 1:00 mid-60s. so a decent afternoon. winds turning southeast 5 to 10 miles an hour. we're looking at 67 by 3:00. with enough sun 70. still upper 60s for the drive home at 5:00 p.m. this morning, though, chilly. 40 in bowie. 41 laurel. it's 42 at andrews. scott and everybody down there, fort belvoir 40 along with

centreville. there's 30s now from reston and sterling 38. in northern loudoun county, lovettsville 35. that is the cold spot on the board. outside on our michael & son weather camera, looking good this morning. nice and dry. there are a few clouds out there. high ones according to reagan national observer. 49 degrees with no wind to be reported and our humidity sitting at 77% this morning. so it's comfortable. it's cool. not as chilly as it is in northern new england where they're near freezing in caribou and also parts ever the rockies we have -- of the rockies we've got lots of 30s. look at the 50s and 60s here. that's out ahead after storm system pushing across the northern plains. this is our next weather maker. it's up here. the showers this morning in the dakotas down through nebraska. this is going to be thursday night's rain the way it's looking right now. for us ahead of it, just these high clouds continue to stream in from time to time giving us that milky sunshine if you will before the day. nothing coming to us except the

occasional cloud through the afternoon. tonight clear to partly cloudy with temperatures which be dropping into the 40s and as. here's the forecast quickly. 70 today. tonight 52 in town. 40s in the burbs. tomorrow 73. rain tomorrow night. out of here by early friday. friday 72. a good looking weekend. 65 saturday. upper 60s to near 70 on sunday. monika? on the inbound side of the bw parkway and route 50, we had two separate accidents this morning. they caused some pretty major backups on both thoroughfares inside the beltway through cheverly. we'll step out and show what you it looks like live on our sky 9 and this is inbound route 50 at 410. i just spoke to them up there. they said it's at least two miles here on the inbound side of route 50 approaching route 410. so a tough one this morning sorry to say but we've been telling you about it since early this morning. back to the maps. again that's what it looks like inside the beltway. the beltway itself is fine through prince george's county. southern maryland no issues to report out of brandywine,

accokeek, 210 into oxon hill and across the wilson bridge here all of that is incident free. a live look at the northbound side of 395 at washington boulevard. looking good to the 14th street bridge. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:25. back to you. >> it is 6:18. we want to take another look at our question of the morning which is 30 % of the people who play this game are under the age of 35. is it a, pacman, b, bingo, or c, poke senator. >> here's a look -- poker? >> here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook page. carl thinks the answer is a, pacman. we'll have the correct answer for you in about 30 minutes.

your weather first on this wednesday morning. we've had some nice days around here to start the week. looks like the weather is going to be pretty nice for most of the rest of the week but we do have a little bit of rain coming. if that all works out, it's going to be tomorrow night after dark and before you wake up friday. today looks like a better day

than yesterday in the sense it will be a little warmer. yesterday we hit 65. we're in the 30s and 40s this morning so definitely need a jacket if you're going to be out for a little while. by lunch time 64. if we get enough sun through the high clouds, we'll even make a run toward 70 degrees before the day is out. good morning, everybody. hockey players have been locked out for two months now. millions of dollars have been lost. the nhl season was supposed to start last friday but if the league gets their way, it could start next month. yesterday they offered the players association a deal that stipulates a 50-50 revenue split. that would be contingent on the season starting november 2 and all 82 games being played. if that's the case, teams would play at least one extra game every five weeks. the players association has about ten days to make a decision. the lady terps basketball team getting much love this

season. the lady terps were picked to finish second in the acc. no surprise here, though. the duke blue devils sit on top for the eighth time. redskins player josh morgan, brandon banks enjoying their day off having some fun in college park at an elementary school. josh morgan has some strict advice, hopefully not dancing advice for the kids on how they can lead successful lives. >> work hard and just stay fit, you know. stop plague the playstation games [ inaudible ] and finally, you know, live tv you never know what's going to happen. whenever we're out there. there could be a football coming down on our face when we're reporting if a football game. this is ian rapport from n.f.l. network. his reaction is priceless. but he recovered pretty well

but shows you the true dangers of live television. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristen berset. have a great wednesday. >> thank you so much, kristen. if you're planning to head inbound on route 50, take a look from our sky 9. the delay is at least two miles trying to get to route 410 where an early morning accident was cleared. but left this for you inside the beltway. tough trip this morning. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

we are back at 6:28. this is always the place to get your weather first. >> we're taking a live look outside. a beautiful morning. that's the capitol dome you see right there. 49 degrees. but we're going to warm up thank goodness. >> thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace. chilly out there. >> i have the gloves on here this morning, the jacket. we are looking to squeeze 20 degrees out of the sunshine i think before the day is out. so we'll have a much more comfortable afternoon. let's start with your day planner and a look toward the east. just a little bit of light here. we're in tysons corner this morning on our michael & son weather camera looking east. light on the eastern horizon. 7:20. that's when the sunrises. we have a ways to go.

right now 49. 64 by noon with a mix of sun and clouds. with enough sun 70. a few more clouds. upper 60s but still that's pretty nice either way you go. satellite and radar showing the high clouds that have been coming across the region this morning. with more breaks out to the west. in fact looking up in northwest, we're pretty clear. national did report clouds on the hour with temperatures getting chilly. winchester, frederick, cumberland 36. manassas is 39. culpeper is 37. even low 40s in the northern neck from our weather watchers there. look at cambridge on the eastern shore. only 40 degrees. decent afternoon. again dry, mix of sun and clouds, highs in the upper 60s to around 70. let's check in with monika samtani and find out if we have a decent commute under way. it's decent everywhere except route 50e. look at -- route 50. look at that red as you travel inside the beltway. it is very, very tough here because of an early morning accident. it was cleared a while ago. i'm going to step out and show what you it looks like from our sky 9. this is your delay inside the beltway.

basically leaving 495 all the way over to route 410 before that pace picks up. if you're considering taking the bw parkway, yes, that could be a good option. there was an accident there as well but i believe bw parkway looks better than this. inbound route 50 again delays beginning at the beltway at least as you head inbound inside the beltway. we'll take a look at our maps again. this time here's that delay inside the beltway. the beltway itself looks fine as you leave new carrollton heading north toward silver spring where you've got the slow traffic leaving new hampshire avenue. is will be off and on to georgia avenue. now to the south side of town. northbound 95, one long slow delay trying to get into triangle. it's agent heavy in woodbridge across the occoquan river and again in springfield. in fact, larry, can we take a look at our 50 camera first on the northbound side of i-95. here's what it looks like as you leave route 644 heading for the beltway. then a live look at 395 at seminary road. it's a long, slow lineup from duke street to this point and good across the 14th street

bridge. i'll be back with more coming up at 6:43. >> thank you, monika. cbs this morning is 30 minutes away. >> gayle king joins us live from new york. we can only guess u guys are going to be discussing a little get together at hofstra last night. good morning, gayle. >> you think so? you think we'll be talking about the rumble in the auditorium? i think so too. a new cbs poll shows a narrow win for president obama in last night's contentious debate. we'll look at who landed the big e punches and we'll ask vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan about the most heated moments including the confrontations over women and the attack in lybia. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. >> all right, gayle. we will be watching. last night's debate of course is the big story making headlines in newspapers across the country this morning. >> many experts say both candidates held their own. kristin fisher joins us live from the newseum with more. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning,

andrea and jessica. we've been inside the print room all morning long. now we're outside the newseum. this is where they put up all the front pages from newspapers all over the world. they do this every day. but on a day like today, a day after a presidential debate, i'd say almost every newspaper has some sort of headline about last night's debate. i want to start over here at "u.s.a. today," the headline here, round two, a nicier owe bam -- feistier obama. romney tangles in a lively free for all. over here, a tense rematch. obama-romney ramp up the rhetoric in a fierce fight. you see this picture here, this finger pointing, this picture is on i'd say almost 50% of the domestic newspaper front pages. the finger pointing, it was a very tense moment, very indicative of the style of the entire second debate. it was very substantive but still very entertaining and it

was very lively, a very good watch for all of the viewers at home. and as jessica was saying, both candidates really held their own but i do think the edge is going to have to go to president obama. it was a totally different obama than the obama that showed up in the first presidential debate. obama was very energetic, very engaged. he defended his record. he went on the attack. he went off aiz opponent and i think -- after his opponent and i think the edge does have to go to him but mitt romney, he most certainly held his own. he too, attacked the president on everything from the economy, jobs. they debated libya, gun control, immigration policies, but again the edge is going to have to go to obama. both cnn and cbs put out instant polls. both of them gave president obama a seven-point lead but again that's an instant poll. we'll have to wait and see exactly how this plays out over the next few weeks leading up to the election.

but again, if you're coming out here this morning walking down past the newseum, it is just fascinating going down the line and seeing how newspapers across the country are covering this. you can see mike here who has been working hard all morning long still putting them up. he's been doing a great job us for. i highly advise if you're in the area, come by, check it out. they do it every single day but this morning really the focus all on the debate. back to you. >> all right, kristin fisher live outside the newseum in northwest d.c. former senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern has been admitted to a hospice in south dakota. the democrat is best known for his unsuccessful 1972 campaign against richard nixon. his family issued a statement saying it appreciated everyone's concerns and requested privacy. george mcgovern is 90 years old. those two virginia hikers who were stranded in montana are waking up in their own beds

this morning. neal peckens of herndon and his friend jason hiser touched down late yesterday at the airport in richmond. they used their outdoor survival skills to stay alive while they were stranded in harsh weather. seven teams finally found them after four days. time right now is 6:35. i am watching your money. all of those c.e.o.s who got bailout money from the banks, not a lot of them are left around. with the departure of citigroup's c.e.o. vikram pandit, only two of the nine c.e.o.s have their jobs. most have received huge severance packages that appears not to be the case with pandit. he reportedly is not eligible for a golden parachute but he did make more than $260 million during his five-year tenure at citigroup. if you think the u.s. congress hasn't done that much this year, senator tom coburn disagrees with you.

he says they've been hard at work dolling out the pork. in his annual wears book, the oak -- waste book, the oklahoma republican outlines a hundred congressional approved programs that he says wastes more than $18 billion. it includes a loophole that lets the n.f.l. , nhl and pga qualify as nonprofit organizations. a $325,000 grant to build a robotic squirrel to see how the animals interact with rattle snakes. that actually duplicates an earlier study. and $24 million in spending to maintain contracts for selling typewriters. we don't know what the buggy makers think about this. >> there was one about foods we'd eat on mars. 6:36. a new poll out shows how citizens would like for leadtories handle big political issues, such as law and order. >> let's face it, you can work up a major appetite touring d.c. in today's daily deals, i'll tell but one tour that will leaving you walking away

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6:40 and 49 degrees. monika here with timesaver traffic. take a look at this delay inside the beltway. it's been like this since early this morning because of an accident inbound route 50 at route 410. that was cleared but left that slow traffic for you. on the northbound side of i-95 now, there's a problem before dale city where a tractor- trailer is disabled blocking a lane and causing some delays. our sky 9 is headed there as we speak. we'll take a live look a little further north on the northbound side of i-95 now. once you're beyond that problem, you're okay in springfield. no issues to report as you head on to 395 where there is a slow lineup from duke street to seminary road. we'll go over to another picture right now if you're planning to head over to the inbound side of i-66. again slow from manassas into centreville. let's take a live look closer to the beltway as you head through vienna. this is what you should expect and also a live look at the american legion bridge on the the west side of town or colesville road. outer loop delays through silver spring and at the american legion bridge you will

be just fine. the lanes are open. i'll be back in a few minutes with a look at big picture at 6:58. but first, we've been asking you all morning on facebook what you think might be the biggest distraction for teens while driving. and this is what you had to say. jamie elliot baker says friends in the car. terry says all of them actually. and corina baker fox wrote all. in our unscientific study teens said friends were the biggest distraction. a aaa study done in march, though, says the top teen driver distraction is electronics. teenage girls are twice as likely as teen boys to use text and to use cell phones or other electronic devices while be behind the wheel. not so surprising. >> girls really like to talk. that unfortunately doesn't change as we get older because it's hard to sometimes put the phone down when you're driving. >> weed is the -- we asked the kids about that. the best thing to do is to put

it in the glove compartment or the back seat you where can't reach it. >> good advice for them. the other thing too is it's surprising that the girls are more into the technology than the boys. would you think just the opposite. i wonder if the boys think it's friends more than anything. >> especially in the car. when they're with their buddies, they like to hang as if they're hanging out. >> in is a point that bears repeating. you brought this up in the last half-hour report. it's important that we set good examples for our kids because if we're doing the stuff we're telling them not to -- >>it's just as hard for us not to text in the card. just don't do it. looks who's here. howard bernstein. he has our forecast. you'll want to turn up the heater in the car this morning just a little bit. >> 30s and 40s out there. certainly a chilly start. it's going to be a nice day. we have nice weather today. i know you have a big walk coming up this weekend, the diabetes walk. making strides against breast cancer walk. so many things are going on saturday.

weather should be fine saturday morning. i think it will be in the 40s. maybe a jacket but it's going to be dry and the sun will be out. >> lightweight gloves. >> exactly. >> let's get your bus stop forecast for you this wednesday morning with temperatures which are down in the 30s and 40s in most spots. the warm spot being 50 degrees. that will be near the bay in anap us. today we're looking at the high clouds which have been coming in during the overnight. this is what's giving us such a beautiful sky this morning. check out this michael & son weather camera shot before the day planner as we're looking to the east in tysons corner. a gorgeous sky. about 35 minutes before sunrise. we'll see sunshine mixing with the high clouds today. by noon 64. enough sun 70. 67 for the drive home. southeast wind 5 to so miles an hour. the -- to 10 miles an hour. the chill is out there. culpeper is 39. one of the warmer readings down south, and they're even chilly at the patuxent river naval air station this morning at 46 degrees. once again on our michael & son weather camera, a gorgeous looking shot looking east out

of tysons corner this morning. reagan national reporting 49 degrees. they consider this cloudy skies even though there are plenty of breaks in it with winds, well, noun being reported right now. your dew points -- none being reported right now. your dew points are in the low 40s. the weather system in the great lakes will miss us but this storm system which is up into the dakotas back into colorado with a little bit of snow in wyoming, this is going to be thursday night's rain when i say thursday night, i really think most of the moisture will be here after dark, not to say we can't see a shower late afternoon tomorrow. but today the high clouds are here and there. they're going to be in and out of the region today. again enough sunshine 70. more clouds than i'm thinking. upper 60s. still not a bad day either way. tonight clear to partly cloudy. tomorrow morning a mix of sun and clouds through the day. some showers may develop up toward aberdeen and philly and north jersey but it's the storm out west which will be moving in generally after dark tomorrow. here we are at 11:00. you can see the rains overnight

pulling away by friday morning. so that friday if it all works out timing wise will be pretty good as well. 70 this afternoon. nice. a mix of sun and clouds. tonight 52 with 40s in the suburbs. 73 tomorrow. a yellow alert for the rainy night i'm expecting thursday night. i think the day will be all right. perhaps a lingering shower very early friday. otherwise sun returns 72. 60s and dry over the weekend. jessica? >> thanks, howard. what do people want from their leaders when it comes to the future of their finances, their family and happiness in general? meridian international and gallop posed that very question to citizen of more than 150 countries. joining me this morning with the answers is president and c.e.o. of meridian better national ambassador stuart holiday. thanks so much for coming in this morning. you also served as ambassador to the u.n. representing the ups as the u.n. security -- the u.s. as u.n. security representative.

this will be a big issue coming up in the next presidential date. in materials of the study you conducted, what light can you shed on the questions that are going to be answered in the next debate? >> i think it's interesting to look at the poll that security is the number one issue that people think is important to them, whether it's economic, political security comes first. i think that's true for the american people. as people look at the election and the debate, they'll be calculating that question about whether this incident recently in libya is a stop of sort of a larger trend in terms of our security or is it simply the sort of last vestiges of an al qaeda that's on its heels. so they'll be looking at that question. i think americans look at foreign policy very much in a security context. >> in terms of finances, that's obviously a major issue here in the united states and certainly around the world because what we've seen going on in europe and elsewhere, but what's fascinating is you found in places where the numbers look

like they're rising. there's still a level of unhappiness with citizens in those countries. >> absolutely. it's interesting to see that not only as people in countries get more opportunity, there's also more frustration because they see that the growing middle class and emerging market country may be offering them a view of what they could have and they may see that they don't have it. but by and large we looked at gdp as a lagging indicator. what are the tools that leaders need to make better decisions. so we looked at what were people thinking about their hope for a job, their hope for economic well-being. that's really a more important indicator. in opportunity nearby came before the -- tunisia before the problems there, gdp was actually on the rise but people were unhappy. we look at these issues to help give leaders better tools to make decisions. >> what do you hope comes out of the ruts of this polling? -- results of this polling? >> what do you hope leaders do with what you're telling them?

>> the idea of the summit was the product of a great collaboration it my organization and general dynamics to look at these issues. the poll is really a living document so what we would like to do is for leaders through our global leadership institute and more generally to be more responsive to understand that it starts with people. and people are now increasingly driving government decisions, private sector decisions, and not the other way around. so it's really getting a handle on what people across different sectors are thinking about their aspirations. >> power to the people and for the people. thank you for coming in this morning. >> pleasure to be here. it is time now to answer our question of the morning which was 30% of the people who play this game are under the age of 35. is it a, pacman, b, bingo or c poker? here's what david wrote on our facebook pain. he says we have far more important things to talk about than games but nothing wrong with having some fun sometimes,

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6:54. your weather first. this gorgeous wednesday morning it's chilly. 30s and 40s. a neat sky out there with some of the high ds and the sunshine. by noon 64. a mix of sun and clouds all it shoulbe a nice day. highs could be approaching 70 with enough sunshine. andrea? >> all right, howard, thank you. here's a check on the news before you go. following last night's debate, president obama will spend this day campaigning in swing states of -- in the swing state of

ohio. republican nominee mitt romney will hold rallies in chesapeake and leesburg, virginia. an earthquake shook new england early last night. the 4.0 magnitude quake hit three miles west of hollis center, maine. it was felt in vermont, new hampshire and massachusetts and as far south as rhode island and connecticut. our time 16:55. -- is 6:55. >> one final check of traffic and weather when 9news now continues.

6:58. welcome back. chilly this morning, 30s and 40s. we'll make a run toward 70 with a mix of sun and clouds. the likely time for rain will be tomorrow night and out of here by early friday morning. looks good through the weekend. medevac helicopters left the scene of an accident northbound route 2 and calvert

cliffs parkway. here's the 14th street bridge. heavy traffic into downtown. an accident blocks northbound 17th street between d and e. we'll take a look at the beltway north of town. jammed 95 to georgia. cbs this morning is next. of course they'll have more on last night's presidential debate. >> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> get your updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting us at wusa9.com. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning 4:25. bright and early. have a wonderful day, everyone.