i think last year jim was there and pat lawson and tracey wilson was there and tell me about what thiso prince george's community and the community. >> it's the 23 year of the festival. 23 years, and it's an event, and it's opened free to the public inviting people to bring the families and children and bring your portable shares. we will have the food vendors. we will have people that are selling clothing and all kinds of items. the important thing is that we're going continue to celebrate the blue. not just in prince george's county, but in the region. we have had any probably up to 10,000 people who come to the campus and we have three venues, so that they're able to listen to the jewels and the heart of the connection. we have darryl davis and pearson. some of the names are familiar. we're very excited about this. >> when is the festival again? >> it's saturday september 19th. starts at 12:00 noon. come early. >> thank you some. we appreciate you and your partnership and thank you so much for joining us this morning for viewpoint. we will see you again soon. (plays throughout) ♪ so

david wilson, thank you and we bring in tracey holloway.pable sense of gloom about the u.s. economy descending upon the country? >> all of a sudden? it's been on the slow burner. we used to say when america coughs, the world catches a: now we can see that -- say that about china. talked about uncertainty over emerging markets feeding into that interest rate decision. it has been on the monitor and it seems to be intensifying. caliber -- caterpillar is a good example, it's a good way to take a temperature of the global economy. we are seeing those concerns start to manifest themselves in willumbers for it michael: interest rates keep from rising? the ceo of caterpillar but you have to wonder, it seems like all the news -- all the news is gloomy right now. >> it's not great and before we came on air, we were chatting about emerging-market currencies and it is ugly out there. michael: when you look at the brazilian real, it is dropping at the fastest record in years. and ditto momentum chart selling momentum is at its highest in three years an