are some proposals on the table that could raise taxes by about $5 a month for the average arlington homeowner. residents may also face a number. service cuts, and county employees may be laid off. residents can have their say in the budgeted decisions during public hearings in marchith a final vote set for next april. >>> some new home appliances are being touted as money savers. plenty of consumers are buzzing about front loading washing machines themselves sayhey are efficient and energy saving but also stinky. liz has more on how to avoid this smelly secret. >> reporter: this is wash day for virginia. the day she washes her washing machine. she fell in love with a fancy front loader. they're energy efficient, use less water, less electricity and they're beautiful and smelly. >> what happened first was early in the summer when the humidity is peaking outside, i started to notice that no matter what did i with my towels when i would start to dry off with them after they had been washed, i would smell this mildewy smell. >> reporter: about the same time her husband and son began having allerg

arlington, the wind gust has been around 30 m.p.h. >> my teeth are called. everything is cold. >> back in suitland, not the whether it is unforgiving. james cho say they could not afford their homeowner's insurance and they canceled it a few years ago. >> it will cost them a lot of money. because of the wind, 45 firefighters had to battle the blaze from different angles. one firefighter was rushed to hospital, suffering from exhaustion. he is expected to be okay. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >>> the powerful wind is being blamed and southeast washington. a tree crashed down onto a car on pennsylvania avenue. lling trees also brought down power lines on branch avenue in southeast. the driver of the car was not injured. get the weather updates around the clock on our website, wjla.com. >>> gilbert arenas speaks out about the gun allegations tonight. the washington wizards star is under investigation. he and a teammate are accused of pulling guns in the locker room. richard reeve is live at the verizon center. >> he spoke briefly with reporters after the game, saying essentially he could have used better judgment. the team owners also spoke out tonight. they felt that guns had no work place