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drive, under another formation, doyle drive. the federal government has recognized, and it is not -- people look at this and say you get everything. they are connected. we proved that we were deserving and it is now -- now it opens another possibility so we celebrate this today for what it does and thank you for spelling out what it does in terms of connecting to other transportation here. but it -- when you talked about how it connects up to the other things. it also will lead to other things. we're hoping to get this transportation bill passed and more possibilities spring from that, but i know the way you will exploit and i mean that in a positive way, all of these resources, what it can also attract and what it can lead to, we'll be back celebrating for something else very soon. in closing, let me say one of my big selling points, in the various jobs he has held, he has to get a job done. when i came to the mar major's office, twfs the reputation of his experience in public works and experience in the officer who had to get

this is a shot of the website of doyle drive. if you get a chance to go on that website, you will hear the person whose picture is up there talking about how he got a contract with caltrans on that job. that successful landing of the contract is another example of the work that goes on, of the work that paul and the rest of the groove does, george crosby on our team, does to ensure that we are making the connection between small businesses and the larger firms. i talked about julie. we put up that slide. that is actually the federal d.o.t. site that cal-con is featured on. julie is the c.e.o. of that company. we wanted to show the work. we wanted to mention the training that we did. this training was the work of a couple of our cowboys -- council members from our small business council. they did this on a voluntary basis. we had a local member and a member from the l.a. area came together and put that training began. as was mentioned, we had 21 people that went through that training. it is interesting because less than a year lat

. >> and i'm jessica doyle in for mike haiduk. feeling good too, rested. >>> and howard has your weather, great yesterday afternoon. a beautiful sunday and another beautiful day today, to get the start of the week underway before we get storms on tuesday. here's a look at the day planner that monday morning, we have a lot of areas that are in the 60s right now. we are looking at 85 by noon, 88 by 5:00. high temperatures upper 80s to around 90 but the humidity level will still be in a real nice range today. see the showers and storms in illinois moving to indiana, that is what we are going to get tomorrow. still in the 50s in western maryland, and even la plata right now gorgeous. 64. monika samtani has a look at timesaver traffic. >> reporter: there is an incident right now up to know about. east of i-95 other route 644 -- on route 644 near van dorn street. an accident resulted in a car fire and authorities have shut it down. take a live look at route 644. it is not affected by what i'm talking about. that is east of 91. up to 395

andrea, back to you. >> jessica doyle reporting live from palmer park, maryland. as jessica said, officer morris is the first prince george's county police officer to die in the line of duty in more than two years. corporal thomas jensen died in march 2010, ten days after crashing his car. he was responding to a call when his patrol car hit a patch of ice in college park. jensen had served on the prince george's county force for more than five years. >>> we are continuing to follow breaking news this morning of that fatal train derailment in howard county, maryland this morning. the csx train was running by mulligan hill lane which is just south of main street in ellicott city when it derailed. this is what it looked like just a short time ago. these are pictures from the scene. two bystanders were killed. howard county executive ken ulman says 23 cars out of the 8 80-car train derailed spilling coal everywhere. cranes are there now starting to resome of those rail cars albeit slowly. we're going to stay on the story throughout the day and you can watch it on wusa

time for another your money report now. >> jess today doyle is back and she's saving us -- jessica doyle is back and she's saving us money. >> i'm saving money for college students. a lot of the time that means saving money for mom and dad, too. a new company born on college campuses is bringing deep discounts to the quads. >> reporter: you my have heard of flash sale websites like gilt but the new kid on the block focuses on a neesh market -- niche market, university campuses. >> participate in exclusive sales up to 70% off. >> reporter: the site is the brainchild of three college students. jays gospel works as the company's chief financial officer when he's not working on his degree at columbia university. >> dorm stormer was originally thought up by me and my brother and my brother's roommate in college. we were thinking how could we combine what we enjoy and like using along with our knowledge of the college demographic and our access to it. >> reporter: gw student julia simon bought a couple of things on dorm stormer when the service launched last spring. in just six weeks dorm stor

doyle: thank you, mr. speaker. it's a pleasure for me to now yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from texas, a valuable member of our energy and commerce committee, mr. gene green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker, and i'd like to thank both my colleague from pennsylvania and also my neighbor in texas, congressman olson, for making sure we get this bill to the floor today. i rise in strong support of h.r. 4273, the resolving environmental and grid reliability conflicts act of 2012. this bipartisan legislation addressing the long-standing conflict in federal law where a company or individual can be held libel for violating -- liable for violating law to avoid black outs. it gives the department of energy to order an elect trick generating facility to operate an emergency. at the same time environmental laws and regulations may restrict the operation of power plants or transmission lines. so if a company or a publicly owned utility is

. >> plus, if you own a chrysler, jessica doyle has details on a recall that could affect you. >> plus, we'll take a look at today's question of the morning. you're watching 9news now. >>> the time is 4:40. i'm olga breese in for howard this morning. increasing clouds. temperature shoes make it into the lower 90s before the showers and storms arrive later on this afternoon. >>> no issues to report on 95. a bipt of volume in springfield -- a bit of volume in springfield headed to 395 with all lanes open. >>> coming up on 4:41, it's time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> let's talk dollars and cents with jessica doyle. >> good morning. happy to do it. andrea is wearing the color of the day, green. so much for the dog days of summer. with the rally in the stock market, the s&p 500 is near the four-year high it reached earlier this year. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 13,250, just 29 points away from its peak back in may. added 85 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq no slouch. up by 31 points and the s&p 500 added almost 10. it is now 4 points away from its secon

jessica doyle is live at police headquarters in palmer park with the latest on the story. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. this is a huge loss for the prince george's county police department. they are mourning the loss of one of their own. he is officer adrian morris, just 23 years old, on the police force for just two years. the officer lost his life after a police chase yesterday. two prince george's county police officers were alerted to a car that may have been involved in an attempted car break-in at a gas station earlier in the day. they were investigating. they pursued the suspect in their cruiser. but then the police car went off the road on 95 south landing in a ditch. witnesses say the alleged suspect may have tried to run the police officers off the road. officer morris was ejected from the vehicle. he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. >> this job is not an easy job by any means. and it's dangerous in everything that we do just about. but these officers were dedicated to doing their duty and that's what they were doing

joining me is governor jim doyle and melissa harris perry, host of her show on msnbc.ernor doyle, thanks for joining us. you're the hometown democrat here on this program tonight. you know this guy. how was he able to win in russ feingold's district for all those years? >> well that district's been changed around quite a bit. it was once les aspen's district, a great congressman from wisconsin. but it got moved around over the years to become more and more of a republican district and a few years ago has made, you know, they call it a swing district but it's been a relatively safe incumbent protection republican seat. so, it isn't like he's been winning in a heavily democratic area. he's been winning in a district that's gotten changed and to become much more favorable for him. >> and the question -- >> there's no doubt -- >> go ahead. go ahead. >> i was going to say, that said, there's no doubt he's a good campaigner. he works hard at it and, you know, he's gone out and run his campaigns and won those elections. >> melissa, they talk about in defending him, in the run

boggy this morning across the deck headed into san francisco those headlights toward doyle drive will get checks on east bay times and mass transit back to you >>> 6:35 a.m. a violent 24 hours in san jose to shootings and stabbings. lisa washington in san jose please try to determine if any attacks are gang related. >>> they think when shooting may have been gang-related let's take a look at video, this was a deadly stabbing happened at 6:30 p.m. monday evening a woman's body on a sidewalk with once dabble in a small sword the next of her body she was a well known homeless woman. police to none known at the deadly stabbing related to a deadly shooting that happened near here in the day and at @ one-thirty a favorite gunshot wound in the car on charles street police say he was shot once and pronounced dead, they ask for the public for help. >>> generally things like this happen at night under dark when it happens in broad daylight is concerning because that is a bold suspect it is not care a cruces him or her, no arrests made in the shooting police don't have motives a second shooting

. >> good morning jessica doyle. >> we are going to be focused in on a fed meeting which starts tomorrow. investors are hoping the rally continues this week. stocks are having their sixth winning week in a row. the dow stands at 13275. added 20 points friday. nasdaq up 14. >>> new numbers are out from the labor department and they show unemployment rates rise not guilty 44 states in -- rising in 4 states in july. unemployment in the area picked up to 7%. dc's unemployment rate fell to 8.9% last month. >>> gas prices continue to climb. the average price for a gallon of regular gas $3.72. that is 5 cents more than a week ago. 29 cents more than a month ago. 14 cents more than this time last year. locally aaa says gas prices are averaging $3.71 a gallon. why is it important we are higher than a year ago? it is the highest price on record, a year ago. if you total it up over the year, last year was the most expensive year ever. >> looks like we are going to get to the $5 a gallon thing there. >> guess who is thinking of a hybrid. next time i buy a car i'm going to buy something fuel efficien

. >> jessica doyle is watching your money. what makes us unhay happy? >> people love to complain. >> there are a host of new scams out there. there are the tried and true things that get under our skin. we have got a lot of complaining. the consumer federation of america is out with its annual top ten complaints. this comes from 38 agencies nearly 290,000 complaints for 2011. >> the kinds of transactions that consumerseth make every day like problems with retail stores or problems involving enough money that it is worth complaining. >> reporter: here are the top five categories of consumer complaints. number one autos, customer shopping for cars or going in for repairs were sold lemons and were shown false advertising. number two, disputes over credit card billing and fees mortgage related fraud, predatory lending and abuse of debt collectors. number three we have home improvement and construction companies. that didn't finish the job or they performed shoddy work. those were followed by complaints about retail sales and utilities. word to the wise here

kevin doyle with the "conde nast trav traveller."l as a cucumber, no pressure, unguarded? what? you never do see her sweat. the truth is she never stops. as i wrote in the story following the secretary of state is like trying to follow a woman shot out of a cannon with rocket boosters trapped to her pant suit. her days are scheduleed down in five-minute interviewed. it's extraordinary to see her go. you know, she also -- she's unaffected really by time zone changes. she doesn't seem to be affected by jet lag. she can sleep on command. she doesn't take any sleeping medicatio medications, and her, you know, accommodations on the plane are pretty spartan. she's basically in a 6 x 12 room and her bed is apullout couch and she doesn't have a shower. >> in a thumbnail sketch, she is superwoman. that's what it sounds like. >> you know, she's a pretty remarkable person, i have to say. you know, she just -- she does not tire. the interesting thing is that when she could have some spare time, some time to decompress, maybe to enjoy the 13-room

pattinson, kyra sedgwick, from "pawn stars," rick and corey harrison and music from polica and josh doylew people on this or any planet who can say they've won both a peabody award and starred in the movie "soul plane." the weekend before last, he reunited with, and roasted, his ex-wife on comedy central. this wednesday, you can see him in the excellent new movie "hit and run," please welcome tom arnold. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? >> good, how are you doing, buddy? >> jimmy: doing good. were you very funny at that roast. >> well, thank you. >> jimmy: you did a great job, too. everyone seemed kind of shocked when you walked out there. >> well, it was shocking. yeah. i didn't know -- it came together at the last minute. >> jimmy: okay. >> when it first was announced, my publicist didn't even ask me, she said no way is tom doing it because she loves me. but in the back of my mind, i was like, well that would be fun. i've done other roasts, joan rivers and stuff. but i didn't have any passion for that one. this one, i came loaded up. this is roseanne's thing. she's being

we'll have music from andy grammer, polica and josh doyle. our first guest tonight is a golden globe-winning actress with a new baby and a husband that would make any talk show host green and red with envy and rage. her new movie is called "the odd life of timothy green." it is in theaters now. please say hello to jennifer garner. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> hi. >> jimmy: what are you hiding from me? >> i brought you a little something. >> jimmy: how has it been? >> it's been tough. >> jimmy: why has it been tough? >> i'm thrilled to hear about your congratulations. [ applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much. >> i like it i think it's a beautiful thing but not so much for ben. >> jimmy: oh, is he taking this -- >> you have made a promise that you are not living up to. and while that's fine by me, i find a little out to have to have this conversation with you, but this is who i left at home. >> jimmy: oh, no, oh, no, my poor baby. oh, no, no, no. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: you know, in a different time, we gave it a real good shot. >

. >> and jessica doyle has a look at the day ahead on wall street. the fed is in charge? >> reporter: that's right. stocks were slightly lower in the latest session as investors await an announcement from the federal reserve this afternoon it is considering options to jump start the economy but new economic reports indicate things may be just a little bit too strong to warn any new stimulus at this time. the do slid 65 points in -- the dow slid 65 points in trading yesterday. stands just this morning 8 points above 13,000. nasdaq fell by six points and it was unchanged in july. the s & p 500 dropped six points on the day. >>> amazon.com is taking a page from apple and adding a lot to it. amazon's new cloud music player mimics itunes but is offering ten times more storage space for the same price. for $25 a year amazon will store 250,000 songs, if you have that, compared to just 25,000 songs for apple. i don't know if we can listen to all that music but it is there for you, if you want it. >>> and if money is no object, there is a $100 million penthouse in new york city th

. >>> at 6:06, jessica doyle is watching your money and your cybersecurity. >> what is wrong with people? >> i can't even do my own report. chicken pot pie, licking the remote? we've got problems here, people. >> lock your doors. >>> we're going to talk about cybersecurity but i think the chicken pot pie is more interesting. big debate right now. do you change your passwords all the time? we can't remember our passwords. it's tough. everybody is getting hacked. particularly since people are getting hacked more and more -- [indiscernible] -- zappos suffer add major security breach. it affected 24 million customers. to protect yourself from future attacks, there are a few simple things you can do like making sure your security updates are current and contrary to popular belief, it's not necessary to regularly change your passwords. >> academics pretty much feel that by having people rotate their passwords frequently, it forces them to choose shorter and shorter passwords, things that are actually intentionally weaker over time because people don't have that long-term memory. come up with a

. >>> jessica doyle is back and she's watching your money. >> talking groceries. apparently it's good to put your money in fruits. >> we're talking specifically about apple stock. it's been a really good bet for a lot of investors though i will say it's been a wild ride the last couple of days. you know, you may have remembered apple stock dropped on disappointment of the latest earnings report. that disappointment is gone. the stock has rebounded more than 8% and now just 3% below its all time high of $644 set back in april. cnn reports that it appears any lingering concerns about apple's underperformance has been replaced by excitement about new products. the iphone 5 to be unveiled and to go on sale next month. stay tuned. >>> some good news for those looking to buy a home. closing costs are going down. over the past year the average mortgage closing costs have fallen nearly 7.5%, origination fees are down 1% while title and closing costs dropped almost 12 purposes. bankrate.com reports stricter lending standards are shrinking the pool of americans who can actu

. >> let's check the numbers with jessica doyle. >> good morning. saw a little bit after pullback yesterday and the s&p 500 just reach add four-year high, too. we'll have to see if we can get back there today. checks the numbers now, the dow stands at 13,203. fell 68 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq down by 9. s&p 500 was down by about five points. >>> this is bad news for federal workers. president obama has extend add two-year pay freeze for federal employees until at least next spring. the freeze will stay in effect until a spending plan is passed. but the presidential campaign make it is unlikely that's going to happen bft start of fiscal 2013 on october 1. >>> who are the richest people in congress? representative michael mccall, a texas republican holds the top spot thanks to his $290 million net worth. he was followed by democratic senator john kerry of massachusetts, almost $199 million. california republican representative daryl issa slid to third place. democratic congressman -- [ inaudible ] -- and mark warner of virginia round out the

jessica doyle is watching your money and safety. >> a new crash test is being done and some cars aren't doing so well. >> highway safety officials rolled out the new crash test with the idea of seeing how safe these vehicles really are. it's designed to replicate a front end accident. the highway institute -- rather the insurance institute for highway safety tested luxury or near luxury models because they have the safest in the latest and safety technology to begin w. only two models overall earned the highest rating of good. most of the other vehicles tested rated marginal or poor. in contrast, all of these cars earned good ratings in older frontal tests. >> we call it a small overlap crash because it looks at what happens when just the front corner of the vehicle hits another vehicle or a tree or object. and we looked at the real word data. this is a very important issue for frontal crash safety. >> volvo proved to have the safest car of all the luxury, near luxury vehicles tested. the volvo s60 and acura tl got good. the infinity was one step down. four cars earned poor ratings. the

jessica doyle is off today but we are still watching your money this morning. gas prices keep on inching up this month. a check of the prices around the region this morning from gas buddy.com. fairfax, virginia regular grade averages $3.40 a gallon. gaithersburg, maryland it's 3.66. in bowie the average price is $3.64 a gallon. if you go to upper northwest in d.c., gas averages $3.82 a gallon. >>> well, some southwest airline customers expected to get a great deal on friday, a half price ticket instead what they got charged as many as 20 times for the same ticket for their flight. southwest says a computer glitch caused the customers using a promotion to be charged to us of dollars in duplicate reservations. the company says they've identified and all the affected customers and are now processing refunds for them. >>> you may not believe this but m.i.t. is the most affordable college in america. that's according to "newsweek"'s college rankings. second place another big named school princeton university. these universities are $40,000, $50,000 a year. there'sen

but forbes said millionaires deserve to be on the doyle too. >> millionaires should get their insuranceause they have paid for it. they are getting back what they paid. we have 30 state in this country where the insurance trusts are underfunded and that means the states are borrowing money to put in the trust so they can pay the insurance. we need to privatize. >> isn't that market because states are borrowing not to have millionaires on the doyle. >> this one values me. we are not talking about materials. it is when they file a tax return put down they earned a million in that year . despite earning a million bucks they went to get a check. outrageous. they sent their drivers to collect their checks because they would be embarrassed . what do you make . government. >> if i fired myself i would not collect unemployment. but if you payurn the system you should get out f. you want to reform the system. if you lose the job paid in you should be able to get out of it. and mike is right. you put in and take out and if you do i want have the where with all government steps in. >> government s

i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> if you can defy the odds, you can have money to live a life of leisure. you see no one won saturday's powerball drawing, and that means that wednesday's jackpot will be worth $305 million. the odds of winning are 175 million to one. >>> 67-year-old michael pa then jr. from arlington is this year's winner of the national spelling bee open to people 50 years and older. he won his second title. he wins $1000, and a 5 year aarp membership. his winning word is on the screen for you. it is a type of fungus, that looks like this. wow. i'm impressed. >>> a fundraising campaign is underway for a church damaged in last year's earthquake. saint steven's in culpepper sustained about a million dollars in damage. the church wants to raise half a million dollars in order to pay for the repairs that have already been made. well the effort is called the generous hearts campaign and if you are interested, you can donate by going online to saint stephens cull per -- to saintstevensculpepperrerdotnet. >>> have you gone to j.c. hayward.com? >> went today. >> did you see sash

i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm jessica doyle, wednesday. we're halfway through the week.h off today. beverly farmer has traffic in a moment. >>> there's an app for everything including our great weather app. howard bernstein is here with weather first. >> for the android or iphone. all of that. weather wise, we're going to look at a couple of showers popping later. they'll be few and far between. anything that does pop could have a locally heavy downpour. had some heavy ones yesterday, parts of southern maryland 3 inches of rain and a water spawt. 87 -- spout. 87 at noon. perhaps more sunshine later in

time for another your money report. >> and jessica doyle is back. good morning jess. >> good morning, we may not love those paying those credit card bills but we love to whip out the plastic. >> too much. >> a new survey of credit cards is out. jd power took a look at customer satisfaction and number one was? american express. the credit card company got top marks for its terms and billing. as well as helping customers solve problems. the discover card wasn't all that far behind. all 11 card companies actually got better ratings since 2010. that's when a new law went into effect putting the fees and interest rates they can charge putting limits on those things. >>> microsoft has rolled out a new corporate logo. first change in more than 25 years, this sets the stage for a new wave of products designed to cast the world's largest software maker in new light. you will see the name is in a lighter straighter tonight and the red, blue, yellow and green colors used in the flag on the operating system are blockier and now one big block. windows h. will be

jessica doyle is watching your money and your vacation plans. >> apparently airfares are slowly coming down. >> good things come to those who wait, right? that's the saying in life. that might be the case if you hold that to book a flight. farecompare.com expects fares to drop next month. kids are going back to school and the summer hasn't been as strong for the airlines as expected. sites tend to have their best deals when you buy tickets between tuesday and thursday. so just some stuff to keep in mind. in the meantime, toyota is recalling hundreds of thousands of rav4 suvs and lexus sedans. a suspension problem can cause crashes. this recall affects 778,000 vehicles. rav4 is covered by the recall from the 2006 to 2011 model years. the lexus hs2 a 50h -- 250h sedans are from the 2010 year only. >>> raise your hand if you have a snoozing problem with your alarm clock. mike is over here. this might be the ticket now. i promised you a review of an alarm clock app for your iphone. it's called the sleep cycle alarm clock. you actually place the phone on your bed, right on the mattress. the

jessica doyle is watching your money. >> she is. wall street is doing well but the question is why because we've heard bad news all over the place. >> we're going to start by taking a look at the s&p 500 which is one of the broadest measures of wall street as opposed to the dow jones industrial average which is made up of just 30 blue chips. it's the s&p that has gotten so many people talking lately. it's rallied for the past six weeks. on tuesday it hit its highest level in four years. but this market is in a very precarious spot. on one side you've -- you have stocks rising because there's the belief that world governments are prepared to step in if economic conditions get too bad, including here in the u.s. and companies have been turning in profits that haven't been as bad as some had been expecting. certainly not the greatest reasons to be buying stock. at the same time we have trading volume that hasn't been this low since september 2007. simply speaking, there aren't as many people investing nowadays. financial experts are sa

jessica doyle is here. >> good morning. it was nice while it lasted. we're talking about the s&p 500's recent run. it had been up for six days in a row. best run since december 2010. but new evidence of a global slowdown in asia led to losses around the world. checking the numbers for here at home, the dow stands this morning at 13,169, slipped 38 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq up by 1 and a half. s&p 500 down by one and a half. >>> wall street will be watching shares of groupon very closely today. they dropped nearly 15% after the bell. the online deals company reported second quarter earnings that beat estimates but sales growth was underwhelming. since its ipo this year, groupon shares have dropped from a high of 31 bucks to trading at about 6 in after hours trading. big, big drop there. >>> help is on the way for farmers strupgling with -- struggling for costs for feed. the government will buy up to $170 million worth of pork, lamb, chicken and catfish. the purchases will go to food banks and other federal food nutrition programs. kind after w

jessica doyle is not here but we're still saving you money.g social is featuring an offer from spa world in centreville, virginia. 50% off a one-hour aroma oil deep tissue massage or a half- hour massage. both come with a spa day pass but you have to act fast. the offer expires at midnight. >>> best buy is offering a 40- inch lcd tv on the daily deals section of its website for $299.99. that's $150 off the normal price. this also includes free shipping. enjoy a one-night stay for two adults in southwest washington at the l'enfant plaza hotel for $109 a night. you have the option to combine up to four nights at this rate. this offer is available right now on groupon and it's 65% off the normal price of $308 a night, a real deal. if you have an offer you want to share with everyone, hit us up on facebook. >>> actress farmiga turns 39. if today is your birthday, have a great birthday. we'll be right back. yoo-hoo! mom? i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote

. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. we were saying the color of my jacket is what wall street was looking yesterday. >> good news about the construction sector. it's been beaten up so horribly but that was a big fuel for the big rally yesterday on wall street. also big profits from cisco systems gave the market a boost. those reports helped push the s&p and dow near the highest closing levels since 2007 and the rallying is continuing today with the nikkei hitting a three-month high. check be the numbers from here at home. the dow stands at 13,250, just 29 points away from its peak back in may. it added 85 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq up by 31. s&p 500 up by almost 10. it is now four points away from its april second high. boy, kids are expensive. according to one advocacy group, the annual cost for child care has topped rent in all 50 states. child care aware america reports that infant care increased roughly 2% last year. costs jumped 4% for a 4-year- old at a child care center. and child care costs for an infan

. >> as jessica doyle reports, you can get your new specs without leaving the comfort of your home. >> reporter: it's a david versus goliath business model. small start up warby parker is taking on the big eye glass companies with him designs and low prices. >> i could have had five designs for the price of one pair of kind of designer glasses. >> reporter: all glasses are a flat $95. that includes the frames, the lenses and anti-reflective and anti-scratch coatings. >> it didn't make sense to us a pair of glasses should cost as much as an iphone. >> reporter: founder neil blumenthal said the brand was a hit from the get-go. >> we started in 2010 when we were full-time graduate students and the company just shot off like a rocket ship. we were featured in vogue and gq and within three weeks hit our first year's sales target and within four weeks sold out of our top 15 style. >> reporter: here's how it works. you go to warby parker.com and check out which frames you might potentially like for yourself. then the company sends you a box of eyeglasses to try on at home. here's the fun par

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. >>> good morning jessica doyle, how are you? >> i'm doing well. i like your pretty new tie, mike haiduk. >> i'm like are you going to wear that tie again? >> now i can say i'm not wearing the same ties all the time. >> reporter: today is a big day for investors. hope is fading the federal reserve will announce new steps today to jump start the sluggish economy. chairman ben bernancke has said the fed is prepared to act if unemployment remains high but experts say the economy hasn't really slowed enough to take action right now. yesterday a report showed a surprise jump in consumer confidence and a rise in home prices for the second straight month. basically ironically the signs are that the economy is just too strong to justify any new help. on wall street stocks closed out the month of july with losses. the dow slid about 65 points in trading yesterday but rose more than 1 ecommerce for the -- 1% for the month. the heads of the three parties in greece's new coalition government will meet today to try to agree on more cuts. further cuts are being

at the age of 13, her coach, daniel doyle, started sexually abusing her. it took three years for her to finally tell somebody. >> i thought that it didn't matter because i thought he loved me. and i thought that it was okay because of that. and it took me a long time and a lot of therapy to realize that, you know, it's not okay. >> reporter: doyle went to jail and harrison's parents moved her to boston, so she could train with the best coaches in the country, jimmy pedro jr., a two-time olympic medal is, and his father. from the moment she arrived, the pedros were much more than just coaches. >> when it comes to the pedros, there is right and there is wrong and there is no gray. and they always do the right thing. >> we knew that what was done to her was wrong. we reinforced that with her. and we told her the best thing she can do is stand up for herself. you're a victim, but it doesn't define who you are. >> while harrison lived away from her parents, the pedros, especially jimmy sr., helped her get back into school and into therapy. >> i give everybody t

so she has quite a world view and an informed world view. >> kevin doyle, thank you very much.h hillary clinton. >>> up next, a medicare reality check. [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. >>> coming up on "news nation" in just 15 minutes, the vetting of paul ryan not by the romney camp but by the media and there's already some inconsistencies. ryan told a local tv station he did not ask for stimulus money when the records show he did. he was talking tough on china's currency manipulation even though he voted against a bill that would have cracked down on it. how the romney campaign is handling this today. plus, a story that's gotten a lot of attention online. after a woman is killed in a car accident, her family is forced to take on a major insurance company. i'll talk with the brother of that woman about his battle. >>> mitt romney tried to sell the medicare debate thursday

jessica doyle is here. >> the economy is looking like it needs a boost but at least people are paying attention. the federal reserve is signaling very aggressively it could step in. federal officials spoke about new ways to stimulate the economy at their last meeting three weeks ago. policymakers are strongly in favor of a third round of bond buying to keep interest rates low. that helped stocks to bounce off their session lows. checking the numbers the dow standing at 13,172 this this morning. continue -- this morning. finished 30 points lower yesterday. the nasdaq was up by 6 and the s&p 500 was flat on the day. >>> print out that resume. we have two job fairs to tell you about. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is holding her annual jobs and opportunities fair today. it takes place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the washington convention center. this job fair is open to d.c. residents only. what you need to do besides bringing that resume, you have to bring a photo irchlts d., a iew -- i.d., a utility bill or some other proof 6 residency to -- of residency to get in. there is a

i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> the national institutes of health is under fire for not telling workers or montgomery county leaders about a deadly superbug in one of its clinics. the bacteria killed six people. it was first spotted in june 2011. a patient with a drug resistant bacteria came into a clinical center, and it spread to 17 patients. n.i.h. says this was only a risk to people in the clinic with compromised immune systems. special units were built to protect patients and staff. >> we had staff members who were assigned 24 hours a day, seven day as week to stay in those units and ensure that visitors, health care personnel all washed their hands and put on gowns and gloves appropriately. >> n.i.h. officials say that this does not pose a risk to the general public and there have been no new cases since january. >>> those wildfires out west are continuing to send thousands of residents running for safety. more than 500 homes and businesses in northern california are in that fire's path. the blaze has destroyed nearly 70 homes and scorched more than 24,000 acres. >> a rough fire s

there is a book coming out in a few weeks by a man named tom doyle, and i would recommend it to anybody. it is an amazing story about how people in egypt and iran and syria are having these dreams and visions, sometimes to save themselves out are a desperate situation, and many times to give them a saving faith through jesus christ. >> wow, amazing stories. amazing stories. always a pleasure to have you. thank you so much for being here. >> great to be with you, ephraim,. >> coming up, in communist vietnam, a church gains favor for its work with drug addicts. learn how the power off set the. >> christians in vietnam are reaching out to those lost in a world of drugs and dispair. lucille brings us the story of their long road from bondage to redemption. >> reporter: at the emmanuel full gospel church and ho chimin city, these men gather every day to pray, worship, and read the bible. they could pass for seminary students, but in reality, all 30 of them are former drug addicts who have found forgiveness and freedom through the church's ministry. pastor homden says that only god's love has

andrew doyle who was out there sent us this picture because of the heat. firefighters called in additional crews. no word on what caused the fire. it remains under investigation. >>> when an alarm goes off, police go in to action. it turns out to be a false alarm. the calls are taking up too much resources so they are working to hold people accountable for faulty systems starting september 1st, there could be a fine for excessive false alarm calls. you get a warning for the first two, fined for the third one. one false calls ties up multiple resources that annapolis police say they can't afford. >> we don't want to fine anybody, we want the problems corrected to cut down on the false alarms. >> police are working on a program to help home and business owners get the systems checked out to avoid the false alarms. >>> two days after millions showed support for chick-fil-a on a wednesday, another group is making another statement. today gay and lesbian couples are promoting kiss ins, there wasn't a lunch rush like the one we saw wednesday. there was a bigger

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