. >> jessica doyle is leer. >> reporter: good morning. it's a big economic day for wall street. investors are waiting on two reports. investors are likely to react to news that gm's initial public offering on thursday is getting bigger and more expensive. overnight asian stocks dropped. the dow added nine points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq was off by four and a half points and the s&p 500 was off by one and a half points. if you head to reagan international airport you may see some picket lines. the pilots plan to picket from noon to 2. they say they are taking advantage of the pilots. they are already the lowest paid pilots group among airlines. consumer reports says those new clothes may be hazardous to your health. the magazine urges you to wash before you wear. you could be exposed to allergens that are use in the fabric. the u.s. does not regulate f formaldelyde. >> who knew that was in the clothes. >> we're going to have the deal of the day as we get ready for the holiday shopping season. >>> an unexpected twist in proceedings against a well known congressman. >>> we'

. >>> jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> she is helping us with saving money when it comes to what we drive. >> kiplingers is out with the best ring for ten. best for class in services and products an we are looking a the best cheap to own cars theme are vehicle over a five year period will cost you comparatively less than many peers. an we are starting with compacts, kiplingers pick is the base model of the nissan versa. about $10,800 for the sticker and the five year cost is 24,800. less than 5 thundershower dollars a year. that is calculated by a company that ins insurance, maintenance and the like and what they liked is a bigger interior that peers. >> what about the mid size range cars. >> this one won best in class three years running. and it is the honda accord lx. based sticker 21,900. five year ownership cost of 33,300. that works out to be $6,600 a year. kiplingers applauds the accord for reliabling and safety and says it is a really good ride. for mid size to large cross, it goes to the toyota four wheel drive. $7,600 a year. they like the low service an

let's go to jessica doyle in the web center. good morning. >> today we are bringing you the best ways to save on travel. kiplingers best list has three websites to look at before booking your next vacation. we will head to the web computer. first is southwest.com. airlines made $1.5 billion from baggage and ticket fees in the second quarter of this year but southwest stuck with the old policy. check two bags and book for free and that's why they are named the best value airline. >>> if you need help with vacation plans we head to kayak coin com. it listed hundreds of sources to find the lowest prices in travel and to make it easier you can add bag costs to the fares and do everything within a certain price range. we have the flight and now need a place to stay. you get the most bang for your buck with a vacation rental. home away.com offers 230,000 properties to choose from around the world. you get more space and amenities than a hotel room and the cost is about the same. >>> i have two deals to check out. the first, we are goi

jessica doyle is back.ew developments in the bernie madoff fraud case. >> we've had more arrests in the largest fraud in history. prosecutors have charged two long time employees for bernie madoff in alleged v in the ponzi scheme. >> they say the two women executed trades in the accounts of wealthy clients but only on paper. of course madoff is currently serving 150 year sentence in federal prison after admitting he operated a $20 billion fraud. >>> the government may owe you a lot of money. the irs says it has almost $5 million in unclaimed federal tax income for maryland, d.c. and virginia. the irs says most were undelivered because people moved. here's a look at the average refund check. in the district almost $1600. that could be owed to you. now in maryland, $1300 in virginia about $1000. you can find out if you're due a refund by logging on to wusa9.com and clicking on consumer. >>> ready, set, shop. and here are the deals of the day in time for the cold weather, dick's sporting goods is discounting n

jessica doyle had mashed potatoes and guess what bread pudding by andrea roane's mom, her mom, one of moo i favorite people ethel. angie treated the crew to a localery pilgrim hat. you know what that means. no cooking for her. >>> you can find all of those recipes on our web site, wusa9.com. >> there's a lot of fun this morning. my colleagues really impressed me with what they provided. i'm just glad my turkey was juicy. >> especially angie's hat and andrea's mother, her mother. >> and that bread pudding, oh, man, she's from new orleans. it's on the web site. go to the morning show page on wusa9.com and it's easy to find. easy to make, too. >> it is? >>> weather-wise, we've got changes coming. nice and mild out there right now. it will get a little chilly over the next few days. we've even got a couple of showers here and there. let's get you going with a look at the day planner for the rest of this tuesday afternoon. mid-60s at 3:00 here. maybe a shower? one or two spots by 6:00 p.m. start ing to clear out. down to 50 by midnight. 40s will be in the 30s and 40s by tomorrow morning. s

jessica doyle has the headlines. >> it is a short week on wall street. a lot to get through, a lot of economic reports on thursday and the short day on friday. and as for trading asian stocks were mostly higher. checking wall street the dow standing this morning at 11,203, added about 22 points in trading friday. the nasdaq and s&p 500 were both up about three points. >>> the budget situation is looking bleak in montgomery county. the county's projected deficit next year will likely grow to more than $400 million. after the latest rounds of tax revenues came in about $200 million short. >>> part of the reason why sunday liquor sales are welcome. starting yesterday liquor stores will be open on sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m. one estimate says montgomery county could add another $2 million to its coffers each year with the liquor store hours. >>> and today and tomorrow there is no class for students and employees of louden county schools. the workers are furloughed on those days. all county schools will be closed and all activities are cancelled. school em

. >> jessica doyle is here with the headlines. >> wall street dropped a little yesterday. stocks fell on a negative forecast from cisco but today we are focusing on the economy and investors will look over the latest survey on consumer sentiment. they look at it to see if americans are confident enough to spend more. and that fuels the economy. the dow stands at 11283, down 73 after a triple-digit loss earlier in the session. nasdaq lost 23 and the s&p was off by five. >>> this holiday shopping season, a free shipping war has broken out. the on-line world is buzzing about wal-mart's announcement it is offering free shipping with no minimum requirements on 60,000 items. >>> fedex says it expects to move nearly 16 million packages on the busiest day of the year. that will be monday, december 13th. and that prediction is 11% higher than last year. in fact it is the highest ever for a single day. a good science because it indicates more people are buying sanding packages. the call to duty video game blasted to the top of the charts this week. it raked in $360 million in the fi

. >> jessica doyle is here. talking with the auto industry. >> big week for gm, returning to wall street for the first time this week. gm's first public stock offering since the government bailed it out is scheduled thursday. the stock should begin trading somewhere between $26.29 on a sharon the new york stock exchange. as for trading today, asian stock markets ever lower following losses on wall street. the dow lost 90 points in trading fry dame the nasdaq was down 37 points. the s&p 500 was off by 14. >>> layoffs are hitting the largest ship builder in the nation. northrup will cut jobs. it says the cuts are necessary to improve efficiency and cost. the company employs 120,000 people worldwide. >>> men in stressful jobs can suffer art heart problems a new study shows women's hearts can suffer from effects with stress. women with very little authority, are 40% less likely to have heart problems. worrying about losing a job sets the stage for heart problems as well. >> take a cleansing breath and relax. >> it's

. >>> jessica doyle is here with a preview of the day ahead on wall street, we're hoping for better numbers. >> we have veteran's day tomorrow, so there is a ton of economic data that's been jammed onto the schedules today. we have new unemployment claims, readings on the nation's trade gap, the principal budget. hopefully god news will help stocks recover from two downed sessions am a row. the dow stands this morning at 11,3# 6 after dropping 60 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq dropped by 17. the s&p 500 fell by almost 10 points. >>> more than 20 million taxpayers are at risk when they file their taxes next year. top democrats and republicans are coming together to stop the wealth tax from happening. the amt was originally intended to tax the rich at a higher rate, but in recent years, it's been hitting the middle class. >>> we're getting a sneak peek at target's black friday deals. looks like shoppers will find three deals on hi-def tvs. a 40 inch for $298. this is the biggest door busters. westinghouse is currently selling online for $600. that's 50% off. this will be the one that

. >> jessica doyle is back with a big day on the new york stock exchange. >> that's right.is a big day for not only taxpayers but general motors, reason being that we have the biggest of the big three automakers returning to trading on the stock market today. gm stock offering ends the government's role asthma joart shareholder. the government should make $14 billion unloading all those shares. ipo winds up as one of the largest in history. gm says share price of $33 a share yesterday. >>> and gambling on her as. they are selling stock to the public, hoping to change name to caesar's entertainment. casino stocks are finally beginning to recover after the recession. >>> ready, set, shop. do you have your plan ready for preand post thanksgiving shopping? can't even say black friday any more. black thursday, sears opening up, thanksgiving, from 7:00 a.m. to noon. kmart on thanksgiving, they open at 6:00 a.m., close at 9:00 p.m. also on thanksgiving, if you are too busy to shop turkey day, get a jump start midnight black friday at these locations. west field opens from 6:00 a.m

. >> jessica doyle is here. >> you get that new car, has that new car smell, drive it off the lot, immediately0% of retail -- lose 20% of retail value. kelly blue block has new -- book is out. here is the list of cars. >>> if you have an iphone, here is a way to save money on the phone bill. check out google voice app. finally approval to be on iphone after more than a year of haggling with apple. a dispute went to the fcc. it offers steep discounsels on international calls and voice mail. free and already available for blackberry phones and devices on google's android system. >>> get ready to shop. we are coming up on the holidays. great days for shopping needs. a gamer, check out target, 50% off certain home products. children's place has 30% off coupon to use through tomorrow. go to macy's.com to sign up for the catalog. get code to save $10 on $25 purchase. >> excellent. that hot game, if you can get them, shoot them up game popular earlier this year. >> get your hands on it. if you can, get a break. >> yeah. >> not bad. thank you. >>> an emergency ban on certain drink leads to buying fren

and one of jessica doyle's favorite songs, animal. >>> people in one arlington neighborhood are smokingre department set a home on fire for a television show, but left behind a mess. >> any saga began last month in the barcroft neighborhood. >> reporter: they did it for a network morning show as a safety demonstration. >> we did for the home safety council to try and promote safety in the, in the home as far as fires, is concerned. we were doing this to try and limit the amount of uh, residential deaths resulting of fires in the residence. >> reporter: neighborhood complained they had little notice and no input and worried about what was going up in smoke and into the air. >> whatever was in the air or in the house is now gone in the air over our houses. >> reporter: the fire department said it doesn't think toxins were an issue. >> we weren't able to take a reading, the fact that everything was going straight into the air, we didn't have anything at ground level we could read. >> reporter: the fire burned for about 15 minutes. >> reporter: the burned out shell remains and neighbors hav

. >>> jessica doyle watching your money. >> way to save money on the fast rising cost of college. >> this is madness. we all know college is expensive. we all know it is insane. get this. now even public schools are costing an arm and a leg, according to college board, berkley the first public school to cost you $50,000 a year. that's if you're coming in from out of state. it is expected they won't be alone long. check out 2008, 2009. only 3 schools cost that much. this year, there are 100. if you have young kids, start saving now. in 18 years, mike, tuition projected to cost you more than $394,000. that's per kid for a four year public school. >> i have two kids. >> multiply narcotics by two. 14 times the amount it costs now for the same education and that was public. for private, they are typically way more expensive. so this holiday season, the best gift may be putting money in college saving fund. isn't fun, but there's college at the end. if you opened a 529 savings plan, you probably have to open a new one. a check written to the child is owned by the child. that should go into

. >>> jessica doyle has a preview of the day ahead on wall street. >> wall street is looking out for economic data. consumer sentiment is coming out this morning. the financial markets watch this report to see how americans are doing, if they are confident about their financial positions and will spend again and hope the news is strong enough to make up for the losses yesterday. checking the markets for you -- >>> here's another reason to skip the sugar in your coffee. besides added calories, prices are sky high. since july, prices have surged 85% to a 80-year high. a prolonged try season in brazil, rising global demand. brazil dominates half of the world's sugar trade. justin beiber fans, listen up. that's pretty much all of us it is another justin beiber buyout today. >> i'm there. >> at tysons corner today, 100 fans will move from store to store to store and will buy everything in sight with his image on it and donate it to the charity. this time it is inova fairfax hospital. and those things will be given to kids during the holidays. >> howard was balking at that until he heard i

jessica doyle is here with the best of black friday. >> four days, time to start clipping bonus coupons. march, black friday is coming up on us. here are deals you'll want to know about to decide if you want to fight the crowds. target the tv deal everybody is talking about. i'll tell you ahead of time target warning the quantities of this tv are limited and you'll only be able to buy one per customer. the deal is a 40-inch westinghouse lcd hdtv on sale for $298. that's a discount of more than $250. >>> how about a blu-ray player? lots of stores are pricing them for $100. and on black friday walmart and target are selling blu-ray movies between $5.15 each. e readers are hot this season. you can go ahead to best buy and get the 150 nook from barnes and noble for $100. or kmart and get the 7-inch android tablet computer for $140, that's $40 off. >>> some other deals, target is selling a cannon power shot ten mega pixel digital camera $129. so you're getting $100 discount there. how about cashmere? kohl's has sweaters originally $100, now $35. if you spend $25 at old navy you get a free da

jessica doyle is here with how to keep kids busy during the holiday road trips, guaranteed to avoid that question are we there yet? >> sometimes it pays to spend a little of your money on stuff to keep the kids entertained in the back seat, so they are not constantly are we there yet? >> here are ideas, movies are a great idea, but sometimes the kids get car sick. so what do we do? we listen to books on cd and tapes and they can too. you can check out the book store and the library. travel size board games, battle ship, candyland, bingo. some have magnetic pieces so you don't lose the battle ship in the back seat. this one i love, window cling sets, washable markers. the kids draw all over those things, play board games like tic tac, toe, and baby wipes in the back so they can clean themselves. >>> black friday hotel deals? >> yes. this is so funny to me. apparently the shoppers are booking hotel rooms by the mall to be the first in line when the doors open at midnight. and we found some deals for you. we want to show you, courtyard by marriott, the crown plaza and the ritz-carlton in ty

. >>> jessica doyle is back with a focus on your money. >> this morning she is talking about your plastic. >> this week we have been looking at the kiplingers best list for 2010 and this morning we are looking at the credit cards, the ones you want to have in your walletlet. if you are looking for immediate rewards a cash back card is a good way to go and kiplingers likes the amex card. if you spend $6,500 you will earn 5% cash back on basics and 1.25% on everything else. need a low breast rate? who doesn't, right? check out the low rate visa platinum card it has a 7% variable rate and when you shop at the stores you get up to 20% cash back. 5% back when you pack book plans through their website. love to travel, check this one out. the premium travel rewards am excard. >>> do you have a kid in college that needs a credit card. try the city forward visa for college students. spend less than your limit, pay on time for three months and your rate which starts at 13% will drop by a quarter of a percent point. you can do that up to eight times. that's two whole points off and earn bonus points

. >> jessica doyle is back and saving us money on shipping for those special holiday gifts.morning. >> good morning. whatever you want to call it, december, friday december 17th, this is free shipping day. >> free shipping day, okay. it's not a national holiday. starting to feel like it. it is the last day to order gifts in time for christmas and get free standard shipping. to celebrate this has become a one day online shipping event which stores offer free shipping with delivery by christmas eve. this year marks the third annual free shipping day. there are more than 1000 participating on line retailers, among them macy's, del and the apple store. you can check out freeshippingday.com, the store also lists the rush delivery charges. >>> speaking of free shipping, that's a deal a lot of retailers are offering to capture your business. walmart.com through the gaunt let offering free shipping on electronics and many items for the holidays. that's a deal amazon says it will match. ll bean and best buy are offering free shipping with no minimum order. other free shipping deals k

jessica doyle is back with another your money report. >> and this time she is focusing on credit roars and credit scores. >> and we're thinking about money, right? and if you don't have good credit, you may have more to worry about than just paying high interest rates on your credit cards a growing number of companies are using your credit report as an indication of whether they should do business with you and how much to charge you. one of the businesses watching you, auto insurance company. you may not think that bad credit is linked to bad drivers, but auto insurance companies think otherwise. in fact, some say your credit card report can be more important than your driving record. but the state you live in may make a difference as to whether your credit can hurt you. and a poor credit report can also cost you a job. the employers could be verifying information on your application or they could be checking how you handle your finances, but the fair credit reporting act requires your permission before they can pull your report and it forces them to tell you if they don't hire you bas

. >> jessica karr doyle is here. action on wall street yesterday. >> it wound up being a great day on wall street. we had a bumpy ride to get there. investors would like more. we saw a rise in manufacturing activity in hopes that ireland will resolve its debt crisis along with gm's ipo. the dow stands this morning at 11,180 after finishing the day up 173 points by the close. the nasdaq was up 38 points. the s&p 500 rose by 18 points. >>> general motors had its day on wall street. the new gm stock rose more than a dollar in its first day of trading closing at $34.19 a share. gm filed for bankruptcy in june of last year. taxpayers of course bailed out the company. the government sold hundreds of millions of its shares of gm, reducing government ownership from 60 per september down to 26%. >>> and there have been more arrests in the bernie madoff ponzi scheme. two long time employees were charged with conspiracy, securities fraud and falsifying records. they say they executed trades in the accounts of wealthy clients on