i'm lesli foster, 9news now. >> great. keep in mind you may still need a paper receipt for some of your return and lesli says continue a price comparison act like nextag because we didn't tell you about other ones to use. and check out the famous retailers app as well. wal-mart will let you see what they have in stock. confused? want to know more, go to our website wusa9.com. i'm passing the old fashion. >>> here are some things simple. the christmas season officially under way in dc. that's right. tonight president obama and his family switched the lights on. it's a brand new tree. 26-foot tall. the previous one blew over during strong winds in february. president coolidge started this tradition back in 1923 and mr. topper shutt you did a great job out there. >> see the little trees that line up the pathway. >> beautiful. >> if they light them up every night from dusk until 11:00 p.m.. >> very nice. >> through the first of the year, very cool. >> and you don't need tickets. >> no. >> you just go down. >> it's not even that

lesli foster takes a look. >> reporter: it is the time of year when everyone is supposed to be happy. shopping for gifts in the fragile economy can also put people on edge and take a toll on couples. web site thenest.com found 69% of couples say they do plan a holiday budget together at the beginning of the season but 73% of women surveyed say they do the bulk of the shopping. 42% of women say they would like their spouse to lend more help during the holidays and couples who worked as a team deemed the most stress-free. >> they go out there with a certain mentality, this is what we're buying, this is how much we're spending. we're not going out shopping for ourselves so let's take that off the table. for right now, we're shopping for everyone on our list. >> when it comes to the list, one particular group seems to cause stress. >> couples have told us that stress comes primarily from the in-laws. >> 62% of women surveyed say their in-laws are the most difficult to shop for. so, perhaps men should shop for their relatives and women for theirs to take some of the stress out of the mix.

. >> lesli foster compares the features and the prices that are geared toward children. >> reporter: the experts were brought in to test tablet computers made just for kids. er a dozen youngsters played with tablets from fisher-price, leapfrog, v tech and this one from vinci. it most resembles an adult tablet. the kids read books. >> say cheese. >> the pictures and played with the tablets for several days. >> they do mimic tablet computers but they don't have nearly as many features. they also don't have access to the internet. that's a good thing because they're for such young children. parents will have to help with content. >> testers evaluated the tablet in the lab. they used this device to make sure they stay on in order to measure the battery life. the tablets display quality and ease of use were also evaluated. the vinci for ages 4 and younger has the best display, touch screen interface and the largest hard drive at 8 gaig ga bites but those details aren't the only reason it stood out. >> it did well but our model costs $480, that's a lot of money to spend on a device for a t

from pentagon city mall, i'm lesli foster, 9news now. >> okay, keep in mind you may still need a paper receipt for some of your returns. lesli says consider a price comparison app as well, like nextag. that will help you research while you shop. and you can check out an app from your favorite retailer, like wal-mart. and lets you see what your local store has in stock. lots of apps mentioned here. to learn more about them, go to our website, wusa9.com. >> it is official. the majority of young adults surf the internet for absolutely no reason whatsoever. study out today from the research center finds on any given day, 53% of the 18 to 29- year-olds who go online do it just to have a good time or pass the time. those numbers do go down as though surveyed get older. those age, 50 to 64, it was only 27% and only 12% of people over the age of 65 say they spend time just fooling around on the web not really doing much of anything. >> how about you, derek? >> i'm on there all the time not doing a darn thing. >> okay, we're looking at a nice early december weekend. >> yeah, you know, for decem

lesli foster, 9news now. >>> if you do receive a gift card, check out the terms and whether you have to register it in case it is lost or stolen. keep it in your wall society that it is handy and -- keep it in your wallet. you don't want to be holding a gift card for a company that goes out of business. >> "time" magazine has chosen hundreds of thousands if not millions of people as its person of the year this year. we'll explain how that all adds up coming up. >> still ahead, an app for almost everything else. so, how about some apps to liven up your time at the gym. we'll tell you about that when we return. >>> 5:39. 45 degrees here in washington. it is cool out here this morning. it is not terribly cold. that will be the case today. actually rather mild this afternoon. some areas going to make a run toward 60. our day planner calling for clouds to increase. we'll have a threat for a few showers this afternoon. look at the temps. 57 by 3:00. highs upper 50s to low 60s south with the wind south 10 to 20. they'll gust 20 to 30. let's go inside to monika samtani. >> howard, in anne ar

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bill starks and our anchor, lesli foster both having a birthday today. if it is your birthday, enjoy yours as well. we'll be right back! >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i love this song, be optimistic, don't be a grutchy. when the road gets bumpy, smile. you can smile over howard's forecast. >> ding. >> it will be mild. >> i've never heard that song. >> shirley temple. >> i wonder why. >> mike, you go the ta go back to the -- you gotta go back to the dvd collection. maybe the vhs collection. weatherwise, we've got a mild start, especially south. we've got temps in the 50s already. up north, hagerstown, northern shenandoah valley, chilly with low to mid-40s there. a look at our bus stop forecast, rain jackets. middle of the day, likely not going to have recess with the showers around. this morning, showers are moving in. not too much yet. low 40s in the cool spots to low 50s south and southeast. sunrise at 7:23. setting at 4:49. tonight at 12:30, the winter solstice, the amount of sunlight will start to get longer. 8:00, 50 with a few showers

she has had a lot of kids, lot of foster kids been married for a long time. what else does she have to do leslie? >> she has to play that bill. >> bill: i don't know how much more you play it? >> she is not a born again catholic. she has no divorces under her belt. >> bill: 25 foster kids, here they come. >> she has to point out how she is different. >> bill: what about the gender issue? eight sweaty guys and congresswoman bachmann standing on a debate stage. got to be a little bit intimidating. do you think there is any gender thing in here janine? >> well, i think america is ready for a woman president. and i think conservatives are certainly ready. but, democrats don't want it at all because it will affect the gender gap. democrats really depend on women, the women vote. they don't want to see a conservative woman out there at all. i believe a conservative woman is at a disadvantage because the press is obviously focused on -- >> bill: that's true. sarah palin proved that. as far as michele bachmann's campaigning, leslie, is it a disadvantage for her to be a woman? >> i think it's a disadvant