affordability fell to the weakest level in a decadest thi pring according to the national associationhomebuilders and that was thanks to higher home prices and higher mortgage rates and just 57% of the homes sold were affordabl to americans making the median income. that's down from nearl62% in the first three months of this year. well, that is national picture in some markets,ishe situation orse. most of the least affordable markets are in pricey california, but in boston, seattle, miami, poland, oregon and reno less than 40% of the residents ming the median income can afford the me an-priced home. >> when i want to buy in the neighborhood i can't afford. >> you can enter the lottery and that's the only way i can see myself buyg within the city. >> affordability is likely behind a drop in housing sentiment among consumers. a new report from fannie maes showewer americans think n is a time to buy or sell a home. fewer said they fell sure of keeping their job in the coming year. for millennials, that means waiting. >> what they're telling us is we have to have a good job. that jas to h

the time that we were at the front, we were involved in heavy fighting from pring -- spring to fall.> 4.7 million american soldiers served and about 117,000 deaths. >> the non-battle deaths were from disease or different forms of sickness, accidents and things like that. those things were always going on behind the lines. here is something important. cath casualties -- poison gas casualties were underreported. thousands of men got just a whiff of poison gas. they did not report it. then they went home and found that their lungs were damaged. then you find them dying 10 or 20 years later. no one has taken a tally of that. the actual casualties are somewhat higher by up to 50,000. >> after my grandfather process -- after my grandfather's two sons enlisted, another decided to enlist even though he was too old. they made him a mess sergeant. all of the fellow soldiers would call him dad. while he was there, he wrote a poetry book. it was stories about his experience in world war i. i think a lot of soldiers died from the flu as well. is that true? >> that is true especially through the s

when she arrives back in el salvadorig sn an agreementom pring ties and tomorrow shet will viz a small town where a lot ofehem living h in washington come from. she hopes that sends a message of support during a tough time foimmigrants. telemundo 44 is in el salvador with the mayor. >>> at here's a look at our other top stories this morning. many metro riders will haveke t adjustments on the way to work today. the silver, orange andnelue are all affected. blue line trains will only run franconia an springfield. that work won't bed finishe until sunday august 26. metro says all riders need to plan ahead. >>> the federal investigators are reviewing the flight data recorder from a commercial, recovered from a commercial plane stolen over the weekend. this is a lookt the crash site in washington state. investigators believe richard russell a gund service agent stole that plane in seattle on friday and crashed it. the fbi also located human remains from the crash site, which are being examined by the medical examiner. >>> summer vacation is officially over for some local students. it is the

amy: johon''attorneysaid jurs for t first te were able to e intern company docuntnts pring thatonsanto has knn for decades that glypsate andoundup cld cause ncer. monsantoto is a unit of the multinational pharmaceutical company bayer a now faces momore than similar lawawsuits across e 505000 united statates. for more on friday's verdict, we are joined by brent wisner, the lead trial counsel for dewayne lee johnson in his lawsuit against monsanto. welcome to democracy n now! can you first respond to this historic verdict? a jury almost a warning your as thet $300 m million welcome he may be in the last years of his life. >> good morning. this verdict is without question truly historic. what mr. johnson has done taking on this massive corporation, the courage, the tenacity, and the willingness to speak out against what he believed was a real problem is truly spectacular. this jury heard it. this verdict is groundbreaking, presidential. this something that i think monsanto and its shareholders, particularly at bayer, are hearing loud and clear and realizing that they y have a problem with