couple ofof weeks and joining us now to talw about all of that is prince george's county executive shawn baker. we're glad to have you here with us.us >> thanks for having me.nks it is a great night. it is a great crowd.grea one of the issues that was inhat the news a lot was the trash issue. you guys went on trashon collection being on two days a week to one day a week.eek let me just ask you, there, seemed to be sme hick cups fromh e how are things going now.now. >> we're glad that things are going better now. we're one of the last jurisdictions to go from two days a week to one day. we let people know that they can call. if you're still having problems let us know, 311 1 #. we think that it's going to go smooth out and it's going pretty well now. part of the issue it seems like it was primarily a communication issue in that some people weren't aware of what was happening even though you all had done outreach to them to let everyone know. kno we did.id. we did a town haul meeting for folks. we also sent male out and we did advertise. some people didn't get the message and that's on us. that'

. > now county executivery shawn baker sent fox5 a statement which reads, the baker administration hasalways prioritized making sure that specifically minority businesses are competitive for contracts with prince george's county. furthermore, the decision to de extend these contracts as well as approval of the contracts con themselves were all approved in public forums and at multiple ml hearings. in the meantime if you're still having issues here in the county with your trash pickup, you're edged urged to call 311.all life tonight in hyattsville, marina maracco, fox5 local newsw > it has been another dreary day in the dmv and it looks liks more rain is on the way. wa let's check in with sue palka in the weather center.ç we're already seeing some rain showing up just to the west. wes there might be something developing close by in northwest. we've been keeping close track of that because as we talked about yesterday we've had 13 had days in a row with measurable rain. and that's more than a raise. it's a little bit weird, but i i think it's possible that we tha could still do that. le