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a slim chance there will be a hafrn shower tomorrow. i don't think it's going to happen. think the whole thing is out of here and then for the remainder of the weekend things look better. forecast for the overnight period, showers ending, breezy, 57 degrees for the overnight low. during the day tomorrow, going to call it gradual clearing and cool. there is a slim chance for a shower but i think we're going to be okay. high tomorrow, 72 degrees. extended outlook for the next couple of days, up to 830 with partly cloudy skies on sunday. monday, tuesday, and wednesday, looking absolutely gorgeous. cooler on wednesday. thursday a few clouds come in. 72 degrees. cloudy on friday with a high of 74 degrees. hope you have a nice weekend. give you chance to dry out. mb. >> thank you, norm. >>> his name conjures up images for anyone who watched him play. he'll be remembered to make a difficult game look easy. his ability to turn it on when we needed him to. michael jordan was enshrined in the basketball fame and same might say that building has been waiting for him. he accomplished

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they are saying it could help america's slimmed down. -- help america slim down.pard: the idea is for a tax that supporters say will help keep americans out of the health-care system, taxing sugary drinks, like sodas, and according to one publication, more and more exports are agree. they say that a tax would drive down the consumption of these types of drinks, which they say would also help fight obesity. the also say the tax would raise funding for government-run health programs. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- shepard: the road to economic recovery, and things are looking up in the housing market. a new report out says that construction of new homes was up last month, 1.5%. team fox coverage on the road to recovery with kris gutierrez and jonathan serrie outside of atlanta. we understand you are with a real estate agent that we spoke to about one month ago, but back then, things did not look too good. how about now? >> we will oppose that to our real estate guest. how is business?

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kelly swoope is working for with you a list of slimming and satisfying food. >> reporter: for most of us it is a weekly tradition, racing up and down the grocery aisles in search of the healthiest, tastiest food. >> what you leave with will help you achieve body and diet success. >> reporter: it's tough to know what to toss in your cart. so we teamed up with a nutritionist. >> calories, total fat, saturated fat, transfat, protein, sodium, added sugar. we also looked at the food ingredients. >> reporter: then readers, crunched, munched, and sipped on everything from fruits, snacks, to desserts and frozen meals then dished. >> we tasted hundreds of food. we tasted over 400 products and ended up with 54 winners. >> reporter: there's the winning cereal that scored for the taste and fiber fix. and self's best waffles were the best. >> we thelt they were toasty on the outside but warm on the inside. >> reporter: to start a sandwich for lunch, the winning bread was declared soft and chewie, but that's not all. >> this bread met our whole grain and fiber requirements. >> reporter: if you are

a slim chance of a shower here or there. same story tonight and tomorrow. and a rumble of thunder with temperatures in the middle 80s for high answer cool down on friday with mostly sunny skies and highs running in the mid- 70s. here's a look at your moms like me.com bus stop forecast. mostly cloudy out there. it is a bit humid this morning. temperatures running 64 to 72 but should be a dry start to the day. can't promise that it will stay dry all day with spotty showers in the forecast. look at those temperatures, 82 to 86. the average high is 77 degrees. winds south at ten miles an hour. sunset 7:03. tonight mostly cloudy with an isolated shower or two. lows, low 60sin the cool spots to 70 in town. here we go. showing you what is happening. moisture coming up the coast here and from coastal new jersey, atlantic city north some showers there and we are watching an area of showers across the i-81 corridor out of southwestern virginia through charlottesville. this is showing up on live doppler hd. i want to show you that quickly. it is moving to the north, n

. >> it slims your chances to be targeted in on the market you may have been in it. too narrow. use your strengths and your skills because they are transferable and they can go to a lot of vocations. >> we are watching how social media is becoming really big and how the trends aren't being followed by those who are staying retirement pages. how important is it to get network savvy? >> one of the most important things anyone can do is network. build the relationships. practice your interviewing skills. interviewing today is very different than a few years ago. so it is important to build those relationships, practice. make sure you are current on your technology. >> thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us, too. have a great day, everyone. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate

. >> it does aid in pressure because it's slimmed a little bit. >> he studied students for four yearstched from rigid chairs to ergonomic ones. he says the results were astounding. >> we really found out that the attentiveness of the kids was better, that they were more awakened so they could absorb the academics better. >> improving the brain by moving their behind. >> therefore, the way i'm sitting, i have the chance now to be active, to be dynamic. >> he makes me laugh. those chairs are obviously more expensive than the typical once. researchers say students learning improved by changing chairs and by having their teachers engage in activities that required more movement as well. stop sitting all of the time. >>> well, fortunatelunfortunate and more people are losing their jobs and new ones aren't being created. that has people doing the unthinkable. we report on the latest trick to get your foot in the door. >> a meet and greet for start-ups like mazoon looking for help. >> i'm looking for sales and marketing professionals. >> we do migration to construction service, cloud, infras

explaining why working out to stay slim could be a losing battle. >> reporter: 27-year-old rebecca goldring startser day with a 30-minute walk. >> work it strong. >> reporter: then an exercise class during lunch. and maybe even a spin class in the evening. >> when i first started, i lost weight. >> reporter: when her doctor told her to lose another 16 pounds, she was devastated. >> it was really, really frustrating. when she told me that, i almost started crying. because i, if i tray to lose 16 pounds, i will have no energy. you have to eat to keep it off. >> reporter: doctors insist that exercise is one of the keys to losing weight, and with the number of gym memberships on the rise, americans should be skinnier. the trouble is, some say it is all that exercise that is keeping people from shedding the extra pounds. >> i stopped counseling my clients, my patient, the people i work with, to exercise for weight loss. >> reporter: wayne miller teaches exercise science at george washington university. he said most people overestimate the number of calories they burn during a workout, and then t

eight years after t 9-11 rrorist attacks, americans y slims in the u.s. contine to fe significant discrimination according a new survey from the pew forum on religionnd public life, 58% americans said muslims are suected to more discrimination an other religious groups. 35% lieved jews were the second most like to face a lot of discrimination. respondents said homosexls fa even more discrimination than muims. near 64% of respondents said gays anlesbians face a lot of discriminatin. we have special report today about the iamic religious revival in indosia, which has the largest muslim polation of any country in t world. inonesia was a dutch colony until aft world war two. then there were sever authoritariaregimes until 1998, when there was a g shift to democracy. recently, there have be some terrist attacks. but, igeneral, the new freedoms have l to a surge in religious obsernce and modete politics that oppose exemism. fred de sam lazaroeports from jakarta. >> porter: jakarta looks like any other modern asianapital, but here, alongsi the glittering ofce to

pierre holds a slim lead in the race. the winner faces republican alderman david court -- cordle both appear headed to devicive victories in their primaries. >>> here's a look at something happening today. the dc council will hold a hearing in to problems firefighters had battling a fire in northwest. it destroyed the mansion of peggy cooper. firefighters reported low water pressure from nearby fire hydrants. hey had to run hoses to water mains several hundred feet from the home. >>> today the virginia department of transportation is closing the welcome center on interstate 66 in manassas. the state is closing 19 of the 48 rest areas because of budget cuts. each rest area costs a half million dollars to operate annually. >>> new this morning on 9 news now, if you want to avoid a speed camera ticket, obey the limit or drive faster than a laser beam. chevy chase village in maryland will start to use laser-equiped cameras as soon as this week. they are more accurate and will help police nab speeders along connecticut avenue.

i think it's pretty slim. >> you can't be scared of life because of them. >>reporter: this isn't the first time stadiums have been put on alert. security has been tight ever since september 11th. >> there is a great deal of security around football stadiums and the like. >>reporter: fans may not have noticed a difference. >> they looked under my hat and patted me down. that was it. >>reporter: live tonight from mnt bank stadium, melinda roeder, fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> a frederick county community mourns the death of a family of four killed in a murder-suicide. myranda stephens has more on the victims. >>reporter: it was a day of prayer for many following the tragedy that shook the entire town. >> i was just in sunday school and asked to pray for him. >>reporter: on friday, police discovered charles dalton sr., his wife and the couple's two children, 14-year old charles jr. and seven-year old emline, all dead inside their home on contour road. investigators say charles sr. used a shotgun to kill his family and their dog before killing himself. >> it's hard

. >>> facebook is slimming down. it is easier easier to use, less cluttered and faster. new site could be particularly useful to people who find the current site overwhelming or who are new to facebook. it focuses on establishing a network of friends and communicating with them by writing on their walls, sending message and look agent pictures. >>> motorola unveiled a new phone designed to make it easier to keep up with your friends and facebook and other networking sites. it runs on google's mobile operating system. the phones let users aggregate contact information from e-mail accounts and place status updates on the home screen. the click will be available in time for the holidays. >>> finally, a new iphone ap that can turn you intoa fashion designer. polo has launched the make your own rug by app. you can make, design, and order your own rug by shirt. you can even have your name stitched onto the back. users can also upload their own picture to see what their creation will look like on them. the app is available for free on the app store from itunes. for more log on

. >> the margins are very slim and there is a big capital investment, the machines cost a lot of money, so we have lost a number of companies that have gone out of business, they couldn't be sustained withach lower sales base. >> the industry is banking on new technology help boost sales in the coming years, like this state 6 the art sending machine designed in part by kraft foods, it is a touch screen that operates like an iphone. >> you will get an information screen that allows to you see a 360° spin of the product, touch the screen for all the ingredients and nutrition. >> and it takes credit cards. 30 of these machine will be rolled out in test markets over the northeast united states in november, if it catches on, kraft foods plans on a wider launch in mid 2010. there is also this new ecofriendly machine by crystal light that dispenses beverages in a cup rather than a bought kneel this allows to you deliver a beverage without a bottle you would normally take with you and throw away and you can reuse the cup, use your own cup, basically cutting down on the ecological impact. >> an

. >>> facebook is slimming down. the company is launching a new lite version of its site.ht, less cluttered and faster. the new site could be particularly useful for people that find the current site overwhelming or are new to facebook. facebook l ooh facebook >>> motorola unveiled a new phone designed to make it easier for to you keep up with the friends on the social networking sites. it runs on google's mobile operating system. it lets users aggregate contact information from various networking sites and e-mail accounts. also to place status updates on its home screen. the click will be available from t-mobile in time for the holidays. >>> finally, a new iphone ap that can turn you into a fashion designer. polo ralph lauren, shoppers can create, design, share and order their own rugby shirts. there are a million combinations, you can even have your name stitched on the back. users can also upload their own picture to see what their creation will look like on them. it's available for free from the ap store on i-tunes. for information on all these stories, go to the techn

. >>> from elsewhe in the muslim world, a judge in malays has ordered a slim man t b jail d whipped six times for drinking alcohol in violation of islamic law. the man plead guilty to drinkingiquor at a restauran in july,the same judge sentenced a malaysian woman craning for drinking beer in puic. that takes us to anher story on stri islamic lawnown as shariah. it cos from innesia, the province of eh where a tough new law governing personal behavior has justeen ssed. for mre on that story, here's gan fang of abc i austraa. >> reporter: aernoon prayers in aceh's capital bandaaceh. it is deeply religious part of indonesia,slamic teaching reaches far beyond the mosque dos into the veryd homoxuals, rpists and people ught gambling o drinking will face100 lashes with a cane. >> reporter:he new lawsre due to come to effect in ac in amonth. aceh has special autonomy. t human rights grou say jakartac9 to have the shaiah bill overturned. >> this bylaw is introducing, legalizing a very cruel method of crinalizing people which has a lot of possibilities on the criminalizations of incent people. the

partly sunny conditions at noon and at 5:00 the slim chance of a shower we mentioned and 85 degrees. summer is lingering. we are watching front trying to pass through the area. by late in the afternoon it will be south of us. showers will be building across southwestern virginia but really we will be watching for them to arrive more on saturday afternoon. the friday weather forecast is a nice push of cooler air and northeasterly winds sending us a bit of a chill. instead of 80s we will subtract ten and be in the 80s for friday afternoon. tonight in the muggy 60s for the low and as we look ahead to the friday forecast, kicking off the weekend with 74 and some sunshine. it qualifies as the quick of the week. not so much on saturday. that's when it will feel like autumn. 68, cloudy, rain in the afternoon and even sunday morning might have a leftover shower before improving. getting up to 77 for the high. >>> back with the latest controversy over a highway that's been at the center of dispute for decades. the intercounty connector. the latest issue is the cost of the tolls and with me is

>> pretty slim exird to the new york stock exchange he built. >>> as a kid, some of the more enjoyableoments you remember watching the parade. >> well, the economic squeeze that is forcing baltimore city officials to end a long-running tradition. >>> first we're heading up to new york to get the latest business news. >> good morning. we begin your "moneyscope report" with the widening investigation into bank of america's takeover of merrill lynch. new york's attorney general has subpoenaed five members of bank of america's board. they are expected to be questioned about the billions in bonuses paid to merrill lynch executives before the deal closed despite the firm's massive losses. the investigation is trying to determine if bank directors misled shareholders by withholding details of the losses and bonuses. >>> bank of america is responding to calls for simpler credit cards. today the bank is unveiling a new card that features a one-page explanation of terms and conditions, a fixed rate and flat fee for late payments. the rate won't change based on a customer's payment history or cre

the social networking giant has a slimmed down version. light.facebook.com only has status updates pictures and videos. none of those games and quizzes you have to worry b. the site is up and runnig and you can access it using your regular i.d. and password. >>> secondhand smoke can do more damage to your lungs. number four a new university of california study link it is to a type of liver disease. it's called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. researchers found mice exsupposed to secondhand smoke for a year in a lab accumulated fat in their liver cells. >>> will you be looking for good black friday deals? number three tonight dealnews.com is already giving shoppers an idea of what will be on sale come november. examples intel computers for $399 or a blu-ray player for 49 bucks. >>> number two, yet another baggage fee. united airlines announced it will charge passengers a second bag fee on some international flights. it ranges from $27 to $50 depending on the destination. u.s. airways already charges for a second bag. and number within toni

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looking great and on the inner loop, looking slim on the delay and there on the inner and outer lupe at liberty road. >>> here's what the world's watching. crews engaged with a fight of wildfires up and down the state of california. they've destroyed 50 homes and are threatening hundreds more and maybe even the iconic hollywood sign. elizabeth sanchez has more. >> reporter: flames poured out of the canyons near los angeles and fire officials say unless the weather change, there will be more treacherous nights like this. this is an angry fire we're fighting now. >> reporter: the crews are lighting back the fires to tame the fierce blaze and still, the station fire and largest of eight fires devoured 50 homes and threatened thousands more. >> there's firemen in every driveway and look at this. there are coals in all of the parks >> reporter: the specks of light are houses and they're right up against the fire's lines residents packed up when they saw the flames moving close. >> we tried to get set up as fast as possible. >> reporter: the officials are begging the residents to take the

facebook is slimming down. they are launching a new light version.ier to use and a faster. it could be useful to people who find the current site overwhelming. it focuses on establishing a network of friends and communicating with them by sending messages and looking at pictures. there is a new phone to make it easier to keep it -- to keep up with your friends on social networking sites. it runs onhe mobile operating system of google. it lets you aggregate information from many sites and to place status updates on the screen. it will be available in time for the holidays. a new iphone app that can put you into a fashion designer. shoppers can create an order their own rugby shirts. there are over a million combinations. you could even have your name stitched onto the back. users can up load their own picture. it is available for free from the app store on itunes. for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i am vinita nair. >>> 5:20. we have about 57 degrees. >> seember polyps mean some rookies get substant

you want to keep it slim lined. white shirt, black trousers. there were some things going on with some using plus size models. >> he did use size 14, i think, women b, and they're in tight-knitted dresses. he does knitted dresses. that was his point, he was showing that we'll women could wear them. i personally felt that the models looked rather uncomfortable. >> i loved it. i actually loved it. >> it's a message. he was saying something to the industry, look, this is not just about skinny models. this is about real women wearing real, sexy clothes. >> nikala, it's julia boorstin in the u.s. just curious, what usually works in recession? is this the idea of returning to a white shirt? is it part of a strategy to sell classics that women will be more inclined to buy in this day and age? >> absolutely. it's not just about the white shirt. but it seems like the shoulders, you must have seen everybody wearing these huge shoulder pads. it's about looking tough, getting back to business, being professional and being provl at work. that's why the whit

mostly sunny day with sunny breaks and partly sunny at times a slim chance of a shower this afternoonhs in the low to mid-80s. patranya bhoolsuwan is in for angie this morning with the traffic. >> good morning. let's take a live look outside from dumb fridays to the beltway. as you can see open roads. a smooth drive out there. as we look at the maps, no problems, drivers are at speed. on the outer loop in maryland from 95 to georgia no incidents or accidents. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> as the green movement grows effort to make products from eco logically sensitive material is growing. a government agency is helping to move to biopreferred items. the u.s. government has been buying biopreferred products in growing numbers but -- >> on the consumer side i don't think there is a high awareness of the bioproducts. >> reporter: they are trying to make them more aware of this biobased products. >> it is composed in significant part with agriculture seed stock. >> reporter: this sector of the economy is really taking off. >> we have 3700 biopreferred designated items. there's

this is a slim chance of showers and at some point through sunday.staying around 80 degrees. and 83 and then, 80 and 80 on sunday and monday with overnight lows around 60 degrees. now, for take a look at the roadways. >> hey, tim, thank you. and now, we have plenty of activity on the roadways traveling on the northside of the inner lupe, we have a disabled vehicle to watch out for at pairing parkway and on the westside, it's delayed there and 10 minutes from 795 and we have two delays on the southbound direction and heavy from white marsh up to the beltway and we have a slope to the mash -- harbor tunnel freeway and there's an accident at holiness terry road and we have an accident at lions mill and painters mill. let's look now at 95 north of white marsh and you can see, heavy and this is brought to you by exxon. this is only at only the run. don? >>> and the new school year is in full swing and everyone's bracing for a resurgence of the swine flu and the president is urging everyone to protect themselves. and

there's a slim chance the so-called public option could come back but key members of the senate finance committee think that the only way to get any kind of bill through this year may be to drop that provision. >>> now there are two more hurdles coming probably today here. republicans will push for amendments to beef up the language preventing i will legal immigrants from getting subsidized health care. another to make sure there are s no federal funding available for abortions. >>> listen up. if you have a toyota. the biggest u.s. recall ever for a potentially deadly problem that affects the top-selling camry and certain lexus models. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. this is all about potentially deadly floor mats. >> yes. this is a really important problem. i think you might not think about it. more than 3.8 million cars are being recalled. what's happen sing the floor mat on the driver's side creeps up and then can jam down the accelerate oor pedal. your car speeding up out of nowhere. there have been 100 reports of problems. five people have died. 17 hurt. 13 crashes, in

very slim losses, indeed. the ftse 100 down, indee indeed, 0.13%. the ftse has been up for five consecutive days. and up over 3.5% in the last three days. food and beverage is one of the strongest exits today along with health care. today, dollar yen is back over 9 is, 91.20. euro/dollar pulling back from its year high, down to back below 1.47, 1.4667. sterling/dollar was around 1.65, today is .63. >> here in asia kra, ross, after that massive rally we saw yesterday, we are seeing share prices here pulling back a little bit. china is one of the biggest losers today by more than 3%. we had some numbers out sales the u.s. may impose more tariffs on chinese steel products. the kospi, though, did manage to gain about 0.25%. meantime, oil prices right now, you can see how nymex light sweet crude is doing on this friday morning european time, $71.82 is where nymex light sweet crude stands at the moment. brent crude futures stands at $70.93. good morning, julia. >> good morning, maura. looks like futures are pointing down for the dow, nasdaq 100 and the s&

first to annapolis and at last check political consultant pierre holds a slim lead in the democratic primary. whoever wins will face david cordle and chris fox. and. >>> a new independent poll shows the race in virginia is tightening up. it finds mcdonnell with 42% support and democrat deeds 37%. 20% are undecided. mcdonnell's lead is half of what it was in polls conducted last mont. >>> >>> 5:35. time for another "living $mart" report and jessica doyle is back with a look at the ballooning cost of health care. >> that's right. we are all having to dig a little deeper in our pockets to afford health care these days. good morning to you. good morning, everybody. a new report found employees getting health insurance from their employees have seen premiums double in the last decade. if nothing is done to lower health care costs soon, a study shows each individual worker could see costs soar to $30,000 in 2019 up from $10,000 today. >>> a local company is among the four biotechs that has won federal approval for a vaccine to fight h1n1 flu. one has been testing a nasal spray, swine flu v

margin is slim. cohen won't concede the contest yet, because some votes still have to be counted. >>> turnout was light in frederick. both candidates for mayor were decided. it was a bit of an upset on the democratic side. judd is a political newcomer and received more votes than mayor jennifer dougherty. is . >>> the rest -- resolution to rebuke joe wilson for criticizing the president. some say the statement was routed in racism. >>> a former house majority senator is taking it easy after rehearsing for "dancing with the stars", tom delay suffered a stress fracture in his foot. he's vowed to dance another day. but the final say on the matter will come from a doctor. and he's an all-pro linebacker and beloved by everybody. ray lewis's newest venture could become a second career. >> reporter: today is a beautiful day for ray lewis and everyone that will benefit from his newest venture. it's a space on a fast track. >> rome wasn't built in a day, but ray lewis and mark rosen weren't on that job. >> re

>> reporter: from "self" magazine's air brushing into a size slim kirsy and valerie documenting struggles with their weight. women who drop the weight or appear to are celebrated as the darlings of the diet. not everyone subscribes to the theory that life is lived hungry and continually side the gym. the fat investment movement whose patron saint might be the plus size model emmie. >> i used to weigh myself every day and judge myself every day. i threw out my scale. >> reporter: the cover girl works out four times a week and watches what she eats. according to bmi charts, she is medically obese. in her own eyes, she's perfect. >> we need to stop stressingut over all this craziness and take ourselves back and say, i love what i have. there is no way i could be 5'2" and 100 pounds. >> what kind of woman are you attracted to? >> reporter: now hosting a dating show with plus-size participants, the scales are being tipped to more women happily accepting their size. >> i think the fat acceptance movement is often a way to give people an excuse to be okay with weight gain. >> reporter: doctors d

>> they're slim. there is five bills. four have a public option. the health committee bill in the senate and three passed in the house. this is the fifth. this is the only one if it passes without a public option won't have a public option. odds of public option getting into are much better when there's conference committee between the house and senate bills. right now there's such conservative democrats on that finance committee the only way i see a public option getting through is if in a kind of tactical feint republicans vote for it saying it will be a poison pill. short of that i don't think it will get out of committee. >> if you don't like sausage -- chris hayes, thank you very much. >>> one clear minded visionary has had a flash of inspiration. september 28th. a day of fast and prayer for the republic. spread the word. let us walk in the founder's steps. fast and prayer on september 28th. why does that sound so familiar? september 28th. yom kipper. somebody quabts to take the holiest day and turn it into a political stunt? any guesses as to

. >> that suit is slimming on you and also adds to your head. >> court fry from fort wayne, indiana. you live in a fort. what do you live in a tree fort? >> i gave the convocation speech at indiana state university in fort wayne. >> deer greg and bill, i want a banana stick. >>> the estimates don't come in untille next tuesday but we will -- it is amazing how popular banana stickers have become. >> you took one part of banana windy one part sticker. >> i ate a whole bunch of bananas. >> chris e-mails us. dude, that is so cool. you play. no, i mean dominating beer pong in your apartment. that sure beats touching a girl. leslie from -- pennsylvania writes. bill is off is snappy dresser. he is such a teddy bear, could you reach over and give him a hug? >> no. bill does have a clothing line. i believe it is called filth. and then we have another one, do we have another one? >> where can we get this stuff. >> kudohs to that one, princess paw clothing for adult. assault size. they are selling lie hot cakes. >> greg: enough for you. we will go and close things out with the post game wrap yo

opponents rejected efforts yesterday to include government-run health insurance in the plan there's a slim chance the so-called public option could come back, but now key members of the key finance committee say the only way to get a bill through you this year may be to drop that provision. there are two more hurdles coming probably today. republicans will push for amendments to beef up the language preventing illegal immigrants from getting subsidized health care and another to make sure that there is no federal funning available for abortions. >>> 4,000 more u.s. troops will come home from iraq next month. the military's top commander there will announce that on capitol hill today. he says that attacks are way down from two years ago and that there are fewer al qaeda and foreign fighters. but he says there are still some security concerns and he also says the u.s. is on track to end the combat mission by next september. >>> better hold on to your hats or your hair. some seriously gusty winds expected in parts of the country today. bob van dillen here with your forecast. >> good morning.

that you think you are not going to stand next to someone who could be an illegal immigrant is pretty slim. >> we know there will be a lot more comment on this story because it is part of the health care reform plan. lauren, thank you very much. you can read more in today's "usa today." >>> our time is 6 -- 6:19. >>> up next the nationals get ready for the last home game of the season and the capitals pick jose theodore as the number one. hear from coach about decision. parentheses have a place but not on your face. smooth those lines away for up to a year with juvÉderm®. juvÉderm® is a smooth injectable gel your doctor uses to smooth out wrinkles like those lines on the sides of your nose and mouth instantly. side effects... usually mild to moderate included temporary injection site reactions like redness, pain, firmness, swelling or bumps. smooth, natural. everyone will notice but no one will know. ask your doctor about juvÉderm®. to center field and the game is have in the books. >> the baseball season can't end fast enough for orioles fans. they lost to the rays. and it is the longest

here in washington, very slim chance for rain today. 30% or so and further south and west you go the drier your day is going to be. so charlottesville, blacksburg, roanoke, dry weather down there for today. great weather for everybody returns during the day tomorrow. for today we will call it a mostly cloudy day. more sunshine the further south and west you go. maybe a shower or two. mainly for the north today. temperatures will stay mostly in the mid 70s around wn. upper 60s for northern maryland. then for tomorrow, the sunshine comes back for everybody. and beautiful weather. 82 tomorrow. we haven't been in the 80s all week long. and 85 on monday. 82 on tuesday. plenty of except sunshine on the way. and once we get rid of the rain chance today i don't think the next chance of rn arrives until friday of next week. >> we need a break from all this rain. >> we need a little sunshine in our lives after this week. >> all right. thanks so much, chuck. >> you're welcome. >>> redskins are getting ready for their first regular season of year. dan hellie tells us what they are doing to get r

slim chance of a shower. cooler tomorrow. not bad. by sunday we are clearing out. it is 74 here.atranya bhoolsuwan is in with the traffic. >>> good morning. traffic out there getting more information on this accident on the outer loop. it is between connecticut and wisconsin and right now only one right lane is blocked. as you can see from our live cameras there, traffic is jammed back to new hampshire at this hour. and we have word of another accident. this one at new hampshire avenue. we have it on the realtime graphic causing problems at colesville manor drive this morning. good morning, virginia. switch gears heading over to 66 eastbound. a little volume at fairfax county parkway past route 50. over at 395 northbound, not too bad. slow down a little bit at seminary. give yourself five extra minutes there and finally 95 northbound a little slow prince william parkway and lorton this morning but no incidents or accidents to report. we'll send it over to kristin fisher. >>> good morning, everyone. leave it to washington to conduct a full-fledged congressional report on what else

. >> tariq: they have a slim lil' bill with hundreds of motions and positions. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the democrats want us to go public with this health care relationship. >> tariq: nothing is sexier than a woman with coverage under my covers. [ laughter ] it's all right. >> jimmy: it's all right. >> tariq: it's all right. >> jimmy: all right. >> tariq: it's all right. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: as both the senate and the house bill just make their way down to the floor, which bill are they going to slap their seal of approval on? >> tariq: house resolution 3-2-0-0. $900 billion is mucho dinero. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: sure, barack can just ram it on through the congress. why not get a bill we can all live with, settle down with, raise some little amendments with? >> tiq: don't settle for some old sly fly by night legislation that's gonna leave you in a compromised position. >> jimmy: most of all -- it's all right. >> tariq: it's all right. >> jimmy: all right. >> tariq: it's all right. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: make sure the process is there for all of us to see. we're all curious what happ