seafood lovers crowded the fish market in southwest d.c. today. for many a crab boil is a tradition this holiday weekend. in april, some of the seafood industry were predicting prices would be high, and supplies low because of colder water this spring. those out selling the crabs in d.c. today said they are bringing in kruscrustaceans by truck load. >>> the newlyweds meet with canadians with whom they have a special connection. we'll talk about that. >>> and another royal couple ties the knot. we'll take you to monaco. >>> back here, kim is standing by, monitoring the chance of some storms this holiday >>> the royal newlyweds are in their third day of their tour of north america. kate dressed by katherine walker said to be one of late princess diana's favorite designers. the tree planting is a royal family tradition dating all the way back to 1939. it is supposed to symbolize a long marriage. guests at the event are couples married on the same day as william and kate. those couples now celebrating their 50th and 60th anniversaries. >>> eyes around

. >> part of the tree fell on this bmw crushing its windshield on south capital and k street southwest d.c. up and down north gleam road in arlington, huge trees such as this 60-year-old red oak toppled over bringing down power lines because of the high winds. >> trees over here were blowing side to side. and it was just kind of insane. >> caution tape lined the street. power lines and branches litter people's yards. >> scare you? >> no, just we were happy to have the power back and went out again. >> could be a problem come 2:00 this afternoon? >> could be. have to go somewhere else. >> somehow they will manage this fourth of july. >> our daughter has power and she lives up at lee heights. hopefully they have it there. >> in whole place is a mess. my dad was actually surveying the land and he said look at the battle zone. it's like a bomb went off. >> clean up continues on this holiday despite blocked roads and debris everywhere, arlington county officials say the scheduled parades are expected to go on. in arlington county,. news now. >>> residents in arlington county have been told powe

we'll have highlights tonight as the castles in k -- kc from a steamy washington, d.c., and southwest on the waterfront. back to brian, shawn, and gary mcagreed. it's about 114 now -- mcgrady. it's about 149 here. >> by the water and that is -- that is right. >> i had it at 116. 114, that is something. oh. >>> thank you, feldy. you are used to it being hot. you're from texas. >> exactly. >> and not sure what part of texas. >> a dry heat, right? [ laughter ] >> oh. we didn't play tennis in tech text. too hot. >> too hot. >> you stayed inside? at least i didn't play tennis. >> all right, let's talk about the forecast the rest of the night and into the workweek. heat and humidity? yes. this summer, billion line. more humidity coming in the next few days -- billion line, more humidity coming in the next few days. why it's not oppressive and what we haven't had much today, thunderstorms. you can see one of the clouds on the left side of the screen and some cumulous clouds trying to build up and haven't had anything at all. i guess technically speaking, there is a very, very slight chance t

it's just off to the southwest, d.c. metro region and northeast for the pa and philadelphia one. we will keep you up to date on this. >> thank you. good evening. >>> let's check on the roads at wjz traffic control. >> good afternoon everyone. and happy fourth of july almost to everyone. we have a bunch of problems if you are headed out on the roads. lots of people headed to the beach. that is 50 east wound. running slow to the bridge. a wreck on 795, in the north bound lanes, involving a motorcycle on the shoulder. watch for clean up continuing from this morning's accident on the east side. and an accident there york road at gibbons. too many to mention in the city, south kateen and saratoga and in glen at 648 at 8th avenue. and a brush fire at has the odonled street ramp closed. and delays on 895 from t street to the harbor tunnel. there is a look at your drive times. 32 miles an hour. again the biggest problem right now is if you are headed on route 50 out of town. it's a mess as we predicted. there is a look on the east side of the beltway. >>> the other royal wedding but it c

crash in southwest d.c. investigation this morning.ave not released any about what happened. will run into delays. there will be delays on parts of orange, and blue lines. if you are heading to the mall on monday, security will be tight. be 16 entrance points to the mall. coolers and bags will be inspected. there will be extra trains for the fireworks. k at the weekend forecast. there is wonderful summertime weather. with clearting out skies in the nation's capitol. temperatures will be around 70 degrees. you can see the dew point are the 50's near 60. it will get increasingly humid throughout the day. the forecast shows no problems, just some high clouds. tomorrow will be the most problematic day. sours and thunderstorms could develop tomorrow. -- showers and thunderstorms could develop tomorrow. tomorrow will be hotter. on monday, temperatures will be degrees with may be no thunderstorms in the sky. >>> thank you for watching. a good day.

i'm a third grade literacy teacher in southwest d.c. and i view that the vacation as a catch 22. you are bringing major business to underdeveloped of different cities, but on the other hand, the people who live in the neighborhood, it seems like they are not reaping the benefits. i wanted to know, how can we create sustainable neighborhoods that allow people who are still trying to achieve the american dream and be able to afford and lived in these brand-new neighborhoods and communities? >> first of all, i have to say judge a vacation has been -- i had to say that gentrification -- we're probably seeing a lot of cities around the country to reverse a problem which is no investment, people not building new homes, and people not moving back into some of these communities, so they are emptying out. as problems go for cities, this is probably not a bad problem have because it means the city is growing and attracting businesses and new energy. i think this is typically an issue for local communities to make determinations about how you get the right balance, if in fact certain areas

southwest breeze at eight. right now it's 84 hagerstown and easton, 81 washington, d.c., 82 pax river, 86 ocean city. in cumberland 81, low as abel air, rock hall, annapolis and columbia. we're still looking at that larger frontal boundary sitting out to the west. here's that light shower activity. it appears it will get across the bay, move in an east- northeasterly direction. there is a clearing line not that far away. that front is going to mean some business in the form of a better chance of widespread showers and thundershowers at points tomorrow and then again on thursday. it won't be real rainy, but it won't be real sunny. 92 degrees is the high today. tonight 70 is the low, partly cloudy. tomorrow i don't want you to think it will rain all day. there will be a shower or thundershower around mainly later. friday's forecast very much the same. >>> still ahead, imagine a time when on your 100th birthday you would still be considered middle aged. a new theory just ahead. >>> here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates anytime, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> more screening

geographically probably the southwest, one of the safest areas has been washington, d.c. for jobs but now with the government workers it's getting hit harder. >> mitchell: it goes back to the psychological factor we were talking about earlier. >> that's right at the core of what our society is about -- government, washington, d.c., when there is not confidence there you wonder if there is confidence in the country. >> mitchell: john challenge, thank you so much for your insight. >> thank you. >> mitchell: news of an historic day in the world of sports. new york yankee derek jeter had the kind of day every little boy dreams about. the 37-year-old team captain got hit number 3,000. in fact, he got a hit every time he was up -- and oh, yeah, he drove in the winning run too. tony guida was watching. >> deep to left field. >> reporter: in the history of major league baseball, 17,614 men have played the game. only 27 others have done what derek jeter did, today -- get a hit for the 3,000th time. >> history with an exclamation point. >> reporter: that his 3,000th hit was a home

southwest airlines. honor flight is an opportunity for world war two veterans to travel to washington d.c. to get to see their monument. you know, joe, i'd like to thank you for honoring our country, for giving your time, and just making us so proud. [ joe ] on behalf of all of the veterans, you're welcome. ♪ this is who i am. ♪ >>> so if you've owned a television any time in the last 60 years, the odds are you saw an episode of i love lucy. you've probably watched all of them, and some of them more than once. one of the geniuses behind all those crazy situations in which lucy found herself was pioneer television writer patty lou davis. ktvu prepared an hour long special to celebrate lucy ball's birthday. and in that special, davis talked about how they came up with situations. >> we started with very simple little stories that she spent too much money. or that she wanted to get a freezer. and you know she was always doing things that -- there was a lot of money problems. they sold their washing machines and it immediately broke. everybody sells something to a friend and immediately it goe

southwest airlines. honor flight is an opportunity for world war two veterans to travel to washington d.c.get to see their monument. you know, joe, i'd like to thank you for honoring our country, for giving your time, and just making us so proud. [ joe ] on behalf of all of the veterans, you're welcome. ♪ this is who i am. ♪ >>> the bay area will have five pitchers in the all-star game this year. lincecum, wilson, matt cain and ryan -- for the giants. gio gonzalez. >>> speaking of gio, you think he's taking the gel low jersey -- yellow jersey to arizona? bet he does. after today's start, gio now last the third lowest e.r.a. in the american league. the rays beat the d-backs 7-2. right back up the middle, two runs come in to score. 4-3, detroit. top of the 8th, rowand, shots to the gap look like extra bases. the game-saving catch. the giants end the road trip with a 6-3 loss. >>> the sharks traded -- a 30- year-old scored 22 goals last season. and wimbledon finals -- wins. he does his best impression. he will be the new number one player in the world. >> thanks very much. >>> that's it for e

d.c. severe weather from billings to rapid city. rain in the southwest. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 73 in seattle. 85 in sacramento. 95 in boise.e. mostly 80s from fargo to indianapolis. 93 in kansas city and 91 in omaha. new orleans, miami and atlanta, however around the 90-degree mark. >>> the accuser of dominique strauss-kahn speaks out for the first time. an abc news exclusive. >> and the airirnes make up for some lost revenue, guess who's paying for it? that's in our business news straight ahead. >>> the nfl players' turn to vote on a new labor deal. stick around, we'll be right back. medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. call now for this free information kit and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're al

southwest airlines. honor flight is an opportunity for world war two veterans to travel to washington d.c.t to see their monument. you know, joe, i'd like to thank you for honoring our country, for giving your time, and just making us so proud. [ joe ] on behalf of all of the veterans, you're welcome. ♪ this is who i am. ♪ river. an exxon-mobil pipeline ruptured friday, spewing about 42-t s of crude >>> environmental teams examining damage from an oil spill at yellowstone river. a mobile pipeline ruptured friday spilling 42,000-gallons of crude oil into montana's famous waterway. crews are trying to minimize damage to the environment. environmental protection agency says only a small amount of the oil will be recovered. >>> the transformers showed off their power at the box office this weekend. >> it is over. i'm sorry but it is over. >> the latest installment of the series "dark of the moon" delivered the biggest opening weekend of the year. the box off total is more than $97 million. it also earned about four times the total of the number 2 film "cars 2". >>> this is an incredible story

southwest airlines. honor flight is an opportunity for world war two veterans to travel to washington d.c.o get to see their monument. you know, joe, i'd like to thank you for honoring our country, for giving your time, and just making us so proud. [ joe ] on behalf of all of the veterans, you're welcome. ♪ this is who i am. ♪ >>> the forecast pretty much right on track for today with warm temperatures for the beaches and some hot numbers inland approaching triple digit the territory right around 100 degrees. right now we still have mostly clear skies as you can see the fog bank way offshore. go ahead and deploy some of the buoys and come in a bit tighter. i'm showing you this because we have a change in the wind direction. you can see offshore winds gusting at 27 miles per hour. that wind, that westerly wind that will help increase the marine layer a bit. that will change as bit as we head to your 4th of july. temperatures mainly in the 50s, and a lower 60s, concord right around 60 degrees in san jose in the upper 50s. here's the change for tomorrow, we have patchy fog develop coast side

d.c.'s season is off to a good start. the castles had a capacity crowd for the debut of its new stadium along the southwest waterfront. venus williams and rene won a doubles game in overtime to give the castles the win. d.c. tops kansas city, 21-18. >>> the mystics were on the road last night visiting chicago sky. holts had a season high 34 points for chicago. washington falls 78-65. marissa coleman had 14 for d.c. >>> still ahead, the political showdown over the debt ceiling. the deadline is less than four weeks away. >> summer fun in ocean city, maryland. coming up, just how good the 4th of july was for the resort town. >> quick check of the commute now. monika samtani, over to you. >> thank you so much, mike. on the southbound side of the bw parkway, we're flying from route 100 all the way down to the beltway. the lanes are open. no problems on 95 in through baltimore. another look around the area. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmate

d.c. thunderstorms from houston to little rock. monsoon rains in the southwest.ern lifornrn. >> man, there is a lot of heat out there. 83 in sacramento. 93 in boise. 90s, triple digits from dallas all the way up to minneapolis. do you believe that? they get feet of snow, now they're dealing with that. 91 in new york. 88 in miami. 89 in new orleans. you know when it's 91 here in the city it's just disgusting. >> it's not fun at all. >> everything smells like dirty hair and no air moves. >> that's why you need to leave on the weekends. >> exactly. >>> those furnace-like temperatures led to extreme measures at an amusement park in nebraska. >> the water in the swswming pools was so warm they had to bring in tons of ice just to cool the water down. it helped a little bit. it brought the temperature down from 88 degrees down to 82. so a mild improvement there. >> with the weather in omaha still oppressive the swimming pools should be getting another ice dump tonight or tomorrow morning. >> my gosh. >> never seen that before. >> no, that's extreme measures. especially

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d.c. the castles are opening their new stadium along the waterfront in southwest washington. >> cheerleadersnd everything. >> in 20 minutes, the final countdown is ready to begin. the latest on nasa's last shuttle mission. >> also ahead, virginia's black widow wins the women's division of the annual hot dog eating contest. learn just how many calories she chowed down in ten minutes. >> monika has a quick check on our commute. >> we'll slide south on the bw parkway. all the way to greenbelt, your lanes are open. traffic is moving at a good pace. i'll have an update on an accident on the outer loop at route 236 in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee. now you can brew over ice for delicious iced coffee or tea. hot or cold, keurig is the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >>> it is 6:30 on this tuesday morning. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at fairfax, virginia by the camp washington center. >> thanks for starting your day with

northeast from new england down to washington, d.c., and humid with near triple-digit heat in georgia and the carolinas. some heavy downpours in the southwest. >> phoenix hits 105. 90 in salt lake city and 74 in seattle. upper 80s from fargo to detroit. 79 in boston, 85 here in new york and 90s from baltimore to miami and dallas. >>> and coming up next on the show this morning, a republican rising star sent to the hospital. how governor chris christie is coping this morning. >>> and tiger woods makes a big announcement about his future. >>> what if there is a debt default? today the treasury department outlines what will happen at its meeting in new york with 20 of the largest banks which often buy government bonds. bloomberg reports if there is a default, treasury will give priority to making interest payments to bond holders. the u.s. debt crisis is again weighing on asian markets thth morning. tokyo's nikkei average lost 68 points today. hong kong's hang seng is down 81. in london the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow fell 62 points yesterday. the nasdaq index rose 1 1/2 points. >>> well, ford can't make enough of its focus to

southwest waterfront. venus will play this evening. venus holding a clinic here for local kids an hour ago. their older sister, esha lives here in d.c. this is like home for the sisters. >> being back in the d.c. area is fantastic. i was here in april for the washington tennis learning center. some of those kids were here. i get to know them and i see them a few times a year and of course i'm going to try to win for washington. >> right on. finally tonight, our manager of the week goes to butch of the barnstormers. after getting tossed by the first-base umpire that he not only yanks first base out of the ground, he stops, autographs first base, hands it to the lady in the front row before saying thank you, thank you very much, and heading to the showers. if you are going to get tossed, get tossed with a little flair. >> baseball folks going out with a bang lately. that's it for us. have a good night. [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete is that it breaks the flea life cycle killing ad

southwest border. before that, you were detected here in washington, d.c. for many years.an you describe to us briefly held the mexican drug cartel and its firearms from the united states? one way to kind of summarize this came to light to me several years ago when an individual described to me put it as follows says the mexican people have been trafficking drugs into the united states since 1980 and we have been abiding gun since 1880. so that kind of gives you the groundwork of the culture and the reason why we have this problem because we have these firearms being sold and the mexicans coming up in these cartels and they are purchasing these weapons, that is a fact. >> in your experience, what type of weapons are in demand? by the cartel >> it's like on a limited to in my written testimony which i didn't get to finish, but there is -- we have actually gone in and identified a lot of what we call dto preferred weapons and it is ak or a hour. we have a list of them, and in this particular case the firearms being purchased by these individuals -- let me ask why do you thin

d.c. up to new england. and some heavy down pours in the southwest. >> mostly 90s in the rockikies. 105 in phoenix. york. >>> now to that political firestorm over the federal debt. members of congress stayed pretty late last night waiting for a vote that never happened. >> it was the latest move in a political showdown involving both parties. abc's john hendren has the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. in the end house speaker john boehner could not rally the troops. after hours of trying to rally votes, he simply gave up. >> the bill's not perfect. i never said it was perfect, nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. but what this bill reflects is a sincere, honest effort to end this crisis. >> reporter: a number of tea partyers, including presidential candidate michele bachmann, did not go along. >> i cannot, i am committed to not raising the debt ceiling. reporter: the measure may still get passed and go to the senate where it has very little chance. all 53 democrats have signed a letter to boehner saying they would vote against it. democrats back a rival bi

d.c. thanks. >>> new audio recordings are out tonight from a near disaster you may recall from the news just this past spring. happened just over three months ago on a southwest airlines 737 took off from phoenix bound for sacramento. suddenly at 34,000 feet, it situation. a small crack in the fuselage had grown large enough to blow a hole in the roof of the aircraft, which we later saw in photos from passengers. the pilot wanted to turn back to phoenix, but then realized he wouldn't make it. well, today the faa released the tapes of conversations between air traffic control and the crew. it's clear they knew they were in trouble. >> requesting emergency descent. we're starting down. >> we need the nearest airport. >> you want to land to blithe or do you want to go to palm springs? >> let's make a turn and go -- how far away is yuma from us right now? >> yuma is at your 3:00 position and 50 miles. >> we'll take yuma. >> we'll take yuma. the plane descended 20,000 feet in less than five minutes. it was that incident, by the way, that triggered inspections of 737s across the country. >>> also from phoenix tonight, when the following pictures were beamed around

d.c. as the washington castles kick off their season at the brand new stadium along the southwest waterfrontam which has won the championship two of the last three years features the williams sisters. they'll take on defending champs the kansas city explorers. >> go, castles. >>> time for weather and traffic on the ones. tom is in stormcenter 4. tom? >> it's 6:41. we've a partly cloudy sky. temperatures mid-70s near the bay. farther west and north, we're in the 60s. arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties, points west and north. and there's the live view from the skywatcher camera looking into arlington on the left or the right in the distance is falls church. we've got a partly sunny sky. by 9:00 near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. code orange, unhealthy air quality by midafternoon. tonight increasing clouds and humidity. by dawn low to mid-70s. a steamy forecast for the rest of the week and the weekend. a look at this in detail in about ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> we have congestion building outer loop of the beltway in maryland. you are slow from 95 as you make your way towards ge

southwest. gusty winds and hail around the twin cities, chicago, d.c. and raleigh. thunderstorms from pensacola to waco, texas. i notice you changed the music, more upbeat on the weather map. >> we are now into the '90s. they shelved the '80s. we're pushing for 200. that could be a couple more years. >> incremental progress. >> that's right. we have to take it slow. 98 in dallas, 91 in chicago. we are looking at 90-degree temps from new orleans to new york. phoenix 106. salt lake city 93. boise coming in at 85. >>> a slow-moving storm system was too much for the new orleans area to handle when it created a big flooding mess there. several low-lying spots flooded after 8 inches of rain fell in a few hours. yesterday the problems were the same along the mississippi coast. that's where nearly 2 feet of rain fell. >> but it is an ongoing drought that's causing a crisis in a vast area of eastern africa. the situation is so grim that a u.n. children's agency predicts up to 500,000 children could die. abc's lama hasan reports now from a refugee cam in kenya. >> reporter: 2

d.c., 115 in dallas and louisville. over to the west coast, things look gorgeous, but more monsoon storms in the mix for the southwest, andyour saturday outlook. again, the heat is going to be the big story. >> and the heat is going to break over the next couple of days. new york back in the 80s by monday. bianna. >> that's good to hear, amber, thank you. >>> well, maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger have certainly had more than their fair share of drama lately. now, there is more to deal with. now their 13-year-old son christopher was seriously injured in a surfing incident and in the hospital in intensive care. abc's david wright has the story. >> los angeles county fire department. >> reporter: maria shriver made the 911 call herself last sunday from her malibu beach house. >> it's like a boogie board accident i think. he can't move off the beach. maybe like broken ribs or something like that. >> can you see it from your house? >> yeah, it's my son. >> how old is your son? >> 13. >> reporter: christopher schwarzenegger apparently suffered multiple broken bones and a collapsed lung. >> as far as you know, is he awak

d.c., carolinas. hiladelphia, and boston. strong storms from the montana and northern colorado areas to montanatas. thunderstorms in the desert southwestque. e.s across the midwest. 5 in boston. 94 in atlanta. lanta. in miami. i. course we're watching the eather in florida. > yes. >> yes >> r rated to the shuttle. t's right.right. ng to the songning to the song "summertime" which baseball goes "summertime" w elly well with summertime. the yankees' derek jeter will have to wait at least one more game to make it into the record ones. close.s oh so close. the shortstop had his 2,998th hit last night in a loss against tampa bay. oss against the yankee captain two hits shy of the 3,000 th milestone. they started losing since he came back. >> there's been a lot of losses tarted losing since been a lot ofn? can't be the paycheck. once he hit nt of the ts is mark, though, likely this weekend in front of the home crowd, jeter will on major only the 20th player in major league history to accomplish this feat. so no sm so no small feat. new york >> those tickets are a hot item in new york city. we'll be right back with more "world news now." spen

d.c. thunderstorms around the carolinas, atlanta, and nashville. heat watches and warnings from southern illinois down to texas. severe weather from billings to rapid city. rain storms in the southwestand some showers from portland to seattle. >> 75 in portland. 85 in sacramento. and 95 in boise. near 90 in the twin cities. 93 in kansas city. and 104 in dallas. 79 here in new york. thankfully. 90 in atlanta. 91 in miami. >> it was a rough weekend. >> it was nuts. finally mother nature showing a little bit of mercy. >>> lately we've been blaming the stifling weather for pretty much everything. >> that's probably why a moose was on the loose this weekend in an idaho falls neighborhood. wildlife experts say it's not unusual for moose to show up around this time of year, looking to cool off in the river. >> can't blame them. >> i would do the same thing. >> it's rough. this is one of the first they've seen so far this summer, actually. animal control eventually corralled the moose with a sleeping dart. >> i hope he was okay. >> he's okay. get a little rest for the moose there. >> they are such interesting looking creatures. >> a polite way to say it. we'll be back with more "world news

southwest border. before that, you were detected here in washington, d.c. for many years.ou describe to us briefly held the mexican drug cartel and its firearms from the united states? one way to kind of summarize this came to light to me several years ago when an individual described to me put it as follows says the mexican people have been trafficking drugs into the united states since 1980 and we have been abiding gun since 1880. so that kind of gives you the groundwork of the culture and the reason why we have this problem because we have these firearms being sold and the mexicans coming up in these cartels and they are purchasing these weapons, that is a fact. >> in your experience, what type of weapons are in demand? by the cartel >> it's like on a limited to in my written testimony which i didn't get to finish, but there is -- we have actually gone in and identified a lot of what we call dto preferred weapons and it is ak or a hour. we have a list of them, and in this particular case the firearms being purchased by these individuals -- let me ask why do you think th

southwest. we're talking parts of mexico as well as texas. that leads me to my next story. are you a fan of ice cream? well, maybe you should head on out to washington, d.cway free ice cream. this is a company. they said, hey, they have no problem giving away ice cream to democrats, republicans, tea party member, anyone, as long as they are not involved -- get this, manisha -- in negotiating the debt deal. if you're not involved, you're hot, you've got a sweet tooth, hecht on over to capitol hill. you just can't be involved in the budget deal. we're included. we get free ice cream. we just need to fly to d.c. >> frankly at the rate they're going they're going to need the ice cream. they're going to need the sugar rush to get to august 2nd. >> they're all going to need it while they negotiate. >> jennifer, stay with us here, because manisha, jennifer, i want to bring you up to date on something u funny i found. it's friday. let's give a little bit of humor. it's been giving some of the political commentators and talk show hosts and comedians quite a bit of fodder for their jokes over the past couple of days. as some may know president obama will be celebr

d.c. and atlanta. temperatures there off their 100 degree plus high temperatures of last week. check this out. a volcano across the aleutian islands about 900 miles or so southwestf an raj, called the cleveland volcano, pictured here about a year ago. experts are thinking this thing is going to erupt, ali. be prepared. and last time it did, it was back in 2001 and it spewed all sorts of stuff about five mimgs into the atmosphere. this is important because although uninhabited over there, it's a huge route for planes going to the u.s. to asia. it's going to affect air travel when this erupts and the experts are saying it's a matter of when. we'll keep you posted on that. >> talk to you in a little bit on "american morning." take a look at the word of the day, biobutanol. why you need to know it after the short break. it is 52 minutes after the hour. >>> don't know where i'm going. all right. it is 56 minutes after the hour. let's go to the nasdaq marketsite, where carter evans is standing by, keeping an eye on what's going on in u.s. markets and what cnnmoney.com is covering. good morning, carter. what have you got for us? >> the debt ceiling, everyone is still t