condoleezza rice will be there for the unvailing. several other statues will be unvailed in europe this week. >> it's 6:54. one more weather and traffic check when 9 news returns. >>> we have one more thing for you. we told you earlier that immigrants would be sworn in as american citizens at mont vernon. i bet they know we declared independence in 1776 but surprising a lot of americans don't. >> a new poll says that 58% of americans don't know. >> 5/8. >> 5/8ths don't know that the american declared independence in 1776. 26% were unsure. 16% said another date. >> this is surprising based on movies movies and tv show the. one in four americans did not know from which country we declared our independence. it found while 76% correctly said great britain, 19% were unsure and 5% said a different country including china. >> it takes all kinds, andrea, remember that. >> hope any we are educatorring all kinds. >> -- educating all kinds. >> educate us about weather. >> hot and sticky. better chance of storms in virginia rather than maryland.

the school unvailed its new logo. it is the latest change as it makes a transition to the university this fall. they'll become a university in september. they'll have a new entrance on charles street to mark that. >> it is our worse nightmare. it is an experience that you don't want anyone to ever have to go through. >>> not giving up hope. desperate plea to find a missing college student. >>> putting together exclusive first warning five-day forecast that takes us through the holiday weekend. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> parents of a missing indiana student made an impant for their daughter's return. they need anybody with information to come forward. their daughter disappeared four weeks ago. her parents say they'll continue to hold out hope. they had message for their daughter. >> i want to say hi loren it is mom. we love you. we are going nowhere. we are here for you. we want you to come home. >> the 20-year-old was last seen leaving a friend's apartment in the early morning hours of june 3rd. police have been following le

. >>> today lieutenant governor gavin newsom will unvail his plan for helping boost california out of its economic slump. the new mayor is about to debate this program. one focus is expanding exports and having a state agency handle global trade issues. california is one of 15 states that does not have an export agency. >>> today the federal government will release its report on economic growth between april and june. analysts forecast it will show the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.7%. the growth rate was 1.9% for the first three months of the year. even if things pick up this year growth in 2011 will be slower than the expansion that we had last year. >>> a modesto mother is facing child endangerment charges after police pulled over the u- haul truck she was driving and discovered three children in the back. jennifer nolan was arrested wednesday night. police say there was a man and two-year-old child in the front seat with know lap. she didn't tell them that there were other children in the cargo area. police say nolan told them the kids were back there because there wasn't en

we will unvail the answer later this morning. >>> if you thought our warmup eating contest was feisty, and it was. andrea was the winner, wait until you see what happened a the the real d. burger eating contest. >> thank goodness i didn't have a knife and fork. >> england's couple arriving on the north american tour. [ mom ] can a little bowl of cereal change your life? i think it can. one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. then we discovered chex cereals. five flavors of chex are gluten-free, including the honey nut flavor, and that's amazing to a mom like me. as a parent you don't want to have to tell your kids "no" all the time. it's nice for me to be able to say "yes" to something that they want to eat. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. gluten free. >>> 5:56 on this independence someday. have plans outside today? keep an eye to the sky. we will be okay this morning. by noon, upper 80s. but by this afternoon, we have thunderstorm popping here by 3:00. potentially there, coming out this afternoon. passing

we are expecting a new plan to be unvailed this weekend. tomorrow, she's a free woman.hat's when casey anthony will be released from jail. she was acquitted last week of murdering her daughter, but she was found guilty on four counts lying to police. >>> rupert murdoch is apologizing. the chairman of news corporation signed a pull page -- full page apology that acknowledges serious wrong doing. >>> government debt problems are having an effect on the money as explained in the money watch report. >> reporter: wall street is coming off the worst week in nearly a year. concerns about debt problems in the u.s. and europe are overshadowing the strong corporate reports. on friday the dow rose 42 points. the nasdaq moving up 27. gold at a record high of $1,590 an ounce. investors are pouring money into safe haven investments like precious medals. >>> the government wants to know more about the fees that the airlines are proposing. new rules would require them to report the fees they charge passengers and also require them to give more useful stats about lost or danged luggage

. >> making headlines a statue of ronald regan will be unvailed near the american embassy in london joiningges of franklin d roosevelt and dwight d eisenhower. condaleeza rice is expected to attend the statue was commissioned by regan memorial fund trust. >>> duke and duchess of became bridge continue -- cambridge continued their tour of canada. he and his bride kate will lead opposing teams in a dragon boat race the goal to deepen bonds between the british monarchy and canadians. this were some demonstrations in quebec city but met with a larger group of supporters. >> they are a smart looking couple. >> they are. >> 4th of july celebration under way at mount vernon. our holly morris is live there with a look at the festivities my goodness we will check with her after the break. >>> grilling up burgers and hot dogs, oh, boy talk to the owners of a new eatery in dc area coming up next. yummy yum yum yum we will be right back while there are some home disasters you can't avoid, there is one you can. septic system breakdowns affect 1.2 million homes in the us each year. septic backups can cos

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cautious for that reason, sort of fearful of the assaults on their independence and unwillingness to unvail a lot of data. i think what you'll see is a slightly more transparent fed as long as independence doesn't get threatened, and certainly the treasury i think that michael is right that the ofr is going to be a very positive addition to the institutional regulatory frame work in terms of improving transparency. >> i do think ben bernanke has been fair in policy transparency and that's been one of his keystone things about reviewing the fed's views on monetary policy. having said that, i agree, you didn't get all the transparency at the time of the crisis, and i can see the problems with that and the reaction of congress which said, you know, hey, we control the strings. you guys are doing all this stuff, and we don't know about it. i understand that. i think there was a concern that revealing too much information at the wrong time might worsen the crisis or that congress would get in there and stop them from doing the things that they felt they needed to do so it is a question of how we

unthat's been unvailed by speaker john boehner, and one by harry reid. they are both putting spins, saying they are confident to have the votes. that's remains to be scene. the biggest test in some ways comes tomorrow when speaker boehner puts his proposal on the floor. there's a certain amount, or a fair amount of pushback, from conservatives republicans that have concerns with the proposal. it remains to be scene that there's enough votes. >> what sort of concerns do republicans have on speaker boehner's plans? >> the republican committee which is a group of 170 roughly conservative republicans. their leadership had a press conference earlier today. you know, they talked about, you know, having some questions about whether the plan actually goes farther enough. a lot of conservative members don't want any kind of debt limit increase really at all. so they are concerned that the spending cuts that are being coupled with it don't go far enough? >> assuming their boehner plan comes to the house, will it get support with mad rat democrat d- moderate democr