the largest county being dupage county, which is west of chicago, including naperville, wheaton, downer's grove. there may be as many as 300 ballots from a couple of different locations were affected. they do not believe it will delay things too much. election officials will have to count the ballots because they can't go through the machines. results from some precincts may take a little longer, but the polls have not been kept open any longer. they do expect to have results before too long. >> the only results we have now were exit polls cnn45 ore 35 romney over santorum. between that and his big lead in the pre-vote polls of yesterday and earlier where is the support coming from, chicago and the upscale suburbs? is there a different expectation down state when you get to virtual indiana? >> absolutely right. when you look at interstate 80, the suburbs of chicago, a little farther out romney should roll up the numbers there but everything below interstate 80 is santorum country. the key challenge for santorum is because delegates are rewarded by district, can he make up enough in terms

. >> one person recovering after a stabbing in wheaton just after 1:30 this morning in the 2200 block of shorefield road. police have not said they have made any arrests. >> a crucial day in the battle over health care reform. >> the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments about the constitutionality of the requirement that americans buy health insurance. jummy olabanji has more on the health care challenge. >> good morning. even at this early hour there's a line of people waiting for one of those tickets to get inside today. yesterday the justices decided -- rather heard arguments on whether they should even your this case. they decided to move forward. these people are waiting to get inside. today's supreme court session gets to the heart of this legal challenge. the controversial mandate of that says any american who does not purchase health insurance by 2014 will have to pay a penalty. attorneys for the 26 states including virginia that filed this lawsuit argued congress should not that the party to force an individual to buy something. if the mandate is constitutional, they say th

and wheaton, chillham, to the south. probably up until about 9:00, showers and that isolated thunderstorm hanging on. 63 the temperature. northeast wind at 7 miles per hour. noontime, 68 degrees. by 5:00, 73. like yesterday, into the 70s and a partly sunny sky. another look at the cell. let's head out to traffic now. >>> delays on i-95. making your way in maryland. very slow. 216. earlier funeral procession in the beltway. and i-95. 34 miles per hour. and 17 minutes from 216 to the beltway. and moments ago the funeral procession made its way past georgia avenue. and cars still coming to a complete stop. 35 miles per hour on the outer loop. delays will continue and we'll watch roads. and back in ten minutes with another update. >>> new from overnight, montgomery county firefighters battle a bus fire. on georgia avenue near the glenmont metro station. the bus driver was the only person on board. he was not injured. the safety of these buses has been questioned. this is not the first time this happened with this particular

in wheaton. non-life threatening injuries. >> the supreme court is taking up the heart of the challenge to health careama's overhaul. it will consider the constitutionality of the that americans buy health insurance. yesterday they considered if premature for them to go the case merits. >> if it is successful, and nobody will pay the penalty. >> i find it hard to think that this is clear. whatever else it is, it is easy clear.k that it's not >> pipa four justices are likely to uphold the law and two likely strike it down and 3 could go either way. >> now to the florida teenager martin. e inparents will b washington for house judiciary profiling andcial crimes. continue for an arrest in his death. >> the streets of sanford, florida, remain tense. cities across the country, calls for justice are as loud as ever. the rallies for the slain 17- old continue, new teenageron about the and new information about what told police have emerged. martin was suspended from school time of the shooting for with

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one is in silver spring and one in wheaton. if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> in just two hours about 30,000 runners registered yesterday for the marine corps marathon. organizers say yesterday's frenzy was the quickest sellout for a u.s. marathon in history. the 37th annual marine corps marathon will be held sunday, october 28. >>> a massive storm on the sun is about to have a major impact on earth. juan fernandez explains how radioactive particles from solar flares may soon start messing with everything from our electricity to gps systems. >> reporter: the biggest solar storm in years is racing towards earth. the massive cloud of charged particles could disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellites and gps networks. >> high technology of course is always vulnerable because we've got it up at the level where this stuff is coming in. it doesn't used to be like this but since we started putting satellites up in space, we obviously

garcia, a wheaton resident, and the mother of three young children, was killed late yesterday afternoon when, according to police, two cars were apparently racing each other in the 800 block of randolph road in colesville. >> there may have been elements here of a speed contest. >> police say neither of the racing cars stopped after garcia's nissan altima was apparently tapped by one of the cars, a dark four-sedan, it then rolled over. >> witnesses have stated a four- door sedan was trying to catch up with a mini cooper. >> jorge martinez said her wife got her license about two years ago and that she was a very carefulful driver, not to mention a wonderful wife and loving mother. >> i need to get information. i don't want other people to suffer this type of crime. >> reporter: if you have any information about the accident that killed nelvis garcia, you are asked to call montgomery county police. >> hopeful havely they will hear from somebody soon. >> thank you, matt. appreciate it. >>> it's been a pretty busy day for d.c. police, fire, and the fbi responding to new packages containing

she has a husband here in the wheaton area as well as children. that is the latest here in colesville. back to you. >> thank you. >>> karen toles finally speaks out. it is the first time since police say she was traveling at very high speeds on the beltway last month. the dash cam aboard a county police officer's cruiser shows he had to travel 105 miles per hour just to catch up to her. at the time, she was let off way warning and a ticket for making an unsafe lane change. this week, after a review, police gave toles a reckless driving ticket that comes with a $500 fine and six point on her license if she doesn't fight it. >> i sincerely regret the events that have transpired which have proven to be a distraction to the business of county council i offer my utmost and sincere apologies for this to my constituents and colleagues as well as all county residents. >> toles already has two points on her license and could get up to eight more. if that happens, she could lose her license. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray is answering tough questions about his

big time rain out 97 as you go past wheaton on your way to allegheny.of this activity is pushing due east. and once this moves through, that's pretty much it in terms of big time thunderstorms for us tonight and heavy rain. so right now we're looking at a dark white house. it's sleepy time now. temperatures 48. and they haven't moved all day. in fact, they're going to go up a little bit after midnight. the pressure is fill falling to 29.80 inches of mercury. breezy and warmer tomorrow. really spring like tomorrow. in fact, it's going to be a nice day. mainly dry after 9:00 in the morning. much colder saturday night if you have plans. you're going to need a coat. and then we're looking at -- well, a flurry. it's still possible on sunday. late sunday. and sunday night. maybe even a leftover flurry on moon. so it's that -- monday. so it's that kind of crazy. you see the back edge of the precipitation by i95 and it scoots out of here quickly. notice it's all light. then we get breaks in the clouds by lunch time and we're in good shape as we go through the d

paul steinhauser is live from wheaton, illinois. i feel like a broken record. paul, every time i come to you to advance one of these contests, we tend to say the same thing over and over. lots of delegates at stake. could romney come out as a front runner so i'll ask. is it even possible anymore to have any race determine who si front-runner could be? >> reporter: i don't think a lot will change unless rick santorum wins in illinois. that could send tidal waves around the political landscape but you showed that poll, one of two out in the last 48 hours that indicates romney is starting to build a double-digit lead in illinois. ashleigh, he should because it should be more favorable ground for him especially where i am in suburban chicago, a lot more moderate you could say republican voters casting ballots in today's primary. a natural for mitt romney. should do well. santorum will probably do well in more conservative down state and mitt romney needs to win. we said he needed to win michigan, he did, not by a lot. he needed to win ohio, he did do that, but not

most recently dna evidence was used to connect busby to four additional rapes in the wheaton and rockville areas between 1977 and 1980. b busby pleaded guilty to three of those rape charges on monday. judge nelson rupp called him an evil sexual predator before handing down the sentence. victims say they're still e dealing with the traumatic effects of the crime. >> there are things like still afraid of the dark and most of us confirmed we still cannot be approached by surprise from behind. there are lingering effects. % >> reporter: a federal grant e helped connect busby to the additional victims. additional v%ctims. with the additional sentences busby will not be eligible for parole until he is 65. >> people across the midwest p have begun the daunting process of cleaning up from terrible storms and now they're bracing for more severe weather. tornadoes touched down yesterday. at at least 12 people were killed. hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged. jay gray is right now in one of the communities hit the hardest. that's harrisburg, illinois. %hat's harrisburg, illinois. jay? >> >>

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teenagers on foot and arrested two of each police still looking for the third suspect >>a professor at wheaton college will appear in bond court today on child pornography charges 6 year-old donald ratcliff carol stream teaches christian education at the college he has been there since 2006 carol stream police say they found images of videos and child pornography in his possession along with two handguns and ammunition he has been placed on administrative leave from win college his next court date is the eighth of march >>a cook county sheriff's files a federal lawsuit against the sheriff's office over his experience investigating the scandal at bur oak cemetery robert carroll claims that the gruesome scene gave him psychological problems he said the work triggered posttraumatic stress disorder from his service in the persian gulf war he also said the sheriff's office refused his request for desk duty and retaliated by trying to stick with patrol duty on the midnight shift but the sheriff's office said that he started having problems after he was accused of using the n word in front of a colle

. >> the baron has a baseball game this afternoon against wheaton. >> he has the fire it back up. >>sse home opener, is tonight. >> plenty to cheer about. >> two more mascots advance but still some more first round games to get in. >> we are not even close to final four yet as we know mascot madness anything can happen. >> something just hit me is it fair we have professional mascots against -- >> there are no rules basically. >> no holds barred in this competition. >> all right. >> i am sweating already. >> the crowd is filtering in. could our crowd get excited? yes, they are ready for a little match up as well. they are going to be cheering on their favorite mascot you see screech already working the crowd >> i do feel bad for the baron this is his crowd really. >> baron go take on your crowd. >> you got to lead your crowd. >> there you go. >> get in there baron. >> that is why they are professional mascots. >> again we want to know, screech the two time champion playing next hour and our champion, from american university, waiting in the wings. >> hoping to repeat. >> that was a p

the eastern edge of potomac north bethesda around toward wheaton and even 355, especially the southern tip of rock hill and within the beltway, a chevy chase bethesda, you'll see this move southward and migrate to northwest d.c. areas of light rain in prince george's county early this morning. dense fog and low or southern maryland until 10:00 -- in lower southern maryland until 10:00 this morning, meaning visibility is less than one-quarter mile. 63 in the district. 55, winchester. it is a warm start to the day. that is the widespread storms and texas. very cold in the western united states, winter-like. eastern half, we are experiencing an early spring and even some of all the way to the hudson bay. 74 this afternoon becoming partly cloudy. tomorrow lower 70's and partly cloudy again. friday, 82 and sunny. >> thank you so very much. coming up, it is it the most competitive season yet? we say this every year but this could be the one. we look back at the season premiere of "dancing with the stars. >> it must be dancing with the stars" time. >> it, and last night. >> ♪ just thinking of

. >>> the future of downtown wheaton, maryland will talk about a plan to add near the metro station. >>> dc tops tryon tow 2-0. caps get the islanders tomorrow. >>> learn the biggest misconceptions about what it means to be healthy. >> for what we have one more check of traffic and weather here on 9news now. one more thing before we go. if football is over, it is still important. sometimes i think excessively in some cases. peyton manning visits a few places this weekend. he went to arizona and apparently denver. and the media followed him in a helicopter to get shots of him getting off an airplane. >> slow news day. >> remember when he left indianapolis and went to florida, it was like watching o. j. simpson again as he pulled into his condo. slow media day. >>> hey weather wise i think we are in yes ma'am, a pretty nice week. upper 60s near 70s today. showers tonight. look at the temperatures, 77, 75, 76. toward the end of the week pour showers possible. hopefully that will not impact the marathon on saturday morning. >>> a live look first from sky 9. it has not been a bad ride on

my territory in wheaton is already losing its petals -- my cherry tree. so quick. we will see a shift in the weather pattern by the weekend. unsettled weather for the first half of this work week. this is a good example early this morning of a few sprinkles west of the metro, loudoun county near manassas as well. a few drizzles here and there. steady rain in west virginia and moving towards cumberland, the leading edge of this line of light rain creeping into the interstate 81 corridor in shenandoah county. light rain off to the west early this morning. the remnants of the thunder from complex that was moving through west virginia overnight. the rain is falling apart with this despite getting some rain in a few portions of the western sections of our viewing area. we will all get the cloud cover that is left over chromaticism. later on today we cannot rule out a few isolated thunderstorms especially west of the metro and including the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. high-pressure planted offshore, a typical situation where you have the bermuda high in the land to

georgia avenue at veirs mill road, coming through wheaton, no problems as far as interstate travel.northbound i-95 in springfield. nothing complicated leaving dulles airport. looks good on the tollway and the greenway. looks good in tysons. metro rail, marc rail, and virginia railway express moving nicely, on-time. >> more tornadoes could sweep through the midwest and the south today. >> they could be even stronger than the twisters on wednesday that killed 13 people in four states. illinois, missouri kansas, and tennessee. harrisburg, illinois, and the winds reached 170 miles an hour. people in parts of maine are digging out from over 1 foot of snow. this is video from southern maine not far from portland. it's making it difficult for drivers to navigate. >> we want to get a check on the weather as we do every 10 minutes. steve rudin is with us this morning. >> good morning. temperatures still a bit cool right now. once the sun rises a rapid warmup through the midmorning as clouds begin to increase later in the day. around freezing at dulles airport and gaithersburg. quiet and to d

it includes towns like wheaton lombard, elmhurst, oak brook and western springs. election night will be big on wgn. it starts with the wgn news at five, as voters cast their final ballots in the primary. then at six on cltv, politics tonight takes over for an hour. at seven on cltv, micah and i start our decision 2012 coverage when the polls close. our coverage also streams live on wgntv.com. and look for the winners and race results on the wgn news at nine. chicago public schools unveiled its new "student focused" calendar for the 20-12 school year but students probably won't be happy about it. the new calendar adds 10 extra days to the school year. as part of the revisions both columbus day and pulaski day have been removed as holidays.. cps advisers wanted less interruptions to learning and more consistency for parents. the good news, school won't start until after labor day so students can enjoy those last sweet days of summer. rod blagojevich went to prison yesterday. his former chief of staff,still waiting to hear his fate. judge james zagel postponed today'

this is all tracking off toward the south so this is tracking right toward bethesda, kensington, wheaton. lighter rain showers cover much of the area from just south 95 and route 1 to college park in beltsville and bowie. this extends into prince george's county through woodmore and forestville. farther south and east you see toward baden starting to see some of the shower activity which is making a run. fog also an issue, especially south. the visibilities a quarter mile or less. stafford to orange. we've got some reports of viewers saying i be barely see the town across the street. our temperatures lower 60s for the most part. some upper 50s in prince william county. a quick look on our michael & son weather camera. just clouds. the forecast today 74. later on could have a couple of storms. tomorrow after being in the 50s to start, we get to the mid- 70s. we dry out friday also in upper 70s to around 80 before unacceptinged and cooler -- unsented and cooler -- unsettled and cooler weather, highs in the 60s. >>> two things affecting our drive this morning in maryland. good morning, ever

culmer was arrested last year she had already spent eight years on the force patrolling the streets of wheaton conducting fraud investigations and working as a school resource officer as einstein and northwood high schools. the arrest on federal charges left her stunned beyond belief. >> i can't even describe. i mean anger is ultimately what's going through my head and then i'm going through place of what's going on? i really didn't understand it. >> reporter: sitting in a cell culmer was given a copy of the charges, a nine-page affidavit quoting four unnamed confidential informants who gave investigators bits and pieces. coconspirator no. 1, her boyfriend, was a convicted drug dealer who has been incarcerated in the past 10 years for drug distribution, true, but of the rest of the document was according to culmer supposition and innuendo, in effect guilt by association. >> when i got to the first page, i just closed it because i was upset and i couldn't read it because i knew where this stuff came from. i knew sort of what this was about because of a family dispute that i was having. >> repor

arrested in march last year she had already spent 8 years on the force, patrolling the streets of wheaton conducting trade investigations and working as a -- fraud investigations and working as a school resource officer. the arrest on federal charges left her stunned beyond belief. >> i can't even describe, i mean anger isment matily what is going through my head, -- ultimately what is going through my head then i am going through a place of what is going on i really didn't understand it. >> reporter: sitting in a cell she was given a copy of the charges a 9 page affidavit quoting four unnamed confidential informants who gave investigators bits and pieces coconspirator number one her boyfriend was a convicted drug dealer incarcerated in the past 10 years for drug distribution true but much of the rest of the document was according to her, supposition and innuendo in effect, guilt by association. >> when i got to the first page i just closed it because i was upset and i couldn't read it because i knew where this stuff came from. i knew sort of, what this was about because of a family dispu

i'm in wheaton, illinois, suburbs of chicago. here's the brand new polling in this state. this is from american research group. it came out yesterday and was conducted over the weekend. you can see according to this public opinion survey, mitt romney with a 14-point advantage over rick santorum, the former senator from pennsylvania. you can see newt gingrich, former house speaker and ron paul congressman from texas further down here. it's really kind of a two-person race in illinois. 54 delegates at stake today. 54 delegates up for grabs. it's proportional. not winner take all. you don't have to win to grab some of those delegates. it's an open primary. democrats can vote and so can independents and republicans. this part of the state in suburban chicago you could say more romney country. more moderate vote. he's supposed to do well here. rick santorum is supposed to do downstate with more rural and conservative voters. >> rick santorum made news again for something he said although he probably didn't mean it the way people took it. >> reporter: yeah. this was a big talker

all the main corridors coming in from the north, aspen hill, wheaton you're doing fine all the way to the beltway. once on the beltway still moving pretty well. outer loop side at connecticut avenue headed for 270. it's moving at speeds toward the american legion bridge. back over to the maps. this time we'll head to the other side of town. everything is fine out of brandywine, accokeek, oxon hill and we'll take a live look at the beltway. first awfully in alexandria at route 1 -- first of all in alexandria at route 1, no problems to report. a live look at springfield on the northbound side of 95 bunching up a bit exiting to the beltway. we'll take a look at 66 at 5:38. >>> today the parents of trayvon martin are headed to capitol hill where democrats on the house judiciary committee are holding a hearing on racial profiling and hate crime. >> martin's parents attended a community meeting last night in sanford, florida where their son was shot and killed last month. neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman admits to shooting the 17-year-old. he claims self-defense and he's not been

earlier he pleaded guilty to three additional rapes in wheaton and rockville from 1977 to 1979.he cases through dna evidence. victims say they're still dealing with the traumatic effects of the crime. >> there were things like being afraid of the dark. as most of us confirmed, we still cannot be approached by surprise from behind. there are lingering effects. >> judge nelson rupp called buzby an evil sexual predator before handing down the sentence. with the additional time, he will not be eligible for parole for at least another 23 years. >>> there's controversy stemming from this week's michigan primary. rim santorum's campaign is vowing to appeal michigan -- the decisions of michigan republican decision to award 16 of the state's delegates to mitt romney. not 15 as it appeared that he had won in tuesday's primary. according to state rules, two of the state's 30 delegates were to be awarded proportionately based on the statewide vote. the other would be based on the results in each congressional district. michigan officials now say those two delegates will be awarded to the wi

investigators say he carjacked a woman at gunpoint outside her home in wheaton back in january.t day, prosecutors say he tied up a woman and her son in bethesda and sexually assaulted their housekeeper. if convicted, kevin ray is facing a number of life sentences. >>> d.c.'s former fire chief ordered tens of thousands of dollars of polo shirts for the firefighters. but they've been sitting in boxes for a year now because the current fire chief won't let them be handed out. darcy spencer has our report. >> reporter: $70,000 worth of d.c. fire and ems polo shirts are sitting in boxes inside this warehouse. so why haven't they been distributed? it all boils down to a controversy over this patch. d.c. fire and ems chief kenneth ellerbe won't hand them out because of this patch. he wants firefighters and ems workers to wear uniforms affixed with this patch. >> if we can get money back for them, fine. if we can't, we usually hire about 100 summer employees. we may let them wear the shirts. i don't want to waste anything. >> reporter: the 1700 polo shirts were ordered by former fire ch

rainier and oxon hill, franconia, clifton and wheaton. it is generally in the mid 50s.t locations we are going to be holding steady in the mid 50s. don't have any real daylight yet. the first hints of dawn are showing up. temperatures will be climbing. the day planner, in the mid 70s by noontime. hitting the low to mid 80s by mid-afternoon. the record high is 86 set on this date in 1990 at reagan national. it's probably not going to get that warm on the river, but it will probably be that way away from the waters, especially in virginia. overnight, we'll be clear, mid 60s by midnight. i'll show you all of the regional expected highs for this afternoon in ten minutes. a look at the week and weekend, too. danella? >>> we are seeing a lot of congestion in our area. let the high temperatures today be your happy place as you slow down on the outer loop in montgomery county. making your way past colesville road, under speed. you're at about 36 miles per hour from i-95 to i-270. now over to 395. traveling northbound on 395, you're slow, really slow from the beltway as you make

maryland are asking for your help finding the drivers of two cars who caused the death of a young wheatonr. the drivers were apparently racing along randolph road yesterday afternoon when they caused a crash that killed the woman. fox 5's bob barnard spoke with her family and friends. >> somewhere out there are the owners of a green and white mini cooper and a dark gray sedan who police say were racing each other on randolph road and after causing that deadly crash kept going leaving a life and a great deal of pain behind. the grief is written all over the face of jorge martinez as he places flowers at the spot where his wife nelvis garcia was killed wednesday afternoon. >> it's so hard to see this scene. it is so hard to see where the accident took place. >> reporter: it was a horrible crash. the immediate aftermath was captured on video by sky fox. that's garcia's nissan altima after it left the road flipping several times on the sidewalk before coming to rest near that utility pole. >> and i saw the way the car was and she couldn't survive like that. i mean oh, my god. i cannot imagine

sandy spring, and montgomery county and wheaton coming in at 73 currently. and adelphi at 74 degrees, chantilly and vienna at 72. we're off and running right now. it looks as though another ten degrees, talking about the warmest day possibly of the year. the radar is quiet, look at ohio and kentucky and the big storms coming into atlanta, georgia, a lot of moisture there and it's going to be a fairly slow-moving system for us. as it spins around our area this weekend. so this is the day you'll want to take advantage of the 83 in d.c. 77 over in easton, a little cooler there. your warmest temperatures, your highest readings will be south and west of us around fredericksburg, culpepper. 83, 84 in charlottesville. when we come back, i'll talk about the rainfall totals for the weekend and the kind of storms becould see on saturday. barbara? >> thank you so much. >>> police in prince george's county are investigating a pair of sexual assaults. one of the attacks happened early yet morning in chillham around this time yesterday morning. police say a man wearing a

mo most recently dna evidence was used to connect busby to four additional rapes in the wheaton and rockville areas from 1977 to 1980. u%80. busby pleaded guilty to three of those rape charges on monday. judge nelson called him an evil sexual predator before extending his sentence. victims spoke after the ruling an and said, they're still feeling the effects of the crime. >> there were things like being afraid of the dark and as most of us confirmed, we still cannot be approached by someone from behind. there are lingering effects. >> a federal grant helped connect busby to the victims. with the new sentencing busby will not be eligible for parole until he is 65 years old. >>> as cleanup efforts get under way in the midwest, the region is bracing for the possibility of of even more severe weather. at least 12 people were killed after a series of tornadoes pounded several states. th the hardest hit appears to be the town of harrisburg in southern illinois where six people died. according to the national weather service the tornado that hit that area had 180-mile-per-hour winds. >> i heard a cr

moderate rain across the metro area, but there's the heaviest rain now north of laurel past 32, but even wheaton has light rain, rockville, potomac. it's going to be a slow go, really is with wet roads everywhere. we'll widen this back out and some big time rain just moved through the immediate metro area 45 minutes ago. that's now crossed the bay over towards queenstown. we'll put this into motion. what's going to happen the next hour, a bit of a break and more activity down towards the south will work its way northward and that could become heavy in the next hour or two. the flood watch has been expanded. montgomery county north and west, loudoun and fauquier county north and west. temperatures pretty uniform, mid- to upper 40s, 46 bethesda, 45 gaithersburg and reston and essentially they'll sit here until we get the warm front late tonight or early tomorrow. temps don't move a bunch overnight. a tough commute home. rain and thunderstorms tonight, flood watches now north and west. windy and warmer saturday, breezy and colder sunday. it's going to remind us we are indeed in the month of march w

start jumping back into some of these names, because i, frankly, agree with bob pisani and byron wheaton from the standpoint of this isn't anything new. we knew this was going to start flattening. ten years of 24% growth, it's just not something you expect to sustain. so, when you look at what's going on in the chinese markets, particularly the materials space here, the effects right now, i'm looking for an opportunity and i'm waiting to see some of those huge institutional buyers step in to names like caterpillar, names like joy global, maybe even some of the materials names themselves. we haven't really seen that yet, but that's the opportunity i'm looking for right now. i'm sort of positioning. we'll get into it later, but the banks i really like. >> josh, is this a time to get in or a warning sign to get out? >> we've been studiously avoiding anything with a high china bend, iron ore, coal -- >> why? >> we don't like the cyclical picture from a global perspective, but we want to be in stocks. so, i think this is a great opportunity to look at stocks that are not related and do your b

and one in wheaton, and we serve low-income asian immigrants with fairly limited english proficiency,ing it difficult for them to access the legal system or government services. so, that's what we do, offer the services to advance the legal rights of asian americans in the area. >> and you have a staff now, but you also use volunteers. >> yes. >> and we can talk more about that in terms of the program's need for volunteers. ladies, tell us what lead does. your focus is on young people. >> right. >> rosetta? >> sure. we have been incorporated as a non-profit since 1998, but our work preceded that. it started with the influx of the vietnamese refugees who came to this country in large numbers in the late 1970s. and what they have is that they clustered around what is now the columbia heights area. and the founder of this organization is a refugee herself, and so she kind of made public the plight of these immigrants. and with very limited resources. and as we grew, we focus on youth because we felt that when you work with the youth, you really touch generations of people of generations

that's moving north to the areas you've mentioned, and now wheaton is becoming a priority area as wellne of the next priority areas in the county. >> so, it's primarily retail? >> in silver spring, as you've seen, yes, but we also have, for example, we've been able to attract discovery communications, we have afi silver in fill more that just opened recently, but as you've seen, there's a lot of retail there. a lot of the programs, or some of the programs that the county has, montgomery county has to support the growth of these businesses is, for example, specifically in the program that i've helped to develop and manage is our business incubator program, where we now have five, we call them innovation centers, located geographically throughout the county, and we basically provide business support services, shared use of conference rooms, office spaces, wet labs, clean rooms, and most importantly, business technical assistance to help in the commercialization process of those companies. >> and how do the programs that montgomery county is providing compare with programs in other areas