tom kierein joins us with more on the midday. >> another heat wave under way here and unfortunately, stagnant air in place, you can see that you look that the live view from our sky watcher camera, we have got some air pollution that is building over the city and by midafternoon, the air quality is going to continue to diminish. now, the council of governments i shall be use their air quality forecast and this is a rare code red, air quality forecast for today, which means if anybody has a heart or respiratory ailment, you should definitely stay inside this afternoon, and anybody else, even if you are healthy, you definitely need to reduce outdoor afternoon activities and if you do have to be outside and do have exert yourself, definitely take frequent breaks, drink plenty of water, in addition to the pollution in the air, we have got some big heat building. temperatures into the mid-90s. fortunately there is not a lot of humidity. look at the temperatures that the hour right now at 11:00 it is 90 in washington and it's the 57th time this summer we have hit 90 degrees or higher and this is ranking now in one of the top five all-time summers for thnumber of 90-degree days n suburb, mid-80s, prince georges, montgomery, fairfax, in the 80s throughout much of the region, shenandoah valley, the beaches, mountains of west virginia, in the 70s. last 12 hours, high pressure locked in place, which is really not giving us any ventilation, we are not getting any ventilation of the air so the pollution builds in this stagnant air this high will eventually break down as hurricane earl approaches the atlantic seaboard. nor afternoon, sunny with unhealthy air qualities, highs reaching the mid-90s. i will have the latest track for hurricane earl and how close it may come to our atlantic seaboard and the latest on that, that will be coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> all right, tom, thank you. >> all right. if you plan on taking a trip over the labor day holiday, you are not alone. aaa predicts nearly 790,000 washingtonians will travel this year. that is up nearly 10% from last year at this time. unfortunately, some bad weather could put a wrinkle in some of those travel plans. news4's tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: this year, we have seen more washingtonians travel more than last year, those numbers are expected to be up again for the labor day weekend if the weather doesn't get in the way. >> we have got this hurricane earl that we are not sure what it's gonna do yet. >> reporter: possible threat of hurricane earl or tropical storm fiona may wash out some of the plans for this labor day weekend. a new aaa survey estimates 788,000 washingtonians are preparing to head out of town and 93% of them said they will be driving. >> i hate to say to a family don't go to ocean city, don't go to rehoboth because we have a hurricane threatening. it may just stay offshore and maybe we will just see riptides like we just saw from the previous one with. >> reporter: aaa spokesman says be an educated traveler and prepared traveler are the safest traveler. it is not just where you are it's where you're going to be. and a hurricane could skirt by here and slam into new england, for example. >> reporter: aaa suggests watching the forecast here and also for where you're headed because things can change quickly. check your flight status. check in with your hotel for the storm's impact there. travel with a carry-on bag if you are flying for greater flexibility and finally, heed all evacuation advisories and orders. >> don't cancel an opportunity for a family getaway unnecessarily, but remember, a bad decision can be a very costly decision and ultimately, your family's safety should you can the top priority. >> reporter: aaa spokesmen are saying if you follow this advice, you should be safe and secure for this labor day weekend. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> also remember that if you are traveling by car, keep your tank filled. if power goes out around you, that will impact gas prices as well with. also, keep your cell phone charged and keep extra food in your car, just in case. many petco customers are finally getting the chance to let out some of their pent-up frustrations. the maryland public service commission held its first public hearing about the reliability and quality of the utility company last night. over the summer, several storms caused major power outages that affected nearly half a million customers. many of those outages lasted for days at a time. for customers who have been affected, time and time again, they have had enough. >> since january 3rd, we have had a total of 18 electric outages. >> i could regail you with the number of outages that my family, my neighborhood, my friends and my patients have suffered. it is not an outage, it is an outrage, sir. >> reporter: the majority of the power problems occurred in montgomery county. it says it is the abundance of trees in that area that is causing most of the issues. the maryland public service commission will also be holding another one of these hearings on thursday night. it starts at 6 p.m. at the prince georges county community college in largo. check the midday traffic for you now. let's go to jeri edwards and see what he has to tell us a lot of problems out there early today, jerry. >> yes, good morning. it was a very, very busy morning, midday settled down just a little bit, keep our fingers crossed, see how we are doing out to the construction zone along 395, 14th street bridge, a little while ago, they blocked off that far left lane. you can make the turn to go to the gw parkway, but that is it. if you are going downtown, no choice but to stay to the far right and a very minor backup now. that is working in our favor. see how we are doing else were the trip along 270, northbound and southbound right now, traveling between the capital beltway, i-70 and frederick moving along nicely. he will we will keep you updated. barbara? >> okay, jersey, see you in a few minutes. if you live in virginia and plan on getting your license renewed in person today, don't waste your time going to the dmva computer glitch is preventing all computers from processing involving a photo in the commonwealth. megan mcgrath has the latest. they can't seem to get this fixed, can they? >> reporter: they can't a problem going on for several days, they started seeing the issue last week. now, they are working on it but the bottom line is that anything involving a photo, the dmv offices, all 74 of them, they simply cannot do it that mean these can't issue new driver's licenses and can't renew ones that have expired. needless to say, a lot of folks still haven't gotten the word. they have been showing up here at this dmv office, only to be turned away. need a new driver's license or need to renew your expired license? well, you are not going to be able do it today. a computer problem has made it impossible for the dmv to do anything involving photos, so no state identification cards, new driver's licenses or driver's permits can be issued. julia needs to take a test before she can renew so she was turned away this morning. >> i'm actually leaving tonight to go out of the country for four months and my license is going to expire while i'm there so it means that december is going to be really annoying when i get back. >> reporter: last week, a computer glitch caused a massive server outage. 27 state agencies were affected, most are back to business, but the dmv is still having problems. at the office in arlington, people who were turned away this morning were told not to return until thursday. for jose ortega, it means he will have to take more time off work. >> tried to renew my driver license and they told met system was down, i didn't know about it. >> now what? >> now i got to come back another day. lose a day of work. >> reporter: governor bob mcdonnell has called for an independent third party investigation into what happened. there was also the possible that contractors, like northrup grumman will have to pay the state for lost business due to the crash. now, when will this be fixed? that remains to be seen. initially, officials with the dmv said it was back up and running on wednesday, but folks who turned up here this morning trying to get licenses, they were told not to come back until thursday. now, there is a meeting that is going to be taking place later on this morning. dmv officials are going to get a briefing by the folks that are trying to fix the computer system so they should have a better idea later on early this afternoon exactly what the time line might be here. now, here's one thing though. if you need to renew your driver's license and it has not yet expired, and that is important, it has not yet expired, you might be able to do that online. now, if you already have an expired license though, the online option is not available to you. you are going to have to wait until the system is fixed. keep in mind, you will also have to bring proof of citizenship so, that means either a passport or a birth certificate, but a big inconvenience for a lot of folks. barbara, back to you. >> certainly s all right. thank you, megan. police in fairfax county are reminding drivers to be extra careful this morning after a 9-year-old girl was hit and killed by a car. rebecca johns was riding her bike with her two friends in the rose hill community. this happened yesterday, when she was struck by a car. police say the girls attempted to to cross the street and that is when johns was him. she was taken to the hospital where she later died. while it appears speed was not a factor in this accident, neighbors say that has been a problem in the past. >> they do more than 35 mile he is and i know that for a fact. and it was an accident a couple weeks ago. >> the 80-year-old driver involved in this accident did stay at the scene, he has not been charged with any traffic violations. and this morning, frederick county lawmakers are discussing an immigration law similar to the one passed recently in arizona. three republicans from frederick county are proposing a law that would, among other things, require police to question people about their immigration status if officers have reason to believe they are in the country illegally. the measure is a long way from becoming a reality though. the frederick county commissioners must accept it as part of their 2011 legislative package and must be approved by the maryland general assembly. our time right now is 11 minutes after 11:00. two men have been arrested in amsterdam as part of a possible terror investigation. coming up, what suspicious items were found in the luggage of one of those men. plus, before addressing the nation, president obama spends some time in texas today. what he is doing there with a group of soldiers. and he has still got it. roger federer makes a shot you have to see to believe. stay with us. president obama is on his way to el paso, texas, now, home to the first armored division, old iron sides. he will meet with the troops at fort bliss and thank them for their service in iraq. 7,000 troops have returned home to fort bliss in just the last six months. today's visit with the troops comes just hours before the president addresses the nation announcing the end of combat operations in iraq. he is expected to say that he fulfilled one of his campaign promises, but the white house says he will not say the mission is accomplished. tracie potts has more now from capitol hill. >> reporter: the u.s. is packing up its battered vehicles and war-weary soldiers. tonight, president obama will declare our fighting days in iraq are over. >> we are not going to be operating in the same combat role that we have in the past. >> major combat operations in iraq have ended. >> reporter: but don't expect another mission accomplished moment. >> you won't hear those moments coming from us. >> you cannot have a mission accomplished speech. he cannot there are 50,000 americans still in iraq. we are not ending the iraq war. >> reporter: those troops will stay another year, training iraq as they try to keep order with no government in place six months after elections. >> they have shown they have been ready. we saw that during the elections, seen that during major religious holiday, we have seen what capable of doing. >> reporter: vice president biden there is urging the process forward. >> there still is not a unity government in place in iraq, so we are at a little bit of a violent period, a transition period. >> reporter: a transition for the iraqis and the u.s. president obama begins today in fort bliss, texas where 7,000 troops have come home in the last six months. now, republicans say he should actually give president bush some credit because they say it was the bush troop surge that led to the ending of these combat operations in iraq. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> and vice president biden and u.s. officials have downplayed suggestions that they are abandoning iraq at a crucial time. the vice president said militants' attempts to wreak havoc in iraq have been unsuccessful. and we are following a developing story out of the netherlands this midday. that's where two men are being held after arousing suspicion on a flight from chicago to amsterdam. ahmad al soofi and has sam mauricecy were detained for questioning. both arrested in amsterdam after airport screeners in the u.s. found a phone taped to the a bottle of pepto-bismol and a box cutter in al soofi's luggage. both men missed a connecting flight in chicago. al soofi had originally been stopped and questioned while flying out of billion bam but he was allowed to continue on to chicago and to amsterdam. federal investigators want to make sure this was not an attempt to test airline security. a new report claims that there have been many close calls in the skies above washington, according to the "washington post." investigators say on-board systems meant to prevent midair collisions have been triggered 45 times this year. that is a record-setting pace. one of the closest calls involved two jets carrying nearly 600 people to reagan national. one faa official told the post that the problems stem from a miscommunication between the air traffic controllers who handle different legs of the trip. we have more now on the developing story out of the caribbean this morning, hurricane earl. the storm is starting to move away from puerto rico. more than 12 inches of rain dropped on parts of the island overnight. many of the tropical storm warnings in the area have been discontinued now, but now the bahamas has announced a tropical storm watch. and tom is here with us now to tell us how soon we might see some of the effects of that hurricane on our seaboard. >> i don't think we are going to see any effects here in the local metro area but we may see some tropical bands, outer bands from the storm of rain and winds at the beaches, lewis, delaware to virginia beach by friday. but here locally, we are talking about some heat. as we look there at the live view from our sky watcher camera, we can see plenty of sunshine pouring down in a blue sky. right now, 90 degrees at national airport. dew points, 63. that is not too hoo humid, moderate humidity, a very light wind. right now, in the 80s in prince georges, montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties, 80 around the region, near 90 away from the beaches and the waters on the eastern shore. and look at the dew points in the low 60s here, drier west and north and upper 50 dew point there but a little more humid, right near the bay. it is quite steamy there on this tuesday morning. temperatures on the eastern shore near 90, norfolk now 86. farther inland away from the waters, near 90 across much of virginia. in western maryland and west virginia, many locations are in the mid-70s. after another cool start this morning, they were in the 50s. the past 12 hours, high pressure locked in place, not moving at all. as a result, we have stagnant air in place and pollution from all of our activities builds in the air and we get unhealthy air quality building by the afternoon. the tropics have been active, here is what is going on, hurricane earl mo pulling away from puerto rico and we have got fiona to the east of earl, which is a fast-moving, disorganized tropical storm with winds about 40 miles an hour and there is another disturbance farther to the east of fiona that may become a named storm later. of greater concern is earl, track, west northwest, win winds 130 miles per hour, moving about 12 mile percent hour, the west northwesterly direction, looking to be a category 4 storm here the next couple of days. this is the position by 8:00 thursday morning. then during the day on thursday, passing right near cape hatteras. by friday morning, it looks like it will be just to the east of ocean city, maybe 50 to 100 miles east that is the center of circulation, of course, hurricanes can have wide-ranging effects that can go out 100 miles or so either side of it. now, here is a closer look at that track and as it does come up, the greatest concern for us is if it does decide to track into this yellow zone. the yellow zone is the potential zone for this to track t can go farther to the east of this center line or it can go farther to the west, but the chance was to doing that are very small. the greater likelihood is that it will stay out to sea here by friday morning, 8:00 in the morning, be centered maybe 100 miles to the east southeast of ocean city but still close enough for some of these outer bands to lash the beaches with some tropical downpours and some gusty maybe even tropical storm-force winds but here, it looks like we will probably just have clouds from that system on friday. then it will diminish as it pulls away. now, we look at what has been happening heart last 12 hours, huge area of high pressure keeping things dry and tranquil for the last several days from new england all the way down to georgia and this high will eventually sort of stay out and wash out as we do see the approach of earl coming up the atlantic seaboard. the first rains may hit the outer banks on thursday around noontime. so, for us, sunny, unhealthy air quality building this afternoon, highs reaching the mid-90s, then overnight tonight, should be clear, 80s through the evening, sun sets at 7:40, sunrise, 6:37, near 70 by then. then another day, tomorrow, a lot like today, low and mid-90s, may have another air quality alert tomorrow but then on thursday, winds may pick up a little bit. some high clouds coming in near 90. near 90 again on friday, but probably just cloudy here around the metro area. earl stays on this offshore track. then saturday, sunday, monday, looking great. cooler weather moving in. low humidity with sunshine each day. and that is the way it looks. i will be back with another update coming up. >> all right, tom, thank you. see you in a few minutes. check now on our midday traffic again. here's jerry. . >> hey, barbara, let's head out and update folks on the roadwork out there. there is plenty of it as usual, along the 95 corridor, just comes down the bend on 95 southbound, construction takes away the right lane there is a little bit of delay but not ased about as we have seen, which is good news. the northbound side looks good from dale city up to the capital beltway. let's head over and take a look along the prince georges' county beltway. this was the scene of a real messy morning, central avenue, accidents both ways. travel lanes are gone, accidents are gone, and collins park around andrews moving along very nicely. barbara? >> okay, jerry, thank you. our time, 11:3 still ahead on news4 midday what is next for pitcher roger clemens after pleading guilty in federal court for lying to congress. the latest guideline on the 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[ charlie ] try super poligrip free. jury selection is set for next april in roger clemen's perjury trial. clemens pled not guilty to in federal court here in washington. he is accused about lying whether he ever used performance-enhancing trucks when he testified before congress two years ago. clemen does face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted. sentencing guidelines suggest woe spend between 15 and 21 months behind bars. clemens wasn't in washington for long. he hopped on a plane shortly after his arraignment to play in a golf tournament in north carolina. and from the court of law to the tennis court, and a shot you have to see to believe. >> he does it again! he goes it again, everybody! >> that is roger federer, proving that he is still one of the best tennis players in the world. he hit that unbelievable winner during his match last night in the opening round of the u.s. open. federer won the match, by the way. you think that was impressive? he hit an identical shot in last year's u.s. open. it is now 11:27. coming up in the next half hour of news4 midday, we continue to follow two major weather stories, hurricane earl and the heat in our area. there are concerns about air quality today. we will also have the latest on the race for chairman of the d.c. council. a new poll is very good news for kwame brown. and the latest on the massive egg recall. an fda report paints a disturbing picture of several farms at the center of this recall. stay with us. we are coming right back. here is what is happening now on news4 midday. president obama is headed to el paso, texas to meet with troops at fort bliss. later, the president will return home to washington and address the nation from the oval office. there, he will announce the end of combat operations in iraq seven years after it started. and right now, people who plan to travel over the labor day are keeping an eye on hurricane earl. aaa says car travel will be up, meaning the roads will be busy, no matter what the storm does. overall, aaa says close to 800,000 local residents will be traveling this holiday weekend. and we continue to follow developing story in the caribbean this morning where hurricane earl remains a category 4 storm with over 135-mile-an-hour winds. earl is now moving away from puerto rico and bending north, setting its sights on the eastern sea board of the u.s. nbc's leanne gregg reports. >> reporter: earl already packed a punch in the caribbean and later today it is expected to bend farther north. by early thursday, the hurricane could possibly skirt the shoreline from the carolinas to new england. it has knocked out power to tens of thousands of islanders on its trek across the atlantic. in puerto rico there was heavy rains, strong winds and high surf. for the u.s. coastline, the worst-case scenario, earl veers west and goes ashore. >> we think the odds are staying offshore, somewhat offshore, so the worst of it doesn't hit the east coast but we cannot guarantee that will not happen at this point. >> reporter: in florida off the coast of jacksonville beach, earl was already producing rough surf and strong winds. all the way to maine, cancellations are coming in for what is usually a busy labor day weekend. emergency planners say they are ready. >> this isn't something we put together 324 hours in advance this is a 365 days year event, we are preparing for some potential type of disaster. >> reporter: for now the wait is on. leanne gregg, nbc news. following right on the heels of earl is the newly formed tropical storm fiona. fiona is not expected, though, to be as powerful as earl. we will check with tom kierein now about our weather, because we have got unhealthy air, code red it is? >> yeah. yeah, developing, because we have got stagnant air, we have the pollution from all of our automobiles and all of our activity building in this stagnant air. so if you do have a heart or respiratory ailment, best idea, stay inside this afternoon. if you have to be outside, just the heat alone should tell you to reduce your exertion and drink plenty of water and we do have plenty of son, live through view there from our sky watcher camera overlooking northwest washington. right now, 90 at national airport. getting uncomfortably hot, not the humidity is rather low, it is still getting dangerously hot if you overexert. it would be certainly flirting with heat exhaustion, take this heat seriously. right now in the 80s throughout most of the region. we should peak in the mid-90s by midafternoon. overnight tonight, we will be down in the 80s through the evening and upper 60s near 70 by dawn tomorrow. another hot day on wednesday, maybe another air quality day with the poor air quality. we will have highs reaching the low to middle 90s. then low 90s on thursday, high clouds coming in in advance of hurricane earl. it does still appear it will be off the atlantic seaboard, close enough to give us clouds on friday and maybe some tropical showers and some blustery winds at the atlantic beaches on friday and also dangerous surf. then over the weekend, still some dangerous surf at the beaches on saturday, but it could be much cooler, highs reaching only near 80 throughout the entire region, low to middle 80s on sunday and monday, low humidity throughout this period. morning lows, kind of chilly, in the 50s. is that the way it looks. >> thank you, not exert ourselves today. did you hear that jerry no exerti exertion, no moog the lawn go home, take a nap. >> here, i was going to exert myself. i guess i will have to take that nap. something unusual for a change, right? let's head out, take a look on the capital beltway, northern virginia, pretty smooth sailing, a docent midday trip, the inner loop here the outer loop, you travel from i-66 down to springfield, both directions. looks like we are moving along nicely no hangup what is so ever. more on the capital beltway, college park, maryland, inner loop of the beltway, route 1, greenville looking good. couple problems in the day cleared, right now at this point, american legion bridge, we are looking good. barbara? >> thanks, jerry. have a great afternoon. drivers south of the district will have to avoid a major ramp closure again tonight on the sousa bridge. the i-395 south ramp off the southwest freeway will be closed for two more days because of road erepairs. the closures will begin each night starting at 9:00 until 5 in the morning. drive letters be detoured to pennsylvania avenue and 12th street southeast. police say the woodbridge car wash employee who was to blame for a freak accident at the car wash this past weekend didn't even have a license. they say he isn't even in the country legally. two workers at the car wash were hurt when the driver accidentally plowed into them on sunday. the car wash manager says the man provided what looked like a legitimate social security number and driver's license. and today, metro bus ride wers ideas on how time prove service are going to have a chance to speak their minds. metro's hosting five public meetings over the next month as part of a service evaluation study. it is looking to improve service along four bus lines. they include the b-2 line that travels through an cost ya, the d-line that that travels lieu oxen hill, the lane through mcchrystal city and mcclaine and the 25 bus line through boston. the first meeting will be held tonight at the oxen hill public library in oxen hill, from 6:30 to 8:30 this evening. metro police are crediting some high-tech cameras with a decrease in crime in metro parking lots. last year, several transit police vehicles were equipped with special cameras. they captured and processed license plate information on other vehicles. police say the license plate readers are used to track down stolen vehicles as well as cars belonging to burglary suspects. transit officials say car thieves have no noticed what they are doing them say car thefts in metro parking lots dropped 16% since those cameras were installed. and attempted car thefts, too, have gone down about 20%. in addition to preventing break-ins, the cameras immediately run plate numbers through national and local criminal databases to locate people without sta outstanding warrants. state attorney ready to announce who he would like to lead the county. glenn ivy is expected to endorse baker today for county executive. baker is a former maryland state legislator. he is hoping to succeed jack johnson. baker is running against four other candidates. ivy, himself is not running for re-election, for for any other office. now to the district and race for d.c. council chairman. vincent orange is asking the d.c. office of campaign finance to investigate the finances of his rival, council member kwame brown. orange's campaign claim it is has evidence of more than $70,000 in unaccounted for campaign expenses from brown's re-election bid four years ago. brown's campaign calls that move an act of desperation. meanwhile, brown holds a sizable lead over orange in the latest "washington post" poll. he leads 47% to 25% among all democric voters surveyed. 22% of the people polled are still undecided. some d.c. residents are already voting in the race for mayor. more than two weeks before primary day. polls opened yesterday for early voting. this is the first time it is being allowed in washington, early voting. hundreds of people took advantage of the opportunity to go to the ballot box early yesterday. in week, nbc 4 is joining the "washington post" and wuam radio to bring you a debate between the two leading candidates for may mayor. the candidates will answer questions from three panelists, including our own tom sherwood. and watch that thursday at noon right here on nbc 4. in news for your health this morning, the flu vaccine, may sound early to start talking about that. the annual shot for the virus. but the american academy of pediatrics released new updated guidelines for this year's flu season. nbc's chief medical examiner -- chief medical editor, nancy snyderman, spoke the "today" show this morning and detailed who should be receiving the vaccine. >> children six months of age and over and there is some nuances as to whether some kids should get one shot or two shots, check your pediatrician for that but really not recommended for kids below six months of age or those over six months of age, kids are healthy, pregnant moms, anyone who has a chronic illness, anyone who take cares of children in the household. why? because flu can still kill. and secondarily, if you get influenza, you and i who are otherwise healthy, you can be out of work or out of school for a week or ten days and secondary pneumonia is what can really hurt people. >> dr. snyderman also says that after last year's swine flu outbreak, the swine flu vaccine will be included in this year's generic flu vaccine. 11:40 is the time. still ahead on news4 midday, august has been a bad month for stocks. we will take a look at where the numbers stand on this final day of the month. plus, beauty products can be a big expense, but will the drugstore brands work just as well as the designer labels? we will ask cheryl burgess. dr. burgess joins us, as usual, on this tuesday. stay with us. stomach-churning, how one consumer grown describes the conditions of the two farms at the sent other of a massive egg recall. today, the fda released two new reports detailing just how bad things got at the farms that prompted over half a billion eggs to be recalled. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: investigators went inside two giant iowa egg producers, visiting several hen houses this month. the farms no longer shipping he cans to stores were connected to an outbreak of illness, nearly 1500 reported cases of salmonella. the new fda reports lists filth and dylan dated conditions. some examples of many violations seen, rodents, frogs, insects and wild birds were observed inside facilities. escaped, uncaged chickens were near the egg-laying operation. employees did not wear or change protective clothing. structural damage to buildings. holes that allowed access to insect he is and rodents. especially unpleasant, manure pit as high as eight feet tall. and tests showed water used to wash eggs tested positive for salmonella. bottom line? company executives were told you failed to follow your plan for disease prevention. >> if we can put in place the kinds of preventive standards and approaches that we have been developing and committed to, then we can reduce the burden of food safety across the nation. >> reporter: what's the fda doing? tougher new rules went into effect in july and the agency is about to begin a 15-month inspection of the big farms responsible for about 80% of the country's eggs. >> those farms are cooperating with the fda investigation and saying they want to restore public trust. job vehicles making their way to the homes of the redskins this weekend. employment guide.com is holding a job fair at fedex field as part of their putting america back to work job fair series. these are pitch others of a line before doors even opened this morning from chopper 4. a variety of employers are attempting to attending this fair, including companies in health care, finance, sales and hospitality. the fair will run until 2:00 this afternoon. home prices rose in june the third straight month. we will check in with you how about cnbc's courtney reagan. she joins us live with that and the rest of the business headlines. hi, courtney. >> hi, barbara, good morning to you. stocks facing a turnaround, kind of nice, down earlier and up 50 points or so on the dow, a good news. the selloff yesterday accelerated into the close today. today it looks like we are flip-flopping, started lower, now higher. good news there asian markets did fall overnight, europe lower, now a lone ranger, we look at our trading partners as far as the green goes. we do have a full plate of economic data today. the consumer confidence index rose slightly for august. the sentiment remains gloomy about jobs and quality. according to the case-shiller price index, the prices rose 1% in june. they used 20 major cities for a lock at home prices as an average across the country. that is the third straight monthly rise, 17 of the 20 measured -- of those measured cities show price increases, two were flat and prices only fell in las vegas. minutes from also month's fed meeting will be released this afternoon. a new federal rule requiring mortgage lenders to give borrowers a reliable estimate of their closing cost appears to be working but still unclear whether it is costing people more money. bank rate.com says average closing costs on a $200,000 mortgage are up 37% from last year. real estate expert says the rise is due to lend versing to hire more people to process loans and comply with the new rules. this year, a g mail user, you might have noticed changes today. google is launching a major upgrade it is a new tool that automatically searches your inbox to find messages that you find most important. rivals have tried similar technology but no one attempted e-mail filtering on such a wide scale. g mail will effectively learn your message priorities, analyzing how you respond, if you reply quickly or deal del leet them. interesting to see how long it takes to pick up on people's e-mail habits. back to you, barbara. >> thank you. have a great day. see you tomorrow. >> see you then. if you're trying to cut back on your expenses but still want to look beautiful, you may want to court advantages of buying drugstore makeup and multiproducts. dermatologist dr. cheryl burgess joins us this morninging with what you can buy and whether they really work as effectively as some of the other things. welcome, as always. >> thank you. >> do they? can you buy, and it looks like drugstores are really adding to their beauty products and some of them even have special sections. >> right. if you go to europe, their drug stores are totally different than ours. we have the candy and the wrapping paper and the flip-flops and not just skin care. and they are trying to focus more on skin care products and color cosmetics, like a lot of the european pharmacist. so, yes, they can be beneficial they canning economical. when you are dealing with color cosmetics it doesn't matter that you are looking at the drugstore level brand versus the department store because it's the shade or the color that's of most interest and not the product ingredient he is. >> you mean that lipstick and blush and all of those -- >> foundations. >> eyeliner, all of the same? >> it all comes off the same conveyor belt. >> wow. >> yes. >> so, what you are paying for -- oh, yeah. what you are paying for is that one-page ad in the "washington post," that salesperson behind the counter, to show you and help you with your application. but most people know how to put on makeup. most teenaged girls know how to put on makeup and they can go and experiment and you can take products back to the drugstore. >> if they don't turn out -- >> doesn't turn out to be right, you can return items. >> so, even for facial makeup. >> foundation. >> those things you can buy there and it is exactly the same stuff as you are paying $75, $80 for in the department store? >> exactly. a lot of people don't know that but they are manufactured by certain companies in this country that make everyone's products. >> well, is there any product or type of product that you should be picky about? >> mainly the shade. that's where you might not have your shade in the department store but it may be in a drugstore or vice versa. so, that's important, not the ingredients it is like making a cake, you have the basic ingredient and the flavoring may be different. >> avon and mary kay what about door-to-door cosmetic companies? >> those are direct-sale companies that actually incorporate the consumer to be a participant and a salesperson. so it is a way to make side income or major north carolina, some instances, but again, you are paying for the pink cadillac that the person gets when they sale lot. the prices can be higher than the drugstore. >> what about the benefits of doctor-recommended products? some of those come from -- >> that is where it divers. cosmoceuticals can only be dispensed by a physician, the ph and concentration does vary. they could cause a problem if not used as directed. and that is one of the issues why you have to be under a physician's care for those types of products, but otherwise, any cosmetic product is made to do no harm. it doesn't say it has to be able to do what it says it's gonna do it just has to be safe for the average consumer. >> we always like to bring up sun products, too, those from the drugstore are just -- >> exactly. exactly. >> should we be concerned about the lead or other dangers in lipstick? >> that's concern because there are more reports where we are finding more traces of these elements in our lipsticks. and they shouldn't be there. >> will that be to on the label? >> it may not. >> okay. >> they tested and they found it has -- contained lead and mercury, so we just have to do more testing. the fda does not control that part of the industry and they should be a little bit more mindful of that -- that these elements are sneak nothing some of our products. >> dr. cheryl burgess, as always, look forward to seeing you next week. >> next week. >> come one some questions i want you to answer for folks. our time right now, 11:52. coming up, a 10-year-old opera singer. plus, meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of the for let take a lock at scope of the stories we are following at noon. at 4:00, the white house oval office gets a makeover. we will get a look inside. the federal government explores a proposal to require calories be posted on menus at places like restaurants. tonight on news4 at 5:00, kids a and high cholesterol. some have no family history of heart disease but the startling statistics highlight a growing problem. those stories plus the latest on hurricane earl and all our weather tonight on news4 starting at 4:00. going to get a final check on our forecast now from tom kierein. tom, getting any better out there? >> well, getting hotter as we approach the noon hour already, we are hitting the low 90s there is the live view from our sky watcher camera, american university in the foreground, off in the distance. the middle distance is arlington, out on the horizon, tyson's corner and fair fax county, the temperatures upper 80s, near 90, 90 in washington, near 90, southern maryland, near the bay, eastern shore, much of the region, shenandoah valley to the beaches, 90s by midafternoon. stagnant air in place, unhealthy air quality developing. more of the same on wednesday, cool in the morning, comfortable, uncomfortably hot, won't be very humid. on thursday, may get a little more humid, highs near 90, winds shifting into the southeast, as hurricane earl approaches the atlantic seaboard but it should remain out to sea, thankfully, maybe about 50 to 100 miles east of ocean city by friday. giving us clouds here, perhaps tropical downpours and gusty winds at the beaches, but then the weekend after that looks great, cooler weather, lower humidity moves in. highs near 80s, saturday, sunday, and monday. see you tomorrow morning. >> thank you, tomorrow. and have a listen to this. have a listen. ♪ >> how old do you think this singer is? would you believe she is only 10 years old? jackie wowed the judges and audience on nbc's "america's got talent." even more amazing, she started singing just two years ago. some think her voice is just too good to be true, but jackie says what you hear is, in fact, her voice. >> sad because they don't believe me and it's hard to show people that i do sing. it's not lipsynching. >> jackie will have another chance to impress you tonight when she competes tonight for a chance to move on to the semifinals of "america's got talent." catch it at 9 p.m. here on nbc 4. amazing. >> wow. she is fantastic. >> incredible. >> that is news4 midday. we thank you for joining us and invite to you tune in for the daily connection at 2. we have news at 4, 5, 6 and at 11:00. tom will be here early in the morning and then join me at 11 a.m. we hope you will be here for news4 midday. have a great day.