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good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. effect is being encouraged to leave the car at home and take public transportation today. the american public transportation association says a two-car household that cuts down to just one can save an average of more than $9,000 a year. on this day, metro is holing a guess the rail ridership contest today. the winner will get a $100 smart trip card. to learn how to enter, go to myfoxdc.com and look under news links. >> that $100 smart card will get you one round trip. >> these days, that is true. it was so nice to see the shot off the stop there. it was beautiful. >> getting better and better. that will be the theme around here today. we are still really humid. have a little fog across the area to start the morning. once the wind pick up, it will be a nice afternoon. should be just about perfect for the middle of june. satellite-radar, let's get to our shower and thunderstorm activity, some of which was of the severe nature across central virginia yesterday pushing well off the coast. can you see it there. and we're left with a little bit of fog and just a few clouds and today should be a mostly sunny day and noticeably less humid than yesterday. that frontal system is doing its work here and it should be a nice-looking afternoon as we get a chance to watch that sunshine build in. 7 # at rug an national. 07 in baltimore. still warm in ocean city. -- 72 at reagan national. the wind will be gusty at time here out of the north and west about 10, 15, gusting to about 20. but with a lot of sunshine mid- think it will feel pretty good. we'll talk about the weekend and what that holds in just a couple of minutes. >> let's check in with julie wright on traffic. >> we'll start off talking about prince george's county often the outer loop, that is where we are now receiving word that there is an accident possibly involving an overturned truck that lost its load of dirt in the highway. heads up on the northbound side aappropriating 50, the john hanson highway. southbound along 270, no problems to report out of hyattstown. the lane here are open. there was a car fire aappropriating 80 in urbana. call ares tell me the activity is on the shoulder but expect some delays. additional traffic as you head out of frederick headed southbound towards route 80. traveling inbound, traffic slowing at 9 at centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. an suv rammed into three d.c. police cruisers before mashing into a tree. it happened in the 4400 block of georgia avenue northwest just before 4:00 this morning. none of the officers was inside a car at the time. the drive of the suv was not hurt -- the drive of the suv was not hurt -- the driver of the suv was not hurt. israel has announced it will ease much of its land blockade on the gaza strip. lead arers are expanding the number of product that israel will allow into gaza including construction materials which are in high tea manned. israel had been facing growing international pressure to ease or lift the embargo following last month's sea raid. bp's ceo tony hayward will object capitol hill to testify before house lawmakers about the gulf oil spill. here also live look right now. hayward has refused to step down. he is expected to answer questions about allegations that bp cut corners that may have contributed to the explosion that set off the spill. yesterday, president obama met with bp executives at the white house. the company has agreed to set aside $20 billion for victims. one exec tough is facing comments. >> we care about the small people. i hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don't care but that is not the case in bp. we care about the small people. >> he is the chairman of bp. he referenced oil spill victims athe small people. some attribute the comment to a language barrier. still, he has apologized. a look at the other top stories we're following this morning. more problems at arlington national cemetery as the "washington post" reports some headstones were found at the banks of a small treatment in the cemetery and others were submerged. nobody knows how the stones got there or who they belong to because the writing is so worn. the judge in the obstruction of justice trial against three men accused of covering up the murder of attorney robert wanona is now considering a motion for aquittal. the three house mates on trial are charged with obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence. robert wone was found dead inside the home where the three lived some 2006. maryland governor mart uno'malley has made his re- election bid official. he filed ther work in annapolis yesterday. he is seen here touring. icc construction project. republican bob earlyic also plans to run but hasn't formally filed yesterday. money for metro could be on the line as the "washington post" reports virginia governor bob mcdonnell's administering is threatening to unravel a one and a half billion dollar plan for metro. until the state gets two members of the agent a spes board. the federal government is providing some money but requires the district, mayor daley and virginia to match those funds inform virginia pulls out of providing funding, metro says a plan to buy hundreds of new railcars will be in jeopardy. it is the end of an era for the rosecroft raceway as the bankrupt track is getting red question to close its doors for good. that means some 200 people will be out of work. own ares say rosecroft has been priced out from bringing in thoroughbred racing and never got the gaming which some believe could have been a lifeline. still ahead, he didn't show up yesterday. he is not showing up today. >> what albert haynesworth's teammates are saying about his decision to skip out ao. a mandatory practice. we'll tell you what a 79- year-old grandmother was caught doing that could have landed her in jail.  president obama's top cabinet officials will object capitol hill later today to discuss a new arms treaty with russia that cuts nuclear weapons. seth of state hillary clinton, mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates will all testify. they will plain to lawmakers that the new treatery will not limit the pentagon's defense plans. a former college professor accused of going on a shooting rampage in alabama is now charged in the murder of her brother 4 years ago. amy bishop is on trial for allegedly shooting six of her colleagues at the university of alabama huntsville killing three. case prompted prosecutors to reopen the 1986 murder case of her brother in massachusetts. at the time think officials thought that bishop pulled the trigger by accident while trying to unload a shotgun but now they say police failed to share crucial evidence. bishop has been indicted in her brother's murder now. a 79-year-old woman has her age to thank for getting her out of what could have been a tough intelligence. ann fisher, a grandmother from maryland, was recently convicted of obstruction of justice. she and her husband were in court facing off against their young he have son and his wife over a family business. surveillance have i i don't shows fisher waiting until everyone left the courtroom and taking document from the opposing side when she thought no one was looking. because of her age, she was fined $5,000 but she could have received a sentence of five years in prison. coming up next, albert haines worth's teammates are talking about the $100 million man's decision to skip out on that mandatory mini camp. we'll check in with tucker for your forecast and we'll check in with julie for the traffic.  how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. day number two of redskins mini camp and their man will not be on the field. albert haines worth has decided he no longer wants to play with the redskins. the situation is not going over well with coach shanahan. >> he did have the ability to go somewhere else and we asked for nothing in return except for not paying him the remainder of his contract. he made $1 million the first year. we felt if he didn't want to be part of us, that is fine. if he wanted to go some place else that would be better for you, but don't take our check and then say that hey, you don't want to be part of our organization. >> take into consideration with decision us make and right now he is not taking everybody else into consideration. it is all about him, how he is going to benefit. i don't want to be here, that, that and that. you are in the wrong sport. >> this is a time sport. the redskins can fine haynesworth but only up to $94 for missing a mini camp practice. you are looking at total fines of about $28,000 pocket change compared to the $20 million bonus. to me, it is like if you paid for a service and then the service you paid for, those people didn't do the job. ill think that they could sue him or something, couldn't they? >> no. >> contracts are tough when you have a guarantee. >> i do like shanahan. he is all business. he is going to be a win. >> i think so too. we'll have more on that as the days go on. >> today will be a pretty nice day. >> a very nice day. you saw the rain out at redskin park. it didn't amount to much. we have a little leftover fog. that is the worst of the forecast today. other than that, a bright and sunny day. we want to talk about the humidity. it is out of here for a day and a half. here are your rain totals from yesterday. didn't am to much. out at national, about 1/10 of an inch. so we could use the rain. we are about five inches behind at reagan national. i think the next five to seven days, just not a lot of chances for rain. 75 at reagan national. we are off to a warm start in places like dulles, 71. 72 in fredericksburg. the cooler and drier air just off to the north and west, dew point temperatures have been falling all morning here off to the north an west. that tells us the humidity levels will be more in check. it should be noticeably more comfortable as we get into the morning hours. 68 to start your day in leonardtown. our highs today will be back into the middle 80s but add sunshine to the forecast and take away the humidity and it will be a great looking forecast. there goes your cold front. it is pushed off to the east. out to the west, out towards ohio and indiana, clear skies, that is high pressure going to be building in and it will be slow to move aross the area. not only today, tomorrow, right through the weekend should feature bright sunshine. as that high pressure gets off the coast here by saturday and sunday, we are going to have a big warm-up and the humidity will be back. so enjoy the next couple of days as the hazy, hot and humid conditions will return. 85 for your afternoon high today. overnight tonight, 66 for an overnight low. comfortable temperature with wind out of the north at five to 10 miles per hour. there is your five-day forecast and i mention a lack of rain. look at that. very quiet the next couple of days. we are going to warm up. weekend high temperatures low to mid-90s here by sunday and monday with plenty of humidity, a very summery feel for the weekend. perhaps an isolated thunderstorm late in the day on sunday. let's get to on-time traffic and we know who that means. >> all right. traveling in montgomery county this more than, accident activity along northbound wisconsin avenue before you reach 410. right side of the road is what is blocked off at this point. it is on the northbound side. not too much of a delay as you travel from heavy chase and head up. northbound i-95, delays are with you out of woodbridge leaving the prince william parkway. typical slowdown here trying to get across the occoquan. route one traffic now starting to flow. just when you thought they couldn't find anything else to charge you for, american airline is adding another fee. this one is optional. it is called your choice. it will allow passengers a -- allow them the option to pay up to $38 round trip to board your flight early. the program is in response to an increasingly scarce overhead bin space arks problem that has gotten worse since you're lines started charging for checked bags. the theory is the sooner you get on the plane, the more likely you are to have a police to stash your bag. >> do you like getting on earlier? >> i like to have a police to put my stuff. >> i do too. but i like to be the first one off. there is a plus side. your business beat is coming up. we'll take a look at what yesterday's white house talk did for bp stock. >> think relaxing thoughts i'm survey by expedia.com found only 5 #% of working americans come back from vacation feeling rested. 0% say stress from their work is still on their minds while they are ahe off the job. seniors-- expeed what -- expedia.com found only 53% of working americans come back from vacation feeling rested. hey, volley for serve. friendly competition runs on dunkin' with our refreshing coolatta flavors. enjoy an icy boost today. america runs on dunkin'. a new blow to local mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. they have been tea listed from the new york stock exchange after fannie stock fell below a dollar a share. so what does it mean for the thousands of local employees and shareholders? we'll talk with an analyst at 7:15 this morning and we'll find out more details then. yesterday's talks at the white house gave bp a boost and oil prices or the rise. let's head up to new york and chris cotter to talk about these things. you and i had been talking just a few days ago about the fact that bp stock was just in a nosedive because of this oil spill. what is going on now? >> so any positive developments are good in the fact that you gain two and a half percent the other day and than you follow it up with another gain. it look like the stock may be -- mute have stabilized a little bit. you have bank of america coming out and downgrading the stock two days after fitch downgrade the debt a couple of notches on bp. it is not out of the water yet. we saw a reversal in the stock to the up when it was announced that they were going to put the $20 bill wrong into escrow because it removed unsirnty. we know that is the absolute worst thing for a stock, people not knowing. least now you know. you are putting the $20 billion in. rebounding from losing 47% of its value. gentleman let's talk about what is going on at the gas ump. i was so pleased just a couple of days to play $2.55 for regular unleaded my way which is pretty nice. >> that is nice. that is below the national average according to aaa. that is at $2.70. it stabilized a little bit. what we've seen is we've seen oil just slowly really under the radar creeping higher and higher over the last couple of weeks. we got down to -- i'm sorry. $78 a barrel. when we were down below $70 just a couple of weeks ago. we are seeing it sort of creep up a bit. there is the lag time between crude oil and the price at the pump and i think we'll be beyond the peak driving season before the prices start to go up so they may not go up that much. there is still a ton of fly in this country. >> you know what i say about that, road trip. thank you, chris. appreciate it. we have more from yesterday's meeting at the white house with bp officials including a closer look at how that money will be paid for victims of oil spill. a major decision expected in the obstruction of justice trial of three men accused of covering up the murder of attorney robert wone. there's a movement afoot in this country. a student-led revolution. a rallying cry for change in an otherwise unchanged educational system. people like me have something to say. people like me demand to be heard. people like me think it's time higher education was held to a higher standard. because it's time all people with talent were recognized. it's time technology transformed the way universities teach. and tradition no longer stood in the way of getting an education. people like me want a choice. people like me want to make a difference. people like me demand a different kind of university. one that puts my talent first. one that learns how i learn. to challenge me... to support me... a mind... on campus... on my terms. it's time a university recognized people like me. people like me. people like me. south a man remains missing this morning even though police have talked with him. maryland state troopers are looking for leonard pauls from frederick. he was supposed to meet a friend for dinner yesterday but didn't show up. police believe pauls may be in a 2009 black lincoln mks with maryland tag 1 fft 59. investigators be able to call him and it was clear in the conversation that he was having a medical condition and was disoriented but he was unfamiliar with the area and he could not tell police where he was. they think he is somewhere in the lewistown area of frederick county. >> okay. hopefully, somebody will recognize that tag or keep an eye out for him and call police. wave been looking at pictures earlier today of a beautiful sunrise out there. >> going >> going to be a great day today. all in all, a great looking day. satellite-radar on max 2. we'll show you that the cloud cover has pushed off to the east and along with it, the shower and thunderstorm activity we had around here late in the day yesterday. and with high pressure building in, our windy mentioned, our breezes are going to pick up out of the north an west today. they will be gusting at times up to about 20 miles per hour. this is a good breeze. it will bring in the cooler and drier air. our high temperatures will still be in the middle 80s but you take the humidity as i mentioned out of the equation and it should feel better. 75 right now at reagan national. starting to warm up. 71 at dulles. bwi marshall, 70 degrees. highs later today, middle 80s but no rain or thunderstorm activity expected today. should be a quiet one and a nice afternoon and that will lead if a nice evening. i'll have more details on the forecast and ask the weather guy is coming up in a couple of minutes. that is a weather-related question. >> no romance involved in this one? >> that is not my area of expertise. >> julie wright will weigh in on that one. gentleman no, i think he said a mouthful. i'll leave that one alone. we'll start off by stalking to the crew in sky fox. over 95 as you travel southbound approaching 216, we have reports of an accident. you can see we have a fair truck blocking that far left lane. two lanes to the right getting by and as you travel southbound, you are in a backup leaving # 2. bw parkway, bet are ride for you this morning. uses that at alternate. -- you are in a backup leaving 3 #. we have a feeling that sunshine will be a factor in this morning's commute. inner loop rolling smoothly as you continue east of silver spring headed around towards greenbelt. eastbound 66, slow traffic at business 34 in manassas. traffic slows again, 29 centreville east of 50 fair oaks and 1 nutley street to the beltway. the prosecution has rested its case in the obstruction of justice trial involving the killing of d.c. lawyer robert wone. the question is could it all enwithout anyone being convicted? >> stacy cohan join us with more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the prosecution has completed their case and as is customary in most trials, at the end of that, since the burden of truffe lies with the prosecution, the defense usually take that opportunity to say that the prosecution has not proved their case and therefore an aquittal is warned. in testimony yesterday, there were a number of witnesses for the prosecution including a maryland medical examiner. dr.david fowler said he learn learned how it be a forensic pathology in south africa where the number of murders involving knives and other sharp objects far he can seeds the number of similar killings here in the u.s. on the witness stand today, dr. fowler was asked about the stab wound found on the chest of robert wone. quote, they meetly catch your eye, dr. fowler said. i have never seen wound like these, not with this uniformity. dr.fowler said he reviewed the items associated with the body. he said the lack of blood on his hands is remarkable. it is a normal reflection to place your hands over any wounds. the pathologist testified he found no evidence robert wone ever moved while being stabbed three time in the heart telling the court, i never fond an identifiable reason if why he didn't move while being stabbed. when ask the how long a person could survive after being stabbed like that. fowler replied he would have lot of conscious innocence 45 seconds it a minute. he could have survived for four to five minutes. there has been a lot of testimony about the knife found at the scene of the crick. the prosecutors think it was planted based on the length of the wounds found in the body. dr.fowler told the court it was less likely the knife found at the scene is actually the murder weapon. these are very similar to the con lieutenant governors reached by the d.c. medical examiner. prosecutors believe the three men now on trial are covering for the killer while the defense maintains an intruder killed robert wone and these three mean men -- three men had nothing on do with it. >> reporter: the judge could decide to acquit one, all or none. if the judge decides to move forward with the trial, can you expect testimony from the defense team which could begin their case sometime today. i'm he stacy cohan, back to you. >> thank you. a man from fairfax is overseas, stuck there. he has been trying to come home from the middle east for sick week but his name is on the no- ply list. his family says he is not a terrorist. the fbi has a policy is november discussing the names on the no-199list. what appears to have raised suspicions is his contact with a possible terror suspect. two teens in prince george's county have been charged in a case of extreme bullying caught on tape. authorities a one of them attack awed fellow student at bowie high school last friday while another one recorded the incident. the video was posted on facebook. can you see from the video the 17-year-old victim being knocked on his back and punched repeatedly. the victim's father thinks his son may have been targeted because of his moroccan and indian descent. >> we want it send a message to the par antiand kids that kids should know they can't get away with things like this. >> investigators were automobile to identify the suspects by searching yearbook photos. they have been charged with second degree assault. the boy is said to be doing okay. with the summer jobs african-american set to start soon, one councilmember wants to make sure it will run smoothly an efficiently. councilman michael brown held a meeting to encourage parment and teenagers to voice their concerns about the program. the program will now start on june 28th. turning now it our other big story and that is the oil spill in the gulf. can you see it is still spewing in this live look deep below the water. later this morning, bp's ceo will get a grilling by lawmaker when he testifies on capitol hill. the company has agreed to set up a compensation fund for the vic tum but it will not be in charge of deciding who ge that money. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has more details for us. >> reporter: on their way into the west wing, bp executives headed for a face to face meeting with the president who hours before had spelled out his intentions. >> we will make bp pay for the damage their company has caused. >> reporter: following meeting, the president announced b perform will put $20 bill wrong into a compensation fund to pay the victims of its spill. >> this $20 billion will provide substantial assurance that the claim people and businesses have will be honored. >> still in damage control mode, an apoll jet you can chairman of british petroleum emerged from the west wing promising to pay the claim plus set up a $100 million fund for oil rig workers who have now lot of lost their jobs. >> we have always met our obligation and responsibilities. we have made here from the first moment of this tragedy that we will live up to all our legitimate responsibilities. >> reporter: north the government nor bp will have the final say on who receives money. instead, attorney kenneth feinberg will be in charge of awarding claims. >> it sets up a process. there will be mr. feinberg and a three-person review panel. all of that can be done in an expedited manner. >> reporter: as with other compensation funds, the victims may have to surrender some rights to sue in order to be paid. >> people aren't going to get compensated twice for the same damages. >> reporter: david hunter a professor at the washington college of law, who specializes in the environment, says for instruct timbes being the fund has pros and cons. >> people will be able to get some compensation hopefully north quickly than the judicial system certainly. but they're not going to be able it get exactly the same money for the exact same claim. >> reporter: but after their previous statement to the press, bp executives walked off with more questions left behind and more still ahead. tom first taber ailed, fox 5 news. >> more on that coming -- tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. oming up, what a new study says about the search if a female version of viagra when we come back. the cost of the gulf oil spill in noard making headline this morning. sunshine state tourism industry is seeing about a 25% decline in business. the state has already spent money on marketing but that money was spent in the panhandle. local leads are in pam that are not happy about that. >> to get zero and not even the kurt -- not even the court courtesy of a phone call. >> a flept can now add pilot to her resume. american a lines flight had taken off with 225 passengers on board. first officer became seriously ill and there were no other pilots on board. captain asked the crew for a volunteer. they selected the 61-year-old flight attendant. she learned to fly when she was 18 and the other folk never knew anything about it. >> good for her. pay it forward is the call from two of the country's richest men. both bill gates and warren buffett want to get the folks on the foreign 400 list to pledge at least half of their fortune. the pledges would total some # hundred billion. that would do a little bit of help. >> i wonder if haines -- haynesworth is on that list. >> i doubt it. >> those two men have done awe lot to give back. we can all learn from them. what is up? >> what a nice looking day we'll have today. i know it is still misty out there. the humidity will be in check today for a change. no rain, no thunderstorm activity. should be a brilliant looking day. >> okay. let's get. >> no comment. you guys got for comment. 75 at reagan national. there goes our humidity. it is on its way down, 64%. wind are out of the west. the wind will get gusty out of the north an west at 15 to 20. it will be breezy at times. pressure is up. high pressure building in and that mean a nice-looking day for us here across the washington area. 75 now in town so we are starting to warm up. still some 1r0 hanging out to the north and west, gaithersburg, 66. manassas is 64. -- still some 60s hanging out to the north and west. our highs later today back into the middle 80s but i men more sunshine in the forecast today an less humidity so it should all in all be a great looking thursday as we're going to watch high pressure build in here from the north and west. rain shower activity yesterday, the worst of it across central virginia where we had severe thunderstorms. you can see those fading off the coast at this hour. we are left with nothing but clear skies in the forecast today. we'll see a few fair weather cumulus clouds build in during the course of the afternoon. with high pressure moving across, not only today but the next self days should fairly quiet with a warming trend in the way of hotter temperatures an more humidity toward the weekend. some changes as we get into saturday and sunday. for today being a great-looking afternoon. 85-degree, mostly sunny skies. becoming breezy with winds out of the north an west at about 10 to 15 miles per hour. tonight, open a couple of windows. clear skies, comfortable temperatures. maybe some upper 50s off to the north and west. winds will be lightening up here off to the north and west at five to 10 miles per hour. tomorrow, another nice one, 87. saturday, sunday and monday, hope you like the hazy, hot an humid conditions because we got them in store. low to mid-90s around here by sunday and monday. maybe an isolated thunderstorm on sunday. i mentioned last hour that we actually could use some rain. we are five inches behind rain at reagan national and we don't have a lot in the forecast over the next five to seven days. we'll keep our fingers crossed to get that. time for act weather guys. good question today. this is a weather-related question. james from upper marlboro, maryland writes in with several questions wrapped into one. he want to know, when is the longest day of the year? when do we have the most sunlight in when is the shortest day of the year? this is the best part. is the longest day usually the hottest? is the short of the day usually the coldest? does that make sense. >> why would they be -- i don't know. >> you would think logically that -- you are going to get the most sunshine. >> june 21, 2010 will be our longette day of the year. any guesses how many hours of sunlight we'll have? >> 16 hours? >> iality high. >> i'm going to say 13. 14 hours, 53 minutes and 43 seconds of day light. >> i was off a half hour. >> the shortest day is december, nine hours, 26 minutes and 23 seconds of daylight. so that is not great. me is the bottom line. the host temperatures lag the summer solstice by about a month. the hottest temperatures around the washington area, typically, middle of july. july16 to july 27, our average daytime high is 89 degrees. i'm concentrating. what happens is imagine the atmosphere is a bank and sunlight is our money. so the more sunlight we put into the atmosphere, the warmer our temperatures are generally going to be. we keep adding to the bank here as we approach the summer solstice but we are not taking much out. we are not allowing a lot of the heat to leave this time of year. even though the summer solstice is passed, we are adding heat and there ever been the warmest temperatures occur about a month after. so the heat is kind of the interest on our deposit of sunlight. >> i love this analogy. >> the same holds true during the winter months, just the opposite. coldest time in washington is about two to three weeks after. >> taking the money out of the bank. we are now broke. >> no wonder we feel so bad in the winter time. >> now it all makes sense. >> if it hasn't been hot enough for you yet, i guarantee it will be scorching hot around here by the middle of july. if you have a we you want answer, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and ask us a question. we'll be happy to answer about any question can you imagine. >> thank you. well done. let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic. >> the original swr. t, -- jt, is that what i heard. >> yes. >> that is nice. i like that. after he got a friend. delays out of germantown as you continue southbound trying to get past mva. more slow traffic from falls road headed out to the split. nothing unusual here, folks. typical delays southbound along 270. southbound 29 now stacking up at randolph road headed out towards white oak. delays are still with you from 32. at the bw parkway, the bailout is begunking to slow at 195. kenilworth avenue north and southbound, northbound lane are open coming out of the district. southbound, you lose the right lane with a stalled car. with the gulf oil disaster and the slow economic recovery, we haven't heard much lately about health care reform. >> it may turn out that a major selling point of the plan might not be an option for some folks. we take a look at why some consumerss are facing the possibility of losing their current insurance. >> reporter: 121 pages of new rules were outlooned this week showing which plans will be grand fathered into the health care reform laws and which ones will be subject to the new laws and mandates. >> if health plans significantly raise copayments or deductibles or significantly reduce benefits, just stop covering treatments like hiv aids or cystic fibrosis, they lose the grandfather status. >> reporter: except for one group, labor unions. the new rules say, quote, any health insurance coverage provided pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement is a grandfathered health plan even if there is a change in issuers meaning insurance providers. >> if it is good if a union contract health care plan t ought to be good for a corporation health care plan. >> president obama has promised repeatedly that his administering would not force people off of plans that they want. >> if you like your current insurance, you will keep your current insurance. no government takeover. nobody is changing what you have ahe got if you are happy with it. >> reporter: some business advocates say small companies now won't be able to shop if a better health care deal without triggering the new government regulations. >> they will have to get out and either start searching for more expensive plans or consider the possibility of getting rid of coverage altogether. >> reporter: and potentially face a fine for not providing that coverage. others say the administration's new rules seem fair. >> they enautomobile small business who really likes the plan they have to keep offering the plan within certain guidelines. >> reporter: still, the obama administration's own estimates say that up to 80% of small businesses and 64% of large businesses may are to give up the plans they have today within three years. in health news, the couch if a female version of viagra is proving to be difficult. the fda says the pink pill tea signed to boost sex drive in women failed to significantly increase sexual desire in two studies. women taking the drug reportedly only had slightly more sexually satisfying experiences. the fda will ask a panel of experts to weigh in on the safety and the effectiveness tomorrow. forget france or italy. you don't have to go far for a good bottle of wine. >> holly is going to virginia. looking at what it takes to go from grapes to glass. we'll check in with her. good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris. as you can see, it is a gorgeous thursday morning. you know what i say gorgeous thursday mornings are good for? a trip to virginia wine country. and we are live at pair moon cellars, a wonderful little vineyard voted virginia's favorite winery in 2007. and the other reason we are at pair moon cellars is it is wine bottling time and virginia wine bottling l.l.c. is a company where they roll up a trailer and inside there is state-of-the-art bottling going on. they roll up the trailer, cook them up to the vats and off they go. so this morning we'll meet the couple behind the company and learn about the process, see how they get the wine into the bottle, get it all labeled perfect, boxed up, and then we'll see how many cases we can bring back to the station. oh, no, i made up that last part. but we'll tell you how to come out here and do wine tasting. >> good. i can swing by on my way home. that will do it for fox 5 morning news. tony is in joining steve today. >> thank you very much, gurvir. the prosecution has finished their portion of the robert wone case. it is day 59 of the oil gulf disaster and we'll see if executives will be back on the hill. this is one day after a meeting at the white house with the president. notice meantime we're

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