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angie is off but kris is in. here is your latest timesaver traffic. >> good morning, howard. we had a couple of incidents there. most have cleared out of the way. we got the green light back. no real problems. serving still green. no real big delays. you see the icon. the accident there has cleared. let's go to a live shot here at route 28. still see police activity off to the right shoulder. they'll be out of the way here shortly. seeing some residual delays from 234 up to the scene. back down again around route 50 out fairfax. back to our maps, in the overview, everything looks good there. we're going to zoom into 95 in virginia. take a live look here at route 1. you can see serving moving well. not a lot of cars on the road this morning. nice and quiet out there all the way from the prince william parkway through woodbridge up toward springfield, things are moving really well. finishing up with our travel times in maryland. outer loop. 10 minutes. usual time there. 95 southbound, no problems there and the inner loop from route 4 over to the wilson bridge, serving looking good. i'm going to have a look at the gw parkway at 6:12. andrea and mike, over to you. thank you, kris. >> fear factor, asian stocks tumble over fears the u.s. may be slipping back into recession. >> the sell-off came on the heels of wall street's biggest one-day trop since the 2008 financial crisis. we're joined now by jessica doyle. it is what people will be talking about all day today. the linchpin this afternoon will be jobs. >> that's right. we'll take a look at what the action has been doing. yesterday really was a horrible day. the dow slipping into correction territory for the year. it was down about 10% over that in the last two weeks. only three stocks in the s&p 500 basket of 500 rose and this morning, stock futures are predicting another drop at the open. overnight, asian stocks tumbled between 2% and 4%. of course, on the heels of the sell-off here at home yesterday, europe is trading lower as well. the markets are between -- down between 1% and 3%. the worries overseas that the u.s. is headed for a recession and that europe's debt problems are getting worse. of course, yesterday's dow lost among the top ten in history in terms of a point loss situation. >> when we hear a jobs report which we're expected to hear later today, how can that affect the markets negatively or positively? >> that's the big enchilada. the big open question, how is the job market doing because that will show us how the economy is doing. right now, economists are predicting a gain in net jobs is about 75,000 for the month of july. much better than june which only saw 18,000. that was a huge disappointment. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 9.2%. so, if we see 75,000 jobs, what happens? we don't know. but if it is lower than that, you can pretty much bet that the stock market is going to fall yet again today. even if it higher, you can still see stocks falling. the reason why, that study was taken in the middle of june. since then, we have heard of thousands of layoffs coming from corporations around the country. those numbers are not factored into the july jobs report. that's going to be reflected in august, in september, in october. so, the markets already predicting that this job situation is going to get worse in the coming months. >> if we start having another free fall like yesterday, could there be an early suspension of trading to kind of hold things in check? >> they do have the trading situation that kicks in. that's a temporary situation. it tends to slow down the momentum trades that are the result of electronic trading on wall street. it doesn't really change mentality, you know. it does not -- in fact, sometimes it can actually hurt the situation but what it does do is it takes the electric trading programs off the table and forces human beings to make the trades. >> there are so many tentacles that go into this. >> one of the things we heard recently, positively was chrysler. they repaid back their loans early so it seemed like the auto industry was bowieed up. the stocks are still taking a huge dive. >> g.m. had profits and still lost! they had good sales and still lost on the stock market yesterday. >> what you saw yesterday was panic selling. it is an emotional response that investors are having to what they're predicting for the u.s. economy. are we in a recession? are we headed to a recession. we need real data to make a determination about that. in the coming weeks. so, in the meantime, investors have these fears and they're acting out by selling stocks and moving into treasuries. moving into gold. moving into oil and moving into cash as a result of that. >> wow. >> eyes on the market today. >> thanks, jess. we'll see you in a little bit. >> the senate is expected to pass a deal today that would get the u.s. back -- get the federal aviation administration up and running again. >> because it has been in a partial shutdown. >> the funding dispute shut the agency down, a portion for two weeks and that meant 74,000 private and federal employees were out of work for that time. the closure is costing the government about $30 million per day in uncollected airline tickets. >> today, president obama is expected to unveil a proposal aimed at helping reduce the number of unemployed military veterans. right now, an estimated one million vets are out of work. >> his proposal would give companies that hire an unemployed veteran $2400 tax credit. companies who hire veterans with a service related disability would get a $4800 credit, eligible for $9600 in tax credits if the veteran has been unemployed for more than six months. metro's board of directors has ended a three-year fight against its largest union. according to "the washington examiner," metro agreed to pay out three years worth of wage increases for a cost of about $104 million. >> that means roughly 8,000 metro workers will get 3% raises for 2009, 2010 and 2011. and no, this does not mean fare increases or subsidies to taxpayers. >> a lot of stress going on. they say a pet calms you down. the washington animal rescue league is holding a special adoption event this weekend. >> they sure can calm me down. surae chinn has more on how you can adopt any time day or night. >> reporter: amelia could pass her health exam with flying colors. today. but a couple of months ago, she was in bad shape. most likely hit by a car, leaving her with a broken leg. >> her leg was actually -- it was almost backwards. it was so damaged. >> when amelia came to the washington animal rescue league, the leg had to be amputated. >> i'm guessing she doesn't know she's only three-legged now. >> hundreds of animals come through the shelter each in desperation, just like amelia. >> hard to imagine a couple of weeks ago, nautilus was at the brink of death before being rescued from a florida shelter. >> i mean he was not wag his tail. he was very lethargic. he has a class three heartworm which is pretty high. yes. >> the vet staff nursed these animals back to health. >> the tail wag says it all. >> when they first get here, it is touch and go. >> it is pretty pathetic. a lot of the animals that come to us have never seen a veterinarian before. they've never had care or had anyone who really cared about them before so it is sad to see them come in but it is exciting to see them come in because we know they're on the road to the best life they could ever have. >> this kitty is going to find a really good home. she will be set for life. >> that was surae chinn and of course, the pet adoption starts 12:01 saturday and goes through sunday. our time is 6:08. chrysler announces another major recall. >> redskins prepare to welcome their fans to redskins park. fan appreciation day coming up this weekend. >> we're back with your weather first in two minutes. 6:11. a decent day ahead. a few sprinkles out toward the west. we've got a few clouds this morning. clouds and sun will start to mix out. 86 by 1:00 southeast winds picking up 10 to 15 this afternoon. highs upper 08s to near 90. let's get a traffic update. here's kris with more. >> good morning, howard. we're flying the gw parkway, southbound toward the district coming off the american legion bridge past the scenic overlook toward the key and 14th street bridges. no problems there. going to have a look at virginia -- actually maryland roads coming up for you at 6:17. mike, over to you. thank you, kris. 6:12 now, more than 100 u.s. hospitals which have received high marks from their patients for providing good care also happen to have a much darker side to them. we're joined now by steve sternberg from "usa today" with more on this disturbing and revealing article that he's done research on. steve, what is the darker side? [no audio] >> apparently we're having a problem with steve's interview. we'll get him back in a moment. here's a look at things making news now at 6:12. a texas jury has convicted religious sect leader warren jeffs of sexually assaulting two child brides. jeffs who represented himself, stood stone-faced when the verdict was read. he faces up to life in prison. the nfl is officially back in business! players have ratified a new ten-year collective bargaining agreement which is good for the fans. the contract allows the nfl to eventually become the first major u.s. professional sports league to use blood testing for human growth hormone. chrysler is recalling more than 367,000 dodge and chrysler minivans because the airbags can go off without warning. the recall affects the 2008 chrysler town & country and dodge grand caravan minivan. the vans were also recalled in january for a similar problem. >> ok. 6:13 now. howard is in. the weekend is here and it has been quite bearable the last couple of days. >> this morning, pretty nice. if you would like to get outside early, go for a walk or want to sit outside and have your morning coffee. bring the tv with you. >> we appreciate that. >> on the porch. >> loud enough for the neighbors to hear so they know what's going on. we appreciate that, as mike said. good friday morning, the weekend is here. weatherwise, a decent day ahead. a few clouds early, especially out to the west. we'll see a decent amount of sunshine by noon. partly to mostly sunny. southeast winds picking up around 10 miles per hour. highs today upper 08s to maybe even near 90 with an 8:00 p.m. temperature still about 85 degrees and a little bit of a breeze out of the southeast at 11 miles per hour. out to the west of town in the shenandoah valley, some of the mountains in western maryland and west virginia, little bit of moisture. not a lot but a little bit of moisture there. showing up on live doppler 9000 hd. over to boston here. bensonville down 340 toward woodstock. all of this trying to lift to the north and east. as far as the weird headlines, a decent day ahead. we'll tell you that one more time. temperatures for most of us will stay below 90. this will be the third straight day below 90 after having a 16- day streak of 90 or better. live doppler 9000 hd, more showers and storms, however, will be around at times over the weekend. if we're lucky, we'll manage to squeeze out most of saturday before we see much moisture. look at the 60s here. to our north and east. 64 in easton. 64 in gaithersburg. go south and west. a little bit more humidity. temperatures have been holding in the lower 70s in places like culpepper. reagan national, 73 with mostly sunny skies and a light easterly winds. dew points have dropped into the middle 60s. >> any showers likely will stay along or west of i-81 as we go through the afternoon. tonight, fairly quiet and as we head toward tomorrow, a chance of some storms in the afternoon. looking at the next three days, today, we've got 88 degrees. sunshine. a shower west. tomorrow, 88. chance of showers and storms later on in the day. at night, although earlier and more frequent in western maryland and west virginia. sunday, chance of storms again. high temperature around 90. as we head toward monday, even hotter. monday will be the hottest day at 95 with a chance of an afternoon storm and back in the upper 80s by tuesday. timesaver traffic, here's kris. >> good morning, howard. it is nice and quiet out there. start of the 6:00 hour. we've got the green light. we had earlier accidents during the 5:00. everything has been cleared out. going to our maps, lots of green. barely seeing yellow or red on the maps. really good for drivers. no delays right now. going to the outer loop between 95 and 270. seeing a little bit of volume pick up between new hampshire here over to university. everybody still moving up to speed. back to our maps, check out the overview. going to zoom into the prince george's county. brandywine, bowie, fort washington, no incidents or accidents to report out there. i'm getting word of no real problems in that area at all. we finish up with a look at travel times. 66 eastbound picking up a little bit around route 50. clear to the beltway. toll road, no problems there and d.c. 295 northbound, everything is looking good up to the 11th street bridge. i'll have a look at 395 at 6:25. andrea and mike, over to you. thank you, kris. back to this really startling report we're learning about from "usa today." more than 100 u.s. hospitals got high marks from their patients when it comes to providing good care. they also though happen to have a much darker side. we're joined by steve sternberg from "usa today" with more on the disturbing and revealing article he's a part of, steve, good morning. what's the darker side to this? >> good morning, mike and andrea. it turns out that patient perceptions of the quality of the care in their hospitals don't really match up necessarily with the objective measures of how well hospitals do. one of the challenges these days, if you're trying to reform a health system is to measure how well hospitals perform and it has been an on- going process over the last five years. medicare has been using data as best it can to find some sort of yardstick for hospital performance and the yardsticks they're using include patient survey data, was your room clean, could you sleep at night? was it quiet. were the doctors informative and nurses tenanttive and that -- attentive and that kind of thing. they're also measuring death rates and readmission rates. those are the revolving door patients who are back in the hospital within 30 days. we had a look at patient survey data for over 4,000 hospitals in the u.s., asking the question "are there hospitals that are well recommended by patients"? more than 2/3 would recommend them to their friends. they gave them nine or ten on a satisfaction scale. how many of these hospitals had high death rates. it turned out that about 120 hospitals in the u.s. had high death rates -- death rates so high in fact that they could not have happened by chance. higher than the national average. >> now, steve, were they related to any procedure or ailments specifically? were they connected to a certain ailment? >> they were, indeed. the death rates that are measured are heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. >> which you find interesting because over the years, i have heart disease in my family and so do a lot of our coworkers here at the station, heart care seems to have improved dramatically with stents. it is kind of amazing that the death rate is connected to that. >> it is true. but there are very severe conditions and people do die of all three. they're common diagnoses and they happen suddenly and you have to be well equipped to take care of them. think about it. it is a little bit like aviation. you know. it is a systems approach. it is not one doctor doing one thing and saving one life. it is free hospital care, getting knew the hospital. heart failure is very complex. it is progressive. it takes -- you know, heart enlarges and weakens over years. and there is a complex mix of medicines to take care of it. pneumonia can come on very suddenly and sometimes you have resistant organisms. so, it is not always a simple thing to save a life and some hospitals do a much better job than others. >> you can read the rest in "usa today." it is a starting report. >> there is a drop down menu on usatoday.com where you can see where local hospitals fair in this. i know two, carlton in roanoke, virginia. here is another look at the question of the morning. our question is all about the weekend. >> just about here. >> study improve proves americans are happier on the weekends. the reason according to this research is that on average, we do 100 minutes more of this on a weekend than we do during the week is. it a, sleep? 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[ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >> a few sprinkles out to the west. it will be a good day ahead with some sunshine, some clouds. a few showers can't be ruled out as you're out toward the park, i-81 and the mountains of west virginia. upper 80s to near 90 for the high today. showers and storms though over the weekend. more on that coming up. right now, here's mike. >> thank you, howard. >> well, just seven more days until the first redskins preseason game. >> it is a match-up against the steelers here at fedex field. a lot of interest because steeler fans are close by. who will take the first two snaps for the 'skins? >> free agents started taking the field thursday which means rex grossman and john beck started their informal competition to become the starting quarterback. both say they welcome the competition. >> the competition for me was on starting a week ago because i had five days to do my best. >> today was just a whirlwind of how everything went down. but yeah, i thought it went well. to be comfortable in your surroundings. >> runningback ryan terrain is out at least a week with four screws put into his hand. he's expected back sooner than later though. he doesn't want to lose hig starting spot to tim hightower. receiver malcolm kelly sat out with a sore right foot. >> tomorrow is fan appreciation day at redskins park and the parking lots open at 9:00 a.m. gates open at 9:30. the marching band and cheerleaders take the field at 10:15. practice begins at noon. you have to look at some of the new players. at 1:30, coach mike shanahan will talk with fans and then it is autograph signing time. our time is 6:26. the disaster on wall street is having a ripple effect around the world on the markets there. jessica doyle explains in her next your money segment. if you have room in your heart and your home, find out how you can adopt a dog or cat almost 24 hours a day. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ oh, won't you be good to yourself? 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we're joined by jessica doyle for a special "your money" report and not so special for a good reason. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> really bad market actually yesterday. we saw, it was horrifying. today, it is all about the jobs report. and economists are predicting some solid job growth there. they're looking for job growth in the ballpark of about 75,000 jobs created last month with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.2%. the markets need some good news. so far today, we're seeing world markets sell off yet again. japan's nikkei, hong song's hang seng and china's shanghai composite losing between 2% and 4% in trading alone. europe trading low for a second day. the markets there down between 1% and 3%. that action follows the sell- off on wall street today yesterday. the dow dropped 512 points. that's a loss of more than 4%. the nasdaq got clobbered down 5%. 137 point loss there. the s&p 500 finished down 60 points. dow down more than 10% since the sell-off began two weeks ago. officially in correction territory for the markets. >> wow. >> so, good news. is there any good news? >> there is some good news. i'm going to start with a quote from one of my favorites, warren buffett. be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful. this is a fearful market. we saw that. 5% decline in some stocks yesterday. those are good, solid companies that are making good solid profits. essentially, what we saw, these companies just got a lot cheaper. i want to give you good statistics. corporate profits and revenues right now are up 13% year-over- year. they're hoarding cash. corporate companies that they have record amounts of cash they have on the sidelines that they're using to boost dividends for investors. so, with a good, solid company, these are actually good times. nothing fundamentally has changed with those companies. just because we saw a market sell-off. >> so, there are opportunities if you do have some money to play with, are there specific sectors that we should be looking at? >> well, you know, that really comes down to your investment philosophy. i'm not an investor. i'm not a certified financial planner so i'm not going to give out investment advice. i will say a lot of folks like energy because we don't see that going down below $3 any time soon. defense spending is probably not going to go away. but consult with somebody before you make those big stock moves. but what we have been seeing, a lot of investors coming out, going into treasuries. going into gold. sort of safe haven investments. >> thank you, jess. >> you got it. >> tomorrow marks the start of a nonstop 33-hour pet adoption marathon. >> at the washington animal rescue league. it is home sweet home adopt-a- thon begins 11:00 a.m. saturday and runs through 8:00 p.m. sunday evening. surae chinn has more on the efforts to find loving animals homes. >> a special and exciting event is happening this weekend. the 36-hour adopt-a-thon here at the washington animal rescue league and we have john monsma to talk about that. good morning. tell us more first about where the animals came from. >> all different places. this particular litter of puppies came in from west virginia. they were covered with mange and were quite sick. they were in our medical center for a long time. the dogs here were from a local shelter here in d.c. that got full. has no more room for dogs. these two are the rest of our alabama tornado survivors, they came up from tuscaloosa. >> how cute. >> these guys were in another shelter in west virginia that had to close. 100 dogs with nowhere to go. we went and picked up as many as we could to give them somewhere to go. >> reporter: so, talk about this exciting event that's happening. 36 hours. you'll be open. >> open at 11:00 saturday. do not close at all until 8:00 p.m. sunday. we'll be open for adoption the whole time this weekend only. people may pay what they will but a unique opportunity. we have 120 dogs and cats waiting for new homes. all sizes, all ages, beautiful animals. all they need is a home. they've been medically evaluated. vaccinated, shots, spayed and neutered, everything. >> this is really the time so many dogs and cats have come in such different stories. some abused and abandoned. so this is the time for them to find their forever home and that might be you. so, come on over here on 71, oglethorpe street in northwest at 11:00 on saturday. back to you guys. >> all right. a very good cause and some cute animals there! still to come, we're celebrating jamaica's culture, heritage and food! we'll also reveal the answer to the question of the day. >> right now, we have 73 degrees. howard says we should stay in the upper 80s today. find out how long that's going to last though. >> set the dvr for a check of what's on channel 9 tonight... what if it snowed chocolate? 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[ male announcer ] send your taste buds a sweet shiver with mcdonald's mccafé frappe. a creamy blend of ice, coffee and mocha. or caramel. mmm. sweet. ♪ ba da ba ba ba here you go. howard? >> good morning, everybody. decent day out there. really, a very comfy -- chilling out on the chair on the terrace. >> that was you. >> yesterday morning it was gross. with the heat and humidity. >> it was that close, that thick. >> it was like being in the shower or the bathroom after somebody has taken a long shower, steamy out there. this morning, much, much nicer. we'll have clouds around in spots this morning. especially west of town. then we'll get up into some sunshine here. a good deal of sunshine. mid to upper 80s, maybe near 90 with a southeast wind. 10 to 15 this afternoon. that may give a little chop out on the bay today. live doppler 9000 hd, it is fairly quiet although out to the west, we're seeing a couple of returns here moving toward the northeast. this stuff is really light. some sprinkles or spritzes will get you over toward the park. here is bensonville down toward boston. this is moving ever so slowly to the north and east. you folks in fauquier county, it may get to front royal. it will try here in the next 20 or 30 minutes to get up toward i-66. it has been creeping. we're seeing around slainsville into parts of west virginia. so, whether or not this gets across junction or westchester, still a little iffy that that's going to happen. 73 in town right now. also a lot of spots like fredericksburg and culpepper, 64 in easton, gaithersburg and even up in baltimore, 65. sunny, 73. light easterly winds, a nice start to the day with dew points down in the 60s. showers today look like they'll be along the mountains here with that southeasterly flow gets a little lift on the mountains and there is the result. the showers. now, tonight and tomorrow, couple of showers are going to try to start pulling east toward us. still a better threat tomorrow will be i-81 and points west. we'll see if any of this will creep toward us in the afternoon and evening hours. another piece of energy comes across with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. that could be the second half of the weekend. in any event, today's going to be a good one. 88 degrees. maybe near 90 in a couple of spots. a few storms tomorrow afternoon. better chance west of town. sunday, scattered thunderstorms. highs near 90. as we head toward the rest of the seven-day forecast, we'll get that going for you. we'll try to get that going for you. monday it is going to be about 95 degrees. could be an afternoon storm then. kris sneed is in the traffic center. >> it has been friday light. we'll keep with the green light. no incidents or accidents reported. i'll do a quick camera tour. starting 95 northbound in virginia. really quiet here. all the way from the prince william parkway up through lorton to the mixing bowl. everything is looking good. no major problems there. moving the cameras over to 66. starting to see a little bit of slowdown toward 123. sun glare factored in. pull up the shades. drivers, can be bright and sunny out there. moving over to maryland. 270 southbound. a little bit of volume picking up here 124 down toward i-370. moving to the outer loop, no problems between 95 but once you get to new hampshire, starting to slow down near university. sun glare factoring in there. andrea and mike, over to you. all right, kris, thank you. august 6th is jamaican independence day. on that day in 1962, jamaica broke free from the united kingdom. >> even though we're a day early, we would like to help celebrate the independence day about the culture and food from jamaica. with us, we have barry buckner from the cafe in hyattsville. what are we making this morning? >> we're going to make some jerk chicken. >> which is a staple of jamaican food. what do we do first? >> well, right here, we have some black pepper which is our own -- tablespoon of black pepper. tablespoon of fresh onion. this is some spice. we have chicken. >> all of these ingredients. >> fresh thyme. >> what is that? >> this is main ingredient. that's the jerk seasoning. >> we have about two minutes. you say that's the main ingredient. >> that's the jerk seasoning. >> spicy. >> very good. >> we blend everything up. >> mm-hmm. >> blend everything up. comes out something like this. >> oh, ok. >> the magic of television. we pour it over the chicken. >> pour it over the chicken. >> amazing. >> we run it in. let it sit for a day before we put it on the fire. >> does it go on a grill? does it make in the oven? >> we do it on a grill. >> here is the finished product. >> we have the recipe of the ingredients on wusa9.com. obviously, there's no great party without great food and you're making that. what else is going to happen tomorrow to celebrate jamaican independence day? >> there are a lot of parties around. if it is not tomorrow, we'll be out saturday or sunday. >> what's going to go on in jamaica? >> all week celebration! >> they have parades, festivals? >> that's correct. a lot of music, a lot of food. don't forget the great beer. >> jerk hill cafe has been on 9news now before and the food was so good, i went right out to hyattsville and bought some for the family. it is a popular restaurant because it is the traditional food that you would get back home. >> that's right. >> home-style. >> home-style. >> are you open through the weekend, too? >> we're open seven days a week. we're located at 6523 eagle road in hyattsville. >> because it is independence day tomorrow, are you expecting larger than normal crowds? do you do takeout? do you kate summer. >> probably not because of so many parties around the area. >> they'll be doing their own thing. >> barry buckner from jerk hill cafe, thank you for coming in and helping us celebrate. >> we can't wait to sample. >> it is time to answer the question of the morning if you remember what the question was. a study proves that we know that americans are much happier on weekends than they are during the weekday and it is because we do 100 minutes of this more on a weekend day than we do during the week. is it a, sleep. b, shop or c, socialize? >> here's a look at some of the responses you left on our facebook fan page. kelly wrote i say sleeping because shopping is good until you realize how much you spent then you get depressed. socializing can be pleasant but most adults tend to drink and that's also a depressant so process of elimination leads me to think a. >> well, unfortunately she's wrong. the answer is b, socializing. americans are happier on weekends because they have 100 minutes more to socialize. maybe this weekend they'll socialize with jerk chicken. >> probably on our schedule socializing because we're sleeping the rest of the time. here's something you should know before you go. president obama will deliver a speech at this month's dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. and we'll be right back. it is time for the united airlines travel forecast. looking good at dulls they morning. flying out. look at that. 67, sunny and calm. visibility at 10 miles. a couple of sprinkles out toward i-81. pittsburgh may see a storm. columbus, 88. chicago, a fine day. 83 degrees. looking west toward denver. 90 with a chance of thunderstorms and more high heat for phoenix and vegas. 106 to 110 in phoenix. salt lake, 91. l.a., 70. l.a.x. inland, it will be in the 80s then san francisco, 67. reno, 92. sunny and 75. labored breathing ] [ coughing continues ] [ gasping ] [ elevator bell dings, coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] congress can't ignore the facts: more air pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. [ coughing continues ] log on to lungusa.org and tell washington: don't weaken the clean air act. coming up on 6:53, we're at 37 degrees with sunshine in washington. upper 70s at 9:00. southeast breeze today, highs upper 80s to near 90. looking nice. we'll be back with the seven- day forecast in just a few minutes. right now, here's andrea. >> at 6:53, here is news before you go. president obama is delivering a speech at this month's dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. >> also, on the line-up for the day, aretha franklin, tee i have wonder, george looks a and the memorial is going up on the south side of independence avenue. it has taken 14 years to get it finished. it will be dedicated sunday, august 28th. >> virginia sales tax holiday is this weekend. you can shop tax-free in the commonwealth. qualifying items include serb clothing and shoes selling for $100 or less and school supplies selling for $20 or less. >> warner bros. giving superman fans a first look at its brand new man of steel. the studio released a picture of a british actor in what appears to be a longer red cape with a more pronounced s on the chest. superman man of steel is scheduled to hit theatres in june of 2013. >> don't tug on superman's cape. "the early show" begins in just six minutes. >> right now, erica hill tells us what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> a nervous day for the markets and for the economy on the heels of a major sell-off on wall street. we're now waiting on job nonetheless this morning and expectations are not great. americans not exactly keen on the economy either. we have the latest numbers from a new cbs news poll which indicates confidence is way down especially when it comes to washington. there are new predictions about this year's hurricane season. could be far more dangerous than originally thought. we'll take a look at those new numbers and also, on a positive note, we're looking at wine. americans drinking more wine than the french now because we're making some fine bottles right here in the u.s. we'll bring you that and much more this morning on a friday edition of "the early show." mike, andrea, have a great day. >> it is 6:54. >> one more check of traffic and weather when 9news now returns. o3 >> one more thing before we head into the weekend is sampling the food from jerk hill cafe. and barry is here with us. what else do you serve with the jerk chicken, barry? >> a lot of people like it with just plain bread. drinking that beer and eating the jerk chicken. >> he's going back to the red stripe. i do appreciate that because it is friday! >> what's the sauce here? >> the sauce is a little bit spicy. some people like it spicy. >> ok, let's not wait. can we have some of this on the plate here? >> jess and howard, howard, why don't you tell us more about weather? >> we're looking at a nice day today. upper 80s. go for it, mike. we have a chance of a shower out west. tomorrow, a couple of showers and storms. especially west, 88. sunday, scattered storms, 90. hot again by monday. we should be back in the 80s by tuesday. kris? >> thank you, guys. taking a look around the area. quick look, 95bw parkway, minor slowdowns. going over to the beltway, outer loop from new hampshire to university. looking good here on the american legion. no problems there and finally, you'll finish up 395 northbound, we're jam from the beltway all the way up to seminary. andrea? >> as for wall street, we're waiting on the jobs report due out at 8:30 and the chicken is delicious! >> it is the weekend. we'll see

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