The hearing of the special committee on aging will come to order. Decades ago the warning caveat emptor, buyer beware, was the best advice one could give to a consumer seeking to borrow money. Well, that advice is still valid today. There are laws that seek to insure that consumers understand the obligations that they are taking on and that lenders have to play by the rules. Since the passage of the federal truth in lending act in 1968 and similar state laws around the nation, credit providers have been required to disclose key terms of Consumer Credit agreements up front in easytounderstand language. If you want to know what Interest Rate youll pay on a new credit card, youll find it in big, bold letters right there on the front of your application. Likewise, Interest Rates on car loans, personal loans, mortgages and myriad other Consumer Loan products are clearly and conspicuously displayed. But as we will learn today, that is not true for socalled pension advances. Pension advances
Little fog. Showing how quickly this got out and the storm may have had behaved as we expected pretty much. 37 at Reagan National now. 36 in frederick. 40 degrees in fredricksburg. All these values way below average for the 20th of march. Areas of drizzle tonight and fog. 36. Check this out. Tomorrow, becoming partly cloudy and breezy. 59 degrees for a high. Cooler sunday but still, quite a bit of sunshine. More details to share with you coming up in a couple of minutes, alison . Alison see you then. Doug, thank you very much. As you know, Winter Weather has not been kind to the roads. Theres hope in sight. D. C. Is kicking off its seventh annual pothole palooza next week. This is a month long event where road crews focus on problem spots that are pointed out by drivers. So drivers are encouraged to report potholes by calling 311 or through ddots website. Officials say the potholes will then be filled within just 48 hours. Leon developing in Prince Georges County, trouble for the Polic