prettiest day today. so we ll take it how we can find it. good morning. i m steve chenevey. and i m allison seymour. we ll have more on the chilly forecast. what some are calling a controversial move, police making changes to its gay and lesbian units. we ll talk witmayor fenty. and the dow tops 10,000 for the first time in a year. we re breaking down what that means right now for the economy and for your investment. and in the 9:00 hour, law- abiding citizen, a new crime mystery hits movies and we re joined by the director. lots to do today. straight up 7:00 right now. we want to get a look now at that terrible forecast. [ laughter ] that s a good setup for me. thank you. good morning, everybody. it s not a great forecast. we ll see rain, wind and very cool temperatures for the next several days. let s start by looking at our hd radar. we ve seen some rain showers move in during the morning hours. rain currently spread over most of the viewing area, the beltway
washington journal starts now. host: president obama leaves moscow for rome. afterward he heads to laquila, italy to attend a summit. here in washington the joint chief of staff delivers remarks about how to best accomplish objectives in the middle east at the national press club. the conference begins today at the omni shoreham hotel and among the names there will be kathleen sebelius. good morning. today is wednesday, july 8. we will talk about oil speculation coming under fire for the first half of the program. both here, it in britain, and also in france. here are the numbers. if you want to send us in e-mail the address is journal@ cspan.org, and you can also send us a message by twitter. here is the front page with the headline concerning oil speculators been under fire. the right the policy makers on both sides of the atlantic launched an effort to crack down on what they called speculation in oil markets. it emphasizes concerns that a sharp rise in oil prices coul