DMV Zone: October 13, 2026

Three o'clock. Welcome into the DMV zone. I'm Marina Morocco. Let's get right into it. Montgomery County leaders revisiting property tax relief after a summer of backlash over the elimination of a nearly $700 homeowner tax credit. The county council holding hearings this afternoon on three proposals that would expand tax relief, tax relief for its homeowners, providing grants to families with young children and create a property tax credit for public school employees. Fox eyes Tom Fitzgerald at those hearings and now with a breakdown here in fits several bills and changing a little bit of who can qualify now. for some of that relief. Yeah, up front, we want to tell you this is not pulling back that tax cut that this council eliminated back in May. You'll remember it wasn't a slam dunk. Council voted six to five back in May to eliminate what they call the income tax offset credit. The nickname of it was ITOC. The bottom line was that was about 192,000 people who stood to lose a $692 tax credit that they were expecting. Now, when people opened up their bills over the summer, they were furious about this. They flooded social media. They turned out wherever they could because there weren't a lot of council meetings over the summer because they're on summer recess. But what they came back today was this three-bill package. Now, this was proposed by Kate Stewart. she is one of the council members who voted to get rid of the ITOC tax credit so what she's looking at here today are three separate things one is going to expand eligibility for the county's homeowner property tax credit the household limit right now is 75,000 this bill would raise that up to 160,000 and she says it would allow more homeowners especially seniors to be able to take part in this now she also has another one that's going to reopen uh the Maryland tax credit to certain dependent children so she sees this she says as a way to help families in the county of third now this is just going to be for people who work for Montgomery County public schools we're talking about service employees janitorial maintenance staff this is going to be a property tax credit for them as well. But I'll tell you, there was some testimony here today of people still really laying into this county for getting rid of that ITOC credit in the first place last spring. And they said, even though this is a three package bill, it's really not gonna address what they took away back in the spring, Marina. Yeah, okay, so again, people upset obviously, but this is not going into effect either immediately like this has got to go through a process what's the appetite for it right now well it was interesting because you know they say politics makes strange bedfellows Andrew Fritz and council member was one of the council members who voted to keep this tax in place last spring he joined in today with council member Stewart to maybe edge back some tax relief into this um but a lot of people testified today they said you know look you upended a program that a lot of people counted on year after year. And now we're just coming back with this three bill package that is going to be very targeted to very specific homeowners, to very specific groups of people. If you're a single person who's trying to live in Montgomery County and you're up against it with your bills, there might not be a lot in this for them. Yeah, we'll wait and see how exactly the council decides on this, but clearly a lot of people who have been left waiting to see, okay, we got this taken away from us. What are we getting back, if anything at all? Tom Fitzgerald with the latest coming up at 4, 5, and 6 right here on Fox 5. Thank you, Fitz. Topic number two here. A federal judge ordering a halt to tree cutting at East Potomac Golf Course until at least October 26th. That's a case we've been following as the Trump administration has moved forward with plans to reshape the historic D.C. course. The ruling comes after hundreds of trees were cut down, drawing criticism from preservationists and raising questions about the future of the public golf course. Axios reporter Junaid Dhill with the latest here. Where do things stand at this hour, Junaid? Well, yes, so there is a new order against cutting any more trees until at least October 26th. There was going to be a hearing today after yesterday's sort of four-hour, very intense hearing where the judge laid into the Trump administration over these tree cuttings. That has been rescheduled to Monday now. And on next Monday now, the judge is calling forth two top officials, one from the Interior Department and the acting director of the Park Service, to answer for what happened here. This judge yesterday was furious. She described herself as, you know, basically having no more trust left in the DOJ after what happened over the weekend. She said the government lost all of its credibility in this case. Well, she felt like they lied to her and she told him that and she said, if you don't answer for this, I will hold somebody in contempt, which is problematic because I don't think anybody who's acting in representation of the Department of Justice or the Department of Interior is looking to go to jail over trees are being cut. It's really remarkable. This hearing happened suddenly on a holiday, right, because of all these events happening over the weekend. Some of these government officials joined virtually, one from a parking lot, you know, and they kind of pointed the finger at other people. One of the lower level staffers said they took their direction from what was apparently proposed in 2019 to cut some of these trees and restore the original landscaping. Another top official said, well, I took my orders from the Interior Department, so there's a lot more here to get to the bottom of it. They're claiming it's not Trump's renovation here, but a judge called that explanation preposterous and beyond the pale. So this is a huge escalation in this situation here. Yeah, definitely. Now, the interim acting director here for the National Park Service, any sense that this could, like, you know, at some point you point the finger at the top of the totem pole here. Is there a sense right here that there could be a fall person, if you will, for what's to come? Because the judge does not seem inclined to let this process continue at all. Well, it's very interesting. Yes. And when the acting director does come on Monday, you bet the judge will ask her what happened in your explanation for this course. When just a few days ago last week, she made no mention of widespread tree removal. She made no mention of this kind of, you know, 500 trees being cut down. The only mention was of upcoming maintenance to prune some dead trees and the like, not sort of this widespread thing that, you know, transpired. So there are going to be a lot of questions, I imagine, to her as well as the Interior Department, too, here. You know, there's that old adage that you do something and then you, instead of asking for permission, you ask for forgiveness. I don't think this judge seems inclined to forgive anybody at this point. And that may be the end of all these projects that are up there at the East Potomac golf Links. We'll wait and see what comes of it, Jenea. I know you'll stay on top of it. Check in with Axios there with that reporting. Thank you, Jenea. Let's move on to topic number three here. As Georgia police have identified the man who fell from a roller coaster at Six Flags, police say one person died, several others injured at the amusement park near Atlanta Monday afternoon. Witnesses say they saw the man fall from the Goliath roller coaster and strike parts of the ride before ultimately hitting the ground. Fox 5 Atlanta reporter Ray Urena with those details tonight. So where things stand at this hour, Ray? Yeah, Marina, as you mentioned, Cobb County Police, which is just outside of Atlanta, have just identified that victim. They say he's 42-year-old Hassan Kareem. And we have reached out to the Atlanta Public Schools school district, and they say that he was a 12-year employee of them, and he was what they're calling a cherished member of Wesley International Academy. That's a local charter school that APS oversees. They say that he started out as a teacher before he transitioned into work in IT. But I just want to show you and everybody that right now there is a train that is on the top of Goliath. That train, we are told, is not the one that Kareem fell down from, but instead was the one that followed him. They say, Cobb County Police tell us that Kareem, when he was ejected from the ride, He actually struck several other patrons that were on that same ride before he fell underneath the attraction. And police, though, they have not indicated what factors may have led up to Kareem falling from the ride. Meanwhile, APS, they extended their condolences to his friends, family, and loved ones. They called him, as I mentioned, a cherished member whose presence and impact will deeply be missed. And we have reached out to Six Flags Over Georgia here. Right now, the park is closed, and park officials just got back to me not too long ago. They say that the park is in what they're calling a weekend operations mode. According to their website, the park was scheduled to be closed anyway today, and they say they are scheduling to reopen Six Flags over Georgia, again, just outside of Atlanta starting on Friday, but without Goliath. And you may have seen that this incident, out of an abundance of caution, Six Flags Over Georgia has closed some similar rides, including some in Carowinds that's in Charlotte, North Carolina. Six Flags Great America, I believe, has a few rides that are temporarily closed as well, just out of an abundance of caution. And we have also reached out to the Office of the Commissioner for Insurance and Safety Fire. that's who regulates uh roller coasters here in Georgia they say they're conducting an in-depth investigation alongside uh the police for any policy violations that may have happened for any potential policy violations we're waiting to hear back on that but in the meantime from OCI we have also requested the inspection reports in regards to Goliath over the past five years and we're still waiting to see those inspection reports and once we do we'll be sure to share that with you all Marina any sense on like the safety protocols at a ride like this, from what I understand, Goliath is not that harness style type of ride, it's one of the the lap bars here, is this something that gets checked by operators as you load in passengers to get them up on the ride, witnesses saying that potentially it didn't lock in place, anything to give us a better sense of what led up to this that's still all under investigation, Marina but we can say that yes, uh, Goliath has one of those lap bar uh type of restraints, again it's unclear what happened that uh Kareem was able to be able to eject from that ride, so witnesses uh they have uh there's talking about this, they said that they heard it, some of them are secondhand, other ones, other ones were I don't believe we've talked to a single witness that was on the ride just yet, we're working on that uh we've also reached out to the family of this a victim and uh we've waiting to hear back on on that, we called several numbers associated with Mr. Kareem, and one of them told us, the person who answered that phone said no comment. We also talked to his neighbors. They didn't want to go on camera, but they didn't really know him too much. They said he was a nice guy, mostly kept to himself, and was mainly friendly when he saw him working on the lawn. So a lot of unanswered questions that right now we are trying to figure out from both authorities and from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Marina. Ray Ureno with Fox 5 Atlanta. We appreciate your reporting. Thank you so much. Stay with us here on the DMV Zone. We'll be right back. President Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zachariah, making her debut at the White House briefing room this morning. And with the midterm election just three weeks away, she's wasting no time getting the president's message out as Republicans face an uphill battle to keep control of Congress. I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me. I have wanted to work for him for a very long time. All right, Zachariah did not take many questions, especially controversial ones this morning. The entire briefing lasting a total of 15 minutes. But she did make news regarding Trump's plans for the U.S. ambassador to Greece after numerous reports of improper conduct abroad. We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well. Coming on the heels of reports that Guilfoyle was involved in improper and potentially illegal conduct in her role as ambassador. And that includes claims that she treated a host country official accepting improper gifts and suggesting using her influence inside the administration in return for a large sum of credit card payment. Zakaria started her new job at a critical time. In three weeks, voters will decide how effective the president could be during his final two years in office. But regardless of the results in November, Katie Zakaria expected to stay on as press secretary until the end of President Trump's term. Daily Mail reporter Lena Shirazi has been. Following this, she was at the briefing room today and you asked Zakaria a question. How did it go? Marina, great to be with you. Yeah, I mean, this press briefing was unlike any that I have ever experienced. You said it was very quick, but there was some huge news that was made. I got to ask her a question about what a timeline could look like for Kimberly Guilfoyle to be potentially fired because President Trump said that he was considering it. And Katie Zakaria, the new press secretary, dropped a news bomb on me saying she was asked to resign. I think maybe you could see my face in some of those videos, trying to just process it in real time. But that took over the news cycle this morning, and certainly we're going to see how this is going to play out. But I also asked her, this question did go unanswered, if President Trump does fire her, who could replace her, who was on the short list for that. I did not get a response to that, but certainly there's been a lot of buildup for this. And we've been reporting on Kimberly Guilfoyle since last November, and the writing was certainly on the wall from what a lot of my sources and a lot of my reporting had been telling me, Marina. Yeah, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former host for Fox News, and also the president's son's former fiancé as well, and eventually was named and assigned to an ambassadorship in Greece then. But all of this coming out, essentially quid pro quos, like I will do good for you in the administration if you pay my American Express bill. Those are the allegations here. The president now asking her to resign. Any comment from Guilfoyle? She just put out a statement essentially saying that she is going to be stepping down from the role, that she is very happy that the president chose her to do the role. It was a very, you know, thought out statement. Sources told me that it was prepped ahead of time. But the president himself, I was told, did not actually have a phone call with her to let her know. But she did, as some of my reporting that will come out later today, Marina, says a lot of Greek sources saying she was calling people, saying that she's been feeling isolated, that she can't trust anybody, and that she felt like her days were numbered over the past few days when she saw the Wall Street Journal reporting, the Daily Mail reporting, and all of the rest of that AP that followed. So I think she is packing her bags right now. Any sense, and clearly she is an administration official, at least until maybe today. Could this become criminal? Could there be a criminal investigation that ensues? You know, criminal implication, ethics violation, that's what investigations are for. You know, the Office of Inspector General for the State Department, that investigation is going to continue. House Democrats, the Oversight Committee, they're going to continue to look into this. We have the midterms, of course, around the corner. So they are not letting any of those political points go. But, you know, the saying where there is smoke, there could be fire. That could very much so be the case. But we won't really know until the investigation, the official investigation, some of that starts to come out. And, of course, the media will continue to cover this as well. I just don't think that this is a cloud for Guilfoyle that's going away. Yeah, definitely. And I know you've been doing your reporting there with the Daily Mail. Before we go, Zakaria with her first press briefing today at the White House. And questions about her background, a little bit of, is she an attorney? That was asked at a press gaggle of the president. And in the response to where did you pass the bar, she said, when I moved to China. What are you hearing? What's the latest from the White House? And has the president really awarded her a grade on her performance today? Yeah, so there were a few questions about her background. And of course, there's been a lot of headlines and reporters looking into that as well. The reporters at the departure that I was at, very crowded, a lot of questions asked directly to the president, you know, what is her legal background? Where did she pass the bar? And she responded herself saying that she was in China, I know that she spent some time there. But, you know, President Trump recruited her after watching her on television, he clearly liked what he saw. It got a lot of questions, did she seem nervous? You know, this is a hard job, everybody knows that. definitely has big shoes to fill. I've done a lot of briefings with Caroline Leavitt. People have said Katie fits Trump's central casting mold, but their dispositions are quite different. Caroline had a fiery direct approach and Katie is more approachable, more friendly, I would say. So we'll see with the further press briefings that she does, how she handles the podium and a lot of the tough questions. But she came in during a vicious news cycle with a lot of news that was made over the past few days, that's for sure. Yeah, I don't think it's gonna get much easier. So we'll see what comes of the next coming days. Check out Alina's reporting there on all things, the ambassadorship in Greece, and of course, the press briefing at the White House today. Good to see you. Thank you so much. Great to see you. Big breakthrough in wellness, promising faster recovery from injuries, better metabolism, and even slower aging. We're talking about peptides. It's the growing trend fueled by social media influencers, podcasts, and so-called longevity clinics. But new reporting, raising serious questions about their safety. And with some users reporting troubling side effects after trying experimental versions of the treatments. We've got internal medicine physician Dr. Shoshana Ungleider to help us understand what they are and what the science is saying. And we should probably start with what's exactly a peptide? Yeah, so peptides are short chains of amino acids. Those are the building blocks of proteins. Many act like chemical messengers in our bodies. In fact, insulin is a peptide. Some of the newer diabetes and weight loss medications are all peptide-based. These are treatments that have undergone extensive clinical testing. But here's where things get kind of confusing because the word peptide has become a huge marketing umbrella. You'll see experimental products like BPC-157 promoted for, as you said, healing injuries, boosting performance, even slowing aging. And while some early research looks promising here, what works in a mouse doesn't necessarily work in a human. For many of these peptides being marketed for longevity, we simply don't have the human studies to know whether they work or that they're safe. So it's not about whether peptides are good or bad. It's about which peptide for what purpose and backed by what evidence. Yeah. And I think, well, things are being conflated, right? You talked about it with the GLP-1s, the semaglutides that have been so promising to so many people. And it's not just for people who are battling diabetes, right? We've seen how it treats inflammation and other things. It's almost been espoused as a miracle drug, and now every peptide or possibility of it is being treated the same. Yeah, Maureen, I think this is probably the biggest misconception, too. Just because it's called a peptide, they're not all the same, right? And just because you can buy something doesn't mean it's been proven safe. We're hearing about people experiencing everything from anxiety and severe headaches to muscle twitching, neurologic symptoms after using experimental peptides. So here's what's concerning to me as a physician. So for many of these products, we don't have good clinical trials that are systematically tracking side effects, the appropriate doses, long-term risks. So we may not even know what problems to look for. So the FDA has received reports of serious adverse events and raised safety concerns. And even when a product comes from a compounding pharmacy, that doesn't mean that it's FDA approved. So a product being available or even offered by a medical professional is not the same as having good evidence that it's safe. And so that's the hard part, I think, for the general public to understand. It seems as though maybe it's the times, right, with technology and all the research that's been done. There are so many more drugs that seem to be available. And, you know, people are wanting maybe not just the fast way, but the right way. They want to get healthy. They want to get better. Are these clinical trials just not fast enough? Do we not have enough people? What's going on here? Or is this just the process? It's not something that happens quickly. It's just not something that happens quickly, as you said. And I think the smart thing for folks is to ask three really simple questions. First, before putting anything into your body or paying money for it, is this specific peptide FDA approved for what I'm taking it for? Second, has it actually been studied in humans, not just mice and not just from testimonials from influencers, right? And third, what do we know about the risks? That includes side effects, long-term safety, even whether the product itself contains what the label says it does. And if the answer to any of those is we don't know, that's a reason to be cautious. And look, as you said, I mean, I understand the appeal here. We all want to feel better, recover faster, live longer healthier lives there is genuinely exciting science happening in this field the clinical trials are happening but promising science isn't the same as proven medicine and we shouldn't have to turn ourselves into experiments to find out whether something works yeah and you know there's the argument that look at supplements a lot of people take supplements those don't go through an FDA process either that's exactly right you have to be asking these questions of every single medicine right that you take whether it's over the counter whether it's from a compounding pharmacy, whether it's natural or not. These are really important questions to be thinking about all the time. Dr. Ungerleider, we appreciate it. We'll be right back. Thank you. Yes, it is October, but we felt that sunshine and those warm temperatures today. Get ready for tomorrow. Let's give you a live look outside Reston Station. Oh, our camera needs a little cleaning there. But it is a beautiful day. I can guarantee that. Let's get out to Caitlin Roth here joining us. Yeah. Record highs potential here, huh? I know that's tomorrow. Okay. I mean, it's warm. It's 80 degrees right now, but we could be in the upper 80s. Will someone hit 90 tomorrow? Get out. It would be crazy. It would be our latest time ever. I'm here for it, but it sounds like we're going on a downslope from here. We absolutely are. So the highs are really high this week, but then those lows, those lows are going to be low, too. And it's all within the rollercoaster ride of your seven-day forecast, which I'll get to in just a minute. But first, yes, if we hit 87 tomorrow, which we're forecasting, that would tie a record high. So even warmer for Wednesday. And, yes, it does need a little cleaning here, our Reston lens. But I did notice some trees starting to change over when we were a little bit more zoomed in with our live camera here in Reston. And that will accelerate over the next couple of weeks. Of course, really warm days like today don't help. If you want perfect fall foliage conditions, you need just the right amount of rain, not too dry. You need cool, crisp mornings and mild afternoons, but not hot. And today is, well, it's getting pretty hot. 81 degrees at the airport, south winds at 11 miles an hour, obviously bright sunshine. The warm-up, courtesy of this ridge that's built into the south, a very summer-like pattern. I mean, these temperatures are really high. 78 in Buffalo, 86 in Detroit. I have to imagine that's a record high for them today. 88 in Cincinnati. Nashville and St. Louis have hit 90. Dallas is still at 90. You can see that cold air wading in the wings back across the northern plains. That's a huge difference between 84 in Kansas City and 56 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Two very distinct seasons. So that cold front is the summer ender, and it is going to move across the country and probably finally put an end to what has been a very warm start to fall. But that doesn't come until later this week, like Friday night into Saturday. So in the meantime, we've got clear skies overhead. You've got a nice mild night. And if you are loving this kind of warm weather that keeps showing up as we get deeper and deeper into the fall and into October. Then you'll love tonight, 81 still by 5 p.m. Temperatures are in the 70s under clear skies as we move past sunset. And we are only back into the 60s tomorrow. So really not jacket weather at all, as we'll be mild to begin the day. And then we quickly get warm. So warm it's hot. Temperatures in the upper 80s, a touch of humidity as well. Cold front on the move. So we do think that cold front will bring some late-day showers, possibly even a thunderstorm or two. So you're talking about a summer-like pattern, and it's very much like a midsummer day, this forecast. Here's a look at those high temperatures. Mid-80s, northern Maryland, 87 D.C., 85 Annapolis. But to the south and west, that's where we'll have the warmest readings, 89 in Quantico and Manassas, 91 in Fredericksburg and Culpeper. That is really hot. So here's Futurecast, which shows that we start off with sunshine tomorrow. A couple of showers could get in here on the earlier side. If they do, that might mess with daytime highs a little bit. But this would be about 3-3-30. You see some raindrops and maybe a downpour or two to the north and west. There's not a lot of moisture with this front, so it's not coming through with the same strength that we saw Sunday, Sunday night. This would be pretty isolated showers and storms. And then the showers will kind of linger into Thursday as that front gets stuck to our south. See how we're very cloudy into the first half of Thursday. And then there's an area of rain as that front just lays up over us. So Thursday is a cooler day, but it's kind of an iffy day with the clouds and showers lingering. So even a marginal risk, a level one out of five or a level two out of five, but still a level nonetheless. Marginal risk west of D.C. because you could kind of see on Futurecast as those storms drop down from the mountains. They do seem to have a little bit more intensity to them before they reach us. They kind of fizzle getting past the mountains. So that would be the best chance along 81 north and west for any of those scattered showers to be isolated storms and maybe, you know, an isolated strong wind gust or two, but nothing very widespread from there. The big story will be how we go from highs in the upper 80s Wednesday to highs only in the 50s on Saturday. This is a true, I guess you could say, October's version of Arctic air moving in that sort of air mass. And it will really bring the fall change that I think a lot of people are thinking are wanting. It might also be a lot of fall very quickly, considering how warm it has been. So here's our first check of the weekend. Friday night will also bring some showers and a storm along the front. Friday is also very warm. We should hit 80. But by Saturday, 58 degrees with a gusty breeze. And then 61 on Sunday. We go from well above normal to well below normal. The only good news here, and I mean, if you like this type of weather, then it's great. You know, it's perfect for being out at the pumpkin patch or the apple orchard in your flannels. But we get the sunshine finally all weekend long. It has rained the past five Sundays in a row. So at least we are seeing some nice-looking conditions. Perfect leaf-peeping weather as we get into next week, by next week. I think our far northwestern suburbs, we're really starting to see that high color. But, yeah, what a ride we're on here. 87 tomorrow. We're back up to 78 on Friday. Much cooler over the weekend. Looks like we can find that happy medium someday next week, Marina. Keep it going. keep it going for as long as we'll have enough time for the for the cold yeah you're right you want to keep the 80s popping up as we go deeper in october maybe a little too much but we'll see if we break it yeah we'll see yeah i know so we'll be on record high watch tomorrow all right we'll see you back and forth thank you caitlin sure the lincoln memorial reflecting pool finally getting water back after months of delays and troubled renovation the national park service starting refilling the iconic dc landmark following a second round of repairs the project facing backlash after the pool's new blue coating began to peel and officials initially blamed vandalism. Prosecutors later dropped the case against those accused, citing a botched installation. Washington Post reporter Maura Judkis is joining us here with the latest. So refilling here, this obviously takes days because you got a lot of gallons of water to refill this thing. Where do things stand at this hour? So yeah, there's about 4 million gallons that need to get into that pool. As of earlier today, it seemed to be about halfway full. Water is flowing slowly into the basin however it is still fenced off to the public so you can't get quite close to it yet but you can still watch from the steps of the lincoln memorial what about the 14 million dollars in taxpayer dollars that were spent on this that was just a total botch job here that we've learned now what happens to that money yeah well so Atlantic Industrial Coatings um the contractor that fulfilled this project um says that they have fulfilled their warranty actually So they were back there doing that work. This time, you know, we will see how it holds. I think they've done some different things to the post based on, you know, the time that I've spent watching the construction and repairs. The president also told reporters last week that they had changed some pipes in the pool. That in addition to, of course, repairing the lining, which had flaked off in many places. So once this is refilled and you said that we're about halfway there. So given another couple of days here before it's finally complete. is that the end of this saga to some extent well we'll see what happens you know i think people thought it was the end of the saga last time it's been quite a tumultuous summer for this reflection um you know the peeling paint the vandals and claims the algae that on that point i'm not sure we have to worry quite as much about that you know given that there are some warm temperatures as you guys just mentioned in the next couple of days i'm not sure that'll be quite enough to cause the algae bloom that we were seeing last june uh when it was initially refilled um but you know that that algae may come back um in the spring as it often does right i mean this is nothing new right that reflecting pool is cleaned often because there are birds getting in it obviously you have the temperatures that affect what exactly grows in the water and so it does in this point uh algae here but to the closures because we've got so many people who come into town and visit and then they you know a there's a pool that's empty there's fencing all around the mall here when's this thing gonna finally reopen to everybody and and quit being fenced off yeah we're not sure um you know last time that they refilled the pool they took the fencing down a couple of days later but then of course we had the peeling we had the arrest the fence quickly went back up um so we'll be watching to see what the park service does um we'll continue to report on the contractor as well, and we'll see how this round goes. All right, Maura Jenkins with us here with The Washington Post. We so appreciate it. Thank you for the update. Thank you. Private jet travel getting a new upgrade at Dulles International Airport. NetJet's planning a new exclusive use terminal for its customers with construction expected to start in early next year. More than a 14,000-square-foot facility will include a lounge, a family room, and private VIP suites. Assistant Managing Editor for The Washington Business Journal, Drew Henson, with more. Is this an upgrade that Dulles needed? Is there the clientele, if you will, for this? Yeah, I mean, you think about all the Fortune 500 companies we have based here in greater Washington, even those outside Fortune 500 who take advantage of private jet travel. There's certainly an appetite for it. NetJets, the company that's opening this new terminal here, said Dulles was on top of its list for preferred destinations for its customers. It's kind of an interesting company. They allow, you know, people to kind of buy in, like, kind of like a timeshare or buy a certain number of hours of private aviation. It's not cheap, but, you know, again, most of its customers are corporations that can write that off and work it into their budget and things like that. All right, so, Drew, how much is this going to cost? And does this factor into all the renovations that we're expecting to see at Dulles International? It doesn't really work into the sort of the $22.5 billion in renovations that we're expecting in the next decade or so. You know, this private service, I think it starts at about $200,000, a little bit more than $200,000 for 25 hours of time in the air. So what is that, 9,000 about per hour in the air? So, yeah, you definitely spend a lot of money. The new terminal is going to have sort of the features that its customers want, like, you know, private lounges. And it sort of has a dedicated staff to help you with your travel needs along the way. You know, obviously, you know, there is some celebrity traffic in D.C. You know, I noticed that NetJets has some celebrity testimonials from the likes of Roger Federer and Katie Couric. They also leave reviews, huh? Interesting. Yeah, yeah. All right. Well, Drew, thank you for the update there. To your point, a lot of VIPs also come to D.C. and most of them travel private, unlike the rest of us. Drew, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Thanks for the update. We'll be right back. A Rome hospital ahead of his surgery for lung nodule removal. Health experts say doctors will determine whether the nodule is harmful or not. Dozens of people waiting outside the hospital to greet him as he arrived. Following the surgery, the pope will need to stay in the hospital for at least a week. The Vatican has canceled all of his audiences through October 20th, the Pope's condition, leaving many wondering what exactly a lung nodule is and what they are and how they appear. We've got Director of Thoracic Oncology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. Chul Kim, with more here. What exactly is a lung nodule? Yeah, first I'd like to wish Pope Leo a smooth and speedy recovery after his lung surgery and our thoughts are with him and his medical team. So a lung nodule is a small spot that shows up on imaging studies such as a CT scan. By definition, it measures three centimeters or less, although many of them are much smaller. These spots are common and often cause no symptoms, but it is important to remember that finding a nodule does not automatically mean finding cancer. Okay, and that I think is an important distinction here. Obviously, there'll be the removal in this case, and then it'll be sent off for biopsy and pathology to determine whether in fact it is or isn't cancerous, how often can they be malignant? Yeah, the reassuring news is that most nodules are not cancerous. Some reports say 95% of lung nodules are not cancerous. However, there's not one number that we can apply to everyone. The risk varies depending on the nodule size, appearance, whether it is growing in the person's medical history. So as you mentioned, it is important to study the cells under the microscope after lung surgery to really determine the exact nature of the nodule. How does one find out about it? I mean, obviously there was a scan that led to it in this case, and that is how they discovered it. But is it, do you have difficulty breathing? Is there something that can lend you to believe that you need to get your lungs checked? Yeah, certainly. There are many ways of leading to lung nodule finding. One is that, you know, you do CT scan for another reason, but then, you know, there's a nodule showing up on the scan instantly. That's one. But then it is important to, you know, keep monitoring how you feel. Do you have any cough or are you coughing up blood? Do you have difficulty breathing? And if you have any of those symptoms, it is important to talk to your doctor to receive a proper workup and management. As far as treatment goes and the good news, and I think very reassuring is that it's a high probability that this is benign here. What are, what's the treatment course? Yeah. So it depends on the nature of the nodule. If it's a small localized lung cancer, surgery can provide both diagnosis and then treatment, often through small incisions. For some patients who cannot undergo surgery, focused radiation can be offered. Whether someone needs more treatment after removal or local treatment of lung cancer, it requires, you know, considering the stage and the nature of the, you know, biology of the cancer. But the team, you know, in Vatican will be able to determine that for Pope Leo. Dr. Kim, we so appreciate it. Of course, like you and the rest of the world, wishing all the best to the Pope. We'll wait a word from his medical team. Thank you so much. Thank you. Planning a trip to the most magical place on Earth just got a whole lot more expensive. Disney World raising prices on tickets and its annual passes. Peak holiday tickets for 2027 now $229. Troy Pienbrink, travel expert with the details. This is so expensive, Troy. What is it costing on average for a family here to just go visit Disney? You know, believe it or not, for a family of four to go for two days, two parks could be up to four thousand dollars wow so it's pretty expensive but that's not to say that you can't make it affordable there are ways to still save money but we definitely have to be prepared because i think you know what's hard about this is this is coming on cost on top of cost of rising for airfare and hotels and food so you know a lot of families are going to squeeze yeah exactly i mean if you're not in orlando you got to get down there right and you have to stay there especially if you're going to stay overnight so certainly that costs and part of the equation and what can you do to try to save a buck or two here if you're trying to take yourself or your kids to disney yeah and there actually are ways to save money i mean uh part of the reason why the price could be so high is because they're basing this off of peak and non-peak pricing so if you're going down on the non-peak time uh january february midweek those ticket prices are going to be much lower uh you might want to look at uh vacation packages where you can book both the hotel and your tickets together you can save some money that way and oftentimes sometimes you can get some extra perks like early access to the park or having your transportation covered so there can be some math there that will save you some money the other thing there are tickets discount tickets available for things like veterans teachers first responders now the thing about that is you want to be able to look at make sure that you're doing an authorized reseller of those programs because there are a lot of scams out there and i'd hate to see families losing money on top of this already. So look for those authorized dealers. But there are ways to save money down there if people want to go. What about agents? Because that has also seemed to be a thing, like these Disney agents, people that can get you some sort of discount. Is that a way that we would advise people to find their way to Disney? Yeah, absolutely. You know, I'm a big believer in travel advisors anyway. I think that a good travel agent more than pays for themselves. Finding one that specializes in Disney, telling them what your budget are, what your time frames are, they're going to get you the best deal possible. I mean, they want to get you down there just as much as you want to get down there. But it is going to require a little extra work, unfortunately. All right. Well, Troy, you said at least we know. And hopefully if you're looking to get down there safe, if nothing else, January weather wise, probably the best time to get down to Orlando. That's for sure. Troy, Pete and Brent, we appreciate it. Thank you so much. We'll be right back. You're welcome. Producer Chris. Hey, Chris. I am so glad I'm not in the dating game anymore. And I feel bad. And I know we say this all the time. And, you know, the joke is always like you feel like you caught the last chopper out of nom if you're like not currently actively searching for a partner but i understand for people who are out there and who are looking for the one you know you want to make sure that there's a headline here on GQ okay that says people are now putting their resting heart rates in their dating app profiles their instagram bios all this kind of stuff like have you like does that make you cooler healthier like what exactly ever once cared what someone's resting heart rate is mine is probably through the roof right now you can probably hear it through my microphone i'm so hopped up on caffeine and adrenaline at any given moment that sounds like a flex how's that a flex it is very bizarre we've entered the space of just weird we have nothing to talk about like we've succumbed to like our aura and Fitbit stats yeah to put on our dating profile losers yeah and like i i mean if you want to see what my sleep score is you will pity me i mean like i don't know whether in your defense you have a i do yes and so one time i did a screen record of like uh she was born in january january february march what my sleep looked like terrible it was getting better i probably would have put that on my instagram story just for the the like you know the crying face emojis that misery loves company find somebody the other parents that are, yeah. I'm still going through all the rest of my stories. That was what I had so far. but that's a good one, right? It is a great one. we're going to talk about that one. we're going to find out what people like or not. Not a pretty place to be these days from what I hear. I just, you know, remember when people were putting, like, airport codes and, like, all the places you've traveled? oh, my god. Good for you. Congratulations. yeah, you've gotten all plain. Congratulations. We'll see you at 730 in the Zoom room. let's do it. let's do it. like an intro just on keep seeing resting heart rate is much better than resting b-face you know so let's see that on someone's profile even though i'm off you've been out of the game you get no opinion i've been out of the game for decades i don't even know where to swipe up down left right diagonal who knows i'll see you soon but no one thing is but if you're wondering it's 50