DMV Zone: October 14, 2026

Play your game. Just play the game. Stop doing the blame game. Just stop. The blame game. Just stop. Play the game. Don't do the blame game. I know. That was my motto when I went out. Play the game. That was, you know. Play the game. You saw me in the streets of Miami back in the day. Sure. In your dreams. Remember, you're much older than I am. Let's check out. Significantly. And I would never be caught dead hanging out with a Seminole. Wait, what happened? Weenie, why don't you see Oddity's Instagram? Okay, Oddity bustles. Check her out, and I'm sure she'll be back on the ticket, too, very soon. Let's get to it. It's 3 o'clock. You're in the zone. Welcome to Get Caught Up on all things that are happening here in the Fox 5 Newsroom. I'm Marina Morocco, and we start off tonight with some breaking news out of Hyattsville, where Sky Fox is flying over the scene right now. This is just behind what appears to be a shopping center there, a Family Dollar in Hyattsville on Riggs Road. As you can see, police have a tent that is surrounding this red vehicle there, and they are photographing the scene here. At this hour, we are being told that police are on this scene, zeroing in on that car, unclear what exactly they are looking for. Again, this Family Dollar in Hyattsville on Riggs Road. As soon as we get more information from police, we will, of course, pass that along to you right here on Fox 5. In the meantime, the legal fight over President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in the district back in court today. A federal appeals court now weighing whether the president had the authority to send troops into the nation's capital. It's a move that D.C. officials argue was illegal. The United States military should not be policing the streets of American cities anywhere in America and certainly not here in the District of Columbia. The deployment of the National Guard when it happened last summer was illegal and it remains illegal today. It's a fundamental violation of one of our core principles in American democracy, that we do not have military doing the policing of local communities. The ruling could have major implications for presidential power and the city's ability to control its own law enforcement. We've got a board of advisors, distinguished professor at Syracuse University College of Law, William C. Banks, joining us here. Professor Banks, let's break down what the court is hearing today and what this means. This appointment now is running more than a year, and until now, no court has said that this is illegal, at least not definitively. That's right. At the same time, Maria, no court has definitively ruled that it's lawful. There's simply been hearings and tentative decisions and delays. But the question is a really important one, certainly for the residents of the district. As you all know, the district is not a state, and by statute enacted by Congress in the 19th century, the National Guard in D.C. is subject to the command of the President of the United States. If it were a state, it would be the governor in charge. It's not the mayor in D.C., it's the president who's commander of the Guard. So he certainly has the authority to deploy the Guard in D.C., but as the D.C. Council just argued very well on the steps there, not to enforce the law, but to respond to crises or emergencies of various kinds. Deploying National Guard, either D.C. Guard or Guard from other states to engage in civilian law enforcement in D.C. is not permitted by U.S. law. There's a long-standing principle that we've held close to our hearts here in the United States that we want civilians to be enforcing our laws, not soldiers wearing uniforms, carrying guns. The District of Columbia does have its own police department, the Metropolitan Police Department. In fact, now with the National Guard, they've nearly doubled the deployment of its own police officers. There's also the Posse Comitatus Act, which we know under a strict emergency, if you will, that can allow this federal law enforcement to present itself. And there was that emergency order last summer. Can it be extended as the Trump administration is looking to do through 2029? It could be extended, but I think it's going to require either a resolution from the Congress or an approval by the D.C. counsel, neither of which has occurred. That original emergency proclamation allowed the deployment to last for a period of time, but we're well beyond its expiration by now. This is an appeals court that will hear this. It's a bank of essentially three panel judge here. What exactly do you foresee coming of what is ruled here? Because essentially, if the Trump administration disagrees with it, I would imagine that this would then head up to the Supreme Court? It's likely. In fact, it's more than likely. It's almost a sure thing that if the D.C. This is the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, an intermediate appellate court in the United States system, not the D.C. courts, but the federal courts. So if the Trump administration loses here, they'll almost surely go directly to the Supreme Court. Whether the Supreme Court wants to touch this case is a difficult question. It's been argued in the lower courts, in fact, in an earlier hearing in the D.C. Circuit, that the district itself doesn't even have standing to bring this claim because states are not always allowed to sue on behalf of their citizens. It may need to start over as a claim, say, brought by local residents in the district. The outcome, I would say, remains pretty uncertain at this point. And whether the district prevails or the Trump administration is probably too close to call. You're certainly correct that if the Trump administration loses at this round, the battle is far from over because President Trump wants to continue his deployment through the end of his term. Is there a judicial precedent? I mean, this is, take for example, the Metropolitan Police Department. It's a police department that was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln. So certainly the District of Columbia dates back a long time ago. Is there a judicial precedent for what's happening in modern times in the District of Columbia? There is not. That's a very good point. This is an unprecedented action. No president has sought to deploy the D.C. National Guard in circumstances like these, much less seek to maintain it and sustain it throughout his presidential term. Crime rates are not exceedingly high in the district. There's no civil disturbance that's out of control in the district. There's no pandemic. So there's no particular reason to have soldiers patrolling the streets in the District of Columbia. The Supreme Court doesn't usually take up these cases unless there's merit for it. What would the legal merit be for the Supreme Court to have an opinion? It would be the uniqueness of D.C., I think. Because D.C. is not a state and because the structure of local law allows the president to be commander-in-chief, it would be a question of whether that relationship, the president's command of the D.C. Guard, gives him these extraordinary authorities to deploy soldiers inside the district, even for normal law enforcement purposes. That would be an unprecedented conclusion. But again, the district is a unique entity. Is there an answer to the question, who is the executive of the District of Columbia? Not for almost all circumstances. It's clearly that local law determines who is the executive. But Congress has said with respect to commanding the National Guard, just the D.C. National Guard, the president is commander in chief. Ironically, you know, for a little bit of history here, on January the 6th, 2021, the president was the commander, President Donald Trump. at the end of his first term was the commander of the dc guard and he did not call out the dc guard to quell the rioting that was going on at the capitol until several hours after it had already done its damage despite the speaker imploring him to do so professor banks we so appreciate your insight and we'll see what comes of this as i'm sure we'll be talking about it for some time as it continues its course through the courts thank you so much you bet thank you prosecutors Prosecutors continue to build their case against Naresh Bhat, the man accused of murdering his wife, Montecalfe. Today, jurors watched video of Bhatt speaking with an independent journalist from Nepal, hearing how his tone appeared to change as he was pressed with questions about why he did not report his wife missing for several days. We've got criminal defense attorney Stephen Vinnick with us here for more. And obviously, this is a case where the government has said they've got 100 plus witnesses and they are continuing to tell their version of events here. What do you make of where things stand right now for Naresh Bhatt, where it doesn't seem like defense has any sort of alternate theory here? So what the defense is trying to do is just to have the prosecution completely lay out its case so that they'll know exactly what to pick and choose to fight. The belief right now is that what they're waiting to do is to really go after the forensic evidence, that they're going to cross-examine a lot of the forensic experts very closely and then present their own forensic experts to really put a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors about how reliable the forensic evidence is. The defense is using the fact that Naresh Bhatt allowed these officers repeatedly to enter the home to question him, almost to seem as though he was forthcoming, he was telling the truth. Is that something that the juries usually buy in? So that's a great question. And that's a very good point for the defense, that they never denied access at any time to the police or to law enforcement. They allowed them to come in and and search and search every every area of the house that they wanted to. The problem for the defense is that they found large bloodstains in, I believe, was the main bedroom and the bathroom before they even arrested Dr. Bhatt they um one of the videos that was shown to the jury shows that um and within minutes he is dr Bhatt is changing his story three times about what he remembers his wife last wearing and it just um that that's it's the best defense that they can put up despite the fact that when you break it down to brass tacks it's not looking very good for them because of what they're still finding out even even though he did allow them to search his house how much can the defense hone in on the fact that Montecalfe still hasn't been found. Her body is missing and obviously, presumably based on the DNA evidence that the government is presenting, they believe she was murdered, but yet no one's been able to discover her body. Is that going to be something that is easy for the government to overcome? So let me answer the question by first saying what the defense is telling the jury is that there is a black hole in the evidence, that you do not have a body that um that all the prosecutors can do is fill it up with guesses and speculation but there's no actual facts that they have to to let the jury know that yes she is dead and and this is what happened to her the fact that they don't have a body is very very difficult usually for the prosecution to get over the case here though is they have a lot of very strong circumstantial evidence against Dr. Bach. They have him buying cleaning products and Lysol that was found in his bedroom closet. There's videos of him wearing gloves, dumping heavy trash bags at sites around the area. And then they also, when they seized his phone and searched it, there were searches about what happens when a spouse disappears or dies. So that does not look very good for the defense, despite the fact that there's no body there. They've gotten testimony from witnesses who talked about the fact that this was not a marriage that was in a good place, that she had been accusing him of cheating and she had accused him of physical abuse. So it's not, despite the fact that there's no body and they are left to speculate, there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that is directly, directly going right into the heart of the prosecution's case that the defense is going to have a hard time getting around. Stephen Vinay, criminal defense attorney, we appreciate your legal expertise. We'll be right back here on the DMV side. People who receive Social Security benefits will see a bump in their payments next year. Today, the Social Security Administration projecting that the annual cost of living adjustment for older adults and people with disabilities will go up by 3.6 percent in 2027. That translates to about an extra $75 a month. Joining us now is founder and CEO of Better Qualified, Paul Oster, with more. What do we make of these pay bumps larger than in 2026? It is, but let's take a step back. It's $75 before deductions, right? So the average senior is going to see at least a $7 increase in Medicare deductions. And if they have Part B, that's an additional $9. So that's $16 that's going to come out of that $75. So the average senior is going to actually see an increase of only $59, which is still good. But let's look at what's happened, you know, on the average in the past five years. If you look at the consumer price index for the elderly specifically, the past five years has seen a year-over-year compounded interest of at least 4.4%. So this is quickly going to get eaten up. So seniors have to take a step back. This is not a lottery ticket. This is not a windfall of money. Yes, it is a good thing that's going to help them with a cost-of-living adjustment. It's exactly what it is. Right, and the cost of living. I mean, inflation is almost at 4 percent. Essentially, this is about 3.6 percent. So give or take. I mean, this kind of keeps you flat, right, based on the economy and where it is now. What do you do with that money? You get an extra 50 bucks. I mean, to your point, that can get you up very quickly. How do we ask our seniors, especially that are living off of their Social Security checks, can they put these into CDs, for example, or a high-yield savings account that can maybe make them a little bit more money? That would be a great thing, but that's only going to come if they're not struggling with essentials. Are they able to pay for groceries, utilities? And unfortunately for our seniors, medications are usually the biggest expense that's coming out of their pockets. So if they're not struggling with the essentials, absolutely put this stuff towards a short-term CD right now. The interest rates, because of inflation, this is the upside to inflation, savers get rewarded. But the very first thing seniors have to do is they should do a financial checkup because if they look at all of everything else they're spending money on, if they're carrying any credit card debt, the entire $75, $65, $55, whatever they're going to net should go towards that credit card debt first and foremost. then if they already have an emergency fund in place increase it because along with everything else the cost for emergencies has been going up so putting it towards a savings account should only come at all of the other things have been taken care of and the number one thing there is credit card debt all right get rid of that debt Paul, good to talk to you thank you for that let's move on now Fairfax County preparing to tax recreational marijuana sales as Virginia moves towards launching legal retail sometime mid-next year. The proposed tax would add about 3.5% to purchases, giving county leaders a new source of revenue. We've got Fairfax Now reporter James Cullen with the plan, what that means for consumers, and when this could all start. And they just voted on this, and it was a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors. James? You got it, Marina. It's a 10-0 vote unanimous. And that 3.5% cannabis tax on top of a 6% state marijuana tax would all take effect when Virginia starts retail sales on July 1st, 2027. Virginia is going to be allowing 350 retailers to sell marijuana across the Commonwealth. Fairfax County is kind of getting in on the ground floor a little bit. Now, that 3.5% is the max amount, a maximum amount allowable under state law. Virginia gave localities, has given localities a 1 to a 3.5% leeway in setting that rate. But the board didn't even discuss setting a lower rate. And Board Chair Jeff McKay, he asked county staff to return this spring with a draft proposal to incorporate estimated proceeds into the county's next year's budget. and also to start looking into zoning regulations to find out where retail marijuana shops can be located in the county. All right. This, again, like you said, sometime next year here with this tax. And obviously this is going to be a source of revenue, added revenue for the county. Now, this all comes as the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority or the CCA presented its recently 82 page draft rules on some recommendations that include no dispensaries with drive-thrus. Customers can pick up two ounces of flower per transaction. Retail stores have to be 1,000 feet away from hospitals, schools, colleges, and child day programs. And it would be expensive as well for retailers paying hefty amounts to just apply, get initial authorization, and then renew. It's going to be expensive no matter what. But yeah, next year, the CCA is going to finalize their regulations this December. The rules would take effect early next year and applications would start for these retailers in February and marijuana sales would be legalized in retail stores on July 1st, 2027. All right. We've got less than a year to go until that happens. And check out all of James Collins reporting there with Fairfax Now. We appreciate it. Thank you, James. Thank you, Marina. Stay with us here on the DMVs. We're taking a quick break and we'll be right back. the mental health challenges that teenagers are facing and why parents may not always recognize those warning signs. About one in six teens reporting symptoms of anxiety. Raising important questions about how families can spot those signs early and get young people the support they need. We've got board-certified psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Mina Merholm with more. We're having constant conversations about teenagers, social media, especially their mental health here. What should we be looking out for as the adults in the room? Well, Marie, that's a great question. As the adult in the room, it's important from this study to bear in mind that this is much more common than we would realize. And what we saw here in this study of about 16,000 young people is that these moderate to severe symptoms are not just impacting generally how you might be anxious about day-to-day life, but the big thing if you're the parent or the caregiver, how does this impact you socially or in school or your day-to-day activity? That was measured in this GAD-7, this tool that is able to look at these. And the big thing, too, that's a takeaway that we should be aware of from this study is that about almost half of the folks, of the young people that were looked at in this study, also had these comorbid suicidal thoughts. So sometimes when you get really moderate or severe anxiety going on for a long time, you start to have questions about whether life is worth living. So engaging with that young person is really important. We're talking about this, obviously, but we also just recently talked about a study that was showing positive signs about mental health amongst teenagers, where the proclivity for suicidal thoughts, et cetera, those had seemed to die down as well. So it seems as though we're making progress, but we're still not catching up. Like, what should we be looking at, the tangible signs here, to get to a place where we're not even having these conversations anymore? Yeah, that's the hope, right? The goal for us all here is zero suicide and not to be in a place where we're experiencing this crisis of mental health and meaning. And there are these protective factors. I think it's an important way that you're raising this question of in order for us to get closer to eliminating the mental health crisis overall, we want to just not worry about how do we decrease symptoms, but how do we increase systems of resilience around young people? That includes their support system, getting involved in sports, meaningful engagement socially. and then early intervention. So one of the big things that came out of this study as well is that we oftentimes wait too late and a large number or percentage of people in this study actually weren't engaged in mental health treatment at all. So the big thing that we'd want to be able to do is get someone into care early, speak with your pediatrician, speak with a school counselor and getting ahead of things. I was on the phone actually with a mom just an hour ago and I said, let's not wait until things are bad. Let's try to see how we can make sure that things are not just good, but great. And when we do that, we're much more proactive. What are teens generally reporting? Is this just anxiety? Is it loneliness? Like what exactly are what we're seeing a predominance of? One of the first signs that young people, teens and younger report are actually physical symptoms. They start to have these unexplained stomach aches and headaches. And then what that'll lead is a social kind of anxiety. Sometimes they'll say, I don't really, it's an avoidance. I don't want to go to school activity. I don't want to go to that situation where there's other people there. So the anxiety really, the big question is, how is this limiting them from doing the things that we would want them to be able to do? The participation, the school work, the social work, all of those things are the signs that we look for of how they're being held back from what they really want to be or who they really are. That's the things that we look out for as far as signs go. Yeah, we have to look past what they're telling us too and see those signs that you're talking about, even the physical ones, because they can be very telling as well. Dr. Merholm, always good to talk to you. Thank you for the conversation. Likewise. Thank you, Marina. We'll be right back here. Temperature is feeling like, well, summer, but no, it's a hot October day. As we get you outside, I'll give you a live look right now from the beach. This is Ocean City, and two chairs there for two lucky people. We're hopefully on a nice beach walk at this hour, 3:30 in the afternoon. Caitlin, have we hit peak temperatures already? We have. We hit 88, a new record for the day. Wow. I know. Seriously, like, yes, October at the beach. This is the new month, I think. We've got to keep that in mind. We write off October as, like, you've got to break out the long sleeves. There's no long sleeves happening on a day like today. Just you and me, Marina. Oh, my God, are you? Come on. Why are we in Ocean City? No kids, no men. Wait, Caitlin. No jobs? Oh, wait a second. Just kidding. But, yes, picture perfect down in Ocean City. This is like a literal postcard with these two chairs. I did see people earlier. They might still be swimming. I mean, who knows? Because it is that warm. And this time of year, the water is still hanging on. It's still warm with those Atlantic temperatures in the low 70s. 86 degrees back home here in DC. We were forecasting to tie the record of 87. We actually have already hit 88 earlier this afternoon. So we have set a new record now for October 14th. I mean, just shy of 90 degrees. That is really hot. Dew point at 67. So there is a little bit of humidity in the air as well. There are parts of the area that did hit 90. It's 91 in Manassas and Culpeper, 84 in Winchester, 86 in Frederick, 84 in Annapolis, and 89 in Leonardtown. Literally a day now in the middle of October where you need the air conditioning. I mean, the dew points are a little high too. I will say it doesn't feel like the intensity of a July afternoon that's 88 with a dew point of 67. So there's something to be said for that lower sun angle and less daylight, but it's still warm. And if you're exerting yourself, you're sweating out there. Satellite and radar showing a little bit more cloud cover off to the north. We are waiting on that front that you can see draped over southwestern Pennsylvania. That's bringing some showers right now. It extends all the way back into the Ohio Valley, the mid-south. It's going to take its time reaching us, so we're not really expecting any rain to get in here until late, most likely after sunset. So here's Futurecast, which shows there might be a few initial showers around the Baltimore area. That's what you see up in southwest Pennsylvania. That'll pass through and then by nine o'clock we're still waiting on the actual front that's bringing some rain across the mountains and it'll again kind of fizzle as it reaches us so a passing shower or two after sunset later tonight but the change now has been that the bulk of the rain is not really going to get in here until daybreak and it will take its time getting through meaning tomorrow actually looks like kind of a wet dreary day i mean this model run puts rain over us all day long from start to finish, both commutes, even into the evening. So this would mean it would be a rainy, much, much cooler, kind of very dreary Thursday, but it will certainly take the heat out of the atmosphere very quickly. That's Thursday night. You've still got some residual showers around. So the severe risk for tonight would be late and it would probably be well to the west. It's also a minimal risk. It is a level one out of five for, you know, maybe you'd have an isolated thunderstorm or two with some high wind gusts but even that the later we get is looking a little unlikely so here's the story with tomorrow because of the all-day showers temperatures are low is our high we'll basically start the morning in the mid 60s kind of fall and sit around 60 degrees all day so i can't emphasize enough tomorrow will feel so much cooler and you'll need the rain jacket as well feels like we're thrust right back into fall if that weren't enough friday a very quick turnaround out ahead of our next front and all of a sudden we're warming right back up again so we will easily be 80 degrees again friday we will watch a cold front come in and we will forecast again the chance for some late day storms so it's really crazy how we're kind of flip flopping back and forth here but friday with highs in the 80s could be the last really warm day for a while I mean we'll see we're literally in the second half of October by then and the big change for the weekend is still on track all of a sudden temperatures well below normal but this time even though we have those cool temperatures we're going to pair it with some sunshine so it will be a brisk few days Saturday Sunday maybe into Monday but it looks like we'll moderate a bit for the early half of next week so weekend plans at least we are not battling the rain again it has rained at some point the past five weekends in a row especially on Sundays that's been the day but nope nothing but sunshine on a beautiful Sunday gusty winds Saturday high of just 59 Sunday 60 we will likely have some frost and freeze headlines Saturday into Sunday so it is brisk you are definitely pulling back out some layers but you know appropriate probably for pumpkin patching and apple picking and hay rides and that sort of thing I mean Halloween only two weekends away from this weekend so along with that we're tracking our falling sunsets meaning they're getting earlier and earlier by the last Saturday of the month which is Halloween 6:08 p.m. sunset you don't want to know what the next day after that is because that's when we fall back seven day forecast shows serious ups and downs so we go down tomorrow up Friday way down Saturday into the weekend I'm hopeful next week after this kind of manic weather we just kind of settle into something seasonable which is what we're forecasting some sunshine and temperatures in the upper 60s so marina Friday if Friday I'm already living for Friday I see 83 I'm like oh A little rain, don't bother me. Yeah, and so I would be shocked. A record high today, another 80-degree day Friday. It's been done, but we'll see if we hit 80 again this season. All right, we'll keep checking in. We'll see you back at 4 o'clock. Thank you, Caitlin. Sure. Construction on the commercial expansion of the Manassas Airport set to start in the next few weeks. And one of the first routes that is being eyed is down in Florida. The managing partner telling the Washington Business Journal they've been actively pitching routes connecting Manassas with the Sunshine State. The terminal overhaul expected to cost $80 million. We've got a reporter for The Washington Business Journal, Nick Doty, with those details. Nate, what do we know here? Because it sounds as though a lot of people, snowbirds included, looking to get down to Florida. And that may be the one way to keep Manassas, the airport at least, rolling. Yeah. Thanks, Natalie and Marina. Great to be back. So the Florida market is very appealing right now, at least for what airports, which is the name of this company that's pitching or is tasked rather with trying to recruit this commercial airline service. They've done this at an airport they manage up in New Haven, Connecticut, and they basically said, hey, look, we've done all this market research, shows that there's a lot of demand for this market to want to go south year-round demand, too, not just the winter season, but certainly during that, which is really important, especially when you're just starting service. And so they are saying that negotiations are proving very favorable right now, trending very positively, with potentially several airline operators to launch service in the second half of 2027 but you know ultimately they've cautioned me it's the airline that decides where they're going to fly to and it's their aircraft after all uh but nevertheless they said that it's a it's a welcoming pitch to try and pitch uh this idea that florida market uh certainly a lot of demand in our region for it and they believe that Manassas Airport would certainly benefit from that would be a strong first route uh for them well if you think about the sunshine trying to stay right there. You can't really name an airport where you don't see a lot of commercial flights coming in, even in South Florida, even if you're just going to Palm Beach International, like that has also seen itself get an influx of new routes. But I know that based on the planning documents, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Fort Myers, those are potentials there. And that may play and be the success here for Manassas. What about the commercial airlines? Like who, anybody who's listening and may have the appetite for Yeah, so I think it's likely to be, everything's been signaling that it's going to be a low-cost carrier, right? Manassas in and of itself is going to be a cheaper airport than the other ones in our region. And that is really appealing to these budget carriers that, obviously, you know, their whole business model is trying to keep costs as low as they possibly can. And so it's beneficial when you can fly into an airport like Manassas where, you know, landing fees or fuel costs or whatever it may be can be a lot lower than a Dulles International or a Reagan National Airport. And so I think, you know, these carriers also do fly a lot to Florida, whether it's Frontier, whether it's Breeze. You know, there's a carrier called Avelo that used to do service out of Dulles. They might come back to the market and launch at Manassas. It's too early to tell at this point. And Avelo, again, the name of that company that's trying to bring in this service, they tell me there's, you know, negotiations are going well, but it's ultimately going to be airline that makes this announcement. And depending on the carrier, you know, some carriers like to announce new service more than a year out. United Airlines likes to do that. But some are fine with doing it just three months before the first ticket, you know, is sold and seats are sat. So really, and they're just being, they're keeping a very tight lip right now because they don't want to spoil the fun. And, you know, obviously, like they said to me, it's the airline that ultimately decides when they're going to make this announcement and where it's going to go to. But they're eyeing a start of flights for the spring of next year, right? So this is, it's coming quickly. Spring or I'm now told it's going to be second half of 2027, which, you know, things have been delayed. It's from what I've gathered, right? I don't deal with airline negotiations, but they're, you know, something as simple as, you know, rising fuel costs, right? That's having a huge impact on these airlines and where they want to put their planes. Because if their planes aren't making money, they're, you know, they're really in trouble. And so they want to put their planes and they want to launch a service to a destination that they know they're going to fill those planes up regularly uh not just you know seasonally as well and so that's going with their calculus uh too and launching a new service in a new market is a huge risk and they want to play their cards as safe as they can this could be huge for competition though especially given that you've got uh obviously Reagan and Dallas flying down to Florida we'll see what comes of it i know we'll stay in touch Nate thank you for the reporting there with the Washington Business Journal Apple is going to be all in on your home now announcing new smart products including a new home hub and doorbells cameras and thermostats we talked about HomeView it's a new touchscreen display with speakers facial recognition and AI powered Siri bringing back that tech expert who broke it all down William Antonelli to tell us what more here and this is all i mean the price point here for the Apple HomeView very different obviously to the other ones that are similar to it and yet still the unrolling here and unveiling of so much of of what is Apple Home now all right Let's get, will it? Sorry, there we go. We're good. Sorry about that. The thing about the price that you brought up is interesting because at the same time, yes, it is more expensive than other home devices, but also it is cheaper than I think a lot of people expected the device to be. The most common price I was seeing bandied around was something like $350, $400. So getting it at just $300 is actually less expensive than a lot of people expected. However, we also do have to remember that. So it comes in two different versions, one with a base that you can sort of put on a desk, for example, and the other one is a wall-mounted version. But Apple is still then also charging extra separately if you want to buy the mount that the wall-mounted version needs to go on. So, again, it's a whole mess in terms of that. But when it comes to how this is going to compete with other devices, I think that it looks good. It definitely, from what I've heard from the hands-on experiences I've seen, it works very well. It's smooth. the big hiccup is really going to be that you already have to be bought into the Apple ecosystem a lot of the features on it for example won't work unless you have a paired iPhone nearby and I imagine that's a little bit of their ploy if you will because we've talked about how Apple has lacked innovation here but there are people who want to have everything streamlined who are on iCloud is that what it's called right iCloud and they've got everything already there so if you add to it now your security system. They've got a smart deadbolt. I mean, they keep adding to that ecosystem. It may make sense to switch off of the traditional ones, right? The Arlo's, the Ring door cameras that seem to have really cornered the market at some point. Definitely. And I'm glad you brought up that comparison to Ring because one of the things that I have always really praised Apple for, and I think that it is the case here, is that Apple always has had a real dedication to privacy. So like, for example, one of the big controversies around smart doorbells like Ring is that your data, your video data may be going to, say, local police departments, which isn't something that a lot of people are happy with. When you compare that to the new smart cameras coming from Apple, one of the big promises is that these video feeds are end-to-end encrypted. So no one is seeing that video feed except for you. Not even Apple can see that video feed. So that little extra touch of privacy is something that I think will help a lot of the skepticism that people already have around bringing these devices into their home. All right. Interesting. I imagine we'll figure out how much, if any of this that they're selling, especially as we go into the holiday season, people may be more inclined to shop these things. William, always good to have these conversations. We appreciate it. Stay with us here. We'll be right back. Inflation rising more than expected last month. The latest consumer price index shows that prices increased 0.6 percent from August. That brings the annual rate of inflation at 3.7 percent. This data could be a troubling sign for the Federal Reserve. We got senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Veronique Derouji with more. And Veronique, I know it's hard to predict what exactly the Fed is going to do, but based on what we're seeing here, does it seem as though they would probably be more inclined to continue to raise rates? Yes, it's very possible, especially because the numbers were higher than expected. But in the end, it's going to depend on whether they think this is a supply problem or a demand problem basically is it is this the product of um of the war in Iran and and a bunch of supply uh restriction uh that are raising prices but that effectively if that's the case the Federal Reserve doesn't have much impact raising rates is not going to help or is this actually a general increase in the price level in which case uh this could help but I'd like to actually point out something. It's like there's a reason why we haven't finished fighting inflation since 2022. The Fed has been raising rates and I mean, and raise rates and all this. But we haven't we are not back to target. Like even if you ignore the the the the war effect and all this, we have not gone back to the target numbers. And that is because the fiscal side has not done its job For the interest rates to really be effective, it means that the fiscal side needs to have fiscal adjustment, and there's no fiscal responsibility anywhere to be seen in Washington. Okay. I hear what you're saying. I think for people, right, at large, we have seen these incremental raise hikes here, and yet spending has not really cooled off, which is, I would imagine, what the Fed is trying to do, right? I mean, it seems as though people are just still they're going about it. They're they're spending and they carry debt, obviously, at a much higher rate here. What's the end point? Like, what does that look like? Six, 12 months, 18 months from now for our economy? Well, so the economy has been unbelievably resilient. It has been crazy. I think it is a product of the AI boom. I mean, for the most part, it's been incredible. The faith of the private sector and the willingness to invest money. By the way, I would point out, in an area that has been mostly exempted from tariffs, it's worth noting, and it's been carrying the economy quite dramatically. But the consumption side is showing actually signs that this rise in prices is hurting. So we'll see. I'm curious about what the Fed is going to do. And again, I think it's going to depend on whether they think this is a product of the war and restriction on the supply side or whether it is really a general increase in the price level. But in order to really, really, really just defeat inflation, a lesson we've learned from the Volcker year in the 80s is that the fiscal side is going to have to play its part. And, again, no one in Washington, D.C., seems to be willing to do any of that. We'll see if that changes come the midterms. Varney, good to talk to you. Thank you for the update on that. Thank you. You may need a beer after all this economy talk. A local brewery getting into the spirit, the fall spirit, with festive beer and a pretzel event this weekend. Red Bear Brewing in D.C. hosting its Pumpkin Pints and Pretzels Fall Fest. It'll feature seasonal beers brewed right on site and giant pretzels. We've got owner and head brewer Simon B. to tell us all about it. Pumpkins and pints. That's right. What could go wrong and what could be even better than that? No, nothing could be better than that. You know, I mean, it's all things fall. Yeah, we got these giant pretzels. We've got all this brew, some of it. I mean, everyone's like in love with the pumpkin spice, everything. I'm sure you've got a little flavor for all those people that are looking for that fall flavor in their beer. We sure do. I mean, we even have like three different pumpkin beers for people to try. All right, so what is it? Because I see you've got a flight. You guys do flights. What are you hoping to show people come this weekend for your fall festival? Well, we mainly are showcasing our pumpkin beers. We have three different ones. So did you want to try them? Let's go. Let's try them. But you got to walk me through them because I'm certainly no expert at this. So this one is All Hallows Lager. Okay. This is basically a Vienna lager, which is a little bit more malty than like a Pilsner. And then it has pumpkin flavors in it as well and some pumpkin. But it's very subtle. And I think that's what I like because I'm imagining like a pumpkin spice latte in my brew. That's not the case. No, yeah, but the next one we got for you, you know, might be a little heavier. All right, what do we have now? So this next one is called Gord Riddens. So this is a little bit. You guys did well with the names here. We are strong with the names. Anyway, so Gordrins. Oh, and I can see the color. Yeah, it's a little darker. This was like our original pumpkin beer that we made, the very first one, about seven years ago. So it's a little bit. You know, I'm surprised at myself. I think I like this one better. Oh, good. Does that mean I'm a beer connoisseur? Is this how it's supposed to go? What's the next one? What do we have for the time, for the sake of TV time? So the next one we have is called Blood Moon Bear. This is a Baltic porter, so it's a little bit even heavier. So it's like 9%, so it's like a little on the strong side. This is going to be a fun 5 p.m. newscast I'm about to do. Yep, and it is a porter, but it does have some pumpkin flavors. Okay, strong. A little stronger. Yep, the 9% I'm seeing. So we've got the flights here with all beer things and, of course, all pumpkin for you. You guys are getting joining in with REI, which is your neighbors right there in the Nova neighborhood. Yeah, it's their 10th anniversary. So they, you know, decided to collaborate with us. We were like, well, you're doing fun things. We're doing fun things. You know, why don't we do fun things together? Red Bear Brewing is such a fun place. Get out there. It's in the Nova neighborhood. You guys are teaming up for this huge anniversary for the fall. If people want to come by, is it free? How exactly is this working for the festival? It is free. Yeah. So anybody can come by. It's all on the patio right in front of REI. So basically you can come by. We're going to have a whole bunch of other pumpkin beers as well, not just our own. So you'll be able to buy three totems. These are pretty good. Yeah, well, ours are the best. Yeah, I would just go with the local stuff, go with the Red Bear because you guys are doing well. So good to see you, Simon. Thank you for stopping by. Yeah, thanks for having me. And I'm going to keep my gourd riddens with me, okay? Okay, okay. We'll be right back. Keisha and Tamo. All right. We'll see you at 7 o'clock. I'm wearing green, yes. Bon Jovi here. Okay, we'll see you in a few seconds. It's hot out there. It is. The news at 4.