more of my interview with tim clark. i will also ask him about the middle east and the affect on jet fuel prices. dennis: despite that much anticipated federal ruling in the german court think the bailout looks good. first, let's take a look at ten year treasuries. ♪ >> i am tracy byrnes with your fox business brief. prices rose in august for the first time in five months. higher costs for oil. fell short of wall street expectations. prices more than doubled estimates with nine tenths of a percentage increase. getting a boost following the rating. -- the trend will continue into the next fiscal year. retailers may see their first bump in holiday shopping traffic sent 2007. during the peak holiday shopping month of december and november, traffic will increase. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ [ female announcer ] they can be enlightening. hey, bro. or engaging. conversations help us learn and grow. at wells fargo, we believe you can never underestimate the power of a

. >> reporter: tim clark spent this day after clearing water- logged debris for the street, working for kenya mcduffy out of town today. the councilman's chief of staff is corey griffin. >> and calling on the city and the mayor and dc water to look at some engineering solutions that perhaps could give some immediate short-term relief to the problem. >> reporter: with the possibility of more thunderstorms through the week, water crews were handing out free sandbags this afternoon at the utilityies. coming up we'll tell you a long- term solution and what the ward 5 council member is proposing for the short term. there's a dc crew out there sweeping up the streets and creating a lot of dust, and that is also loaded, shawn, with raw sewage. >> what a mess. got to feel for the people out there. >>> the skies thankfully are clear. could see rain through the week. get the forecast now. >> not going to completely rule out that a shower or thunderstorm is going to pick up around this evening and where they do develop if they do. the potential there for heavy rain. hope it doesn't happen over tow