actually, it has been a great program for my district, especially longfellow -- longfellow which is on the t we have had leadership from the parents, students, -- students, and teachers. >> it has become part of the culture at longfellow. back to the -- just a quick overview of our program deliverables. we have the education portion, a kindergarten classroomñc%+÷ lesn where we talk about the various ways of getting to and from school with the benefits of walking and biking. one of our partners goes in and as a classroom lesson in the second grade were they actually take a small field trip around the school, and the practice crossing the street, talking about different ways of walking around safely in the city. the fourth grade lesson, two lessons for the come in and practice putting on a helmet properly, and then they actually do a bike rodeo in the schoolyard. you can see for each of those lessons, they reach 40 to 50 classrooms and approximately 1000 students in each of the grades in the 15 schools. the encouragement part is a fun, easy way of getting safe routes to school started in

the fire started around 1:00 this morning on longfellow street. no one was home at the time. firefighters say the fire caused extensive damage to the two-story home. they also say it appears the fire started on the second floor. the cause is under investigation. >>> coming up on 4:31 right now, time for weather and traffic on the 1s. meeting veronica johnson is in for tom this morning, and it feels good outside. >> it really does. >> doesn't it? i was going to say, i've got a little pep in my step this morning, and well, i hope folks out there do, too, because it's going to be a fantastic day. >> excellent! >> low humidity. the clouds have moved out. we're going to have sunshine. it's going to be really nice today. take a look at the satellite and radar right now. can't see anything because we don't have anything up above us or really on radar right now. clear skies giving way to some patchy fog. frederick, maryland, visibility is at two miles. four-mile visibility in gaithersburg, so not too bad, but there have been some lower visibilities up to the north and west as opposed

that exists at longfellow and all of our schools, about walking andhmtpú biking to scho.then we evaluate everything we do. so we have student travel tallies. we go into the classrooms and ask the kids of the dow to and from school. then we have parent service that would apparent attitude towards walking and biking to school. not surprisingly, distance the child lives from school is strongly associated with how they get to and from school. the general rule of thumb is a half mile is the general buffer of how far a gigawatt to and from school. a mile is how far a kid can bike to and from school. if you live beyond that, it is hard for a child and their family to get to school. three of the top five concerns from parents were traffic- related. you can see here. safety at intersections and crossings. the amount in speed of traffic. the other two were distance and also violence and crimes. just looking in our past three years on performance measures, we looked at if we established any mode shift with children getting to and from school. overall, we did see a 3% decrease in wal

>>those were telling words from the governor spent the morning visiting longfellow am elementary school students ... supporters of the gambling bill in springfield say they are ready to fight and they are about to lobby enough votes to override the governor's veto after the november election the expansion plan would allow for five new casinos won in chicago the governor said that the bill the lawmakers sent to him had to many shortcomings like not enough ethical guidelines and weak regulatory oversight >>were neck and have loopholes for gangsters ... when it hit my desk not enough integrity ... >>the governor says he's not against gambling but he pointed out that two of his predecessors are now in jail. he spoke with the mayor this morning to inform him of his decision before it went public. he claimed that the mayor looked forward to working with him on a new version of that bill a short time ago, we spoke with representative lou lang who said he is disappointed but not surprised at governor quinn's decision. >>if i were governor and i had to veto a bill for no reason at all that is wh

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but we finish with a few lines from h w longfellow. we can make our lives sublime and departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sand of time. thank you very much. you have been kind and i will be happy to try to take your questions. [applause] >> i had a stock answer during the war in 2006. we cannot undo what happened in the past, but we can work on what we're doing now and in the future. the lesson here is that it's extremely complex. before we jump in to such endeavors again, we need to do an awful lot of studying, a lot more than we did before that particular war began. the old adage that things are often not as they appear was zero so true. -- oh so true. we learned a lesson that every level. our troops were magnificent in challenging circumstances. we had combat engagement that rivaled those of world war ii in intensity and casualties. our people performed superbly. they did time and again what we asked them to do. at the end of the day, it's all about people. you have to have a level of trust. let's talk about trust. without

let me finish with a few wines from hov longfellow. we can make our lives sublime and departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. thank you very much, you have been kind, and i will be happy to try to take your questions. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> what i learned from iraq, where shall i begin. i have an answer when i showed up on the scene over there actually in 2006 the first time, during the war. the response was i cannot undo what has happened in the past, but i can work on where we are now and what we are going to do in the future. what we did was, the lesson here is that it is extremely complex. before we jump into such endeavors again, we need to do an awful lot of studying, i believe a lot more than we did at that particular time when the war began. because the old adage that things are often not as they appear was oh, so true. we learned a lot of hard lessons at every level. some very challenging circumstances, we had engagements that rival those of world war ii in intensity and casualties, unfort

let me finish with a few wines from hov longfellow. we can make our lives sublime and departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. thank you very much, you have been kind, and i will be happy to try to take your questions. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> what i learned from iraq, where shall i begin. i have an answer when i showed up on the scene over there actually in 2006 the first time, during the war. the response was i cannot undo what has happened in the past, but i can work on where we are now and what we are going to do in the future. what we did was, the lesson here is that it is extremely complex. before we jump into such endeavors again, we need to do an awful lot of studying, i believe a lot more than we did at that particular time when the war began. because the old adage that things are often not as they appear was oh, so true. we learned a lot of hard lessons at every level. some very challenging circumstances, we had engagements that rival those of world war ii in intensity and casualties, unfort

let me finish with a few wines from hov longfellow. we can make our lives sublime and departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. thanyou very much, you have been kind, and i will be happy to try to take your questions. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> what i learned from iraq, where shall i begin. i have an answer when i showed up on the scene over there actually in 2006 the first time, during the war. the response was i cannot undo what has happened in the past, but i can work on where we are now and what we are going to do in the future. what we did was, the lesson here is that it is extremely complex. before we jump into such endeavors again, we need to do an awful lot of studying, i believe a lot more than we did at that particular time when the war began. because the old adage that things are often not as they appear was oh, so true. we learned a lot of hard lessons at every level. some very challenging circumstances, we had engagements that val those of world war ii in intensity and casualties, unfortunat

let me finish with a few wines from hov longfellow. we can make our lives sublime and departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time. thank you very much you have been kind, and i will be happy to try to take your questions. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> what i learned from iraq where shall i begin. i have an answer when i showed up on the scene over there actually in 2006 the first time during the war. the response was i cannot undo what has happened in the past but i can work on where we are now and what we are going to do inhe future. what we did was the lesson here is that it is extremely complex. before we jump into such endeavors again, we need to do an awful lot of studying, i believe a lot more than we did at that particular time when the war began. because the old adage that things are often not as they appear was oh, so true. we learned a lot of hard lessons at every level. some very challenging circumstances, we had engagements that rival those of world war ii in intensity and casualties unfortunately.