. >> suzanne kennedy joins us live from the scene. >> they dispatched a medical ambulance and several other ambulances to temple emmanuel school which is located on connecticut avenue here in kensington. this started to unfold around 10:00 this morning as children were participating in a routine fire drill. the preschoolers were evacuated from the buiexercise and they came upon a nest of yellow jackets. students and three staff members were stong, some multiple times. there were immediately brought into the building for medical care and authorities arrived. they took all 15 affected to the hospital. it was a frightening scene at first but the good news is, none of the people who were stong were allergic to bees, they were just transported to the hospital as a precaution and. >> thank you so much. as the nation prepares to mark the 9/11 anniversary tomorrow, there is new hope today for hundreds of first responders. the federal government has not budged on its stance that toxins from ground zero are not responsible for certain types of cancer. until now. >> 11 years after the world trad

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some 700,000 seasonal jobs are country.ss the suzanne kennedy has more on this coming just that is for the holidays. >> already the stores are taking applications. more than 600,000 got temporary employment year even more will be for the holidays. what consumers may not be for the shopping season, retailers are getting ready. wal-mart, toys r us as they are theirng to increase seasonal help over last year. >> i'm going to try target as well. >> that is good news for this apply for a job at wal-mart. >> i hope it lasts longer than the seasonal. e some many ofar us who need work. upstores planned to ramp their hiring from last christmas. indicatory that as an economy is improving. >> if retailers are going to be people it is bothraging because are expecting their par or higher than a year ago. that is great news for the economy and job-seekers. coles, 52,000, wal-mart 50,000, and toys r us will take on 45,000 police. consumers hope this is a good sign. >> i am not very optimistic. the economy is getting better growing because if they are willing to hire that means bringing in more money.

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suzanne in tucson. >> caller: thank you. i i'm in my 70s, and so i remember the original kennedy campaign for president. remember it very clearly. i am looking at what is going on with the mitt romney campaign. i see a similarity between a hysterical fear that were kennedy be elected, the pope would really be president. and the same sorts of accusations about mormons. i'm curious, if you see the parallel. if you think i am seeing something that isn't there. if you think that we can learn something, if people would only know about what went on during kennedy's campaigns, if people could be reminded of that, it would reduce the prejudice. >> guest: yes, i agree with you. the fact that john kennedy, in office, if anything, he asserted himself that he was not enough of a catholic to be observant enough. i think he answered that question essentially. there was some worry when joe lieberman ran on the al gore ticket in 2000. but having a jewish vice president might weigh down the gore ticket in certain areas. most of the data that was picked up was not true. it is sort of a happy story. i hope that from those

suzanne in tucson. >> caller: thank you. i i'm in my 70s, and so i remember the original kennedy campaign for president. remember it very clearly. i am looking at what is going on with the mitt romney campaign. i see a similarity between a hysterical fear that were kennedy be elected, the pope would really be president. and the same sorts of accusations about mormons. i'm curious, if you see the parallel. if you think i am seeing something that isn't there. if you think that we can learn something, if people would only know about what went on during kennedy's campaigns, if people could be reminded of that, it would reduce the prejudice. >> guest: yes, i agree with you. the fact that john kennedy, in office, if anything, he asserted himself that he was not enough of a catholic to be observant enough. i think he answered that question essentially. there was some worry when joe lieberman ran on the al gore ticket in 2000. but having a jewish vice president might weigh down the gore ticket in certain areas. most of the data that was picked up was not true. it is sort of a happy story. i hope that from those