you painted his bus.'s bob in the bus in a volkswagen. >> that's my ole car. >> well painted as well. >> here is this bus in die cast, it has become the most iconic view of woodstock. what do you think about that? >> i don't know. i would have never dreamed it would have come up like that. >> you are sitting there just watching the show. somebody walked up and snapped the picture. >> we never knew it was taken, 20 years later i came across it. >> so you saw it in a local paper. >> yes. >> a local lady in a local bus in a local paper what has become the symbol of a. >> we don't know who took it. >> did you. >> i fan not 1971, people sent me photos from europe and everywhere else and should bed me. i wish i had known it was in new york times last week. >> yeah. >> you are a musician, but all of the sudden you see this and em bow somebody and say that was my bus. they look at you like you are crazy? >> i was frankly being in the music business i was glad for the promoe to tell you the truth. >> works for me.

the bus as the bus was moving. i seen a young lady say help us, help us. >> reporter: atlanta police say it was a student who tried to take the wheel of the bus to keep it from crashing. >> he jumped in the front seat. >> and that's when this lawn crew ran to help. >> as he jump off the bus, he tried to get away and we grabbed him. >> two children were hurt in the incident. one was taken to grady hospital and and the other taken home by parents. we're told by school officials that both injuries are considered minor. the lawn crew says they hold on to pitman until police gone got on scene. >> when we turned him over, he a condom on and he was -- i mean, i don't know what he was going to do. >> that was just in gray reporting. now students and the bus driver suffered minor injuries during the attack. >>> after more than two years away from the game, michael vick has returned to an nfl playing field. the new eagles quarterback was in uniform for the team's third preseason game against the jaguars. the eagles didn't wa

and getting off the bus. make sure that you also -- make sure that you know when you stop, make sure that the traffic is clear before they cross the street. >> reporter: absolutely. thank you so much, mr. cox. he knows what he's's talking about because he's been driving the buses for years. back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. >>> right now chopper 4 is flying above thomas stone high school in charles county. sheriff deputies are greeting returning students there, making sure classes aren't the only thing on their minds. deputies are out at every high school in the county, passing out flyers about safe driving. they're being proactive this year after nine teens died in multiple crashes last year. the sheriff's department says it continues to hammering home this message throughout the school year by taking part in a number of safe driving assemblies. >> we are connected to your commute this mornis w titng woh jo rarmaicle t arts to tell you a o travel thel beltwayn he tst- ir -rfohe tex for the fir

down the wrong bus number. reporting live, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> if you have a problem you want us to look into, send us a message on our website. you can also call us. >>> two montgomery high school students are asking the school board for a later start time. they participated in a summer internship studying the effects of sleep deprivation on teenagers, and they want to push back the start time by an hour. the school board has considered to similar proposals. later start times creates several problems including added expenses for the county. >>> nasa will try to launch space shuttle discovery next tuesday after a two day review of its fuel tank. springfield, va. native patrick forrester delivers equipment and supplies, so we will be watching this mission. >>> the tornado warning expired just a few minutes ago, but they are still getting whacked with a heck of a storm. some observers want to share as we take a lkoo at the live triple doppler. on the southern end of the hecounty, st. george'sla isnd,

someone forgot him. >> nobody wants to see their 5- year-old son abandoned on a bus. >> the bus driver and an onboard attendant were supposed to drop off the children at school. there is also a monitor at the terminal must check each bus. those three employees simply did not do their jobs. they have been fired. another driver eventually sockeye round and he was taken back to school. -- saw tyrone and was taken back to school. while they support the firings -- >> that is not enough. >> they hope more is done. family members and transportation officials say that it is likely the bus driver and the on board attendant did not see tyrone because he was probably asleep on his seat before he got to school. the head of transportation says regardless, there is a system in place to prevent this kind of mistake. >>> 82-year-old girl and health care -- and many are recovering after being stabbed repeatedly. -- a 2-year old girl. >> police are trying to figure out why a man allegedly attacked a neighbor and the nanny of his own child. the man stabbed the woman inside of her apartment and also stabb

. >>> a bizarre incident in atlanta forced students to jump off their moving school bus. surveillance from a gas station shows a 23-year-old man behaving strangely, crouching and fidgeting, then police say he ran out, jumped through a window on the bus and overpowered the driver, but it gets even wilder. how he apparently lost control of the bus and lost his pants. um bill-- why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him.

of the bus.a fence, witnesses tackled the guy, but they noticed something really strange. >> when she jumped off, we grabbed him. he slipped away from us and tried to get under the bus. he had on some type of sweat pants, but he had pulled them down and like he was driving the bus with his papds down. >> i always feel bad for cops when they have to take people into custody with partial clothing or none. >>> anyway, two students and the bus driver had minor injuries. police arrested the man, but haven't said what charges he might face. >>> the daily llama will be in taiwan this weekend. his spokesman says he is going there to pray for the victims of typhoon moreakomorakot. china considers the dali lama a separatist. we are living through the worst recession in the times of our life right now. but there are new signs this week things may be slowly beginning to improve. it's what you wanted to hear, good news in a bad economy. of and our money expert, jennifer westhoven here with reasons we can be o

he tried to get under the bus.ts and he had pulled them down like he was driving the bus with his pants down. >> two students and the bus driver had minor injuries. the 23-year-old man was arrested. >>> today we're talking about elizabeth smart. she lived a nightmare similar to that of kidnapped jaycee dugard. smart was eventually returned to her family. smart, a whole lot earlier. the advice smart is giving to s dugard about reinteregrating ba into every day life. an d back. for little bodies with fevers.. and big bodies on high blood pressure medicine. tylenol works with your body... in a way other pain relievers don't... so you feel better... knowing doctors recommend tylenol... more than any other brand of pain reliever. i got the idea from general mills big g cereals. they put this white check at the top of every box to let people know their cereals have healthy whole grain, so they're the right choice, like me. (announcer) general mills makes getting whole grain an easy choice. just look for the white check.

and i said, no, i'm not. >> he then missed his bus. >> they told me to get off the bus. >> how did they say that? >> in a mean way. >> reporter: it gets worse. he was lost and afraid, gets in the car with a stranger. luckily it was another parent, and she took him back to school. >> the director of transportation says that the bus driver should have never let him off the bus, not even if he was here at his own home. it's because the bus driver knew he was not one of the students she was suppose to take home. >> reporter: i talked with transportation director michael dodson by phone. he says because of this incident, they have changed the way that students are picked up. and instead of staying in the classroom, he says students will wait for parents on the basketball court. but his mom wants the bus driver held responsible. >> i think already she should already have been suspended and or fired. >> reporter: dodson says they have begun the process to consider disciplinary action, but he says that it is all confidential. she also wants to thank the good samaritan who picked up her son. >>

on a bus. the bus driver and attended and a monitor all failed to check the bus after dropping the kids off. >>> there will be a vote this morning on a new round of budget cuts. there will be a $434 million in budget cuts including 205 layoffs. there will also be a reduction in state aid to local governments. there will be more cuts to higher education. >>> the battle for health care reform is intensifying. there was a fiee face-off in reston last night. jim moran hosted the meeting. police escorted several people deemed too disruptive. some opponents said the plant will drive the nation into bankruptcy and down the road to socialism. there will be a health care reform meeting this morning aimed at young people. it will provide quality health care. several groups will take part in this including rock the vote. >>> seven minutes after the hour, 72 degrees. >> health offials are taking drastic steps to stop a swine flu catastrophe. we will tell you about plans to push up the release of a vaccine.

we take it for granted, putting the kid on the school bus. it's not just the driver's responsibility for safety. >> it's something that we have to instill in harford county, our volunteer fire stations have been putting up on their marquises advices about school buses. the harford sheriff's department has been trailers in movie theaters. it's very important this recognition of school buses and school bus safety be instilled repeatedly. >> your first route is still on your office wall. is this something you think about what with you do? >> i do. it's a big responsibility. i think we take it, as charlie says, we're educational organizations. our goal is to continue educating students and that shared responsibility. >> summer is probably a very busy time for you putting this all together. it's not that you have summers off and can head down to the ocean? >> that's the truth. summers are very busy, i was impressed. i was telling linda that we had about 80 buses running this summer and then she told me -- how many? >> 369 for summer programs. >> f

two people were seriously hurt when that bus rolled on to its side. investigators say the driver lost control, slamming into a guardrail near the town 50 miles northeast of madison. the athletes were golfers and softball players returning from a trip to neb be in. the had 2-year-old driver and one athlete were last reported in serious condition. >>> the marine corps is banning troops from logging on to online social networking sites. they ce a possible security miskektd. they issued the order yesterday preventing marines from logging on to facebook, myspace and

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bus drivers are sharing their firsthand experiences. we're live with the danger is problem. >> and they travel more than 40 million miles a year. all the more reason why police and school officials say that drivers need to do a better job of paying attention. this man has been driving school buses for more than 14 years. >> they are not focusing. >> what she sees from behind the wheel, at least once a day, is frustrating. drivers failed to obey warning signs. >> people see a bus with their eyes, but not with their mind. they always have to be somewhere, they are late for work. >> bus drivers say motorists put the lives of children in jeopardy. >> we put on our flashing lights to warn the cars that we are going to do something. then, when we stop, just as we are stopping, we extend our stop sign. that is what everybody should be stopping. >> the police department is issuing a friendly reminder. >> we are saying what the sign says. stop. and there may be a police officer watching you. it is in the interest of the police -- of the children

he was 77. >>> a shrtless man terrorized a bus load of students in atlanta. police say he went right through the bus window after being caught on surveillance video at a nearby convenience store. he took the wheel from the driver then left it without the driver as it went off the road down a steep hill. students jumped out of the emergency exit of the back of the bus as it rolled down the hill. the man lost his pants trying to run from bystanders trying to stop him from getting away. the bus driver and two students were hurt as the naked suspect was arrested. >>> $56,000 for a new car and $8 for a new sandwich. >>> and you usually see firefighters wearing their boots not holding them. you may want to stop by and help them out on the side of the road. here's vinita nair from new york. >> reporter: good morning. there is new evidence this morning that the economy is looking up. the government confirms that the economy shrank only 1% last quarter, better than expected. some economists think it's growing this quarter. unemployment still isn't expected to peak unt

down a hill. >> she was jumping off the bus after the bus moved down the roadway and i seen they had uniforms on. i didn't know what was going on first. i seen a young lady that said help us. somebody hijacked our bus. >> reporter: most of the students were able to jump off the back of the bus before it crashed. two students, however, suffered minor injuries. pittman is in custody, but police have not announced what charges he will face. >>> nine of the 22 high schools in portion county have resolved all of their problems with this year's class schedules. in the last 30 minutes, we have learned that 1300 students are still waiting for their schedules, but that is down from 8,000 at the beginning of the week. our digital correspondent, armando trull brings us up to date on exactly what has happened this week. >> i want to offer my sincere apologies. >> reporter: that's all the prince georges county superintendent could say given one of the worst starts to a school year in the county's history. what's more, the prince georges county school system apparently knew months before the first

city have been vandalized since the weekend. >> bus stop after bus stop had entirely broken glass outit. it's a shame because they're so nice. people can't take care of them. >> they must have not had anything better to do. i don't see no reason to do that. >> reporter: d.c. transportation departme spokesman john law says it appears to be pure vandalism with no political notes or other drufeety. there are no immediate suspects. >> somebody is driving along and is vandalizing them, you know, perhaps with a bb gun or something out of a car window. >> reporter: the district in recent years has contracted with a private company to build, clean, and maintain more than 500 bus shelters. a manager for the company, clear channel outdoors, is angry about rare vdali.sm. this was a sudden erupon, the spokesman said. is absolutely is not a normal occurrence. we could use any help anyone could give us to identify the vandals. the company has a 20-year contract with the district. it sells ads on the shelters to earn commissions. normally no more than two or three shelters need repair in any ven mon

it involves a bus. not that school bus. the good news there are no churn on the bus. great news there but crews are working hard out here. you are asked to avid the area. i put an alternate on-line on my twitter account. oh my goff is my i.d. name to go to twitter.com/traffic. i will hook you up. no accidents germantown to montross. 66 eastbound from 50 to 123 we are slow and using the breaks to the beltway, we are okay. below speed from edsall to seminary from the times building to bladensburg road the delay is growing. >>> a simple white oak cross and white marble foot marker  marks ted kennedy's final resting place. the media and the publichad a chance to pay gre itthes avisdee unr bla y.er avesite is under a thmaple tree on the hill close to where his older brothers are buried. >> really something special. i have been here before to see john and robert and sadly ted. but he will rest in peace. >> reporter: one mourner said she is thankful for everything kennedy did but she said she hasn't had a chance to process it all. log on to our website for more on the pass

you cannot operate a metro vehicle or bus while using a cell phone to be talking or texting. and the policy is clear, what will happen if it is determined that is what you have done. >> you'll be fired. zero tolerance. but this driver, they have only sube deenenthspbewid pay and t union is pushing for her to be returned to duty. union firms insist she never moved the bus while on the phone and they say that she was calling the central control center because her radio had died and she was stuck in heavy traffic. >> it didn't move the bus and she was calling them. that should be okay. >> well based on that particular thing, definitely not to be fired. >> the union officials say that a rider on the bus confirms that the driver story happened. they said that metro has a tape of the driver's conversations with the control center and the union president says she can't figure out why it has taken so long to put the driver back on duty. >> metro instituted the zero tolerance policy to send a clear message that calling and driving is unacceptable. but the devil is often in the details

hear his story. >> lady threatened me on the bus. i called central communications on the bus. it took an hour for the police to get there and it took 40 minutes for a supervisor to arrive. >>te reporr: another metro driver photographed talking on her cell phone just got her job back when metro discovered she was using that phone to reach central control because the radio on her bus was broken. robinson claims repeated communication problems put all drivers at risk. >> they go out on that battle field every day with no protection. no protection. it's sad. >> reporter: a metro spokesperson says the innocent was thoroughly investigated and the agency believes robinson acted inappropriately. the spokesperson also says meo has fought for tougher laws to punish anyone who assaults transit drivers. but this former operator says he's glad to be out of the driver's seat. >> my safety is first to me. first to me. and if metro is not going to look out for it, i don't want to work for metro. >> reporter: the other bus driver who lost her job is 37- year-old carletta douglas. she worked fo

there you go -- over the prince george's county school bus lot there u go. head 'em out. ready to make some pickups for the first day of school today. >> youngsters in the district and prince george's county going back to school. backpacks, pens, pencils, calculators, all of that adds up and it adds up quickly. community groups that help students get the school supplies they need are dealing with a drop in donation. a lot of them say they've been contacted by families who haven't need help in the past but are having a tough time keeping up with the debands this year. if can you help out, certainly do so. watch out for the buses today too. >> speaking of businesses, we have the all-important bus top forecast right here at fox 5. >> i spotted a bus on the weather. >> you have to hang in there for just a second. you will get a chance so see it. it is high tech. we've got showers and thunderstorms this morning that are booming south and east of the district down towards st. mary's county and st. mary's typushig nhiais roe -- across the bay and out towards the beaches as well.

officials say the bus driver, and attended, and a monitor all failed to check the bus after dropping off the kids. >>> a woman is under arrest after try to smuggle drugs inside her brow be that i marshall -- at b.w.i. marshall airport. sophia wliams had just matuedjarnm a.roic >> >>a man is charged with uslious wounding, accused of stabbing a girl and her baby sitter at a falls church apartment. the woman and a toddler or attack by a neighbor. they are expected to recover. police arrested the suspect after finding him at the nearby apartment building. >>> alexandria has a new police chief. or cook replaces david baker who was arreed on dui charges last month. earl cook has served in the police department for 30 years. he is the first african-american police chief. >>> we have a tropical storm danny out there. >> regardless of danny, we are expecting an unsubtle weakened. the extent of it is unsettled, you could let's go to the weatherbug network. this is the time lapse on top of the weather center. wase go through the morning, it is fairly easy out there. 3 hein t district. oue.out t

doddson says the driver should not have put him off the bus because the bus driver knew the child was not one of the students she was supposed to take home. >>> in two hours the public viewing of the body of senator ted kennedy resumes in boston. yesterday's viewing took a few extra hours. it was supposed to end at midnight but 7,000 people were still in line. police let them come through to pay their respects. this is what it looked like just before 1:30 this morning. the viewing didn't end until about 2:00 a.m. earlier in the day kennedy's body was taken from the family compound on cape cod. it traveled to boston passing by sites important to the late senator's life. thousands passed the route to say farewell. >> all i can do is tip my cap and wave a flag and it's my way of saying i respect him and i'm paying homage to him and his family. >> reporter: there will be a private memorial service tonight at the jfk library after the second round of public viewings. senator kennedy's funeral is tomorrow in boston. president obama will deliver one of the eulogies. we will have live coverag

. >>> and the bus driver making a special delivery every night. >>> and the bus driver making a special delivery every night. he is our person of the week. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. it is a measure of just how bad things have been with the loss of another quart million america jobs last month is seen as a sign of progress, that what happened today when the government said 240,000 jobs were lost in july, fewer than anticipated. unemployment rate actually declined to 9.4%. numbers suggest the steep decline in the economy might be easing. so, betsy stark joins us again tonight. >> reporter: the economy has lost jobs for 19 straight months. under normal circumstances, today's numbers would be apalg. given where they we have been, they are another sign the worst is behind us and the seeds of a recover are being to take hold. at the white house today, the president took some credit for today's jobs numbers saying the stimulus plan had rescued the economy from castro fee. >> today, we're pointed in the right direction. >> in the first three days on of this year, panicked

here's your bus stop forecast. we'll have our temperatures hevering in the upper 50s and low 60s this morning. students for all the at the bus stops and temperatures will be rather cool throughout the morning under the cloud cover. t sunrise 6:36. then through the rest of e evening and the rest of the da here's just ho s smers awethasoundf some showers south and east of insh.waongt otherwise, a cloudy morning. then some sunshine returng by this afterno as s ghhhiacre the low and mid-70sohuc mac terolhan average. average highs thiser'm i of yea still in the mid-80s. i sunset at 7:40. by th t,emperatures wn into the 60s. then under aarle c sleky we'll w midnight. then the0s m-5id -5around the metro area by dawn tomorrow. and maybe even in the 40s out in the mountains again tomorrow morning. then for the rest ofhe tay d o afternoon highs tomorrow wonderful, in the upper 70s and lo of sunshine. rrteic week coming up. temperatures with low humidity, morning lows in the 50srr and nr 60 on wednesday and thursday. afternoo

. >>> a metro bus driver accused of talking on his cell phone while behind the wheeis being defended by her union tonight. a blogger snapped this photograph last month claiming the bus was moving while the driver was talking. tonight the union is telling a much different story. roz plater live in the newsroom to sort it all out for us. >> reporter: brian, tonight this driver's union says she was the first casualty of metro's zero tolerance policy. they charge the agency acted too fast and are urging she be allowed back to work. a blogger says he shot this picture of a metro bus driver on her cell phone behind the wheel late last month and at the time metro's general manager seemed to be saying that driver would be out the door. >> yes, we have been able to identify the individual who's involved and we will take the appropriate action. and the action for speaking on a phone or texting on the inate termination. >> reporter: but her union says not so fast. the group claims the driver had to use her cell phone to call in a malfunction because her radio was broken and says there should ev

after sitting in it on a bus seat. she's suffering from burns on her thighs and genitals and buttocks. >> it's upsetting, it's very upsetting. i don't expect these kind of things to happen. it's sick! it's really farfetched. >> reporter: the pain started immediately and worsened by the second and within minutes, the bus driver pulled over and she was rushed to the hospital. >> it started paining, like a real, real hard scrape, like someone scrape your skin off. >> reporter: a spokesperson says it's a criminal investigation and think ear looking at video to find out how the substance made it to the seat. >> reporter: in 2007, two juveniles poured acid on a playground that left a toddler with burns and there are no suspects in her case, she and her family have strong words for those to blame. >> she'll go through a lot of trauma and me, being a mom, heartwise, i'm going through a lot. she's still my little girl. >> would you want this to happen to your child or mother. i'm someone's child and mother. i'm a human being. n

. >>> more scrutiny for metro after a bus operator was busted for driving on a suspended license.hy didn't metro know about it until the accident on thursday? that is just one of the questions being asked by our digital correspondent who is following this still developing story. >> reporter: at a busy intersection at 25th and southeast -- >> like a fender-bender. >> reporter: witnesses said a metro bus hit a car pulling into traffic from the curb, a minor incident that's turned into a big deal. >> shouldn't have been driving in the first place. >> reporter: because the bus driver's license was suspended and she was arrested. >> it is up to the bus operators to share that information with that supervisors. >> reporter: spokesman explained today there was no way for the agency to know its driver was on the road without a license, because the transit agency relies on drivers to report themselves when they're in trouble with the law. and in this case, it didn't happen. >> she was unaware that her license had expired at the end of may. >> seems to be if they would have checked that out

. >>> two metro bus drivers are out of a job tonight. john gonzales is live with all the details. >> is no secret that metro is neck deep in controversy with issue after issue. two employees are gone, another will keep her job. at a time where it seems metro can't catch a break, two employees have been fired after being arrested. the other for allegedly refusing to allow a writer of of his bus after a dispute. last month, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping a passenger after an argument. five days later, and nine year veteran bus operator was arrested for driving with a suspended drivers -- with a suspended license. both drivers were placed on administrative leave after an internal investigation. the agency announces that both have been dismissed. >> [unintelligible] >> he believes it is a bit harsh. >> they will get a second -- and they need a second chance. >> several amateur photos surfaced appearing to show drivers distracted behind the wheel. metro implemented a zero tolerance policy. >> i think it should be investigated to

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and look for the number 16 bus to be about 30 minutes late. and the 8 and 15 is ten to 15 minutes behind. light rail is about 15 minutes late northbound. metro subway on time. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. (announcer) back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm, flaky, pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two bonus box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. so i always have totino's pizza rolls. big pizza taste in a bite size roll that my kids can't resist. plus i get two bonus box tops for their school. totino's pizza rolls. the pizza way to snack. >>> 5:10. oh, danny storm. >> justin is busy there. >> oh, danny boy. we're going to talk about that in a bit. 5:10. harford county back to school. let's show you what it looks like at the highland in bel air, 68 degrees and 92% humidity. a little muggy this morning, really nothing oppressive but still hanging on to a little summer heat before we cool down as some storm comes th

the bus is a fairfax county school bus. we understand there were some children on the bus and that some are being evaluated at the scene. we don't know how many at this time or where the bus was going. we will of course bring you more information as it comes into us. >>> another big story we're following today. terror out of pennsylvania -- at a pennsylvania health club. a man walked in and fed dozens of shots inside a crowded gym. the scene unfolded at l.a. pittsburgh side f last night. tonight we're learning more about a possible motive. >> reporter: a lone gunman opens fire on a health club. witnesses at the l.a. fitness center in suburban pittsburgh saying a man carrying a duffel bag walked into a room where an exercise class was taking place, fumbled around for a minute or so and then without warning pulled out two guns and began spraying bullets. the gym wapacked. more than 70 people attempting to take cover. some killed instantly. and others pleading for help. >> i was working out and i heard a bunch ever gunshots an

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new fall mta bus schedules began yesterday. the newest bus schedule is the 48 quick buzz that begins operating this morning with limited stops from towson to the university transit center in downtown baltimore. go on line but the more or call the number on your screen. now back to sandra shaul. >> we are wrapping up the month of august with cool weather. it's going to feel like late september today. pretty reasonable today so far. we will only make it to the mid 70's. we are tracking a little disturbance to our south that's riding along a stalled front. around annapolis southward there's a slight chance for a shower passing through. it should be brief. in central maryland, partly cloudy skies. 65 degrees downtown. in york, 56 degrees. mid-60's's on the eastern shore. statewide today, for the mountains, 67 this afternoon. mostly sunny skies there. absolutely spectacular with blue skies. in baltimore, a mix of clouds later on throughout the day. partly cloudy for the most part. at 74 degrees this afternoon. there's a northwesterl

we'll also get on that bus and ride along with him.live in bel air, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:50. the good news is we have decent weather to get to school. the bad news, anybody trying to get to the beach before labor day, i don't think it's a good time to do so. 69 in town by the beaches, mid- 70s. representing this one, 75 towards norfolk but fairly similar temperatures up the coast, through ocean city and delaware. pull back a little wider and we've got ourselves basically a frontal boundary training through the north, wave of low pressure actually going to try to help to keep this thing from passing completely through. the old tropical boundary feeding away, what was left behind bill, this one still feeding moisture on in through florida. that could be problems for the space shuttle. but there it is. tropical storm danny. danny with winds of 60 miles per hour moving to the northwest at 9, 500 miles away from miami. watch the forecast track here for early saturday morning. it takes it within about 100 miles or so of ocean ci

her union says the bus was not moving. the driver only used her cell phone to call in a malfunction because the two-way radio on the bus was broken. the union says a recording of that phone call exists. >> she used the cell phone because the bus was broke, i think that's okay. get the facts first before you make a decision. >> i think if you were driving the bus on the cell phone, that's wrong. she should have stopped and goten off and radioed for help and just put the cell phone away. >> metro's zero tolerance policy comes after photos of drivers and train operators that were tempting, sleeping and even reading a book. >>> an faa air traffic controller and supervisor are on leave after the collision over the hudson river. the controller handling the small plane was talking on the phone at the time of the accident and the supervisor wasn't in the building as required. the employee's action don't appear to have contributed to the accident itself. >>> president clinton says the g.o.p. promotes fear over health care. because

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driver, he fell over the bus and then our bus counselor just stopped the bus and everybody started screaming. >> the driver fell out of his seat while he was driving down a busy new york street. she jumped in before there was an accident. >> i was here. i got up. i put my foot to the brake. >> one woman had to be treated for minor injuries. the nine campers on the bus are all okay. unfortunately, the bus driver did not survive. >> said to rachel this morning out of the darkness comes the light. his gift to you is that he left you in charge for a moment. you had three seconds to react, and you discovered. so even in his death, he gave you something. >> reporter: jessica doyle, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> she doesn't have her license yet. she doesn't know how to drive. she does not consider herself a hero. she just did what she had to do. >> obviously she was there for a reason. >> she moved quickly. >> absolutely. top. >>> a bit of a furnace. >> 60 degrees is like, it's cold. >> it is thursday. my voice is not high like that. >> okay, it's cold. >> it's cold. it's thursday and we have a best

rachel guzy, who is not licensed to drive, hopped into the bus driver's seat, after the bus driver keeled over. she was a counselor on a day care camp. the door was open because of the heat. and the driver fell out. >> i saw him. and he was just rolling down. and then i looked and i was like, oh, my god. so i did that. and pulled over right away. first thing i did was put my foot on the brake. >> reporter: before coming to a stop, the bus did come in contact with another car. there were no injuries, but the bus driver did suffer a fatal heart attack. >> the quick-thinking teenager says her father taught her the basics of driving and she, quote, did what she had to do. >>> a home explodes in tennessee. and amazingly, only one person was injured. the injured woman is in critical condition, with second- and third-degree burns to her face and hands. investigators say the home blew up due to a gas leak. no one was home at the time of the explosion. >>> former nfl star plaxico burress will spend years behind bars. bures mistakenly shot himself in the leg while care carrying a gun into a nightcl

she was found after she was snatched from a bus stop.will hear more and why the suspect may face murder charges. >> there is some rain out there, but not a lot. we have more on the forecast coming up. >>a programming note for you, because of the coverage of the ted kennedy funeral mass beginning at 10 am, the wbal kids programming will air later today. >> let's take a look at radar. the rain is east of the day at this time. that is the significant rain. the heaviest of that is off to the coast. there are some showers moving up on the lower eastern shore. it is cloudy and a little bit of a fog. i think this will be the picture for most of the morning. everybody today has some chance of a shower activity. the rain chances are not as high as they were yesterday. there have been some mining strikes in virginia. there is no rain there. sometimes you think it lightning even though it is not associated directly of a thunderstorm over head. most of the showers will be around ocean city. let's take a look at the current situation outside. 73 at t

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the five the bus with a 50 minute delay. 41 bus with a diversion and 70 bus the version due to road construction. the light rail is looking good. metro subway is also on time. now back to sandra shaw. >> good morning. top of the day to you. sums thunderstorms -- some thunderstorms passed through last night. in area of low pressure is turning over west virginia. we have been engulfed ration of cloud cover -- we have an infiltration of cloud cover as a result. we have a break in heat and humidity. 76 degrees downtown. 72 degrees around the airport. upper elevations around 74 degrees. a mix of sun and clouds. 87 degrees around baltimore. 86 degrees is normal for this time of year. we have a slight chance of seeing some thunderstorms however they will be isolated. 87 degrees on the shores of ocean city. went out of the northwest on the chesapeake bay. waves only 1 foot or less. chesapeake bay waters have risen to 83 degrees. tonight, we will be mostly cloudy of around 72 degrees. there is an area of low pressure. there is the low spending over west virginia. a stalled out front. it's like it's of th

. >> and angry parents about a school bus ride. >> they say it will make their children spend an houron the bus even know there's a school just five minutes away. >> on this first week of class's, students are getting a lesson in urban planning. starting next fall, 16,000 frederick county public school students are switching schools. many parents are not happy about it. >> we just got kicked in the teeth. >> the county board of education voted last night on a redistricting plan that would bust students from oakdale mittal, a 4 minute drive, to where parents say it is simply too far. >> it will put him on a bus each way for at least an hour. it >> this new high school serve the county's need for a feeder matter. >> [unintelligible] >> terri barger is a mother of five who lives in new market. her children will not go to school next fall, but she thinks they will adjust. she is relieved this month-long process is finally finished. >> i think everyone was really tired and ready to have a decision. >> for a detailed breakdown of this new school plan, go to our website wjla.com, keyword "re

the 21 best diverted and the 17 best diverted -- 36 bus, 21 bus, 17 bus diverted. >> we are seeing some strong showers and storms which are spotty in nature. they rolled through here last night. there was so much heat in the environment with a lot of humidity that storms were inevitable. there is a front to our northwest. it will generate a better chance of scattered showers late this afternoon and throughout the area as it pushes through. 77 degrees downtown. 71 degrees at the airport. 80 degrees near the airport yesterday. the key index in ocean city yesterday was around 109. a nice contrast in the western mountains of maryland today. a good chance of showers and storms. 93 degrees here in central maryland. we hit 94 degrees at the airport yesterday. some scattered showers and storms this afternoon. 94 degrees in ocean city today. we will see a thickening of clouds southwesterly flow of the bay today. -- clouds. southwesterly flow of debate today. around 10 knots. 100 degrees is the triple record high set back in 1900. it takes a lot to get to that threshold. 54 was the record low. we

on the 50 bus, diverted at saint clare and chesterfield due to construction. and 1, 3 and 64 diverted at charles and conway. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. today i'm making a classic sweet potato pie... everyone can enjoy, lactaid milk. deliciousoló welcome back to the table. love it with lactaid. ? it was like "extreme home makeover" only in this case a community rallied to raise money for a family of 24. john and jeannette murphy adopted 23 special needs children since 1983. they had been living in a crumbling home and just couldn't afford to move the family to somewhere better. so a local opportunity and kenyan kids foundation raised $800,000 and had a brand new home built for the family. it took three and a half years but the -- clan of 24 finally found their new digs. >> people said when are you going to stop adopting? i said when god stops sending them. >> the home is 7,000 square feet. each family member has their own room. there's even a pool in the backyard. that looks beautiful. >>> coming up next -- 100 women you could learn a lot from. w

the bus plunged down a hill. >> children, teenagers were jumping off the because buss as the bus wasoving. i seen a lung young lady run to them and say help us, help us. >> witnesses say things want a little crazy as they tried to keep pittman on the scene. he lost his pants and was apparently wearing a condom. only two children had minor injuries. >>> a d.c. firefighter in trouble with the law concerning a shooting that dates back two years. coming up next. >> they're trying to make her talk and there is nothing she can talk about. >> how police say the woman hasn't been truthful about what she saw. >>> we had rain rain showers overnight and thunderstorm too. we'll have all the details on the forecast and we'll look at will cast anjulie wright will be in with your on-time traffic coming up right after the break. dude, your shirt. oh, i did it to let the ladies know, i'm the right choice. i got the idea from general mills big g cereals. they put this white check at the top of every box to let people know their cereals have healthy whole grain so they're the right choice, like me. (an

they are launching across country bus tour today. jim moran was booed and heckled last night. >> school officials say students will be given temporary class schedules until at least friday of this week. at least 4000 students work out of class because of a computer screwup. there were a thousand out of class on monday. >>> the government is considering a radical move to contain the spread of the swine flu. the number of cases could start increasing rapidly and could piqued by mid october. that is one of the vaccine is expected to be made available. they are expected to speed up the delivery date of the vccine by a month even if testing is not complete. >> that probably out ways the waiting -- the weighing of the evidence. >> the exact dosage to achieve community will not be known until testing has been completed. that presents a challenge for officials trying to contain the virus. >>> 6:16. your traffea ather we f e oft wi aofdam caskey. >we have a few changes. you'lleel the changes. lwe still have highespr sunre ir control of our wh

some construction diversions with the 36 bus. the 21 bus diverting at a pennsylvania and dolphin. the 17 bus also has a diversion due to construction. back to sandra shaw. >> good morning. we are going to be warm. not quite as bad as etten. bettye board agrees that the airport yesterday. on ht doppler, there is a line of intense thunderstorms developing. we have some strong storms around our area. high humidity yesterday so the storms were inevitable. 77 degrees downtown. 71 degrees at the airport. ocean city was the warmest location yesterday. 98 degrees was the actual temperature. it felt like 109 degrees at one time yesterday. it is better today. not bad in the mountains of western maryland. showers and storms and a high of 78 degrees in the upper elevations. a high of 93 degrees in central maryland. a good chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. but when a new cold front is starting to slide through the state. on the chesapeake bay, a southwesterly flow at 10 knots. the water temperature is 83 degrees. the yellow air quality means that if you are sensitive to things

enjoy your bus trip this weekend. they plan to have them in the arizona fall league next month.san diego tonight, hernandez making the second start for the team since coming over from the mets. he hit six strong for the team last wednesday. and he stopped to make no decisions. >>> the last time that roger lost a match at the u.s. open, president push was in his first term and the iraq war was five months old. that was in 2003. for the last five years in the last 35 matches, the world number one has been per if he can at flushing that. trying to extend that streak today. first day of the open, first round against the 18-year-old, the american, britain, who just won the ncaa champion as a freshman. but well, this is the big leagues, young man. the fcc, they mite be good, but they don't have any out there. and that took less than 90 minutes. meanwhile, defending their title out there for them and knob problems -- and no problems either. they play tonight. finally this evening, sometimes the most dangerous place in a baseball game is in the dugout. padres marlins last night. chase s