or vertical bumpers. best option for parents to keep kids safe is no bumper at all. gigi barnett. >> back in october the american pediatrics has recommended to take bumpers off shelves. >>> a fundraiser for the christopher michael liles foundation took place in timonthium. he was only the second person in the world to receive a trachea transplant using his own stem cell. >>> it was a beautiful but kind of hot day out there. good day to get some sun. let's take a look outside. the sun is still shining. we have a couple of clouds but doesn't seem like there's much relief for us. tim williams is live with the first warning live doppler radar. it was kind of a cooker out there tim. >> it was, and a little warmer than yesterday. winds still bringing in very warm air. there is really no relief in sight. at least not for the next day or so. we're in the 6:00 hour and it's still 91 degrees. we only got to 90 yesterday, officially. today 91 at the airport, 96 downtown at the science center. our temperatures around

. >> >> banning bumpers statewide, the proposed regulations that could keep sleeping babies safe. >> >> showers heading our way. complete first warning forecast, coming up, next. . ,, in the black forest... [ thunder crashes ] [ engine revs, tires screech ] ...where things aren't always what they seem... because thrills hide in the shadows... just waiting at every turn. verbolten -- a new multi-launch coaster coming to busch gardens. brave the black forest. you know... big game... that was sort of supposed to be for all of us. [ slurping ] [ male announcer ] give 'em what they love. subway! giant subs, sandwich and cookie platters. and big-time value. subway catering. order today! >>> a clear warm night in central maryland. still 77 degrees. bob turk will have the first warning forecast in a few moments. >> >> check this out, firefighters are still struggling to get a handle on this fire. it has damaged 10 structures and officials say it is growing rapidly due to high winds. evacuations were sent out to at least 73 homes. >> >> throughout the day, why we have done emergency notifi

other brands are offering sets without the bumper. >> naturally, a crib bumpers caused 27 infant deaths. experts consider the risk low, but real. they're also not part of the sleep safe baby feet. >> they should be on their back in a crib. and it really should be a mattress with a sheet and that is its. the stuffed animals, pillows, blankets, or bumpers. >> the proposal gives retailers nine months to comply with the band that could go in effect june 21, 2013. >> pg&e customers could see rate increases by the end of the year. the company plans to submit a proposal to raise gas and electricity distribution rates. figures are not available, but since the request is yet to be made. the parent company merged with constellations. as part of that deal, customer saw a $100 rebate. >> drivers near cincinnati last night stuck in traffic in more ways than one. a big rig lost its load of log cabin pancake syrup. boxes still open and to serve up the spilled all over the southbound lanes. it happened on our road " of the buttermilk pie overpass. >> you made that up, that is not true. come on. we hit

since 2001 maryland has scene one con if i recalled baby bumper death and deaths when the bumper was in the crib. >> one baby that dies is one baby too many. >> the state says the next step is a public campaign telling parents that babies should sleep on their backs. >> that message is hard to deliver when ever where you go these unsafe bumpers are for sale. >> the ban does not apply to the mush bumpers or vert al ones that -- or vertical ones that wrap around the railing. the best option is no bumper at all. >> you may recall back in october they recommend parents stop using crib bumpers >>> the oriels have a day off after another victory over the phillies. they wrapped up their inter colleague series downtown. in the bottom of the 10th mattweeders hits a double off the wall, scoring adam jones. the oriels win the series and set a franchise report with their night straight win in extra innings. the pirates will be coming to town for three games starting tomorrow night. >>> -- mason will officially row tire as a raven -- derek mason will officially retire as a raven today. he's expec

. >> getting ready to ban crib bumpers. tell you all about it in consumer alert. >> it is world oceans day. here athe national aquarium, there are all kinds of activities planned to teach these people the value of protecting the world's oceans. i'm jen >> in this morning's consumer alert. b.g.e. customers could see rate increases by 2012. later this weekend the company plans to submit a proposal to raise gas and electricity distribution rates. the figures are not available however since the request is yet to be made. earlier this year exalon merged with b.g.e. as part of that deal, customers saw a one-time, $100 rebait. >> it is t is a controversial topic, are crib bumpers safe? now the maryland health department is getting ready to ban the bumpers outright. david collins has more. >> killer crib bumpers. these soft, cushiony pads can strangle or suffocate your baby. the state health department wants to ban the sale of baby bumper pads starting next june. >> i review the evidence that these products took. >> last year a sta

it would be the first statewide ban on the sale of bumper bands -- bumper pads. >> one in every four smartphone honors are using tablets like the ipad. the survey was taken over a three-month. less than 10% said they were also using the tablets. >> a local high school student has a message for his peers. a pledge he and 1000 other students have made and how it saved his life. >> doug hill is back with the specifics of his forecast. >> history gets put on hold at the belmont stakes. brian zimmerman is looking to hit the green >> more than 1500 students are taking a pledge to wear their seat belts. part of a program that at least one local student says saved his life. >> it is this simple step that he says has him here today. >> all the people at the compound and people who have seen it say i should have been dead. >> he was driving to church when he nodded off and crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed into another driver head on. >> i remember hearing that crunch to hear when you see a car accident. >> walking away with two staples in his head, he said there is no question who to

bumper to bumper there. we heard that there is flooding on 140 and 97.and that's probably the reason why the traffic is so backed up at this point. we are noticing ponding on the road, it isn't raining right now. we're trying to work our way toward where viewers have reported there was damage to us. the áf we're seeing water on the road. one thing that shows you a storm has gone through a lot of neighbors are outside. seems like notes about the storm. we heard that the skies were just black when it came through. the winds were incredibly intense. we're pulling up to a stop right now. some of the stoplights here are actually out. police are on the road and directing area because a lot of these lights in busy stops are out. schools kept students in class for an few extra hours. they kept them in interior hall ways to protect them from the storms as the tornado warning went through. it was about 4:30 that carroll county. we will continue to monitor the situation. >> and the storms have passed through there? >> i heard there were extra warnings and people sa

bay bridge toll if you are heading in, bumper-to-bumper morning pass, slow going on the upper deck.ps, accident in san francisco pardon me peninsula highway juan northbound before highway 35 skyline boulevard still blocking left lane there other problems westbound 580 two incidents before you head to the altamont pass. getting word now westbound san mateo bridge accident in -- >> thank you for joining us. >> back with a local update at 7:24.

once you get to the toll plaza you can see traffic is bumper-to-bumper on the west grand overcrossingugh to see that sun is an awfully bright. two stalls upper deck one incline one west of the tunnel those have now cleared drive crossing to san francisco heavy and slow on the bay bridge problem southbound 101 past 80 accident blocking left lane. 80 drive into the maze still not bad from the carquinez bridge beginning to bunch up off the altamont pass into livermore. >>> 6:19. >>> still ahead dramatic 9th inning finish in the final game of the bay bridge series. >>> if celebrates -- san $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

four years later they have the four-year-old bumper stickers on?n the recall election. there has been people saying they want to remove the bumper stickers. there is advice. you can use -- advise you to go to the website in wisconsin. they have advice about using nail polish removeer, rubbing alcohol. sometimes lighter fluid. i would tonight that around kids i guess. wd-40. all sorts of things. blow drier. heat on it. get the bumper sticker on and have a clean slate so everybody can get along in the neighborhood. >> bob: leave it or for as long as you can. >> greg: what did you use the get the bumper sticker off the big wheel? >> dana: what i used to get off the mini jeep you drive around. same stuff. >> greg: groovy. banned word. "take itake it away,president o. >> make no mistake. >> make no mistake. >> make no mistake. >> make no mistake. >> greg: "make no mistake." we're not making the mistake. don't tell me to make the mistake it's unnecessary. make no mistake. >> dana: he uses let's be perfectly clear as well. while you were talking i saw eri

the taurus bumper is lower to the ground and does not line up with this cherokee's bumper. instead it goes under the vehicle striking the gas tank and creates a fire risk. chrysler takes issue with these tests. they maintain their cars met the federal standard for the grand cherokee at the time it was manufactured, which is true. and that their vehicles are safe. >> it's been known in the industry for many, many decades so when this vehicle was actually delivered to the public, it wasn't that the underride accident scenario was unknown. it was known. >> reporter: sheridan gave nhtsa this once confidential chrysler memo that according to court documents was widely distributed throughout the company. it is dated august 24, 1978 and details potential issues with the passenger cars and trucks. it was written months after the ford pinto was recalled over similar issues with the gas tank placement and fiery deaths. in it two development and safety managers for chrysler wrote, there is a concern with vertical height differences that create a mismatch with passenger car bumpers. an

. >> reporter: the ships might be leaving, bumper to bumper the spirit and friendship they fostered will long endure in charm city and on the open seas. -- but the spirit and friendship they fostered will endure in charm city and on the open seas. tim rutherford. >> spectacular celebration at the harbor. >>> a blue lobster, the lobster named toby was caught thursday by the crew of the potluck fishing boat. the blue color is because of the genetic variation that caution the lobster to produce an extra amount of a particular protein. the lobster has been staying in martin's fish company's lobster tank, and is going to the national aquarium in dc, and eventually you'll be able to cave him at the time national sang which are -- catch him at the national sanctuary exhibit. >>> a commotion here, sheryl was on the scene, shot this video. aren't they cute! stopped her car, jumped out, and helped the little ducks cross the road. she was trying to bring the family on the street. she was able to get them back into where they needed. how cute is that? traffic cop out there, kelly. >>> got to do what

. >> reporter: bumper to bumper cars on every aisle. it's part of the excitement in maryland. >> there's so much stuff here it's unbelievable. >> we didn't want to miss anything. we just kept going around and it was a good thing because we missed a lot of stuff the first time. >> i came here for cheese. >> reporter: the super store is like ray -- a mini village. it's so large shoppers need a map. some of them scoped out the scene before the weekend grand opening. >> it's the fifth one in the state but should want -- but should wanters -- shoppers pleaded for one. >> it's one of the most requested sites we've had. >> reporter: they have two more stores coming by the end of next year. >> anyone else see those lobsters that looked good. >>> it was supposed to be a relaxing father's day weekend. a chopper had to swoop in and save them. the mother and her 11 year old son had to swim to shore. the father and the 12 year old son was swept downstream. crews pulled them up to safety. >>> let's check in with the meteorologist. i cannot remember a

there are still at times bumper to bumper traffic. now we're back here in d.c. in northeast. we were stuck in traffic for three hours. i was wondering, am i even going to make it on television today? well, you can see that we did because we exited right over here and we were able to establish a live signal with what is called the mast down and thank you to my photographer. that's the mast. that's the top of the live truck that goes up in the air. my photographer here made sure that he could tune in with what is called the mass down so we could talk to you viewers and then we can broadcast live. back to you in the studio, guys. >> thank you, reporting from northeast d.c. >> we're going to go out to bel-air, maryland. power lines are down. as we understood at one point they were on fire. some of those lines, as they went down i think bel-air is not all that far, doug, from where you say the tornado warning is live. we are told that power lines are down and that some of them are live and, in fact, on fire at this point. that is not water damage. that looks like wind damage in be

a task force recommended last year that the state declare crib bumpers a hazard becauss they can suffocates. the risks to infants outweigh proposed baa would begin june 2013.a public hearing on the issue is sst for august. state police... are ...looking for... a baa of cash ... lostt ... on.. i---97... county..../it .. morning.../.a.. , marked "7-11,.." on &pthe roof... o his suv..../ then.. to deeosit the cash../ police ... car... ff the - pomewhere ... on... norrhbound 97... where it passes... under route 110..../ anyone.. with information.. should call police. more thaa half of high school seniors admit thhy text or email while driving. that's from the first government statisticc on how common the pangerous habit is in teens. peens. a national survvy pdne last year found that 58 percent of high schoollseniirs said hey recently had texted or emailed while driving. about 43 peecent of high schooo juniors admitted doinn the same thing the cdc survey did find that teens were being safer on the roads in other ways. they now there's less drunk driving.nd. how are the roads looking tonig? toni

. >> it was bumper-to-bumper. >> person after person caught in the contest and says the b-w parkway was more like a parking lot. every person said that there evening commute time more than doubled. >> my friend said that it took an hour to get from the green toa -- greenville to the next exit. what the traffic troubles come as no surprise as the massive influx of people that the new casino is bringing was a source of contention during the development phase. >> we are used to being able to just move around like a little main street neighborhood. but now it has brought us to the spotlight. >> 10,000 people flooded to the floors on a wednesday. locals wonder how bad things will get on the weekend. >> eventually, it will die down. but i don't know how the holidays will be. >> with an estimated 20,000 people visiting in the first 24 hours, locals said they knew the traffic would be bad but they had no idea it would be this bad. autria godfrey reporting from an over. >> its friday morning. >> the latest in a showdown over a bill in maryland legalizing same-sex marriage. house supporters of th

it was bumper to bumper. >> person after person said the bw parkway was more like the b w parking lotd to another girl who said it tucker one hour to get from the green belt road accident -- usually it takes three minutes. >> it took almost one hour to get to ridge road. it usually takes five minutes. >> the traffic troubles come as no surprise as the massive influx of casino was a source of contention. >> we are used to being able to move about and around like a main street neighborhood or something like that. now i think it has brought us to the spotlight. >> 10,000 people flooded the slot machines last night. locals wondered how bad things will get come the weekend or come christmas. >> eventually it will die down. i do not know how the holidays will be. >> just to give you an idea of how worried some people really were about the traffic problems, we had one lady tell us she quit her job because she did not want to have to deal with the congestion once the casino was up and running. >> thank you. seven is on your side with the latest of a new iphone arrival. virgin mobile will star

. >> her fear is hardly unique as she sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic to get out of town. >> the flames were coming down the hill towards the road and people were driving on the median. it was not spam it has been relentless and not just in colorado. utah and arizona also have burning homes lighting the sky and during the day you can see the destruction. >> i won't do this again. >> if i could sign an executive order for rain, i would do it right now. >> some firefighters are working 16 hour shifts. 65 mile per hour winds are fanning the flames and in one section of colorado 250 homes were destroyed and at least one person killed them of the fire danger right now is unprecedented. >> we are at extreme levels we have not seen in many years. >> most of these fires are nowhere near content. officials point out that many homes have been saved because of the valiant effort of firefighters. lightning combined with extreme drought conditions are blamed in some of these cases. others are still under investigation. >> thank you. we are following the investigation into a violent stabbing of the d

traffic was in our area, depending on where you are, either it is for the bumper-to- bumper or it is moving slower. >> you were saying trees may be down on the tracks. updates that additional trees are blocking tracks north of d.c. no estimate at this time for service. >> that will mean more delays. we will check back in with our chief meteorologist. tom, you talk about three major areas of concern, and it sort of spread out all over the state. >> yes, they are. there's a hint of good news -- the one approaching us from the southwest has weakened, said the tornado watch has been taken down, so that is excellent news. this one here still producing moderate to heavy rain just an hour southwest -- looks like we will get another batch of these of rain, but the threat of a tornado has diminished greatly. rain coming down quite a bit on the west side of baltimore, but again, toward it a threat to miss. not so much of in hartford county. there's still some dictation of rotation with the storm tracking through central hartford county. looks like the main threat is right along u.s. route 1 in

. >> it's bumper to bumper at california adventure park. >> that is right. we'll explain why. f >>> new at 6:00 fallout from a solar company. what the government knew about solyndra for months but did not reveal and a series of sexual assaults forces a local company to pull the plulg on a mobile app. how built in save guards failed. >> right now disney is done with its make overof the california adventure park. >> today is the end of the renovation efforts. >> characters come from pixar, and carsland opens on friday. there is a recreation of a town of radiateor springs. >> don sanchez will have a live report on mid day broadcast this friday. disney owns abc 7 and that looks like a fun assignment. >>

past the beltway on 395, you are bumper to bumper. sluggish until you make your way around duke and then the road opens up. i-95 in maryland southbound past 100. this is where lanes are open and look really nice as you make your way to the beltway and get on the beltway. nice and clear in this area. over to you. >> it's now 6:12. 73 degrees. what you are more likely to do on your birthday than any other day of the year and it isn't happy news. >>> the much anticipated announcements from apple today ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] go from being on the road to being on vacation. hilton honors. the guest loyalty program with over thirty-eight hundred hotels worldwide. loyalty program your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> welcome back. it's 6:15. twitter is now hitting the airwaves. the 15-second ad features drivers or their wives in candid moments before, during and after the race. commercials ended with hash tag nascar. the commercials are to entice c

. >> reporter: so many of the escape routes residents planned to use were jammed with bumper-to-bumper traffic. >> it is crazy, parking lot, flames coming didn't the him. -- coming down the hill. >> reporter: stuck in their cars they could only use faces to shield their from the smoke. firefighters aren't just coping with the giant blaze but also the searing record setting temperatures. >> we expect further trouble from the weather today. thunderstorms present a unique problem for us in that the wind can come in any direction from those at any time with pretty strong gusts. >> reporter: alex perez, abc news, colorado springs. >>> passengers on a cancelled air france flight are about to leave san francisco after spending hours onboard their broken jet. jamie and her new husband chris were on that flight they boarded around 3:00 yesterday afternoon on their way to their honeymoon in itlism the plane never left. -- in it . the plane never . the plane was call back to the gate because of mechanical issues. cracked window shield in the cockpit may have caused the delay. >>> much more ahead

northbound up to 80 split you'll find about 40 minutes bumper to bumper traffic and there is an earlier accident that is now out of lane and there is extra time and patients will be the key this afternoon. taking a look now this is not a surprise there, is a live shot if we don't have that we'll continue on. here is a look at waze app. it's a free april that we use all the time. and there is reporters showing us slow traffic heading northbound and southbound in and out of san francisco. 280 is very slow z there is a grind, too, leading into the bay bridge. >> there is breezy and get ready for slow time. >> coming up at 9:00 on coffee tv 20 hope you can join me then we'll have latest on what is causing teesd transbay terminal as the investigation into the fire gets underway and the sun of a former golden state warrior now the best high school player in the country. and this next move my be more important than the game of baseball and then at 11:00 we're going tyke you back to 1979. that is when the tube shut down for more than three months and you can imagine if you recall what a nightma

clipped his front bumper and takes off. he's got a fast car. now basically they've got a high-speed chase going up this side of the mountain. if he can hang with this motorcycle. eventually the guy gives up's they pull over in this parking lot. here's their little conversation. >> are you serious? >> not sure why the guy drops to his knees there. >> seeing if their damage. the video pretty much ends right there, amidst their conversation. >> not much happened at the end. that's at good thing. they could have easily gone into a stupid kind of road rage thing and beaten each other up over no good reason. >> hey, man good driving. dude, nice riding, man. >> i know. >> oh. that could explain this. >> that could explain all the -- >> this part. >> according to this conversation, the motorcycle said i didn't mean to do it. saw my life flash before my eyes. the guy in the car believes he sav believes the moivg b motorcyclist was on his way to laying the bike over and him hitting the bumper actually helped the guy stay up. it did cause damage to the gu

they were stuck in bumper-to- bumper traffic, trying to get to arundel mills. texted to be an hour-and-a-half. i turned around and waited until today to come out. >> state highway officials say the delays were due to large amounts of people who wanted to be at opening night. a lot of traffic to and from the casino and there is road construction near 295 and arundel mills boulevard. >> when you come off the ramp, you will travel on the left-hand side to the right hand side and then cross at a signal to go back onto arundel mills boulevard. >> there may be some relief this weekend. state highway officials do not expect traffic to be as bad as it was on opening night. >> you just have to be patient and stagger your trip. the casino will be open more hours. everybody does wanted to be there when they open. >> i have never been to las vegas. i have never seen one this size. i really am enjoying it and i will be back to baltimore. >> casino officials say local police will help navigate traffic in and around the arundel mills mall area. shelton dutes, wbal-tv 11 news.

tested, 200 cabs bumper-to- bumper. we did not want to bring people in the room. and you did. i gave you those papers today. one of the papers is a paper which shows that any leader, all over the city, any cab, shows how many trips, how many miles, how many everything. why would we need electronics? we do not need it. you are trying to -- i have given you these copies -- you are trying to do something that is totally the privacy of the citizens to deduct. if i take a man to a brothel place or a dance place, citizens do not exit. they will go to the ballot and come to the next meeting with a protest. there will be a strike here. we are telling you that you are not understanding this industry. just handle it nicely. you do not want it? what the fight to continue? 200 apartments here are watching you. thank you. -- 200 departments here are watching you. [tone] >> next speaker, please. >> [unintelligible] kim. of course, you will never get a union agreement in this industry. i have enormous faith in this industry in moving things forward for the taxi industry. i think that there i

the other one fits on a bumper sticker. private economy fine. way that he said it didn't fit on a bumper sticker as much as some of the past things he said about not caring about poor people. so i still think that that one probably doesn't have as long as a reach as what the president said. >> it's interesting to me that i saw so many headlines over this week talking about literally president obama's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week off a children's book. was it that bad and is it what we like to call a pivot point? did it change anything or is this just one of those weeks that they go, okay, move on. >> it was bad. between the job numbers and him not doing -- mitt romney outraising him when it comes to fund-raising and of course what he said on friday and the leaks. it was not good. the good news for them is that it's june and it's not september and it's not october. and candidates, as you know, covering, you know, a few elections, they have bad weeks. and, you know, you want to have those bad weeks now. >> early. >> early, and when p

the bumper is messed up. her car is messed up. >> quick thinking of him to quickly put the boot back on and actually get it on before she took off. now he's going to have to pay way more than the $60 she had originally been facing. >> she's charged with robbery and reckless conduct. >> she's one of the world's dumbedumb est criminals. >>> behold the naked protest. this is in montreal, canada. these are hundreds and hundreds of protesters that hit the street naked to protest tuition fee increases and a new law that says protesters can't protest without giving authorities an eight-hour notice. >> what does the nakedness give to the protest? >> a lot of publicity. we are now talking about this video because they are naked their goal is to crash the celebrations involved with the montreal grand ix. police did intervene batons, a spray to control the crowds. they apparently did get a little rowdy. here's another video. the interesting thing about this one is they were protesting, but this guy decided to give the p

we have a downed tree in the tow son area and north allegany blocked off at 7th avenue and 95 is bumper to bumper from the 895 split and as bob mentioned on the west side we have significant delays from southwest boulevard to security boulevard. expect another 20 minutes to get through. but we'll con to keep you up-to- date, take your time and go slowly and avoid northbound 95 if at all possible. back to you. >> thank you very much. >i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that feeds them for up to 6 months. you get bigger, more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. >>> welcome back to our extensive coverage of the storms moving through and the one about to come through if you are just joining us. i'm sure you know there's a tremendous amount of weather causing damage, possible tornadoes touchdown in harford county an

. >> reporter: so many of the escape routes residents planned to use were jammed with bumper-to-bumper traffic. >> it is crazy, parking lot, flames coming didn't the him. -- coming down the hill. >> reporter: stuck in their cars they could only use faces to shield their from the smoke. firefighters aren't just coping with the giant blaze but also the searing record setting temperatures. >> we expect further trouble from the weather today. thunderstorms present a unique problem for us in that the wind can come in any direction from those at any time with pretty strong gusts. >> reporter: alex perez, abc news, colorado springs. >>> passengers on a cancelled air france flight are about to leave san francisco after spending hours onboard their broken jet. jamie and her new husband chris were on that flight they boarded around 3:00 yesterday afternoon on their way to their honeymoon in itlism the plane never left. -- in it . the plane never . the plane was calback to the gate because of mechanical issues. cracked window shield in the cockpit may have caused the delay. >>> much more ahead at

headed to the lower deck, bumper to bumper and there is lower deck jammed already at this hour. this is the mcarthur maze. headed into the toll plaza and beyond 580 and 880. there is service restored throughout the transbay two there are extra transits to get you back home this afternoon. and we'll follow it for you all afternoon as well. >> commuters expeer yensing that turmoil as well as witnesses to the fire sent us video and pike pic tours and they tell a story from the beginning. >> this video taken from entrance of the bart station just moments after that fire started. about 2:15 in the morning. you can see flames sweep across the bart tracks. >> interest is a witness told us he was shocked by the size of the fire. >> i had never seen that much flames in my life. i -- this was like, a movie, there was so much flames. like, it -- i -- i mean, i know it was just wood but i -- just never -- had the idea wood could go up so fast. >> and there is a what the construction looked like there is a prosecutor says he often took pictures and said he smap snapped in shot. here is a vid

bumper to bumper, barely moving traffic. it was just -- it was awful last night. >> i wonder if it will die down once everyone realizes they can go. >> hopefully. we'll see what happens. >> alwaso today, former chairma kwame brown will issue a statement about the federal charges that cost him his job. he resigned yesterday. it was hours after he was charged with felony bank fraud. he lied about his income to refinance his home and buy a boat and o'items. he's expected to plead guilty in court. he submitted a resignation that reads in part i have behaved in ways that i should not have, i was wrong and i'll face the consequences of my conduct. i apologize to the great season and the unconditional apology to the members of the kounlt for all the attention my behavior has brought about. >> so are shocked by the developments of yesterday. brown's resignation caught vincent gray off guard. >> well, i'm stunned, i'm shocked, i'm disappointed, saddened. >> everybody's mood is quite somber but we're focused the integrity. >> they'll

. >> the folks don't understand that their fuel tank is hanging out behind the axle, below the bumper. they don't know they are at risk when they are driving down with this vehicle. >> reporter: a risk that will occur more often in the grand cherokee because of where the gas tank is positioned. behind the axle. they first brought this back in 2009. tracking the fatal fire crashes linked to the 1993 and 2004 jeep grand cherokees. they have now tracked 51 accidents where -- where 72 people died. where fire was the chief cause of their death. back in 2009, the center for the auto center asked them to investigate the problem. last week they expanded their probe. the fires are prevalent to the jeep grand cherokees. >> i would like them to conduct their own crash test. >> reporter: she observed the crash test you see here. performed by the california engineering firm and paid for by the center for auto safety. and instead, it will go under the vehicle, striking the gas tank, creating a fire risk. they maintained their cars met the federal standings at the time it was manufactured, which is

. >> bumper to bumper traffic is a perfect scenario for a fenner bender. >> crashes tend to breed more crashes. >> officer joe morrow of fairfax county police says rule number one -- don't leave the vehicles in the roadway. >> once you have determined that no one is hurt in the crash, move the vehicles off the road onto a shoulder. even better, get goo a parking lot or somewhere onto a residential side street. >> do you need to call the please for a minor doesn't? not necessarily, but all jurisdictions told us do call the police if there are injuries, if the vehicles involved can't be moved out of the roadway and if there's major property damage. with a fender bender, your smartphone can be a real help. >> most people have phones with cameras, our if you have a camera with you, take pictures of the damage, document what happened. >> shoot the damage and shoot the license plates of the cars involved. next, exchange information. >> they say the most common mistake is not getting sufficient information. >> karen, the deputy commissioner for maryland insurance administration, says do get t

he has opted to pump iron rather than go bumper-to-bumper in yet another death stratagem. >> if you setut early, you cannot even call people because they are not in their offices yet. if you stick to the usual routine, the first few hours are just wasted time. >> the new routine is paying off already. commuters can get that up to 150 euros a month by avoiding the rush hour. they just have to register their cars number plates. cameras scan the traffic to see who is on the road and win. if ron drives that peak time, then his bonus is cut. >> at first i felt like i was under surveillance. i thought -- where has my privacy gone with all these cameras everywhere constantly watching me? but then i thought, i have nothing to hide, and there is hardly any privacy left anyway. >> the authorities say the recorded traffic data are deleted after two months, and they confirm that these days, almost everybody leaves a clear electronic trail. >> whenever i use a highway or make a call on my mobile, anyone can see where i've been and at what time. big brother has been watching you for a long time alrea