there were four kids on the bus, and the rest of the bus was empty. >> she says the bus driver told her it was his first day on the route, and he allowed the kids to get off and walk home. >> she was not supposed to let them off the bus without notifying the school and the parents. >> she and neighborhood residents began calling her daughter's name and down her walking near a bar. texted area is very bad. it is a known drug area and known for gang violence. it is just and save all the way around. that is just negligence. i cannot understand. >> we asked the bus service for comment. a spokeswoman declined. but said she did complain to represented of the bus company. >> when you have bus drivers letting the children off the bus, something has to be done. she simply apologized and said it would not happen again. >> along with the children and the driver, there was an aide on the bus. an investigation is underway, and the school system has instructed the contractor that the bus aide is not to work with any school students pending the outcome of this investigation. >> crews are working to re

a child who referred to smallwood as his night bus driver. their identities discovered after smallwood allegedly visited this clinton maryland and accidentally left behind his cell phone's memory card. >> you know what? it's sad to say but it's good at the same time, it was meant to be for him to leave that card to find out what he was doing to those kids. >> reporter: investigators say a customer found the memory card on the check out counter here. took it home and discovered 10 to 15 videos of child pornography involving smallwood and the boy. >> if he's guilty, he's guilty. he's innocent until proven guilty but it looks that way right now. >> reporter: the feds say smallwood lives at this house with his mother and grandmother. a man at the house told us to leave the property. school district officials say despite what happens in court, smallwood's career as a school bus driver here is over. >> the prince georges county public school system takes this matter very seriously. our intent each day is to protect our young people, all of our stud

there were four kids on the bus and the rest of the bus was empty. >> love said she talked to the busriver. he told her it was his first day on the route and he allowed the kids to get off and walk home. love became hysterical. >> the bus had an accident. just for shear purposes to make sure all the children were ok, he wasn't supposed to let them off without notifying the school and or the parents. >> they found kaia walking along pimlico near a bar. >> the area is a known drug area, it is known for gang violence. it is unsafe all the way around, and that is just negligence. i can't understand. >> we asked the bus service for comment. a spokeswoman declined and referred us to the city school transportation department. love said she did complain to a representative of the allender bus company. >> when you have a bus driver dropping chinch off the bus something has to be done. he simply apologized and said it would not happen again. >> 11 news did contact the baltimore county public school system. a spokesman said an investigation is underway and the school system has ininstructed the

to the bus and realizes where and what area, particular area the bus had stopped, panic started to set in. it was known, known for its drug activity, and just all round violence. >> reporter: 9 kids had to walk past an alcohol store. love started screaming. the kids yelled for her daughter and she found her. the bus is operated by a contractor, located in north baltimore. a spokeswoman said the baltimore city public schools hassin formed the contractor that the aid cannot work with city school students until the investigation in to the incident is completed. >> never mind all the rules and regulations. where is -- at what point does common sense not turnover. >>> what point did you say maybe this is not a safe area? >> reporter: kia said she doesn't want to ride the bus so for now she has other arrangements. she still wants some peace of mind and someone to be held responsible. we tried contacting the bus service but no one returned our calls. >> update now to breaking news out of hartford. authorities say an 8-year-old boy is dead after being found unconscious in a stream tonight. pol

she went there, found the bus, but not her job. she and neighborhood residents began calling her name, and found her walking with some children but no adults near a bar. the girl was about eight blocks from home. x the area is very bad. it is a known drug area, and known for gang violence. it is just and save all the way around. that is just negligence, i cannot understand. >> she says she let the bus company know her concerns. >> something has to be done. he simply apologized and said it would not happen again. >> we did contact a spokeswoman for the bus service. she declined comment, referring all questions to the city schools transportation department. >> 11 news did contact the baltimore city public-school system. a spokesperson tells us an investigation is underway and the school system has instructed the contractor that the bus aide not work with school students, pending the outcome of this investigation. >> a water main break in east baltimore could cause some problems tomorrow. crews are working to repair the maine. officia

route a school bus driver was assigned to. this investigation exploded after a customer with computer knowledge found a piece of hardware that was found at this 7-11. it is the tiny piece of hardware that captures pictures and videos on digital pictures. the customer saw one laying on the counter and took it home and discovered the desk contained videos of the man engaging in sexual activity with a young boy. >> maybe we can put an end to this. >> after an investigation agents say they found the boy in the video. he was just seven-year is all. the boy identified the men as his -- he was just seven-years old. he was a school bus driver for prince george's county. he admitted to sexually abusing the child at a friend's house and admitted he later took out the card for the purposes of destroying it and have lost it. >> you would not think anyone would harm a child. >> agency's two of his computers. -- agencies seized two of his computers. >> in makes you afraid. >> prosecutor said scott smallwood admitted to one sexual encounter,

bus, something has to be done. to simply apologize and say it will not happen a gun. -- will not happen again. >> we did contact the baltimore city public-school system. we were told investigation is underway. she said the school system has instructed the contractor that the bus aid cannot work with the school students pending the outcome of the investigation. >> a trial date is now set for baltimore city councilwoman helen holden. she is charged with campaign finance violations. the trial is set for october 5. judge dennis sweeney is the same judge who presided over judge -- over may she looked -- overt mayor sheila dixon's trial. holden is currently chairman of the finance and economic development committee. but the sheriff's department is investigating an accident that killed a candidate for county executive. steven wright's suv hit a telephone pole. he had been running for the republican nomination this november. he was on his way to right-to- life meeting at the library just prior to the cash. today county exe

i can't understand. >> love claimed she complained to the allender bus company. >> when you have bus drivers letting the children off the bus he -- something has to be done. he simply apologized. >> we called and they referred all questions to the school's transportation department. >> 11 news coon tacted the baltimore city public school system. a spokesperson tells us an investigation is underway and the school system has ininstructed that the bus driver cannot work with school students pending the outcome of that investigation. >> a -- anyone with information on a hirn accident last week asked to call city police. >> 5:08. coming up with suicidal thoughts. >> plus, a rat at the white house. how a rodent tried to up-stage the president at a press conference. >> john has your insta-weather plus forecast next. if you've got pain? you need the patch. (announcer) icy hot patches. targeted no-mess relief. icy to dull pain. hot to relax it away. pain's no match for the icy hot patch. >> frustration is growing along the gulf coast and that bp has not provided enough information about what

she went to the site, from the bus, but not her child. she and neighborhood residents began calling her daughter's name. the girl was about eight blocks from home. >> the area is very bad. it is known for drugs and gang violence. it is not safe of the way around. that is negligence that i cannot understand. >> she says she complained to the bus company. >> when you have bus drivers letting the children off of the boss, something has to be done. he simply apologized to >> we contacted a spokesperson. she declined comment. >> we contacted the baltimore city public school system. a spokesperson tells us an investigation as under way. the bus aid cannot work with school students until the report is complete. >> the oyster population is only 1% of what it wants ones -- of what it once was. >> yes no, governor martin o'malley unveiled a plan to double up oyster centuries. he hopes it will be the start to repopulate the chesapeake. >> bringing them back. >> bringing back the oysters, that is the goal of a new plan to reverse the drastic decline

videotaped himself molesting a 7-year-old on the bus. >> reporter: they arrested the bus driver at the brandywine dust depot. he is accused of molesting a child and recording the incident. they found the card from a cell phone camera on the counter. >> we took it home and found the child pornography. >> reporter: police got surveillance video in ansa tempt to find -- an attempt to find who left the card. >> launched an investigation to find out who left the card. >> reporter: the phone card and the surveillance video led them to small wood who he described as a bus driver. >> and he took the child to church and then had sleepovers with the child which would suggest there was a relationship outside the relationship at a bus driver. >> reporter: an occupant of the home where smallwood lives rejected talking on his behalf. he was a frequent participant in bible studies and church services. >> i've known him for a long time. he was a very nice person. i never thought this would come up. >> i thought scott was a pretty good guy. i really did. that was my impression. over the years that i've

nobody else on the bus was injured. metro officials say that the injured person is a juvenile and that the shooter ran away. and that the police are trying to find him. additional information about the shooting on the bus on southeast as it becomes available. >>> coming on "news4 at 6:00," cruise crews in the gulf of mexico say they are making progress in stopping the massive oil leak. >> somebody shot a dog while it was playing in its own fenced in yard. people are trying to figure out who did that. >>> some important developments today in the struggle against that oil spill in the gulf of mexico. an oily film is beginning to appear in the wetlands near louisiana which suggests the crude is close to coming ashore. there's some progress in the efforts to cap the leak. jay gray is in buras, louisiana, with more. >> reporter: yes most of the boats in the marina sitting idle for another day. you can see some of the fishermen behind me here frustrated. they are ready the to get out and work. you talked about the progress on

he's a prince georges county school bus driver. since 2005, accused by federal investigators of sexually explicit conduct with a 7-year-old boy. and videotaping the sex acts with his cell phone. the victim apparently told investigators smallwood was his night bus driver. >> the prince georges county public school system takes this matter very seriously. our intent each day is to protect our young people, all of our students here in prince georges county. >> reporter: smallwood was arrested last friday at this, the school district's bus depot in brandywine. >> i thought they were doing background checks. anybody that's a county employee, they do background checks on them. so my guess or my thought would be how did he slip through. >> in general all of our employees go through a background check and are fingerprinted. >> reporter: federal prosecutors say smallwood visited this 7-eleven store in clinton, maryland in mid-march and left his cell phone camry's memory card. a customer found it, took it home and discovered 10 to 15 videos.

he was arrested may 21st at the school bus depots in brandywine.had been a driver since 2005 and passed a background check. >> the public school system takes this matter very seriously. our intent each day is to protect our young people, all of our students. >> reporter: smallwood remains jailed until his next court appearance. door ev doreen, back to you. >> thank you, jackie. >>> the u.s. park police are still looking for a driver involved in what appears to be a road rage shooting on the bw parkway. a man was shot twice in the arm just before 11:30 last night in laurel. police say it started when the man rear ended an suv at route 198. he got scared, we're told, and drove away. he was followed on to the parkway and somebody inside the suv pulled a gun and fired as many as nine shots. >> the important thing is, if you're involved in a traffic crash, frequently it's just an accident. and things happen. and it's not worth getting into a violent confrontation with people. >> police recovered several gun casings that victim is in expected to survive.

. >>> parents may be walking their children to the bus stop or driving their children to school after two girls reported a man approached them on boxwood road and at fairfax road and forest drive in the area of bates middle school. linda so? >> reporter: police are stepping up patrols in that area looking for a man who they say approached two girls near base middle school. the school's located at 701 chase street in annapolis. police will be in the area patrolling bus stops and neighborhoods where students walk to and from school. one girl reported on may 5th a man pulled up next to her and asked if she wanted to go for a ride. then two weeks later on may 1th, another student said a man grabbed her arm as she was walking to her bus stop on fairfax road and forest drive. the man drove off in a car that's described as a small dark blue honda or sedan with tinted windows. police don't know for sure at this point if these incidents are related. but anyone with information should call police. in the studio, linda so, abc 2 news. >>> convicted child sex offender in carroll county is headed

the bus driver actually reopen the bus tour to tell me to cross. what is it, his business? it in raged in the that and then she wrote, i feel sometimes that the whole universe thinks i am too slow. and i am slow. i walk slow. i hear slow. i even think slow. i was sitting in meditation thinking about this, trying to breathe out, stay with my breath, but i kept coming back to think about what i would say to rabbi lou. when suddenly i saw him in my mind and heard his voice very clearly say, sarah, you are the one who is impatient with yourself. rabbi lou said we should all feel uniquely disable. he said that when you see someone the way they really are made in the image of god, this is healing. though i quote him too much, this is why sitting with him is so powerful. he makes me feel so good about myself, i feel almost guilty. it's a love fest. i quote him. he validates me. i joke but i need that. i forget every day that i am exactly who i am supposed to be. rabbi lou said that i am a good practice for others. i force them to slow down. and then several, pop. she continued in

rolling thunder, the party bus. the next bout, a solemn mission to pay homage to a blue -- their next stop was a solemn mission to pay homage to a ballou high school students who was killed while working on his car. >> prom ticket and picture frame and discard. -- and this card. [applause] >> finally, they rolled up to the crown plaza hotel, site of the ballou high school prom. lots of smiles. there is the party bus waiting for them to come out. they will be going home with a lot less noise. the motorcycles have left. the man who organized all of this, officer buckner, he said for many young people, high school is as about as good as it gets, and he wanted to make it extra special for the four young people who want as a contest. reporting live from northwest, sam ford, abc 7 news. >> good deal, thank you. >>> 20 years behind bars was the sentence handed to a former security guard at the national gallery of art's. she was found guilty of murdering her husband last year. jones killed her husband during a family disput

this search is on for a person who shot a passenger on a metro bus.n gonzales is live with the very latest. >> this started off as a fight and escalated quickly. if it is amazing more people were not hurt. more than two dozen people were on board and at least suspect is still -- one suspect is on the run. metro bus 2372 was on its route with about 30 people on board when gunshots rang out. >> all i could see was people running off the bus. >> police say it started with two rival groups getting into a fight. at some point the suspect fired a gun several times. >> you have people around here. yes, you have kids around. >> the 17-year-old was shot and taken to a hospital with life- threatening injuries. the assailant took off on foot. >> one of our officers heard the gunshot and came up and everybody pointed to a suspect knew was running. >> the officer was unable to catch up, but key evidence was left at the scene. >> there is no where you can go. >> this man wonders if there is something metro can do to prevent this. >> they should put cameras on the b

its bus drivers took the proper action during a frightening tax that happened on his bus. ramona richards was punched in the face repeatedly by somebody she said she didn't know. the tax on monday was unprovoked. the driver did not get involved in the incident which is part of metro's policy to protect their safety. going along with that policy, the driver stopped the bus, notified the operations center and requested police and ems crews. the suspect who attacked richards though is still on the run. >>> it look like your soft drink is safe from the tax man at least right now. convincette gray says a proposed tax on sports drips, tea and soft brink drinks will not be a part of the 011 budget plan because it lacks support. they wantedded to charge a penny per ounce to fund a healthy schools bill. >>> a redskins star accused of using a performance enhancing drug. what the team's head coach is saying about the controversy surrounding santana moss. >> and shrek is back on the big screen but he has a little late night controversy. kevin mccarthy is coming up next. >> ...berber c

nobody else on the bus was injured.itnesses say the gunman got off and ran off, police are still looking for him tonight. >> a youth soccer coach is in trouble tonight, after he was arrested for assaulting a refer referee. it happened in virginia, when the coach got upset about a free kick awarded in a soccer game for 10-year-olds. the referee was in the seats. >> he screamed, you imbow sil and he charged the field. the kid put his hand up to get between him and the ref, and he bowled that child over, went after the other one, grabbed him by his shirt about this area, it looked like his hand was in his face. >> reporter: the parent describing the interaction, the players 10-year-old boys. the coach is 34. jason atkins of fredericksburg is charged with two counts of assault and battery, and one count of destruction of property for his alleged actions for the second referee. >> decided to grab a pair of sunglasses off his head, crush the sunglasses, and then grabbed the referee by the neck, and that's when several of the

police say what happened on this bus between rival youngsters could have been deadly.ro police saying the bus was packed, as many as 30 riders on board. >> there was a dispute that broke out on the bus between these two groups and at some point one of the kids in one of the groups pulled out a gun and shot another kid. >> reporter: he's a 17-year- old, the bullet blasting through his forearm and through his chest. only one shot was fired. >> there was a police officer right around the corner literally and got her quickly and gave chase to the suspect. >> reporter: but only briefly. the teen got away but the gun was recovered about a block away. police finding it in a back alley garbage can. it's a handgun perhaps with fingerprints that could help investigators find the shooter. >> it's despicable. it's just wrong. >> reporter: george willis livers in the neighborhood with his two young children. >> it's sick and i lived in d.c. all my life and it's just sad. >> it makes you wonder how many other guns are on buses with young people when they don't go off, when nobody do

similar forecast to the bus stop forecast we had. by afternoon we start to heat up. 84 to 87. 86 officially in washington. overnight tonight, it is still mild. little humid and tomorrow there's the first chance of an isolated widely scattered thunderstorm starting to move in. current temperatures where you are. a lot of 50s in the beltway. looks like 59 in rockville. gaithersburg 55 also and one 40- degree temperature showing up in manassas. temperatures just outside of washington, anywhere from 50s to lower 60s. hagerstown 61 right now. satellite and radar together, we see storms well to the west. a cloudy sky and in between some of the sunshine coming in here today or at least some sunshine in between the clouds today. there's a look at the forecast. nothing going on. we take the forecast early saturday morning through the day. most of the scattered storms are staying to the west. overnight saturday in to sunday should be a round of rain coming in. as those die out a chance of scattered storms often sunday. i think that's the best

watch the kids at the bus, 67 degrees. here is what your day looks like at lunchtime, topping out at 72 too75 degrees. let's see if the little shower activity aad fog is affecting morning. checking in with lauren, hi, lauren. >> reporter: hii tony and good morning. we do have trouble to tell you about already. we have an accident on the southbound lanes of 95, at route -16 that you want to watch out. fortunately as we make the push up to the corridor of 95, no problems at the whitemarsh, wee3 can pull at 83, no problems, traveling southbound lanes juss fine. fortunately that willlcontinue tafling otraveling on the beltwe travel times will be okay. from 83, we are looking at an average speed. and all is clear through the fort mchenry tunnel, from the toll plaza to the belt a, you are look being at an average drive. from the harbor tunnel toll plaza to 1295, traffic is ic tickkng but an average speed ofú 55 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back to you. >>> 5:02 on fox 45 morning early edition. a

then two weeks later, another student said a man grabbed her arm as she was walking to her bus stop atrfax road and forest drive. the man drove off in his car and she was able to get away. at this point, police don't know if these incidents are related but anyone with information should call police at 410-268-9000. in the studio, linda so, abc 2 news. >> thanks, linda. >>> a convicted child sex offender is headed to prison after making a stop in his neighborhood wal-mart. a judge had previously given the westminster man a second chance after pleading guilty to molesting a young boy 15 years ago. but when charles perdom accompanied another child to the store he violated his probation. a police officer recognized him as a sex offender and the wal- mart security cameras provided the proof. the fact that the child's mother was nearby and accompanied them to the store make nose difference at all. >> the individual had been complying with registration and giving a current address and was being monitored, but this trooper saw him in a commercial establishment in the presence of a young child.

all the passengers will be transported by bus to stations west of rockville. lesli, back to you. >>> we are going to talk more about some breaking news that involves a shooting. this is coming from metro. we are hearing at 5:11 p.m., a bus operator reported that a passenger was shot by another passenger. they were both men. that bus was operated on a u2 route between minnesota avenue and anacostia metro stations. it occurred at 18th and minnesota avenue southeast. we are learning preliminarily that the victim is a 17-year- old male who was shot in the wrist and the side. he is conscious and breathing and transported to med star. metro police are taking the lead in this investigation. we'll bring you more coming up in our later shows as well. up next, medical marijuana. we break down what the new legislation, the dc council just approved really means. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> congress held a hearing on whether it makes sense

danger on the school bus. a little girl dies leaning out the bus window and the risk you may not have thought about. >>> stopping breeches before they start. who's held responsible for the attacks like the one at fort hood. >> doing something about truck pollution and new standards to make the air cleaner. >>> will the warm weather continue throughout the weekend? we're updating the first warning forecast. [ sniffs ] honey... my mom's on her way over. this chair smells. we gotta wash this thing, now. wash it?! [ male announcer ] there's a better way to get rid of odors. for all the things you can't wash, freshen it with febreze. to eliminate odors and leave a fresh scent. [ sniffs ] whoa. >> a stretch of the new jersey turnpike was shutdown and a tanker truck spilled oil and a driver of the truck was killed. >>> and a school bus accident claimed the life of a student in detroit today. school officials say that the 11-year-old was hit in the head by a tree branch as she leaned out the window. she later died at

. >>> the number 3 bus, the express and the 120 commuter bus dill still diverted due to construction.he number 15 and 9, diverted although monument and hill with construction on the scene and number 55 diverted at floridaerton and woolerdale also constructionlated. mark train operating on time. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones. resilience. elastici. imagine that kind of vitality... in youskin.kens. as skin ages, elastin fibers break down. this exclusive biomineral concentrate system... has active naturals ingredients shown to multiply... elastin's elements. i'm impressed. new ageless vitality. save $15 at aveeno.com. that's the beauty of nature and science. >>> at 5:38, the crews are out there in the calm seas, and it's helping to clean up the massive oil spill in the gulf. they hope to again try to burn the oil on the water surface it will be at least tomorrow until there's a danger of oil come ago shore. >>> it's 5:39 right now. >> here's meteorologist justin berk. a beautiful, beautiful day yesterday, justin. >> absolutely gorgeous considering all the flooding problems goin

officials say the bus collided with a car. emergency crews had to pull the children from the bus and carry them to waiting ambulances. seven of the students were seriously injured but none of their injuries is believed to be life-threatening. 17 others have minor injuries. three adults were also hurt. >>> coming up tonight, the security system in that museum in paris where all those valuable paintings were stolen might have been broken for we >>> firefighters near los angeles finally have a 900-acre wildfire under control. it started yesterday in the hills of east corona, california, and quickly grew throughout the night. it took about 125 firefighters to bring the flames under control. no injuries were reported. officials say the flames were started by a tractor that hit a rock. the tractor was plowing weeds for a fire-prevention measure. oops. things must be very dry. >> right. they are out there. you guys have big weekend plans? >> sure. they don't include rain, however. >> what are you doing on sunday? you might have to ch

personal information of students including names of parents, gardlin, phone number is, even student bus numbers and walker status. a meeting will be held tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the middle school to give parents more details. >>> a shooting shut down part of the baltimore washington parkway for some time. the shots were fired southbound lanes at 198. police found one person with a gunshot wound. that person, though, has non- life threatening injuries. the road was reopened just before 5:00 this morning and know of arrests were made. in pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a car in hyattsville last night. it happened at 10:00 p.m. on university boulevard. investigators said the pedestrian stepped in front of the car. the car tried to stop but could not in time. police say the incident is under investigation >>> this weekend's rain made for traffic troubles today. the d.c. department of transportation is continuing alain re-striping on chain bridge and traffic is limited to one lane each direction. tempore rebels will be placed on the bridge until the weather improves

the driver of the bus was also transported. no word on their conditions or what caused that accident. >>> new concern and anger along the gulf coast of louisiana as oil washes ashore into coastal wetlands. joel brown reports many residents are upset that bp's latest try to plug that leak won't happen until at least tuesday. >> reporter: concerns along the gulf coast rise with every clump of crude oil washing ashore. the beaches on grand aisle remain closed and residents here posted some not so subtle messages for bp. >> it's devastating. we come here every weekend. my kids and i like to crab ton beach, and it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: frustration compounded with more discouraging news from bp that the mile-long tube siphoning oil is suck far less oil than before. cleanup crews here on elmers island are counting on booms to keep the oil from going back out to sea but until bp finally plugs that well there's nothing to keep the oil from invading this wildlife preserve. the next big effort to stop the spew could come as early

>> the bus is turned and it was obstructing traffic from the bus flow. when i got over there a couple of other officers two of the mounted police that showed up three of the young ladies who were behind me were new york city police officers on patrol here they showed up and asked me if it was my car. i said no one of the beat cops that i had been knowing for five years said duane did you see who got out of the car? i said no i didn't. didn't see anything and then the smoke started. we heard a little pop, pop, pop, pop and something like a firecracker or something went off in the back of the car. you could smell the gunpowder immediately and everybody started running to the left and right. >> you must have been frightened. >> thinking it might explode but not knowing what was inside the car at that time. the windows were tinted. i went right up to the window when i first went over there and -- >> they did a good job trying to conceal what was in the car. >> even when the officer went over there with his flash rights he couldn't see. >> describe the moment

police will be in the area patrolling school bus stops and neighborhoods where students walked to and from school. a man pulled up next to her and asked if she wanted to go for a ride. about two weeks later on may 18, another student said a man grabbed her arm from behind as she was walking to her bus stop at fairfax road and forest drive. the girl was able to get away. the man drove off in his car. it's described as a small dark blue honda or sedan did tinted windows. police don't know for sure if the incidents are related. anyone with information should call police at 410-268-9000. in the studio, linda so, abc 2 news about. >>> convicted child sex offender in carroll county is headed to prison after making a stop at his neighborhood wal- mart. a judge had previously given the westminster man a second chance after he pled guilty to molesting a young boy 15 years ago. when he accompanied another child to the store, he violated his probation. a state trooper recognized him as a retch scored child sex offender. wal-mart security cameras provided the proof. the fact that the boy's mother

they have not said whether the boy rode his bus. they are asking for any other possible victims to come forward. >>> news edge on virginia. police stopped all cars near a murder scene in virginia. they are handing out flyers hoping for clues in to whoever killed jose rosales a week ago from today. witnesses in the area reported seeing a man get in the back of a white older model toyota truck and hide under a tarp. >>> tough talk in the wake of a gulf oil spill. >>> if you make $50,000 last year, and you can't work this year, bp is going to write you a check for a $0,000. if your business made a million dollars last year and you can't make that million dollars this year, bp is going to make your business whole. >> the government making it clear bp and bp alone is responsible for the oil disaster. that is an important promise but louisiana lawmakers made it known they are not standing on the sidelines any longon the development. >> 5,000 feet underwater the oil continues to flow, but above found the obama administration's response may

then may 18th, another student says a man grabbed her from behind as she was walking to her bus stopve. the girl was able to get away. the man drove off in his car, described as a small dark blue honda or sedan with tinted windows. anyone with information should call annapolis police at 410- 268-9000. in the studio, linda so, abc 2 news. >>> more pink slips are being handed out. there is word this morning that jpmorgan chase will close its credit cards out in frederick by the end of the year. the facility deals mainly with delinquent accounts. a spokesperson says the operations will be moved to other locations. >>> time now is 5:46. abc 2 news is working for you this morning. we want to give you a traffic heads up. heavy traffic is expected in the downtown area during the morning and evening commutes. that's because thousands of people are expected to attend commencement ceremonies at first mariner arena as well as the hippodrome theater. ceremonies are set for 8:30 and then 3:00. >>> if you are getting ready for the memorial day weekend, you'd better leave now because it will be rea

put your bike on the bus and we can help everyone out with that stuff. bike to work day is an awesome event. we're rewarding people who bike to work every day. we get a lot of people who sign on for this one event. they can come out here and talk to people about their bike and get a free food and t-shirt and nice way to celebrate bike to work day by commuting. as everyone who lives in this area it can be just awfully congested. that's the beauty of biking to work. you can save yourself a lot of headache. >> yes. i usually take metro to work. i live in arlington. couple of times i've had to drive up here around rush hour and it's awful. i don't know how people do it every day. biking to work is a great way to get your exercise in in the morning and evening, and definitely saves you a lot of stress. what we get from people who bike they are so happy to go to work because they get those endorphins pumping. >> this pit stop will open up and thing will get under way. they will have music and food. big rally in d.c. at freedom pleasant. lots of events. be awar

a bus collided with a car. emergency crews had to cut the doors off the car in order to get the driver out. an investigation in to what caused the crash is underway. >>> anne arundel county police are conducting interview and awaiting autopsy results in the death of a 6 week old boy. officers were called to an apartment on edgerock way on saturday morning. they found the body of the boy and an adult woman in the resident. they haven't said whether the woman is related to the baby or whether she faces charges. they say the home was in disarray. >>> what should have been a joyous occasion in charlottesville was a sad one yesterday. university of virginia graduate an their families gave a standing ovation to senior yeardley love. a cousin accepted her diploma on behalf of the lacrosse player killed three weeks ago. the school honored three other students who died during the year [ no audio ] >> difficult not ending with everyone you started with. >> reporter: yeardley love's exboyfriend, george huguely, a senior a

they identified smallwood who has been a bus driver since 2005.round check and fingerprinting at that time. his next court appearance be will be wednesday for a detention hearing. if convicted on all charges, he faces up to 30 years in prison. >> all right, gary, thank you for that. >>> for the first time, we're hearing the defendant's own words for counting the night that robber juan was stabbed to death in a circle town home. defendant, joseph price's interrogation tape was played in open court. the two detectives questioning him said repeatedly that his story did not add up. they asked why an intruder would get into their house and stab an overnight guest who had only been there an hour. price told him that he knows his codefendants better than he knows his own mother or brother, and that there was no way, "on god's green earth that they could hurt robert." he says he didn't either. prosecutors plan to play more interrogation tapes tomorrow. >>> today in centreville, they stopped drivers in the same spots where they believe the killers got away

the bus driver was also also transported. no word on what caused the accident or their condition. >>> unsuspecting diners at a cheese cake factory were victims of a credit card skimming operation. it cost the diners $117,000. cheese cake factory that was targeted is located on wisconsin avenue in north west dc. a former employee, nicole ward, had been accused of recruiting two servers to help scam the diner's credit card numbers for a fraud ring. ford was arrested last week. the two servers were identified in court records only by their initials and have not been charged after cooperating with the police. it started june 2008 and ran through may of 2009 according to court documents filed in alexandria forecast. >>> tonight louisiana officials say they are taking matters into their own hands to clean up part of that oil spill in the gulf of mexico. they plan to create a makeshift chain of sand barriers that would skirt the state coastline and they plan to do it without waiting for federal assistance. that word comes tonight as

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the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, yes, some showers out there. mild and muggy.emperatures in the 60s this morning but will only make the mid-70s thanks to the clouds and a few shower and a northeast wind at five to ten miles an hour. tonight perhaps an evening shower, otherwise cloudy and mild. lows 6 -- 60 to 65 degrees. oakland and garrett county 55. fredericksburg 67. 65 winchester. 64 lou anne in annapolis and also charlie in catlett. he had over two inches of rain over the weekend in parts of faulkier county and upwards of three in a few spots. 66 at reagan national. the on-shore flow is keeping us moist. one more shot. look at the shower and storms along the coast. a lot of clouds and few showers today. this will change though. here's the seven-day forecast, changes start tomorrow. in the low 80s perhaps with sunshine and a stray shower and much warmer on wednesday and thursday. upper 80s. cool it off just in time for the holiday weekend in the low 70s with a couple of showers possible on saturday and sunday. 6:47. let's get the latest on the commute. >>>

in detroit, a family is grieving tonight after an 11- year-old girl died on a school bus from a freak accident. students say the child leaned out of a window while the bus was moving and a tree branch struck her in the face. emergency crews took her to the hospital where she later died. >>> in new hampshire four people have been charged with tattooing a 14-year-old special needs student on his backside against his will. police say the men put an image with obscene words on the boy. prosecutors say the group targeted him because he is intellectually challenged. >>> in iowa a cat is lucky to be alive after somebody put a nail through the animal's skull. looked like somebody used a nail gun. a vet was able to remove the nail safely. officials are looking to make an arrest for animal cruelty. >>> now an update on that late breaking story out of india. a police official now says there appears to be at least six or seven survivors from that plane crash in southern india. six or seven from a plane carrying at least 169 passengers and crew. investigators say the plane was arriving from dubai

start with the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. mid to upper 50s right now. getting the kids off right now that's where we are. in the next couple of hours lower 80s a light jacket or sleeves but shorts and t-shirts by the noon hour and beyond. so from 58 to 65 through the morning hours, back up to the mid to upper 80s in some cases. it will be a little humid out there as that moisture works back in. partly cloudy and mild as we go in to saturday morning. saturday afternoon, the first chance that isolated to widely scattered thunderstorm is coming in. 72 to 78. if we get a lot of cloud cover you see one of those storms and near the 80-degree mark. mid to upper 50s right now. outside of washington, still 60 here up in hagerstown. 59 baltimore. 55 easton. the satellite and radar together shows today appalachians are being our big blocker. keeping the storms well west. we will have a couple of clouds off to the storms. the nine future cast shows it well. a couple of clouds through here today. that's all we will see. no chance of rain at all. already heading to s

i'll drive the bus. the bus has a nice big sun roof, just so you know. >> yeah, i bet. >> on the roads, you will find lanes are open, no incidents to report as you continue to work your way around the capital beltway leaving college park continuing around towards colesville road. along the stre coming in out of laurel. 66 behaving nicely now. overnight roadwork cleared at the beltway so lanes are open as you exit onto 495. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> emergency repairs to an overpass will narrow the highway to one lane. those restriction will go into effect at 9:00 tonight and last until 5:00 monday morning and chain bridge will be closed this weekend for final deck repairs. it will close tonight at 9:00 and reopen on monday at 6:30. >>> working parents don't have a choice. they have to put their children in day care. do parents really know what goes on after they drop their children off. this morning, we show you why some parents may be taking the ultimate gamble. tisha thompson has

injuring about a dozen people on the bus.ng, but say the honda civic was going on wrong way on interstate 78 when it hit an suv and then spun into the bus, carrying 40 people. luckily, those hurt suffered only minor injuries. texas, check out this video, what you're looking at is what's left of a giant awning that came crashing down. piles of brick and metal were scattered everywhere, no one was hurt, but damaged several nearby cars and shut down businesses. investigators are looking into what caused the awning to fall and saying it could have been the wind and rain or just an old building. california. >> come on, come on. >> juliet: could this little guy be more out of place. in la jolla, a baby seal wanders into a welding shop. they caught it on tape and snapped pictures of the pup. after a tour around the shop the baby sea lion collapsed exhausted, took a short nap and then he was hungry. >> and a squid, he was fine and jumping after it. and dropped it before he got it. the shop workers called sea world to pick the seal up

but first, breaking news out in prince george's county where a school bus driver is charged of producinghild pornography. >> we have details on this. >> reporter: good afternoon, this story begins on march 15 at this 7-eleven in clinton, maryland, where a customer left on the cards of their cell phone with recorded images. a second customer goes what's this? a clerk says i don't know. second customer takes it home, looks at it and finds pornography. they come to the 7-eleven to get the surveillance tape. in the course of their investigation, identified the 27-year-old of upper marlboro, a driver for the prince county school system. on that tape are allege images of smallwood inappropriately touching, molesting a 7-year- old boy. according to documents, just filed in federal court, identifies smallwood as his night bus driver, someone who takes him to church and who has a relationship with that outside the bus driver student relationship said that he had five sleepovers. according to the documents, he admits to inappropriate contact with that 7-year-old. and they charge him with something

. >>> we have had a bus i night in the weather center. we have rain moving in and also storms. take a look. the storms firing up along the line. this whole system stretches as far as georgia and we have a flash flood warning for central madison county. i'll have details and the look at the full forecast coming up. stay with us, we'll be right back after the break.

now the bus rides were behind her and her economic circumstances were improving as well. her maternal grandmother and her aunt barbara had both left her a little money. my son ben had created a successful business and given her some stock from the company he built. with this security she was already planning new travels to serve people in need around the world. i do not really know how -- why we all forgot about the prediction of an early death for turner syndrome children. perhaps it was because sarah had so much life in her. right to the end. when death takes someone you love, you are left with a hole in your heart. that he will never be filled. and a well of pain that will never be emptied. how are you, her mother asked me three months after she was gone? how are we supposed to live through this? indeed. i can take a small satisfaction in the fact that death's victory over my daughter remains incomplete. for though she is gone she has left me believe gift. when i see a homeless person destitute on the street, i think of sarah and my heart opens. if there is a criminal

everything from bling your bicycle and unveiling a new link bus this week. tell us what this is a good alternative form of transportation. >> it reduces the carbon footprints. you cannot relax and get to work. >> it is nice. >> we just rolled out the link logo. we're trying to link you to communities throughout harford county. >> it is all about going green because of the exercise benefit. we have no excuses this morning. is absolutely gorgeous this one -- it is absolutely gorgeous it this morning. what a way to kickoff this. it is starting to look more like summer. we deserve it after the beginning of this week. john, did you bicycle to work this morning? >> no, i did not. >> that would be a long commute. >> i would have had to start at 1:00 a.m. >> that would have been hilarious. >> i will try that. maybe i will cut the grass today. get some exercise. we are starting our day off mild. annapolis, 60. mid 50's boss on the eastern shore. 50's in the mountains to the west of us. fair skies. there are some in clouds overhead. the sky may not be quite as blue to

you may want to throw the ball around yourself. 61 at the bus stop. don't throw the ball around there, because you don't want to break a window on the way to school. 61 degrees, plus the bus driver would be upset. hd radar is showing up some clouds out there to start with, but we're going to see plenty of sunshine through the afternoon. that will allow temperatures to warm up with a southeasterly wind. keep an eye on the showers to the northwest. those showers could be bringing us a chance or a thunderstorm as we get into the weekend and slightly better chance for monday, too. it won't be an all day event. looking great, 81 by 6:00 p.m. after hitting a high of 85 right around 3 to 4:00. now let's see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she has the traffic edge, candace. >>> thank you, steve. we love those numbers as far as weather is concerned. you're going to love the numbers as far as the actual speeds. take a look. these cars are zipping along there moving across the key bridge in both directions. and fortunately, that is the case

this suit. >> they were among five students getting a special treat that will be picked up by a party bus and taken to the hotel with motorcycle escorts. also given funds for stuff like hairdressers and nails all thanks to one of the resource officers who has arranged it through his shriners lodge, police department buddies and motorcycle club. >>, is one of the most exciting things in your life. >> the road winning essays on why it is important to have a father in the home. he is also taking the motorcade by the house. -- and by the house of the murdered in turn today. he was a senior who had paid for his prom. they will give up the family this back. >> his senior bag, his prom tickets, has announcements, a graduate announcements. >> they will remember falling classmate as they enjoy a royal treatment on their special night. >> i am excited, the family as excited. >> this is the second year that officer but has done this. it is special for young people because this is the height of the educational experience. many of them do not go on to finish college. senior proms are especially is spe

it is under the keywords " outside of the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> umbrellas at the bus stop >> yes, nothing like had on sunday. a bit warmer on tuesday. the big difference will be the sunshine, and by wednesday, mid 80's. it is looking ok for the upcoming holiday weekend. >> ok, we hope that turns into amazing. thanks for watching. "good morning