and set up a hotline where workers can anonymously report safety problems. metro is moving forward to replace the 1000 series cars, the cars that crunched in the crash. new cars will hit the system in about 13. interim manager agrees metro is safer now than a year ago but says there's still a long way to go. eun, back to you. >> megan mcgrath porting live. thanks very much, megan. >>> plan some extra time if you are taking metro this weekend. trains on the orange line will be sile tracking between vienna and west falls church station. blue and yellow, you'll be facing delays between pentagon city and braddock. blue line delays between franonia springfield and largo. green, add 20 minutes to your commute if you're traveling mailer road and branch road stations. >>> this morning chancellor michelle rhee's future is still not clear. she and d.c. mayor vincent gray met yesterday. both acknowledged their strong differences on education reform. there have been reports that arne duncan wants her to stay in th district. gray, though, is giving few clues about his pl

you can find out if you live near one of the high risk pipelines by calling this pg&e 24-hour hotline. for the number go to website, cbs5.com and click on "links and numbers." >>> the bay area's first express lane is open in the east bay with the goal of improving 680 commute. the h.o.t. lane opened yesterday on 680 southbound. there was some confusion as people tried to merge on the new lane. drivers have about a mile to do it but yesterday, many moved over much too quickly leading to traffic jams. still, officials are upbeat. >> i think that as people become more familiar with the lanes and get used to the fact that they are driving in a hotline or have the ability to get to the lane, things will settle down. >> the new lane covers a 14- mile stretch. tolls are collected from fastrak transponders. the price fluctuates between $1 and $1.25 depending on traffic conditions but carpools are free. there are plans for more h.o.t. lanes on 580 in alameda county and 237 in santa clara county. >>> meanwhile another highway improvement project is finished now in the east bay. a celebration ye

joce sterman, abc2 news. >> the hotline she mentioned is 1-800-772-1213. and keep in mind the social social security administration is investigating claims of scams like this. so if you get a call from someone who sounds shady, and asking you to get the caller's alleged name, number, time, date of the call and all the information they want, pull it out out. you can fill out a fraud report on the agency's web site. we posted a link on the "scam alert" page, waiting for you now at abc2news.com. >>> good morning. 6:15. we're looking at temperature this morning, first off, outside, wet in baltimore. we had heavy rain move through and we'll cut off heavy rain over the course of the next half-hour but the roads are still wet, there are puddles, could make for a very slow commute especially when you have the spray kicking up from the cars in front of you. check out the temperatures, in baltimore 64. easton 68. pax river, ocean city 73. there's a warm front trying to swing its way through maryland and that is what is enhancing some of this rainfall. that is import

>> they can call our hotline. if you have any issue, there's a person that handles these issues. this follows discrimination charges. if you would take an adverse action against you, you are supposed to have a copy with the record. get your hands on the thing. they're supposed to do this. i lost this job because of my record. we can work to try to figure this out. >> city departments and courts routinely calls up the names of those arrested on the internet. what can be done to protect people from this kind of dissemination? >> i think that we are fortunate in this county where they put all court records on the internet. i has been in heated discussions. there are competing first amendment issues. i don't know what the solution is that i know that there are two competing concerns. >> how many of his people -- of the people in this room have ever check their own criminal record? we have projections for your medical records why are people checking each other hoout? why is this even available. the next thing will be your medical records. they will put your grades out there. can you i

the senate's hotlining alleviates some of the unnecessary backlog. but senator demint has other ideas, telling politico.com his staff has reviewed 40 to 50 bills both parties want to clear by unanimous consent before it adjourns this week. senator demint claims he's looking for bills that have price tags and are not paid for. a spokesman for harry reid responded "i wonder what minority leader mcconnell thinks about minority leader demint's declaration. one thing i know for sure if their conference continues to follow the lead from the junior senator from south carolina, then the only title that precedes his name will be minority leader." meantime, senate democrats picked their final battle and lost against a gop filibuster and a handful of defections from inside their own party. the creating american jobs and end offshoring act. failed today. 53 senators supported, but that was still seven votes short of getting passed the now customary filibuster. the bill was designed to reward companies that move jobs to the united states and diminish a particular

hotline will be set up. connie told but that the city manager and we'll try to set up some informational tables if we can. probably at city hall for insurance companies things like that so we can get quick relief for these individual affected. >> what caused the break? >> unknown. unknown at this time. we have no idea. >> where was the break? >> all we know it was down at the end of glen view at the bottom of glen view. where the first hole we noticed was and. >>reporter: what kind fovd help are you getting. >> at this point we have declared a disaster, local disaster in the city of san bruno which has been confirmed through the state and we will be accessing federal resources to the accident that they are available through that process. >> do you expect federal disaster declaration. >> at this point i do not know. >> the governor is in asian a.have you talk to the governor's office at all. >> we did not. lieutenant governor certified the proclamation. >> as firefighter we don't have great lighting in the ar

if you see government waste, call our hotline. you can also go to waste watch. this hour. at least one person is dead, 15 others hurt after an accident involving a tour bus in bethesda. the bus went off a sky ramp along northbound i-270 at@ democracy boulevard. a state policeespokesperson sayy parentt and children were aboard the bus at the tiie and it plunged 45 feet before settling near some trees below. it's causing a traffic niihtmare near washington, d.c. >> reporter: ttaffic in d.c. is usually always a nightmare. tonight it's really going to e rough. the northbound lanes of the 270 are shut down at the 2700meege. as we checkkin add take a live look, you'll notice quiie a bit now. the arra you want to stick with 495 and take that to rockville we'll bring you pdates tonight on the news at 10. if yyu're traveling in howard ccunty we are dealing with several accidenns. here's a shot right now where you can see it's going to be jam packed along the inner loop and outer loop in this vicinity. if you have traveliig in howard %-several accidents.ng with anooher right on rout

ab 744 found on page two, dealt with mtc's hotline program. they pretty much abandoned that bill midway through this year, and that did it fail passage. they will be pursuing that funny, scaled-back -- they will be pursuing that funding. ab 987 passed through, and that deals with transit village and expands the radius of the area of improvement within the transit village from a quarter mile of the parcel to half a mile. a little more flexibility for transit village development. your other local members has been very active, mr. amiano, pushing the bill that would kill -- pushing the bill that would deal with right turns, pushing the mechanism there. that did pass handily. we do not expect problems because i think he worked out his issues with the state and highway patrol. the other bill we watched, ever since it has been introduced, ultimately did failed passage -- fail passage, but having said that, we have all suspected that some flexibility will ultimately play itself out in the budget, although sb 10, as a vehicle, is no longer available.

call this special hotline here it is on our screen, it's area code 650-616-7180. that number by the way is also on our channel 2 web site, ktvu.com and you can also sign in at one of the evacuation centers. make sure you stay here with us at ktvu channel 2 all morning listening for cunning coverage on this devastating explosion and fire in the city of san bruno and get updates by going to our channel 2 web site at ktvu.com. >>> obviously this story is getting a lot of coverage here and around the country as well. it's one of the top national story as at the moment. we will continue to cover it throughout the day. let's check in with sal castaneda for a update on the commute. >> we have a situation where there was smoke coming up from a manhole on montgomery street near sutter. the fire department is on the scene. we do have a street closure in that area. it seems to be that the fire, the smoke stopped coming from underground. pg&e and fire crews are on the scene. there are street closures in the area. there will be some tie ups in the f-line has been disruptd with

if you see government waste call our hotline at this number on he ssreen. our web site and cllck on waste watch. >>> a 3 vehicle accident involving a schhol bus ends wwth a serious iijury. the bus waa heading to meadow veil suv wws hospitalized with an serious injuries. viewer ssptember us these photos from the scene and you can see some of the children were putt n to stretchers then takee to nearby hospitall the otherr% childreenweee released o their parents riiht there at the scene. now when it comes to ews occurring in your neighborhood yoo can see it shoot it send ii. uppload photo video to our web site. just click on thh see it shhoo it send it icon. also send photoodirectly from theecell phone if yoo wish to pick at fox baltimore.com. tonight?are hh roads looking we havee he traffic edge >>reporrerr: hi karen. tonight we do have quite bit of congestion east baltimore -úover here at eeison highway at east north avenue. use caution when ttaveling in those areaa. traavling on the west side of thh belt way tonight youudo want to brace waa to falls road an

joce sterman, abc2 news. >> the hotline that joce mentioned is 1-800-772-1213. it's on the screen. keep in mind the social security administration is investigating claims of scams like this. so, if you do get a call from someone who sounds a little shady and are asking to get some information the caller's alleged name, get that, their number and the time and date they call, all the information, so also, you can fill in a fraud report with the agency's web site, we've posted a link on our "scam alert" page, head to abc2news.com, if you want to find out more information. >>> it is monday morning. as every monday, carl delmont from freedmont mortgage comes in and gives us advice. thank you for coming in. >> no problem. >> happy monday. >> yes. happy on a rainy day. >> exactly. we talked about changes coming up regarding home pass. >> fannie mae, we talked about this a month ago. home path came out, fannie mae is trying to get rid of the inventory they hold, the properties they took back. they are offering low downpayments and no mortgage assurance which is sort of appealing. now they

pg&e has set up a hotline for people who want to know if pipelines are near their homes.number's on your screen there, 888-743-7431. again, 888-743-7431. that number and pg&e's list are posted on our site. abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >>> it's 6:35 now. the state's largest labor union is now backing proposition 19, the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. the service employees international union with more than 700,000 members statewide is getting behind prop 19 because of its potential to generate tax revenue for local governments. the union says that could help avoid cuts to healthcare, home care and other services. while prop 19 provides no direct tax dollars, it does allow cities and counties to approve the sale of marijuana and put their own taxes on it. >> tomorrow a. c. transit officials are expected to approve more service cuts, this time affecting night and weekend service. the cost-cutting proposal will cut weekend bus service in half and eliminate all but two of the agency's overnight lines. the agency says making those cuts would save more than

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. >> i want to get the hotlines on 95 built as as soon as possible and we're trying to do what we can to resolve the lawsuits to get that done and there is no sense. you have to get them built from the 14th street bridge to occoquan itself. that is a top priority. >> reporter: another priority? expanding i-66 outside of the beltway. one is to limit the carryover money to an estimated 60-day need and vivian watts said that is not enough of a cushion and thinks that that is partly how california got in the fiscal mess. expect a pushback on the governor's plan to rapidly accelerate highway spending. in richmond. >>> the first congressional hearing on the national transportation safety board board's reports concerning the deadly 2009 metro rail collision was held today and officials testified. eleanor holmes norton talked about the interests. 9 people died and dozens more were injured in the crash last year. >>> and in d.c., a break in the investigation into the murder of a college waiter and stud -- college student and waiter. they believe it was a 16-year- old gang member trying to rob

and you can find out if you live near one of those high risk pipelines by calling a pg&e hotline. we'll have the number at cbs5.com. click on "links and numbers" on the front page. >>> more than 100 people showed up to protest a new jail on the peninsula. this was in redwood city last night. the 6-story facility will be built in the heart of town. people who live in the area are concerned about their safety and also the future of downtown revitalization. the county will reconsider its plans in light of all the opposition. >>> time now 5:05. >> let's check weather and traffic. gianna, how's the commute? >> not so good on surface streets. we have a very serious accidents, deadly car crash in san jose this morning at o'grady and almaden expressway. now, we got reports that one person died at the scene. the passenger of the vehicle was taken to the hospital. the vehicle drove into a light pole, may have also hit a tree. at one point the car became fully engulfed in flames. there is lots of activity in the area. expect closures as they conduct an investigation. this happened at the int

if you see government waste call our hotline.o go to foxbaltimore.coo and click on waste atch. ú%abuse.cher's aide in howard after writing love notes to an 8-year-old girl. >> do yyu still love her? >> karl walker was silent as he left the courtroom today. his case sets precedent for child sex crimes since found guilty withouu physically assaulting the young student..3 walkerrworked at bryant woods elementarr school. in the letters he proclaimed to have loved the 3rd grade girl. >> there is this constant referenne tt hugging and issing and wanting to be with you. and dreaming fantasizing that they are on a trip to las vegas, and thaa he issasleep in his arms. >>>i mean it was just overwhelling i thought. >> walker will be sentenced inú january. -> and here is our question of thh day. should sooeone e found guilty of sex abuse, even though there was no physical ontact? so far, 97 percent ay yes. 3 percent say o. pat writes on facebook. love nntes, coold have been the start of something more harmful. to the 8-year-ood girl, or some

or another child who is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline.r 1-888-2-adopt-me. and wek in the ne neroom right now to find out about some problem spots with the weather. elain >>> that's ght, barbara. this is mostly taking place in northeast d.c. d.c. fire and rescue working on a few incidents that 1,000 block of rhode island avenue, a few people were stuck right there because of standing in the flooding water. they're working to rescue those folks. also in that same general area 1379 f street northeast, d.c. fire and rescue got called for a ceiling collapse. and finally in the 1800 block of capital avenue northeast at bethesda baptist church, some folks were stuck on the steps of that church. they couldn't get to their cars because, again, the standing water and the flooding water. they are very busy to help people make sure they can get to where they need to go in a safe manner. of course this has just happened within the last half hour. we'll continue to monitor the situaon. again, most is happening in the northeast part of the district. >>

abbott has set up a hotline.formation go to our website. >>> could the titanic tragedy have been avoided? in her new book says a steering mistake caused the ship to crash into the iceberg. she always said the ship sank as fast as it did. >>> it's a fascinating story. >> reporter: yeah, it is. >> i just saw that movie again for about the 10th time. >>> did you cry. >> reporter: all right, let's take a look at temperatures. we had some storms, big ones in some areas. the last bit of shower activity moving across delaware. there you see it moving just south of dover. lewis getting a shower right now. one or two more showers way out in garrett county right now. 75 degrees. still a very warm night as far as this time of the year is concerned. winds are very light. dewpoints are up. here in the city most areas didn't see a drop of rain. barometer has been rising, 91 degrees today, the record high 99. the average high is 76. 61 last night. the average low is now 54 and the record low, 37 degrees. right now it's 70 up in

it asked the public to call a hotline if it came across an abandoned baby. here on the head of coulomb part is with the few faces -- kuala lumpur is one of the face is pregnant women who are unmarried can turn to. women come to stay at the shelter and other babies are born. these women asked us not to identify them. this woman is 18 and recently gave birth to a baby girl. her father thinks she is away studying. this woman is in her late 20s's. she is engaged with a steady job, but she still feels unable to keep her child. >> even though i am getting married soon, my religion tells me this is wrong. the baby knew he was born out of wedlock, he will carry the shame for the rest of his life. >> the shelter was opened by this man and his wife. he says of refuge like this and the baby hatch are there to save lives. but it does not tackle the problem of unwanted pregnancies. >> every year we see an increase. when we opened, we had 10 girls a year. now we have 70. >> most of these women will get their babies up for adoption. in this country, unwed mothers still fee

. >> pg&e has set up a hotline and the number is on your screen 8-887-437-4312 we have posted a link to the entire list of all 100 pipeline segments on her homepage. ktvu.com. >>> police have arrested a third person. francisco sierras is accused of being an accessory after a fact. he said he admits helping andrew barrientos after he shot officer todd young. police arrested at barrientos in san diego. they are due in court this wednesday. >>> an aspiring rapper now faces life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering four people one year ago. and a plea agreement the 21- year-old man admitted he killed his 16-year-old girlfriend, her parents and a friend of hers. he met the 16-year-old on line and were fans of his rap music. he traveled to virginia where she was living and said that he and the teen had a fight after attending a rap show which led to the murder. >>> attack happened near the south end of snow avenue outside san jose city limits at about 7:45 a.m. the one and bought off the attacker and screamed for help and he ran away. she described the man as being in his 20s who 5

government accountable and you can help us out by joining our if you see government waste call our hotlineyou can also go to waste watch. >> new tonight. city police shoot and kill two search warrant. detectives seized a large amount of heroin from the home on westlandville strret two pitbulls were nside.. >> howard county police are searching for this man. ú%ey are calling him the preppy burglar. he wws caught on camera breaking into a highhand home. on september 14. if you recognizeetheeguy, or if you hhvener inffrmation at all call the tip line att410313 and you could be eligible for a reward. >> shoppers at mondom min mall are warned to be vigilant after %-of the year there were eight robberies at the mall. police say the latest on sunday at a jewelry stooe. where robbbrs got way with $100,000 worth oo ewelry. occur during the day. and the criminals follow a paatern. >> well there are some that pass notes, group of suspects that buy atches and produce a >> police have idennified suspects in some of the robberies, they are now working with tte mall to beef up security patrols, and, of c

if you see goveenment waste, you can call our hotline, (410)662-1456. can also go to foxbaltimore..om and click on waste watch. >> no "i" phone ffr verizon. at least nnt any time soon. the company's ceoospoke to investors this week and said nothing about the popuuar apple cell phone. althoogh he hopes apple will3 allow them to sell the phone on theii new 4 g netwook. that network is not open or service yet. and will not be finished until late next year. >> starbucks is increasing the vente size ittms and it is hard to make rinks. the price, for regular coffee drinks, will hold steady for now. starbucks said it has to hike prices because the cost of coffee, sugar, cocoa are on the >> et bbue plans to install satellite broadband internet and tv on its fleet. has to be tested by the federal administration before they can roll it out on all the planes. hope it is approved by the twend of 2012. they currently have tv on its flights buttnot wifi. >> tomorrow night hundreds of teens will attend a fund raiser concert for emily kerstetter injured by a terrorist

. >> an emergency hotline has been set up for fire victims and families worried about their loved onesyone who has been affected by this fire and is looking for shelter should call this number: 650-616-7180. the hotline is only for neighbors and those impacted by that fire. >>> a bay area blood center is asking for help as well to help the victims injured by the explosion and the fire. blood centers of the pacific has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations. to donate starting today, please call the number on your screen there: 1-888-393- give. "o" negative is requested. >>> petco is helping for pets, providing kennels for dogs, cats and food and water. the pet ceo located in the tanforan milwaukee. for more information 650-589- 3757. store is also working with the red cross to transport animals from the fire sites to petco and of course we'll have all these numbers on our website, cbs5.com. and there is a local hotel as well that's opening up its rooms to fire victims free of charge, the alpine inn and suites in daly city offering free rooms to people who need a place to stay a

it asked the public to call a hotline if it came across an abandoned baby.ere on the age of kuala lumpur is one of the few places on married pregnant women can turn to. having a child out of wedlock is seen as deeply shameful. abortions are not readily available. so women come here and tell their babies are born. these women asked us not to identify them. this woman is 18 and recently gave birth to a baby girl. her father thinks she is away studying. this woman is in her late 20s's. she is engaged with a steady job, but she still feels unable to keep her child. >> even know i'm getting married soon, my religion tells me this is wrong. if the baby were born out of wedlock, he would carry shame for the rest of his life. >> the shelter was opened by this man and his wife. he says are refuge like this is there to save lives, but it does not tackle the underlying problem of unwanted pregnancies. >> we started reporting years ago. -- would stop reporting years ago. now we have 70 pregnant women under our care. >> most of these women will give up their babies for a

for now, you can find out if you live within 500 feet of a high risk pipeline by calling a hotline number. >>> checking bay area hoed lines now, the chp says a teenager was drunk when he crashed his car. grief counselors were on campus today, the first day of school since that crash on friday. the 16-year-old driver is being held on a list of charges including very electric hard manslaughter. two of the four drivers remain hospitalized. >>> the first hov toll lane opened today. solo commuters can pay a fee to drive in that lane, which is otherwise reserved for car pools. there are -- is some confusion on the first day but traffic eventually moved fairly well. >>> in san francisco, people unhappy with the tax. protested in front of a wine shop that he used to own. protesters claim he has a conflict of interest. the mayor sold his shares of businesses in san francisco, including that shop. supervisors voted to add about 3 to 5 cents per drink to pay for alcohol abuse programs but still don't have the votes to over ride a veto. >>> people in one bay area city took on the local government and

, which is a great resource site, and the national hotline on domestic violence. communities, we're seeing upticks of 300, 400%. i mean, because there's so much stress, they're turning on one another and it's breaking down into violence. and as i say, i want people to understand, it's not just physical violence. i mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. that's a horrible existence for people. and what we're trying to do is help women understand what is abuse and how to handle it in a safe and secure way. the number one time that women in abusive situations get killed is when they separate from their abuser. it's called separation assault. so we have to be very careful on how they get out, so we're giving them an exit plan on how to do this safely and securely. you do not want to confront your abuser. >> larry: dr. phil, by the way, is answering your questions. send them to facebook.com/cnnlarrykinglive oy twitter.com/kingstings. more with the good doctor right after this. accommodate their. matt was a

should verify the call by contacting your local social security office or by calling their toll free hotline. and never give your social security number or other important information over the phone because with information this sensitive it's unlikely uncle sam is making a house call. joce sterman, abc2 news. >> it's really scary. the hospitalline she mentioned is 1-800-772-1213. keep in mind, the social security administration is investigating claims of scams like this. if you get a call from someone who seems kind of shady they are asking that you get the caller's alleged name, number, the time and date of the call and the information they wanted. you can fill out a fraud report on the agency's web site. we posted a link on our "scam alert" page, you will find that on abc2news.com. >>> you've seen the license plates and soon you'll see the coins commemorating the war of 1812. kids, listen up, you can now get involved in the coin's design, too. in the effort to honor fort mchenry and the critical role maryland played in the growth of our young nation a star spangled banner commemorative co

find out if you live near one of those high risk pipelines by calling pg&e's 24-hour hotline. that number is on our website, cbs5.com. click on "links and numbers" on the front page. >>> the former ceo of hewlett- packard is giving up $30 million of his severance package. mark hurd is doing that to settle a lawsuit brought by hp after he was hired to be co- president of oracle. he is accused of violating a confidentiality agreement. he resigned from hewlett- packard after a sexual harassment investigation although he was cleared of all charges. >>> a pit bull is bringing comfort to bay area cancer patients. leo is part of the dogfighting ring that landed michael vick in jail. a dog group rescued him and focused on the gentler nature. every week, leo now visits the cancer care center in mountain view. the purpose, of course to connect with patients who know what it's like to be hurting and trying to recover. >> i see him, it's a joy. i mean, you know, he just makes me feel good inside. it feels good to feel good these days. >> leo looks like he feels pretty good, too. the 51 pi