of the marie pub executive ike leggett. we appreciate your time. in the meantime, maraya isn't facing questions from u.s. regulators for outages to in 911 -- a facility in arlington lost power, knocking out the emergency number in arlington fairfax, and prince william county as well as the city of manassas. it has mostly been restored. the continued power outages are once again creating problems out on the road. >> traffic lights go out in the intersections across the region, and as we heard from the account executive, a lot are in montgomery county. john gonzalez is in bethesda waiting for a light behind him to come on. >> the intersection of old georgetown road and democracy boulevard where pepco crews have been here all morning, serving the area. at one point, they went up in one of the polls -- on one of the polls but still no lights. that is really the case blocks and blocks of each direction. maryland state troopers are now directing morning rush-hour. but there is some good news. the number of traffic signals out in the county have dropped n

. >>> ike leggett is issuing an order that all champion ride on buses be taken off the street. >> this is because yet another one of these buses went up in flames yesterday morning. it was in silver spring this time. ken molestina explains how the county is trying to deal with a busload of trouble. >> reporter: how many buses have to burn before you realize that, you know, we have bad equipment. >> reporter: jean know is president of the union that represents the ride on bus drivers. he's thankful the county executive has moved to take all the champion model buses off the streets immediately and permanently but he's bothered it took so long to do it. >> this government allowed unsafe equipment. >> reporter: the union and county administrators have been fighting over the future of these buses for years. the president of the union that represents the ride on bus drivers says the county bought about 50 of these buses back in 2007. the total bill for it he says was somewhere in the neighborhood of about $10 million. just two years after the purchase in 2009, the first case of a self-combus

. >>> well, thank montgomery county -- well, thank montgomery county executive ike leggett is with me. it's been a very busy month in montgomery county. of course people lost power after the storm yesterday. so we want to talk about what is happening with pepco and i understand there is going to be a hearing. is that tomorrow? >> in fact, it's today. it's one of several hearings that will be conducted both at the county and state level to look at the performance of pepco during this recent power outage. i indicated before that we found it unacceptable to have the amount of outage that we had for such a long duration in the heat and humidity, under these circumstances and conditions i think was pretty difficult, and i think we need to get some better answers from them. >> there are a lot of complaints but what actually do you think can be done? >> well, two years ago i commissioned a task force that laid out an action plan that outlined three things. one, better communications. two, to aggressively address the infrastructure, and challenges and to make sure we have the response, bringi

county executive ike leggett made it official these buses will not return onto the streets again. no one was hurt in this morning's bus fire in silver spring. the cause is still under investigation, but early speculation is that it had something to do with an electrical issue. since 2009 this particular model of bus, the champion model, has had 13 instances where they just go up in flames. the president of the union that represents the drivers says in all cases it's been due to stress put on the buses. he says they weren't built to be used the way montgomery county officials have been using them and the result is more than a dozen of them catching fire, a fight both the union and county have agonized over for years. following today's event the executive ordered the remaining 37 buses on the fleet to be taken off the streets. >> we have been lucky. we've defied the odds out here. i could just envision a busful of people, one being one of my members and potentially a neighbor or someone else on there, trying to get to work or somewhere, stuck on a bus that is a death trap. >> report

county executive ike leggett says those buses should be replaced by the end of august. >> we are looking at 76 degrees outside. >> learn what clucks checking our top stories people are once again cleaning up the mess left behind by severe storms. last night the storms knocked down trees and power lines leaving hundreds without power. in apartments in northwest, the heavy rain caused the sewers overflow. the montgomery county council will hold a debriefing today on pepco's response to last month's outage. maryland public service commission chief will speak at the event. george zimmerman spoke out for the first time since he was charged with second-degree murder for killing trayvon martin in during. the apologize to the florida teenager's parents and told fox news he was not pursuing martin the night he died. >> in response to recent sexual assaults in arlington county, an emergency communications forum will be held tonight. speakers will discuss recent incidents, provide safety tips, and answer questions. that is 7:00 at the community center on south stafford's st. in arlington. a d.c. wo

in a statement county executive ike leggett said in part, quote, the bottom line is removing the buses from service is the right thing to do to ensure the safety of the public and our bus drivers. the executive's order effectively ends the fight to get these buses off the streets. in montgomery county, ken molestina, 9news now. >> some temporary replacement buss have been brought in till the county gets a permanent new fleet. the change is going to affect routes starting today. the routes are being placed on a holiday schedule. we have the whole list on wusa9.com. >>> let us take another look at our question of the day. i love this one. parents, what's the number one thing kids tend to stick up their noses? a, crayion, b, french fry, or c, a bean. >> mimi carter wrote fingers of course. second answer b, though. then the fry goes in the mouth after that. >> she knows kids. that's for sure. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we're going to reveal the answer in about an hour. >>> good morning. 5:22. you're going to need your umbrella today just in case you see a s

yesterday, montgomery county executive ike leggett ordered the system to take all champion buses out of service permanently. >>> also making headlines this morning, troubling information more than a decade after 9-11. we'll tell you what it has to do with flight schools coming up next. >>> also ahead, george zimmerman gives his first on- camera interview. here how the man charged in the murder of trayvon martin defends his actions and what the message is for trayvon's family. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment.  [ scott ] i grew up playing with little toy trains and now i build them. i'm a bigger is better kind of guy. i absolutely love building locomotives. i knew i wanted to design locomotives from when i was very young. [ jahmil ] from the outside it looks like such a simple device. when you actually get down into the bare bones of it, there's so much technology that's submerged. [ rob ] my welds are a signature, i could tell my welds apart from anybody's. to lay down that nice bead and you look at it, i love it. they don't go together by themselves. th

. >>> montgomery county executive ike leggett is issuing an order that all champion model ride-on buses off the streets after another one went up in fire. >> how many buses to have burn before you get it, you realize we have bad equipment. >> reporter: gino renne is president of the union that represents the ride-on bus drivers. he's thankful that champion buses will be now taken off the streets. >> this government allowed unsafe equipment. >> reporter: the union and county administrators have been fighting over the future of these buses for years. the vice president the union that represents the ride-on bus drivers says the county bought about 50 of these buses back in 2007. the total bill for it, he says, was somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 million. just two years after the purchase in 2009, the first case of a self-combusting bus happened. since then, including the one on wednesday morning in silver spring, some 13 buses have gone up in flames. >> so what you end up having is wires up against very, very hot hydraulic systems which go up in flames, or you have, you know, brakes t

. >> montgomery county executive ike leggett surveyed the damage in silver spring this afternoon visiting one of the county's hardest hit areas. crews have been working around the clock to remove downed trees, wind and to restore the power. >>> in the district, downed trees litter neighborhoods as well. one family evacuated their family on foot after the car is trapped by electrical wires. beth parker has that story. >> reporter: we're at 36th and macomb streets. can you see there is a huge tree that snapped and about 11 trucks trying to get that stuff going. crews are coming in to help with that cleanup. check out the driveway. it's blocked by wires. all weekend long, folks have been able to get their cars out but the neighbors tell us that they have packed up and have gone to visit relatives, most likely relatives with air conditioning. i'm beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> a dominion virginia employee told us this is the worst non-hurricane storm he's seen. look at the damage we found in arlington. one woman said a tree that fell on her shed knocked the whole thing off of the foundation bef

monday he'll meet with prince george's county executive baker, montgomery county executive ike leggett. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake and on tuesday he'll meet with senate and house leaders and the "washington post" reports this effort is all to gauge whether or not a special session is needed to move the issue forward. >>> all right -- time now 4:9 and here's a look at your weather for this friday. temperatures will get into the lower 80s by noon around lunchtime we are expecting mostly cloudy skies for today. couple of -- maybe little breaks in the clouds a little bit for a little bit of sun. and then temperatures by 5:00 will be in the mid 80s. right now we have cloudy conditions. it is 77 degrees. and we have a slight chance for some showers only west of town for today. i'll talk more about the heat and the humidity coming up but first here's monika with your traffic. good morning. >>> good morning. we had the fair share of accidents yesterday morning even at this time. thank think this morning is a little different. 66 looks great no issues to report heading to the belt

. >> reporter: ike leggett and rushern baker arrived ready to talk. >> this is millions of dollars for the state of maryland fork prince george's county and baltimore city. >> reporter: baker wants governor o'malley to call a special session of the legislature in order to expand the number of gaming sites in maryland from five for six and put that new casino at the national harbor in prince george's. >> i feel like progress is being made. >> reporter: but the governor won't call a special session at least until he has agreement from house leaders like speaker michael bush who has said he doesn't think expanded gambling would pass right now. the governor is prying to ease political rivalry among competing counties by creating a new gambling commission which would decide on things like gaming tax rates. >> perhaps now, there is the opportunity for the house leadership to coalesce around their leader and, if so, we could get this done, i think, and in pretty short order. >> reporter: while we can't tell you if or what governor o'malley would call a special session on gambling, what we can

. >>> later today governor martin o'malley will meet with ike leggett.onversation considering when to expand gambling in maryland. >>> want to see some coordination? check this out. the toronto blue jays fan with both hands full catches the baseball look at that. between his legs. and didn't drop anything in his hands. outstanding. >>> when we come back, one more thing for the ladies out there. >>> one more thing before we go. women are smarter than men. ladies, go. >> we knew that already. >> over the last hundred years any q tests women have scored about five points below men. but that has changed. the new research shows women are leaping ahead any q tests and in some countries actually scoring higher. >> not really up for debate any more. >> there is three women here. what am i going to say? annie, go to weather. >> reporter: here's one last look at your 7-day forecast. hotter tomorrow and wednesday. storms coming through wednesday afternoon, a cold front coming through. thursday temperatures will be in the lower 90s. >>> here's what it looks like. on

. >> is centers around ike leggett's controversial deal to turn an organic farm into soccer fields. >g will be held this morning. it was filed by angry residents. county leaders believe they have complied. >> the time is 6:45 and president obama heads to i would today and he will push for extending the bush-year tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000 per year. republican opponents say there could hurt the economy. we now talk to politico. republicans want to maintain these tax cuts for all americans and they say that small business owners really could lose in this scenario. >> this is the same tax argument that has been going on between president obama and house and senate congressional republicans for some time. president obama wants to extend those tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year only for those making under 250,000 for years. those of the ones he says needs it most. we will see how the voters of see it in november. >> this is interesting because it seems there are four more people in this country who are making less than two ordered $50,000 then who are makin

washington post also joining the governor and the county executive in prince george's county will be ike leggett of montgomery county, and the mayor of baltimore. the meeting scheduled to happen in annapolis later this morning. incupit was a couple weeks ago when the idea of expanding carogambling stalled. the governor has been working hard to get this back on the table and into a special session that would happen later this summer. the general assembly has until august 20 to decide whether or not they will hold a special session. if that goes through and the vote to allow it on the ballot, that would happen in november. this is something many lawmakers and people across maryland say they would like to see the expansion of gambling. but there are also those who say they have enough. the expansion would allow for more table games including blackjack and russian roulette and gmmgm is trying to move forward with a plan. we will have updates from the meeting when we get them. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> 72 degrees, 5:07. >> secretary of state clinton did not get the best reception in egypt. detai

. >> the governor and montgomery county executive ike leggett visited the emergency operations centerley says the state will not rest until everyone has power restored. he is optimistic that will happen sooner than the power companies have predicted, which in some cases could be next weekend. in addition to the power problems is the damage. it could take weeks to clean it up. >> downed trees all over the place and other debris. it is just the start of problems a lot of people still face. jummy olabanji joins us from falls church. more storms overnight. >> we on great falls road in falls church. behind us is one of several big trees in the city that was brought down by the wind on friday. a lot of people say this is what it looks like a cross falls church and they are waiting for all this to be cleaned up. >> armageddon. looks like a war zone in falls church,. >> people living off great falls road say that friday night's storm was like nothing they had ever seen. >> i could see stuff flying across the street and the wind was going sideways. >> it was craziness, scary. >> this is some o

this morning will be bulk the borders -- baltimore's mayor and montgomery county executive and ike leggette discussion on the table is expanding gambling statewide. there has been some trouble trying to come to an agreement. some legislators would like to see the expansion of the use of table games. others would like to see an additional site, including casinos at the national harbor. just a few weeks ago mgm announced they would like to move forward with plans on that. the deadline is august 20. that is why he set up several meetings this week to try to bring lawmakers up to speed and tried to get them on board with this plan. tomorrow he plans to meet with the president of the set of. -- of the senate. he says adding an additional site for casinos here at the national harbour and expanding the use of table games would be beneficial to the entire state. >> thank you. hopping on the campaign trail this morning. president obama heads to the battleground state of ohio, and mitt romney looks for an apology. >> the obama campaign says it is not likely to happen. brie and carter joins us live w

county executive ike leggett says the buses should be replaced by the end of next month. >> there's still time to enter our latest facebook page giveaway. >> you can enter and been vip tickets for kelly clarkson. she will perform at the concert on august 23. included are vip club passes and $50 in cash to spend on food or parking. you can enter until tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. and we will announce the winner tomorrow during abc 7 news at 5:00. it's 5:40, 76 degrees on this thursday >> . the man charged with the murder of trayvon martin has given his first television interview. his message to the parents >> coming up at 6:00, a man tries to snatch a girl off a philadelphia street in broad daylight. we have a chilling video showing how the child was able to escape. >> scary moments as a long way driver speeds down the mississippi highway. it's all caught on video. >> we will have details on a $1 million proposal for a potato chip idea. all that coming up gets 6:00. >> in the meantime, a majority of d.c. residents apparently want mayor vincent gray to resign in the wake of the scandal surrounding

and at 9:00, montgomery county executive ike leggett will be here to talk more about what's happening to hold utility companies more accountable after events like this. >>> to politics now this morning. a day after paying tribute to america's men and women in uniform during fourth of july celebrations at the white house, it's back to the campaign trail today for president obama. fox's doug luzader has more on his two-day bus trip to the midwest. >> reporter: the holiday is now over, and the president trades air force one for a campaign bus today. >> hi, everybody, enjoy the fireworks, get hot dogs. >> reporter: the first family welcoming military families to the white house yesterday for a big fourth of july celebration. but this morning, the president starts a bus trek through the heart of the 2012 campaign battlefield. starting off near toledo, and includes four stops in ohio, crossing the border into another big player this year, pennsylvania. >> mitt romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing u.s. jobs. >> reporter: obama campaign team has softened the ground in the midwest b

ike leggett pulled the buses after a fire in one of them two weeks ago. this was the latest in a series of fires on these types of buses. the county is going to buy 28 new buses to replace them. >>> after weeks of dropping, gas prices are starting to move back up again. according to aaa's fuel gauge report, regular grade gas in our region now averages $3.51, a jump of 17 cents from just a month ago. nationwide the average is $3.49. >>> if approved, bills go up in february. customers can expect distribution of their electric bill to go up 6%, gas distribution by 7.9%. the company needs it to comply with new federal and state safety and reliability requirements. >>> it is the perfect addition to your underground zombie apocalypse bunker. it sells for a cool $24,000. op ticks planet.com promises the best chance of survival with their carefully chosen supplies. for all that money you get knives, tools, protective gear and it also clouds a special science set so you can look for a zombie cure. >> little too expensive. >> if it stops them from eating your brain

. >> ike leggett says pepco's estimate, he's call it, quote, unacceptable. >>> as you've seen, downed trees have damaged homes. >> and the cleanup can be costly. tissue al thompson is here with who -- >> everywhere we went, we saw huge downed trees. the question was who will pay for this? if a tree falls on your house, your homeowners insurance will pay for it. but if your neighbor's tree falls on your house, it's your insurance that pays. if a tree felt on your car, comprehensive auto insurance pays for the damage. if a tree felt and it didn't damage any property, you probably have to pay to have it removed. at folks starts to clean up. beware of nigh by night contractors. for starters, don't rush to hire someone. some fraudulent contractors will overcharge consumers or late them to believe the damage is worse than it really is. check to make sure a company is licensed before hiring, and make sure you get a written contract. it should include the contractor's name, address and home improvement license number. if you plan on filing a claim, remember document all the damage with pictur

. >>> at 9, ike leggett will be in here to talk about what is happening with the whole utility commission companies more accountable after events like this. >>> a deadly double shooting this morning. one of the victims was pronounced dead an hour ago and so far, there is no word on what led to the shooting or if police have suspects. >>> and in the district, one of the four people shot has died and this happened before 8:00 last night. the police say it appears a group of young men targeted another group of young men outside of a nearby apartment complex and the gunman is on the loose. >>> why thousands of people across the country may lose their internet access on monday. what you can do to make sure you're protected. >> the widow of arafat wants his body exhumed and what killed the leader. fox 5 morning news is back in just a moment. matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. this message. . >>> making headlines this morning, the widow of yasser arafat wants his body exhumed and tested after a radio

ike leggett, thanks for coming in. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> friday night's storm knocked out 911 service in many parts of our area. earlier this morning, tony spoke with the director of the fairfax county department of public safety communications. he says an arlington facility suffered damage in the storm in both the main and backup 911 systems failed on saturday. >> is verizon being cooperative and forthcoming and are they being held accountable? >> they are being cooperative. i understand obviously there will be some inquiries into the performance, probably will be some recommendations made as a result of that. we're all looking forward anxiously to what that may be. because we don't know when the next storm may arrive. >> 911 service is now fully restored and operational. >> i did ask him what his confidence level in the 911 system now, and he said okay. so not the highest. >> no. >>> coming up, a fourth of july celebration in new york ends in tragedy when a boat capsizes. details on the search for surviv

. >> montgomery county executive ike leggett, thank you for joining us. we'll be right back. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom even without power, people are managing to use facebook. our question of the morning, four decades ago a majority of people did this. but today only 20% of us do this, is it drive a stick shift, change their own forecast tire or write a letter. >> the answer is a, drive a stick. >>> >>> steamy highs in the 90s today. late day storms possible. >>> we are going to take a live look on i 66. it has helped so much. hov restrictions are in effect on 95 and 3-d 5 though. >>> many people have started their vacation. cbs this morning is next. more on the presidential campaign. charlie rose talks of the cast -- with the cast of the new spiderman movie. >>> power restoration all day, keep up with it at wusa.com. >>> have a great day, everybody.

i offer ike leggett to come out here with a chainsaw, with me and we'll cut it. if he's got the guts. >> reporter: there are serious health concerns here. >> yeah a lot of my neighbors have health issues and this is a main thoroughfare for ambulances, police, fire departments and a major bus route. it is now shut down. why? because people are too lays toy make a decision. >> reporter: and you are told at least the weekend maybe monday or tuesday until you get power restored? >> that is what the neighborhoods are -- neighbors have told me yes, ma'am. >> reporter: ken is one of the people frustrated at pepco's slow action. pepco says listen, we are working as hard as possible and friday is realistic for many folks in regard to getting their power restored. tom graham was on our program yesterday. let's listen to what he had to say. >> reporter: if we bring back the entire circuit. >> let's say 1100 customers on that circuit, we believe all the customers are restored at that time. there could be some damage down the lane. it could be a blown transformer, a blown fus

but ike leggett is saying he has had enough and july 6th is not good enough. >>> oakdalely deals timeuld you like a deal. paint ballpark and it is offering all day paint ball for free equipment rentals, paint ball, unlimited air refills, $5, which 65% off the normal price of $170. >>> historic annapolis, how about doing a segway tours. a tour of annapolis for $27, 51% off the normal price of $55 and get that deal on groupon. e-bay.com offering a 24-inch wide screen lcd tv from view sonic. the price 48% off the normal $259 asking price. your purchase includes free shipping to. you can find this one under deals and gift tab. if you are a local business with a good deal contact us on facebook. >>> mike something almost all of us can do to help during a crisis in the storm aftermath. more on our area's desperate need for blood donations, coming up. >>> good morning and welcome back to 9news now. our time at 5:47 this tuesday morning. 77 degrees out there and it is just going to get hotter and the humidity is going to increase today right olga? >> reporter: it will, we will be sticky this

. >>> montgomery county executive ike leggett release a statement saying, quote, i have directed theepartment of general services to take all remaining ride-on buses out of service permanently. a number of the buses have already been replaced and by the end of august, we will have the remaining replacement buses in service. >>> we are learning more about the freak accident that killed a driver when a tree fell crushing his car in great falls tuesday night. police identified the driver as carl roach iii. his family says he was a kind man would loved horses ayou can see by the pick of them. he was drive ago long georgetown pike with wh a 100- foot oak tree fell on top of his car. people living nearby say they have complained about the old large trees in the area. v-do the was responsible for the tree but county authorities say they've never fielded any complaints. >>> another big story, more fallout from mayor vincent gray's ongoing corruption scandal that is plaguing the d.c. government. the majority of d.c. residents are no longer standing behind the city's leader and that is accordi

calendar running down on how long lawmakers have to strike a deal, montgomery county executive ike leggett, prince george's county executive rushern baker arrived at the governor's office ready to talk. >> this has to happen. this is millions of dollars for the state of maryland, millions of dollars for prince george's county and baltimore city. >> reporter: baker wants governor o'malley to call a special session of the legislature in order to expand the number of gaming sites in maryland from five to six and put that new casino at the national harbor in prince george's. >> i feel like progress is being made. >> but the governor won't call a special session at least until he has agreement from house leads are like speaker michael bush who has said he doesn't think expanded gambling would pass right now. the governor is trying to ease political rivalry among competing counties by creating a new gambling commission which would decide on things like gaming tax rates. >> perhaps now, there is the opportunity for the house leadership to coalesce around their leader and, if so, we could get this

o'malley met this morning with montgomery county executive ike leggette and prince george's county executive rushern baker to talk about the plan. >> this has to happen. this is millions of dollars for the state of maryland, millions of dollars for prince george's county and baltimore city. >> governor owe mamie says he won't call a special session -- o'malley says he won't call a special session until he has an agreement from house leaders they will consider expansion. he is set to meet with the house speaker and general assembly president tomorrow. >>> now a story of hope and determination, it's almost impossible for a laurel man with cerebral palsy to maneuver his motorized wheelchair around the house he shares with his mother. a local church is helping out by raising money for an addition. fox 5's karen gray houston has their story. >> reporter: cerebral palsy is a muscular condition which may slow brent ditman down, but he's not letting it stymie his development. >> i don't look at it as having a disability. i just look at it as making myself more of a regular person. >> reporter: but h

congress member chris van hodge and county executive ike leg -- van hollen and county executive ike leggett were in attendance. the roads were resurfaced using 6.7 million bucks provided by the american rove and reinvestment act. >>> some -- recovery and reinvestment act. >>> some wounded warriors left arlington on a bike trip across america today. two of the riders are blind. the ride is called sea to shining sea. the riders are wounded warriors from iraq, afghanistan and vietnam. their goal is to motivate wounded veterans and disabled people across america. >>> children, treated for serious illnesses at nih. now they have a new place to play and relax. it's a new playground built on the grounds of the children's inn at nih and today about 150 volunteers joined forces with the nonprofit kaboom to build the new playground. they completed it in less than six hours and a ribbon cutting ceremony was held this afternoon to dedicate it all. >>> still ahead chaos outside a california police station. officers fired on demonstrators who were protesting a shooting involving one of their own. >> repo

. >> county executive ike leggett ordered all ride on buses off the street and now the county is looking to replace the entire fleet. >>> the time right now it is 6:34. i am watching your money and perform mansz review -- performance review. these reviews oftentimes the employees don't agree with the results. a recent survey found employees and employers see things very differently when it comes to these reviews. this morning i'm joined by the president of the mid-atlantic district. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell us a little bit about this survey. we're not seeing these things exactly the same way as employer-employee come review time? >> what we found were employers were certainly more apt and interested in giving them versus employees weren't as excited about receiving them but i think it had -- it has more to do with communication on both sides. >> let's say you're an employee and facing down a performance review or in the midst of it because many workers have to go through this at least once a year. what's the best way to make this work for us? >> i think the key thing

. >> reporter: with the calendar running down on how long lawmakers have to strike a deal, ike leggettnd baker arrived at the governor's office ready to talk. >> and this has to happen. this is millions of dollars for the state of maryland and for prince georges county. >> baker the o'malley to -- baker w o

county executive ike leggett says removing the buses from service is the right thing to do to ensure the safety of the public and our bus drivers. now, since 2009 the bus drivers union says there have been about a dozen fires in these champion-style buses. no one seems to know the exact cause, but the union says putting a bus body on a truck chassis has made these style buses fire hazards. >> any time you have a public -- any vehicle that just suddenly bursts into flames and becomes engulfed in flames, i'd consider that dangerous, absolutely. >> reporter: the union says these buses are so dangerous that some drivers were scared to get behind the wheel. >> if you were a bus rider and you saw one of these buses coming up to your stop, would you get on it? >> no, i wouldn't. >> reporter: the champion-style buses represent about 10% of the 300 ride on bus fleet. they'll be replaced temporarily by some used buses from pittsburgh. now, out at the ride on bus stop, this reaction from riders. >> that seems like the sensible thing to do. instead of getting a lawsuit or something, you know wha

. >> reporter: in a statement released by and the executive ike leggette he said, "the bottom line is removing the buzzes from service is -- buses from service is the right thing to do to ensure the safety of the public and our bus drivers." these buses will be dismantled that are parked here and either sold for parts and what they can't sell will be trashed. in the meantime the county has brought in some buses from other areas to replace these buses and temporarily, of course, they'll be getting a permanent fleet sometime in the near future. back to you. >> that is good news, ken molestina, thank you. >>> we have new information tonight on a computer glitch that shut down metro twice over the weekend. metro says computer crashes were caused by a failed module in an information management network device. they say once they replaced the module, the problems were fixed. the computer error prevented controllers from remotely controlling switches and knowing where the trains were located and that caused major delays on metro saturday and sunday. metro says the problem is now fixed and it'

last week ike leggett, the county executive, pulled those buses from service after the seventh fire in the last three years. the county says everything should be back to normal they hope by wednesday. >>> now let's take another look at the question of the day. it may not be the healthiest choice but americans will eat about 70 million pounds of what food a year? is it a, bacon, b, hamburgers, or c, tater tots. that's unhealthy? >> i love them all. >> dave writes, one time i was a kid i ate a whole package of bacon for breakfast. oh, yeah. what do you think? go to our facebook page. leave your response. we'll have the answer in our next hour. we'll be right back. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused th