katrina bush has her story. >> i love the way it makes me feel to say i'm here with you. you are not alone. >> tracy with smile but says he felt lick a failure, the first time she went to the food bank. a numb of things led her here years ago but started with a loss of her 6-year-old daughter in a car accident. i went through a depression. i could get up or work or oh could, i had the fear. things not worse when her husband was laid off. the unemployment benefits he gets help. it's enough to pay our gas and electric and mortgage payment and keep gas in the car to go back and fort to school. there is a gap that happens where it's just you come up a little bit short and you need the extra happened. >> reporter: the maryland food bank fills in the gap for 460,000 people. 38% of those people earn 250 much money. >> we are seeing people coming in, they don't make enough money. they are working but don't make enough money to feeds they families consistently and well. >> reporter: she attributes the disconnect between what they consider foods insecure and the qualifications for

as abc2's katrina bush finds out, students are adjusting to the new look of their plates. >> should eat fruits and vegetables because it's healthy are than fried chicken and fries. >> reporter: no fried chicken and fries here. these students are getting their lunch from the salad bar. they mall do their best to get in that balanced meal but still have their favorite eye really love vegetables and fruits, but i would prefer fruit because fruits are juicier. >> reporter: even so these students understand how eating healthy translates to overall health. >> i play sports so i have to be healthy. >> reporter: they started with two salad bars three years agod are up to 100 with no plans on stopping. they even brought in representatives from the usda. >> we have parents who come in and volunteer and help them learn about the fruits and vegetables and eat off the salad bar. >> reporter: school leaders say the need for this scribed of program is especially evident in a school like mt. royal. 90% of the students qualify for a free and reduced lunch. >> breakfast and lunch, one of the things we kn

and follow her for breaking news and daily story updates at katrina bush, abc2. >> named after a very famous hurricane -- katrina. i think we'll stay dry the rest of the night. we have seen showers inching north as close as roanoke, south of richmond, maybe a few showers. unless the travel plans take you south, you will stay dry. annapolis, we're sitting at 69. it will be a cool evening but not too cool. through the overnight into the 50s. a cool start. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. >>> well, howard county police say they hope to mick an arrest in a case where a sleeping teenager was groped by a burglar. it happened early saturday morning in ellicott city. the suspect cut through the screen on the ground level and inappropriately touched the teenager sleeping on the sofa. it has people leving in the hear freaked out. >> i thought i was safer than where i was in baltimore city but stuff happens everywhere, i guess. >> when the girl woke up, the suspect bolted out of a sliding glass door. he took a laptop and cell phone with him when he left. >>> a brave man is wearing a nice

in baltimore, katrina bush, abc2 news. >> you haven't missed any public meetings. bge is still in the planning process. leaders say once they get some concrete details, they will schedule them for you. >>> just in time for halloween, the edgar allen poe house will open for a little bit. it chested about a year ago and will be open and free to visitors. the celebration includes free admission to museums, walking tours and festival. the poe house on north amity street will open next spring. >>> if you live in kingsville you've probably driven across the covered jericho bridge. it's getting a makeover next year. we have a report on the historical structure which is maintained jointly by baltimore and howard counties. >> when they start for whatever reason, you get a pretty good bump. >> it's the sound of wear and tear which sits above the gun powder river. >> the bridge was originally made in 1865 and had its last major renovation in 1982. it is in dire need of tender loving care. it's going to start this fall and next year. >> i believe that's one reason they're doin

katrina bush, abc2 news. >> a member of the jury is taken out of court for snapping a photo of an officer who was testifying. hudson took the photo of the undercover officer on his cep company and sent the picture to his girlfriend. >> tonight people in odenton are getting a chance it talk to police about the shooting in their neighborhood. shots were feared into a home on cadbury drive. an 18-year-old was cut by flying glass. the meeting starts at 6:30. police do not think the shooting was random. they are looking for this car captured in a surveillance video. if you have any information about the car or the shooting you can contact metro crp crop at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> the battle over the budget in healthcare rages on. republicans and democrats can't sell to agree on anything. karen travers has more. >> reporter: the standoff on capitol hill continues but today a sign of optimism from house speaker john boehner about the looming government shut june. >> no, i do not expect that to happen. >> reporter: it could be a rough ride until that deadline. today the senate moved further on bill t

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orleans had levies that had the federal government kept up and had george bush repaired the levies there wouldn't be the damage from katrina that there was. >> it has nothing to do with the government of detroit. it has to do with the fact the motor industry which mitt romney profited from has gone to mexico and china where they can find cheaper labors and they can mistreat more. that's why detroit is in trouble and it has little to do with mismanagement. although that's a little bit of it. >> oh come on. >> i see the head shaking and why not start there? >> i am glad to hear my friend mark compare the policies of democrats to a hurricane or a natural disaster. actually the comparison is that. >> if you remember -- mark if you remember on the levies, the federal money did go to louisiana and what happened was a lot of democrat politicians decided to spend it on things other than the levies. and then they turned around and blamed gorge bush because of the miss spendings and in a lot of ways it is comparable to detroit. if the federal government and private groups sent money to detroit you haven't fixed the problems. the dec

bush, did anything go right for him after katrina? now, less than a year after he beat back mitt romney, we are starting to here it. the chatter from washington that president obama is reaching a tipping point. in his own second term slump, the lame duck status is upon us. >> that noise got louder this week. here's a taste from politico. their head lines, what's wrong with barak barak. >> across the capital, it reads, anxious friends and enemies alike are asking what is wrong with obama? the evidence that something is wrong with obama, has something gone bad, of course, in his 62nd term? well, his approval rating has dropped from the high 40s now to the mid-40s in the last few weeks. there has been vocal dissent, democrats opposing the white house on syria. there is a whole syria drama, itself. stories about the white house haphazardly lunching from one posture to another. you add that together. have you something we in the media love, a narrative. the story of a pretty losing steam. but here's what i'm wondering, is there really anyt

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bush did, in that conversation, the word "iraq" was not mentioned. not even once. you know, nobody called michael brown this past weekend on the anniversary of hurricane katrina to ask hurricane preparedness. nobody seeks the advice of lance armstrong on the use of peds, you may ask some of them about prison, or hair care, or how they feel about the red sox. but no, you would not seek their advice or counsel on the thing that ended their careers in humiliation. you would not ask their opinion on that, if you were one of the primary actors on the iraq war, possibly the most crazy foreign disaster in american history, your opinion is no longer required on matters of war and peace. please enjoy painting portraits of dogs or something, painting portraits of yourself in the bathroom, trying to get clean. please enjoy the comfort of your family and loved ones, and your god. but we as a country never ever need to hear from you about war ever again. you can go now. . >>> good thursday morning. right now on "first look" -- will they or won't they? after a highly publicized canceled meeting, could obama and putin meet over syria? >>> workers fight back, walmart employees are

bush right out of the gate, just like this president with katrina and it's just -- >> it's partly thehat remains from your first term is exhausted. the new staff may not have gotten their footh yet. there are a lot of reasons for it. also, you have a lot less juice even with your own party. have you no coat tails. they don't need you anymore. you can't get them to do what they tell you. so president obama right now may have as much rebelliousness among the democrats. >> but that doesn't usually happen with 3.5 years left. >> that usually happens after the last mid-term, they go, okay, that guy is out. >> but there is. if you go to the 2005 scenario and also this, the fifth year, it's the equivalent of when they do these studies on free agents, it's like they've gotten over the hump. there is a little 10% of that extra hunger, or that extra drive, that goes away. they know they're locked in at this point. i don't know there is a little psychology. >> who said this on the show yesterday, but chuck todd said right after the election, all of obama's people said, we know we have 12 to 18 m