lisa mallory says that is still way too slow. >> >> reporter: we sent over over 90 candidates, we are not doing that any more. we are trying to help them behind the scenes doing whatever it takes to prepare our residents. >> reporter: dc will now pre scene applicants for metro and metro will do more to reach out for city residents. >>> prince georges county is focusing on creating jobs. the group plans to set up a $50 million fund to attract new business. the money would be provided as loans to encourage business on his open in prince georges county. it plans to start accepting applications by january. >>> as many expected, the number of people affected by the listeria outbreak when it comes to cantaloupe continues to climb. federal officials now say 2 people have died in this outbreak. the cdc say there have been 139 illnesses in 28 states. >>> some pediatricians now are refusing to treat young patients whose parents do not follow the recommended vacs are vaccinations schedules -- vaccinations schedules. >> reporter: 11-year-old chris barnes and getting his latest round of vaccinatio

still way too low for dc employment services director, lisa mallory. >> problem was that individuals from the district of columbia were not clear about what the requirements are. >> dc will now prescreen its applicants to metro and other agencies. metro says it will do more to reach out to dc residents. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> prince georges county is focusing on jobs as well. set up a $50 million fund to attract new business. that money would be doled out as loans to companies setting up shop in the county and then prince georges would also determine the terms of each loan. and plans to start accepting applications by january. >> right now, jurors are deliberating brittany norwood's fate in the lumulemon trial. our andrea mccarren has been at the courtroom for the last week and a half and joins us live with more on what has truly been a rivetting case. andrea. >> yes, it has. we are really down to the wire now. the judge just minutes ago has cleared his courtroom. the jurors are now deliberating. >> prosecution presented a rivetting closing argument. states attorney john mccart

still, way too low for dc employment services director, lisa mallory. >> we sent over 4,000 candidates. only 90 got hired. and the problem was that individuals from the district of columbia were not clear about what the requirements are. so we were sending people in droves. we're not doing that anymore. we're trying to help them behind the scenes doing whatever it takes. >> consider this, metro officials told us right now they have 400 to 600 vacant positions. these are funded jobs. half don't even need college degrees. dc will now prescreen its applicants to metro and other agencies. metro says it will do more to reach out to dc residents. >> metro's gm said another reason for the low numbers is that once people get these jobs, they move out of the city. lesli. >> how many jobs are we talking about at this point? the mayor has been able to fill? >> absolutely. the mayor says he will put people to work, 330 jobs. but we should point out, 35,000 people in the city are out of work right now. it's a big mountain. >> it's a big mountain, absolutely. a lot of work to be done. thanks so much