the metro agency will hire 26 new bus drivers. metro will start taking applications today. >>> voters in laurel, maryland, decided to give their mayor a third term. mayor craig moe received 50% of the vote. his two challengers garnered 26% and 24% respectively. four council members ran uncontested, including three incumbents plus h. edward ricks who served on the council back in the '80s. and incumbent at large council member michael leszcz beat adrian rousseau with 59% of the vote. only 2,000 residents out of 14,000 eligible turned out to cast a ballot. >>> the virginia republican who e-mailed out a cartoon of president obama depicted as a zombie with a bullet in his forehead has now resigned. robert jesionowski was the communications chair for the loudoun county republican committee. the image was included on a flier for monday's leesburg halloween parade. jesionowski said that he did not get input before using the image, and he called it bad taste. he also said it did not reflect the views of any candidate. >>> after five days

. >>> mayor vincent gray will hold a press conference and announce they will hire new bus drivers. >>> president obama will leave for france for the g-20 summit in cannes. thousands of protesters have been holding demonstrations there for weeks. the two-day summit kicks off tomorrow. president obama will meet with french president nicolas sarkozy and german president angela merkel to talk about the european debt crisis. >>> greece's cabinet will hold a vote on the debt measures. the greek government bonds will accept a loss and provide for $140 billion in rescue

i was reminded, again, last friday night, when i was on my new boss, in my neighborhood -- on my new bus, in my neighborhood, it took us five flight cycles to get through the next intersection because of the volume. there was only one card that could get through per cycle. i was reminded that i know we have pilot projects on market street, but our work is not done and we definitely have more to do. i am sure that it was beyond frustrating for the operator, who just wanted to stay on schedule. we definitely still have some work to do. i am of newport to hearing about the progress we have going -- i am looking forward to hearing about the progress we have ongoing. >> before us we have a likely lever from the city attorney with concerns such as what we had seen in the political campaigns. that happened last thursday. we talked about this. my concern was that the stress of a political campaign might bleed into the presentation. a number of pages about his own response, directly to that, in what he had done in anticipation of that campaign. if this is not a calendar item, we cannot discuss it

we are replacing the old transbay terminal with a new bus and rail station, and we will be extending caltrain and high speed rail into the new station. we have completed demolition. those free ways that were referred to that are being torn down in san francisco, we have torn some of those down the old bus ramps, and the transbay terminal itself is gone. in its place we have a four-block long active construction site. right now the shoring and excavation package is under way . julie, who has been highlighted by others, she is on our project, too. we are glad to have her. the next major contract that we are going to be issuing that you will want to keep your eye out for is the below grade superstructure. the way our project is being managed, we have a construction manager. so all of the construction packages for the transit center and bus ramp are being put out by web core. the next couple of weeks they will be putting out a request for qualifications. what they are doing is prequalifying ow all the subcontractors. this has an overall value of $70 million. if you are interested in being

statehood presented new bus banners. tourists coming to d.c. can learn about taxation without representation is about. >> we're going to encourage from outside to take the statehood message back to the homes. no matter what path we take for statehood, it's going to include other states being involved in the decision-making process. >> the efforts at home won't stop. remember, the mayor with many residents were arrested in the last year in the name of equal rights. organizers of d.c. statehood say that that will continue. >> this is going to happen in my lifetime and i know that a resolution has been presented in a house committee there and. >> the occupy d.c. group hit the streets today. jobs or else? the group marched from mcpherson square to the city center project accusing a local construction company of denying jobs to d.c. residents. >> then i hear that clark will not hire. d.c. council plays games. it's time for action and he's right. shut it down. >> clark construction said they're working with the employment department and more position

. >> up first, meet a job, metro is looking to hire 26 new bus drivers. the transit si agency -- the department services is accepting applications and screening applicants at its headquarters. >> number four, listen up moms and dads. kids who play video games tend to be more creative. a michigan state university study found the more kids played video games, the more creative they were at drawing pictures and writing stories. >>> number three, if you want to see the lighting of the national christmas tree in person, starting tomorrow through next monday, you can sign up in the online lottery. go to the nationaltree.org. the ceremony is december 1. >>> number two, testing of new airport security screening with less hassle for travelers who is gone so well is expanding to more airports. children 2 and under are less likely to be patted down or forced to take off their shoes. the imaging machines will show an outline of the person instead of the blurry naked image. number one, if we get another monster snowstorm like this one, be told to leave the office by a

clips to show just how tough a job drivers have when it comes to safety. >>> metro looking to hire 26 new bussit agency is teaming up with the d.c. government to fill the positions. the city's department of employment services is accepting applications and screening applicants at its headquarters. >>> testing of new airport security screening with less hassle for travelers has gone so well officials are expanding it. now, children 12 and under or less likely to be patted down or forced to take off their shoes. about mihaljevic of the full body screens will only show an outline of the body instead of a blurry naked image. >>> federal workers will now be told to least office by a certain time or stay put until the roads are deemed safe the next time we have a snowstorm. the officials are trying to prevent the chaos that happened last winter when commuters were trapped in their cars in gridlock for up to 12 hours. south a new proposal to rescue the postal service includes laying off 100,000 worker. the agency loses money each year. last year, the postal service lost about $8 billion. under the p

have the route on the good or page street, we would remove the three inbounds stops and establish a new bus stop at the corner of market and golf -- and we are also proposing to remove one outbound stop because that would better match our stock guidelines. i would note that removing the bus allows us to remove the bus from a major downtown bike route. removing all those bus rounds and residents required to make good sense allows us to create 20 new parking spaces. we are removing 14 parking spaces from the south side on the yen a block and two additional spaces, but there is a net gain of four parking spaces in the neighborhood, and we are adding an area of eligibility for residents of the south side to make sure they can take advantage of the new spaces we are creating. the reason why we are here is because we need your approval of these traffic regulations so we can move forward with the grant. we need to start our design phase and know that we have a project so that we can continue forward. at the benefits 20,000 riders by improving the travel time reliability. right now, our travel time

new york. sprinter bus, and washington deluxe. cal politicians and transportation officials took part in a dedication ceremony for the new depo. riders can pay extra for the convenience of having the depo. >> slowly but surely seems to be running down. topper is out on the terrace. >> the good news is, i haven't popped the umbrella, but you're right, it is going to go downhill. satellite picture and radar combined, we are looking at a lot of rain and showers. pretty much where they were this time last year. on a northeast line from texas up in through tennessee and kentucky. through the ohio valley and into pennsylvania and new england. we'll zoom in a little bit. most of the activity stayed north and west of us. this is going to be the main event. until the frontal boundary gets closer to us, we aren't going to see anything particularly heavy or organized. that will happen tomorrow. in fact, most of wednesday it will happen. right now, just a couple light showers here and there. especially south of town. and most of the activity i

there will be new bus routes with the toll road including a wuss to columbia. >>> the ravenings -- ravensdy to play again and the line backer said that the team should be ready to go when the 49 area come to town. john and his brother will go head to head as coaches. we will have more on the battle of the brothers for you. >>> a great way to spend the holiday with your family and help a good cause, the kentucky festival of trees opening of trees friday and running through sunday -- . we are a proud sponsor of that in our commitment for a better working condition. >>> it is only three days, we will get e-mails for weeks. that is for this weekend only and i think we will be out there with ron. this is wednesday, tomorrow morning, around the metro, at the southeast, now it luge attentions like a 95 and 70 quarter, looking at the graphic, an umbrella handy, all week long, today, yesterday and tomorrow, half of tomorrow, the schedule to be sort of raining and the skies will clear by tomorrow night. the temperatures will remain instead tea in the mid 50s. coming up, patrick and more on the race

the mta will also operate several new bus routs. >>> a foggy damp start to the holiday week, a live look outside right now. will things clear up by the time you hit the road to enjoy some turkey? bob is in the first weather center with a look at the radar. >> we will have turkey friday, turkey salad on saturday and turkey salad on sunday. we have light rain around the region. some spotty rain in spots moving toward maryland. the good news is the rain we're expecting into tomorrow and tomorrow night, maybe even wednesday morning will be pulling out in the afternoon. then it dries out just in time for later in the day on wednesday if you're traveling. thursday, thanksgiving saturday and sunday looks like a nice warm up with plenty of sunshine just in time for the end of the week and for you shoppers here on friday and saturday. denise. >> thank you, bob. a short week for the ravens as their fans. big home victory over the bengals has to be put in the rear-view mirror because the 49ers are coming to town thursday. wjz is live in owins mills and mark vivano has more. >> a cold night, and alw

bus side. bee gad sha ban, cbs news, new york. >> it agrees and strongly supports better oversight for curbside operators. company officials are hopeful the ntsb's report will help jump-start bus safety legislation. >>> today, students from st. mary's college are hoping to move into their new cruise ship dormitory. they were set to move in monday but the coast guard found a problem with the way the sea voyager is docked to the fear in st. mary a -- pier in st. mary's city. the clean-up of that could take months. the college decided rather than scatter the students in rented moe toles why not put them all aboard a rented ship? >>> president obama is stepping in to help control the drug shortage crisis. >> yesterday, the president signed an executive order instructing the food and drug administration to take immediate action in three areas -- broaden its reporting of potential drug shortages, speed up reviews of applications to change production of drugs in trouble and report any possible price gouging. the fda reported 178 drug shortages last year and that number is continuing to increase this y

. >> and new home for a discount bus line. >> his campaign was called dead by some. the new poll numbers show him surging. >> a few light showers across the area. lot more coming this way tomorrow. what's the one best thing about vacation on the gulf? the great outdoors in mississippi. our seafood in louisiana. s r beaches in florida. alabama beauty. choosing between them might be tough. but everyone agrees, the gulf is vacation at it's best. and we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. so come on down to mississippi. louisiana. florida. alabama. the gulf is s e world's goodtime headquarters, and we're 100% open for business. >>> the republican race for the nomination becomes more and more interesting. >> a lot of people are talking about herman cain said difficult interview with a newspaper. newt gingrich is floating of the pack.op was oncempaign by the contents this summer. could get -- newt gingrich is soaring these days. >> i am sorry that there are some standing room only. me as they introduced front runner. you cannot tell what is going to happen. >>

. >>> metro is looking to hire dozens of new bus drivers. agency is teeming up with the dc government to add 26 drivers to its ranks. the city department of employment services is now accepting applications, evening screen at its headquarters. all part of the mayor's one city one hire jobs program. >>> sts say dc police and city leaders are not doing enough to keep transgender people safe from hate crimes. today several activists testified in front of a committee chaired by the council member phil mendelson outlining what they believe are discrepancies between what they hear in the community and what police are reporting. >> transgender people always reported feeling unsafe, when they go about their lives in dc. after this past summer that feeling has been exacerbated. virtually none of these crimes have been classified as bias-related. there's little doubt that hate has indeed played a role in these tragedies. >> activist organizations reporting 300% increase in so-called bad date reports which involve violent crimes. that's since 2010. out

you posted on what else happens in country club hills back to you >> pace bus riders given to the new bus plan thumbs up allowed to use the shoulder as traffic passing lanes are heavy 35 mi. per hour easing traffic congestion shortening commuting times cicero to central to the tri-state and county line road to the 355. first came to 15 minutes early today, finance committee board looking for creative ways to close a huge revenue gap next year voting today proposed tax increase on alcohol and tobacco. county board members say the tax hike the resends on a six-pack of beer is not so bad but others challenge to the necessity of the tax and its fairness >> hundreds lined the streets to honor a local hero tribute to a marine killed in afghanistan and the president's health care plan getting a chance in the carry on you gazers... you grazers... you thieves... you spill-prone, and thrill-prone... and refusers to be fully-grown. we get it. after all, kenmore is in the lives of over 100 million americans. that's why, with 31 cubic feet, no fridge in america has more capacity. we put more in so you

service is at 6:30 and the green route runs from city hall to fells point to johns hopkins and this new hybrid bus has serviced every 15 minutes and the mayor plans to call on congress to support the rebuild america jobs act including $50 billion in much needed funding for transportation projects around the country. it would help road, rail, and airport transportation projects plus additional $10 billion for an infrastructure bank. today's event kicks off at 10:30 this morning. reporting life, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> the owner of mount washington tavern plans to rebuild afa fire driedz droid the land mark. -- fire destroyed the landmark. the fire started around 4:30 yesterday arounding and by 5:00 a.m., crews were called in for a second alarm bringing 70 firefighters. scores of people got a look at the damage. the owners started calling contractors with a plan to rebuild. firefighters are still investigating the cause of the fire. >>> people who work at cliffton t perkins want to be part of a discussion to solve problems. there have been two murders. the head of the union that represent wo

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it is trying to negotiate a new bus agreement. the city is considering providing metro cards and even reimbursing parents for gas to help kids get to school. >>> that does it for me here. for reynolds wolf and for alexandra steele who is with us this weekend, thanks so much for spending some of your weekend with us on cnn sunday morning. right now, candy crowley. >>> if congress doesn't come up with a way to reduce the u.s. debt, it will trigger cuts in programs for the poor and elderly, dig deep into pentagon spending, shake world markets, undermine confidence in the u.s. economy, or -- none of the above. today, the price and the politics of failure with the democratic co-chair of the super committee, senator patty murray, and tea party republican senator rand paul. >>> then, the world according to former secretary of state condoleezza rice. looking forward and looking back at the ten-year war in afghanistan. >> it's not surprising that people are trying to find an end in sight. >>> and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool,

. >>> news time is 6:41. and a school busn southern maryland. >> reporter: yes, we have all new video and reaction on that bus crash at st. mary's county. there were a lot of student athletes on board. that story coming up. >>> the weather just is not cooperating on this busy travel day. i am linda so. what you could be dealing with at the airport today. >>> 6:21. record rainfall for baltimore. and that was just yesterday. we could have doubled the efforts overnight. how it woke you up and we have a lull another line of showers to the west and another one behind us. it could hit us before the day is up. teresa. >> reporter: major accidents on the jfx and major delays. more when "good morning maryland" continues. ♪ jif to go goes here, goes there ♪ ♪ jif to go goes anywhere ♪ jif to go goes here, goes there ♪ ♪ jif to go goes everywhere ♪ goes here, goes there ♪ jif to go, wherever you go >>> news time 6:456789 this is your ab -- 6:45. this is your abc to news -- 2 news to go. we will start with teresa because traffic is the b

he'll join metro officials to announce a new initiative to hire more metro bus drivers. e transit agency will hire 26 new metro bus drivers. metro will start taking applications today. >>> the virginia republican leader who e-mailed a grotesque cartoon of president obama has resigned from his post now. robert jesionowski was the communications chair for the loudoun county republican committee. he e-mailed out this image of the president as a zombie with a bullet hole in his forehead. it was included on a flier for monday's leesburg halloween pa rate. jesionowski said the image was in bad taste and does not reflect the views of any candidate. >>> the autistic boy who spent nearly a week lost in the woods in virginia will stay in the hospital longer than expected. we're told 8-year-old robert wood jr. has a hole in his esophagus. his grandmother believes the tear was caused by something he ate while he was lost. he was with his father in the north anna battlefield park just north of richmond when the two became separated. after six days of searching, he was found lying in a

new information overnight about a school bus crash carrying student athletes that crash sent 15 kids to the hospital. it happened in st. mary's county on route 234 at mechanicsville road. this morning, we have new video in and details about what could have caused the crash. sherrie johnson is standing by with the latest. >> reporter: well, scary moments after a school bus crashed last might in st. mary's county. look at this all new video from the accident. it's unbelievable here. you can see basically the emergency crews are on the scene here. you can see them moving around and you had students there moving around here trying to get everybody safely to the hospital. and when that collision happened, you can see the bus went off the road into the wooded area there. now, when crews arrived on the scene, they found this three- car collision involving the girls basketball team from great mills high school. it was returning to st. may's county after playing -- mary's county after playing a game in virginia. it happened at buds creek and mechanicsville road in mechanicsville. 15 students o

the youngest students are tagged with their name, bus number and color. new students are always introduced to the bus driver. >> i do believe this was an isolated incident and i'm confident they are going to review their policies and procedures to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> i think this was just one of the flukes. >> reporter: as for pierre's mom. >> he's in their care and nobody knew where he was. >> reporter: and we have learned that county schools have disciplined 3 employees as a result of this incident. mike hellgren. >>> now citing privacy concerns the schools has not revealed the names or titles of those disciplined. >>> justin bieber is denying that he is a father of a fan's baby. the 20-year-old claims to have had sex with bieber last october. she's asking for child support and a paternity test. a spokesman says the suit is false. >>> it is a same script for actress lindsey lohan. lohan admitted she was fired from a community service assignment. the judge made her know how her reputation made it difficult. >> i looked into another group

news 4. >>> a metro bus passenger recovering tonight after being shot. he was on the u-6 bus around 6:30 this morning when he was shot twice. this happened at 37th street and ridge road in southeast washington. he is expected to be okay. metro police examining surveillance video from that bus now looking for clues. >>> and now to the sex abuse scandal at penn state. a coach who reported seeing a boy being molested in a shower did not meet a moral obligation. that's according to pennsylvania's governor on "meet the press" today. governor tom corbitt said that mike mcqueary followed the law when he reported an incident to former head coach joe paterno, but he says mcqueary could have done more to intervene. former penn state coach jerry sandusky is accused of assaulting eight boys over a span of 15 years. >> if there are more victims, we encourage them, the state police, the attorney general's office, and i, encourage them to come forward. let us know. and we're going to work to do everything we possibly can. >> governor corbitt says lawmakers in the state

you take a driving tour through the park for only $5 and $20 per bus. new this year is christmas tree lane plus enjoy all of the festive displays with homemade cookies, hot chocolate and apple cider for sale. >>> mr. b's park is located off i-95 off exit 110 at the corner of u.s. route one and gatewood road and that is one mile north of the ladysmith road intersection. all right. the festival of lights will be on every thursday through sunday until january 1st from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. say hello to andrea roane if you get a chance tonight. all right. busy day for people being outdoors. it was cold but hope a lot of people were staying in, too, eating all of the leftovers. >> i'm sure there were a few, especially the desserts left over. we have some great conditions right now. we had chilly start to the morning. the temperatures were in the 30s. middle 30s in some locations. now, the sunshine is doing its thing of the day planner today will feature a warm-up already underway right now. most areas are now just peaking into the 50s. we'll continue to move on int

new business? seeing none, this meeting is adjourned. >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier to get to your destination. many are taking a position of next bus technology now in use around the city. updated at regular intervals from the comfort of their home or workplace. next bus uses satellite technology and advanced computer modeling to track buses and trains, estimating are bought stocks with a high degree of accuracy. the bus and train our arrival information can be accessed from your computer and even on your cellular phone or personal digital assistant. knowing their arrival time of the bus allows riders the choice of waiting for it or perhaps doing some shopping locally or getting a cup of coffee. it also gives a greater sense that they can count on you to get to their destination on time. the next bus our arrival information is also transmitted to bus shelters around the city equipped with the next bus sign. riders are updated strictly about arrival times. to make this information available, muni has tested push to talk button

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. >>> a new jersey school bus driver is off the job this morning after students texted their parentso say she was driving drunk. 46-year-old carol crockett had a blood alcohol level of .25, five times the legal limit for a commercial bus driver. several parents say they called police after receiving calls and texts from their children. one said, "mommy i think our bus driver is drunk. she's not driving right." police found crockett as she was trying to pick up students from another school. she has now been charged with dui and with endangering children. >>> texas drivers will not be able to buy confederate license plates after all. a state board unanimously rejected a proposed design that included the confederate flag. the sons of confederate veterans sponsored the license proposal and vows to sue over the rejection. the organization has successfully sued to have these plates made in 3 of the 5 states. >>> police are hoping to find others involved in a girl scout robbery. the girls were selling cookies at the walmart on crane highway in bowie last month when someone grabbed their cas

others just screamed they didn't want to die during a frightening ride with a drunk bus driver. newersey police say there were 25 kids onboard yesterday afternoon when the driver began waving one student texted mommy, i think our bus driver is drunk, -- she is not driving right of the police pulled the bus over and found the driver had a blood alcohol level five times the legal limit. nobody was hurt. >>> you know what today is? 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year. a numerical combination that will happen only once this century. it is supposed to be lucky for relationships. that's why have chosen today get married. some clerks are adding extra staffing. pneumologists refer to 11 as the -- -- [ unintelligible ] >> honey let's get married it is a lucky day. >> you should see vegas. we are lucky today in the sense that being look at your weekend it is looking drier. >> a little road bump, if you will as we -- >> sorry. >> there's your blip. >> i that every time i -- [ talking over each other ] >> my fault. 4:52 we will move on and talk about sausalito in the foreground, san fra

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news "early today" in america. a group of students escaped from a burning bus just before it exploded on new york city street. witnesses say smoke and flames erupted from the vehicle soon after it was empty. firefighters quickly arrived on the scene to douse the blaze. no injuries were reported. >>> a texas man was nearly killed when his coworker accidentally shot him in the head with a staple gun. the staple struck both halves of shawn hunter's brain, narrowly missing major blood vessels. surgeons were able to remove the staple without causing any bleeding or damage to the brain. hunter says he's anxious to get back to work to show off his survival scars. >>> and finally, los angeles culinary students battled for bragging rights at a stuffing cookoff. using an array of ingredients, participates put their own spin on a traditional thanksgiving dish. facing tough competition, the chef with the stuffing cupcakes took home the top prize. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. we were talking with jay about how many trouble spots across the country. >> a lo

. >>> a new jersey bus driver has been charged with drunken driving after a student texted home withmmy, i think our bus driver is drunk. she's not driving right. police say the blood alcohol level was five times the legal limit and was swerving and falling asleep behind the wheel. when police found crockett she was at another school trying to pick up more students. >>> let's talk turkey right now. the price of the traditional thanksgiving dinner is up sharply this year. up 13% according to the farm bureau. the total price tag just over $49. brian sullivan is here with what's moving your money. we look at that price increase. what's behind it? hopefully it will result in 13% less eating. >> i have a fundamental problem with the thanksgiving bird. let's move on from that. the bird is the problem. we're talking about a 16-pound turkey will cost you four bucks more this year. problem is underlying commodities costs. droughts in texas. crazy rain and snow we've had here. wacky weather in the united states driving up underlying commodity costs. the whole costs of a dinner 13% more this ye

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message or phone call from your child on a school bus telling you something is wrong with the driver and they feared for their life. ted has the story from new> mommy, i think our bus driver is drunk. she's not driving right. >> reporter: this is the text message nicole got from her 12-year-old son dominic. >> i don't want to die today. >> reporter: they were among 25 west hampton township middle school kids on board a bus tuesday afternoon. police say carol crockette was driving while extremely drunk. >> the bus was swerving around. she almost hit a jogger and other buses. >> she fell asleep a couple times. >> shouldn't be driving. >> reporter: no one was hurt, some kids were so nervous they got off before their regular stops. >> i was scared. i felt butterflies. >> reporter: after getting texts and calls from kids, parents alerted school officials who contacted police. crockette was trying to pick up more students at this elementary school when the principal removed her. >> she submitted the breath test, a .25. she was driving a commercial vehicle. >> reporter: they say crockette has been fired from the bus service which provides transport

. >> we have new information about the school bus crash. 20 peoplenedded up at saint mary's hospital. it took place in chappaco. the accident involved the bus, car and a truck and the driver was charged with driving under the influence. the great mills high school basketball team was on the bus returning from a game in virginia. 15 students and the driver and along with the driver and a 13- year-old girl and the truck driver that suffered minor injuries. >>> if you are planning to hit the road for thanksgiving, you might just want to wait a little bit. traffic around the beltway is not bad but if you are going up north it is jammed after getting off of the beltway. let's take a look. out the windows on 95 near white marsha where traffic is moving in both directions but not quickly and further up north things have cleared up and we want to take a live shot near warren where you can see the red lights heading north. if you are planning to hit the road for thanksgiving dinner or the weekend, make sure you plan your trip with abc2 news. >>> and good holiday weather all weekend and you can