metro started operating the orion 6 diesel buss in 2000 and last night, the entire orion 6 fleet was taken out of service while metro continues to investigate the fire. tuesday morning, one of the buses did catch foyer on route other in maryland. there were no passengers on board the bus at the time. it was being driven by a mechanic. but it was the second incident in just two weeks. last thursday, another orion 6 bus caught fire on i-66 in fairfax. no passengers at the time and no injuries there. all 94 of the buses out of service. they are 12 years old. the agency does not believe age is a factor in the fires but that the board also realizes it may be time to replace them. >> we bring on about 100 new buses every year and we have a fleet of just under 1500 buses. that is sort of the cycle we find ourselves in. if we have to take additional steps as a result of having these 94 on the side, we'll work with the board of directors to figure out a solution for that. rotor buses did cost $280,000 apiece. metro says it does have a number of buses that it holds in reserve to respond when m

the orion vi bus was driven by a mechanic. he was the only person on the bus at the time and was not hurt. the first fire was thursday on i-66 in fairfax, the same kind of metrobus mysteriously caught fire. again the drive was the only person on board the orion vi bus and wasn't hurt. >> given the fact we've had two incidents in the span of less than a week the prudent thing to do is pull the whole fleet, 94 buses. all of them are off the road and will remain off the road until we have a full investigation and understand what the root cause is. >> after the first fire metro reduced the number of the orion vi buss in the fleet. now all 94 of that -- buses in the fleet. now all 94 of that type of bus have been taken off the streets. what kind of impact will have this on employers? >> we have a certain number of buses held in reserve called strategics. those buses have been pressed into service. so it's really a behind the scenes juggling act. customers shouldn't hopefully notice any different. >> the orion vi buses were purchase

this after two different orion 6 buses caught fire in less than a week. the latest fire happened yesterday on route other in maryland. a mechanic was driving the bus at the time. he was the only person on board and was not hurt. >> on any given day, we have a certain number of buses that are held in reserve that are called strategics. they are the buses that would respond for a bussen counters mechanical problems, we'll slot another one in. it is a behind the scenes juggling act. customers shouldn't hopefully notice any difference. >> metro says they will keep these buses off the streets while they investigate the cause of the fire. >>> preparations in full swing for tomorrow's welcoming celebration for the space shuttle discovery. >> space buffs and proud americans crowded several vantage points to get a look at discovery as she rolled into the d.c. region. pilots did not disappointment the plane carrying discovery cruised lower than 1500 feet past many of our national monuments. >> we've been to a couple of launches. i made my living flying with the nav

i miss you. >> orion was a bright light from the second that we saw him.was very aware of his surroundings. he was over the moon to see his dad. he knew oddly enough that he was in a place where his dad didn't belong. >> there's your daddy. >> your daddy. >> that's your daddy, huh? he was so excited to see you. i kept saying, i'm going to see my daddy. you know what he said, too? >> what? >> he said, this is a castle. we're going to the castle. >> oh, yeah? >> castle? >> he thinks it's a castle. >> daddy. daddy. >> hey. >> he's stuck in the mirror. >> yeah. >> i can't get out my daddy. >> hearing that little kid say to his family i need to get my daddy out of the mirror was heartbreaking and as you can see now, i well up very easily. and i was over in the corner bawling. it was just horrible. >> there's my dad. there's my daddy. my daddy. >> daddy. you look like your daddy. >> daddy. >> later on after the visit while we were still filming at lyman, jonathan was shipped out to a much more restrictive prison. he seems resolute that he'll try to maintain a re

both buses are known as the orion 6. the travel agency looking to minimize the impact on travelers. >> we're going to spend the afternoon hours reconfiguring, rebalancing our fleet. so if everything goes according to plan, customers should not notice much of a difference at all. >> the orion 6 buses first hit the streets in the area in 2000. >>> 4:36. a firefighter in prince george's county could finally be leaving the hospital after nearly three months. kevin o'toole sustained second and third-degree burns to about half of his body while fighting a fire at a vacant home in rivedale in february. six other firefighters were injured in the fire. it's been ruled an arson. o'toole will be the last to leave the hospital. doctors say that could happen as earle as friday. his fellow firefighters twib hospit -- will be at the hospital to bring him home. he will ride in the same ladder truck the night he was in when he was injured. >>> the mystery about the mega millions winner is expected to end today. the illinois lottery plans

>> yeah, i'm good. >> i miss you. >> i miss you, too. >> here's orion. love you, daddy? >> i love you, daddy. >> i love you too. i miss you. when i heard him say i love you, it felt good. i mean, there's not much i can say. it just really touched me that he called me daddy because it would have been easy for him not to. he didn't get a chance to know my like that. >> daddy is stuck. he's stuck in the mirror. >> yeah. >> i can't get out my daddy. >> i always wanted jonathon to be a part of my son's life, no matter what. i'm so excited that he's taken to the fact that this is your daddy. i know it hurts him, though, because he's out there saying daddy's stuck. so i know it's still hard for him. because once we leave here, i think it's going to really hurt him more than anything. >> orion -- >> put your hand up. >> how are you doing? >> all of it is depressing. what can you say? you know, you want to hug him. and everything else. and it's like, you know, like you lost your son, like he's dead. >>> coming up -- on "lockup: extended stay." >> when you're down

i visited lockheed martin in denver and have seen firsthand their work on orion, our module for deep space exploration. so yes, it all feels very real to me. and more commercial companies developing viable options to lower earth orbit makes us more secure as a nation. even as we facilitate's industry's creation of this brand new job-creating sector of the economy, we're focusing on the capabilities of those big missions. american launch capability is going to be better than ever. we're upgrading our kennedy space center in florida and making it more flexible so that it can accommodate a wider range of users and we can win back some of the launch business we've lost overseas. kennedy is going to launch the space launch system, our new heavy lift rocket, to carry humans to deep space. at the space center in mississippi, we're test firing components of the rocket now, repurposing shuttle engines to give us a leg up on testing and making the most of the workforce and infrastructure we already possess to bring this massive project to reality in the coming decade. we envision a rocket capa

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and then the orion is going to be on 2017.e hope to have smoke and fire continually from the 7th of may through the 2030. >> i just want to make sure when you go into a classroom and you say who wants to be an astronaut, i still want to see a lot of kids' hands raised. we appreciate it. >>> coming up next here, a father sends his son to school with this wireless microphone so he can record what he is resu resuming is abuse from a teacher. we now know that teacher h eer a lawyer. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >> when it comes to children, we tell stories of abuse and mistreatment and say we can do better. a father says his son was bullied, not by kids but by grown-ups who were supposed to help teach him. this young boy is autistic and doesn't talk like most kids. but his violent outbursts were telling his father that something was wrong.

the orion space craft will be arriving in a couple of months. it will be unmanned. it will fly in a year or two, late 2013 or early 2014. here comes the touchdown. they are over the end of the run way. you can see the smoke from the tires. the 747 is down now. the nose wheel is still up. here we go the final touchdown for discovery. it's new home at the air and space museum of the smithsonian institute in virginia. and you saw that p 38 aircraft in front of him, very low only 50 feet off the ground. it escorted the shuttle from the cape this morning, the kennedy space center to dulles in virginia. a good landing, thomas. >> a successful landing on a beautiful day there in washington, d.c. all of our viewers who may not remember this but you have been there for every takeoff and every landal and helping guide us through our coverage. i appreciate you joining me. this is real history this morning. here it comes to its final stop. while i have you on the phone as we talk about the strategic placing of all of the shuttles, endeavor to the california science center, disc

the orion six buses are 12 years old and run on diesel fuel. >>> five minutes after 5:00. time now for some good news in your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. a booming day yesterday. >> absolutely. stocks are rallying around the world this morning. green is the color and we like it. wall street had its biggest rally in a month. we can thank a string of better than expected earnings reports and the imf which says it expects the global economy to grow slightly more than expected this year. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning back above 13,000. 13,115 to be exact. surged 194 points. best day in a month. nasdaq had its biggest gain of the year up by 54 points, back above the 3,000 level. and the s&p 500 was better by 21 points. all three major averages were 1.5% or more higher. >>> traders also paid close attention to a huge announcement from billionaire investor warren buffett. he says he has stage one prostrate cancer and doctors will start radiation treatment in july. shareholders were told it's completely treatable and not remot

there were no injuries in either incident, but both buses are models known as the orion 6. the transit agency working to minimize the impacts of removing buses from the road might have on passengers. >> we're going to spend the afternoon hours reconfiguring, rebalancing our fleet. if everything goes according to plan, customers should not notice much of a difference at all. >> the orion 6 buses first hit the streets in the d.c. area in 2000. >>> it is now 5:36. 61 degrees. not willing to keep the party going. what communities in the district are saying about a city plan to keep d.c. bars open later. >>> punishing those who do not pay. why those unpaid taxes may soon have to put future vacations on hold. >>> you might be a little surprised as you step out the surprised as you step out the door today. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the wo

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the orion 6 buses were purchased and they have now brought in an outside inspector, outside fire and engineering expert to help them in the investigation. at this point, they don't believe age was a factor but we'll see what the investigation holds. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the man accused of stabbing a redskins player has tape a plea deal. investigators say jason shorter attacked the player and he is expected to plead guilty to charges of simple assault. in return, prosecutors will drop all phony counts and will ask for prison time. the defense will ask for time already served. v will drop all felony counts and will ask for prison time. s >>> in virginia, the senate kills and $85 billion spending bill. it is the third time this year the state's budget has died in the senate. democrats voted against the bill because of a dispute over funding identify high priority capital beltway transit project. state government operations could shut down in 10 weeks or less if the budget isn't passed. >>> another big story we are working on, the space shuttle discovery's farewell flight. it s

that tent is housing a mockup of the owe rye i don't know capsule -- orion. it is designed to hold as many as four astronauts. it will eventually carry astronauts on a six-month mission to mars. it already undergone testing. this is not a concept. it is the real thing. undergone testing for abortive takeoff. two years will be reentry test and five years, nasa says they will see the launch of the first orion rocketship. it rivals the size of saturn 5 that put astronauts on the moon. i have spoken to naysayers and former astronauts say, take all of that withth a grain salt. they say the funding is simply not there for the orion program and that the long-term horizon of a launch of the rocket in five years time is pie in the sky stuff. that the money, the budgeting, simply is not there as of yet. and i say that as we look at the discovery approaching the nose of the enterprise. what a sight that is. rick, back to you. rick: we'll be checking back with you, thanks. jenna: captain altman, a former nasa shuttle pilot. captain, as we take in the scenes in virginia t

would america look like if iran was running the show or if one of her accolades or devotes he's like orion's ranger. well we can see you you would see basically a dismantlement of government you'd see every aspect of government which benefits people would just go away all that would have left would be the army you'd have a police force and you'd have the courts and that was basically if i was her vision of america were basically the united states would be run by corporations and since they'd have no barriers to merge to merger or it may be no way to trust barriers they would have america would be ruled by the biggest companies needs these were the people that iran idolized and so this this idolisation of the rich and i find that extraordinary in that you know she fled stalinist russia she saw. she saw. her father lost his pharmacy and all that but then she and she went to college and in a good was and. she saw the abuse of power by a small number of people they didn't represent themselves as billionaires but she saw that the abuse of concentrated power how could she not see that concentrated

one of the things they developed are things like the orion system, the c.a.r.d.escend on it with exactly the experts they need. >> i want to talk to you about etan patz. things continuing over the weekend. there's been stain reportedly found, some speculation it may be blood. what happens right now? >> so, in that case they -- they've excavated most of the floor. a small section left to be completed. i would estimate that that investigation -- the evidence search down there will probably wrap up by the end of today, as late as tomorrow. they've taken out things they found, hair, pieces of paper, the mysterious stain that was found in the wall. they're sending all of that to the fbi laboratory in quantico and see if it has any connection to the case. but absent that, i think you'll see -- absent some discovery with the last section of the floor, i think you'll see that winding down. >> how long does it take to get those results? >> well, it depends on which piece of evidence and the kinds of tests, but i think within three weeks they'll have everything back that t

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. >> orion, moons and mars, basically building blocks to take humans to all those places. >> reporterat do you want people to get out of this, as they come and experience it this weekend? >> first off, we want to tell the story that we're making progress. this is a test capsule that is a test from two years ago to test the abort system. we have another test in 2014, and the first test with the heavy lift rocket in 2017. so there's actually a lot of stuff going on. it's kind of hard for some of us that have been with the shuttle so long to see that program come to a close, but it is all about the future and this is where the future is. >> reporter: the future is obviously in our children. there has been a lot of effort made to really make this weekend something special for kids to take part. how much of a difference do you think something like this can make in a child's life in terms of what they want to be when they grow up? >> that's me. i'm a kid of the apollo era. i was captivated by the experiences of that time. sent me through high school, college to become an engineer, out of co

the space program and get a deep spacecraft moving forward faster, not wait until 2017 to fly the orion but 2014, 2015. if nasa doesn't have a higher profile as it did with the shuttles, it will be forgotten and relegated to the dust bin of history. we need to revive the excitement you saw in the film clip. >> for half a century, it -- nasa captivated the public's imagination, the challenge going forward is finding out how to do that to represent america as having the best and the brightest. >> we need to show our leadership that we have today by following up on the shuttle successes. it's a budget question. i think spending half a percent of the federal budget on space is justifiable in terms of draw it gives to new scientists and engineers and competitiveness in the economy. we need to up that to .6% of the federal budge to make it happen faster and get to the nearby as steroids and do prospecting. >> i look forward to that. it will be great to see it when we get to that point. tom jones, thank you for joining us today. all the best. >> you're welcome. >> we asked, you answered. what

both buses are the model -- the models are known as the orion 6. they hit the streets in d.c. in 2000. as of now, all 94 buses are in the shop. >>> billionaire investor warren buffett told shareholders he's been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. the 81-year-old says his condition is "not remotely life threatening or debilitating." he will undergo a two-month treatment plan that is to begin in mid july. >>> women of all ages, races, ethnic backgrounds and education levels and in almost every line of work earn less than men. women earned 77% of what men earned in 2010. the median earnings were almost $37 compared to almost $48,000 for men. the gender pay gap was smallest in the district where full-time working women earned 91% of what men earned. the are the was done by the american association of university women. >>> right now "discovery" is packed on the back of a jumbo jet at dulles airport. they will use two crane to remove it from the 747. tomorrow there will be an official welcome ceremony at the udvar-hazy center in chantilly. the shuttle arrived yesterday from

it's the second time in a week an orion six model bus caught fire. no one was hurt in either incident. metro wants to make sure all of its riders and drivers stay safe. >>> d.c. police are investigating an overnight murder. they say a man was found shot dead just before midnight at 14th place and savannah street in northwest. his name has for the been released. >>> gio gonzalez picked up his first win with the nationals last night. went seven innings, struck out eight astros. d.c. tops houston 1-0,the nats have won five of the last six games in washington this year. >> very cool. >>> he's the man behind the 40- year-old virgin and bridesmaid. he is here to talk about his new project. >> one more check of traffic and weather so stay with 9news now. >>> one more thing before we go because we are still in awe of what we were able to see yesterday. a mixture of goose bumps, tears for some, and just absolutely spectacular vistas over the city of washington, d.c. with the shuttle discovery. >> isn't that amazing. jessica was out there at grave gravelly poi

orion, dragon and dream chaser.rvice the international space station, but wonderful program we've built in the last decade. go beyond mars. >> exploration. >> with the national debt and deficit spending up to unprecedented levels some fear u.s. manned flight might be on extended hiatus. to raise money for the national program could cost $15 to $16 billion. the u.s. remains entirely dependent on are you thatsha to get the astronauts to and from the international space station. that fact prompted remarks. when asked if there was any advice, the response was bloody russians. bret? >> bret: doug mckelway live in dulles. thank you. >>> john edwards sees dramatic cut of one expense. and see what congress says there are more earmarks. we'll see about that next in the grapevine. smoking with chan. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first wee.. i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it

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it's an orion cell phone detector. it looks for microprocessor circuits that are in all cell phones. this will detect cell phones whether they are turned on or off, active or not. okay. i'm getting an indication here. unfortunately, it also picks up walkmen, things like that. so 99 times out of 100, it might give us a false indication. but the one time we do find a cell phone, you know, it will all have been worth it. >> with the death of officer morgan, brushy mountain staff are always on high alert. >> we was security minded anyway, but i look harder. we all look harder. if we see anything whatsoever funny, that inmate is not going out. and everybody knows there may be something up. >> morgan's fellow officers still think about him every day. >> he was a good one. you know, he's watching over all of us, and he's going to make sure that everything is all right. and we loved him, and he loved all of us, so we know he's here because we can still feel him in our hearts. >>> coming up -- when prison love letters go too fa

. >> the buses in question are the orion vi. metro started operating these diesel fueled buses in 2007 and tonight they've been taken out of service due to an investigation. this morning one of those buses caught fire on route 50 in maryland. there were no passengers on the bus. a mechanic was driving that bus. this was the second incident where a bus caught on fire. last thursday a bus caught fire on i-66 in fairfax. again, there were no injuries, but now all 94 of these buses are out of service. the question now is how does metro plan to make sure there are no service issues now that these buses are gone? >> on any given day we have a certain number of buses held in reserve called strategics, the buses that would respond if they encounter mechanical problems. we'll slot another one in. those buss have been pressed into service. it's really a behind the scenes struggling act. customers shouldn't hopefully notice any difference. >> metro has a fleet of just under 1,500 buses and say this should not be a problem. tonight on the n

it is the orion spacecraft. it looks similar to the apollo capsule. a little bit bigger, twice as big as that. capable of holding four people. it will be the craft that makes the mission to mars. although i couldn't imagine being inside something that size for the six-month duration of it. but already, this is not a concept. it is a real spacecraft. it is already undergone testing for an aborted launch attempt. two years from now it will undergo testing for reentry. five years from now the actual orion rocket will be taking off. it is not a concept. it is the real thing. there is manned space future to look forward to. gregg: doug, we'll check back with you as the ceremonies get underway. as the symbol of the space program moves to the museum another nation take as huge step towards missile development. >> five, four, three, two, one. now. gregg: nuclear-armed india saying it successfully test-fired a long-range missile. the weapon allegedly capable of reaching china and carrying an atomic warhead. india hoping to join an eheat club of nations with in

jon: what happened to the orion program in. >> they're testing the capsule on the ground, but again,t's got a very slow schedule. it won't fly unmanned until 2014 and not with astronauts until the very end of this decade. and that should be accelerated. that's a change that we can make. jon: but you yourself know, i mean, as an astronaut there were those who horrific problems, accidents with columbia and challenger, and, you know, a lot of people said it's just a matter of time before it happens again with another one of the shuttles, that the program had to be retired. what do you say to that? >> well, they're right in terms of the cost of the shuttle. it was chewing up a lot of nasa's budget, and the safety risk to the crews was high because it lacked an escape system. so i'm all in favor of retiring the shuttle when we had a successor onboard, but to give it away was premature and unwise. jon: so here we are the nation that won the space race, and now we're hitch b rides with the russians to get to the international space station. >> it's embarrassing, and i think we can do better

turns to the orion project as next manned space endeavor.ight not scheduled until 2021. some critics say you should take these nasa plans with a very large grain of salt. >> 10 years from now what happens then is the political wind shift. people lose interest and the support for it in the congress dries up. >> critics say what's really need for this program is a lot of funding and investment up front and in the present economic environment, shep, that's not happening. >> don't have a lot of funds, doug mckel a., thanks. remarkable video to show you now, car exploding during a drag race. that wasn't right. the driver managed to walk away although he didn't seem very happy about it look here again. the car bursting into flames with the debris spreading all over the place. but the driver managed to stay in his seat. it happened over the weekend but we are just getting the video today. wow. police say they have collared a violent fugitive after a car chase in downtown dallas today. this thing went on for an hour or so. cops say the suv's driver

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