in largo scott broom, 9 news now. >> right here in our backyard, congrats. by the way, the gamara is named after a japanese monster movie turtle that looks somewhat like godzilla. >>> sunday is veterans day, a day the nation turns its eyes to washington with much focus on the vietnam veterans memorial known as the wall. a disabled vet from new jersey says he will honor his fallen colleagues there all weekend long. daniel gill with his story. >> terry bart ling. >> reporter: as the names are read at the vietnam memorial, james malone walks and remembers. >> it's amazing. you walk through here 40 years later and walked through the valley of death and walked out with no scratches other than personal scars of managing to survive for two years in a hostile rumor. >> reporter: he 20 two years in vietnam where he rose to become a sergeant. >> all the people that served with us made it out alive. people i served with that were part of my battalion's names are on the wall here. kids i grew up with, kids i went through basic training with and veterans day is my time.

. >> i'm scott broom at the conference state university in baltimore. and the neighborhoods say that a pair of predators, they were stalking all the raping and robbing victims. they targeted the west baltimore neighborhood near the university. often targeting the women at bus stops. and forcing them at gunpoint into a gold ford explorer, then taking them away to be raped, robbed, dumped in parking lots. >> and by getting two extremely dangerous people. off the streets. >> reporter: today police in baltimore announced the arrests. >> but the things that they did and the way they treated these young ladies is an outrage. >> the young women were forced into the suv. at gunpoint, driven to the nearby apartment complex. in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. >>> coming up tonight at 7:00, we'll continue our look at america's obesity academic. it turns out that our pets are following our leads. coming up, we'll take a look at a program designed to not pack too much pounds. >>> an update on the colleague, bruce leshan and what he and his family are dealing with

scott broom got a look at what's facing employers and veterans as they try to make a match with each other. >> reporter: they call this job fair at joint base anacostia bowling "hiring our heroes." >> they've got the integrity, the work ethic that people are looking for. >> reporter: this is where veterans have traded uniform for business suit, although some are still wearing their stripes. >> we have over 60 employers. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel kathleen is organizing these job fairs nationwide for the u.s. chamber of commerce. she talks about the challenges for veterans. >> mill terry person has been deployed, is coming back, and the job in their local community may already be taken so they really have a disadvantage. >> reporter: unemployment for post-9/11 veterans has been declining but remains above national average. >> it's difficult and somewhat stressful. >> reporter: francis roberts retired from the army national guard after 22 years as an officer. she now seeks a second car rather as a human resources executive. >> it's a different mind set, and that is the challenge,

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at coffen state university in baltimore and neighbors say a pair of predators were stalking, raping and robbing victims including students off campus. they targeted the west baltimore neighborhood near koppen state university often targeting women at bus stops, forking them at gunpoint into a -- force them at gunpoint into a golded for explorer, then taking them -- gold ford explorer, then taking them away to be robbed and raped and dumping them off in parking lots. today police announced the arrests. >> the things they did and the way they treated these young ladies is an outrage. >> the young women were forced into the suv at gunpoint and driven to a nearby apartment complex where she was forced at gunpoint to perform several sex acts. >> reporter: scott broom, 9 news now. >>> he is the bus driver who fell asleep at the wheel on i- 95 in 7 and then crashed and killed four passengers. today a judge found kin yiu cheung guilty of involuntary manslaughter. that skyexpress bus was on its way from greensboro to new york city. cheung now faces 40 years in prison wh

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in charlestown, west virginia. after question 7 in maryland expanding gambling, what's next here? and it's not just the casino that's a loser. today jefferson county's emergency services department was busy saving the life of a man who fell from a rooftop. the department's entire $2.1 million budget comes from, you guessed it, gambling revenue. the director is doug pittenger. >> if we were to take a loss of revenue, we'd have to make cutbacks. >> reporter: it was gambling revenue that built the new emergency services building, gambling money that makes up 25% of jefferson county government's entire $28 million budget. patsy nolan is president of the county commission. >> it is very important. it's grown in its importance to jefferson county and we are going to have to learn to do more with less. >> reporter: turns out gambling revenue here is actually a life and death issue. in charlestown west virginia, scott broom, 9 news now. >>> those long lines led to some short tempers at some polling places in prince william

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in charlestown, west virginia. coming up after question 7 in maryland expanding gambling. what's next here? >> but first long lines, allegations of fraud and voter misconduct. could the united states voting system be a little better? we'll have some suggestions for improvements coming up next. >>> we will win this election and we will finish what we started in 2008 and remind the world why the united states of america is the greatest nation on earth! >> a president aiming for four more years. >> this is about america, the country we love. it's in trouble. it needs our help. we're going to take it back and make sure america remains the hope of the earth. >> a challenger remaining to stop him. it's been a long road for them and for us. >> in america we celebrate success. we don't apologize for success. >> if you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder. >> the convention speeches. >> took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi anarch of terror. >> he did -

scott broom, 9news now. >>> all right, i'm standing here with the chief meteorologist that is topper shutt and we can talk weather and swing state weather and what things look like for the rest of the week. >> well, let's talk about the nor'easter because we're less concerned about that. not so good at the shore but pretty good here in the metro area. >> that's nice to hear. >> it is. let's first take a live look outside. it is our michael & son weather camera and temperatures never made it to 50 today. our average high is 62 so this is way below average. 45 right now. dew points are still in the upper 20s. but because of the clouds and the easterly winds it will not be as cold tonight and won't be you know warm but not in the 20s. see 30s primarily tonight. pressure steady. here's a look at the warnings, there are warnings on the coast from essentially the north carolina coast all the way up past nantucket for winds anywhere from 40 to 60 miles per hour. i think for the delmarva it's kind of split. i think mainly have winds there 40, maybe 50 miles an hour. so certainly you know ins

scott broom is in rockville at the wonder baker thrift store where it's pretty nostalgic for scott. >> reporter: they bought as many as they could carry. >> and i cannot let my granddaughters grow up without having tasted the original twinkie. >> i mean, i don't eat them too much. >> reporter: they filled the backs of minivans. >> where are you going to put all these twinkies? >> i have no idea. we live in a small townhouse. >> reporter: and they remember. >> ever since i was a kid, i loved it! >> and i like the swirl on it and i would eat that first. >> hostess twinkies! >> yahoo, the fresh snacks with a smack in the middle! >> reporter: today, emotions ran high enough at this store, police were called to shoe the media away. so they became the icon of junk food. customers say this is all about remembering a happy, boomer childhood, before the foodies spread guilt across the land. >> so you asked your mom to get you a package or two of fresh hostess twinkies. >> this is a treat. and now i'm busted! i got busted! >> reporter: despite the bankruptcy of hostess, there is some hope that

our scott broom is standing by live to tell us more. scott? >> reporter: yeah, this is kind of a three strikes and you're out thing for some united travelers. this is the third times you just reported since june that united has mysteriously grounded to a halt temporarily because of computer problems. some travelers are really losing confidence that this won't get fixed in time for the busy holiday travel season. they unfolded over two hours this morning. temporarily grounding flights all across the country. >> how much time did this cost you today? >> about an hour. >> this is my usual view. so i said i had to get them to find it. >> reporter: unhappy that united's computer that handles reservations and check-ins keep hick upping. >>> george explains this all goes back to the big merger between united and continental airlines. >> there seems to be some relationship with merger and merging systems. now what the cause of this is, i'm not an i.t. professional, i don't know. >> reporter: they switched to continental's computer systems with glitche

. >> scott broom got a look at what's facing employers and veterans as they try to make a match with each other. >> reporter: they call this job fair at joint base anacostia bowling "hiring our heroes." >> they've got the integrity, the work ethic that people are looking for. >> reporter: this is where veterans have traded uniforms for business suits, although some are still wearing their stripes. >> we have over 60 employers. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel kathleen is organizing these job fairs nation wide for the u.s. chamber of commerce. she talks about the challenges for veterans. >> a military person that has been deployed is coming back. the job in the local community hey be taken so they have a disadvantage. >> reporter: unemployment for post-9/11 veterans has been declining but remains stubbornly above the national average. >> it's difficult, and it's somewhat stressful. >> reporter: francis roberts retired from the army national guard after 22 years as an officer, now seeks a second career as a human resources executive. >> it's a different mind-set, and that is the challen

scott broom is in baltimore where the suspects are now behind bars, scott? >> reporter: well behind me is the university in the heart of baltimore. and what is even more chilling about these crimes is that the two predators that have been arrested, they were working the neighborhoods around the state and in six cases. targeting the college students. they are two men accused of kidnapping and terrorizing women near colleges in baltimore between august and october. they targeted the west baltimore neighborhoods near the university. often targeting women at bus stops. forcing them at gunpoint in your gold ford explorer and taking them away. by getting two extremely dangerous people off the streets. today police in baltimore announced the arrest. >> that's the thing they did and the way they treated these young ladies is an outrage. >> the young women were forced into the suv. and at gunpoint and driven to a nearby apartment complex. where they forced her at gunpoint to perform several sex act. >> reporter: in all there were 11 victims. six of them at the local