continuing their search this morning for one person still missing after a small plane crashed off smith island. the plane crashed sunday afternoon into the chesapeake bay about three miles from the island.the pilot of the plane was able to swim ashore.he told state police that his mother was also on board the plane but died while they were in the water.her body has yet to be found. the fallout from major flooding is still being felt in port deposit. deposit.for almost a month now...residents in port deposit have been cleaning up and salvaging what they can. now the concern is condemned homes...and whether the people who used to live there...will ever come back. "across the street, there are 1, 2, 3, 4 homes that are vacant...before the flood, they were full of people, one on right one on left are vacant, sometimes late at night you feel like you're the only one in town""my heart goes out to the people who can't go back to the town they grew up and the town they love" love"one presbyterian mission organization has already pledged money to help residents rebuild. maryland first lady katie o'mall

searchers were called to smith island the pilot reported troubles and disappeared from radar. 8:00 p.mlast night he turned up on smith island but said his elderly mother who was also on the plane died while they were in the water. >>> death investigation of a war veteran in george washington graduate student continues, 33-year-old patrick casey died after he fell during a fight at mcdonald's last month his death was ruled a homicide but a police investigation say he may have started the fatal confrontation by pushing one of the men down. almost everyone involved in the incident has been identified. the casey family says none of what the police are saying makes sense. >> good news in the district the number of homicides on pace to be the lowest in decades as of friday, 81 people have been killed in the is thety, 96 at this time -- city, 96 at this time last year, to put things in perspective there were 454 homicides in 1993. police chief credited the drop on better community relationships and police tactics as well as improved technology. >>> prepare to pay more for a taxi in the distri

he said he swam to shore but his mother died in the water after the plane went down near smith island. >>> new at 5:00, another reminder to keep your car doors locked. suspects are targeting 1994 to 2006 dodge chrysler and jeeps. the stolen cars were abandoned, damaged or crashed before the owners reported them happening. police want to remind drivers to take extra precaution. double check this make sure the car doors are locked and use a steering wheel lock and try to park close to your home. anyone with information should call the regional auto theft tip line. you can also call metro crime stoppers or text to 246 -- also go to or website, metro crime stoppers dot organize. >>> definitely a taste of fog to start the workweek, but don't get used to it. summer may be coming back. >> it's been days and weeks it seems like this murky weather and none of it letting up. we still have a few showers, but still doing to be wet up i-83 and a new for rain showers in the western part of the state between hagerstown and unseasonably cool, cooler than average. this evening we keep it cool, huge im

the plane crashed within three miles of smith island. the pilot and his elderly mother were on board. the pilot told police the two did make it out of the plane before it sank, but his mother died while they were in the water. the pilot was taken to the hospital. he's expected to make a full recovery. >>> the dulles rail project is reportedly as much as six months behind schedule despite project leaders saying it is on time. "the washington examiner" obtained an audit saying the project's contractor reported it was 188 days behind schedule. in july dulles transit partners first reported it unexpectedly found an underground gas line in the project's path. it also had problems installing communications systems, among other setbacks. the delay could mean the first phase of the so-called silver line would open in june of 2014 instead of late 2013. >>> it's getting to be a habit. ugly but just enough to win. that seems to be the pattern for the redskins so far this year after another 17-10 win over the winless st. louis rams. the defense was

state police said the plane went down sunday about 3 miles off the coast of smith island, near somersetounty. authorities say the pilot managed to swim to safety. but told police his elderly mother died in the water. ♪ [chanting] >> protesters continued to voice their concerns in new york city. more than 700 people have been arrested during the a occupy wall street protests, which is now heading into its third week. many are concerned with the economy, but others have set up camp to argue for equality and changes in an arctic policy. experts say americans are now drawing inspiration from this spring's middle eastern uprisings. >> this revolutions are led by young people, and i think they have been unemployed and wondering what to do. so i think that is another, let's say, inspiration. >> i want more opportunities for my children, for my students, and for all americans. >> new york's protest remains the largest, but activists have now started rallying in california, colorado, and north carolina. ♪ if you have not heard, at the ravens are celebrating a dominating whenever the new york jet

searchers were called to smith island. pilot reported trouble and disappeared from the radar 8:00 p.m. last night he turned up on smith island but said his elderly mother died in the water. this morning crews are searching for her body. >>> passengers on two flights that landed in boston suffered injuries from severe turbulence yesterday, seven people were injured on a jet blue flight from puerto rico most injuries were neck and back pain one person suffered severe burns from coffee the other flight was lufthansa aircraft from charlotte to germany that had to land in boston because 11 people were hurt. >>> it is not just humans at risk for wild mushroom poisoning, a 7 month old puppy died two weeks ago after eating wild mushrooms in her german town backyard. they have identified several species it is sprouting up in the wake of heavy rains. >> unless you are a specialist in mushrooms, it is very very difficult to separate the poisonous ones from the ones that are safe to eat i would say if you see your dog eat a mushroom o

they say the plane crashed within three miles of smith island. the pilot and his elderly mother were on board. the pilot said the two were able to escape the aircraft before it sunk, but his mother died while they were in the water. he is expected to make a full recovery. >>> the strike that killed american-born cleric anwar al awlaki last week may have killed al qaeda's top bombmaker as reported on friday. intelligence officials said it appeared that ibrahim al asiri was among the, but now he has not been identified. al asiri is said to have made i bombing. >>> presidential candidate rick perry is under fire after "the washington post" revealed a one-time family hunting camp had a name containing the "n" word. the offensive word was allegedly painted on a rock. perry's campaign says the texas governor's father painted over the name in the early 1980s, but the post says it was still visible in the 1990s. republican presidential candidate says, no matter who put it there, it was insensitive and wrong. >> if the governor allowed it to stay there, t

continuing their search this morning for one person still missing after a small plane crashed off smith islandrashed sunday afternoon into the chesapeake bay about three miles from the island.the pilot of the plane was able to swim ashore... but told state police his mother was also on board the plane but died while they were in the water. howard county drivers listen up.two new speed cameras go into effect in the area today. the county plans to use two mobile cameras in school zones starting today.after a 30 day warning period... drivers caught going 12 miles per hour over the speed limit will be issued tickets with forty dollar fines. we could find out this week... whether new jersey governor chris christie will run for president.speculation has been swirling for weeks... and many republicans are hoping christie will enter the g-o-p primary race.christie is expected to put speculation to rest... with a formal announcement on wednesday. meanwhile... governor martin o'malley is taking a jab at christie.during an interview on 'face the nation' over the weekend... o'malley said the rumored presi

the small plane crashed yesterday afternoon off of smith island. he swam to the island after the plane went down and his mother was also on the plane. she died while they were in the water. the search team recovered her body this morning. >>> 300 new police officers will soon be hitting the street. the newest recruits started training today and they come from many different backgrounds. sam ford is live in southwest with the story. >> the d.c. police academy had been emptied for nine months. mayor vincent grave says he has found money in the budget to hire 300 new recruits, the first group arriving here for training this morning. after an earlier meeting with mayor and police, they walked in as a group. 35 men and women the first police recruit class in june of last year. here from dallas, he worked in a fitness gym as he waited. >> i am glad to be here. >> when did you first applied? >> october 2009. and i waited, and waited, and waited. >> they will spend the next six months training, of physical fitness, and the law. they are hired because of th

have recovered the body of a woman who died after a small plane crash yesterday afternoon near smith islandlice say a man was piloting the plane when it lost power and went down. he and his mother escaped the plane before it sank. he was able to swim to shore. his mother could not make it. her body was recovered today. >>> a flight from north carolina to germany was diverted after hitting a strong patch of turbulence. more than a dozen people were examined. none of the injuries considered serious. earlier in the night, seven people in a jetblue flight also were hit by turbulence. passengers on that plane say it was a jarring experience. >> i never stayed awake during a flight before. i stayed awake praying. >> i experienced long periods of turbulence going through a storm. this was out of the blue. a huge drop. >> 128 people were on board that jetblue flight. none of them was seriously injured, either. >>> a ride in d.c. in a d.c. cab may soon cost you more. today, officials decided to remove the $19 cap on fares. that means that meter is going to keep running until you reach your destinati

the plane crashed within three miles of smith island.ilot and his elderly mother were on board. the pilot told police the two made it out of the plane before it sank, but his mother later died in the water. he is expected to make a full recovery. >>> deer can cause major headaches on our roadways, of course, and damage to cars. it turns out the chance of a deer winding up in your headlights and your hitting it is dropping. according to a new study out this morning by state farm insurance company, the number of deer and vehicle collisions has actually dropped across the country for the third straight year. it estimates 1.1 million collisions happened in the past year. that's down 7% from a year ago. the states most likely to have deer collisions, west virginia is first on the list. and the district ranked 46th. >>> 6:18 now. local school vendors are getting a second chance in d.c. for years local vendors set up shop in this little park along columbia road in adams morgan upped a deal wi under a deal with the fenty administration. but rest

the single engine plane lost power around 8:00 last night, off the shore of smith island and somerset county. the pilot, 48-year-old lanson roth suffered minor injuries. his 78-year-old mother died as they tried to swim to safety. the national transportation safety board is investigating. >>> we're dealing with unusually warm weather in maryland. it's about 20 degrees colder than normal for this time of year. and some showers are passing through. bob is updating conditions in the first warning weather center. bob? >> it's been really cold. take a look at radar. a shrinking band of showers that was developing this afternoon is not much left to it. so the next hour or two, will finally be done with this rain, it looks like. and there's big improvement, headed our way. only 51 degrees now. take a look at this graphic tomorrow. high pressure begins to build in. that means it starts to dry out. expect a big warmup, and a lot more sunshine, beginning tomorrow afternoon. and it looks like it's going to be with us for many, many days, thank goodness. you think it's been cold? look at these te

island. today in the bay's christie smith joins us live from treasure island. very picturesque to explain what is happening at 10:00 this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. happy friday. i just got off the phone and they're telling me this is a major milestone for a number of reasons. once they get the roadway in place they can start working on the main cable but getting the last piece in place is like threading a needle. the final piece of the self anchored suspension plan. each piece weighing 1,000 tons. they have to lift it 150 feet in the air above the water. this connections the island portion of the bridge to the eastern sky way. it's different from typical bridges anchored into the ground because it has a single cable that weaves down and under the span reenforcing support through its own tension. they just explained the challenges for today. >> it's a tight tolerance that they'll be working with today. >> anyway the bridge is designed to be, of course, much saver in a quake. a celebration of this milestone is planned for 10:00 this morning.

island. >> christie smith is live with a look at the progress. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. happy friday. we have an incredible view as this final piece, the 28th piece, is lowered into place as we speak. this is a thousand-ton piece of steel. what it means is that the self-anchored suspension span is no longer in bees out here. it's one continuous road. still needs concrete and earthquake ties at the joints. a lot of other work. really, this is, as you said, a major milestone. stronger in a quake after a section of the old bridge went down in the loma prieta quake in 1989. this connects the yerba buena to the eastern skyway. it essentially means that oakland and san francisco are now structurally connected. among the speakers out here today, surprisingly, mayor jean kwon, who was haggled by the occupy protesters last night. she didn't speak about that, but did speak about why this is so important. first, cacaltran's bart net. >> the cable weighs over 5,000 tons and will take us the better part of a year to get it in. >> reporter: we all felt those tremors last week. we have

christie smith joins us live from treasure island to explain what is happening in a few hours. good morning, christi. >> good morning, scott. happy friday to you. this is a major milestone in the construction of the bay bridge. we think it has to do with the small gap that you see there in the light. piece number 28 is going in, which connects to the eern sky way. it's officially completed today. the largest of its kind. more than 2,000 feet long. it has a single cable that weaved down and through the underside of the span and sort soft supports it through tension like a sling you would put on aun wounded arm. it's a huge step forward on the projts. they're saying san francisco mayor ed lee and mayor quan will break from occupy movements to attend the event to mark the placement of the final piece today. no doubt the word occupy will come up again. that's the latest on treasure island. >> the u.s. economy may be bouncing back. dprout last summer was the strongest year back to prerecession levels. new unemployment claims fell as the economy -- as we reported grew 2.5% over the s

nick smith is live on tre you're island for us. nick? >> you know final preps being put into place for a private event happening here z it's an extension of oracle open world 2011. earlier, larry ellison was on stage, described as an extraordinary week filled with learning, hands on demo and exhibits with a tag line engineers for innovation, which is fitting because most at today's he venlt had just heard news of the passing of apple co-founder steve jobs. and this man some described as a modern day thomas edison or henry ford, steve jobs changed the way people think about technology. >> breaking news. you saw that my colleagues were looked at each other strange. >> it's sad. but he knew and he got the right people around him before he had to step down. >> and many today were upset and they all say that most productive chapter in his career occurred near the end of his life with an unbroken string of successful products and changed the world of the personal computer, jobs turned apple into world's most valuable company with market value

christie smith is joining us live from treasure island to explain what will happen in just a few hours. good morning. >> good mortganing to you. this is a huge piece of the puzzle. 's peach they lift up weighs a thousand tons. they lift them 150 feet above the water. the final piece will be placed today. this is happening as the bay bridge is undergoing a major seismic retrofit to make it safer in a big quake. it's the largest of the kind in the world. this deseen is different. it has a single cable ha weaves down and underneath, creating its own tension. like if you had a hurt arm and used a sling. there is a celebration to mark the occasion. the mayor expected to take a break from the talk of occupy movements in the respective cities to be here. and that is scheduled to start at 10:00 this morning. >> you look like you're standing in a postcard. >>> in case you haven't done it in a while, time too clean out the medicine cabinets. tomorrow is national prescription drug takeback day. people can drop off expired, on used and you think wanted pills free of charge. you're not supposed to

smith's action -- accent came from. this is where it all began for him. it was all irish and italian. they came from over off fromellis island and settle it here. he got involved in tammany hall. it grew from there. >> the second speaker we heard was al smith iv, al smith's great-grandson. >> i never do vocal cords could be inherited. and so did a little bit like his great-grandfather. the lower east side is the southern tip of manhattan. that is where smith was from. it was a poor to. it was not like it is today. there were ships -- smith drop that was his playground. he came from an irish family. it is interesting. it is not well-known, his father was actually from german and italian words. smith used to claim he did not know this. he grew up in this bustling area. the center of his neighborhood was the catholic church. he was an altar boy. he used to work can sell papers carried the sad part about his early life was he lost his father very odd. he was about 12. his father was a trucking van. he would card goods from the seaport up to the city. he died young. he never graduated, even for the eighth grade. if you trace his

smith won eight. louisiana, alabama, mississippi, south carolina, massachusetts, and rhode island. another question?> if you were to grade him as governor, what letter would you assign? and as the first catholic president candidate, did he view -- he help how the cuontry -- country viewed religion? >> i would give governor smith an a because he faced a tremendously uphill battle. new york was a republican state at the time and as i mentioned he had a very tough time dealing with the legislature which was overwhelmingly republican. in 1920 when they expelled the socialists i never understood why because they had 110 republicans out of 150 seats and it didn't really matter when if came to the votes. but i would give smith an a. he created so many things, the budget, the short ballot, to stop voting for six or seven statewide offices and have some appointed. are and the port authority in new york and new jersey was one of his authorities, bi-state authority. he had a lot of interesting things. >> john evers? biggest failure of smith? >> some of it might be that he overthought things. i think from a pol

islands. but as you can probably imagine, installing that last piece was tricky. here now nbc bay area's christie smith. >> reporter: at sunrise, the last piece of deck was hoisted up, a process that took hours, but finished a puzzle two years in the making. >> right now we're lifting a thousand ton piece of steal that is the last piece of what will be our self-anchored suspension bridge. this is the day we connect san francisco and oakland structurally with our new bridge. >> reporter: 150 feet in the air over the san francisco bay with a crane, the self-anchored suspension span still needs joints because it's one of the most advanced earthquake bridges in the world. oakland mayor jean quan was among the speakers who after being heckled by occupy protesters last night, just focused on the future. >> we all felt those tremors last week. you have to remember why we're here today. we live in earthquake country. there is so much work that we have to do. >> reporter: but with this, the new bay bridge is taking shape with a signature design. and unlike traditional suspension bridges that are anchored into t

smith's action -- accent came from. this is where it all began for him. it was all irish and italian. they came from over off of ellis island and settled in here. he got involved in tammany hall. it grew from there. >> the second speaker we heard was al smith iv, al smith's great-grandson. john evers, what is the lower east side and our important was it for -- and its importance for his career? >> i never knew vocal cords could be inherited. that sounded a little bit like his great-grandfather. the lower east side is the southern tip of manhattan. a little on the southeast side. that is where smith was from. it was a port. it was not like it is today. there were ships -- smith wrote that was his playground. he came from an irish family. it is interesting. it is not well-known, his father was actually from german and italian roots. but smith used to claim he did not know this. he probably did not. he grew up in this bustling area. the center of his neighborhood was the catholic church. st. james, he was an altar boy. he used to work and sell papers. the sad part about his early life was he lost his father very young. he was

smith's accent came from. this is where it all began for him. it was all irish and italian. they came from over off of ellis island and settled in here. grandfather. the lower east side is the southern tip of manhattan, a little on the southeast side. that is where smith was from. it was a port. it was not like it is today. there were ships -- smith wrote that was his playground. he came from an irish family. it is interesting. it is not well-known, his father was actually from german and italian roots, but smith used to claim he did not know this. he probably did not. he grew up in this bustling area. the center of his neighborhood was the catholic church, st. james. he was an altar boy. he used to work and sell papers. the sad part about his early life was he lost his father very young. he was about 12. his father was a trucking man. a teamster. he would cart goods from the seaport up to the city. he died young. al never graduated, even from the eighth grade. if you trace his red book entries,which is the official biography, he always said he graduated from eighth grade, which was not true. he said he inherited his father's truck bus