attention to that we took advantage of the opportunity to join with the washington metro stem that we have zero tolerance for any operators to use the cell phones or texting while operating transit vehicles. >>reporter: well the investigation into this fatal accident actually began by the mta police. but since then they are findings turned over to the baltimore county police department and police tell us it could be 2 or 3 weeks before this investigation has been completed. live in north baltimore, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> howard county teen recovering at shock trauma after being shot on a basketball court behind the school. kathleen joins us now with more. cavity leap? >>reporter: tonight, tonight, 18-year-old johnson is in stable condition at shock trauma. police say they don't know what led up to the shooting. police say 2 groups of teens were on the basketball court behind cradle rock school around 7:30 last night when there was an argument. johnson was shot. police have now stepped up patrol in the area. >> that's where our students play during the school year. it was very, very disturbing to hear that such a violent act oc

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. >> the maryland transit administration is adopting a zero tolerance policy when it comes to operators using cell phones or sending text messages while on the job. any bus or train operator found to be using a cell phone will be fired even for a first offense. mta says it took the action shortly after the washington metro system made a similar change yesterday. a spokeswoman said they will inform them about the change. >in a case against baltimore sheila dixon, subpoenas have been dismissed. they argue the state prosecutor's office was abusing the grand jury process. dixon is accused of stealing gift cards intended for needy families. the city solicitor says his office was informed late yesterday that the subpoenas for the city employees have been withdrawn. >> the closing of towson catholic high school may cause some to question the stability of other campuses throughout the state. tim tooten says there may be a different set of school challenges outside of the baltimore region. he has the story. >> baltimore's population has declined almost 30% over the past 30 years, and it is reflected i

>> for us to operate under the nomenclature of affirmative action, to operate on racial preferenceingsuota is idiotic. >> reporter: supreme court justice clarence thomas wrote, i graduated from one of america's top law schools but racial preference had robbed my achievement of its true value. >> let's have it go away. >> i think it is time to consider ending it. >> i don't think it is relevant anymore. >> there will always be some group that will need it. >> i believe that affirmative action should never have been in place in the first place. >> reporter: others say, not so fast. there is just one black senator and two hispanics. >> the day we have a no, ma'am know for the supreme court and we don't bring up the word latina or woman. we will say, here is our new nominee, we are going to ask her questions. >> next wednesday and thursday, cnn investigates the most challenging issues facing african-americans. july 22nd and july 23rd hosted by soledad o'brien. special reports on people finding groundbreaking solutions to transform the black experience. >>> the governor of florida has a mis

gupta took us into the operating room to show us how fast this drug, would. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> and the patient stopped breathing shortly after he was given the drug and they had to put in a breathing tube which i believe is standard. most doctors say it should only be used in hospital. that patient is doing just fine. he's wake and had no complications, thankfully. >>> there's new hope for people with spinal cord injuries but one downside. a case of the blues. reporter jacolia ellis from rochester, new york, has the story. >> researchers at the u of r medical center are always looking for new ways to treat people. recently, they injected the drug brilliant blue g into rats with spinal cord injuries. it worked. the rats were able to walk again. >> the function improved faster and they eventually was able to do more with their limbs. >> the drug is similar to the blue dye used to tint m&ms and gatorade. the average american it's 14 milligrams of this dye a day. >> we're optimistic what we will need to give to patients will be every bit as har

that means it would be cheaper for a customer in new jersey to use a wind farm operating 25% of the time and to use a wind farm operating in the plane's 40% of the time. because it's the total cost that matters. if you eat eliminate transmission then suddenly the 40% time of the dakota farm looks cheaper but you put a burden on the american tax payer and ended our economic development in that region. >> well, we want to be fair, that's the goal of the bill. we want to incentivize renewable -- greenup energy revolution should be everywhere, not just in certain parts of the energy so we need to find a way to make sure that we don't invoke this kind of consequence that undermines economic development in states that have incredible resources indigenous to them. and that's a real difficult problem here and something that we have to work through. i apologize to everyone. i could spend the whole afternoon with you and next week i might spend an afternoon with each one of you in working out this issue because we have to be fair. we have to be fair. we have a big fish in but every state can actua

>> time for us to operate under the affirmative action to operate on racial preferences and quotas isdiotic and counterproductive. >> reporter: it's a sentiment echoed by supreme court justice clarence thomas who wrote in his memoir of his yale law degree. i graduated from one of america's top law schools, but racial preference had robbed my achievement of its true value. and we found plenty of other americans who agreed with him. >> i don't see the point in it any more. >> let's have it go away. >> i think it's time to consider ending it. >> i don't think it's relevant anymore. >> i believe it should have never been in place in the first place. >> reporter: but others say not so fast. yes, we have a black president, but there is just one black senator -- >> i think that's a great day. i think we'll just say, here's our new nominee, we're going to ask her questions, then we won't need affirmative action. >> a couple of other things to keep in mind. experts say minority enrollment at public universities has actually fallen in recent years and it would be difficult to say discrimination

sanjay gupta took us into the operating room to show us just how fast this drug works. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> and the patient stopped breathing shortly after he was given the drug and they had to put in a breathing tube which i believe is standard. most doctors say it should only be used in hospital. that patient is doing just fine. he had no complications. >>> two major players are joining forces to try to take down google. the search for a search engine partnership and google's days might be numbered. >>> just a few minutes ago, the centers for disease control and prevention finished a meeting on the h1n1 virus. yes, that is the swooin flew. several recommendations came out of session. the cdc is suggesting vaccinations for five groups of people. pregnant women, health care and emergency workers, adolescents and young adultses from six months to 24 clears old, healthy adults with certain medical conditions, and any caregivers who have contact with children six months or younger. the guidelines were approved by a nearly unanimous vote, but i

. >> the maryland transit administration is adopting a zero tolerance policy when it comes to operators using cell phones while on the job. any operator found to be using a cell phone will be fired even for a first offense. the mta took the action after the washington metro administration made a similar policy yesterday. >> you may have heard that the man that plays in a harry potter film contracted the h1n1 swine flu virus. while many think it is gone, it is not. the white house is putting all 50 states on alert for it to return this fall, possibly in a more virulent form. tracy's has the latest. >> clinical trials for the h1n1 flu vaccine start one month from now. the obama administration expects to spend $8.5 billion to produce it. >> we want to make sure that we are not promoting panic but we are promoting vigilance and preparation. >> president obama called in from italy today to address officials now learning what they need to do. >> you can't wake up in october and see a real bad problem on our hands. >> the biggest concern is children. >> somehow, the young people are getting infected

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use diprivan in a home setting like that. even if he were, he would have to have the devices that you need to keep somebody breathing. this is a drug that's only to be used in an operating room. if propofol was used here, when the toxicology reports show that that caused the death, if it does, you're going to hear a cry of murder go up. at the very least it will be a manslaughter charge in my opinion. >> while the doctors are scurrying around l.a. claiming they're not being probed, there are dozens of doctors being probed in a potential homicide case. this as we learn jackson's body allegedly being kept in a freezer as they demand a portion of his brain be returned to the body before burial. what do you know? mary margaret, senior news editor at radaronline? >> the family in terms of the doctors, dr. murray who is sort of the lead antagonist in this story line. he said that he has not been dodging the lapd as reported have been surfacing over the weekend. that he's been working with investigators 100% complying and so far he's saying that this pretty much is a character attack on him. >> out to the lines, bernadine in illinois. hi, bernadine. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> wh

use their cell phone is for emergency purposes. metro says this will start on july 13th so they give train operators time to get used to the policy and know this is how it works and their skill writing it at this point. this is in response to a metro train operator caught texting by anther passenger june 5th. metro says the operator admitted to texting while on the job. he was begun a five-day su preparation but der the new policy, th is no longer. anybody caught will be fired immediately. then on top of that fox 5 just obtained exclusive video yesterday from a 14-year-old boy riding in the front car of a green line train. according to him, the operator was falling asleep. he says he pulled out his digital camera and recorded this all on june 18th. now i asked metro gm and metro board chair jim graham about this video. >> we're doing the analysis on it. i'm not going to jump to the conclusion that that operator was going to sleep. you can't tell that in that video. >> this is a further indication that we have a problem that is in serious need of being address and we'll be talking this morning to the general manager concerning what st

to one of the victims tonight. she joins us now to tell us how the pair operated. >> reporter: terry, police tell us the wife would stake out the neighborhood, serve as lookout while her husband broke into the homes. for victims like the eltons, the arrest is good news. >> i was yes! because maybe i can get my mother's jewelry back. >> reporter: excitement from the victim of a home burglary. police say they caught the culprits. >> and they solved the case, rather quickly, if you think. >> reporter: 41 jerome herron and his 34-year-old wife tina are now behind bars. tina is charged with six burglaries beginning in october of 2008. her husband 14, all in the past four months. police say they targeted homes in westminster, sykesville, upperco, taneytown, finksburg, woodbine and mount airy. but it all came to an end july 3rd. >> troopers responded to a burglary in progress call. they arrived, and near the scene arrested jerome heran. she noticed her julie box was gone and called police. >> she said they had crime lab in the area because we were the fifth people that had called that day. >> reporter: police say heran w

>> for us to operate on, under the nomenclature of affirmative action is idyaldic and counterproductive reporter: echoed by clarence thomas who wrote in his memoir of his yale law degree, i graduated from one of america's top law schools, but racial preference had robbed my achievement of its true value. and we found plenty of other americans who agreed with him. >> i don't see the point in it any more. >> let's have it go away. >> i think it's time to consider ending it. >> i don't think it's relevant any more. >> there is always some group that need it. >> i believe affirmative action should have never been in place in the first place. >> reporter: yes, we have a black president, but there is just one black senator and two hispanics. >> the day that we have a nominee for the supreme court and we don't bring up the word latina or woman, i think that's a great day. here's our new nominee and we're going to ask her questions, then we won't need affirmative action. >> reporter: black in america 2, cnn presents this groundbreaking series july 22nd and 23rd two primetime nights and document

morale remains high and i can report the assistant to commanders on the ground that the current operations are succeeding in their objectives. tell us exactly prime minister what we are achieving in afghanistan. >> first of all the current operation i was referring to is designed to make it possible for an area to be free of taliban influence as we approached the elections and for people in that area to feel they have the state of afghanistan weather than to be a part where they feel under the web of the taliban and that operation is moving through this area backed up by afghan national army and police with governor of helmand as you know ready to provide services in that area so that people can see that the afghan government and the afghan civil society is able to support the local people in that area and it will lead to thousands of people in the election being able to vote free and fair without intimidation because the polling stations will be able to be placed in that area. so this is part of the operation and helmand and part of the operation being done by the americans also in the region and it's part of our determination that

to put people first. >> new route for the track. we have seen this video of a metro operator apparently texting while driver. now drivers will be fired if using a cell phone in any manner wall on the job. >> we are being stringent. that is what i want. i want to make it clear what our tolerance is in using telephones while operating vehicles. >> metro previously had a three strikes and you're out policy. employees would be suspended before they were fired. now the policy matches policies in california and boston -- zero tolerance. >> they have to pay attention. anything in front of them could be a distraction. >> here along the red line, something to keep in mind, there will be fewer trains running on the red line and they will prince once slower than normal. the ntsb is continuing their investigation into the accident a couple of weeks ago. to run the trains slowly through the fort totten. . some delays for you on this friday. matt brock, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> if you are riding the rails, be prepared to wait some extra time. there could be some backups. work starts from 10:00 p.m. tonight until sunday. all outbound trains will take t

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. >>> unsafe truck and bus operators are driving through several states incluing maryland. 500 companies ordered to shut down because of violations are operating just using different names. it ranges from suspected licenses to drug use. it comes from the government office. >>> he is only 7 but a boy in utah showing some skill behind the wheel. police cam captures the child's travels after he took his dad's car to avoid going to church. the boy jumps out and runs away. he's too young to be prosecutorred, he told his father to find a better place to hide his keys. >>> president obama offering a beer summit to put racial controversy to rest. the president extended the invitation after he criticized sgt crowley for the arrest of gates. tonight the president hopes beer will help resolve the racially-charged dispute. >> the president will drink bud light, gates likes red stripe and sgt crowley likes blue moon. >>> each man will drink his favorite beer at a picnic table near the oval office. >>> the nation's lawmakers may get closer to a deal. they have made small progress agrees on a deal that cuts $100 billion from the bill. senators say they're closer to a b

. >> the maryland transit administration is adopting a zero tolerance policy when it comes to operators using cell phones or sending text messages on the job. officials say any bus or train operator found to have been using a phone or texting will be fired even for a first offense. the m.t.a. says it took the action after the washington metro system made a similar change yesterday. a spokesperson says the agency will inform operators union of the change but will not bargain over it. anne arundel county police are looking for a suspect in the shooting of a pass deadena man. it was near whitaker and huff roads with gunshot wounds much he was taken to shock trauma. no word as to who might be responsible for a murder in west baltimore. police say an 18-year-old whose name has not been released was shot in the chest just after 11:00 p.m. wednesday night near division and lawrence streets. he was taken to shock trauma but didn't survive. the auction of the ambassador theatre failed to pfrj anyone's ticket. it failed to get above $$120,000 and the building has served as a church and cosmetology scho

to use this drug, it's like a sedative in the o.r., the operating room. ctor's got to be there the whole time you're hooked in. and we know the personal chef, who we just saw, says he sees oxygen tanks coming in and out and that a doctor would come at night. and leave in the morning. in fact, he's quoted as saying he thought jackson was having an affair with the male doctor. because the doctor would come at night and leave in the morning. >> i think it speaks to the relationship between a person and the drug, which is as close as a lover. when you step in and try to intervene, it's like peeling the bark off a tree. as we hear reports about them trying to step in, i think they did a few things that could have been better. one, showing up en masse and not taking no for an answer. really an intervention is a conversation starter. two, this is really important, and i think a lot of people can relate to this, if the kids are involved like in this case they are, you step in and you get the kids out of this situation, and oftentimes that will be the thing that wi

the government of kurgistan wanted the government to vacate operations, but officials changed their tune and u.s. forces can stay there. can you tell us what happened to change their mind? >> that's correct, the agreement has been negotiated and this is very important for the support of u.s. forces, coalition forces in afghanistan, logistics, the ability to move troops in and out, so this is a good thing for the united states and for our coalition partners as we continue to stabilize afghanistan and help them move forward in their democratic process. >> and the agreement is limited to support. is that correct? it's only going to be support functions that go through that base now? >> yes. >> let's move to how foreign military sales in particular help the air force. why is it in the air force's interest to help foster these kinds of deals, and as wellr there any dangers with potentially putting technology in the hands of those who could some day be potential adversaries? >> great question. what it's really about is relationship, partnerships, and building partnership capacity. the clear pleas son, in my view of 9/11, as great as our air

to microsoft. using the profits in search to get in to operating systems, in to online applications, they threaten the cash cow businesses like office and word and excel. and they just recently announced doing operating system for laptops. they already have one for mobile phones, i think microsoft wants to gain share in search in part to help alleviate that threat. >> charlie: a conversation with shiller and debriefing on microsoft yahoo!, next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: the u.s. housing market has shown signs ever improvement after steep losses, some economists contend bottom is near. prices have halted the free familiar. the sector very well, robert shiller, he helped develop -- that later proved to be true. earlier this year he published his latest book titled "animal spirits. human psychology drives the economy and why it matters for global capitalism. i am pleased to have him back on the program. welcome. >> it is looking less dire. our data the zip shiller data -- that means, but the housing march quote sh

everything from tree trimmers to heavy machine operators could be used in a response. >> it's hands, it's citizens really to give of their own time in advance of an emergency to say i'm ready to go, these are the stills, these are the things i can do to help. >> reporter: those interested can contact the web site which will coordinate information. >>> disaster planning covers a broad range of pandemics. >>> a portion of the red line is shut down closest to where last month's fatal crash occurred in washington. they're conducting tests on the track and service will be stopped until 10:00 tonight. apparently the problem is computerized signal systems that continue to malfunction. nine people died last month. >>> there's word from nashville today steve mcnair did not have a will. live in the news room with the latest. >>> michelle says in court documents that her late husband did not have a will. she will have 60 days to file an inventory of the assets. she said she didn't know her late husband's worth. she's listed herself and two sons as heirs. >> she said she did not know about her hu

spokesman explained that motor vehicle officials do not report to the agency when a bus driver is in trouble with the law. >> the operators have to bring us up to supervisors. metro transit police is getting involved as well. >> reporter: the driver in the incident was identified as carletta douglas. she is on administrative leave while they sort out the status of her driver's license. >>> a grand jury has indicted two pros in the shooting death of a witness in the murder of scotty beats. the popular deejay who's real name is raymond brown was gunned down in2006. 20ree week befa refoe . t ree week before the case was seto sego th e the witness, bobby ennels was killedn drive drive by shoin di ctined ma l jain edd an in l and rashad isex connecti wh ithis death using a witness intimidation law. >> the goal of the statute is to make sure that witness intimidation and violence doesn't prevent juries and ar. es from gettineythh theyneh >>edheo ar. >> reporter: jaisl ne alis ex it atede llwiths erll bobe arraigned inhene xt 30 days the case is expected to go to trial in late december or early january. >>> the trial for chandra levy's accused k

to miss this. this is an interesting story. dr. sanjay gupta takes us inside his operatingook at what it's like second-by-second when someone is being put under by propofol. and the president in aisle five. what president obama is hoping to accomplish today as he takes his health care pitch to a kroeger's in virginia. well -- >> can you imagine going to the grocery store and there's the president? >> he's shopping for -- >> he said, you know where i put the pickles? never find the pickles. >> thanks, president obama. >> things are changing in iraq. iraqi troops controlling u.s. towns and forces to take on a security role there. >> security has improve in some areas. violence is a threat. recently we heard insurgents turning to another type of crime -- bank robberies. we have the story from baghdad. >> reporter: it was a carefully coordinated heist. robbers struck here in central baghdad sometime between midnight and 4:00 a.m. on tuesday, leaving behind a trail of blood and making off with millions. an iraqi officer on the scene, too afraid to be identified or speak on camer

looking at this video here that both trains perhaps were in automatic mode since the operators didn't seem to be using their hands to run the train. >> reporter: i think you're right. metro said the first incident where the operator was texting and admitted to it the train was in automatic mode. the official who looked at our new footage says it appears the train was also in tomatic mode but both incidents keep in mind happened prior to that deadly crash. since then all metro trains are being run manually and you would agree that would make texting, dozing off even more dangerous. >> we know what happened out in california when the train had the crash out there. will thomas live in the newsroom. listen, this video was sent to us by a viewer just like you. you got a story you want to send us, want to put metro's feet to the fire, anybody else, go to myfoxdc.com. click on about us. you'll fi our contact information there. you could help us break the next big story near d.c. >> reporter: d.c. councilman marion barry is off the hook tonight. today prosecutors decided not to pursue stalking charges against

using a cell phone at the time. but governor o'malley said the mta scraped the three strikes and you are out policy for drivers. >> we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to any operator, of any vehicle, using a cell phone or texting while operating a transit vehicle. >> police are now handling the investigation of the fatal crash. but that probe is not expected to be completed for another few weeks. >> president obama remains popular but he is drawing more criticism when it comes to his job performance. new cnn poll puts the approval rating at 61 percent. that's down believe it or not, 15 points from february. and still the poll discovered 79 percent of americans still approve of obama personally. >> now, on this week's political pulse former governor ehrlich weighed in on the president's new numbers. >> all right. president obama's popularity ratings are soaring as far as his popularity is concerned. however, recent polls including cnn poll that said that people are beginning to lose confidence in the way he is dealing with the budget. is the honeymoon over, and are those polls showing what everyone else is thinking? >> it reminds me of the reagan presidency. where

using cell phones. but today governor o'malley announced a change in policy. >> we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to any operator of any vehicle, using a cell phone or texting while operating a transit vehicle. >> the train operator involved in sunday's accident remains on administrative duty. pending the outcome can of the investigation which baltimore county police say could take weeks to complete. >> but for mta operators there are no more warnings, or suspensions, for using cell phones on the job. >> and possibly firing of the people that have, a lot of people, that they are responsible for, that they may be killing because they are paying attention to their data night, or what they are having for supper. >> in an effort to make the rails and passengers safer. john rydell, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> this new policy comes after the washington metro system imposed its own ban on cell phone use for bus drivers and train operators. >> state police charge the man that tried to run down a taneytown officer. police charged 37-year-old gary wolf with assault. he is under police guard at shock trauma today. detectives

a form to all 2800 bus and train operators will be given saying that you will be fired if you use a phone while you're operating a train or bus. it seems to be a popular move. >> we do it while we're walking or while we drive, but metro says it's people will be shown the door, fired with no warnings. >> nothing wrong with that. >> yes, i can agree with that. >> reporter: it doesn't affect the train operator seen in this youtube video, he came under the old policy that gave a five-day suspension on the first offense and a figure on the third. on this other youtube video of a metro bus driver, metro has been unable to identify the operator. >> you don't think it's harsh? >> i think it is, but you're endangering people's lives. >> i think it's a great idea. >> reporter: using the phone is not considered a factor in the june 22nd collision between two metro trains that killed one operator and nine passengers. but investigators found it to be the case in a deadly commuter train crash in california and just yesterday a boston trolley operator received criminal charges for a collision that injur

operators. mary bubala explain why is. >> reporter: the mta is counting on riders to help them enforce this new policy. if anyone sees a train operator or driver usinged hitting them. video on a cell phone also showed appear driver sleeping or texting at the controls. don, back to you. >>> prosecutors are dropping three new subpoenas in the corruption investigation of mayor sheila dixon. the subpoenas were withdrawn after a motion was filed to get them thrown out. they wanted to speak to two former employees. the major is accusedded of using gift cards meant for the needy. >>> many gathered in nashville for former raven quarterback steve mcnair. many attended. his girlfriend shot him while he slept on july 4 and she then shot and killed herself. >>> if you were not using your crab fishing license, now is the time to buy it back to the state. they are trying to buy back 3500 limited crab catch licenses. having fewer part-time crabber also make it easier to manage the crab industry in this state and on the chesapeake bay. >>> orioles are planning to take on the toronto blue jays but aubrey huff may not make it to the game. he suffered a strained groin

to an. p. report, the operation used to be a focal point for livestock in the upper midwest with as many as 200,000 cattle sold annually. they say a informal factors pled to the -- led to the closing including stricter waste water rules from urban sprawl. >>> lawmakers are work on a plan to provide a statewide care standards board for stock. according to the ohio farm bureau, this is in a move to threats from the humane society that wants to remove some practices including poultry cages and gestation crates. the humane society was successful in getting a similar measure approved by california voters. initiative in ohio could be on the ballot this november. >>> that's a look at the headlines. i remember when the sioux city stockyards closed. it really hayes an affect on a community. >> it really does. oddly enough, i think it's worse for smaller communities because that was the one that small farmers with a few head of cattle gave them a market. i think it's one of those economic entities that maybe outlived its time as people are growing under contract and actually don't need that intermediary. goi

today is the day that metro begins its zero tolerance policy when it comes to its bus drivers and train operators usingperating the equipment. but in order to enforce this policy, they're goi to need some help from passengers. we asked them this morning, are you ready to step up? if you saw something like this, would you tell? >> sure. >> repter: really? >> yep. >> reporter: without question? >> without question. >> reporter: this video taken of a metro operator texting while operating a train in early june led to his suspension. it was taken by a passenger. and now metro has come up with a new policy, zero tolerance for train and bus operators who use cell phones or text while operating equipment. metro officials are looking to passengers to help them enforce the new rule. if you just happened to see something like that as you were boarding, would you report the driver? >> of course. absolutely. >> reporter: commuters we talked to say it's a new policy way overdue. >> i think it's good. less accidents, more cars, everybody safe. >> it's not something the driver should be doing at all. they should be p

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metro has been unable to identify the operator. >> i think it would be a great idea. >> reporter: using a phone is not considered a factor between two metro trains that killed one operator and nine passengers. they found it to be the cause of the crash in california and yesterday a boston trolley operator is accused of texting his girlfriend at the time of the crash. then there is this you tube visit owe reportedly shot bay 14-year-old. they don't know if the operator is nodding off or not paying attention but it is a serious offense. >>> also this week, d.c . city counsel man, his fight with u.s. police is over. they can called to investigate his decision to hire his former girlfriend and pay her with taxpayer money. we have more on it all. >> reporter: d.c . counsel man says his arrest july 4th has caused him great pain. >> i was taken to the police station in handcuffs and there for four hours. >> reporter: a u.s. park police officer arrested him saturday after his former girlfriend accused him of following her after an argument. >> she could have decided not to do anything. >> repor

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the mta to my knowledge has never had an incident related to our operators using it. ctive and we have had some lines with the sister agencies in the region who are taking a more hard line approach. >> we had the accident recently in baltimore, but the cause of that has yet to be determined, but is text messaging is a part of it. >> we don't know, we are turning that to baltimore county. what we want to say that our employees is that we want to have our customers reassured and you want that assurance that nobody is risking your life. >> it applies to the mechanics and fair inspectors and the train operators. >> if passengers see that, they can contact what can they do? >> make sure you get the information and what time they were riding. if you can get a badge number let us know. >>> police make an arrest in the case of a florida couple who was raising several adopted children. how police tracked them down. >>> and sonia >>> en a city vehicle is involved in an accident, it may surprise you the accident report is not available to the public. part of our investigation by

council member barry is expected to hold a news conference in about a half-hour. >>> metro has issued a new crackdown on any bus driver or train operator found to be using mobile device while on the job. the transit agency says it will no longer tolerate distracted train drivers. zero tolerance policy takes effect on monday. train operators who use their mobile devices on the job will be fired. >>> the national zoo celebrating tai shon's birthday. he turns 4 day, celebrating with a special frozen treat that looked like a wedding cake. it was made of water, bamboo, shredded beets and beet juice. >>> another cool and dry day. >> tom, how long is this weather to stick around? the rest of the week? >> not much longer so enjoy it while you can. temperatures around the region in the comfort stone nozone now. little bit cooler in the mountains, near 70. eastern shore and around the bay and at the beaches, a terrific summer day underway with temperatures in the upper 70s. just a few, high clouds coming in. onlittle sprinkle in central west virginia. those should stay far away from our metro area. part cloudy this afternoon with low humidity, light breezes ow of

sanjay gupta took us inside an operating room to show us how fast this drug works. >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> the patient stopped breathing shortly after given the drug. they had a breathing tube in. that's part of the danger of this drug. by the way, the patientsent doing fine. he's awake and he had no complications at all. >>> federal agents are looking for an eighth suspect in connection with an alleged north carolina terror group. daniel boyd, a drywall contractor and two sons are among the seven men arrested so far, all accused of plotting a violent jihad overseas. investigators say boyd, the son of a marine and an american citizen was the group's ringleader. he spent three years in the middle east secretly buying guns and recruiting groups to kidnap and kill people. >> i think the reason why they wrapped up the case at this point was that they were thwarted in carrying out jihad overseas and with the arsenal they collected, a massive arsenal they believe the u.s. was an infidel country that could have been and that meant they were prepared to

. >> it concerns me but if they are operating in the manual mode i have confidence in the conductors to take us through those blackout sections. >> reporter: for now metro trains will continue to be operated manually. metro's general manager says he is talk wearing a vendor about quickly installing some kind much system that will continuously monitor and report on whether the track circuits are working. at the grosvenor metro station, john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> swine flu fears hitting close to home. take a look at the numbers. according to the cdc, 45 confirmed cases in the district. maryland 732, 319 in virginia. nation wide more than 45,500 people have been diagnosed. 263 died when the does. meanwhile, the race is on to test a vaccine. the national institutes of health tabbed eight medical centers to do the research including our area. the university of maryland school of medicine in baltimore will test them next month. scientists acknowledge there could be adverse reactions to the vaccine. >> the most common reactions are a flu-like illness where you can get fever and aches and not feel