here's wendy rieger. >> reporter: the mexican gray wolf of the southwestern united states, the beautifulce vibrant in northern amera earn the saltcreek tiger beetle. photrapher spent two years photographing the endangered and nearly extinct creatures of north america, and his work now hangs in the windows of the national geographic society on 17th stre downtown. some, like theusky seaside sparrow arelready gone. the last one died in 1887. it's glassy eyes stair out from a jar. it's florida habitat destroyed by mosquito control and the space program. under each species there's a copper panel. telling us how many are left. some of the nbers appear to be large. the carner blue butterfly h 40,000 left. but that's relative. >> sometimes if it's less than 50,000it's in trouble. because it shows us that things are happening to our environment, to our climate, to our ecosystem that's serious impacts the world. >> reporter: some numbe so low that they're on the verge of extinction. the living dead as some conservationists call them. d too often there is a zero or a question mark. losing one speci

. >> and i'm wendy rieger. investigators are calling this a tragic accident. here's what we know.d to the home off northampton drive. they rushed the 17-month-old boy to the hospital in a police cruiser. derrick ward is live with the developinstory. >> there are so many danger that's we seek to protect our children from and most of the i'm that we assume they are outside the home. but there are dangers that lurk inside as well them cause us to recess our ideas of safety. that's a lesson the family who lives in this apartment learned earlr today. >> the call went out to montgomery county police at a quarter until noon for a situation involving a child in an apartment here on northampton in silver spring. a neighbor describes the frantic scene unfolding. >>

i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. a few surprises in decision 2010. we begin with mayor.vin send gray on top winning 54%. to mayor fenty's 45%. more on last night's victory and what it means come november. tom? >> jim gray won convincingly. today he reached out to the people who voted against him. it was early wednesday morning when vincent gray claimed victory. >> thank you, district of columbia! >> reporter: just hours later, the next mayor of the district, the november 2 election is a formality. quickly reached out to the largely white population that voted overwhelmingly for adrian fenty and fears he won't be as aggressive on school reform and other issu. >> to earn the support of those people who did not vote for us in yesterday's election. let me assure everybody, also, that we're not going to be turning back any clocks on school reform. we're going to be moving full speed ahead. >> reporter: the 67-year-old from the d.c. counciled said he would meet with michelle rhee to see if they can work together. but it is expected she will leave. only the timing being uncerta

good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger. >> investitors are searching for the suspects, here's where it allt down. the shots rang out outside a church on u street's popular corridor. pat is here to tell us how this all unfolded. >> reporter: it's rush hour, jim, and take a look at u street. blocks and blocks and blocks closed off as police continue to process this gangland case of murder. gang violence in broad daylight in the middle of one of our cities most popular streets. one dead, one wounded. a car overturned, suspects on therun. five blocks of u street closed down for hours as police investigate and look for clues. tears of mourning turn to tears of grief. you see this happenear the walker memorial baptist church as the feral for ashley mcrae was coming to an ened. >> i was standing outside and i

i'm wendy rieger sitting in. >> and the storm isxpected to continue through the night.people were prepared with umbrellas but others were caught off guard. >> on the "today" show president obama spoke out about the d.c. public school system. someone asked if his daughters could get as goo an education in the public schools here as they do in private school. mr. obama said while d.c. schools has made significant strides they continue to struggle. >> southwest will buy airtran in a $1.4 billion deal. the mega merger would expand coverage in our area adding flights to reagan national and bwi marshall airports. southwest says the company will serve mo than $100 million customers every year. >> torrential rain last week caused widespread flooding in the midwest is continuing cause problems and now is threatening community there is. >> high water in at least three states caused power outages and flooded roads. leenne greg reports on one small community in central wisconsin keeping a nervous watch on aweekend levee. >> in the upper midwest in towns from minnesota to the dakota

. >> and i'm wendy rieger. this happened shortly before 4:00 this afternoo it has shut down i-270 right there near democracy boulevard as the bus apparently slid off the ramp. that's a live picture of chopper 4 of the bus. initially we're told from a driver near the scene, people could not get out of the emergency exit out the back and this's why the windows had to be punched out. several passeners are still on this bus, being treated on the bus,waiting to be transported. what we doknow is we have one fatality and four people who have been rushed to shock trauma or trauma patients as they're called. 26 passengers in all were on this bus this afternoon. a chartered tour bus in our region. as you know, the roads have been