live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. this is breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news. a tour bus filled with kindergartners on the way to d.c. crashed on the eastern shores of maryland. we are on the scene. caroline is joining us by phone.

>> they were on their way to d.c. headed for a trip to the national zoo. they were indeed a different and charter buses from war to an elementary school. -- wharton elementary. the bus swerved trying to avoid a crash and it hit a utility pole and ended up on its side. 35 people on that bus in all. 10 adults and seven children were taken to the hospital. one of them is in shock trauma. that is the only serious situation. that student is expected to survive. no fatalities, thank goodness. it seems the bus driver is not at fault, but the driver of the suv will be questioned. there's no word on any charges. there are counselors at the

elementary school right now. the day is going on for these students and there are scared parents at the hospital as their children are discharged. >> if you said one person, is that a student or a teacher in shock trauma? >> i don't know. >> thanks for the latest on this crash. we will continue to follow that. a convenience store employee is shot to death on the job. now police are hunting for tiller. this unfolded early this morning at the 711 on oxon hill road. the suspect rob the store and then opened fire. he's on the run. -- robbed the store. jummy olabanji has more. >> police have been here almost nine hours. this is still a very active crime scene. this entire area is cordoned off with police tape as they search

for the gunman who killed a man who was trying to do his job. steven anderson cannot believe the same store where he regularly buys coffee turned into a crime scene early thursday. prince george county police say after 3:30 in the morning, an employee was cited killed by a robber. the gunman ran from the store leaving a trail of money behind him. >> it's not worth it to take somebody's life for a few dollars. you might as well get a job. >> police shutdown the strip mall several hours as detectives looked for clues and interviewed the other employee inside at the time. >> we do believe we have surveillance footage. >> people living in this fort washington neighborhood worry that the suspect is still out there, while sending condolences to the family of an innocent man murdered while trying to do his job. >> it's heartbreaking and

upsetting. >> prince george's county police are not releasing the identity of that victim. -- who was shot and killed. they're looking at surveillance video. they're asking anyone with information to give them a call. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. now to the soaring prices at the gas pumps nationwide. they are hitting local drivers hard. the average gallon of gas in the d.c. region is $4.60. some stations are much higher. -- $4.06. some local attorneys general want to know the reason. >> they seem to go up quickly. >> prices at some stations in the metro area climbing while the prices are dropping

nationally. at this largo station gas went up 11 cents overnight. 22 cents in annapolis. one station in manassas was selling regular unleaded canada at $3.99. across the street, 20 cents more . >> they cannot raise the price that much and rely on deceptive reasoning. >> the maryland attorney general wants answers and so does the district. >> i think they are just trying to increase their profits where they can take advantage. >> station owners will not speak to us on camera but this is what they say happened. they say it comes down to the distributors. when the tanks become empty that is when the distributor can raise prices. 22 cents more on monday morning

is what happened. >> that's outrageous. maybe i will go to a different gas station. >> we spoke with representative boose for the maryland-based empire petroleum. he says oil companies are to blame for the surging prices. >> we get a price from our distributors and pass that on to customers. >> aaa says it is no reason for spikes at the pumps and is encouraging distributors to calm down before hiking prices on motorists. from rockville, courtney robinson abc 7. following more breaking news. hundreds of people in several buildings around the lockheed martin complex in virginia have been evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious package. the item was just received around 9:30 this morning at that facility on sunrise valley drive. the fairfax county bomb squad is on the scene. several roads in that area are

closed. we will continue to monitor that around lockheed martin and will let you know what happens. more than a week after the death of osama bin laden president obama's grandmother is being threatened. police in kenya are putting security at the home of his grandmother. a somali-based al qaeda group made a public statement threatening the life of sarah obama in revenge for bin laden's killing. the 88-year-old house is under 24 our protection. in new york city, two men are under arrest accused of plotting terror attacks involving synagogues. few details have been released, but the men were trying to purchase weapons with the idea of staging an attack in manhattan. the police describe this as a homegrown plot and it predates the death of osama bin laden. bin laden was apparently upset over -- obsessed with trying to outdo the 9/11

attacks. entries in journals found in his compound indicates he was more involved in outside of operations than most people realized. he reportedly wanted the next attacks spread out all over the country and to target smaller cities that might not expect to be targeted. more towns along the swollen mississippi river face the threat of flooding today. cities are preparing for the rising water. more than 1000 people have evacuated vicksburg mississippi. in louisiana opening a spillway would spare baton rouge and new orleans but would trigger more flooding in neighborhoods near a swamp in the southern part of the state. it warm sunny day for us in the region. bracing for changes on the weekend. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. such a beautiful week. bad timing, leading into the weekend.

>> it's not ideal. luckily, you don't have to hold on tight because it will not be major. just a chance of showers. let's look at what's happening. a beautiful shot from the rooftop camera overlooking a perfect day in the district with a few scattered clouds and sunshine. temperatures in the 60's for the most part. 66 in the district. mid 70's again today. we will talk about the weekend changes straight ahead. >> thank you. d.c. leaders are fighting for financial independence today. the manner and other leaders are asking lawmakers to change the way d.c.'s budget is controlled. brianne carter is live on capitol hill to explain. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. every year district officials are required to bring a balanced budget before congress. however, this is the first formal meeting with the new republican-led house.

delegate eleanor holmes norton says it is time for some changes and independence for the district. sitting before a house subcommittee, mayor vincent gray and council terra kwame brown. >> the fiscal health of the district is strong. >> the budget calls for cuts and new taxes and focuses on fiscal stability, education, job creation and safe communities. the biggest party for city leaders when it comes to the budget may be autonomy. >> the $5.5 billion that we in rates in the city ought to be within the full authority of the people of the district to make decisions about that. >> control over local funds is something protesters have been demanding for weeks. this is one person arrested during a protest. >> we don't think our elected

officials should be brought to pc to answer questions. >> the budget is here for -- >> mayor vincent gray is working hard. >> more encouraging is the idea of continuing to make something happen. i thought it was constructive. >> during the hearing congressman darrell issa suggested that the seat could be exempt from future financial shutdowns if the city could prove that it continues with all of its city operations with its own funds. this was only a suggestion. mayor vincent gray looks forward to learning more about that. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> thank you.

the evangelist billy graham remains in hospital. the 92-year-old is being treated for a case of pneumonia. the rev. is said to be in good spirits. there's no word on when he will be released. coming up -- >> when she smiles, she has lines. >> the eight-year-old girl getting both talks from her mother. -- getting botox. >> and gabrielle giffords' husband gets ready to blast off. and lightning strikes a super jumbo jet. and adam caskey has the weekend forecast. rain and storms moving our way.

how young is too young for botox. citing interview with a mother and her eight-year-old daughter. she gives her daughter brittany intact and to help her compete in beauty pageants. she says that she got the idea from its fellow beauty pageant mothers. >> they were telling me about the lines on her face and how a lot of the moms are giving their kids botox. i am not the only one that does it. >> i just don't like wrinkles. >> the woman is an esthetician. the little girl admits the

procedure is painful but she says she is getting used to it. a german court convicted a former ohio autoworker in the death of tens thousand -- tens of thousands of people. 91-year-old john demjanjuk was found guilty of 28,000 count of accessory to murder and sentenced to five years in prison. he was a guard at a nazi death camp in poland during world war ii. the crew of the space shuttle endeavor this at the kennedy space center. commander mark kelly and his team arrived in houston this morning a day before the countdown clock begins ticking again. it is set to blast off monday morning. this will be the last ever mission into the space shuttle endeavor. it was canceled in april because of an electrical glitch. his wife gabrielle giffords will travel to florida later this week to watch.

this was a scary sight. a bolt of lightning striking an airplane. amateur video shows the lightning bolt passing through that airbus a creatinga-380. it had more than 500 passengers and it landed safely a few minutes later. it did not even have a scratch. it's quite common but you don't get it on tape often. >> a it looks scary and makes for a good picture. they probably heard a big boom. they are designed for that. maybe a little instrumentation could be thrown off briefly but that's all. let's talk about our weather. every day we have been thanking our lucky stars. but it will have to change.

>> a level disturbance pushing our way and there's a front moving in. not the best timing, but we have had a good run. we are enjoying it while we can. take advantage of this weather. by june it will be high humidity. a beautiful sunrise over laurel, maryland. beautiful sunrise. 70 degrees currently in laurel. in frederick, another nice look at the sunrise. sunrise is one minute before 6:00 a.m. now. 67 degrees in frederick. the dew point is 51, a little humidity but you don't notice much. temperatures are around 70 degrees. highs in the mid 70's locally. upper 70's farther south. we have fires showers and thunderstorms near a warm front to the west of the metro area. the same warm front we have been

talking about since monday. its is inching eastward later tonight and it will drop a few showers in our western suburbs brief showers tonight and into tomorrow morning. everything will get mixed up as we go into the weekend. this front will continue pushing east tomorrow, increasing our cloud cover giving us a few more clouds tomorrow. maybe a few breaks in the clouds. then we have this upper level system that will push east and will mix things up into the weekend. we don't expect a washout but we anticipate scattered showers off and on throughout saturday and another chance of thunderstorms on sunday. brief showers possible to the west tonight. low to mid 70's tomorrow. we cannot not rule out a few showers on saturday. google map users, you can

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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- it was an evening of poetry but it landed the white house in a controversial spot. last night's star-studded affair included steve martin and hip- hop artist common. he performed in a gap ad. but some more edgy lyrics, including a song that takes on president bush, led conservative to speak up. >> barack obama, who argue paling around with now? >> the president appreciates the work that is done with children in chicago getting them interested in poetry. leaders objected to his

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