problem was on this road. sarah simmons, fox 5 news, back to you. >> thank you. >> the home and the artwork was once featured in oprah winfrey's magazine o. she said she had a lot of art done by people of color. we were so absent from the major art scene for so long, not just of a friday karyn can americans. i have been involved in trying to change that all my life. >>> major movement on the health care reform front. house leaders reached and agreement with conservative democrats that could set up a vote as early as today. plus, the senate finance committee is closer to a bipartisan compromise. the pr not all good. his former physician is not on board with the current plans with white house and congress. >> the message hasn't gotten through. as long as his prom has private health insurance, it will not work. the majority of it will be private health insurance. all the extra work on the paperwork will be just constant. >> he went on to say the sger payer system like the federal government is the only way to go. fox's doug luzader is live to break it down. given the latest development

takoma park station to investigate the crash last month. sarah simmons has more. >> reporter: it is relatively quiet here at takoma station. it is closed due to the ntsb still investigating from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. today and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on saturday. the ntsb is continuing to test the circuits on the track that have been in question since the crash. shuttle buses will continue to move from fort totten to the takoma station. the ntsb has been testing the track since the june 22nd crash that killed 9 people on the red line. the ntsb has said the system that was metropolitan to detect the train on the tracks failed the day of the crash and during following tests. now the ntsb is also calling on metro to develop a realtime system that would immediately alert the control center if there was trouble on the tracks. it's something that doesn't even exist at this point. and would have to be built from scratch. but the metro general manager says he hopes to have a company working on it within the next month. >> i received dozens of e-mails from vendors, some who say they ca

holders for tens of thousands of dollars. sarah simmons has more now from fedex field. >> reporter: well it seems the economic crisis is making it difficult for some redskins fans to hold on to their season tickets. the washington post is reporting that the team is suing some club and premium ticket holders and winning. the post is reporting since 2005, the redskins have sued 125 people for not fulfilling ticket contracts. those who were enterviewed say in some cases they tried to work out other deals with the team but were forced into hefty payments instead. others acknowledge to the post they did not hire lawyers or even go to court wn the matters got that far. those sued include mortgage brokers, real estate developers and plumbers, many of them held club and box seats. given the state of the economy, some people say they need to give the fans a break. >> well, i mean, i think they can go through different options other than just suing them. i mean, try to see if they can make amends or sell them to somebody else. >> and when you're in a economy like we have right now, i don't think y

is trying to push his own political agenda. sarah simmons has our top story. >> reporter: critics are concerned that the speech here tomorrow at wakefield high may be a platform for the president to push a socialist agenda. the administration say that's not the case, they simply want to encourage students to stay in school but some parents around the country don't want to take the chance. the president plans to address the students. some oppose, citing the possibility of politically motivated content. some are opting out and some are letting teachers to make the decision and if the parents don't want their children to hear the comments, they can opt out. >> we're in a different era and i think people are more vocal about their political beliefs. >> i think they should have the choice. >> the president secretary under george h.w. bush says he understands some of the concerns but also believe the teachers can use the mounting backlash to help educate. >> if i were a teacher i would take advantage of it. i would put up lincoln and eisenhower and reagan and teach about the presidency and

survived. sarah simmons is there live. >> reporter: we were there as they wheeled him into the courtroom and appeared frail, was in a wheelchair as you said. and he was difficult to hear. he did speak out. just a few things he did have to say during the arraignment. when the judge and his attorney were discussing the issue of whether or not he needed to go -- undergo a competency exam, something they would do in the next 30 days. during that time he was noticeably shaking his head and was trying to speak. he did utter a few words, saying this: the constitution grants me a speedy and fair trial and he also spoke up saying, as a u.s. naval officer, i'm sworn to protec my country and take my vows seriously. the attorney was asking for a competency exam at the time to see if he is exeat helicopter to stand trial. the judge did advise him to listen to his attorney and undergo the exam. he has four charges that will make him eligible for the death penalty. he has been hospitalized since the june 10th shooting. you can see as he came into the courtroom, there was a wound to the right

is unconstitutional and now the county could be forced to pay up. sarah simmons joins us with more on the top story. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this has been a contentious issue, but a judge has ruled that the furlough forced by the county are unconstitutional. the furloughs expected 5900 employees, a majority of them from the public safety and the fire and police department. the judge ruled county violated the contracts agreed upon with the collective bargaining unit by imposing those furloughs. they have fought with the county over this issue. last week the county approved another round of furloughs. it's unclear if those will be put on hold. a county spokesperson said it was a difficult decision to save jobs and save the county $17 million. in a stam by spokesperson james keary, he says the court has substituted its judgment without acknowledging the economic challenges acing the country -- facing country. to comply with the court's opinion, they say they will have massive layoffs. now the judge's decision requires both sides to meet within ten days to refund the money, but t

out by the end of the week. sarah simmons, fox 5 news. back to you. >> sarah, thank you. >>> also in prince george's county, a busing mixup left parents of a 5-year-old panicked and frightened. a little girl named grace left vansville elementary school, she got on the wrong bus and took her to the wrong day care. here is how the day care director explained what happened. >> we got a phone call saying do we have any children that we were not supposed to have and it was first day of school and it was chaotic and at 6:30 we closed the school and the child was still here and we figured out this was a child we were not supposed to have. >> when vansville elementary called day care they said they didn't provide a name so they didn't know. the mother put a note in the child's backpack saying take my child to kinder care. >>> and now digital fingerprints showing a child's movement and mannerisms. you have to get an appointment to get one. the number is on your screen for more information and you can find the number on our website, myfoxdc.com. click on web links for that number. >>> new this

another week for. that sarah simmons has more. that. >> reporter: by most accounts, sonia sotomayor is expected to be confirmed as the next supreme court justice and the first hispanic on the bench. but republicans successfully forced a delay on a vote originally scheduled for today. lding it over for next week. the senate judiciary committee scheduled a vote on her nomination today. the chairman pat leahy addressed those in the room acknowledging it was the gop's senator's rights to push the vote off for another week and this must still go for a full senate vote next month when it's expected. republicans have stated their support and senator susan colins from maine being the latest one and john kyle from main thinks this could be wrapped up in four days, since democrats have a 60-vote majority on the senate and four republicans are on board with this. sotomayor has strong opposition from staunch conservatives. senator john sign of south dakota said he would vote no. senator mitch mcconnell from kentucky the minority leader has reservations about her record and sotomayor's ability t

homey morris. >> i'm allison seymour. both showing up after metro's deadly accidt last month. sarah simmons has been sitting in on a metro board meeting this morning. she's here now. >> reporter: metro just announced at its board meeting they will implement a zero tolerance policy. that means any train operator who is caught using a cell phone, to call, text or pda, they will be fired immediately. this is a significant change since it used to be a three- strikes rule and then you're out. they would have a little bit of leeway there. the only time a trioperator will be able -- a train operator can 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.