brave rescuers who saved them. plus an election controversy in maryland, a sample ballot is making the rounds, but some say it s fake. the question tonight, who s responsible? we begin with the d.c. s race for the mayor s office, the candidates working hard on the campaign trail this labor day. thanks for joining tonight at 10:00. i m will thomas. and i m shawn yancy. incumbent mayor adrian fenty and challenger vincent gray are going full throttle tonight with just eight days until the primary. wisdom martin with the latest. the candidates took to the streets to catch up with people who were at home for the holiday. i say we shouldn t be working on labor day. reporter: the labor day holiday means work forc. appear candidates for mayor. for d.c. s candidates for mayor. council chair vince gray spent part of his afternoon meeting with a group ofc. teachers. educators are of d.c. teachers. educators are hopeful vincent gray will walk the talk. we feel very st
george franco from fox affiliate waga in atlanta has the report: the flames were shooting in every direction that s buick regal burned with the man inside when the deputy first arrived. i got my fire extinguisher out of the car and started knocking down the flames. reporter: the deputy said the passer by arrived before he did and couldn t get inside the car and within a minute after his arrival, two deputies also came on scene. and this was on 317, on the southbound lane of i-75 in gordon county and this broke out windows to reach the struggling driver. 22-year-old deputy cochrane is a rookie. this was your second night on patrol. yes, sir. reporter: what does that tell you. never thought, second night i would get something that intense. reporter: how intense was it? what was going on. just the flames and having
quickly to save the animals. heavy fire load, a lot of straw and hay, nothing to stop it. it just took off. reporter: by late afternoon, the welcome clipty crop of horseshoes welcomed the arrival of survivors. the tattoos were checked so owners could be notified. and then there s these four. they were found clustered near the rubble. feels good. especially for the little one. lucky. the west virginia state fire marshal was called to investigate but so far no word on the cause of the fire. they are saying it is accidental. the barns involved were privately owned and like most barns did not have sprinkler systems or working smoke detectors. i know this is in the beginning stages. did you have a chance to talk to the owners of the barns or any people who lost horses. one owner was down there. she was incredibly upset by what happened and felt terrible. i spock to one gentleman who had lost two horses and had one horse injured. it is an emotional attachment to these
and helping democrats get theirs in the election weeks away. bill: look at this poll we found, the newest fox news polling showing a whopping 93 percent of americans are concerned about the state of the economy. john fund is with the wall street journal, good morning to you on a monday here. what is the $50 billion in roads and airports, what s that all about? well, it s about what the stimulus didn t deliver. you know, the secret of the stimulus was in the end, only 3 1/2% of it went to infrastructure projects, roads and bridges. there weren t as many shovel-ready projects as we told there were. most of the country from the government went to make sure they didn t lay off state and local public employees, so now the president is coming back with part two and part two is supposedly to build this stuff we didn t build in the first stimulus. the problem with that is it s not going to kick in for at least 18 months or two years, because that s how long government takes to do
will join us live at 7:00. and holly will get some hockey lessons. there are some new tax laws and changes that you need to know about. an expert will join us live to explain those. at 9:00, improving your diet and health in 2010. we ll get five healthy tips from a licensed dietitian. fox 5 morning news is just getting started. good monday morning. it is january 4th. see that camera shaking there this morning at 5:00. that is because the wind are still pretty strong out there today after really stiff winds over the weekend and pretty cold to start the day too. i m gurvir dhindsa. i m steve chenevey. back to school after the christmas break but the bitter cold weather forcing some school system to hope a bit later. algainy and garrett county public schools on a two-hour delay. clark county and frederick county schools in virginia are delayed one hour. allegheny and garrett county public schools on a two-hour delay. you can check out myfoxdc.com for all the school