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for now, we re live in rockville. i m kevin lewis, abc 7 news. thank you, kevin. the state board of education will need to approve the county board s pick for an interim superintendent. larry bowers is currently the assistant operating officer and held that job for the last 16 years. he was set to retire in june. he served as the interim superintendent where as well as the budget director and assistant superintendent. he has been with montgomery county public school systems for 37 years. alison? meanwhile, across the river evidence that alexandria schools are making the grade. the city is at the top of the list of best education in mid sized cities. the system gets high marks for its 12-1 student-teacher ratio and the national average is 16-1. hats, scarves gloves. kids needed all of that today to go to the bus stop this morning. kids and adults. cold out there. by afternoon, the chill did ease up a little bit especially if you were in the sunshine. chief meteor ....
the driver got out to look, them got back in, drove forward and got stuck. that crash set off a fire that engulfed the entire front of the train. hundreds of shaken passengers had to be evacuated through the back cars. that train was carrying about 750 evening. i m derek mcginty. also tonight the barbaric murder of a jordanian pilot by isis is creating outrage around the world. a video released today shows the pilot being set on fire in a cage and burned alive. it comes weeks after isis offered to trade the pilot for that now executed female al- qaeda prisoner in jordan, but there was already dead. isis captured the 26-year-old when his f-16 crashed on christmas eve. the video is not dated and jordanian television says the pilot could have been killed up to a month ago. jordan s king abdullah, ii consulted with president obama at the white house tonight. he cut short his trip to washington to return where jordanians showed their support of the pilot calling him a mart ....
Democratic candidates for district attorney, county clerk and the Senate District 24 seat will likely go unopposed in general, making today the vital vote. ....