Newscast: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 8:35 a.m.

Senator Patrick Leahy says he’s working with a bipartisan group of senators to develop a compromise budget deficit plan that Congress can consider in the lame duck session. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Brattleboro to highlight the completion of repairs to 190 miles of railroad tracks. Health officials have confirmed that a second Vermonter has been infected with West Nile virus and is recovering. Two of Vermont’s most storied ski resorts that share a stretch of the Green Mountains in the Mad River Valley are going to be working together.