What we understand is that residents here in this community jumped into action to try to get those people out. Then a man driving this blue recycling truck stopped at the intersection after seeing smoke and fire coming from that house to help get those individuals out. This all happened just after 9 00 this morning. We just talked to that truck driver within the last 10 minutes. He says he could feel the heat coming off the house as he got out of his truck and tried to help those other residents to get the two individuals, a man and a woman, from the home outside of that house. We understand in talking to Prince Georges County fire officials, again this all happened just after 9 00 this morning. That that man is said to be in they are 80s and a father and daughter were taken to the hospital, we understand with smoke inhalation and burn injuries. This is a community effort. They say they quickly tried to get them out of the house here and they were taken again as we said to the hospital. Now, this has been fire investigators pouring through this house trying to search for a cause of all of this and i want to take a listen as we understand also a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter jumping in to help with all of this. Take a listen to what happened here. I immediately jumped out of my car and helped pull the lady out of the house as e. M. S. Personnel pulled up. I was driving down the street and as i got to the intersection, i saw flames coming out of the window and a couple of guys trying to pull someone out. And so i pulled the truck over and, you know ran up to try to help them get the lady out of the house. That was that truck driver that, again, tried to help that driver from her home. We understand that a firefighter was taken to the hospital for evaluation. After a fall that happened here on the scene of the fire. Now, the cause of the fire remains under investigation. We just asked that truck driver again within the last 10 minutes whether or not he feels like a hero. He said this is just a very tight knit community. He saw someone who needed his help. And he stepped in. Reporting live Brianne Carter abc 7 news. All right, brianne. Thank you. And we are following a developing story out of mexico this noon where a gas truck exploded at a maternity and Childrens Hospital in mexico city. Take a look at these images right here. At least three people were killed and dozens of others injured including many children. The mayor says the blast was apparently caused by a leak in the hose carrying that gas from the truck into the hospital. The building collapsed while firefighters were trying to extinguish those flames. A Winter Weather alert this noon. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect for parts of our area. Chief meteorologist doug hill is here with a look at what we will see and where we will most likely see some slippery conditions. Doug . Hi there autria. And listen, it looks like 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 this afternoon in that time period well have an area of sleet and freezing rain move in from the west and mainly the areas that will be affected the most will be north and west where a Winter Weather advisory are in effect in the northern and western suburbs. This area is moving pretty quickly. On the storm watch 7 snow machine, you can make it out now coming across the appalachians moving pretty quickly. It will only take a few hours to get closer and we think it will move through. During its passage, it will coincide with the rush hour. That means snow or rain and sleet and freezing rain in areas. The day is going to move quickly by the time more cold air wraps in, most will be out of here and well probably wind up with just some snow flurries. Quick look of one commuter model shows approaching the area at 4 00 to 6 00 this afternoon in the western suburbs and well blow right through and well get some flurries. Big story tomorrow wont be snow but very strong winds. Winter has a grip on us and wont let go. Important timing information with the sleet and freezing rain moving in a few hours. Autria . Because of that we have some School Closures rolling in. In virginia clark and rapahhanock schools are closing at noon. You can find all of the delays and the closures as well as the latest weather maps on wjla. Com. New this noon a 6yearold boy is in the hospital after being hit by a car while snowboarding. Boy was riding down a steep driveway on matthew mills road in maclean. He slid into a passing car. Police say the driver stopped to help and the boy was flown to the Fairfax Hospital with life threatening injuries. No charges have been filed. A water main break in the district has forced two d. C. Schools to close. This happened this morning on the 100 block of t street in northeast. The road is not closed but break caused a water outage at Mckinley Technology high school and langley elementary school. As a result those schools are closed today. Fairfax County School system is facing some tough decisions. Its dealing with a massive budget shortfall to tune of 100 million and as Jeanette Reyes breaks it down the costs and what this all means for students and teachers. Here at Falls Church High school, its business as usual today. But behind the scenes the fairfax County School district is facing some tough decisions in the 2016 budget as it scrambles to accommodate a fast growing student population. Packed with people when you walked down the hall constantly bumping into another person. The district ishan 100 million in the red and facing Harsh Criticism about some of the decisions its making amid the financial crisis. Heres a breakdown. The proposed 2016 budget is 2. 6 billion. Thats already 60 million more than last years. Contributing to that increase is a push for Later High School start times and four day mondays for elementary schools. Each will cost the district nearly 5 million. Another not so popular move, a 100 Salary Increase to members of the school board. According to superintendent karen garsa, they havent had a raise in eight years. She doesnt understand why spending money on other things besides our school. A less controversial measure but the most costly is an increase to teacher pay. The current starting salary is 47,000, lower than neighboring School Districts. A 3 increase means about 59 million. Its a costly move to keep teachers from leaving the district. I think the teachers are the ones that work with the students every day. And they work hard. And everything they have to deal with, i think they are the ones that deserve the higher salary. And the School District has until may to adopt a budget. That meeting is set for 6 00 tonight. Reporting in falls church, Jeanette Reyes, abc 7 news. This noon, were following new developments in the airasia flight 8501 crash. Officials now say the pilot was not at the controls when the plane went down. Indonesian Officials Say the black boxes show the copilot was flying the plane, not the captain who had 10 times more flying experience. Authorities say the copilot was trying to avoid storms when that jet climbed three times the normal rate. And then crashed. Its still unclear whether mechanical failure or pilot error could be to blame. Disappearance of Malaysian Air mrienz 370 has been declared an accident with all 239 passengers presumed dead. That means the victims family can receive compensation. Officials say they will keep looking for that aircraft. Flight 370 disappeared last march after taking off on its way to beijing. Its believed it crashed in the indian ocean. Well, time is up. Isils deadline to free a jordanian terror suspect in exchange for two hostages has now passed. Karen traverse reports on what were hearing about the negotiations and what it means for these hostages. The isis deadline has passed. The terror Groups Holding hostage a japanese journalist and a jordanian fighter pilot. They asked for a Prisoner Exchange. The release of an iraqi woman convicted of terrorism in jordan. If she is not ready for exchange for my life at the turkish board other the jordanian pilot will be killed immediately. Japans Prime Minister today expressed his determination to save him. The government of jordan has said its willing to do a prisoner swap but with one big condition. We want to see a proof of life of the jordanian pilot and then we can ta about the exchange. So far no proof of life has been given. If the Prisoner Exchange is carried out, Authorities Say a staunch terrorist with close ties to the leaders of isis will be set free. She was sentenced to prison for her involvement in an alqaida hotel attack in that killed some 60 jordanians. Many of them attending a muslim wedding. She had absolutely no qualms going into a wedding which there were sunni muslim women and children. This is the first time that isis has asked for a Prisoner Exchange. The Obama Administration has made it very clear the u. S. Will never agree to such a deal. We dont pay ransom. We dont give concessions. His wife says shes been contacted by isis. And she fears this Prisoner Exchange could be her husbands last chance to live. Reporting from northwest, karen traverse, abc 7 news. A Frederick County woman accused of fatally stabbing her grandmother has a preliminary hearing today. The 19yearold was arrested last month three days after lily morris died. Morris was found unconscious in her front yard. Police say harris called 911 and gave a description of a man she said was the attacker. Police believe she was lying, though. University of virginia hired a Security Firm to protect its students. The University Says the unarmed guards from gs4 will walk students home call for a safe ride or wait with them at a bus stop. And they will stand guard near fraternity that program gets under way on monday. Coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, murder trial troubles. The strange holdup this morning that delayed the murder trial of former new England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez. And pay up to speed up. The new details about the proposed i66 toll lanes and how you can make your opinion heard. Plus heading to court. How d. C. s top lawyer is drawing attention to a different side of the legal system. And Winter Weather alert this noon. Doug tracking another potential winter storm. Well hear from him after the break. Opening statements in the murder trial of the former patriots player Aaron Hernandez are finally under way. That trial was delayed for a few hours this morning after one juror showed up late for court and another sent the judge a note. Hernandez is accused of killing the semiprofessional Football Player oden lloyd in 2013. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty. Theres a battle brewing over a popular Birth Control device and it all started on facebook with thousands of Women Joining together on social media after claiming theyd been hurt by a device called assure. Tonight, at 11 00 the abc 7 iteam digs in to look at how often problems have been linked to this product. Its been on the market for more than a decade. Theres a renewed push to get it recalled. Abc 7 is there as a group of women from around the country take their fight to the halls of congress. Theyre not acknowledging what were going through. This has changed our lives. Some ruined peoples lives and they dont care. Tonight at 11 00, find out what happened after the company that makes assure cancelled two interviews that we set up. And at 5 00 we will explain why these women who say theyve been dealing with crippling side effects cant sue for damages. Another public hearing will be held tonight on a proposal to add toll lanes to i66. A packed house hearing at vdots Battlefield High School that was in haymarket. Now, this plan involves 25 miles up i66 from the beltway to route 15. There would be three free lanes and two toll lanes in each direction. Another change, the left lanes that are now h. O. V. Would be free only to cars with three people. If approved the changes could take effect in 2017. Tonights meeting, by the way, will be held at the Northern Virginia vdot office in fairfax at 6 00. The districts top lawyer is in court today. No big deal, right . Its not for the reason that you might think. As John Gonzalez reports, hes actually part of the pool of jurors being selected for a kidnapping case. He joked this morning saying he didnt want to be late this morning and be held in contempt. Karl racine is the top lawyer in the city. Well, today just weeks after being elected, the d. C. Attorney general is playing a different role in the Legal Process fulfilling his civic duty like any regular citizen called to jury duty racine arrived at 7 50 this morning at d. C. Superior court a few minutes early and waited in the security line for a few more minutes and became part of the jury pool. I found out just a few weeks ago, put this on the date and absolutely. Going to fulfill my civic obligation. I will note that the chief judge, judge Lee Satterfield has really made jury duty and the responsibility of all citizens to participate a core element of his administration. I think hes done a tremendous job. Jury participation rates are up and we need to do more than just beyond participation of juries. We need to encourage our citizens to be witnesses. If you see something, Say Something and come in and testify as well. The 51yearold democrat born in haiti, a resident of d. C. Since the age of 3 earlier this month was sworn in as the first elected d. C. Attorney general. At d. C. Superior court, John Gonzalez abc 7 news. As we mentioned right now at the very moment the attorney general is part of the pool of jurors being selected for that kidnapping case. His chief of staff tells us its highly up likely hell be selected. I wonder why. Ok. Hopefully, he gets released early enough to beat this weather thats coming. Another day another Winter Weather advisory. This one is interesting. Its a fairly narrow band of sleet and freezing rain thats going to move in this afternoon. Its going to go and a couple of hours later it will be gone. Big story tomorrow will be high winds around here. All kinds of stuff. Live look, i want to show you the campus of Frostburg University in Allegheny County in western maryland. A lot of snow on the ground. No snow falling right now. I point that out because our storm watch 7 doppler is showing snow. Air is very dry and the snow is evaporating before it gets to the ground. As we get to the afternoon, those levels of precipitation will drop down. The areas shaded in purple are Winter Weather advisories. Northern sections of howard county, Montgomery County towards frederick and towards the mountains of the piedmont. A fast moving system. With that said, temperatures are cold enough now that even though that its below freezing thats at the surface above ground there will be some pockets of some freezing. Thats how you get the mix. Were doing a little better. Reagan national 36. 33 at andrews. 33 at quantico. We expect these temperatures to rise a little bit this afternoon. Many areas north and west of town will stay below freezing. So metro areas south and east we could hit the upper 30s. Completely different weather at paern north and west of the city where well see somewhat colder where well get that mix. Thats why the Winter Weather advisory is in effect. This is satellite and radar combined here and the radar returns laid over top of the clouds and give you an idea of what were looking at. Its moving very quickly and theres all kinds of stuff in here sleet and rain the farther south you go its plain Old Fashioned rain and its one of the timing things again. This came through at 1 00 in the morning, it would not have the impact. Thats the timing, we think, it will push through. And with cold grounds and i took the dogs out this morning and have been walking them so very cold ground pedestrians and motorists alike, take heed. Late this afternoon, precipitation starts and it will move out and when it moves out tomorrow it is going to get windy around here. Futurecast shows a little fragmented line of the mixed precipitation moving through this evening and then it will clear out later tonight and then, strong gusty winds. We could have wind gusts over 40 miles an hour. Dont be surprised if were telling you later today about a wind advisory in effect. And then well stay bright and sunny and very cold through tomorrow afternoon and through the day on saturday and through sunday, we have another weather pattern to keep an eye on here. For tomorrow, 47 degrees and windy. 15 to 25 sustained winds and higher gusts. Check out the next seven days. Here are the numbers for you. It will colder and colder and colder. The big question is what will happen sunday night . There will be a more substantial storm center that will be affecting our area. We have up to a 60 probability for sunday night into monday of mixed probably changing to snow. Look at the highs. Only in the 30s. 20s on tuesday. And cant forget about punxsutawney phil. I mean im like a little kid at christmas. Come monday morning. Call him a rodent. Hes a professional rodent always have that. I heard hes only like 30 right, though. Pretty much. See what potomac phil does as well on monday. All right, doug. Coming up on abc 7 news at noon tgit is back. Preview of tonights shows. What Security Officials are looking for ahea he was convicted of misdemeanor reckless driving for going 105 Miles Per Hour on the beltway. Any updates on this story, well let you know on wjla. Com. Autria . The nfl is teaming up with u. S. Customs and Border Protection to make this years super bowl even more secure than ever. Federal officials are using the latest Technology Including hightech scanners bomb sniffing dogs and f16 fighter jets. Theyre working to secure anything and everything around the stadium. Were looking for any weapons, any bombs, any weapons of mass destruction. Katy perrys stage came in last night. We have got the portapotties and everything, food hot dogs hamburgers. The nfl paraphernalia, jerseys, everything. Even katy perrys costume. There are no Credible Threats for sundays game. Officers say they are prepared to respond by any means necessary. Thursdays are officially back. Tgit returns tonight on abc 7. Grays anatomy kicks off at 9 00 and then its scandal. Shonda ryan said this episode titled run is her favorite episode of tv shes written and done overall and at 10 00, its how to get away with murder with the sag award winner viola davis and stick around for abc 7 news at 11 00. Doug is back with the final check of this Winter Weather Doppler Radar showing the area of rain and sleet moving quickly from the appalachians our way. When we join you at 4 00 it will be hitting the ground oochlt youll hav [dramatic music] yeah hey [laughs] uh. Uh. Oh. [cheers and applause] im terry crews, and im in the mood to give some money away today on millionaire [cheers and applause] after a recent apartment fire, todays first contestant had to learn what it takes to start over from scratch a lot of family support. Hes here today to give back to the people whove helped him rebuild his life. 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