good evening, i m doreen gentzler. and i m jim vance. dozens were displaced by that fire. it happened in an apartment complex in the 1200 block of g street southeast. jackie bensen is live with this story. reporter: jim, there were a lot of people who needed help right away. it was a chaotic scene. and then the door right here got stuck. i had to kick it open to get out. reporter: the fire broke out about 8:00 p.m. on the third floor of a large apartment complex in the 1200 block of g street southeast on the eastern edge of capitol hill. the building is owned by the district and provides housing for a number of low-income people. quite a few of whom are physically handicapped and use wheelchairs. with the handicapped people they couldn t go down themselves. i told everybody to go back into their apartments. i mean because the smoke was too thick out in the hallway. some residents complain that a door to the third floor stairwell, had been jammed for over a week, a
it s unbelievable. it feels like february. it sure is. tony is joining us with why it s so darn cool. it felt like april yesterday and feels like february today. we have a cold start to the day and then we get back to normal tomorrow and then above normal for a couple of days after that. you know how it goes, folks. up and down this time of the year. 28 degrees in the nation s capital. 26 in baltimore. dulles airport is at 26. patuxent naval air station is at 30. in winchester, it is 24 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar composite for the region. you ll see clouds down to the south. we have a few clouds across our skies. not a lot though. mostly sunny skies again today. cloud cover and precipitation across the great lakes region with snow flying around up there. we will be precipitation-free for today. it will be a cold day though. we had highs in the 60s yesterday. these are your projected highs for today. they range from 38 degrees in frederic
right now. nice sunrise coming up there on this march 3rd, 2011. you will notice it is cold out there. a day to bundle up. good morning. thank you for being here. i m gurvir dhindsa. i m steve chenevey. glad to be with you on this thursday morning. today, national cherry blossom festival organizers will announce the peak blooming dates. they will give a preview of plans for this year s festival. we just saw the nice sunrise. i keep looking for the thermostat to turn it up outside. it looks pretty but not following through with the temperatures. i like the talk of the cherry blossoms because that does mean we are getting closer. although every year, it is a little bit chilly during the cherry blossom festival but we are headed in the right direction. yes, we are. today, we have a ways to go. we ll show you how things are happening up this morning. apts cold start to the day. it will be a pretty sunrise and a nice day. but temperatures are primarily in the upper 0s
county teacher who pled guilty this morning to seven counts of possessing and transporting child porn ogg raff. kevin rix is expricks is set to sentenced. prosecutors call the man pure evil. it s almost that time of year. time for the annual cherry blossom festival. a press conference is going on right now to let us know when those trees are going to be in bloom. that s where megan mcgrath is now. are people getting excited about the blossoms coming? and i guess this cold weather is not helping bring them out. reporter: absolutely, there s a tremendous amount of excitement. thousands of people come to washington, d.c. to see the cherry blossoms. the trees are down along the tidal basin but the announcement was made at the museum. you can see the festive cherry blossom balloons they have hanging out front. they are gearing up for the festival, march 26th. it lasts until al10th. we ve had some pretty bad weather as of late. we ve had a lot of damage to trees all around the
southeastern sky. it is down in to the low and mid-20s. weather watchers reporting windchills in the teens. winds only gusting around 15 to 20 miles an hour, you need your warmest winter gear on this thursday morning. we have a clear start to the day. just a few whispy clouds coming over. and by 9:00, it will still be blow freezing and still a bit plus it terry, but then noon mid-30s and only reach near 40 for a high by midafternoon, so a big change from yesterday. then back down into t 30s by la afternoon. a look at your night planner at 6:11. how is traffic? breaking news on the capital beltway. a major impact on your commute. maryland side, accident inner loop just before you get to old george town road. the right side of the roadway. right now we re told it s an overturned vehicle with only one travel lane getting by. as a result, traffic coming up from the american legion bridge to river road, coming to a stand still very quickly. now what i fear will happen because we