Knocking down hot spots after a ssive fire damages apartments y county. Were live on the scene there. And new this midday, Police Confirm the identity of e body found in a park as t search intensifies for that ssing girl. Leadin candidates in the democratic race for d. C. Mayor. Goodmornineryog, ev. Welcome to ns 4 miay. Im barbara harrison. Its tuesday, april 1st. We begin wh a developing story in rockville. Fire crews are ming progress on a huge fire that broke outt a devepment under construction. This morning, the flames have subsidedbut the damage has been done. This fire broke out iercle very ady gre road and i270. News 4s Megan Mcgrath is live this morning and has the latest for us. Rorter this fire broke out a little before 4 00 this morning. Hos later, we still have firefighters he putting water on some of the hot spots that ared up. You can see them up there on that water truck. Thats jusone of the companies on the scene. Also spraying water ther ladder ere on the roof line. A
Than a short time ago. Take a look at this video shot when this fire was really rolling and you could get an idea for the intensity here. This is a very large building that appears to be a block wide. It seems to be some mixed use, commercial use on the bottom and apartments and condos on the top. The building, though, was under construction. We are told that nobody had y moved in. So they didnt have to do any evuations. Nobody was hurt. But you can see the tremendous amount of damage done by the fire. You can get a birds eye view and get an idea of th size of this building. We have just a tremendous number of firefighters here on the scene from where im standing i can actually see two of the ladder trucks. They have been just throwing water on this thing nonstop since we arrived. Absolutely no lull in the action. As i look around the corner. I see a third truck hosing down the other side of the building here. They do have windy conditions but folk has been hurt. Im told this is the de
Departed. This is the moment of our deepest sorrow. Our nation has lost its greatest son. A short time ago president obama had this to say about Nelson Mandela from the white house. His journey from a prisoner to a president embodied the promise that human beings and countries can change for the better. His commitment to transfer power and reconcile with those who jailed him set an example that all humanity should aspire to, whether in the lives of nations or our own personal lives. The fact that he did it all with grace and with humor and an ability to acknowledge his own imperfections only makes the man that much more remarkable. The president went on to say he didnt think it was likely wed see mandelas like again. Joining us now via telephone is former d. C. Mayor, Current Council member marion barry who was i think you were mayor still when Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1992. Am i correct, mr. Mayor . Absolutely, derek. My relationship goes before then, one thanksgivin
Sex tapes. Plus, tragedy in maryland. Two youngsters killed in a terrifying house fire. Witnesses tell us what happened, as investigators search for clues. And we are wrapping up a week of wild weather, with bitter cold temperatures and while we may even see more snow this weekend. Well begin with a story we broke on thnews edge at 6 00 tonight. A Child Exploitation ring busted. Three local High School Boys under arrest. Thank you for joining us. Im brian bolter. And im shawn yancy. The boys were accused of getting teenage girls drunk and making sex types sometimes after the girls passed out. Maureen newman has the details. Reporter the tapes were allegedly passed around West Springfield high school, coming to the attention of School Officials late last year. Now, three teenage boys, students at West Springfield, have been arrested. The arrest happened on january 11th at West Springfield high school. Three student athletes, one 15 years old, the other two 16 years old, busted in connec
Carry firearms . Virginia governor bob mcdon gnu weighs in for us and a National Retailer yanks rifles. Police are investigating a High School Student after reports he made threatening comments. Im shawn yancy. Im will thomas in for brian. The people of newtown are continuing the agonizing task of laying to rest the victims. Were learning more about what happened in the moments following the attack. Jennifer davis is in newtown with the latest. Reporter it does not feel like christmas is days away in newtown where the community buried two more 6yearolds today and a man that lived near the school shared his memories helping students. Christmas stockings carefully hung bearing the name of each child. These women decking out a tree, a simple reminder of the season marred by funerals. James mattioli and jessica rekos. He didnt know why they were there but took them into his home hearing about the attack firsthand. This boy said we cant go back. We cant go back to the school. We cant go bac