we were on the scene in the district heights. jake korff is now. he has the story of one woman s for two reasons. leon, fire officials say that just before 8:00 a police passing by. he sought a column of smoke, over, and yelled for residents to run. it felt like i was in a dream. was, oh my gosh. she woke up from a nap to a outside of her window. i looked out the window, i everybody looking up. smoke and fire. flames were surging from a level unit of the district heights building. they were heading straight for her. she only had another time to run. not have time to save who were to her family. i do not know. my kids. flames reporting from all three levels when they . they said, you have to go. the fire came precariously close to her unit. i am thankful. i hope everybody is okay. it took nearly an hour for to extinguishrs blaze. several units were destroyed. the building is now unlevel. fire officials say it does appear as everybody managed to escape uninjured
about this moment. a grandmother on trial, she is killing her granddaughter. a shocking motive. plus, breaking news from capitol hill. government shut down been avoided? why president obama is now linked in. live and in hd, this is abc 7 news on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org we begin with that breaking news tonight. police are investigating the of a 6-year-old girl. officers were called just two hours ago. a family member found the child in a bathtub. here is a video over the scene. the 6-year-old was rushed off to the hospital where she was dead.nced police are on the scene investigating. to our other top story. an incredible new video from inside the washington monument. take a look at the security footage. shaking, then you falling as tourists safety. the first images we inside therom monument when the earthquake struck. live at now on the national mall. more on what happened. you just saw that remarkable video. rememb
have not been in the water. the e-mails the tiny husband to his dead wife. the questions the husband is asking. cashing out on a campaign fever. tying starbucks to the white house. live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00, on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org the mystery deepens in aurora aru broward big developments. a judge orders gary giordano to spend the next 16 days behind bars. investigators try to determine if he on this is behind the disappearance of robyn gardner. people claim he has a violent history. stephen tschida has in sight for those tied to him. gary giordano maintains their occurrence swept robyn gardner away. tonight we spoke with a woman who says there is no way he would have gone into the water. the decision to keeping gary giordano 16 days in jail has some women who spoke publicly about run ins with him breathing easier. i am really relieves. he will remain behind bars while investigators f
forecast. i am jake korff, it in one of ottest spots and there wrote region. in the region. is the nfl deal done? we begin tonight with the conditions caused by wave that is hitting the nation. eratures have barely dropped reaching nearly 100 degrees today. local governments will be opening cooling centers tomorrow. with localck utilities, there are no major power outages. abc 7 has extensive coverage of the heat wave with jay korff and ut we starthida, b with bob ryan and a first look at the forecast. we are still under an excessive heat warning. it really should continue all the way through saturday. the nighttime is as dangerous as daytime. here are the temperatures and oing on.g the current heat index in washington, feels like over 100 degrees. even in frederick, because of the dupont and the excessive he midi, because of the two. the excessive humidity, it over 100ls like it is degrees in fredericksburg. the temperature is right now, over the area, with peopl
garage. tonight, students are outraged over violent crime on campus. john gonzalez has the latest on the search for the attacker. we understand that, the students here pay annually to park their cars and bikes in this massive five story parking garage that is open until 2:00 a.m. each night. last night, one of those students was walking out, headed to the dormitory across the street, when she was attacked. she was not harmed, but students are concerned that someone has her school id and access to the campus. usually if anything happens, it is off campus. students admit they are getting used to hearing about crime off school grounds, but news of a student attack on campus has many alarmed. it bothers me. the crime on campus is usually pretty low. a female student had parked in the parking garage when she was attacked. some coed s feel this should not be something they should have to worry about. you pay tuition to come here. if we could get some security? the man