Flower Branch Apartment natural gas explosion that killed seven people in Silver Spring back in august. Stephanie ramirez joins us from Washington Gas headquarters in northwest where details of a lawsuit were laid out. Stephanie . Andrea, good morning. Good afternoon i should say. Today attorneys filed two lawsuits flaming the Flower Branch naming the flower Branch Apartments company k management and the ken im in front of company im in front of. Washington gas, today survivors helping them made the announcement here clearly to mike a statement and an attorney with bailey and glasser says one of the complaints is a class action lawsuit. The other represents about 30 people who were either injured or who died in the deadly Silver Spring natural gas explosion that killed seven people and injured at least 25. It also displaced more than 150 people last august according to attorneys. Many of those displaced stood up here today to say they are management and Washington Gas of a long history
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The final republican president ial debate before the Iowa Caucuses went on as scheduled and without donald trump. The gop frontrunner was just three miles away holding a Campaign Event of his own. Karin caifa reports from des moines. Fox news had an extra podium to the side of the stage. They said they didnt expect to use it, but had it just in case donald trump made a lastminute decision to he did not and his top rival acknowledged it, right out of the gate. President ial candidate let me say, im a maniac. And everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly. And ben, youre a terrible surgeon. Now that weve gotten the donald trump portion out of the way in the absence of trump, candidates tried to take a more civil tone with their counterparts on the stage. At one point cruz went after the moderatorssaying they were trying to bait candidates into still the canidates did clash over differences on immigration, leadership, and electability. Meanwhile three miles away from here at Drake Un