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Daughter mad i gan and 6yearold sophie from the fire that ultimately took their lives. The he was in shock, his face was black. He had burns. I mean, she was i mean, it was hard getting any information. She kept saying, my babies. Reporter neighbors stood by watching in helpless horror, knowing the precious value, knowing there was no possible way to save them. The whole front was engulfed in flames. I tried to go around back with my ladder. When the garage door fell, it act lie a totally charged flame. You couldnt even get close to the house. The fire broke out about 11 30 thursday night. Gentleman lillard, their wife, their 8yearold daughters morgan and 7monthold baby sadie all made it out. A firefighter was also injured. Is the home located in a rural area was of wood frame construction, very little remains. The fire will be investigated by a joint Fire Department Law Enforcement task force that looks into all fatal fires in frederick county. The fire is still until investigation. The task force is working to determine that cause. Neighbors say that 6yearold sophie was homeschooled by her mother. Reporting from myersville maryland, jackie bensen, news4. We have a developing story. The white house says it does not know the motive for todays deadly bombing on the edge of the u. S. Embassy compound in ankara, turkey. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives after entering a security checkpoint. Turkish Authorities Say the bomber was a member of a banned marxist group. That group has been designated as a terrorist organization. Kristin welker joins us with reaction from the white house. What is the white house saying about this . Reporter strong condemnation from the white house, jay carney saying this is a terrorist attack, making the point that they have not confirmed who exactly is behind this. Though, as you point out, turkish Officials Say it was a 40yearold man who was connected to a leftist organization in turkey. But, again, the white house condemning this action, urging americans to stay away from the Embassy Building there in turkey. Also urging precautions in all of the embassies overseas. Remember, this comes several months after that attack against the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. State Department Officials working to make sure that these types of attacks are pry vented, but again strong condemnation from the white house. You also have breaking news in and out . We understand the secret Service Director Mark Sullivan made some news this afternoon . Reporter thats right, we expect him to announce his retirement by the end of the day. Director sullivan has served on the secret service for more than 30 years. I am told by my sources this decision comes because he has had such a long career with the agency. He also wanted to do this after the inauguration, wanted to make sure that he saw this through the inauguration and then made his announcement that he was in fact retiring. Of course there was some scandal that occurred during his tenure at the secret service. Youll remember the allegations that agents were engaged with prostitutes during the president s trip to cart hen cartagena. An investigation found that the secret service handled that investigation properly, that they followed all appropriate measures. My sources are telling me that director sullivan believed this was the right moment to announce his retirement, that essentially he can at this moment go out on a high note when this very positive report has just come out about the investigation into that secret service scandal. Also the last day for secretary much state Hillary Clinton. She got a big farewell. Thats right, she gave a somewhat emotional goodbye to her colleagues there at the state department, how honored she had been to serve with them, how much she will miss them. She told our own Andrea Mitchell that shes looking forward to sleeping in for the first time in a long time. Theres a lot of speculation whether she will run for president in 2016. Tons of speculation on that. Im sure we havent seen the last of her. Kristin, thank you so much. Thank you. A culpepper jury recommends three years in jail for Daniel Harmon wright. Hes the former Police Officers, as she sat in her car in a culpepper Church Parking lot last year. News4s Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter david cull remember is live outside the courthouse with what happens next. David . Jim, what we saw was some of the most emotional testimony since this trial began. It seems that temperature may have influenced the gyres as they considered a recommendation of a sentence for Daniel Harmon wright. Among those who took the stand today, his own wife. She told jurors amid tears and choking up that since this incident began, theyve lost everything. Dianswer estes wright throughout the trial she took the stand pleading the jury to be lien jent. She said and her 17monthold child have had to move across the country. Financially they said they have nothing left. Brendan king also took the stand. He served in iraq with him during the war. Dan fought for his country, we followed orders, we all went to war and did the best job we could there. He came home and wanted to init to serve, and he did the best job he did. But the special prosecutor said what about patricia cook, the victim in this case . He told jurors he would love to bring in cooks family and friends to bring in simply, but the law doesnt allow it. He went on to say Harmon Wright has not shown an ounce of remorse after the killing of patricia cook. He was a Police Officers at the time. Today fisher told the jury this act was done by a person in a position of trust, and he betrayed that trust. Outside the court, fisher reacted to the jurys recommendation. Im satisfied, nobody walks away from a case like this. Defense Attorney Daniel has. I was hoping for an acquittal. I dont think he was really guilty of a crime. I notice as that sentence was being read today, some of patricia cooks supporters sat there shaking their head in disappointment. Her brother, who has been at the trial since it started, was not here today. Judge seussen whittlock will decide whether to uphold the jurys recommendation or lessen it. Shell make that call in april. Live in culpepper, im david culver, news4. John leopold just resigned today, days after he was found guilty of misconduct. He announced his resignation and said it would be effective immediately. Leopold was suspended from the job on tuesday when a judge found him guilty hads to be sensed on march 14th. Questions now about the price youre paying to rye those brandnew express lanes in virginia. Some drivers are asking if the price is going up when it shouldnt. News4s transportation reporter adam tuss gets answers from the people wo run the toll roads. Reporter you get what you pay for, but in the case of the beltway express lanes, are you paying too much . The price of the express lanes is supposed to rise and fall based on the number of cars in the lanes. The more trafficking there, the higher the price goes, the idea being that some drivers will be priced out and traffic will keep moving, but news4 has gotten complaints about the prices of lanes increasing even though the amount hasnt seemed to increase. Traffic has been increasing, it will continue to increase. Pierce says the price you pay is actually based on constantly changing factors, and driver mayes not be seeing whats happening along the entire 14 miles of the road. Those factors do affect the price you pay. Its been about 6 on days since weve been open. People are trying new routes, going different ways, thats all coming in, and the system is trying to maximize the value for that customer at a price that they want to pay. Reporter the average trip on the toll road, about 1. 50. A word to the wise, you should probably enjoy the current price of the lanes. Over time, express lane leaders expect the average trip to cost about 5 to 6. Some drivers sea they wont use the lanes. Anything over 2 is probably too much. Moneywise, i think a couple dollars is too much itches ill go in it on the cheaper 35 cents. If it gets up to 50, im like, not really worth worth it for me. Express lane leaders tell us they expect more growth with traffic. They say the road is in a rampingup period. Along the belt way adam fu, news4. All the festivities continue down in new orleans as we inch closer. Dan hellies joins us live with an unorthodox press conference with the coaches. Reporter yeah, wendy, it was different super bowl xlvii about 48 hours away. The game will be played behind me in the mer sends benz super bowl. It was an interesting morning for the head coaches, tir final full day of practice. The number one story line continues to be two brothers battling it out for one super bowl title. This morning john and jim harbaugh held the firstever joint press conference for super bowl head coaches. Both agree that this game is going to be decided on the field. Its going to be the guys out there, you know, on the field whose face is marred with blood, sweat and dust. Those will be the guys that will determine the outcome of this game. Nothing that weve talked about over the last couple years will determine that. We understand it will be a great challenge, a great task, and that if we were to win this game, it will be wellearned. So, you know, thats really all were thinking about and focused about. And cant wait for it. An really excited to be here. One happy harbaugh for certain on sunday night after the super bowl. Its going to be an interesting dynamic for the parents, jack and jackie, if you think about it. You want to celebrate with the winning son, but you have to console the losing son at the time, maybe just let him have the night to sulk a bit. I dont know how its going to work, but it is interesting that the harbaughs have such a huge role in this years super bowl. Theyre all over. Hellie, thanks a lot. Laurel, maryland is stuck between ravens land and redskins country president find out how super bowl sunday has one Community Divided right up the middle. Plus the floodwaters have receded, but some people are still unsettled about the way evacuations were handled in a neighborhood. A virginia man saves thousands for a brandnew patio only to be told he has to rip parts of it right out. After the county admits a big mistake, not once but twice. The news4s iteam shows you how a simple house renovation turns into a yearlong nightmare for a virginia man. The county admits it made a mistake not once but twice. Its the homeowner paying for that problem. Tisha thompson and the news4 iteam explain what you can do to make sure this didnt happen to you. Chris fleming says he should have been enjoying the patio, but now the county is promising a new system to prevent it from happening again. Dreams of grilling with family and friends have gone up in smoke for chris fleming. Im angry. Im angry, because i did what was asked of me. Reporter he saved 5,000 to billed a patio behind his woodbridge townhome. A day after construction his homeowners told him he need add zoning permit. He got one from the county the next day. I got a her roughly three weeks after the process was completed that said we messed up. Reporter Prince William county revoked his permit, saying zoning officials miscalculated how big the patio could be. Fleming spent more than 560 to appeal, but lost, meaning he would have to tear some of it out. To make sure his patio was legal this time, he personally sat down with the county Zoning Administrator. They had rulings out, i submitted all the paperwork that they asked for. Reporter he shelled out another 800 to makes the changes, filling the holes with river rock, hope that was the end of it. November 13th, i get a new her saying, look, we bailingly messed up again. Reporter he had two options rip out even more, or appeal again for another 560. To makes a mistake multiple times on one property on one project clearly it just does not happens very often. He admits mistakes were made, but the county was within the right. It gives the Zoning Administrator 60 days to correct any errors or interpretation. Reporter thats why price recommends waiting 60 days after your permit is approved. Make smur plats are up to date and check with your hoa for additional requirements. The likelihood of this happening is very she small. Reporter Prince William county is creating a new tracking system to alert other agencies Good Properties with a history of problems. 170 conveyor feet, why bother with concrete at all. Reporter for fleming, his patio dreams continue to shall risen. In the end it will not likely cover the ground under his deck. As it gets smaller and smaller, i guess my friends better by smaller and smaller. He heads back to the appeals board later this month and estimates he spent more than 2,000 extra on the project. He could have faced criminal charges if he hadnt fixed the patio. The county tells us they dont actively look for thinks violations, but are usually alerted by an upset neighbor, which is what happened in this case. Tisha thompson, news4 iteam. Not very neighborly. Tisha, thanks. Hashtag busy body. Gladys cravitch, right . The wind is kicking us out there. How low . Right now in the Single Digits and teens in parts of the area. Take a look. On your monday, you woke up to this ice. Some are twohour delays. But then just two days later, temperatures in the 60ss, even in the 70s. That turned into a big storm. And bigtime flooding. That storm moved out, in came the cold area. This morning we saw the snow across the region. What a week this has been. Look where we are right now. At 28 degrees, plenty of sunshine, but look, that sun just about to go down, sunset tonight after 5 30 for the first time this year. That puts our windchill of 15 who cares about the temperatures in look at the windchill. 11 in frederick, 9 in gaithersbu gaithersburg, 13 in manassas. Here we are coming into a friday evening going out for a night on the town. Its going to be cold, hour by hour, taking you through windchills. 15 by 8 00, 15 around 9 00, and 14s at 10 00. If you are going out tonight, make sure you bunding up. Put it on tonight. The radar is clear for now. What we saw this morning was a little area of snow that came through. Most of our location picking up a half inch to an inch of snow. The roadways mostly fine. But out towards the east, take a look at this. The snow band right in here, picking up 4 to 6 inches of snow, even parts of anne arundel county, as ha storm system really started to develop just off the coast. There it goes. In came in the cold, breezy if not windy the wind was howling, and now we turn or attention. Moving in late tomorrow night, into the day on sunday, it is going to stay cold, too, we not only had a couple chances of though, also into next week. Tomorrow partly cloudy, the temperatures 12 to 19. It will be a cold start to your saturday and your weekend. Tomorrow afternoon increasing clouds, possible snow well into the afternoon or evening hours. It will be very light. Im not expecting any accumulation here. Temperatures 31 or so. Sunday 41, 36 on monday, another chance of light snow. Tuesday and then again on wednesday, both days temperatures around that 40, 41 degrees market. We the end of the week temperatures 48 on your friday. So weve got a lot of little systems coming in, but thats exactly what theyre going to be. I do not expect much accumulation, but once again, any of these could put down a quick dusting like we have seen the past couple weeks. We saw three of them in the past week. And all together they equal about, what, 2 inches . Most areas, yes. When you put it that way. All right. Doug, thank you. A little perspective. It looks a little creepy, but some fake patients are being put to good use. Well explain, ahead. Very creepy. A waitresses is hanned a pink slip for posting a receipt online. Why the picture went vile. Dan hell yisz returns live. Hes catching up with two redskins legend on the anniversary of their super bowl victory. These homeschoolers are hopeful this may be the year the General Assembly approves a bill. A. So where will you be on super bowl sunday . Big plans. Dan already has a jump on us. He caught up with two of the most popular redskins of all time. Were talking joe gibbs and Doug Williams. Reporter two of the biggest names, together against here in new orleans for the super bowl, doing charity work for the habitat for humanity. Joe fwibs flew in, and then out. He was in town for about three hours. It is the anniversary of the redskins victory in super bowl xxii, 25 years later. Doug williams says he appreciates it even more now. When i came up, i knew about the robin sons, rudolph, jessie owens, and joe lewiss. After that game, coach robinson told me you dont even understand the impact until you get older. The older ive gotten, the more i appreciate the opportunity to play in that game. The amazing thing he almost had a trade worked out before the season to send him to oakland. He came to me and he said, look, honestly lets consider this, we started working around the league, had something worked out with the raiders, and i made the mistake of telling him. So then overnight i changed my mind. He comes in the next day. I went, hey, i changed my mind, were not going to do that. Doug, i think thats the only time he ever got mad at me. He walks ticked off. I said, i think youre going to do Something Special, and we have a conversation that both of us remember. I said, hey, i think eel do Something Special and i cant do this. After that, from that point on, he was all redskins, not a word about it, never held that against me, and of course the rest is a great story. So that is a story that took place. That was part of that whole year. The way everything worked out. Reporter do you believe in karma, doug . Let me tell you something. Every day, the spirit much coach, i know what he stands for, and he told me that day, he said you know, it was going through one here and out the other one. I said, coach, you cant do that. And he looked at me and turned to me and