Firefighters went to the offensive fire tack and the rescue. The rescues included pulling two people to safety by ladder from balconies. Favor victims treated for smoke inhalation. 30 people displaced heading to the holiday. That building was very pretty. They had the lights all around it. You know, so im sure everybody is devastated. I hope christmas comes for them. Many people are stoic now. But it will hit them. The red cross says replacing the lost gifts for displaced children will be a priority. We are going to provide assistance today to meet those immediate things folks have clothes, food, replacement of medical items. We will also have conversations with them about where they plan to go. The red cross is working with the families tonight. There were a number of children displaced. Local churches have been gathering goods, clothing, that sort of the Management Company looking for the vacancies within the complex to put families up tonight so they can try to rebuild the lives. Fo
6 50 in the morning. That is minutes before they got a call for help. The units arrived quickly. Make the call. The next challenge was water supply. The complex was overwhelmed by the department of the fire hoses. They had to get them off of properties. They were trying to put them out. There was people screaming. Then the fire trucks are coming. Everybody getting out the building. Many more displaced. The families were looking forward to the holiday. The red cross, the churches were working with them and make sure they have the shelter. The churches are working on the clothing. The Fire Department in conjunction with a red cross to replace toys that the children might have been expecting from santa for christmas. Reminder of the new smoke alarm law taking effect in two weeks. All alarms that are older than ten years old must be removed and replaced with the new alarms with the tenyear batteries built in. Once those are installed you dont replace batteries. You replace the device once
The Venice Film Festival and why she waited so long to speak out. The College House party that was so crazy even the air tested positive for alcohol. And lottery fever. The 223 million Mega Millions jackpot grows even larger overnight and thats not the only megajackpot up for grabs today. Oh, we can dream on this wednesday, cant we, about that jackpot . Well start with breaking news from capitol hill. Senate republicans have passed their historic tax bill. They voted after midnight 5148 along party lines. Its a major victory for President Trump who immediately tweeted the United States Senate Just Passed the biggest in history tax cut and reform bill and he announced a white house News Conference once the house votes. The average American Household is expected to see a tax abcs Arlette Saenz has more on what the bill means for you. Good morning, arlette. Reporter hey, good morning, kendis and diane. It was another late night in the senate but republicans were beaming as they passed the
Teachers did not follow grading policies. There was also poor recordkeeping and irregularities with grade changing. School ceo dr. Kevin maxwell responded to the audit in a meeting held tuesday. He says intense training Going Forward should be able to solve these problems. We believe by providing more targeted training we can improve staffs adherence to policies and procedures. Upgrading technology through the auto makes of archaic processes will minimize potential areas for fraud. Yesterdays meeting also pointed out that there was suspicion with prince gorges county schools stemming from more than a year and a half ago. Its 4 31. New video showing the arrest of a ward 8 advisory commissioner. News 4 has interviewed Paul Trantham about Community Concerns in the past. Now it appears he is the concern. Prince gorges county police had pulled him out of a locked bathroom at the Police Station yesterday. Come on, mr. Punk. Dont make me come inside there. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. Pol
50 degrees in leesburg. Bus stop forecast looking good. Kids will want a jacket because it is a little bit chilly in some spots. Through the afternoon cooler than yesterday. Well be around 50 degrees. More clouds. Nice and dry. The wet weather is down to the south. If youre doing your Holiday Travel anywhere from louisiana to tennessee to the carolinas, thats going to be wet. Where im heading, melissa, all the way down to florida, thats nice and dry. Bring back sand and shells and all of that. In waterford a brand new problem, 9 at Hamilton Station. All lanes blocked. Sounds like we have a vehicle on its roof here. In bound 66 at fairfax drive, also have a crash. That one is on the right shoulder. Northbound 270 at middlebrook road and germantown, do have a crash blocking the right lane. When youre looking at prince gorges county, no problems into town and out of town. The beltway is looking quite good. Were on the problem in waterford coming up. Tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaki