right now, we are following breaking news in montgomery county. a two alarm fire burning at a four-story apartment building. you are looking at pictures from news choppers seven of above. it seems the fire may be out at least from the outside. this is happening on manchester place at silver springs. information is still coming into the newsroom at this hour. we are told the fire was at the top floor. firefighters may be in the process of rescuing some residents. we have a crew headed there right now. stay with us right here and we will bring you more information as we get it. to another top story.

an 18-year-old girl killed in a horrific crash in montgomery county. it happened on route 29 and new hampshire avenue in white oak. john gonzalez has been on the scene all morning long. he has new information about the young victim. john: the collision reconstruction is on the scene here hours after this horrific fatal pedestrian accident. you can see a number of police officers and investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened here, what the speed was, where the pedestrian was at the point of impact. the team has been identified as michelle hoya, a student at montgomery college. from where we are standing, it does not appear that this female victim was at a crosswalk. it does not look like there is a crosswalk anywhere along this stretch. we want to show you some video of the vehicle that was involved in this. a brown four-door toyota camry.

extensive front end damage. it happened right near the oak leaf drive. >> the female was crossing route 29 in the area of oakley and was struck by a south on vehicle. that vehicle and driver remain on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. >> i feel like other families going to school and dropping their kids, there is no crosswalk or anything at this site at least. it is dangerous. officeru can see the escorting this female across this busy route 29. investigators still trying to figure out what happened and if speed played a factor. the fire department telling me they have had about a dozen fatal history and accidents in this county. now, wedeveloping right are working to find out what exactly happened during an alleged assault in the district. police found a man unconscious

in an apartment this morning. we are taking a closer look at the investigation. >> a person trying to break into an apartment unit here was injured by the residents inside. take a look behind me. this happened along the 3600 block of eli place. here is what we know so far. we are told the suspect did not actually break into the unit area residents opened the door and the suspect arrested in trying to rob the person. residents fought the intruder and the intruder was injured. when we arrived on scene, and amulets took off a few seconds later. quite possible the intruder was inside. we are told at that point around 7:00 this morning that the person inside the ambulance was unconscious w. who saidto a resident

she has been robbed before on the third floor in broad daylight. she said the person tried to rob anything she can get her hands on. she is considering moving because of this. this is an ongoing investigation. we will let you know as soon as we get more details on what exactly happened here this morning. d.c. police also investigating a deadly stabbing at a nightclub. it happened around 1:00 this morning in the northeast near union market area police say the victim died from injuries but have not released any other details about his death or what led to the stabbing. we are working to find out more information so stay with abc seven and wjla.com for any updates. we are learning more about a deadly attack at a school in sweden. a teacher and student were killed. several others injured.

one student said at first they thought it had something to do with halloween area the 27-year-old entered the school dressed in black and armed with a sword. he cut five people before police shot and killed him. prompted then what attack with the school has more than 400 students arranging from preschool to high school. hillary clinton facing some tough questions. you are watching the special house committee on the benghazi attack. clinton is taking a break from the campaign trail to testify before the committee today. this started two hours ago. already some heated remarks. morning, hillary clinton will testify before a special house committee investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks. militantst by islamic

left four americans dead, including new york's ambassador chris stevens. >> wasn't because of a protest organized out for a walk decided to kill americans. >> at what point does this make? it is our job to find out. >> testimony was supposed to be definitive on the attack but with republicans leading the probe, a lot more answers. it you want a window into libya and what was happening in the weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador e-mails? >> there have been seven criminal investigations into that attack. it is time for the next round and this one is expected to go for eight hours or more. >> i don't know that i have very much to add. >> clinton will face tough questions from several republicans and five that seven --seven republicans and five

democrats. we put together a benghazi special committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. >> that was kenneth reporting. you can watch the entire hearing on our sister station news channel 8. we will have complete coverage and analysis tonight on abc seven news starting at 4:00. to the race for the white house now, where there appears to be a new front runner in the republican field in the state of iowa. take a look at this. according to a new poll, dr. ben carson has climbed to an eight point lead over donald trump. carson has 28% support from likely republican voters followed by from with 20%. marco rubio came in third with ted cruz and rand paul rounding out the top five. to the weather department now. the warm weather trend is continuing on your thursday.

cooler conditions are just around the corner. in time for the weekend. devon: tremendous thursday going on, but like you said the warm taken downnd will be takin with the warm front. one of the best views coming from arlington national cemetery. look at the colors starting to show here. we are a step away from 70 in washington. 73 in leesburg. bigger picture with the satellite and radar together. just some high clouds. maybe just a couple of clouds our way, but it will not bring temperatures down. we had record in baltimore. aiming for 75 today. 60's for the next couple of days. what is not seen their is just after saturday and sunday, marine corps marathon day.

some rain showers in the mix. when we come back with our complete forecast, we will look at the seven day forecast. also we will look specifically at when the rate will be most likely in our complete forecast minutes away. >> thank you. a family of five now i've their home as of this massive fire this morning in gaithersburg. the smoke could be seen for miles. suzanne kennedy has more on the challenge the firefighters faced trying to get it all under control. suzanne: the large fire started around 7:00 this morning. take a look behind me on damascus road. you can see the fire is still smoldering. 75 firefighters responded to this two alarm blaze between root 124 and route 90 for. -- 94. there have been no injuries. there are very few fire hydrants.

you can see there is still a significant presence of firefighters. authorities dealing with it here this morning. this is a single-family home. part of the roof is collapsed. three adults and two children are displaced as a result of the fire. authorities are just now beginning to investigation. all they know at this point is that it started in the garage. four people sent to the hospital after a fiery crash on the icc this morning. this is the scene this morning. it happened right around route 29. a pickup truck ended up in the back of a tractor-trailer. the truck caught fire. four people suffered nonlife threatening injuries. no word yet on exactly what caused the crash. why we get a check of the rest of the road conditions right now? danielle has a look at the problem spots. danielle: looks like we have some good news after the two previous batches.

this is a look at route 29 without the traffic moving away from you. traffic has returned to normal after the fatal collision in the area just south of new hampshire avenue. traffic is moving a lot better now. you see the earlier delay did extend our back --far back. on the icc right where the crash was, that really has returned to normal. the eastbound lanes were shut down at one point but traffic is moving at speed on both sides of the icc in the area just past new hampshire avenue. that is good news there. take a look at the camera on georgia avenue. a crash working just north of this point. police activity in the area. the outer loop seeing some traffic right now. the right lane is blocked with some road work. much. thank you so coming up on abc seven news, new details on a traffic shooting --

tragic shooting. what led to the death of a four-year-old girl and the men under arrest. why hands-free devices may not make you any safer behind the wheel. we have surprising new studies today. why major local rail service may not be running by the end of the year. taking a live look outside, devon will be back with his full forecast after the bre

jummy: let's get back to our breaking news happening right now in montgomery county. a two alarm fire burning at a four-story building. we have the breaking details

with brad. brad: the good news is this fire is out. you can see this was a four-story brick building. the fire didn't get into the attic.you can see some damage of their . did get into the attic. you can see some damage up there. the installation rained down on him. sooty conditions when i got here. tough to fight these fires. we are told there are 12 apartments, 12 families displaced. the good news is no injuries. no serious injuries. they did not really have rescues here but they did help people get out of the burning building. it was burning. flames were really pouring out of the attic. heat coming out and reaching into the sky. we are told the entirety of this building is now going to be condemned until it can be rebuilt. an interesting sad fact is this

is the third major fire in montgomery county just today. fortunately, no injuries. this is the sort of thing we see. we saw seven fires in one day the other day when we start getting to this heating season. too early to say what the cause of the fire was. the bottom line is it took two alarms to get it under control.no major injuries . 12 families this place --12 families displaced. jummy: two other news now. the suspect in a shocking road rage incident in new mexico killed a four-year-old girl. he was arrested yesterday after an anonymous tip led investigators to him. police say the little girl was in the backseat of her father's pickup truck on an albuquerque highway when a sedan pulled up next to them and opened fire. it allegedly started because torres and garcia's father kept cutting each other of the

roadway. it happened again. aronist set-- an fire to a church. in each case, the fire was that outside the door when the building was empty. fire investigators are urging the public to contact them if they see anything suspicious. rewards totaling $9,000 are being offered for any information. a disturbing new study about those hands-free devices. you can remaina, distracted as long as 27 seconds after you stop using the device. if you are traveling 25 miles per hour, that is equal to driving the length of three football fields without paying attention to the road. locally, about 67% of drivers hold so they believe they are distracted 10 seconds after completing a task. it could be the end of the line for vre passengers come the new year. a safety measure known as positive train control needs to

be installed on every train and rail before december 31. right now, it is not look like the ra will make the deadline. it says it has met its end of the deal that the portion of the by southern have not installed their system in time. the will be definitely strike the traffic. devon: it will be a problem, but what is not a problem today is the weather. perfect out there. it will eventually come to an end with a quote from tonight. a great letter from the national harbour --a great look from the national harbor. there is a live look at what is going on. here are your current temperatures. 70 degrees in washington. 65 officially in d.c.. we will be in the 70's before long. a gorgeous thursday. anytime you can work the average and a little about it, you are

doing really well in the fall. the worst of this will make its way southward. we are into this smile pattern in washington, but it comes to an end. this front is through tonight. it will cool us down friday into the weekend as well. a little brisk wind to work with but only enough to usher in the cool. lettuce reset our forecast and go back to now. we go to the nighttime hours and track exactly when the front is set to come. about midnight is when it will be here. it does not bring any precipitation with it, just a couple of clouds. you notice temperatures dropping by the afternoon tomorrow. tomorrow morning, not bad. a light jacket again. no rain. it is not frigid. sunny day. really shows we have upper 60's. pretty uniform temperatures. 66 washington. about --na and billy

bowie about 65. the uppernty into 60's and even close to 70 in some spots. here is a look into saturday. plenty of sunshine. just one or two clouds. lower to mid 60's on the board. let's go back into our forecast and how we will look when we wake up tomorrow. with that front, we will have a couple of clouds. the last of the clouds will be pushing through and clearing by the morning time. a beautifully sunny day the rest of the day. the afternoon probably 67. still not bad for an october day in washington. seven-day forecast. here is the cooler weather. 67. marine corps marathon on sunday. a few drops coming into the forecast. with but a few showers into the morning time frame. it might be a little more likely midday with some light rain

coming in. it should not be heavy enough. not be a nasty rate when you have to bring the garbage bags in. just some sprinkles and comfortable temperatures. jummy: if you're trying this long, you might as well -- if you train

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nearly 9 million vehicles are impacted by that recall. we are learning more about discrimination allegations against the washington redskins. former redskins running back clinton portis told espn radio that when gordon was the head coach, he lost players support because he split the locker room between what he calls ballers and christians. he said if the players did not share the christian values, he he said they were told --he said they were told they were not doing it right. cooley says he does not believe that. the coach was fired in 2009 after going 4-12 in his final season. another beautiful day out there. devon will be back with how long it stays that way. also a

jummy: a nice warm day out there? devon: there will be fewer so take these days and when you can. we may not see many more. mid to upper 70's possible. cooler and some rain chances possible into the weekend. we will track your weekend rain chances. jummy: thank you for joining us. be sure to watch abc seven news at 4:00. have a great day.

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