here's what's happening right now. firefighters are searching through what is left of this mansion for anyone who may have been inside when it went up in flames this morning. ♪ ♪ my country 'tis of thee ♪ people across america celebrating the life of martin luther king today. and the nationals add a big arm to their pitching staff. good morning, everyone. welcome to nbc 4 news "midday." i'm barbara harrison. trying to figure what sparked the flames at a

multimillion dar home. the flames started around 3:30 this morning. news 4 richard jord sn following the developments at the live desk. richard, good morning. >> reporter: hi barbara. good morning. it is still smold erg more than seven hours after that fire broke out, it looks like the home will be a total loss. to live pictures above the fire scene. you can see the white smoke still billowing in the, abut when the fire was hot it was a four-alarm fire and anne arundelfighters leading thee hydrants in the immediate area so water had to be brought in. the family who lives in the home is reportedly out of town on vacation. firefighters are still seeing if there were any victim there's. hosing down the hot spots making sure the fire is completely out, but it looks like an empty shell of that home. take a look at what the house

looked like before. 16,000 square feet of lavish property there in annapolis, now side-by-side you can see the damage done in a matter of hours. it looks, again, like that home will be a total loss. destroyed there by these flames. still no word on the cause. firefighters expect to be there most of the day working to put out those hot spots, also checking to see if perhaps there is a victim lying there in that rubble. for now the latest from the live desk. barbara? >> thank you, richard. today thousands honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. preparing a march in southeast d.c. a look at the parade route. megan mcgrath is live with what the day means to those people there these many years after martin luther king jr.'s death. >> reporter: barbara, here here on mlk avenue south east and you can see all the people who turned up for the peace march about to get under way followed by a parade.

we have been talking all morning long to folks. people at mlk memorial and at other places around the city asking them about martin luther king jr.'s life and legacy. ♪ a day to remember through song -- ♪ and with ceremony. a wreath laid at the martin luther king memorial this morning. although dead for more than 40 years, king's message of -- >> hope prosperity. liberation. >> reporter: remains relevant today. >> ferguson was the wake-up call for this country, and so again it shows some things have changed and some things really haven't change and a fundamental level. >> i'm an australian. so we also have racial issues with our own indigenous people. so for us to be here on a day like today reminds us of the imparities to treat people equally.

>> reporter: many who came to his memorial this morning brought their children so they too, can carry king's message. >> the next generation has to keep up where he left off. if it doesn't we'll basically be back to square one, and that would be a terrible thing. >> to be honest a little overwhelming. you grow up learning a lot about dr. king and what he stood for, and what it means for my race and what it means for the world in general. >> he would help people or just understand what's right and what's not right. >> reporter: and so the peace march set to get underway right around 11:30, that's what we're told followed by the parade. actually there are events taking place all around the region today including a very special gathering later this afternoon at the national cathedral. in southeast, megan mcgrath news 4. >> thank you. a gray monday morning, but temperatures are on the rise now. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first

forecast. hey, chuck. >> good morning, barbara and good morning, everybody. plenty of clouds around this morning. even a few lonesome ray showers and isolated snow showers as well this morning. here's the view from the tower looking southbound. you can still see littl shafts of light rain trying to get to the ground. most evaporateing before it gets from the clouds to the grass. nonetheless, seen a weak wave of low pressure go by that's wrung out a couple raindrops and twitter followers in damascus said it was snowing a brief time an hour or so ago. that pink area between damascus where we had a little bit of light snow. not enough to cove the ground but conversational snowflakes to say the least, all running southeast-bound and drying up as it goes. see the general trend on improving weather picture for us. as a result a cloudy start now. temperatures in the 40s. most neighborhoods, and getting more and more clearing as the afternoon goes along and as a result tempera the upper 40s. breezy at times. more sun and clouds today.

no bitter cold in the week. and tracking more rain or snow this weekend. more than whip the seven barbara? >> chuck, thank you. searching for the parents of a toddler found wandering the streets alone in southeast washington. police found the little boy just before 1:00 this morning along morris road. the child was not wearing shoes. right enough to the toddler is with child protective services. and right now a woman killed in metro's underground emergency is being remembered by her family and friends. about an hour ago they walked in for a memorial service for carol glover. it's happening at the capitol hill baptist churn in northeast d.c. the medical examiner ruled her death acute respiratory failure causeed by smoke xpoesh perp lived in alexandria on a train when smoke filled the plaza and train last monday. congress holds a briefing with the national transportation safety board on wednesday, d.c.

delegate eleanor holmes norton called for the briefing. the ntsb released rts preliminary report and found 45 minutes passed before power was cut to the third rail of that train before first responders were able to reach passengers. d.c. fire & ems also released an initial report finding firefighters had a tough time communicating with one another. you can read both reports on nbcwashington.com and also see all of our stories online. be sure to stay with news 4 for continuing coverage. and new this morning, we're already reading articles about the nationals and the world series now that max scherzer is coming to town. scherzer was an all-star the last two years, and won the american league cy young award to the league's best pitcher back in 2013. he sirened a contract to play for the nats through 2021. we don't know how much the deal is work right now or what the terms are. check for updates on the

nbcwashington app and news 4 sports team learning more i'm sure and we'll bring it to you first. new information out today. how the u.s. figured out who was responsible for the sony hacking. plus stunning video of the aftermath of an attack. the man is left with the weapon still attached to him. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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breaking news just in to the live desk right now pap construction worker taking a frightening fall in rockville. pictures from montgomery county fire and rescue on chapman avenue near thompson avenue. that construction worker was injured. he reportedly fell from the roof and landed on a fifth floor balcony. he was about 60 feet above ground. he was eventually lowered to safety by firefighters and paramedics. no word on the extent of his injuries but he is receiving some medical treatment now. that's the latest from the live desk. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. see you again shortly. amazing, an alarming video of a man with a tire iron in his head. right now the man you're looking at is in serious condition. attacked with a tire iron in new zealand when somehow this happened not exactly sure how. he called for an ambulance from a gas station and what the station's owner said.

>> it looked like a halloween stunt where people with those halloween costumes but that was real when turned around blood was coming down the side of his head. >> the man had to be taken to two different hospitals before doctors could remove the tire iron from his head. police in knew zellnew zealand say their looking forewhoever attacked him and why. a report in the "new york times" u.s. cyber spies penetrated the cyber systems and how they knew north korea was behind the sony attack. monitoring north korea the past four years. the u.s. did not have any advance warning of the sony hacking through its monitoring program, though. the fbi learned about it when sony called the agency back in november. that's when investigators went back over the surveillance and confirmed that north korea was, in fact, behind the hacking. we now know who will be sitting with the first lady during the state of the union.

plus the latest on the investigation into gunfire. outside vice president joe biden's home in delaware. definitely under a cloudy sky in northwest washington. temperatures seasonally chilly by january temperatures. the big question anymore snow in the forecast? at least there's a chance of it coming up on wednesday. more details on that with your seven-day forecast coming up.detted@@0 l

. new today, vice president joe biden is honoring the legacy of martin luther king jr. this morning he spoke at the organization of minority women's 31st annual mlk breakfast in wilmington, delaware. >> they had families they had stories, they had a humanity dae nigh denied them by an assassinal but it who judged them by the color of the uniform they wore. as dr. king would say, not the content of their character. >> while biden was speaking investigators are trying to figure out who fired shots at the vice president's home in delaware. nbc's tracie potts reports on that. >> reporter: this morning, the secret service is trying to figure out who drove by vice president biden's home saturday night and fired multiple

gunshots. the secret service heard it so did a neighbor. one agent saw a car speeding by. soon after police report more shots fired in the area. >> questioning people trying to bring it all together. maybe checking cameras in the last retay place they passed to see if they can figure who was in the car, who was shooting what's it about? >> reporter: half an hour after the shooting a man drove by. questioned and detained after resisting arrest and not charged in the shooting. last week a delaware national guards base the vice president uses raised security after five cars stopped by in two days to ask for directions. authorities found that suspicious. also last week the fbi revealed separate plots to bomb the u.s. capitol and poison house speaker john boehner. four months earlier, a knife-wielding fence jumper made it all the way into the white house. the secret service is under scrutiny. as a result there's an internal shake-up happening right now with the secret service. four top managers are being

replaced. tracie potts, nbc news washington. right now hundreds of people are at a rally for gun rights in virginia. they're at the general assembly in richmond. several gun rights speakers are scheduled to address the crowd right now on the say the capitol grounds. this happens every year in the commonwealth. a few buses left from our area to go there this morning, and should return this afternoon. the state of the union is tomorrow and right now president obama is putting the finishing touches on his speech. he has spend weeks in a pseudocampaign to push his message this year and could make big changes to tax law and also make internet access and the price of college key points in his address, we are hearing. even though republicans are expected to reject most of his proposals, he put out a message online asking for bipartisan support. >> and i'll call on this new congress to join me in putting aside the political games and finding areas where we agree so we can deliver for the american people.

>> the address begins at 9:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. and we've also learned about lots of people who will be there. alan gross, from montgomery county in the first lady's box. you probably remember he was released from cuba just months ago. he spent five years in prison there. gross' wife judy will also be there. also from our area, kathy pham who works to improve health care in computer science, donald is the hetty, working to fight ebola in west africa will also be there. and catherine pugh from maryland also part of the white house guests that day. there will be a lot of road closures in place for the state of the union address. we also learned the potomac and anacostia rivers restricted. the coast guard is blocking off the big area in yellow starting at 5:00 p.m. you can see it on our map, to maintain security throughout the

event. and for more on the state of the union we're joined by luke russert from msnbc "the briefing." >> hey, good morning. >> stoop down a tiny so you're not towering over mere. >> can i move down? live on tv. there you go. we'll show you. you're bigger than me barbara, without doubt. you are. >> so happy to have you with us. you'll be with us on mondays and fridays. you're with "the briefing." we'll talk about that shortly so people will know what it is but we're going to hear from the president. will he reach out to republicans tomorrow? >> he will reach out on the issue of trade, and that's something that is not a very sexy political issue that a lot of people tay attentionpay tangsattention to. actually face some opposition from his own party on that but the main thing we'll hear from president obama is really a plan

to go after those who are the top, top, top of the income bracket. the .01%. not eastern the 1 percent. the .01% called the trust fund loophole. he'll go after sort of monies it's complicated, we explain it on our website and on our show today. monies stored away not taxed as sort of capital gains allowing the ultra wealthy, top .01% to own 42% of the wealth in the united states. leaving the message of economic populism. >> any big surprises we can expect in the speech tomorrow? >> no. not to the many and that's reflective where the president is. he's now in the seventh yeesh of his presidency. we shouldn't expect there to be too many surprises in that front. i do think, though this message about economic populism and how it pertains to the top .01%

that's sort of framing a debate for the democratic party moving forward. president obama is sort of capturing a progressive bend that was really brought in by the senator from massachusetts, elizabeth warren. >> quickly, can you tell us who you quick joni ernst will be like -- >> a meteoric rise. this time last year barbara, a pig farmer in the state legislature in iowa. talking about castrating pigs. right? in her campaign ad. she's a veteran. she's someone that a lot of republicans have her eye on and will be giving the response to president obama. that's a big deal to get thatut for her ahead in 2016. it's a possibility of her to be definitely on the short list of vp pockets for republicans. america will be introduced to her tomorrow for the first time. >> luke happy to have you with msnbc shift. check us out. 10:00 a.m. friday morning. already up on the web. check it out. >> looking forward to seeing

you. >> below you, barbara, literally and figuratively. >> still sitting above me. always been taller than me. i remember when you were 7 years old. >> i know. great to see you. >> luke will be reached on twitter at lukerussert, for his thoughts on the speech. >> @lukerussert. it's twitter. fix your prompter. tweet jer that wasn't barbara's mrs. take. the prompter's mistake. plus one for you. >> i read what i see. not all the time. thanks a lot. >> take care. one final tv taping joan rivers will play tonight at "celebrity apprentice." you want to see joan river on the "celebrity "prentice" this

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pope francis legitimate the philippines after a five-day visits. facebook you'll hear and see him. the vatican says it was the largest crowd ever for a papal visit. this morning, learning new details about pope francis' upcoming visit to the united states. the archbishop bernaditto says he'll arrive september 22nd. celebrate mass at the national basilica. pope francis may also make a

speech before both a joint meeting of congress. then he'll leave our area on the 24th to address the united nations in new york. his last stop is philadelphia for the world meeting of families. later tonight, you'll have a chance to get one last laugh of joan rivers what we were just talking about. one of the late comedienne's taped appearances airs on "celebrity apprentice" serving as an adviser. watch starting at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. and right now they are accused of a multistate crime spree. coming up a look at charges a teen couple is now facing. plus the first look at our seven-day forecast and the first look at our mid-week snow chances, too. and why the actual football of one of the nfl playoff games is being investigated. stay with u

right now in the southeast, an suv on an icy road in yonkers, new york narrowly missing a long line of parked cars and then smashing into a curb. the driver was not hurt. but yesterday icy roads did lead to crashes that claimed at least five lives across the northeast. drivers were urged to use caution. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us now. things are okay although i was out earlier.

a little ice, even with the tebs? >> a little bit, not much. temperatures well above the freezing mark that ought finish off the snowflakes on the road. a weather picture, clouds moving out. city camera view looking towards the washington monument there. noecht the notice the blue appearing in the sky. clouds scouring out by a drying westerly breeze. as a result we should get more and more sun as the day goes along. 45 degrees at reagan national airport. northwestily wind averaging 13 miles an hour. a cooler drier air mass pushing in. as a result things get clearers a the day goes along. cool air is the rule. in leesburg and gaithersburg and near 50 in pullculpepper and stafford.

hometown forecast a report of snowflakes earlier today, damascus maryland the shout-out for the home town forecast today. mostly cloudy now. 40 degrees. no snow left. we did have that report of some snow from about 9:00 and 9:30 this morning. by 4:00 today, clearing skies, more sunshine. breezy. temperature 44 degrees and 37 by 8:00 tonight. across the rest of the area temperatures climbing to near 48 degrees for a high tote and drifting back into the low 40s by 5:00 or 6:00 this evening and by 10:00 tonight back down into the upper 30s. milder inside the capital beltway, but it remains on the breezy side. time lapse radar, going back four hours in time. you can see this impulse of snow that you drifted across the high spots of northern montgomery county and western howard county. that did not, again, accumulate to anything but it did get a few mentions on my twitter feed earlier today. anytime you see a little bit of snow like that coming out you can feel free and encouraged to send me a note.

now all that light rain and snow shower activity pushed out to the south. moving away. we won't worry about that. for now all eyes turn back out to the far west. doesn't look like much yet. that's the leading edge of our next elberta clipper racing in during the day wednesday. what to expect wednesday? rain showers likely in the morning changing to a mix of wet snow in the afternoon and there may be minor accumulations. have our storm team 4 app at the ready free from the going's play store or itune store. for today, clearing skies leading to a seasonably cold night tonight, temperatures back into the 20s and 30s. tomorrow a mix of clouds and sunshine. not a bad day to be outside but clouds come back in by early wednesday. that chance for rain mid-wednesday morning and with the colder air, a chance anyway for snow up through the early afternoon hours. best chances to see accumulations across the northern area. but maybe a little snow coating the ground inside the capital beltway by wednesday mid to late

afternoon, but a temperature challenge for this clipper to work with unlike the last one. this one has nowhere near as much cold air to work with. 40s today. near 50 tomorrow. maybe that rain/snow mix on wednesday and then clearing out a little bit late in the week and so far barbara the weekend ahead looks great. >> sounds good. thanks chuck. this morning, a kentucky sheriff says the teenagers who staged a multistate crime spree are scared and just want to go home. police in florida arrested 18-year-old dalton hayes and his 13-year-old girlfriend. the couple is accused of stealing cars and checks. authorities plan to extradite them to kentucky to face several felony charges. black lawmakers are promising a new legislative fight for criminal justice reform. the push comes after months of protests over the deaths of unarmed minorities at the hands of police to underscore their goal members of the congressional black caucus attended church in ferguson missouri where michael brown

was killed back in august. the chairman said that protests are a "turning point in race relations." the visit to ferguson coincided with martin luther king jr. day which is of course today. a family is hoping surveillance video will help catch a driver who crashed into their home in prince george's county. the crash happened early saturday morning at a home at the intersection of chapel ford road and it caused damage to the garage and laundry area pap father and his kids were home at the time and no one hurt. his wife was at the hospital with her sister who had just given birth. if you recognize that car that hit the house, please call bowie police. on this martin luther king day, several are giving back to their communities. a lot of people are giving back. in prince george's county the fighter department and ems teams are joining members of the american red cross for a day of service. they are going door to door to hand out working smoke alarms to

homeowners who don't have them already. and can you volunteer in fairfax county. head over to the jewish community center of northern virginia in fairfax or the lutheran church in mclean. the next scheft begins at 1:30 this afternoon. this is the sixth year volunteer fairfax is inviting you to give back to your community in honor of dr. king. we have an update on a story you saw first on "news4 midday" last week. a silver spring couple investigated for neglect for allowing their children to walk home from a park alone. she stopped by the "today" show with her children who say they're responsible team's self-reliance and responsibility. >> we're completely shocked this is a net case investigation, we're amazed this has become a national conversation, because we're just doing what our parents did, what was considered perfectly normal just one generation ago. >> they say the investigation infringes on their parental rights and invades their

privacy. they're meeting with cps later this week. found in the dirt. scientists make a discovery that could fight the most dangerous super bug. plus a new call for the redskins to change the team's name. stay with us. we'll be back in just a minute.

news for your health this morning. it looks like dirt may help you keep healthy.

nbc's marpty mclean tells us how scientists are using soil to develop a cure for bacterial disease. >> reporter: this bucket of dirt from maine could hold the key to beating drug-resistant super bugs. a team of researchers led by scientists at northeastern university has discovered and antibiotic that looks to be effective at killing deadly pathogens. even more promises those pathogens weren't able to develop a resistance to the antibiotic. >> we've shown it is highly efficacious in curing mice in a number of diseases and that is a good predictor that it may be efficacious in humans as well. >> reporter: it's not hard to find bacteria in dirt but very hard to make it glow lab. until now. the researchers used and i-chip a new technology helping microbe microbes grow. >> this gives us a discovery platform from which we can

discover with reasonable confidence additional compounds. >> reporter: creating new pathogens they can't adapt to could help heal a worldwide crisis. the u.s. centers for decease control say 2 million people a year develop the drug resistant bacteria and die. >> it is reaching a tipping point because the development of new antibiotics has been pretty slow over the past decades. >> reporter: researches home the discovery of this new antibiotics may change that. but before you grab a shovel and start digging for potentially valuable main dirt researchers won't say where they found it. only it was a grassy field somewhere along the coast. one of the researchers dug it up while here on vacation. the scientists say it's likely there are many other compounds in other dirt piles waiting to be discovered but the one in maine -- >> starting to wonder maybe there is something special about

it. so we will go back and we will sample there, and we'll see what happens. and new this morning a new group is now coming down against the redskins name. the fritz-pollard alliance created to promote diversity and works closely with the league. they talked with the nfl for months before writing a public letter saying the name is disrespectful and undig if a phied. the grew played for the redskins back60s. and new this morning, some question about the game balls used in the afc's championship game. the nfl is looking into whether the patriots deflated game balls during the 45-7 victory over the colts last night. apparently one ball was taken out of action to be weighed. if there is proof of intent the patriots could lose some of their draft picks. however, the patriots will still be playing in the super bowl february 1st is game day.

now less than two weeks away. this is the patriots sixth super bowl in 15 years. their opponent the seattle the championship last year. that makes them the first team in ten years go back the year after they won. we'll have lots of coverage leading up to the big game. watch for jim handly's reports on news 4 at 4:00 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. coverage of the game starts 6:30 super bowl sunday right here on nbc 4. wait until spring to visit the virginia home of thomas jefferson. the changes made right now that will make that visit a lot different, if you wait. and it's restaurant week in d.c. a look at one of the special dishes available for a special

right now a multimillion dollar transformation of thomas jefferson's monticello is under way. tour at the historic mountaintop plantation set to be expanded as 11 spaces upstairs restored and open to visitors. the tours are designed to give people a much closer look at both the architecture and private lives of jefferson and his family. >> you could actually get beyond the rope and see and experience the house and maybe a little more intimate manner. >> bedrooms and a nursery are re-created on the second floor. monticello had been using many of those rooms for storage over the years. the restoration should wrap up by this march. all of these guys? i know your name. they feel invincible with you up

there. >> they're not. >> they are. they are if they think "american sniper" ruling the box office. broke the record for biggest opening day for a drama and for best january weekend. it stars bradley cooper add. winter restaurant week in washington. a three-coarse lunch menu $25, three-coarse dinner $35. participating, find it ramw.org. one of those restaurants is del frisco's double eagle steakhouse and the chef scott crane here

is to talk with us. >> we opened september 19th of last year. >> where were you locatesed? >> city center northwest between north and 10th on i street. >> are folks finding you there? >> definitely. >> but participating in restaurant week does give you a lot more exposure. doesn't it? >> absolutely. a great opportunity for new guest whose haven't tried the restaurant to come in and have a chance. >> how many restaurants do you know in the area participating? >> over 200. almost 250, from what i've told. >> good lunch prices starting today. can you get a $20 lunch? >> cruising out of here to push out some lunch, yes. >> and again what time does dinner start for that $35? >> lunch ends at 4:00. dinner starts right there. start the menu then. >> $35 for that. let's talk about what you make there. not just steaks i hear? >> no. today i'm doing a salmon dish actually. salmon piccata. >> see how you make it. >> so you've got your hot pan. season the salmon with a little salt and white pepper. both sides.

>> that looks good. >> a little butter into the pan. >> you use butter? >> yes, of course. butter makes it better. >> yeah. my mother always said that. that looks good. >> put it down and let it get a nice sear going. nice color developed on the fish. and -- -- >> how long should you usually cook it? if you -- you want this salmon to be cooked but pink in the middle? >> yeah. i like it just past what i would call medium a pearly effect. >> i like it like that too. some people like it actually raw. don't they? >> it's not uncommon to find it seerd raw. >> ready to turn it over. >> needs a little more time but -- you know at del frisco's in addition we serve usda prime beef and on the front of the table, a signature cocktail. the v.i.p. >> want to show me one of those? >> get closer to one of those? >> this is taking its time getting ready. what's in there?

i don't think i can drink it right now? >> that's up to you. i didn't see anything. >> this is -- >> what's in it? >> clementine vodka. soaked in pineapple for two weeks. >> ooh. wow. >> yes. >> let me just smell it. i don't think they'd like it too much if i started on this, this early in the morning. let's turn this over to get it going. even if it's not -- oh yeah a beautiful color. very pretty. >> nice color on there. >> move along to get people to see -- >> let it cook a couple more minutes. so it's to the desired doneness. to show you the making of the sauce, we'll pull it off. and then -- plate it set up your plate like that. >> okay. >> and in the sauce. >> first in the sauce, shallots. >> those have to -- >> you got it. i'll do this. >> what an assistant. i love t. yeah. i've come over to help out. >> okay. when those get a little -- a little sweat on them you can start to smell them a little. go with a little white wine. >> all right. okay. >> running out of time. >> the white wine's gone.

>> expedite. you know take your time doing this. moving it along to get it all n. then the butter melts in. >> and you decide the proportions as you move along to what you want? >> depends. you like a lot of sauce, need more butter. >> yeah. right. >> so the butter goes in. >> then -- >> go lemon, squeeze of lemon. >> okay. and looks like capers there? >> got capers. >> all right. that looks good. >> okay. >> and that just -- >> maybe another salt and pepper. and then you can just -- >> pour that right on top. >> put a little on top of the fish. >> i like that. >> that looks beautiful. great shot and i know you'll throw that on there, let me tell people there's a photo contest issued during restaurant week. all the information on the website. nbcwashington.com. chef so happy thaw came. >> my pleasure. >> can't wait to taste that. looks delicious. >> enjoy. >> we're toast with that a

little later. >> see you at del frisco's this week. >> scott craner executive chef of del frisco's. thank you for coming. time 11:52. coming up selfies stick a great new tool for, yeah that's what it's called a selfie stick. what it does. is it necessary, though? plus another roller coaster ride weatherwise this week. when snow could be an don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls... ...gets you there in just 60 seconds. go bold with flavors that kick. release a devastating avalanche of taste on your tongue. bury yourself in the flavor full of sweet icing and filling. call off the hounds! rescue is unnecessary. pillsbury toaster strudel, the snow day of breakfasts.

we're following several developing stories throughout the day right here on nbc 4. first, firefighters are trying to figure what sporked the flames at this multimillion dollar mansion in annapolis. look at the home along childs point road with that we took from chopper 4 earlier. you can see, the home was destroyed. look for an update coming up today on news 4 at 4:00. president obama is honoring martin luther king jr. by participating in a community service project later this afternoon. the white house says the president and the first lady will help with the project at the boys and girls club of greater washington later today. and a parade honoring martin luther king jr. is about to start in d.c. it's taking place in southeast washington on martin luther king jr. avenue. it's expected to last until around 2:00 this afternoon. you've probably take an few selfies recent. now a new trend is sweeping the selfie scene. we explain. >> reporter: selfie was the

oxford dictionary's word of the year in 2013 and the challenge to get that perfect pic has people going to even greater lengths. arms have limitations especially for group selfies, but selfie sticks can stave the shots. >> selfie stick is basically, a long pole sometimes it's adjustable. >> reporter: first popularized in asia they've made their way to the usa. some models have bluetooth fwhilt so the stick can control the camera shutter. consumer reports terry sullivan says make sure you have good lighting. >> because your phone isn't image stabilized the further you hold your selfie stick out from you, the more the little vibrations are going to create a blurry photo. >> you may not necessarily look cool using it but by ma anyone plating the light and angle of your photo. >> you can create cool effects. >> reporter: but not everyone is a fan. >> it's probably the single most useless, ridiculous seen i've ever seen. >> reporter: some say selfie stick users are too narcissistic

and self-involved f. your sarm not long enough have someone else take your photo. it's just called a foet then. >> always in the arts going back centuries and the difference is now with the instantaneousness of broadcasting it you know to everyone. >> reporter: which brings to mind last year's oscars. >> imagine how many more celebrities that ellen could include with a selfie stick? >> rafael seth nbc news. and time now for a final check of our forecast. here's chuck. >> all right. a little chance for snow coming our way on wednesday. there's our futurecast model. 10:00 a.m. wednesday, cold rain in washington but a chance for snow up across northern maryland panhandle of western virginia. and into the capital beltway by mid-wednesday afternoon. doesn't like like a big storm. good news. anytime you fight a rain/snow challenge, tricky. doug and bj will have the latest coming up tonight at 4:005:00 and 6:00. that's it for news 4 atf.

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