street. we are also learning four adults were injured, including two off duty firefighters. >> we're told it was a little boy inside that house. news 4's shomari stone is live with the latest on the investigation. shomari? >> reporter: good evening, right now fairfax county firefighters and police just wrapped up processing the scene here, gathering evidence. the house is gutted out, covered in ash, soot, and it has water damage. unfortunately, a young boy's body was found inside the house. let's roll some video. tonight police say the boy was found dead. a retired and an off duty firefighter tried to rescue the boy before fairfax county firefighters arrived. they apparently live nearby. the smoke pushed them back and medics drove them to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the fire started around 5:15 this evening on the 8100 block of arcade stre

engulfed in flames and heavy smoke, spreading to the house when they arrived. they put out the fire, walked inside and that's when they found the boy's body. a man and woman were in the house when the fire started. they got out okay. medics drove them a hospital with minor injuries. police didn't tell us if they're related to the child. firefighters rescued two dogs in if fire but they also found two other dogs dead in the house. there are a lot of unanswered questions right now but again fairfax county fire investigators and police are trying to figure out what happened here. they have not released the names of the people affected. keep in mind, i talked to the red cross and an employee told me he is heading to the thopt t -- hospital to try and assist this family. we'll continue to bring you the latest developments on our nbc washington app. i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> shomari, thanks. our other big story tonight, nothing short of heroics from five police officers in the district.

ending around this time sunday night. >> instead, they answered one more call and ended up saving a man's life. news 4's jackie bentsen is lise with the story. >> reporter: the officers actions are shown on a camera and they prevented what could have been a fatal outcome. you're seeing what they saw. this is not a drill. this is a police officer who's activated his body camera after coming across a car on fire in the 1700 block of gladensburg road. >> i tried to look in. couldn't see inside the vehicles. i'm going to break the window. >> reporter: you can hear the sigh remembrens as fellow offic to help. >> we were back at the stage. we had our minds on going home. another couple minutes, you know, if we hadn't been there,

it would be a different story. >> he's coming. >> reporter: the driver, dazed with the impact from the utility pole, is unable to free himself. temperatures in a burning car, according to the web site of forensic expert walters engineering could reach 1700 degrees in minutes. >> is anyone else in there? >> reporte >> adams jumped in and was able to pull the seat belt off of the driver. we pulled him from the car and got him away from the flames. >> reporter: sergeant nicole brown said her prize in the officers' fast actions grew greater as she watched the body camera video and saw them refuse to leave the car until they made 100% sure no one else was inside. >> anyone else in there? >> if he had arrived even maybe two to three minutes later it would have been too late.

of officer roberto adams, he couldn't be with us to be interviewed but he is the one that pulled the driver from the vehicle, got his seat belt undone. we're trying to get an update on the driver's condition. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >> amazing work by those officers. thank you, jackie. new details about a deadly crash in virginia. the parents of the woman who died are hoping her story might help save a life. police say the driver of the jeep in which she was riding had been drinking. g gabrielle perry was tossed from the truck and died at the scene. the man who was driving is accused of driving on a suspe suspended license. gabrielle's parents say she planned to take uber home. they're not sure why she

ahead of her. >> she had a plan. she had a plan. >> her dream was just following and working hard. >> gabrielle was 22 years old. she just graduated from hofstra university last may. she was working as a substitute teacher for loudon county school schools. >> i'm chris lawrence in the live desk where we retweeted breaking news. a d.c. fire chief says his department has made real progress but falls short on critical care. tomorrow morning, mayor bowser is going to hold a public event to tout the reforms, including what's changed since the district hired a private ambulance company to improve its service. the chief says they're responding much faster to residents who call 911 and improve their overall cardiac survival rate. but when it comes to advanced life support calls, he admits they're still falling short. in a er

pear med paramedics, chief gregory dean wrote "we still struggle with the availability of medical units and our response times for first arriving paramedics on critical medical calls have not improved." the department just sent a statement that they are aggressively looking to add medic units in order to improve their response. you can look for more of the reporting throughout the day tomorrow. >> thank you, chris. >> take a listen, a contentious town hall meeting in virginia tonight. so many people showed up to hear from republican congressman dave brat they couldn't all fit inside the building. congressman brat represents virginia's seventh district. that includes culpepper and parts of spotsylvania county. he says right now washington needs to focus on health care and the economy but some of his constituents say the congressman isn't listening to them. meanwhile, pressure is

comstock to her constituents face to face. >> some of her constituents organized their own town hall meeting and today they invited her to attend. they're part of a group called indivisible. its web site says it provides "a practical guide for resisting the trump agenda." they say they want a public conversation with their 10th district representative. a former republican delegate thinks they want more than that. >> well, i don't think this group is asking really for a dialogue or for a real town hall. what they're looking for a show. >> we have no desire to be confrontational in our communication with representative comstock. we're looking for her to be our representative and champion in washington, d.c. >> news 4 reached out to congresswoman comstock and her team multiple times about the story. we haven't gotten a response yet. it could be weeks before crews could get more graffiti off the monuments at the national mall. we told you about the crimes last night at 11:00. today police found more writings in black

some were on the d.c. war memorial. others on nearby utility boxes, everybody the world war ii memorial. the lincoln memorial and washington monument were hit over the weekend. police believe the same person is behind all six acts of vandalis vandalism. >> back here at the live desk, we're hours away from the deadline for protesters to leave their camp here in the dakota access pipeline and they are bracing for a standoff with police. protesters say the pipeline is a threat to the environment and their culture. but president trump signed an executive order clearing the way for construction. supporters say it will generate new jobs and boost the local economy. the u.s. army corps of engineers ordered demonstrators to leave by wednesday afternoon and is setting up buses to move them out of the area. they're offering food and a free night's hotel stay but if protesters don't take the offer, they will be arrested. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. metro's general manager says the agency is in

financially. year over year ridership is down about 12%, in large part due to safe track. so does metro's leader regret the plan to fix the tracks? >> no, by no means was it a mistake. that has to be done. we have a 40-year-old system that was not taken care of and we won't go backwards on that. >> the gm admit wes may never get back to a spot where metro was carrying 750,000 riders everyday so metro is looking for savings in every corner, from slashing jobs to potentially cutting service. right now our friend bao bao is flying over russia and kazakhstan. this is a live look at her route on flightaware.com. at this rate looks like she'll arrive in china almost two hours early, about 4:00 a.m. our time. when she lands, bao bao will begin a new phase of her life. the three and a half-year-old panda is joining china's giant panda breeding program. the hope is that she'll have

>> this is what we want for her. we want her to go back to china and hopefully have cubs of her own and we'll know our job here -- we've done what we wanted to do. >> bao bao is only the second surviving panda cub born at the national zoo in 45 years. her escort was all but royal today. chopper 4 flying overhead as she was transported to dulles international airport where she caught a plane decorated in her honor. she took about 70 pounds of luggage, most of it food. >> she's going to be full when she lands. next at 11:00, nbc 4 responds after a local woman gets a $7,000 water bill and learns she'll get shut off if she doesn't pay up. changes coming already to d.c.'s new paid family leave bill. one of the most generous in the country. but the ink isn't dry yet. doug? i'm tracking showers making their way

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♪ well, she said do i have you ♪ a former teen idol reveals a devastating diagnosis -- dementia. "partridge family" star and '70s poster boy david cassidy went public this week with the news after tmz posted a video showing him struggling to remember lyrics and falling off the stage at a concert this weekend. cassidy is 66 years old. he

knew it was coming. his grandfather and mother both suffered the dementia. he says he'll stop touring in light of the diagnosis. generous paid family leave is back on the table at the d.c. council now. mayor muriel bowser sent it back to the council last week without issuing a veto. it's one of the most generous paid family and medical leave laws in the entire country, now some council members want to revisit it after businesses complained about excess costs and the higher taxes needed to pay for it. the move has infuriated paid leave supporters who says the city already does a lot to help businesses. >> every time there's a proposal for a program that benefits working families it's always about can we afford this. >> it's got to somehow take care of small businesses. you can see in what i just said that how the financing is done is critical. >> the law requires private employers to offer eight weeks paid leave for a new child, six weeks for family ce

for individual care. changes to the law, if any, are expected by summer. another veto from virginia governor terry mcauliffe. he rejected a bill that bowould have cut funding for planned parenthood. he said the bill would have harmed tens of thousands of virginians who rely on the organization for cancer services and health care. republicans wanted to cut off state funding to any organization that performs abortion not covered by medicaid. mcauliffe vetoed the same bill last year. imagine you open up your water bill to find you owe almost $7,000. then you're told it has to be paid or your water could be shut off. >> when a maryland homeowner couldn't turn off the notices, she turned up the heat by calling susan hogan and nbc 4 responds. >> reporter: this maryland woman understands billing mistakes are common but when she tried numerous times to get the utility to correct her bill and they did

called nbc 4 responds to get the results she couldn't. talk about money down the drain. >> i get two bills in the mail, separate envelopes, each one was a little over $3,000. >> in her more than four decades living in her kensington, maryland home, diane shoe maker says her water bill is normally around the same price every month. >> i think around $98 to make $120, something in there. and i've been here forever and it's never been higher than that. >> reporter: that's why she was stunned when she received two bills in october from wssc totaling close to $7,000. >> other than almost passing out, i call the company and ended up talking to a gentleman and i said, look, there's something wrong on this bill. >> reporter: but diane tells us instead of getting an answer she was passed from one customer service representative to

another. >> since then i've called three or four times, talked to different people, we'll have somebody review it. >> reporter: no one did, soon after, wccs called her. >> got a phone call saying "you're behind in your bill, they're going to cut the water off february 2." >> diane was told to pay $347 to avoid the water being turned off. she paid it immediately. that didn't stop the outrageous bills from coming. >> and that's when i called channel 4. becau because i wasn't getting anywhere. they just kept threatening to turn the water off. >> reporter: nbc 4 responds contacted the company. we were told diane's meter was replaced in september of 2016. prior to that, according to company spokesperson, there were inconsistent readings which triggered their system not to bill until accurate readings co

extended period of time without receiving a bill and wssc determined she was qualified for the billing adjustment. diane's new balance now? just $60. >> i didn't know what else to do obviously i picked the right thing to do. >> ending months of frustration and worry that her water and patience would run out. >> i have been working since october and haven't gotten one phone call back. i gave the information to you and the beginning of the week, two days later they reduced my bill from $70,000 to $60 something. you can't beat that. >> reporter: wssc tells us diane's meter was 16 years old and they replaced it. they said the average price of a meter is 30 years so if you stop getting water bills, contact customer service to see whether there's an issue with your meter so you're not surprised months later with a megabill. if you have a

problem you need help solving, conta contact nbc 4 responds. just go to our web site. >> that susan gets results. >> she does. >> can't beat that. more springtime in our future, huh? >> a lot more springtime in our future. the calendar says it starts march 20, but i think it started january 20 because it's been so warm. one of the warmest februaries of all time could be in the top two or three februaries of all time if our forecast holds, throughout right now, a mild night across our region. 48 degrees, winds out of the south, eight miles per hour and that southerly wind will keep temperatures up. is 43 towards frederick, 44 culpepper, 50 in winchester. pran back to the west, take a look, shower activity

move in. this is part of the system trying to move our way. you see clouds continuing. the shower activity we will watch closely. a cold front to the north, a big storm system to the north. you can see parts of atlanta and birmingham, much needed rainfall for them. could we see some showers? it's possible but most of us remain dry the clouds are here, the showers, maybe back towards petersburg and west virginia. tomorrow notice around fredericksburg and leonardtown around noon to 4:00 or 5:00, better shans for showers here. you could see some down towards richmond but most of the area remaining dry. that's the way we'll stay through 8:00. showers well to the south. you probably won't need the umbrella tomorrow.

if you took the umbrella, you probably wouldn't need it. so tomorrow temperatures warm, again, 66 degrees. clouds and sunshine, especially farther north, the farther north you go, the more sun. the farther south the more clousds. that's why i have areas like fredericksburg cooler, low 60s tomorrow. pollen on the high side and it will get higher the next couple days before trying to come down after saturday so if you're a pollen sufferer, i know you've been wondering why it's been out there. it's because of the heat and i can't say heat. this is 20 degrees above average. this is 25 degrees above average. 72 thursday, 74 friday. saturday a high temperature of 70 degrees. i just hit a wall. you see that wall? >> you okay? >> everything's fine. >> 70 degrees on saturday 50 sunday. much cooler air towards the end of the weekend but still above average. has that wall been there forever? >> e

the heat must be getting to you. >> it's the heat. coming up, in the final year of his contract, big plants for jason werth this season. >> sports coming up next, but first, here's jimmy fallon. >> hi, guys, milo ventimiglia is here from "this is us." plus we have

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>> he rarely grants an interview but he had something to share today. he wants a title. >> jason werth. i feel like he's echoing the fans. how do you not want a world series? but first, spring training j

that first spring training game on saturday. one player who will have to play catchup and quick is the nats newest member to the clubhouse, form ee eorioles catcher gnat wieters. the former orioles agreeing to a two year $21 million deal with the national. he's coming off a two time gold glove winner. crowded behind the plate for the nats with derek norris and jose lopitone also on the roster. a big year for nationals jason werth entering the final season of his seven-year deal with the nats. werth has seen the ups and downs of nationals baseball and sat down with carol maloney for his first tv interview of the spring to talk about the big goals for 2017. >> reporter: jason werth has al

with the phillies. but he tells us his career hangs on what happens this season. what could be his final year with the nats. >> i came here, i signed here with a focus on winning and bringing a championship. so i still feel like that opportunity is there. obviously we have a long hard road ahead of us. this game is humbling. it seems like it humbles everybody. if we could find a way to win this year it would make everything worth it. ultimately we need to win. we need to get to the world series, win a world series. i'm hoping all the guys in the room, the coaches, the staff most importantly the fans, they get a chance to experience that. i want to be part of the group of guys that does that. >> reporter: werth says he's had no conversations about his fuch we are the club but wants to

poised to win now and he is excited about it. >> thanks, carol. let's head to virginia tech. hokies taking on clemson, a wild finish, under seconds, hokies down two, inbound pass, pull up the three and he hit, allen nails the three pointer with seconds to go this is the third game-winner in 10 days. talk about clutch. virginia tech and hokey fans winning this one. they would win it 71-70 and george mason falling to dayton 83-70 ton

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illness into art and she's inviting you to take a look inside her mind. it's called infinity mirrors and it's the work of that japanese artist at the hirschorn museum. through mirrors and images and light, the 87-year-old artist takes the public on a unique journey. this is pretty wild. the reflections mirror her hallucinations. the exhibit runs until may 14. i've posted some sneak peek picks on my facebook page. >> i want to see that. >> that is cool. that (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford.

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- will forte, milo ventimiglia,