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righty downtown hotel. now we are learning what sparked this fire. plus, the search is on mofor mo than 100 missing people after a powerful land slide buried homes in china. >> news 411:00 starts now. more than 200 people are spending the night away from home after a massive fire ripped through a d.c. apartment building. good evening. i'm erika gonzales. it took 100 firefighters to get it under control. the fire started early this morning while some were still asleep. some jumped, others hung out of windows until help arrived. news 4 talked to some who lived in the building and joins us now from northwest. darlsy. >> reporter: erika, this is the building behind me on peabody street where flames broke out, like you said, about 3:00 in the morning. at that time as you can imagine many were asleep. a lot of people are telling me it is basically a miracle no one
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fire. a short time ago i was able to speak to a spokesperson for the fire department. one interesting thing he told me when firefighters went into the lobby of the apartment building they encountered a wall of smoke, and there were residents literally on the floor crawling, trying to find their way out. >> it was just terrible. i looked out the window. there was just so much smoke. >> reporter: larry minor was asleep at 3:00 when the fire broke out near his apartment. he watched as firefighters rescued residents, even small children from the smoke and flames. the children appeared stun as they were carried down ladders. >> that's one! hey! >> reporter: the fire happened at the rolling terrace apartments on peabody street in northwest d.c. some 200 families were displaced. >> it is certainly the largest i have seen in the ten years that i have been in elective office. >> reporter: you could see the smoke for blocks, obscuring the sun rise. five people suffered
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firefighters. >> the fire department did an excellent job, they really did. >> reporter: this woman lived in the building. firefighters helped her retrieve papers from her flooded apartment. >> initially -- >> reporter: how did you get out? >> out the window. >> reporter: d.c. government and the red cross are offering services to displaced residents at the emery community center several blocks away. some lost everything. they're going to need help starting over. i'm told they're going to be able to spend the night tonight there at the community center. tomorrow motel or hotel rooms will be provided for those residents who are displaced for at least 30 days. now, fire officials are telling me that the blaze did break out in an apartment on the top floor, but at this point they don't know what caused the fire. they have not yet been able to get inside the building and begin that investigation. the building has been condemned. erika,
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>> darcy spencer in northwest d.c. for us tonight. thank you. new at 11:00, another fire in the district. you can see the smoke from other roof tops near thomas sirk will in northwest d.c., the westin hotel says the fire started in the kitchen of a neighboring restaurant that's connected to the hotel's ventilation system. nobody was hurt. the building was evacuated just before 8:00 tonight, but we're told everything is back to normal. we have learned a man from virginia died in this crash today. the accident tied up traffic on i-95 in springfield for hours this afternoon. state police say two men were working in the median to better secure a boat to their pickup. for some reason a box truck slid into the boat and into leonard schultz, killing him. albert schultz, his nephew, was critically injured. state police are now investigating. they've pressed charges against the driver of the box truck. a family in loudoun county
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after twin toddlers wandered in the backyard and wound up in the pool. a relative says their mom found them unconscious inside the pool this morning. this happened at a home on acorn court in sterling. the relative tells us the two-year-old boy and his twin sister got past a privacy fence and into the pool. medics were immediately called. the girl died, and her brother is now fighting for his life. this mother and her toddler have been missing for more than a week, and d.c. police need your help to find them. michelle manley and 20 month old detailsy have been missing since thursday, june 15th. they were last seen on holbrook street in northwest d.c. police say the pair was just reported missing today. we have posted all of the details on our nbc washington facebook page for you to take a look at and share as well in hopes we can get them back home again. right now, more rescue teams are searching for as many as
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people possibly buried in a massive landslide. 15 other people have already been found dead. it is mid morning in south western china right now where this is all happening. the area has been dealing with days of torrential rain. the weight of the water likely triggered this landslide, encompassing 62 homes and a hotel. the cia director thinks the "worship of leaders like edward snowden" is leading others to disclose our country's secret intelligence. mike pompeo spoke to hugh hewett this morning and said the u.s. needs to ramp up efforts to stop leaks of classified information. he told hewett the trump administration is focused on that. pompeo said president trump is incredibly demanding of the intelligence community, and that he spends more than 40 minutes a day talking to the president. tonight british intelligence is investigating a cyberattack against parliament. investigators say hackers tried to get access to
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e-mail accounts this weekend. the bbc reports lawmakers couldn't remotely access their e-mails because of the steps taken to manage this issue. starting tomorrow it is going to cost you more to ride metro. fares are going up, anywhere from 10 to 25 cents for the train and as much as 50 cents for the bus. when you can ride? well, that's changing, too. on weeknights, monday through thursday, metro will open from 5:00 in the morning until 11:00 at night. friday hours will be from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on saturday, trains start running at 7:00 a.m. and they stop at 1:00 the following morning. sunday hours will be from 8:00 in the morning until 11:00 p.m. all of the changes are posted in our nbc washington app. just search "metro changes." again, those go into effect tomorrow. disaster strikes. minutes into a graduation for a northern virginia family, their boat sank while on
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he . a vacation almost turns into tragedy for a prince william man and his two daughters. mathieu s. marker of dumb fris booked a boat ride off the coast of ft. lauderdale as a graduation gift for one of his daughters thursday morning. it was 20 minutes into the trip the engines fail. the boat quickly sank and the family ended up in the water. they used
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afloat. luckily, a couple from a nearby boat plucked them out of the water and everybody made it back to shore safely. a teenager from arlington knows what it is like to be stuck in a hospital. well, now that he's recovered he is giving back. leo conzo held a blood drive in alexandria today that benefits the kits at inova children's hospital. that's where he stayed for two years -- i should say, excuse me, two years ago when he had a vertigo disorder and had to learn how to walk again. >> i wanted to find a great way to help them, to kind of show my appreciation. >> well, he's also taking donations of fleece blankets to give to the kids at children's hospital. the blood drive is part of his eagle scout project. gonzo says his goal is to save lives. it's horrifying that we've been living in a potential death trap for the last ten years. >>
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with little warning, people in london are being told to pack up and move out. developing tonight, we just learned that more than 30 apartment buildings have failed fire safety tests. crews checked them again in the days after dozens of people died in a very fast-moving fire. nbc's lucy kavanov talked to some of the people forced out of their homes. >> ten days after the
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tower inferno, a scramble to avoid another tragedy. apartments deemed unsafe, hundreds of residents forced to leave their homes, dozens of buildings failing fire safety tests. manslaughter charges now on the table as police investigate who should be held accountable for the deadliest fire in decades. >> they have to leave because this place is not safe. >> it is horrifying that we've been living in a potential death trap for the last ten years. it is horrifying that this was able to happen. >> reporter: today authorities announced that at least 34 high-rise buildings were covered in the same flammable materials blamed for the grenfell tower blaze. in that fire a refrigerator on the fourth floor burst into flames, igniting the cladding on the outside of the building. panels filled with plastic insulation that melted in the heat, allowing the fire to spread. fire safety specialist arnold darling has been warning about the
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>> buildings as this which have been declared as being the same material are highly unsafe. you don't know from one day to the next whether there will be a fire. >> reporter: was the grenfell tower fire preventable? >> yes, entirely preventable. even with the cladding on the building which is flammable, the disaster would have been prevented by having sprinklers installed in the building. >> reporter: the country is still struggling to come to grips with the disaster. at least 79 people lost their lives, but the final death toll likely higher. prime minister theresa may determined not to let this tragedy repeat again. >> we're making sure that the authority has the ability to do what is necessary to ensure people have somewhere to stay and that the work is done so that those tower blocks will become safe for them to return to in the future. >> reporter: but that's cold comfort for the hundreds of families left displaced tonight. lucy casanov, nbc news, london. we are working for you in the community. we w
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2300 of you who came out to the nbc 4 all-state community shred event today. we had a line of cars at montgomery college campus in rockville when we started shredding at about 8:00 this morning. we're told took about 30 minutes to get through the line. most people brought a bag or two of sensitive documents to be safely shredded. the capital emmy awards for our region wrapped up in north bethesda and one of the most special honors went to our barbara harrison. the board of governors award recognizes barbara for her 35 years as an anchor and reporter here at nbc 4. one of her most enduring legacies is "wednesday's child," a program she created to help foster children find forever homes. we love you. tonight we are giving the official welcome to samaris fielder who joins the family and specifically the evening team. show her some love. welcome to the team. >> thank you so m
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i'm coming with good weather news. i don't want to have to start with a storm. let's talk about this evening. absolutely phenomenal, really quiet out there. now, it was windy earlier, but you will notice those winds have since calmed. here is your headline. we are actually also seeing lower humidity. it was very soupy early this morning. tlgs not the case now. radar on right now. that green stuff is ground clutter, no rain. no rain for the remainder of saturday or sunday, in fact. right now outside temperatures in the district still holding on at 80 degrees. surrounding areas though all the way down to 70, 69 already as we head throughout the evening. we will continue to see these temperatures drop. here is a look at your forecast for this evening. again, most of us, especially towards the suburb, 65 degrees. further in towards the district we are looking about 70, 71 for your overnight low. so planning tomorrow out, i highly implore you to head to the pool as it will be a lovely day. temperatures rising into the mid 80s so pretty comfortable out there, and mostly sunny
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conditions. around 2:00 we could pick up some clouds moving through, but i think overall a lot of sunshine. in fact here is a loot your future cast. early sunday morning we're quiet, pretty clear as well. there go the clouds i'm talking about, moving in briefly, and we stay dry into your monday. we are on a roll here. here is your storm team 4 ten-day forecast. earlier i teased we were going to see those 90s making a comeback and they are. before we get there, we have got to make it through some more cooler weather, should i say, for this time of year. 77 degrees on tuesday. not bad. that's comfortable for erika. i know you like that, erika? >> i'm from texas so i'm used to 110, 112. so 77 in june, july, yes. >> not bad. okay. then we're going to rise quickly to the 90s by the end of the week. storm channels do make a comeback by friday, saturday and sunday, but overall looking at just a gorgeous week ahead. really get out there and enjoy this weather. >> all right. thank you so much.
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base six times, scoring four runs, and also drove in two more. it was an unforgettable performance for the 23-yard shortstop, and one dusty baker was in awe much. >> as he goes, we go. you know, a lot of things happen when trea gets on base. so he was on base all six times and went 5 for 5. that's quite a day. there aren't many times in your career you're going to go 5 for 5, more or less have 5 at bats, you know what i mean? so that was big, that was big of him to put the ball in play, hitting the ball right up the middle, and that's what trea is best, you know, at, when he's going well. >> it wasn't just tre day. the nets put up six runs in the second inning and jumped out to an 8-0 lead. at no point did the nats let up either. they hit six doubles, two home runs. daniel murphy led the way with
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michael a. taylor 4 for 5 with a home run and 3 rbi and four runs scored. nats won big, 18-3, tying a franchise record for runs in a single game. the orioles had an offensive surge of their own. while eight runs on the scoreboard pails in comparison to 18, the birds hit three home runs. most importantly, they stopped a long run of poor pitching performances. dillon bundy went seven strong, gave up three runs. or joels won 8-3 and snapped the streak of allowing five or more runs. >> dylan was a difference maker. that's what separates, he doesn't implode after the three run inning. he was solid. he's in solid all year for us though when we got some big outside of the ball pen and some add-on runs. you know, playing in this place is like playing in a casino. you don't know what time of day it is, not that i've been in a casino lately. >> and the
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gamble. the captials drafted four players to conclude the nhl draft today. now they have to focus on the next business of this off-season. washington has five restricted free agents, that includes some very big contributors. both are just 25 years young, both played in every single game this last season, and gm mcclel land was a little coy about his future plans. >> we're negotiating with our restricted free agents. hopefully we will get a few of them done in the next few weeks. >> you expect to get all five eventually under contract? >> well, we're going to try, yeah. we'll see. d.c. united in philly tonight coming off a win. they haven't won two in a row since the beginning of april. 31st minute, takes the cross and puts union up 1-0. best chance for united comes in the 70th minute. lamar
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andre blake sprawls out, keeping united off the board. black and red's offensive struggles continue. shut out 1-nil. pga tour travelers championship, round three, shot of the day belongs to this guy, jordan spieth. holing out at 6 for birdie. well, this is not a replay. on 15, oh, he just misses an eagle. he almost accomplished the same fete twice. currently leading at 12 under. patrick reid on his heels tied for the lead with this putt. we will see him next week at the quicken loans tournament held here at tpc in potomac. two-time nba champion clay thompson of the golden state warriors not looking like himself at an event in china today. granted, 360 dunk is never easy. notice how he just lays on the ground, completely embarrassed. it is like he knows this video will be played everywhere. and on a loop. >> yeah, erika, ts
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>> thank you for having me here, jazz man. before we begin, i jt need to know that i have your undying loyalty. >> you don't, sir. now let's get started. clearly, the big story this week is james comey. >> okay. well, first, all i can say is that i won the election fair and square, and everyone knows that, okay? >> yes, mr. president. you say that literally all the time. >> well, it's one of my greatest hits, and my fans love when i play the hits. it's like when you go to a beyoncé concert. they want to hear only "single ladies," not that "sandcastles" crap, okay? >> okay, sir, but back to james comey. your staff has been insisting all week that you didn't fire him because of his russian investigation. >> no, i did. >> wait. what? >> i fired him because of russia. i thought, "he's investigating russia. i don't like that. i should fire him." >> and you're just admitting that? >> uh-huh. >> but that's obstruction of justice. >> sure, okay.
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