p on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. >> massive flames, huge explosions, chopper 4 over the scene tonight of a major fire in laurel. >> yeah, this is in anne arundel county, a section

brock ridge road, near the bw parkway. chopper 4 was actually headed to another fire in silver spring when our pilot spotted this and called it into the fire department. >> for more than an hour we watched it burn up and explode. we are working to find out exactly how it all started and we'll bring that to you just as soon as it comes in. >> as fire crews get that fire under control, a second fire forced some to escape from a four-story apartment building in silver spring tonight. >> that's where we find news 4 shomari stone. shomari, some people are without a place to state tonight, huh? >> reporter: yes, indeed. it's sad when you walk down the block and see an elderly woman wrapped in a blanket. it's chilly here right now. we arrived on the scene approximately 9:45 this evening. there are people down there who are displaced. montgomery county fire fighters are behind me. they are assessing the scene, trying to determine how many people cannot live in the building behind me. people tell me that they were scared when they saw the thick flames a h

>> a little distraught. >> reporter: linda lopez is shaken up after fire fighters rescued people from her apartment building. she lives in a unit with her mom. >> i was literally coming home from school and i saw that the basement kaz caught on fire and i immediately called my mom to come downstairs. >> reporter: montgomery county fire fighters arrived in minutes. a spokesman tells me the fire started in a first floor apartment. the ten apt was allegedly smoking a cigarette while wearing an oxygen mask that sparked the blaze. >> and that's what the leading theory is right now, but we got the call a little before 9:00. arrived on the scene, had heavy fire showing from the back of a four-story apartment building. this is an older building. >> reporter: fire fighters rescued people from heavy smoke in the building. the owner of the apartment where the fire started is at a hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. meanwhile, several families can't live here. many apartments have water or smoke damage, and the roof is unsafe. as for linda's mother,

>> luckily, as soon as i got off the phone with 911 she was already by my car and i literally put her in the car and -- >> reporter: i'm so glad that her mother is okay. fortunately, no one was seriously injured, but again, the owner of the apartment where this all started is suffering with smoke inhalation at a hospital. fire fighters recommend that if you do have an oxygen mask at home, do not use cigarettes, do not smoke. they are continuing to investigate what happened out here. meanwhile, the red cross is helping fire victims and they're trying to help fire fighters determine how many people can't live in the building behind me. live here in silver spring, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> shomari, thank you. before you go to bed tonight, you may want to layout the warm coat, possibly even the hat and gloves tonight. >> yes, here we go, another bitter blast of cold air is coming through this evening. doug is tracking the temps for us. how low tonight, doug?

heat. it may not be that cold in the house, but tomorrow morning you are going to feel the cold air. you could see shomari's breath as he was outside. temperatures are falling into the low 40s even the 30s. warren ton coming in at 37 degrees. we're at 42 fort belvoir. college park 43. another cold night. and with the temperatures falling into the 30s, just about everybody under a frost advisory now until 8:00, rather 9:00 tomorrow morning. the only two counties not in there anne arundel county and calvert county. everybody else including the district under a frost advisory. and look at this, a freeze warning back here towards the shen endough a county. i'll show you how cold things will be when you wake up and how long the chilly weather sticks around. see you next in about ten minutes. >> all right, thank you, doug. they're throwing money at a growing problem. new tonight nearly $1 million to combat gang violence. >> yeah, that money will pay to put more officers into the montgomery county police department's gang

violent organizations like ms13. news 4's jackie benson is live to walk us through the changes that are coming. jackie? >> reporter: well, doreen, there is almost no area of the county that has not been touched by gang activity and the top prosecutors words on it are chilling. >> it's a complete aberration. we really didn't have much gang violence that rose to this level for about 15 years. in the last two years we've had 20 homicides. >> reporter: the shocking abduction and murder of 15-year-old gaithersburg resident last february highlighted what officials say is a growing gang problem in montgomery county. states attorney john mccarthy says a new memorandum of agreement will help law enforcement root out gang activity in schools. he tells news 4 he also plans to bring organized crime prosecutions against gang members. >> we are going to begin to target the leadership. we are going to do grand jury investigations. we are going to do what we think

gangs, there are multiple gangs we are looking at. >> reporter: also in the works, a special police unit dedicated to stopping gang activity. live in chevy chase, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie, thank you. nearly all of our local law enforcement jurisdictions have units tra units trained to combat gang violence, d.c. police do nl. they tell us the gang-related incidents go through gang-related branch. julie carey took you on a ride with a fairfax kuehne at this gang unit. watch how the night went in the washington app gang violence. >> at howard university, two calls reported a gunman on campus. but police never found anyone. if you have our app, then you got the breaking news alerts this afternoon. the calls came during a busy and historic week. howard celebrating its 150th home coming. we caught up with students at

they tell us the mood tonight was up beat and relaxed, very different from earlier in the day. >> i was really scared and then my parents were calling me because they were hearing about it in the news. so, it was really just like pretty frantic. >> campus officials sent out a text alert to students around noon today. police locked down parts of the northwest d.c. campus. they spent hours sweeping the buildings. now students say they want to know who called in the warnings and why. we're getting a new indication now how the dow jones will do tomorrow after it hit 23,000 points for the first time ever. >> japan's nikkei and china's shanghai are already up. earlier today the dow hit the record during the first 90 minutes of trading. economists attribute the sharp rise to low interest rates and more companies making money. since president trump was elected, the market has increased 28% partially because of mr. trump's decision to dee

soldiers killed in niger arrived back in u.s. today, it comes a day after president trump claimed several past presidents, partly president obama, did not call family members of fallen service members. a military guard greeted the body of sergeant david johnson in miami yesterday. president trump claimed mr. obama never called families after their loved ones died in combat, but today mr. trump seemed to walk back those comments. >> president obama, i think probably did sometimes, and maybe sometimes he didn't. i don't know. that's what i was told. >> president trump also suggested today that former president obama never called current trump chief of staff john kelly after his son was killed in afghanistan. but an nbc news source says the kellys were seated at the former first lady michelle obama's table during a breakfast for gold star families at

for many, the murder of a black college student is now being tried as a hate crime. prosecutors say sean urbanski targeted lieutenant richard collins iii because he was black. they say new digital evidence supports their claim. collins was stabbed to death last may while visiting friends at the university of maryland. he went to bowie state. urbanski is facing life without parole plus 20 years. those 20 years for the hate crime charge. >> leon harris here at the live desk. a major backlash against ford tonight after a consumer advocacy group demands the automaker recall more than 1 million explorer suvs. they are claiming they admit exhaust fumes in side the velks. the center for auto safety says it is worried carbon monoxide poisoning is making people sick. over the summer police departments across the country stopped using ford suvs over that very concern.

monoxide in their blood. ford blamed third-party modifications for those health results. the center for auto safety sa said they want ford suvs made between 2011 and 2017 to be recalled. some 2700 people have complained of exhaust odors. some of them have even reported feeling dizzy, some even passing out at the wheel. but ford says the vehicles are safe and they insist a recall is not necessary. instead, the company is offering free inspections and repairs to reduce possible exhaust issues. jim, doreen, back to you. >> leon, thank you. next at 11:00, toxic fumes leaking into cars making drivers sick, that's what he was just talking about. news 4 consumer reporter susan hogan is uncovering more problems. >> felt like i was going to fall asleep at the wheel. >> new tonight, to keep your

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but what we uncovered in our investigation has us asking ford, how would it know? is it just a coincidence? >> i would get these massive migraines. >> i would feel like i'm getting a lot of headaches. >> is it possible these ford explorer owners are imagining this? >> i would be so sleepy i felt like i was going to fall asleep at the wheel. >> i felt like i'd get kind of -- my eyes get real watery. >> news 4 found complaints about exhaust odors dating back to 2011 and ford has been instructing its dealers on how to fix the leaks since 2012. but when james temple brought his car to a local dealership because he was concerned, he says he was literally told this whole carbon monoxide thing was fake news. >> i asked the people down there about it and they tell me all the people just put stuff out on the news trying to get something on the news and stuff like that. >> so they blamed it on the news? >> yeah. they said nothing's wrong with it. they hadn't heard anything about that. >> 18 in the back and 2

front. >> reporter: we had james's car tested and toxicologist found levels of carbon monoxide that alarmed him. >> this clearly is a level of concern. >> reporter: in nicky's case the ford dealership found leaks and fixed them and then charged her 600 bucks. >> i don't think i should be responsible for something that, number one, isn't my fault, and number two, a serious health risk for me and my family. >> while they will repair the lyri leaks, one thing we learned is dealers are not testing for levels of carbon monoxide. and remember, ford insists it has not found any unsafe levels. but if dealerships aren't testing, how would they know? we asked ford this very question. their response, these vehicles are safe. ford has thoroughly tested vehicles and has not found carbon monoxide levels that exceed what people are exposed to every day. and researching complaints to federal regulators, we found

to how ford dealerships are handling complaints, like this one from an explorer owner in d.c. who says, the dealership had no idea what he was talking about. or this complaint from a waldorf maryland explorer owner, i brought it to a ford dealership and they said it was nothing. we asked ford about the mixed messages, the company telling news 4, it's doing something about it. by the end of this month, all dealers nationwide will have a complete dealer bulletin announcing a plan on how to deal with customer complaints about fumes. the program also answers questions about who is paying for the repairs. for our customers, peace of mind, ford is offering complimentary service that reduces the potential for exhaust to enter the vehicle. customers can take their vehicles regardless of mileage or warranty status to a ford dealer to have this service performed. so, this free service begins november 1st and it will

december 31st, 2018. by the way, ford is reimbursing nicky her $600. one more thing. we asked ford how many vehicles has it tested for carbon monoxide and what were the levels it found. ford refused to comment. i'm susan hogan, news 4. >> we're getting you ready for the marine corps marathon whether you're a runner or cheering somebody on. here are four things to know. the race starts and ends in arlington passing through d.c. one of the best spots to watch is the lincoln memorial. if you'd like to help us cheer, come on down to mile 4 on the key bridge and if you can't come out we'll cover it all for you right here on news 4 today. doreen is doing the full. doug, you're doing the half this year, right? >> the full last year was a little -- a little short for me. >> a spectator for me. it is fun to watch. >> it really is. >> if you're not running. sounds like the weather is going to be on the side of the runners. >> i said to somebody today who is a

hours? they said, 2, 3, hours, holy moly that's if you're record pace or something. i'm not a big-time runner. i just play basketball. out there today, pretty nice day, but a cold night tonight. it is going to be very chilly. and look at this, out and about in bethesda, yeah, you needed the coats. they have the scarves, the hats, yeah, they got it all. look at this little guy. totally, he's got it going on for sure. everybody wearing the scarf. you saw that, didn't you? out there towards bethesda, a cool night for sure. good thing that coffee in handout there this evening. out there across the area temperature wise, right now 51 degrees, winds out of the southwest at 5 miles an hour. a very cool night. any time we have a night like this, clear skies, calm winds, we cool very, very quickly. but we always cool more in the suburbs. d.c. is at 51, manassas 41, cull pepper 40, warren ton at 37 degrees. look at honeytown, patuxent

river. radar is dry. satellite radar together, this is very odd. we do not see this very often. normally we have some kind of a storm happening in the u.s., but from d.c. to minneapolis to dallas all the way back up to portland, oregon, there's a couple of showers up there towards seattle, but that is it. the other exception, extreme south florida, but the entire nation all the way up into canada really nothing going on. we've got high pressure dominating and that's going to keep us with some nice cool nights and some nice warm afternoons. now, tonight we'll consider a cold night for this time of year. 45 degrees in d.c., 35 winchester, by the time you wake up 36 in cull pepper. that's why we have that frost advisory in the areas of blue here. back toward the shenandoah valley. we have areas that will be close to freezing so a freeze warning in effect there. don't be surprised if you need the ice scraper for your car. don't be surprised if you need maybe the gloves, maybe the coat, yep, the jacket, the sweater, the boots, the nice boots. and the layers because layers are so opponent. you're going to need a lot of layers in the early morning. l

off the jacket, maybe the scarf, take those off as temperatures warm into the 50s. still cool at recess tomorrow or lunch. 59 degrees, 69 degrees by the time you're picking the kids up. look at the temperature trend. 71 tomorrow, 74 thursday, 75 friday. you mention the marine corps marathon, runners i hear they like it cool. so, 59 early in the day and then by 7:00 we're at 60 degrees. remember, sunrise is at 7:24 and the start of the race 7:55. if you are running the marathon by around noontime, we're talking temperatures close to 72 degrees. so, it is going to be a very warm day. next week a lot of rain potentially next tuesday and wednesday, that's potential big storm that could bring us some really chilly air. we'll talk more about that next week. those runners, i've heard they're really nice people. they're really cool. i've got to meet some of them and maybe get into a club or something. >>

>> maybe i can join that club. >> the wizards less than 24 hours from tipping off their season, plus on nba's opening night an injury that could how's it going down there? that's good. lica misses you. i'm over it though. (laughter) that's fine. i miss her more than you anyway. ♪ ♪ hey, my window is closing. yeah that's okay. alright miles. i love you. (phone hangs up) ♪ ♪ yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪

>> announcer: this is the sf t xfinity sports desk. >> another tough one for the caps, sheree. >> truly, they knew they had a tall task going towards the top scoring team in all nhl, toronto maple leafs. they have the top scores in hockey but that wasn't enough as the caps were shut out

first time this season. a rematch from last year's playoffs, everyone coming to the ring, even the pups. trying to clear, but the maple leafs are there. morgan riley puts it on, stopped connor brown out in front gets it to go. riley with the initial shot then brown cleans it up second goal of the season for him. maple leafs take a 1-0 lead. later in the period toronto clinging to that one-goal lead, they turn it over. jacob is there, his shot stopped, follow-up just can't get it to go. one of the best chances for the capitals all night anne arundel -- ron a can't make it happen. they beat the capitals 2-0. the transformation is now on at capital one arena. the staff there are changing over everything, the wizards, they open the season tomorrow at home for the first time in six years. so, tonight it's the night before the season opener and all throughout the team everyone feeling like the night before the first day of school. legitimateers an

-- jitters and all. >> should be: players are telling you, probably not telling you the truth because it's too cold to tell them you're a little nervous, you have butterflies. i'm no different from my first game coaching to my 9th year being a head coach. i feel i'm excited, you know, every year you want it to be a special season. >> i'm eight years in. no, this is cool breeze for me. it's like i'm just ready to play, you know what i mean? the past year you probably have jitters. it's another year for me. glad i'm going into it healthy. healthiest i've ever been. hope we get off to a great start. >> tonight nba opening night, sell tick irving visiting lebron james and the cavs. utter shock, boston's gordon hayward fractured his ankeniling. the video very graphic. we chose not to show it. hayward's teammates and lebron james clearly upset. hayward just signed a huge deal with boston, stretched out of the arena. was certainly reallou

watch. but in the game fourth quarter, celtics with a three-point lead. old friends dwayne wade and lebron james working well. 29 points, six boards and nine assists for lebron. one of those coming in minutes kicking it out to kevin love, knocks down the three. 15 points for him. lebron playing so hard his jersey ripped. cavaliers get the first win of the season 102-99. let's head to yankee stadium for the yankees hosting the astros. joe girardi's guys trail 4-0. they fought back. sanchez with men on the corners smacking this one right center. both runs come in to score a two-run go ahead double for sanchez. the yankees battle their way back, beat the astros 6-4. the series now tied at two and in the nlcs, the dodgers currently leading the cubs 4-1 top of the seventh. >> yankees been doing nothing but coming back. >> it's been incredible. i mean, you have to say ho

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