i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eunth yang. morning, both officers are in the hospital and expected to survive. >> justin finch joins us live from the scene with details. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. at this time we're hearing those officers are in the hospital right now. at least oneould be on h way to surgery. here on the scene, still seeing a heavy policeresence. officers in uniform, others in plainlothes. crime scene investigators also here on the scene, as you can see behindwe me. e still looking at a very active police-involved shooting as you mentioned, nine officers were initially on scene last vight, part of a special operations team s a warrant to a top-level apartment here off the 2700 block. we're told they knocked on that apartment door, announced themsees, and got no answer, so the had to use a device to open that door. inside, they found arm maned with a shotgun. we're told he then fired at the

officers, str oing two them, one in the shoulder, the other in the hand and arm area. another officer then fired back at that suspect. we do not believe he was struck. a medic was also on that team and was able to begin very quickly some life-saving efforts in time to get those two officers helicoptered to a trauma hospital in baltimore. that quick response, police now say, they are hoping wl help those officers in their recovery. >> one of them is in serious condition. again, we could be talking about a completely different situation based on wt they encountered when they got into that apartment. so we arer very, very, v relieved tonight that both of our officers are alive. >> reporter: and as you heard there, a very close call. looking now on the scene here, officers still here on the scene investigating, crime tape still up. at this time, we do not have a i.d.s on those officers or the

suspect involved. we are told a second person also in that apartment was taken into police custody as well. we are told at least one of rt and ableers is a to talk at this time. another may require surgery at this time as well, but their injuries are said to be non-life threatening. we're live here in district s, heigustin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. and right now we're also following two other developing stories this morning. >> a senior apartment complex in southeast was taken over by an inferno, giving residents seconds to get out. first responders, even marine, n to help. megan mcgrath isive on the scene this morning. we're also following this story, following the search for a man who killed a local jogger this week. this morning what we learned about wendy martinez and the

events that led up to her death. weill have full reports on both stories for you throughout the morning. first, we want to check on your morning commute and your forecast withel chuck we had a beautiful day yesterday, chuck. >> it was so nice to be outside for a little while yesterday afternoon. if you didn't get a chance to enjoy yesterday, you still have today and reall most of your friday as well. those rain drops moving up towards the twin cities and milwaukeeat now. th part of a weather system hich will eventually bring us clouds for the first half of the weekend and pretty high rain chances for the second half of the weekend. in the meantime, it's going to be day number two of dry weather around here. 71 degrees right now in washington. still a mild 74 by the bay in annapolis. in winchester, virginia, this morning. our by your planner, hour through the day today. plan on enjoying it. plenty of sunshine a few extra clouds later in the day. i think rain chances today, only

a s inkle or twopossible, way up into the mountains of west virginia. around town today, no weather worries. >> i like that. thank yo chuck. eastbound 695, ramp to 6th street still shut it down because of a fe investigation from last night. so that is still a closure a he. takiook as we widen out a little bit on the beltway, outer loop after georgetown pike, work zone blocking two lanes. inner loop after the toll road, one right lane is blocked bywo e zone there. fauquier county, u.s. 29 has the left lane getting n by. >> to the other major story this morning we're following. flames ripped through a senior apartment building in southeast washington, sending residentsin ru for their lives. the fire burned for hours and was so big it could be seen from miles away. >> right now more than 100 residents are d.displa news 4's megan mcgrath is live

near the building on fifth street southeast. megan, what are you seeing today? >> ranorter: well, iell you that the fire is out, but you do still smell this acrid sent of smoke. it's just kind of hanging in the area. although, the smoke itself is no longer pouring out of the building. now, they are just bringing in a new shift of some emergency equipment in here to keep an eye on things just to make sure we don't haveny h spots, any flare-ups. this one an -- was an enormous fire with flames traveling across the attic, sending huge plumes of smoke into the area.ne atoint, the roof collapses in one section of the building. the structure is made of brick, so the sides are all intact. but tha roof area is made of wood. at one point, it just gave yowa. can see it there.

now, the senior apartments, home to many elderly w residenh mobility issues, so they're dependent on walkers andee hairs. that made for a very challenging evesuation. manyents say they never heard fire eyalarms. th were alerted by people banging on their doors and the smell of smoke. the evacuation here truly a group effort. of course,he fire department wasad involved, m several rescues, but also00bout 1 marines from the nearby navy yard ran over to help. theyent into the building as it was burning and literally carried some residents out. they also grabbed wheelchairs to assist others with mobility issues. so really truly a groupff eort here. 161 units were evacuated. four people taken to a hospital, but we're told they are going to be okay. there are reports that the smoke detectors did not go off. that'll be a big part of this investigation. >> the fire marshals office and

the fire investigators will try to determine if and when the fire alarm system was not working. fire alarm systemsave batte backups. a lot of things go wrong. we do not have the answer to that. >> reporter: so a lot of damage to this building, and the fire marshals are going to be going in later on today, taking a look at things, trying tout figure first of all what caused the fire and secondly whether those smoke detectors and spring lkle were working. many residents have been taken to a nearby rec center. they're working with the red cross and other agencies to figure out more permanent situations for them. certainly an ongoing investigation. we'll bring you the latest coming up later on. back to you. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. d aaron, you were down in that area covering the story forin u he evening. how did you first spot what was going on? >> so i live over there. i've lived over there most of

the eighyears i've beenere in d.c. just going home yesterday afternoon at 3:30, you could see the smoke coming from that building. then sudnly thisuge fire department presence. i parked my car and jumped out and ran the few blocks to meet a arriving ar who was the same time. i've driven by this building a hundred times livinre over t to see it go up in smoke the way it did and to see these flames -literally, you think about this building, it's sort of four buildings aoncted. there's a courtyard in the middle, as i've been told. you watched that fire jump from one part of the building to the other until it got to that last sction we saw crumbling. just an awfne to watch. so grateful for the firefighterr who there, both from d.c., from the naval district, prince then those young marines who -- one marine told me they were in literally thr residents over their shoulders and carrying them out of that building. le scene inincred every way you look at it. >> megan mentioned it was such a

group effort. it's now 4:08. much more coverage of this fire ahead on "news 4 today." we'll see more remarkable footage and hear about these incredible rest'es. a story that's rocked the entire district. a woman killed at random in the logan circle neighborhoo w this morni know more about who she was. wendy martinez wasle stabbed w she was jogging near 11th and e street northwest tuesday night. a small memorial is growing in honor of she was a georgetown grad who was just engaged a week she worked at a data management firm. after she was stabbed, she stumbled into a nearby restaurant. customers tried to help, but it was too late. now take a look. this is the man police looking for. he was caught on surveillance footage just moments before the attack wearing a mustard colored shirt. another shot shows the knife still in his hand. coming up in our next hour, we'll get more detail on this

investigation. happening now in prince william county, neighbors of a belovedandyman are pledging for the driver who hit and forward.m to come a county park ranger saw alvyi smith l in the middle of route 1 tuesday evening. before the ranger could check on him, a man drivi a blue car hit smith. the driver stopped to che for damage and then took off. wednesday, alvin smith's loved ones brought flowers to the spot where he died. >> that's somebody's son, somebody's father. you just left him there like he was nobody, like he didn't have anybody. >> police say it's possible the driver of the blue vehicle didn't know he hit a peon. itsn't clear why smith was lying in the road. ten minutes after the hour now. there are new details about the supreme court confirmation controversy. the lawyer for the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wants additional witnesses to testify as well. right now only two people are set for monday's hearing. judge kavanaugh and his accuser,

dr. christine blasey ford. ford's lawyer says multiple witnesses whose names have should beublicly included in any proceeding and that the rush to a hearing is unne fssary. drd has also asked for an fbi investigation into the alleged assault before testifying. missouri democratic senator clare mccaskill says she plans to vote no on jud kavanaugh. it's 4:11. president trump promises federal help as the carolinas struggle to bounce back from hurricanefl ence. in north carolina, the president thanked volunteers and helped pass out meals a a food distribution center. he then toured one of the hardest hit neighbors in new bern. >> we're going to be we ith you you know that. he the death toll from storm is now at 37. that includes two women who drowned when a sheriff van taking them to a mental health facility was swept off the road on tuesday. president trump is once againng attac attorney general jeff sessions. in a recent interview with the

hill, thent preside said he doesn't even have an attorney general anymore. the president has long been upset with sessions for himself from the russia investigation, but now the president says he's unhappy with what sessions is doing on immigration and border security. president trump said he had a personal blind spot when i came to nominating sessions. the president said that's the first sions was senator to endorse him for president. some tenseou hrs at joint base andrews in prince george's county yesterday. a woman drove up to the pedestrian gate and said she had explosives in her. c chopper 4 was over the scene there as a robot checked the suv. however, an explosives expert dressed i that protective suit did not find a bomb. after about two hours, investigators determined there was no threat. this weekend, you won't be able to drive or walk across the arlington memorial bridge. construction crews are closing all six lanes on that bridge and both sidewalks. the closurere part of a long-term repair project on th you're going to need to use

alternate routes to cross the potomac river until monday bhen thdge will reopen. all right. 4:13 now. we had our fingers crossed that "america's got talent" would end with our local guy taking the title. that wasn't the case. despite an incrible effort, brian king josephd finis third during the finale last night. >> and for weeks, the judges t said he wa type of performer who had the potential to win it all. when the final votes weral lid, he came up just short. look, simon giving the standing ovation. but fear not.no we we haven't heard the last from brian. >> i feel like i've opened uppa not just for myself, but a bunch of people, a whole lot of people out there. m justo excited. i feel like my career is orarting today. i couldn't bee grateful. >> big congratulations are in order this morning for 26-year-old shin lim, the

self-taught magician named season 13 champ and will take that $1 million prize. i think the's a show in vegas maybe as well. >> let me tell you, i've watched the show. he was my second favorite. after brian joseph, that magician was incredible. >> tough competition. >> it really is. still ahd this morning o, shooting rampages hours apart in two different states. >> we're taking you to wisconsin end pennsylvania, showing you how the violenc played out. water.s, under the rain may have leftut us, b new york city took a beating and turned the subways io streams. chuck? >> all right. this morning all is quiet around the d.c. metro area. i have some thick fog going across parts of central virginia and thehenandoah valley. closer look at day's forecast to

your time is now 4:17. police are wking to find out more about two major shooting cases. >> the first happened in a municipal building in pennsylvania about 50 miles southtsf prgh. a man who was scheduled for a hearing on charges of domestic violence blasted through the front door. witnessesay heppeared to be chasing a woman. three people were injured before the shooter was killed by police. one officer was shot but is expected to be okay. thr w othersere hurt when a manpened fire on his co-workers in wisconsin. this happened at a softwe mpany outside of madison. like the shooting in pennsylvania, this man was also killed by police. the three people hurt are expected to survive.

florence has totally moved out of th area, but it is still causing flooding this morning to our north. >> heavy rain in new york city this week flo ed severalsubway stations. take a look at this video. it looks like it's raining inside. some passengers said they arrived at some stations to ankle-deep water. another commuter c tured this video of a rat clinging to a pillar. i can't watch that. >> that poor guy. look at him. he's. worried it's like ratatouille. >> chuck bell is standing by for r forecast. >> my question is, as a forecaster, do i have to forecast rai in the subways as well if i live in new york city? there's an 80% chance of rain outside and a 100% chance of rain in the subway tunnel. for us around the d.c. area this rning, skies have been mostly clear overnight. a light wind and a cnar sky

ofeads to some areas of fog. so we have a dense fog advisory for early this morning for the southern parts of the shenandoah valley and a bighunk of northern-central virginia. most of the metro area just warm nufz where we havengh enhere we haven't had to worry about too much fog. as long as you're closer to the road glareave som this morning. plenty of sunshine today. clouds mixing in later i day. rain chances today remain delightfully low. that rain across the upper midwest does have intentions on coming here, especially for the second half of your weekee. letalk you through it on future weather here. a fair amount of sunshine early today, but we have a bit of an easterly component to the wind. laterrther east you go today towards the bay, they have a little bit more in the way of cloud cover. if you're going out on the eastn shore, there's a chance for a stray shower our two today. that could also be the case across southern maryland. here's 4:00 in the afternoon. rain chances today are generally under 20%. i'm not talking about it a whole

heck of a lot. but there could be the isolated little shower chance today, either by the bay or on the f stern facese blue ridge because of the upsloping moisture there. so tt's today. tomorrow, another day with a mix of clouds and sunshine. i think most of the tomorrow is dry for most everybody. rain chances tomorrow below 20%. however, as we get into the weekend, things do start to ramp up just abit. 30% chance for some showers, especially later in the day on saturday. sunday is looking very cloudy and a bit on the showery side now. monday a little rainy as well. obody cares if it rains on monday. melissa? >> that's right. monday, who cares. waeastbound, southeast fr the ramp there to 6th street closed because of a fire investigation. this is a fire investigation from yesterday. so we are still shut dn there. we'll let you know when that reopens here this morning. taking a look at the beltway, no major issues. outer loop after 50, two left lanes get by the work zone.ws

more weather, and traffic coming up in just minute. a

so y probably haven't bee to the busiest restaurant in arlington. >> that's because the busiest place to eat in arlington is at school. >> you got that rig >> we're not allowed to just eat lunch at the school. chuck bell found outhat school lunches aren't what they used to be. >> oh, no. not at all. actually, there's delicious little lunch there. when i was in school, lunch was kind of a sandwich and an apple and the big beverage choice was either plain milk or chocolate milk. most of it went promptly into

the garbage. thatt not how today as i found out when i visited yorktown high school in arlington county. >> reporter:hen you're serving 15,000 meals a day and your business depends on repeat stomers, you better serve good food. >> it is a challenge. it's a challenge to keep our customers coming in every day. s case, the: in t customers are the high school students in farlington'e public high schools, not an easy group to please. what your kids will eat keeps her thinking all the time. the couy teamed up with cuisine solutions, and together the two have come up with an answer to the question, what's r lunch? >> i have been thinking for a long time about how to do a crte your own system with local produce. we were purchasing tons of local produce. a lot of it was ending up in the trash. i wanted to combine fruits and vegetables withhe entree, rather than the old-fashioned ck up an apple, throw it in the garbage. >> you see the kids go in and enjoy these things like chipotle. we figured why not bring that to

sc. >> reporter: the two launched a pilot program that mimics the chipotle it allows students to pick and choose their fruits and vgies. >> the student will pick a base grain then add protein, which is eith abf chicken, cheese, or ground beef. th they pick their own vegetables. >> reporter: they say the results have been positive, and it's win/win fhe students. area growers and the school system. the school is using locally grown fruits and veggies. >> and this program has been implemented in arlington's three high schools. it'll be moving into alexandria city schools and eventlly into loudoun county. gi i love that. them options and make it taste good. >> i enjoy lunch. as was the case in high school, a sat at table by myself. no one wanted to sit next to me. >> you can always sit at my table, chuck bell.ri

>> that's allt. it was a good time out there. we got a very nice day coming. >> can't wait. >> more about today's forecast and the weekend, where rain chances are back, coming uin a few. also ahead, we kpocontinue track breaking news. twotolice officers sho inside a maryland apartment. we're live at the scene with the latest on what happened while you were sle plus, she just celebrated her engagement. now her family is planning h funeral. new details about the woman killed on her evening jog and a look at the man wanted for her murder.

that breaking news out of prince george's county. two officershi were shot wle going into an apartment last night. >> this happened around 10:30. news 4's justin finch is at the scene live this morning. justin, bring us up to speed here. >> reporter: aaron, eun, still here on the ground wating remnants of an active investigation. the yellow tape still up. the crime investigation scene still taking place.

detectives on the ground as those two wounded officers are now in a shock trauma hospital recovering from their injuries here. many here on the ground telling us among the rank and file, this was a very, very close call. >> i've got to tell you, the t relit we're feeling right now is really hard to put into words. we have two officers who areet baltimhock trauma, and from what we understand, they have ea non-life ttening injuries at this point. >> reporter: two officers wounded here close to 10:30 last night as they were serving a warrant to a top-level apartment here off the 2700 block. th were part of a nine-member special operations division serving a they knocked on the door, we are told, announced themselves, and no one at the door opened. so they had to use a device to get inside. once they did get inside, there was a person there armed with a shotgun. that person did fire at the