in the hospital and expected to survive. >> news 4's justin finch is live at the scene with the latest details. >> reporter: well, aaron, eun, avlice have been very clear. this story could had a much different ending. luckily these officers are expected to survive behind us n where that shooting took place, police are still on the scene., cruiserime scene investigators, detectives here still gathered outside that u as this police investigation continues here on the scene. two officers who were part of that nine-member special operations team were here about 10:30 last night serving a warrant here at the lorring park apartments a a top-level unit. othey knockedthe door, we are told, announced themselves, but not no answer back. they had a sense there was someone inside, so they used a device to open that door. once inside, here is what happened next. >> opens the zoor. there is an individual inside the apartment armed with a shotgun.

that individual fires that shotgun at our nine-man team of officers. fftwo of ourers are hit. >> reporter: very close call here indeed. looking live still a ongoing investigation at the lorring park apartments. those two officers were treated on scene by a medic and helicoptered to a shock trauma center in the baltimorerea for further treatment. one, we're told, is able to talk and breathen his own. the other may require surgery at this time. their names have not been released, neither has the suspect who is said to have shot them inside, or another personh also in unit who's also now in police custody. it's not clear, though, if those two individuals were the subjects of that warrant. we are due for an update soon from police. we'll bring that information once we get reporting live, i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> justin, thankou. we're also following two other big stories this morning. >> a senior apartment complex in southeast turnsnto an inferno,

giving elderly residents just minutes to esce. take a look at this video here. the roof caved in as firefighters firstri responders nes ran in to help. news 4's megan mcgrath is liveor thisng. >> plus, on the run. we're following the search for a man who killed a local jogger this week in d.c.'s logan we've learned more about wendy martinez and the events that led up to her death. we will have full reports on both of those stoes throughout e morning. >> first, though, we want to check on your commute with melissa and of course this beautiful forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. very nice, chuck. >> i hope you're enjoying it, because we have earned it ando t is going another nice day to be outside. still early morning darkness. n i not up until just before 7:00 this morning. once the sun is up, it will start to burn away the fog, which is rather thick across parts of central virginia and the shenandoah vley. no fog issues here in and around the city this mning. temperatures, a nice big range. upper 50s in western maryland.

some upper 50s in theh shenand valley. most of the western suburbs are in the 60s this morning. eastern suburbs, prince george's county to the bay, mostly in the upper 60s to low and mid-70s. i think you're going to like today's weather. the daily grade for today, a-plus, plus, plus. 82 degrees, plenty ofunshine today with only a light breeze. that is definitely good news there. over the next couple days, rain chances will be ceping up. enjoy the sunglasses weather today. go morning, melissa. >> good morning. springfield here at northbound 95 before the beltway, stillhi have crash on the right side. seeing some delays headed northbound but it's not terrible right now. in waldorf, southbound 5 after rennerroad, all traffic stopped. serious crash, police saying this ied atrian that was struck. we were trying to send chopper down there, but the cloud cover is just tooat low. ceiling is too low. so they had to turn around. ft. washington northbound ind yand head ghway, right side

blocked by the crash there. and 270 looks good from0 to the spur, going about 44 miles per hour. ing to take you 41 minutes. slowest spot is as you approach na. aaron? >> all right, maielissa. thank you. now to the other major story we're following t flames ripped through a senior apartment building in southeast washington,ending residents running for their lives. the fire burned for hours there and was so big it could be seen from miles away. >> right now more than 100 residents are displaced. news 4's megan mcgrath is t liv ne building on 6th street southeast. so what's going to h these residents this morning? >> reporter: well, the d resides whn't go home with family, they're at a nearby rec center. they're working with the red cross and other d.c. agencies to figure out a more permanent housing solution for them. right now they're at that rec center. now, this was auge fire. take a look at the video here. flames ran across the roof of

ic area cture in the a and would pop up from one spot to the next as it just spread h the entire building. at one point, the roof just collapsed. the flachmes at that point got everyone more intense. 161 occupiunits were occupied. many residents have mobility issues. th use walkers and wheelchairs. so the evacuation was a bit complicated. firefighters made rescues, but it was also a group efft. 100arines from the nearby navy yard came over and literally carried residents out of the burning bui ing. residents had told news 4 that the sprinklers and smoke alarms didn't go off. wasn't much wind yesterday, so the smoke filled the entire we spoke to one resident who thought his house was on fire.ug >> i t it was coming from my house. so i ran downstairs, and i look out t door. i was like, oh, it's a fire. so i went over here, came in the

building. the lady i know, she lives oth block. she gave me some money to get some water for the seniors. >> reporter: so a lot of people in the community lending a helping hand here. now, everyone in the building has been accounted for. the four people who were taken to the hospital, they're going toe okay, we're told. van ness elementary school, which is in the area, will be closed today because of poor air quality. of course, the investigation continues. they want to know, what caused the fire and whether those smokalarms and sprinkler systems were working or not. back to you. >> all right. megan mcgrathiveor us there near the scene. megan, thank you. aaron, you happened to be covering this story yesterday, which is not part of your regular shift. that's because you were so close to it. >> yeah, i live in that neighborhood. literally just driving home yesterday afternoon, saw the smoke, sla thes coming from the highway and parked my car at home and walked over to report on this for a few hours

last night. it was really shockingo drive on that. i think about the last time you saw a response, a fire and law enforcement response, was t navy yard shooting a few years ago. you saw people coming out of thei homes,rying to figure out what was going on, if enybody had been hurt. then to watch mnd more smoke build up into that neighborhood, more flames and watch the building collapse, just a shocking scene for any of us who live in that neighborhood and are worried about our nneighbors. ite to know nobody was seriously hurt there after all of this drama and trauma in that area. >> and all the first responders and t marines who came in. >> shout out. just fast, moving in there and doing what needed to be done. >> much more coverage of this fire ahead on "news 4 today." we'll see more remarkable footage and hear about those uee now to a dwoeveloping story. out for an evening jog was stabbed to death on the street. >> molette green is live in logan circle with more on the search for a suspect. good morning.

>> reporter: aaron, good morning to you. we're at the corner of 11th and i can tell you i've seen a number of early morning joggers, people plwalking, p on bicycles in this community this morning. i'm standing in front of these flowers that honor the woman who had so much to live for, but no suspect, no motive in her killing at thi point. wendy martinez, this is where she died. she collapsed fromer fatal wounds right at this spot. she was out tuesday nightg joggs she often did. police want you to look at the surveillance video that they released just yesterday showing the man they suspect walking along 11th street. in some of the footage, you actually can see a knife in his hand. this attack has really shaken the logan circle community. >> t as is bad as it gets. viously just extremely tragic and very surprising as well.

>> reporr: and take aook once again at the flowers left in wendy martinez's her parents came here last night. they wanted to visit the spot where she took her lt breat she had a promising career in the i.t. community. she was recently engaged to be 5 married, justears old. that's the latest live from northwest d.c. back to you. >> vy sad. molette thank you. 6:09 right now. new details this morning about t the supreme c confirmation controversy. the lawyer for the woman accusing nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wants additional witnesses to tesfy. right nnly two people are set for monday's hearing on the hill, judge kavanaugh and his accuser, professor christine blasey ford. dr. ford's lawyer says multiple witnesses, whose names appeared publicly, should bey included in oceeding and that the rush to a hearing is understand necessary. dr. ford has also asked for afb i investigation into the alleged assault before she will stify. missouri democratic senator clare mccaskill says she plans

to vote no on judges kavanaug confirmation. president trump promises federal help as the carolin struggle to bounce back from hurricane florence. in north carolina, the president thanked volunteers and helped pass out meals at a food distribution center. he then toured one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in new bern. >> we're going to be with you. you know that. we'll get it fixed up. >> the death toll from the storm is now at 37. that incendes two w who drowned when a sheriff's van taking them to a menta health facility was swept off the road on tuesday. 6:10 right now. we h our fingers crossed for our local guy on "america's got talent." just ancredible run. the violinist brian king joseph finished third in last night's finale. >> which is amazing. >> pretty respectable. >> for weeks the judges said he was the type of performer who had the potential to win it all. when the final votes were tallied, he came up just short. fear not, though. e haven't heard the last from

brian. >> i feel like i've opened up a for aot just for myself bunch of people, a whole lot of people out there. and i'm just so excited. i feel like my career is starting today. and i couldn't be more grateful. >> starting today, you're absolutely right. also, congratulations this morning for this guy. that's 26-year-old shin lim, the self-taught magician named the season 13 champ last night. he will take home that $1 million prize. >> i wanted brian to win, but that was a a good. >> you saw his act a few times? you can see him in vegas too. still ahead this morning, two shooting rampages jus hours apart in two different states. >> we're taking you to wisconsin and pennsylvania, showing you how this violence played out. plus, under water. the rain may have left us, but new york city took a beating and turned the subways into streams. chuck? >> all right. the atunnelal equinox is coming

up this w akend. frid saturday look good in the shenandoah valley and the mountains of west vginia. sunday could be cool and sunday could be cool and howery. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexto and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i work t across party lines toget sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers.

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it's now 6:15. police are working to find out more information about two major shootings. >> the first happened inside a municipal building in pennsylvania about 50 miles south of pittsburgh. a man who was scheduled for a hearing on charges of violence blasted through the front door there. witnesses say he appeared to be chasing a woman. three people were injured before the shooter was killed byli poce. one officer was shot at well but is expected to be okay. three others wereurt when a man opened fire on his co-workers in wisconsin. this happened atoftware company outside of madison. like the shooting innn

lvania, the man was killed by police. the three people injured are excted to survive. florence has totally moved out of the area, but it's still causing flooding concerns to our north. >> heavy rain in new york city this week flooded several subway stations. ok at this video here. looks like it's raining inside. some passengers said the rrived to some stations in ankle-deepwater. another commuter, look at this, captured vid of a rat clinging to a pillar. youonder how hard it is for inose rats in new york. >> clingg might be a little strong. >> i'm not watching it. >> let's go toin north carola now. there are still rescues happening there. people are not the only ones needing help though. you take a look here, this crew say the pack of puppies from the flood waters there -- is that the right term pack of puppies? >> sure. >> why not. >> a gaggle. you can hear the dogs sort of yelping a bit there. they were clearly happy somebody found them. the puppies were taken to a

shelter. they took care of them there. a little food and water. >> hopefully they'll be adopted by nice families. >> a lot of animal rescue groups, when there are big storms like that, a lot of dogs have to be moved out of thatgi to other regions. there will be, i'm sure, florence related puppies to adopt here. humane rescue alliance. good place to go. get yourself a few family member. meanwhile, 71 degrees right now here i . it'sd feeling. >> even cooler in the suburbs this morning. i'll take 71 degrees.no omplaints from me. skies mostly clear. a dry start to the day, and rain chances remain for the next couple days. couldn't rule out the isolated shower chance today and tomorrow, but really i think most of us will waitntil saturd evening or sunday morning before rain really becomes more of an thick fog is the only ratl wer issue we have this morning from winchester to front royal and culpepper. visibility is under a me this morning.

it is a comfortable start, though. 75oln ann. 71 in arlington. 67 in quantico this morning. 65 in germantown. a cool 59 in gardening weather. good day to do a little work in the yard today. temperatures mostly in the 60s this morning. more than enough sunshine to get quality gardening work done today. what might you be doing? well, for our friends at merrifield gardens, it's the perfect time of the year to get your lawn reseeded. make sure you step up the dead grass. once you put the seed down, make sure it stays nice and moist. i'm not a fan of fertilizing l yon. i know it helps keep it green. unfortunately, any heavy rain washes all that fertilizer down into the chesapeake bay. that helps fuel those algae blooms. meanwhile, the rain up across the upper midwest is the rain chance that will be creeping our way with time.th g to worry about today. could have a few showers on the eastern shore. a mix of clouds and sunshine around the area today. very low rain chances. maybe a spotty shower out in the

mountains asell. st of us don't need to worry about rain today or for tomorrow. here's your friday planner. sun is up just before 7:00 a.m. highs tomorrow once again in the upper 70s to around 80. ifou're going dow to the redskins game on sunday, it's a 1:00 game against the packers. cloudy and cool. let's just hope this kind of weather favors the home team. we don't want to lose two at home in a row. here's your five-day outlook. clouds and sunshine around. most rain chances hold off until the second half of the weekend. i'll give you that dog walking st in a bit. >> all right. sounds good. northbound 95 before the beltway here, stillehat crash on right side of the road, seeing some delay there. waldorf, this is still hanging around as well. southbound 5 after renner road. traffic stopped. pedestrian was struck there. right now we're shut down in the southbound lanes. ft. washington inbound, indian head highway after old fort road, right side blocked by a

crash. beltwayi beltway looking kwiquite inod t mo no problems on 270. outer loop 95 to 270 going 32 miles per hour. not tinrible. und on 66 is okay. 95 north a little slow, 26 miles per hour is your speed. quantico to the beltway, remember to listen 103.5 hofm wn yoin your car. >> thank you, melissa. many when ito comes tnch, s the busiest eatery in the district. we're talking about the schoolsl , back on the team. a local homeless high schooler ge gets some much-needed help. and this afterno on ellen -- >> what do you say when you need to swear but the kidsarre nd? >> oh, shoot. >> i don't believe you. >> i'm lying! >> i don't believe it either, goldie. goldie hawn and kate hudson stop eby. you'll ho check out the show to see the real answer there. you can watch ellen here on nbc 4 at 3:0. followed by news

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bawell, you py have not been to the busiest restaurant in arlington county. >> that's bause the busiest place to eat in arlington is in school. t you went bac school to check out some of these school lunches. this is not what we used to eat in school. >> and the more things change,e ore they stay the same. there wasn't anyone, about sixs lunch tabf me. >> oh, come on. everyone wants to sit with >> the math club, the marching band didn't want to sit with me. just like high school. when i was in high school, lunch was a sandwich, an apple, and the big beverage choice was

either plain or chocolate milk. that's not how it is now as i found out when i visited york arlington county. >> reporter: when you're serving 15,000 meals a day and your business depends on repeat customers, you better serve good food. o it is a challenge. it's a challengeep our customers coming in every day. >> reporter: in this case, the customers are the high school students in arlington's free public high schools, not an easy group to please.ki what you will eat keeps her thinking all the time. the county teamed up with cuisine solutions, and together the two have come up with an answer to the question, what's for lunch? >> iave been thinking for a long time about how to do a create your own system with lol 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 with the ee, rather than the old-shioned pick up an apple, throw it in the garbage. >> you see the kids go in and enjoy these thin like chipotle.

we figured why not bring that to school.te >> rep the two launched a pilot program that mimics the chipotle model.ow it as students to pick and oo their fruits and veggies.>> he student will pick a base grain, a green or a wrap, then add a protein,hich is either abf chicken, premier cheese, or ground beef. then they pick their own vetables. >> reporter: they say the results have been positive, and it's a win/win for the students. area growers and thel system. the school is using locally town fruits and veggies. >> and program is in all three arlington public county school it's expanding to alexandria and eventually the loudoun schools as well. what impressed me most ischhe highl students in the s.t.e.m. program actually build the greenhouses that grow some of the veggies. >> all connected. and eating h clthy isnected to academic success. >> and not throwing it away is

important. because 40% of what goes into our landfills is waste foot. shame.ch is a 6:26 right now. how about the erather? >> anoinner for today, everybody. great weather for today and tomorrow. unfortunately, as we get into d, the week the clouds and rain chances creep back into the picture. more on that coming up. also ahead, we're tracking breaking news. two police officers shot inside maryland apartment. we're live at the scene with the latest on what happened while you were sleeping. plus, she just celebrated her engagement. now her family is planning her funeral. new bodetails the woman killed on her evening jog and a look at the man wanted for her murder.

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officers are expected to recover om their wounds here. back behind us, officers are at wo focusing on this building behind ushere those shots were fired last night. let's take you to video from last night. these two officers who have not identified were part of a nine-member special operations team tt were called to this area to serve a warrant. this apartment comalex cled nie lorring park apartments, a top-level they knocked on the door, police tell us, announced themselves, and got no answy, but the had a sense there was someone inside of that apartment. so they used a device to open the door, and inside they found a man who was armed with a shotgun. we are told he fired ver quickly thereafter, strikingsewo of t officers, one in the shoulder, the other in his arm and handrea. ckily, a team medic was also on the scene and able to treat themre quickly before they helicoptered to a baltimore shock trauma center. now, back li you are looking at officers still on the scene, crime scene investigators still

piecing this police-involved shooting investigation together. we do know the suspect in this case is n in police custody. so is a second person who was also inside it's unclear, though, if either wasje the s of this warnrant here. we can tell you at least one ficer, we're told, is alert and able to speak. the other officer perhaps may need surgery. but again, both are expected to recover. their injuries said to be non-life threatening. good news f princeorge's county police this morning, guys. we're live in prince george's, justin finch, news 4. back in to you. >> all right, justin. thank you. 6:31 rignow. we have a lot more news to get to as we start your thursday. >> first, we want to begin with a look at the forecast and commute. we begin with chuck bell and another beautiful day. we like this pattern, chuck. >> we do like this pattern a whole lot. skies are mostly clear over washington this morning. you can sort of tell from this picture there's a little hint of some fog around the city.

visibity not too terribly impacted around town, but visibility down under a mile for a big chunk of central virginia and the shenandoah valley. be careful this morning driving from culpepper out to washington, virginia, or along i-81. temperatures are not too bad at all. 65 now in montgomery county. 61 in charlestown, west virginia. 61 now atatnal airport. 75 down in beautiful st. mary city. perfect morning toe your best friend out for a walk. this is babs. available for adoption at the humane rescue aiance. to their website and bring babs home. temperatures will be in the comfortable range once again. upper 70s0s and low for highs today. but we knowhat rain chances already sneaking up into the weekend. melissa, perfect night to golo the basebame. >> sounds like a plan. northbound 95 before the beltway, still have that right side blocked the crash in springfield. seeing some delay there. you can see that on the map now. newroblem here on 66.

rimanassas, eastbound ate william, left side is blocked by a crash. delays starting to kick in there as wel in waldorf, southbound 5 after renner road, again, this is a w situationre a pedestrian was struck about an hour ago. traffic in the southbound lanes is still stopped because of that serious crash. ft. washington, northbound indian hd highway after old fort read, right side is blocked.p inner l across the woodrow wilson bridge is slow. >> melissa, thank you. your time is 6:33. developing this morning, the fire is out, but the recovery from ae massive f at a senior apartment complex in southeast is just b ainning. hereive look at the scene this morning. you can see part of the roof at the arthur capper senior apartments is gone. inside, years of memories a treasured possessions had been denroyed. more t00 residents are displaced now. today d.c. fire investigators will b building to find out a cause.

meanwhile, nearby van ness elementary school is closed today because of all the smoke still lingering in the air. >> iive in that neighborhood. i was on my way home yesterday afternoon about 3:30. you saw t ct smokeing from this building. this is exactly what it looked like when i drove up. not quite this bad at that point. but then you saw all theseus firefighters into the scene. you can see the flames jumping from one part of the building to the other. then you made to this last section that caught fire. the flames grew really quickly and the roof just crumbled right mthere in thedle of this scene. this was just awful to watch. at the same time, it wa really impressive to see theefz firefighters storm into that building, really going at it, trying to save people. marines helped out with that effort too. i did hear from the son of one resident who talked about the fire alarm a the sprinklers in the building, saying they were not working, they didn't go off as they were supposed to. that's what he said. this no doubt is going to be a huge part othe investigation though.

>> this building had has deteriorated over the last couple years, so now the question remains, when they do their investigation, did the fire pump run? there's no reason why this fire shouldhe way that it is, this big of a fire if the suppression was working. >> the fire pump he was talking about, the suppression system there.ha really a big cenge getting all the residents out of them were older. they couldn't move as quickly. you see the marines running in from the nearby marine corps barracks. they jumped in there, literally helped people with theirac tion in stretchers, wheelchairs. they threw people over their shoulders to try to get them out of that asilding. and we now know, those people were able to get them out safely. d.c. firefighters rescued several other people using ladders. this is vids yeo here. you can see just how much care that firefighter is taking. we learned that firefighter is kevin mccray jr. his father was also a d.c.re ghter. he died in the line of duty while rponding to a high-rise

building fire back in 2015. she f left home an evening jog only to be stabbed to death in the street. this morning family and friends areemembering the woman killed in northwest d.c. wendy martinez was a georgetown graduate and was also recently engaged. right now t search is o for her killer. news 4's molette green is live in the logan circle neighborhood where the stabbing happened. she has more now on the suspect search. >> reporter: good morning. we are right at the corner of 11th and p, where there are n flowers left wendy martinez's honor. this morning there iso motive and no suspect. police, however, have released some surveillance footage to help find the person who did this. shows the man walking along 11th street, and somef the foot j you can actually see that he has a knife in his hand. this vibrant neighborhood is

zere marti often jogged. she was doing that late tuesday night around 8:00 when she was attacked. she was looking forward to her future, planning her wedding, and this community now wants th guy caught so they can feel more at ease. >> this is a place where you walk every day. yeah, it worries me, in the city that you think, oh, this area that you think that is -- like that you think is safe. >> reporter: now, we can tell yofe there was a k found nearby after the attack on tuesday night. initially police thought three men were involved in this attack, but they now believe just one person was involved in taking wendy martinez' life. that's the latestth from norwest d.c. back in to you. >> molette, thank you.

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it's now 6:45. we're tracking breaking right now. two prince george's county police officers are in the hospital after being shot last night while serving a warrant. weive going to take you to the scene with more on what happened. >> we also have an updateopn that devg story in the district. we'll take you live to what's left of this southeast apartment ilding after more than 1 senior citizens were forced out by fire. t clock is ticki for the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. >> senators have given christine blasey ford until tomorrow to decide wheth she will testify

on monday. nbc's kristen welkerit is at th house. will we hear from dr. ford on monday, you think? >> reporter: we, it's a rea question of will she, or won't she? we just don't know at this point in time. good morning, aaron and eun. the controversy surrounding nomination to vanaugh' the supreme court is ramping up. that is the critical questi, whether or not christine blasey ford is going to appear in front of the senate judiciary mmittee on monday. she said she want s the fbi to investigate as a first step.um president tr continues to show support for kavanaugh. however, if ford does testify, and in theds president's w makes a credible showing, then that would be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision, he says. overnight, blasey ford's attorney digging in with a client is saying her unable to go home, receiving ongoing death threats. kavanaugh has denied the sexual assault allegation for more tro

than tecades ago. we'll have a lot more coming up on "today." back t you. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you. back now to news. breaking two officers were shot while serving a warrant in prince george's county. >> thisned around 10:30 offlorring drive. news 4's justin finch is at the latest? >> reporter: aaron, eun, we just sa some crime scene vans pull off a short time ago. as you can see behind us ,he the crime tape is still up. officers with still focused on this building here behind us. as you mentioned, two officers shot. w recovering. their injuries said to be non-life threatening at this time. this happened close to 10:30 last nig. nose two officers part of a nine-member special operations team here at lorring parkap artments to serve a warrant last night at a top floor unit. we're told theyck k on the door, did not get an answer, so

they used a device to open that door, andnside of tha unit, they found a man armed with a shotgun. we're td he quickly opened fire, striking one officer in the oulder, the other in his arm and hand area. on scene, there was a medic who was able to respond, get those officers treated before they were taken by helicopter to baltimore for trauma and shock treatment. >> i've got to tell u, the relief that we are feeling righa now isy hard to put into words. we have two officers who are at baltimorehock trauma right now. from wt we understand, they have non-life threatening injuries at this point. >> reporter: police stressed over and over again this could have been a lot worse. as you look live at the scene, officers are still here investigating. we don't have the names of those officers at this time or the name of the suspect who is p no ice custody. we are told that person

surrendered. a second person also in that unit is now inolice custody. it has not been said if either s the subject of that warrant those officers were trying to issue here last night. we are due for a update shortly. we'll bring you that oe we get it. live in prince getyge's coun, justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. 11 before the hour. n w to the developing story southeast washington. more than 100 senior citizens lost their homes in this massi fire yesterday. this video shows you how intense thoses flare near the navy yard. the roof couldn't handle the heat and firearndally collapsed. >> the heavy fire broke out on 5th street southeast just after 3:00 p.m. news 4's megancgrath is live at the building now. etgan, how long did this take firefighters to the fire under control? the flames were massive. >> reporter: yeah, it was a terrible fire. it took hours for them to put it out. nowhat the sun is coming up here, you can get a better idea

for the damage here, essen ially the roo gone. you can see all the damage that has been done to the upper floors. water was still being poured on the fire at 11:30 last night. that was nearly eight hours after it started. this was an enormous fire. th flames beginning in the roof ar o and then spread, kin hopping to different parts of the building. the apartments are home to many elderly people with mobility issues, people who use walrs and wheelchairs. firefighters scrambled to evacuate those residents. atne point, 100 marines stationed at the nearby navy yard ran over to help, but in some casesed literally car residents out of the burning building. several residents we spoke to yestday said the sprinklers and the smoke alarms did not go off. >> runni through there, knocking on doors. no fire alarms went off in the building. no sprinklers went off.

no security in the building at all. we don't know what's going on in there. so the smoke is so thick, we couldn't hardly see our way through to get out of there. reporter: so the smoke alarms and the sprinklers, whether or not they were working, will certainly be part of this investigation, as will be the cause, what started this fire. now, i want to say that everybody at this point has been accounted for. the four p gple who did to the hospital, they're going to be okay. also want to mention that van ness elementary school, which is closed rea, will be today because of poor air quality. back to you guys. >> all right. megan, thank you. it's 6:51. now to another developing story. we're learning more about the jogger who was stabbed to death in theogan circle neighborhood. her name is wendy martinez. she was a georgetown grad who was recently engaged. this is the man police are loing for in her murder. he was caught on surveillance footage just moments before the attack near 11th and p streets

northwest tuesday night. the picture shows him wearing a mustard colored shirt. another shot here shows the knife still in his nd. the ver latest on this investigation is next on the "today show. 6:52 now. we turn to chuck bell for a look at the forecast. >> thank you, aaron. skies have clouded over a bit here in washington this morning. these are not rain-making cloudsle that is exc news there. for most of us, another couple dry days around here. goodnessnows we doot need the rain. this september has been incredibly warm and incredibly wet. 5 degrees warmer than average and 4 1/2 inches, more than that, above average in rainfall. in fact, 7.25 inches of rain thisonseptember. 19 days completed so far. it's wetter than the last four septembers combined. an unbelievable amount of t rai hes month. so you saw the low clouds over d.c. this morning. no real fog issues around the city. there are areas of very thick fog out across parts of central virginia and the shenandoah valley, where temperatures are

considerablyle c 63 now in front royal. i in warrenton. 71 now washington. even upper 50s out in winchester and towards the front royal area. mid-70s by the warm waters of the chesapeake bay. your planner for today, once these low clouds are gone, we'll be left with a fair amount of nshine today. afternoon highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. what to wear? shorts, have those sunglasers for l on today. don't forget your sun block as well. rain in the upper midwest will eventually impact our weather, especially for the second half of the weekend. et me show you future weather here. we'll be in and out of clouds and sunshine today. any rain chances today, as low , as they mostly on the eastern shore and across parts of thef mountains the shenandoah valley. keep that in mind for today. raineally a big chance for until we get towards saturday night and sundays. lookingday planner also good. nice and warm. warm weather continues through saturday. saturday, mostly cloudy, chance of shors saturday evening. rainier weather and coolier weather for sunday, monday, and

tuesday. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. just got off the phone with police. this crash in waldorf sadly is d fatal at now. this investigation could be out there for some te. we're talking about outbound 5 after renneraoad. pedestrian crash there this morning. taking a look 95 northbound before the beltway, that has finally cleared out of the way. had that right lane blocked. on 66 eastbound, prince williama pa left side still blocked by a crash. he beltway, inner loop a outer loop looking normal everywhere. in laurel, northbound bw parkway near nasa still have that left lane getting by the work zone. a little delay northbound and southboundutthere. ound 270 looking pretty normal. top of the beltway, you see those delays going 21 miles per hour. and 95 north, quantico to the beltway, pretty slow on both. 19 miles per hour on 95 northbound. member to listen to wtop 103.5 fm w hn you in your car.

>> thank you, melissa. 6:54. did you stay up late to watch talent"?'s got it was the finale. we were hoping the electronic violinist from here in our rishington area would win the million-dollar p. >> despite an incredible run, brian king joseph finished third during last night's iffinale. over night we heard from hik. >> i feel i've opened up a path not just for myself, for a bunch of people, a wholeot of ople out there. i'm just so excited. i feel like my career is starting today. i couldn't be moredrateful. >> gor him. >> absolutely. another self-taught star was declared the winner. congratulations to shin lim the magician. it's now 6:55. four things to know before you head out the door. the woman accusing supreme court of nee brett kavanaugh sexual assault must decide by tomorrow whether she will testify on monday. professor christine blasey ford wants more witnesses to testify and the fbi to investigate first. moren that showdown on the

"today" show. >> d.c. police are searching for the man who stabbed a jogger to death inth nst d.c. wendy martinez was killed esday night. surveillance video shows the susp wt leaving the sceneith a knife in hand. the latestn the search is also e'ead on the "today" show. two prince geocounty police officers are expected to be okay after they were shot last night. we're told a man with a shotgun was waiting forolice when they were serving a warrant inst ct heights. he opened fire when they opened the door. this morning, d.c. fireor investig will return to the arthur capper senior apartments in southeast. they're looking for the cause of yesterday's massive fire there. more than 100 residents were displaced. elementar ness school is closed today because of allhe smoke still lingering in the air. quick peek athe forecast. nice weather here the next couple days. clouds around this morning. don't worry, these are notain making clouds. unfortunately, sunday for the g redskins gamee number two at home may be a little on the cool and showery side. >> all right. >>s long as they win, i don't care.

>> that's right. >> taking a look right now in waldorf. outbound 5 to southbound after renner road, traffic stopped there. again, shut down because of a fatal pedestrian crash from overnight. could be a while before it reopens. >> all right. thank you. and that is t news 4 today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. see you in 25 a minutes for weather, traffic, and local news. until then, enjoy your day. w anybodyt to add anything else? we got time. we good? >> oh, 15 seconds. you guys look lovely. >> as do you. >> and all of you h ate. >> don't forget to button that top button, kids. >> i'm in trouble now. ma everybody.t thursday, at children's national,

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