the scene all morning. he has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at this hour as you mentioned, firefighters trying to account for a family of four. they say lives in the upper unit here at the verona apartments in landover hills. concerns from neighbors hoping, too, theyre fou safe and sound and soon. look at the video. as you can see, the flames were ripping here at the apartment complex off the 3900 block of warner avenue off of 450 and lapdover hilts. the -- landover hills. the crews are araving and getting quickly t work philadelphia. i want to bring in a resident who tells me he was asleep with his family when these flames erupted. andoou were able t get out quickly because you had to think quickly. >> yeah, it was a very horrible experience. it was, what, about 3:00 in the night.

was sleeping, and the fire alarm went off. i was reluctant to wake up at 5:00. my wife warrant to the living room, and she saw smoke everywhere. she screamed, fire, fire, fire. grabbed the baby, and i -- i grabbed the baby and opened the door of the living room, and the entire stairways was in flame. there was no w to go out. i told her we had to use the back. we were in ther.ouch floo i was naked. and i told her we have to get down. the flame was quickly approaching our building. and wha -- >> reporter: your neighbors help you would you and your baby and wife gou >> yeah. >> reporter: i -- >> i told her we have to get out, we have to go down through the back only, and i will show you what to do. you have to follow my steps.th

i climbed ugh the backh backhoeing, i went down owsl. -- i went down slowly. she sent t baby i grabbed the baby and threw the baby to the neighbors from the ground. they caught tbaby. i concerned. she has to come down slowly and i'll grab her. i claim climb back on the second floor. when she scaled over, i had her lengths on my shourlt and slo-- shoulder and slowly got her down. th apolice brought a couch,nd they asked her to jump. she jumped on the couch, and then i followed. >> reporter: such for your story. glad you and your family are safe. again, work crewsre working to yccount for a famil of four. we can tell you, as well,o tha twfirefighters have suffered bulb injuries.

they've been taken for treatment and should roofer. they're working to makeure the building is stable to their work, the put out the cause, any it m have spread to the lower level. live innews4, insnench finch. back to you. in thank you. we have breaknews out of arlington. one person was kled in a interstate rash o 395. this happened around 2:00 a.m. on the exit ramp to washington boulevard. melissa nllet has the latest i your first 4 traffic. melissa? >> reporter: this traffic alert sshowing you the thinghat finally cleared out of the way. this just happened in the past minutes. 395 northbound at the exit togt washin boulevard we had 8a closed. b and c were open. everhing has reopened of the southbound 95 near 198, take a look. fire trucks, a tow truck hopefully getting out of the way sohe. they're t for another situation involving a tractor-trailer this time. southbound 95, the ramp to

westbound 198, the tractor-trailer on its side. westbound 198 after 95. right side blocked by the crash response. outer loop to northbound bw parkway in greenbelt, a disabled vehicle blocking the right merge lane. over to cck bell. good morning. we're in store for a hint of summertime. here's a live picture from the city camer this morning. st a couple of fair weather clouds. otherwise a predawn sky lit up with color here early this morning. it's going to be a fantastic day to be outside. we're off to a comfortable start this morning. nights and warm. temperatures this afternoon, tone as much as 15 degrees warm than average. dry for most -- i couldn't bleatly rule out an isolated rain chance west of 81. that tiny chance it after 6 n plafmt don'td to worry -- 6:00 p.m. don't need to worry. the planner for today, plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth. afternoon high near 82 degrees

today the. c littleler tomorrow. higher rain chances later in the week. more about that coming up. for now the news goes on. 6:05. in the district we're working tm learne about an overnight investigation in the petworth area near 1 itth and randall streets northwest. you see employment of police call to thee. scen we'll update you. you can pay respects to the victims of the sri lankan terrorist attacks. a book of remembrances will be available starting i 10:00 a.m. >> easter sunday terrorists set off a series of bombs at churches and hotels. yesterday three more were leftover and no one was hurt. 40 people are under arrest including the driver of a van allegedly used by one of the swiet bombers. the death toll has rainen to 321

skprks and more than 500 are recovering from the bombings. we're following two developing stories in prince george's county. first, chopper 4 gave a look at the police response at the scene of a double shooting near 75th avenue and landover road. it appears to an apartment complex. no word on the times of the victims. a few miles away on allison street, two people were stabbed. prince george's counolice not released information on the victims' conditions, and police do not believe the stabbings are connected. we'll bring you details on them as we get them. time is 6:06. a big day for the supreme court. justices will begin hearing documents which will correct how americans complement congress. the trump administration wants to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. critics argue a citizenship

question would make immigrants less likely to respond to the census leading to a miscount. this is important because it represents the number of congressional representatives for each state. the census calculates how much assistance federal governments get the .programs an analysis estimates nearly 6% of households where noncitizens live would n a respond. in country our size, that adds up to 6.5 million people. am todayies who lost loved ones in the 2016 silver spring explosion hope to get some answers. the ntsb will holdti a mee to determine the probable cause of the natural gas explosion at the flower branch apartments. federal investigators a say vent pipe may be to blame. it could claire fee whether washington g or the apartment month that company was

negligent. today you can weigh in on how to improve traffic conditions on i-270 and the the state highway administration will continue a series of workshops to discuss improvements along maryland's most congested he says. tonight's opworksh begins at 6:30 at el nothieanor roosevelt workshop. street smails w target target vose who speed or statement -- those who speed or refuse to stop at the crosswalks. the campaign runs through may 14th. fines for veiliting the - laws violating the laws can be up to 00, and drivers can face poin>> their i.d. last night philadelphia eaes' defensive end chris long bought his fight for justice reform to new york city. hective in a coalition that

fights against social inequality. the commonwealth's attorney joed long for a stugz. he says the city needs doing with about a real burden on society. leavi leaving as far as that never heal. long donated his entire 2017 base salary to educational charities. he played at the university of virginia before joining the nfl. down to the wire for the caps as they -- rounds one of p theyoffs series is tied again. >> the feeling isfu all do nding. if the raining champs want tonc ad they must win game seven. sharree burruss with more. >> reporter: the sixth playn the country plan. the spans admitt they didn'

respond well. traveling 3-2, the puck loose under the pads of the goalie, alex ovechkin. pokes it in. it's recalled a new goal after the review. >> it puck, getting control. ly didn't sthat. >> we thought the puck was loose. it was know, it was -- still a puck that was in play. >> reporter: carolina goes on to win 5-2. bess might the call theyeed toer more of themselves. >> we need control, me tol cathedracontrol. we didn't have enough guys coming from milwaukee. it will have to change. >> reporter: game sevenack at capital one arena on wednesday. yes, the capitals' game-seven rode is 5 and 11. almost the fire in at vans willing they can move out to the ererlg. hs a loot you don't hear a lot around here, free parking.

>> how matter is planning on offering that. plus, after being mistaken for an unconscious man. first sponders act quickly it remove a 12-foot hire. chuck? a taste of summertime for today. tomorrow looks gorgeous. thursday, dry for t most part. plan on rain for your friday. i'll give you the five-day forecast i a minute and let you know whether the rain chance will hang around into the weekend. and as we head back to teas ng news before we go to break. we're following the situation in landover hills as shvideo shows what happened inside an coartment mplex.

we've already told you metro's blue and l yellowes will shut down south of reagan national airport next month. to help commuters etout, m will offer free parking at the franconia/springfield, huntington, and van dorn stations while's in effect. the metro board is eovected to ape the proposal on >thursday. >>wo years after the murder t ofwo indiana teen girls, police are releasing new clues in this case. the bodies of the girls were found in delphi, indiana. there is nowtc a new ske showing a younger suspect than first thought. there is alsoeo new vid and an audio clip of a man saying what sounds like "guys, down the hill." one of the victims -- victim's mothers says she'd s looking for justice. >> nobody thought we'd still be looking but we are.

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your tuesday. 54 now at a internationalport. upon much of a breeze. that's the ruin for tt mirrored daum finishes on the poe tame okay. temperatures away from the city and the water, 46 in prince lliam county. 48 in fairfax county. 47 in montgomery county. 54 now in prince george's county. great looking day today. aere will be an itty bitty chance for shower today as this storm which is primary going to miss us wait to the north. the trailing cool front here which will lowerte our eratures about five or six degrees tomorrow afternoon compared to today. that will if through here later tonight. that storm is the humidity in best find for area wide. it apeer reviews late tltded into friday. futurewatch carries a nearly clear sky. thne will be clouds later the day today. here's future weather, 8:00. between 8:00 tonight and about midnight, there may just be one showers.ttle scattered primarily west of i-81. sat cold front will settle to

theth during the overnight hours. beal be off to a somewhat cloudy start this morning. thench back -- then back to 100% sunshine. 60 in the morning. the clouds will make tomorrow morning a milder start to the day each though it will be a color finish. highs in the mid to upper 70s. here's the five-they outlook. the best chance of rain area wade wasng showi thunderstorms. severe weather chances on friday are very, very low. th is good news. better news still.ee the wnd starts out dry and sunny. i like that for sure.ir in f 4 traffic, laurel southbound 95, the ramp, the tractor-trailer is on the side of theoad there on its season. the shoulder is the only thing that is getting by the crash or overturned tractor-trailer. westbound 198, clearing.

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for the second morning in a row, multiple families have been forced from their homes by flames inside apartment buildings. >> this was the scene of the latest fire that broke out overnight in landover hills. this morning, we're learning at least one family is still unaccounted for. justin finch live with the latest on this. mostin? >> reporter: good ing. right now, close to two dozen people have been accounted for who live here at the verona complex apartment building. heavy hearts as a wash and wait and hope that a family of four that has not yet been accounted for is found safely and soon.

continues response from prince george's county fire crews watching to make sure the building is stable. they spent hours stamping out hot spots here. chopper 4 overhead showing you a critical problem here with this building that back end. several a collapse of units here where the fire raged at its peak. we are ted this f broke out close to 3:30 this morning with crews making their way to the scene. they're having to work quickly. the residents for the most part were able to get out we have not heard of eliminate major civilian injuries. however, two firefighters were taken to the hospital for treatment of burns. they are expected to recover, as well. cell phone video shows how uickly and how bad the fir burned. this is from a viewer who lives right across from this building here. his family heard severalopng sounds and later, they saw this flame erupt here. this is the verona apartment

compx here on the 3900 block. we have sound from residents as they were racing from the scene. take a listen. >> all unit evac,te, evacuate evacuate the building. >> evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. >> reporter: as you heard, urgent calls to evacuate to awarn those to get out as quickl as possible. as you look around here, several engines on scene. still working to knock out the whot spots. iflook to my right, red cross is on the scene assisting families who need help. they're building may's. when we see see you at6:45, a father who academied -- act quickly to get his wife and children out as it was burning.

back to you. >> thank you. t we wan to switch gears and help you get started on this tuesday. >> with everything you nee b to knowore you head out, if you went to bed before the caps game ended, a heads-up, they did not wrap up the sear is leak we hoped. > the wide-open ♪ to score. game seven looming on wednesday. >> that was just one of carol linea's five goals last neat. the t tied up the series andfo rcing a game secretary of. we'll havels detai and the controversial call everyone will be talking about today coming up in a few minutes. it was a goal a that i have to say. let's turn to the forecast and the commute. meteorologist chuck bell is back with heus. ill talk about the weather before melissa tells us about the roads. what's up? sunshine and beautiful weather. ar's going to be am afternoon, as well. our average high for this date

is 69 degrees. the forecast today, 82. so a eel preview of june here in the month of april. look at that golden glow in the sky. winds are going to be relativeli t. an increase out of the southwest later on in the afternoon ahead of cold front. the coolersuburbs, 46 in newmarket, maryland. 46 in charlestown, west virginia. 47 in rton. 54 in washington. planner then for today, the forecast, no rain to worry about. bright and sunny around, around 50 this morning. again, highs near 80 degrees. more about those increasing rain chances later in the week coming up. sunshine, both in and out of work today. melis melissa? >> i like that. 95 toward 198 starting to see slowdowns because of the overturned tractor-trailer. just a little out of view. it's the ramp to 198. that tractor-trailer on its side. the right shoulder on the ramp

is open. westbound 198 after95, right lane blocked because of the response for the crash. at the beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no major problems. a couple of other things that have just popped up -- hyattstown, southbound 295, the ramp to 109. be careful. a brand-new crash. and suitland parkway, another crash reported there. we'll look at your travel times coming u thank you. we're following breaking news out of articof arlingtonme person was killed on i-395ar nd 2:00 a.m. on the exi ramp to washingtth boulevard. e ramp is back over after being shut during the investigation. new this moing, the sri lankan state minister says the easter sunday bombings were retaliation for new zealand's l mosque attacksast month. >> also overnight, we learned 40 suspects have been arrested, and the death toll has climbed to

1 people. today was a national day of mourning in sri lanka. mass funerals and burials were held for the victims. the government is blaming lumberton islamic terrorists for the bawlings. they believe a group had to have help to pull off such a sophistited attack. four americans were killed in the bombings. >> one is a child with ties to our area. cory smith with more. doory? >> reporter: good morning. at little boy's name was kieran. a fifth grader at sidwell friends school. he office a leave of absence studying and and living in sri lanka. we are mourning his death along with those of huneds killed in the bombings. i want to show what's going on out people have. >> by to way their reayects, to pl flowers.

the flag remains at half staff. if you can't push in on one of the notes here, it says "our hearts a with you." that is just a sample of the outpouring of support that has taken place since sunday's bombings. it will continue at the yep embassy. -- at the embassy. they will allow people to sign a heok. remembrances for t victims. that is going to be happening between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. today. again, here in northwest at then, if you want to pay your respects, you can. they will have a book that you can see. and we want to tell you being gak to the death, sidwell friends will be able to go ballpark. they can get things off theirch t. keihappen w aerritt kelly, he adored his friends and learning at sidwell. and was very much looking forward bo gettingk into

class with his friends here in d.c. sadly he was one ofore than 300 killed in these easter bombings on sunday. again, back out here live, you n come back, you can come to the embassy here in northwest, sign that book of condolence, and continueo pay your respects for those who were killed on easter sunday. back to yoll >> a right. cory smith live for us this morning at the sri lankan embassy. thank you. 6:38. in other top stories, a community in ae arundel county held a vigil for tyreek hudson. he was killed at his own apartment building in glen burnie. the 22-year-old engineer was allegedly gunned down by his neighbor. lud son tried to get a protective order and -- hudson tried get a protective order and was denied. the people are calling for a suspension. a woman snapped a picture of a man taking pictures on a s

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your time is 6:46. we continue to follow breaking news. take a look. chopperve41 flying the scene of a landover hills apartment complex whereke flames bro out overnight. these are live pictures right now. you see part of the building has collapsed. >> more th 20 people have lost their homes. this morning, one family that lives in the building is still unaccounted for. we're going to ha an update live from the scene in a ew minuteshere. this morning, democrats are split on whether t tory to impeach president trump for allegedly trying to interfere i e mueller investigation. >> nbc's peter alexander is live from the white house with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. house speaker nancy pelosi on a conference call with democrats is calling for her parak to t

aggressive action in terms of of the stigati president but is pumping the brakes on the idea of beginning impeachment proceedings. there is concern among somemo t ats that that could be divisive, political, and it ford make it more difficult democrats to win back the white house in 2020, especially given the fact that the republican-controlled senate would surely not going along with it. overnight, 2020 hopefuls were weighing in. senator harris calling with elizabeth warren for impeachment. it was bernie sanders who wondered all the impeachment talk could play right into the president's s.hand just yesterday president trump brushed off the possibility of impeachment expressing his anger on twitter writing, "only high crimes and misdemeanors can lead peachment." we'll have the latest on all of it when i we sue coming up on "today." back to you. >> all right. i we you a bit. thanks. today the supreme court will begin hearing arguments that

could affect how you're represented in congress. t activists spend the nigh outside of the supreme court. the trump administration wants to ask about citizenship. some say it will make immigrants less likely to respond leang to a miscounts. this is important because cressus represents -- census numbers show congressional representation. and nearly 6% of households where noncitizens live would not respond. that adds up tobout 6.5 million people. 6:48. breaking news in prince george's county. o dozensf families forced out of their homes overnight. these flames broke out at the landover hills apartment building here. >> justin sfinch there live now. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, we do now have an update from prince george's county police. they tell us they now brief thao everyone w lived in the

affected units here at the verona apartments, this complex here, they do now believe all of them have been able to leave. that includes a family of four they once thought were unaccounted for. agai they now believe they were all able to make it out of that burning home. we'll tell you this, too. we know three firefighters have burn injuries. were taken in for treatment. and again are expected to recover at this time. i do want to take you behind me so you can see the response here is still ongoing. and you see several engines on the scene. wrapping up. doing important work inside to make sure the structure is safe enough to continue the investigation and response here. overhead here, news4 is overhead with chopper 4, and you can see the very critical issue on the back end there. we have a collapsed portion of this building here due to fire breaking out overnight. wye want to show you, as well, this cell phone video from the news4 viewer, rather ground video from news4 that we have

from earlier this morning flames ripping here early this morning. prince george's county fire called her about 3:30 or so to respond with the, mission toy immediatel evacuate everyone inside and begin responding to this fire. in that time, just seconds to react including a young father who says he had moments to move, wto save hise and child. take a listen. >> there were some guys down -- i called for them. they came to our rescue. i threw the by to them and said it's your turn, you have to in down. you know, i you -- if you make a mistake, you fall and will die. >> reporter: the silver lining is that his neighbors were able to asst him. his wyche and his baby, give them clothes. he didn't have clothes on when they left that building here overnight. again, that building on fire, too, as well as they made their s escape. at tint the time is to

figure out how the fire even started. the thought is it began in the a terrace lev spread up. one neighbor telling us series burned out. they're working to figure out how the fe started. the red cross working to assist those families that have lost their homes and others who have lost so mucid i of their homes, as well. live here at landover hills, just infinch, news4. now to the update to the fire that forced two dozen out of their homes yesterday in centreville. fire officials say man was killed. residents tell news4 it's likely more people cou have been hurt not en killed if it were for the warning from their fellow neighbors. many residents spent yesterday rying to salvage who they could. no word yet on what may havecused that fire. today the ntsb will hold 'a meeting to determine the cause of the 2016 natural gas explosion in silver spring.

last year the atf con lewded the explosion -- concluded themm explosion s from a gas leak in the media room at the apartments. seven people died in the explosion. it is 6:52 now. and the washington capitals seriesto close out the against the carolina hurricanes last night. and now they must win game seven. that is the only way to advance to the second rounds of the playoffs at this point now. getting a lot o buzz this morning is c thetroversial no-goal call. the caps thought they had tied it in the third. alex ovechkin knocked the loose puck into the net there. at least he thought he had done that. >> the goal was waived off immediately. by rule, a player can't push the gun controly's pass toush the puck into the -- push the puck and pushed it into the net. i still think it was the puck, not the pad. c changed theourse of the game, and we lo.

now the canes forced in game seven. seven.have to win is in >>to game seven going e here at capital one reason. that's good news -- >> yes. >> they can turn the energy into a big win to purthem over the top. let's check in with chuck bell. >> sshine on a tuesday. another day way warmer than average coming our way. afternoon highs today will be more thanbo ten degreesve average. and it will be bone dry today. no chance for rain around the city. th continues a trend going on for the first three weeks ofhe month. if you look at the month of april, 2019, herey we're nearl six degrees warmer than average. about a half inch or more below average in rainfall. the complete opposite of 180-degree turn from last april when it was cold and rainy. but exactly like it was two years ago. april, 2017, the all-time wermest record, april on record here. ould probably get there. but we're probly going to have one of our five warmest pr eses

est principals on record -- warmest aprils on record. t.54 in mary's county. the planner for your tuesday will be filled withne sunshi afternoon temperatures, low to mid 70s by noon. today's high, 82 degrees. for tomorrow after a bit more clouds in the morning, back to sunshine, highs in theo mid t upper 70s tomorrow. our next best chanc for rain alives with thatstorm -- arrives with that storm acrosah okla and texas. that promises rain here on your friday. today the only chance for a few showers, these showers up here in parts of ohio, there may be one or two stragglrag drops into the parts of west virginia mountains, parts of far western maryland. here it is on future weather. there's the ty littleain chance for today. then after a cloudy start tomorrow, we go back to sunshine. the ten-day forecast looks like this -- keeping in mind our average high around 69 to 70 degrees. look how many ofhese days will be above average. today and tomorrow, way above. just where we would expect forhi

ghs, near 70, cool and comfy mornings. no rain this ekend. >> i like that a lot. inner loop after the mixing bowl, had a crash in the middle of the roadway. they've gotten that to the right side. we're still pretty slow there, inner loop near the mixing bowl. you see some of the delays right here. the rest of the beltwayno al. suit, northbound suitland road near the rkway, an accident there. after the manassas rest area, left shoulder is blocked by an accident. as you zoom out, wobridge, mini veil at dale about boulevard, a crash there. hyattstown, 270 the ramp to 109 blocked by an accident. still seeing a delay southbound in the main lanes. travel times here fromrm getown to the spur, 37 miles per hour. tapping the -- topping the beltway, 95, 270, 27 miles per hour. inbound 66, 38 miles per hour. 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, 52 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car today.

guys? >> thank you. 6:55. here are four things to know -- sri lanka's state minister says the easter sunday bombings were retaliation for the new zealand mosque attacks last month. they did not provide any pevidence. 40eople have been arrested. the death toll is now at 321. at least four americans are among the dead including a fifth grader from siddsll frien school in northwest d.c. kieren was living and s studyin in lanka. today between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., you can stop by the embassy to sig a condolence book. much mor on the attacks ahead on the "today" show. one person was killed in a motorcyc crash on i-395 in arlington. this happened on the exit rampt to washingn boulevard. that ramp isow back open after being shut down for hours. follow first 4 traffic on f twitteror the latest on the backups. we know all families at the verona apartments have been accounted for following this two-alarm fire in lanver hills after part of a building collapsed. the red cross is helping families dplaced by the fire.

we'll bring you the late. the ten-day forecast, we'll hit supper today. not too badtomorrow. the best chance for a solid day will be friday. the weekend looks dry. warm by the middle of next week, too. >> very nice. i like it. >> thank you, chuck. it's is the news for today. t appreciate you waking up with us. "today" show is next. see you in 25 for weather, traffic, a local news. enjoy your day. >> make it a greer tuesday, evody. with this one little

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good morning. breakingnews. retaliatio officials now say islamis attacked churches and hels in sri lanka in retribution forhe mosque attacks in new zealand. the death toll rising again overnight. a day of mourning for the victims including a fifth grade american boy. >> he was a very special young man, very special. >> just ahead, where the investigation goes next. democratic divide? the 2020 candidates taking different sides on impeachment. ve congress should take the steps towards impeachment. is ll that the congres talking about impeaching trump and donald trump trump and mueller mueller