live in woodbridge. >> thank you. storytonight as a nine upon building catches fire and the flames spread quickly. it happened at 9 p.m. this evening in northwest. officials china figure out what caused the blaze. -- officials are trying to figure out what caused the blaze. roz plater has more. >>two people recovering from minor injuries tonight. one was a firefighter and the other was a man inside that the floor apartment when the fire broke out. he is being treated with smoke in relation. -- inhalation. all of this could've been a nightmare. this is video taken just after the fire began. tanya fesenko escape from the burning building and then grabbed her cell phone camera. >> i felt a terrible fire coming out of the window. terrible. >> this woman's son was home sick and they were sleeping. >> i heard the alarm. i thought, what was happening? in,s the realization set neighbors began to make their way to safety. >> i went to the lobby and everyone was rushing. a i got out, there was calling. there was big flames that

ackston road in woodbridge. >> everybody is very disturbed by what happened. this happened. they say it was along blackburn road and in a neighborhood close to a middle school behind me there. >> residents live near the area where police say the sexual assault happened and they are horrified by the ages of the victim and suspect. >> it is shocking. it is shocking that a small boy would do that to an 11-year-old girl. >> joshua is a parent of a girl who was a few years older than the victim. willhope that the police make sure that this does not happen again. sexualce say that the assault happened in the backyard near the middle school and will not say if the victim or suspect is a student there. around nine: 30 a.m. on wednesday, detectives arrived and said that 12 and 13-year-old suspects had held her down and said she assaulted her. >> we will prosecute, no matter what age. if this is going to scar them for the rest of their lives. are being held in a juvenile detention center in manassas. i am tom roussey. -- new at 11:00, d.c. police release videos of a and is early sunda

i-95 southbound, slow in several stretches between newington and woodbridge and beyond. a crash reported along the right side of the roadway. plenty of volume today on 66 out in centerville. headed westbound, an incident on the shoulder is getting a lot of attention. on the else way near connecticut avenue, lots of volume on the way to college park. all lanes open at least in montgomery county. that is the way it looks. >> thank you very much. still to come, why businesses are relying on cyber monday to help boost holiday sales. >> judi dench joins the oscar race, while the hunger games breaks even more records. >> and new tonight at 6:00, a creature the size of a grain of rice cooked throw >> there is a new movie out this weekend that may not grab as much attention as hollywood blockbusters. bikes but arch campbell has why you should have it on your radar. this is one to hear about. the biggest movie of the season got even bigger, while a small "ritish movie named "philomena opened with talk of an oscar nomination for judi dench. >> philomena tells the true story of phi

this time out of woodbridge. authorities tell us there were numerous witnesses to the sexual asuit of an 11-year-old girl near the middle school and the girl knows the two people charged. they are two boys just 12 and 13 years old. peggy fox brings us the story. >> they are shocking allegations. what police say happened here in woodbridge to an 11-year-old girl right behind one of these fences in her own backyard. >> she reported to us that she was sexually assaulted by two known acquaintances. both of which were juveniles. >> the boys are only 12 and 13 years old. the middle schoolers have been arrested and charged with forcible sodomy, which apparently was oral sex. the boys are also charged with abduction. >> they held her down and committed the assault. so that escalates it. >> although it is horrifying, something likely normalized this behavior for one or both of these young men. >> clinical psychologist, casey fisher helps rehabilitate children who commit violent acts. usually an outside influence skewed th

everyone has an iphone now. >> reporter: in woodbridge, virginia, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> rightfirst taste of snow. >> how crews are gearing up for the blast arriving this weekend. >> plus, about 40 minutes ago, the first family flipped the switch on this blue spruce on the ellipse. the president is about to speak at any moment. good evening, i'm jim handly in for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we start with a double whammy. we are expecting snow and ice. here is the scene to the west of us in arkansas, people saw ice and snow. the same system is headed our way. there's already a winter storm watch in effect for our region. we start with chief meteorologist doug kammerer monitoring it. hi, doug. >> it's going to be a busy weekend. we are dealing with a one-two punch. punch one is coming in the form of rain. >> this is a storm system that is going to impact sus a large air yachlt. >> right now, we are dealing with the rain. storm team 4 showing the rain in northern virginia montgomery county and prince george's county. most of it is on the lighter side. we will continue to se

. >> we are investigating a deadly hit and run crash involving a pedestrian in woodbridge. it happened at 7:00 sunday night on a occoquan and vineyard way. scene. at the police do not have a description of the vehicle at this time. condition in critical after he was hit by a car in prince george's county. it happened after 6:00 in chillum. neare say he was walking the crosswalk but not in the crosswalk. the driver did stay on scene. around the country all eyes are on the healthcare.gov website. today is an important website -- important day for those that want coverage under obamacare and wanted to kick in january 1. more now from washington. down forock is ticking the long-awaited milestone for obama care. today is the deadline for most americans to sign up for health coverage under the governance -- government's affordable care act onthey want it to kick in january 1. there is much optimism that this could be a turning point in a rollout that has been plagued so far. >> there have been a lot of glitches and problems but they are getting fixed. >> there is concern all roun

it feels like 23 degrees in woodbridge and 24 degrees downtown. the windchill making it feel that much colder. temperatures across much of the country well below average. you have to go all the way down into florida to finally see temperatures in the 60's and 70's. if you're traveling across the lower 48, everything very quieter a little but of lake effect snow moving in over the lakes, but for us pretty much quiet weather conditions. however, our next weather system is emerging out of the southwest. it will be tracking toward the east. if the weather maker for the weather on saturday. let me zoom in and show you our is onefuturecast, which stimulation i will give us an idea of cloud cover and precipitation third evening, just cold. temperatures in the 20's theater tomorrow morning, another cold one, however the winds will be much lighter. we will start off morrow -- tomorrow, friday morning, a few high, thin clouds, 30's to around 40 degrees. as we move into the day saturday, we start off dry, more clouds, temperatures in the 20's. watch the time

heading over to 95 in virginia, we can see things moving nicely through woodbridge and newington. the lay free from fredericksburg. no problems on 66 or 267. have 270 moving along nicely through maryland, urbana, no problems there. see 270 at 109 moving along very quietly. just a few cars here and there. tosome families have room spare under their christmas tree because of a mixup between the largest mail carriers. >> a lot of packages did not get to where they were supposed to go. could mean some extra spending money for you. >> checking our top stories, a water main break is causing traffic obstructions in northeast d.c.. eastbound michigan avenue is shut down near irving street. a 12 inch main broke overnight. commercial properties are affected. repair work is expected to take several hours. after a one-day break for christmas stores -- for christmas, stores are trying to entice shoppers. some stores are opening as early as 5:00 this morning. most are hoping when you return that unwanted gift, you find something else you like and pick it up. many stores are offering big discoun

authorities say the boys forced the girl to have oral sex in the backyard after home in woodbridge, virginia. now prosecutors tell us that half a dozen other youngsters watched it all. the two suspects are being held at a juvenile detention center. their preliminary hearing is set for late january. >>> the man charged with opening fire inside los angeles international airport last month is in court today for the first time. 23-year-old paul cianca is not expected to enter a plea during his arraignment. police say he walked into the terminal last month, pulled out an assault rifle and started shooting. one tsa officer was shot and killed. >>> the british celebrity chef known for her popular cooking shows here in america is denying claims she used cocaine for years. she's testifying at a fraud trial against her former employees. alfonso van marsh reports. >> reporter: police escorted nigella lawson into the fraud trial of her two former assistants. the celebrity chef known as the domestic goddess for her popular cookbooks and cooking programs. gl. one taste and it's kapow. >> reporter: told th

woodbridge had a high today of 48 degrees. 43 in the district. head over to college park, now at 43. their high did cracked the 50 degree mark. temperatures are slow to cold this evening due to cloud cover. we're going to keep clouds for the overnight. 39 in gaithersburg. the same in quantico. 41 in annapolis. high pressure brought us that cold core of their for the holiday weekend, now it moves on off towards the east. low pressure develops off the coast of north carolina. this low pressure is going to slowly drift to the north and east. look at the warm-up. we are now seven degrees milder than we were yesterday at this time. a good indication of what is on the way for the coming days. not quite as cold. here is satellite and radar. if you are looking to snow, had to upstate new york. this area of low pressure is beginning to shape -- take shape but the northern and western edge of that may bring some clouds, especially across southern maryland for tomorrow. -- i am calling for less than a 20% chance. more than likely, nothing at all. here is ou

a downed tree and we have another one just outside of woodbridge at valley wood drive. involves an overturned vehicle. there are some spots the to be mindful of. y untreated roadways will be running with ice and icy spots at this point. we cleared a crash outer loop at vandorn street. we'll check on your rails in about ten minutes. >> maynard, thank you. we are keeping a close eye on the roads and the forecast this morning lacking for hot spots this morning. >>> prince george's county public schools will open two hours late. the winter storm made for some funny moments on national television. a closer look at how one pro football player had a real taste of winter. >>> and we are watching the roads this morning as well. take a look at some of this ice video just in to our newsroom from the district. almost everything has a coat of snow or ice this morning. it could be dangerous out there. be careful. more winter weather coverage right after this. [ female announcer ] i like to mix things up a bit with grands mini pot pies. only four ingredients. and a few easy steps. wee

as far as i-95 is concerned through woodbridge, and from southdale city, brief slowdowns there. northbound delays three montgomery village and clarksburg. no incidents along the way. let's take a look at cameras. plenty of volume out there. we look at traffic on beltway. things are quiet, quite slow. en route through college part, a lot of volume. nothing stops in the roadway. that is the news. back to you. the blind man who survived falling on the tracks of the train is talking about his ordeal and what is responsible for saving his life. >> i love it. i love being a part of it. >> the coming cheerleaders used to be a dream for these kids. a woman is making sure nothing holds them back now. up, accusations of political pandering after a push for d.c. police and firefighters to get a raise. >> showing young people with disabilities they can do anything is what this week's harris' heroes is all about. >> five days a week, every week, britney and her mother drive from delaware to this jim in glen burnie. is just a girl. like so many others, she has wanted to be a cheerleader. >> i

a generally good trip through quantico, dale city, woodbridge, and newington. 66 looking good as you make your way through centerville and fairfax. there are some wind restrictions nothe bay bridge -- restrictions, window warnings. -- wind warnings. warnings mean that all you have to do is use a lot of caution and you will travel across the bay bridge at your own risk. >> thank you very much. new this morning, all lanes are back open after a serious accident in suitland. it happened around 11:30 last night on allentown road. on what caused the accident or the condition of the victim this morning. the scene has been cleared and police have reopened allentown road. it is over. it is the last day to get all of your shopping done. >> hopefully you are done, but i know a lot of you probably aren't. brianne carter is live at fair lakes mall in fairfax. good morning. it is the last minute scramble to check everyone off of your list. it is time to get out to the stores. retailers are doing all they can to make sure that people can pick up those last-minute items. kohl's. this 24 hours nonsto

the latest opened up in woodbridge, virginia last week.minently displayed on the front door are signs saying no guns permitted. virginia is a gun friendly state where it is permissible to strap on a gun and bring it into the restaurant. the owners have a right to say no. that's what the rule is. facebook erupted over the issue with one patron saying she is disappointed and believes the no guns policy announces to criminals any one leaving your establishment is likely completely defenseless and easy pickens or a robbery. she will not patronize his restaurant. another person wrote the no guns policy is sad and creates a more dangerous environment. manager declined to be interviewed. we asked customers outside what they think of the no guns policy? >> i think it is a great idea. any establishment that serves alcohol i am going to tell you right now alcohol makes you do funny things. that makes my feel more comfortable. >> what do you think no guns permitted? >> it is a private business and has the rights to maset the rul it wants. >> gun fans

south of the city, i-95, woodbridge, quantico and southern maryland where the bulk of the rain has been much of the day. another patch of rain coming through. the drying trend is coming, everybody. it's going to take awhile for it to get here. look at the moisture going up the eastern sea board. it's caused a lot of travel troubles. new york city and boston experiencing substantial delays. if you have late evening flights, you may want to call your airlines as there could be substantial lingering delays for new york city and the boston area. our airports are looking fine. problem will be getting into wherever you are traveling to. monday evening, on the mild side. temperatures near 50. cooling down as the showers come to an end. the temperatures will be trending downward. a good time to download the storm team 4 weather app. it will follow you where you go and give you the latest forecast as well. the rain is ending. clearing tonight. it will allow temperatures to drop near or below freezing. a lot of wet roadways. could be patchy ice tomorrow watch for that. tomorrow, during the day, 2

right around the area, showers in fairfax, clinton, woodbridge.redericksburg, you are getting a bit of a break. more rain off to your west around 17. it's moving in. tomorrow, it's going to be dry. the rain should be ending around 2:00, 3:00 a.m. we'll be in the 40s for a high temperature tomorrow. getting up to 40 and 44 degrees across the area. cold and a little breezy at times, too. fredericksburg, pax river, up to 47 degrees for the high temperature. annapolis, maryland, 46. here is a look at early sunday morning. the snow for a brief period of time, it starts around 9:00, 10:00 a.m. a chance of snow sticks with us until 2:00 or 3:00, then it gets icy as sleet and freezing rain develops with the rain freezing as it comes down and freezing on contact. that means we could have serious conditions around here as we get into late sunday night and early sunday morning. by 3:00 a.m., most of what falls will be shut off by that time. we should see most of our fre e freezing rain end by 3:00 a.m. a dusting to an inch expected around d.c. one to two for

. >> a 20-year-old man was arrested in the potomac mills area in woodbridge. police say he has, at one point, had his pants down as he approached a 19-year-old woman. he did so friday night. threw the victim down, got on top of her. witnesses jumped in to stop the attack. he's charged with attempted rape. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> considering the case of a former senate aid arrested in a child important scheme. 35-year-old was in court today. the former chief of staff to senator lamar alexander in tennessee was arrested after they found child important images on computers inside his home. he'll be under house arrest while the case makes its way through the court system. >>> the d.c. department of parks and recreation admit there were security lapses where two sexual assaults happened last month after business hours. they said the employee who is were supposed to monitor after hour activities probably knew people were going there when the pool was closed, but did not report it. >>> alexandria and chesapeake, virginia, the recount is under way

the new stadium would become part of stone bridge in woodbridge. the nationals are a minor league team affiliated with the washington nationals. >>> it's december. doug, we could get used to this stuff. >> you can. it's going to get warmer. high temperature in the mid-50s. later this week, the nationals could have a practice outside on thursday. coming up friday, it's downhill from there. outside right now, toward the capitol, we have the christmas tree lighting. there's john boehner getting ready to light the christmas tree. we will be live at the white house later on friday with the christmas tree lighting there. that one there behind him, 88 foot spruce. as far as our weather is concerned, the mild side. winds 7 miles per hour. we have clouds, but not a lot. saw sunshine across the region after starting off with morning cloud cover. temperatures on the mild side. 48 in manassas. the clearing skies cool quickly. 48 in gaithersburg and camp springs. i think we'll see the clouds on the increase. storm team 4 radar shows things are clear. that is th

we found them here in woodbridge, virginia. either making a call or more likely sending a text. >> it's a quickgo. >> reporter: virginia state police catering to the smartphone population to get crime taps. they rolled out a new app, see something, send something. >> it gives it almost instant information to be able to hopefully respond to prevent criminal activity. >> it's hitting the air waves. >> see something suspicious, snap it and send it. >> while police are promoting the effort local law enforcement will have access to the tips as well. officers were on hand to support the launch. >> first concern, privacy. >> some see the benefits to the country but also worry about unnecessary tracking. >>> the luxury of being anonymous is taken away from you because they have your cell phone number and information. >> reporter: but state police say they won't actively track users and they promise if the information collected is not useful it will be deleted. >> there's no archiving of tips or maintaining a collection data base. >> re

we start with angel from woodbridge, virginia. you're on with scott wilson. >> can you hear me? >> yes, go ahead. >> i want to address if you want and keep ance company it issue. the president was speaking for the american people. insurancespeaking for companies. which doesn't make him a liar. you can keep your insurance it.any if you want he wasn't speaking for the insurance company. i would like to address also to guests, what are epublicans doing to help this country? thank you? >> scott wilson, some of how the public perception is on some of the issues of the health care law. the president t if you quently about like your insurance plan, you plan, p your insurance that was a pithy way that people ho try to get their insurance, the vast majority of americans, should not fear the new legislation. it did not turn out to be the case. the fact of the matter is that the legislation was written in a way to weed out insurance that were not meeting minimum standards set out by the law. so the white house knew that that was not going to be the case for every american. they just saw it

when it hit a large structure near the town of woodbridge. one car flipped over.c. it could take hours to upright the cars. no injuries were reported. >>> wildlife workers trying again this morning to rescue dozens of pilot whales. they're out there stranded in about three feet of water in florida's everglades national park. at least ten of them have already died. it's unclear how or why they ended up in such shallow water. experts say if one whale is sick or hurt, the rest of them won't leave that one whale behind even if it puts their lives in danger. >>> personal information could be in the hands of a thief right now. hackers stealing more than 2 million passwords for sites like facebook, g mail and twitter. and then pasting them on-line. there was one thing many of these were hacked had in common. easy passup or down. one, two, three, for, five, six, used more than 15,000 times. change your password if you have an easy one. >>> a man is hit by a speeding car, thrown into the air before landing on the pavement. look at this. this happened in russia. incredibly,

host: our last question is from mary ann would bridge -- in woodbridge, virginia. caller: good morning. thank you for your research. is your research leading to dna --ng able to predict sometimes it will skip a .eneration or so it would be interesting to see if your research can or will eventually lead to being able to predict this. host: thank you. would like to sort of managed expectations here. right now we can read out people's genome sequence and make some predictions about certain diseases they might get. in some cases we could say with near certainty that they will get something. but in most cases it is a percentage. as current evidence would suggest, you have a greater risk of getting this or that. there are many other factors for many of these diseases that play a role such as environment and other social components of your life. i think with time this will grow. but some of the most fruitful contributions of genomics will be in areas that are much more whether oriagnosing not an individual will be a good responder or bad responder to a medication. certain

woodbridge, virginia. good morning, you are on with scott wilson. i want to address the issue that if you want to keep your insurance company, you can keep it. the president was speaking for the american people, not insurance companies, which does not make him a liar. he was not speaking for the insurance companies. i also wanted to address, to your guest, what are republicans doing to help this country? host: how the public perception is on some of these issues of health care law. the line that the president used frequently that if you like your health care insurance, you can keep it. that was a way to get at the insurance,eople with the vast majority of americans, should not fear this new legislation. be thenot turn out to case. the fact of the matter is, the legislation was written in a way to weed out insurance policies that were not meeting minimum standards set by the law. knew that that was not going to be the case for every american. they thought it would be a small percentage of americans who could not keep their plants. way that wasn a not

johnny's up next from woodbridge, virginia, on our line for democrats. johnny, good morning. >> caller: morning. i'd like to say they turned -- i wonder what's wrong with how much money they're spending in afghanistan, halliburton is the problem. because a as long as they are there, the money going to pour in, and vice president -- ex-vice president cheney, he was collecting money before, during and after. and he still is right now collecting money from the government. >> host: johnny, did you have a question for the congressman? >> caller: why these, somebody don't say something about the work habits of congress. congress want people to go out there and find jobs 20 hours a week. congress don't work 10 hours a month. >> host: congressman. >> guest: well, we actually work at least 10 hours a month, but this in recent times with republican leadership, the amount of work being done in congress has been very, very slim. and the hours worked has not been anywhere near what it was during the pelosi period. but the real failure is we're not getting these major

on e-mail this morning -- jonathan is on our line for independents in woodbridge virginia. caller: the statement you just read is basically my comment. overall the government has way too much power now. the distrust of the citizens has gone out of hand. the bag that we would just be able to bear arms to protect dcaelves, if i drive into cannot take a weapon to protect myself. my wife cannot even have mace on her unless it is registered. what really is no and to they can book on us. there's a lot of momentum going the wrong way. what would you like to see lawmakers do? a spendinghave problem and it has gone out of control. as a former military member, if you cannot pay the military to do their jobs it is not going to take too long for them to -- try to recognize that. stop spending on entitlement programs and things that are automatic and make government be the mandatory evil of providing basic defense. secondly, big regulation should be in place for our surveillance agencies. i think the patriot act needs to be repealed. they can definitely put you into tame it. the odds ar

johnny is next from woodbridge, virginia. good morning. wonder what is wrong with how much money they are spending in afghanistan. halliburton is the problem. as long as they are there, the money is going to pull in. x vice president cheney was collecting money before, during, and after, and he still is collecting money from the government. host: did you have a question for the congressman? doesn't saybody something about the work habits of congress. congress wants people to find jobs 20 hours a week. congress doesn't work 10 hours a month. guest: we work at least 10 hours a month. the amount of work in congress has been very slim. the hours as not been close to elosi period. the amount of fraud and waste is extraordinary. $80 billion for what? 1/3 the number of troops? what are we spending all that money on? it is the most corrupt nation in the world. the president of afghanistan is umbing hisus.th i am concerned about this. the afghan people had a major conference on the continuation of the american presence in afghanistan. we have yet t

host: our last question is from mary ann would bridge -- in woodbridge, virginia. caller: good morning. thank you for your research. is your research leading to dna --ng able to predict sometimes it will skip a .eneration or so it would be interesting to see if your research can or will eventually lead to being able to predict this. host: thank you. would like to sort of managed expectations here. right now we can read out people's genome sequence and make some predictions about certain diseases they might get. in some cases we could say with near certainty that they will get something. but in most cases it is a percentage. as current evidence would suggest, you have a greater risk of getting this or that. there are many other factors for many of these diseases that play a role such as environment and other social components of your life. i think with time this will grow. but some of the most fruitful contributions of genomics will be in areas that are much more whether oriagnosing not an individual will be a good responder or bad responder to a medication. certain

we do have that downed tree cavalier drive at valley wood in woodbridge. tracking a new accident outer loop at vandorn it. you can see crews on the scene dealing with that one. and here is a live look in the district. pennsylvania aech at minnesota avenue. now the streets look to be wet. as you can see from the icicles hanging in front of our camera, you are going to run in a icy patches. be mindful of your speeds as you're driving in and around town especially on some of the the roads that haven't been traveled overnight. aaron and eun, back to you in the studio. >>> maynard, thank you. 4:24. new details about a u.s. veteran detained in north korea for more than a month. 85-year-old merrill newman says he was held in a hotel room and not a jail cell. the dorian war veteran says he was well fed and comfortable. north korea released newman on friday citing his video apology, his age, and his health. newman was in north korea on a tourist visa. military police took him off a plane as he was about to leave pyongyang in october. he was accused of crimes from t