. >>> breaking news out of chillum, maryland. we have new information on the tragic story. two adults and two children pulled from a burning home. molette green just spoke to firefighters, what she learned in just minutes. >>> i'm eun yang. we're keeping a careful eye on the dangerously cold temperatures, negative windchills. it is a weather alert day. news 4 and the storm team are here with what you need to know, including some school delays. let's begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >>> a very cold start this morning, dangerous windchills, temperatures staying way below freezing again today and, of course, all eyes are already starting to turn towards what could be a big snowstorm here. friday and saturday. we're keeping a very close eye on that. going to get you through the cold first, it is 10 in gaithersburg, 14 in reston, 16 in washington. weather alert day, have our nbc washington app ready to go for the latest on chills and latest on our thinking for the friday and saturday storms. highs only in the 20s. currently our windchills are below zero. pretty

here on knoll brook drive in chillum.he fire, of course, is out, investigators working hard to try to pinpoint a cause. that's the latest. back to you. >>> a storm team 4 weather alert day as we tracked a bitterly cold conditions outside now. many of you will step outside temperatures below zero. when you factor in the windchills. want to head straight over to meteorologist chuck bell who has your out the door forecast. >> storm team 4 weather alert for dangerously low windchills, running well below zero for the next couple of hours, climbing to the single numbers for windchills much of the day. on the upside, sunny, downside, bitter cold all day. on top of that, looks look a nightmare of a commute. >> a big mess now. one of our problems, 270 south crash at montrose road. a four mile backup right there. he moves a little bit to the south to show us a problem at montrose. it is nasty this morning. you're going to want to leave a little bit early, a long one. >> 6:48 now. work working to find out if crews f a water main bre

new hampshire avenue, again, in chillum chillum, maryland. >> i think rush hour this is going to be somewhere you want to try to find a way around if you're headed home tonight. at skyfox was pulling out, this is a 2-alarm fire so you've got lots of personnel on, you can see this here, on the scene. traffic moving very, very slowly by there. so you can imagine the backup at this point right now in the commute. >> all right. so once again, we are hoping to get mark brady back on because he was giving us really good information about what exactly was going on there. the good news is at least the rescue efforts that we saw from the exterior, people being brought down, what appeared to be children brought down. at this point we don't have any official word if there are the ladders out there, x but obviously that's a good indication that there's still a good amount of concern that that may be the case. on a night like this too, considering how cold it is, people being forced out into the cold, we're hoping you have a lot of different humanitarian organizations, a lot of times you had the red cross

two year old twins and their grandparents lost their lives today after a fire broke out int their chillum home.e. they died on the scene, the grandchildren, a boy and girlirl later died at national medical centerment the kids' mother

i'm in the 6700 block of knollbrook drive in chillum.ople dead this morning. i'm talking about a set of twins, a little boy, a little girl. they were 2 years old and their grandparents. all four of them are now gone. the mother of the twins i'm told is in the hospital after she leaped from a second-story window trying to get away from flames. two other people are okay. i'm told they may be at a neighbor's house close by. no calls or any word on where this fire started just yet, but as we learn more details, i'll certainly bring them you to. reporting live this morning out of prince george's county, mikea turner, wusa9. >>> taking a loot look at some of the stories we're tracking. >> hundreds of people today will be add michigan governor rick snyder's state of the state address to protest his handling of the flint water crisis. not a surprise. monday police and the national guard were handing out water rations to residents. in 2014 flint tapped into its own river for water. unfortunately it wasn't properly treated for lead pipes. resident

earlierned in chillum this morning. jeanette reyes brought you this news on good morning washington. >> a mother's without her children and their grandparents are also dead after an early morning fire consumes this home. it was 2:00 in the morning. rose aeams of a mother neighbor out of his bed. >> the screams of a mother for her children, she was saying my children are inside. consuming this home. firefighters arrived within three minutes and try to save the two-year-old twins, trapped inside, along with their grandparents. the mother ofay the twins jumped from the second floor and two others were able to get out without injury. firefighters fought the saveratures and heat to the occupants. it was too late. the twins died at the hospital minutes away from each other. counselors were made available to firefighters. neighbors, friends, and family are heartbroken. >> i can only imagine. >> one of the most tragic parts of the story is investigators have yet to find any sign of smoke detectors in this home. the fire chief s

we're in the 6700 block of knoll book drive off 4 10 in chillum. no word on a cause. investigators are just beginning to look into how this fire started. but, again, a tragedy in this neighborhood here. and a very large presence of firefighters and trucks out here in this community. they'll be here for a while, looking for a cause of this and we'll stay on top of the latest developments. back to you. >>> back here at the live desk, monitoring a developing story out of pakistan. at least 11 people killed, dozens of others injured by a suicide bomber. the taliban now claiming responsibility for the attack. it happened in the outskirts of the pakistani city of peshawar. sources tell nbc news a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle drove into a crowded police checkpoint. we'll continue to monitor this story for updates. >>> doctors in germany are checking out washington post reporter jason rezaian before he's cleared to come home. rezaian was in prison for 18 months in iran. he and four americans were part of a prisoner swap that led to their release. part of rezaian's impri

between chillum and eastern avenue, lanes have opened.single tracking between shady grove and groves never. >> we've got breaking news. a uva student arrested in north korea. pyongyang issi reporting that a student by the name of otto frederick warmbier was arrested. they say he committed a hostile act. however, the state dining room would not confirm that information. back to you. >> 5:47. breaking news in prince george is county. dozens forced from their homes after a devastating fire in hyattsville. "news4's" molette green is live with the latest. good morning. >> i can tell you the scene is much calmer. you can see the ladder truck with the ladder down as fire equipment is moving out of the way. the fire chief says working smoke alarms save lives here, alerting some 26 residents to what was going on. the red cross is here to help those forced out. again, the fire completely out after some very tense moments after the firefighters battled this two-alarm blaze which brought out extra equipment and extra help. they had to rescue people f

. >> i'm molette green live in chillum at the scene of unbearable loss for a nigerian family who rented this home and lost four loved ones in an overnight fire. a house full. seven people inside a ranli ira fire. four didn't survive. 63-year-old samson omogbo and his 65-year-old wife caroline, and their grandchildren, two-year-old twins, annie and israel omijie. >> i heard the name and i jumped into my car. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived in the 6700 block of knollbrook drive they found some family already outside and frantic. >> all they told the firefighters when they arrived is they had other people trapped inside the home. fire showing basically from three sides of the home on two floors. they had to make an aggressive attack of that fire and trying to get inside and pull those people out. >> reporter: the twins mother escaped the flames by jumping out of a second floor window, she is expected to recover her injuries but it won't be easy to get through a loss this big. >> lovely people. just a sad incident. they called me this morning around 2:00 to 3:00, i was praying with t

. >>> four members of the same thm family were killed in a fast-moving fire inside a houseu in chillumhis morning.s mornig to adults and two children. chid a twin boy and girl and theirndr grandparents.ents it took firefighters just fourtr minutes to get into the house.. but it wasn't too in time to tie save them. tm. fox5's paul wagner joins us livs from outside that to us nights t with the story. the s. paul, heartbreaking. >> reporter: it really is, laura. anyone within ear shot of this t house here in chillum just aftet 2:00 o'clock this morning wouldu have heard desperate crys forrac help. as you mentioned, it tookoned, o firefighters just four minutes n to get here. h but they couldn't get insidee this house fast enough to saveuh the two toddlers and theirhe grandparents. just after 2:00 o'clock thisk t morning a neighbor seeing smoken pouring out of the this house on knoll brook drive pick up thek v phone and called 911. then others did the same. after hearing screams from the street.stet >> 2:00 o'clock this morningng heard screams so i jumped up anm i look out the window ands

the body of a young woman was discovered in chillum, near the rosa parks elementary school. jackie joins us live tonight. >> reporter: chris, they don't know who she is. there was no it, no wallet, no person found on or near the woman's body. investigators from maryland's national capitol park police left the park at night fall. they had secured the trail for most of the day while they looked for possible evidence. the shocki ining discovery was around 7:30 this morning. >> a jogger was in the area, ran past a body and called police. the police responded and did discover the body of a female, appears to be an hispanic female in her 20s on the trail deceased. >> reporter: in addition to being a recreation area, this trail serves as a cut through for people to walk through to the home depot and the mall at prince george's. police say the woman had trauma. they would not say what type of injuries to her upper body. the body may have been here since new year's eve. >> right now, no identification is known, no it on her body -- no it on her body or anything of that nature and we

two-year-old twins and their grandparents died in a house fire in chillum. the county's fire chief says it is apparent there were no functioning smoke detectors to warn the family. scott broom is live with more. scott? >> reporter: well, you just stand in front of this home, you look at it. and you are shaken by the gravity of this tragedy. four people who died here this morning. this was a remarkable family that has been shattered here. shock waves spreading far beyond this address in chillum. the twins were precious. anna and israel, age two. they died along with thirty grandparents. their mother escaped from an upstairs window with serious injuries. >> i can't believe it. >> it is such a tragedy. >> reporter: friends gathered, tears running down their faces. >> the worst thing that can happen to anybody is to lose children. you know. so, this is terrible. >> reporter: the family headed by patriarch sampson amogbo. an immigrant from nigeria who died in the fire. the family's pastor overcome as he trees to speak about the tragedy. >> for a family this dedic

four people killed as flames raced through a home in chillum. among the victims, twin toddlers and their grandparents. the mother of the children survived by jumping out of a window. all of this started overnight at a home that did not have a working smoke detector. our bureau chief tracee wilkins is in the neighborhood where fire crews spent the afternoon trying to figure out -- trying to prevent another tragedy. tracee? >> reporter: what they did was go door to door and check these houses in this community to see if folks had smoke detecters and they were very disappointed and alarmed in what they found. prince george's county firefighters went door to door in this chillum neighborhood and quickly realized there were a number of homes with no defense against fire. >> we have absolutely found several already that had to be replaced and a couple that needed them just in the first place. >> reporter: this after it was discovered four people were killed in an early morning fire. trapped in the home with no working smoke detecters. >> don't know wh

. >> the fire broke out in chillum. tracee wilkins joins us live from the scene to tell us the latest. tracee? >> reporter: fire investigators just left, pat, a little while ago. they've been here all day since the early morning hours until literally about 20 minutes ago. they now have the house taped off to keep folks from going inside. it, of course, is not safe. you can see how extraordinary the damage was. we have been hearing from people all day long who had to come to the scene for themselves to see what happened to this family. these are the 2-year-old twins anna and israel omijie captured on their mother's facebook page. they and their grandparents 59-year-old carolyn omogbe and s smpson omogbo were killed in the house fire. found inside their home in the second-floor bedrooms. the twins is one room, the grandparents in another. the mother, elizabeth omogbe, w jumped from the window and was transported to the hospital. she was able to survive her injuries. two other members escaped unharmed. there were no workin

it broke out in a home in chillum. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live this evening. >> reporter: we are told this is a family that wanted the absolute best from one another and this is a tragedy and as you said, an awful story. they moved here in search of a better life, and there you can see what the father did for a living, he actually took care of refurbishing older furniture, a trade he used to help take care of his family just beyond his vehicle, that's what's left of their home. all of their dreams came to an end with this tragic fire tore through their home. >> i don't know what to think of this. i can't believe this. can't believe it. >> reporter: people who knew and loved this family had to see what was left of their home for themselves. >> when i heard the news, i jumped into my car -- concerned if it was the same address that i knew. >> i had to come right down here to see what happened. >> reporter: 2-year-old twins anna and israel omijie captured here on their mother's facebook page

a woman's body was found on a northwest branch trail in chillum, maryland.ogger spotted the victim just after 7:00 this morning. our darcy spencer is on the scene now with more. darcy? >> reporter: jim, i'm told that this victim suffered a horribly violent death in the woods right behind me. let me show you where this investigation is happening. you see the two police cars there locking the entrance to the path. i'm told her body was found down the path right there in the wooded area. if we pan over we can show you this is how close this was to rosa parks elementary school off of eger road in prince george's county. investigators believe this woman was in her 20s. she was found with trauma to her upper body. police are waiting for the medical examiner to determine when, exactly she died, but they believe it likely happened some time last night or early this new year's day. right now they're calling it a death investigation, but they do believe it will turn into a homicide. right now they're working to determine who she was. >> there were signs of trauma. obv

the flames were shooting out the windows of the home in chillum. includingle escape, the children's mother. the cause of the fire is under investigation. alison: metro needs your help identifying a flasher. the police say he is known to use the green line and is exposed himself more than once. the suspect frequents the greenbelt station. if you have information, metro police want to talk with you. the tro police have arrested the first suspect in an assault on the red line last month -- metro police have arrested for first suspect in an assault on red line last month. a rider was struck in the face of knocked unconscious, one a string of violent metro attacks that are still under investigation. leon: 7 on your side with a consumer alert and a new warning as tax season begins. the biggest phone scam in irs history. almost one million threatening calls were made by people purporting to be from the irs. they say that you have to pay back taxes or go to jail. the on high alert. the irs says it does not threaten, and if they need to reach you, they alwa

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. >> darcy spencer joins us live from the scene in chillum. what are you hearing?lice just wrapped up the scene a short time ago after being here since recally this morning. what you're seeing behind me here and this is rosa parks elementary school and 100 yards down the trail in prince george's county. a jogger found the woman's body along the most branch trail at 7:30 new year's morning. the scene behind rosa parks elementary school in the chillum area of prince george's county. police working to identify the victim who appeared to be in her 20s. >> from here we'll always look for witnesses to the incident if possible and we'll also try to contact the family members and people that might know her once we can try to make an identification. right now no identification is known and there's no i.d. on her body or anything of that nature so we'll have to try to determine who she is. >> rorter: police tell us her body was found just off the trail and detectives worked in the woods along the trail searching for woods and sources say evidence was collected from the scene

firefighters had hair hands full in chillum in the wake of a deadly fire. two grandparents and the twin grandchildren died from flames raced through the house on knollbrook drive. the mother of the twins jumped out of the second floor. two others were able to get out of there without injuries. the investigators don't consider it to be suspicious. they are focusing on the first floor for the cause of the blaze. maureen: a virginia man accused of trying to travel to syria to join isis and the man who helped him set up the connection appeared in court. jeff goldberg was also in courtroom in alexandria following the case. jeff: family members of 25-year-old elhassan cried loud in court watching the sibling stand in front of a judge. outside his attorney -- >> my client is innocent of the charges. jeff: alleging that the federal government fabricated the whole case and they claim to have stopped a terror threat after makeing for a. >> this is unfair to the public. this is not true. it does detriment to the family. jeff: elhassan and farrokh both of woodbridge ch

news 4's darcy spencer joins us from chillum with the developing details. >> reporter: that victim has been identified as katherine alvarado. she was 20 years old. just a short time ago, i was able to speak to a family friend. you're going to hear from her in just a moment. she tells us that the mom of the victim is too distraught to speak to us on camera. now, police have not made any arrests in this case, but they do tell us that they do not believe that this was a random killing. a jogger found katherine's body just off the trail new year's morning, and the family had seen her on new year's eve night. when her mom knocked on her bedroom door yesterday morning, she realized she was not there. that's when she notified police. they started piecing things together and realized that she was, in fact, the woman who was found on the trail behind rosa parks elementary school yesterday. let's hear now from that family friend. >> katherine was such a sweet little girl that we all loved, and we are very shocked what happened. the last time i saw her was on the 30th. we were heading to church,

snowig and the cold overnight to put pt out this house fire in the fir 6900 block of 23rd place in in chillum. one person and an infant ian inside the home were taken to tk the hospital with minor injuries.in. no word on cause. cau >> let's check in with bob barnard just down the street the from that fire where there are a some folks still stuck on o neighborhood streets.hbor no shocker bob from my driving i around the whole region lastiont night. there are just some placesla you're not going get out of. >> reporter: no, and even iff they've been plowed thelowed e surface is still snowy and icy y and not easy to navigate and the house fire is just a few a f doors down here but look look behind me. this is a prince george'seeorge' county fire engine that has h gotten stuck here in the snow.no a big heavy truck like this ishi not going anywhere. anywh and again, it looks like this street has been plowed but b there's probably still 6-inches of snow, it's icy, it's -- your tires can spin and this guy is just stuckck and, you know, it's going bego there to be there for awhile.wh if you look to th

two year old twins and their grandparents lost their lives today after a fire broke out int their chillum home.e. they died on the scene, the grandchildren, a boy and girlirl later died at national medical centerment the kids' mother survived the fire by jumping out of a second story window. > the home did not have a smoke detector. > a big break-in a violent assault caught on camera in the district. last friday we showed you this group of a group of teenagers acan thatting a convenience store worker with a baseball bat. tonight they've identified several of the attackers. > there's been a lot of talk lately about a st of violent attacks involving teenagers. today they got a break. the break came to family membery of the suspect. mpd released this video on friday. it showed seven people off interest. described by folks in the neighborhood as high scullers. first they tried to steel candy in late december. then they can be seen on video assaulting the clerk, kickingkik him when they tried to stop himo and taking a baseball bat. the clerk told us this attack sent him tot hospital andot requ

. >> chillum, coming up later more details. that comes one year after the deadly fire in annapolis last january. don and sandra pile and their four grandchildren were killed in this fire that happened with a christmas tree. bad wiring under that tree sparked that deadly fire one year ago today. >>> in oxon hill this morning two paramedics recovering after a bizarre shape of accidents on the beltway. prince george county fire department sedan ambulance was sideswiped by a car. the driver of that car overturned and struck a light pole. that light pole toppled and impaled another car unrelated to the accident. the driver of that car was able to walkway unskaijd >> as we get to "weather and traffic on the 5s". there's a forecasts for our area later this week and national weather serviceel ate vaiting our region to high threat impact level highest government forecasters can go. >> thanks steve. we'll talk about that when we talk about our potential storm friday and saturday. it's trying to give a heads up we'll have a disruptive int

no word on the name of the woman whose body was found by a jogger on the northwest branch trail in chillum. she had severe trauma to her upper body. the woman is hispanic in her 20s or 30s, and she was not dressed to be out exercising along the popular trail. >>> the new year arrived with a reality check it's january, and we can confirm for you it is winter after the record warmth of december. temperatures are falling fast tonight. let's get right now to howard bernstein for a look at what is ahead for the holiday weekend. even colder? >> it does look like a cold weekend, but back to school next week, really cold stuff is coming. it smells like winter out here. someone has a smoke going with maybe a fireplace. we have cleared out. a lot of the clouds are away from us and trying to go to northern maryland, we are watching that. the upper 20s. and it's freezing in leesburg and fairfax. down to 30 in bowie. it looks like if you're right on the bay, you will be in the 20s tonight. as far as saturday, i expect a sunny day for the most part, and breeze is south, to south west in the afternoon. h

in chillum, scott broom, wusa9. >> firefighters handed out free smoke connectors in the neighborhood. >>> a man who just missed a highway light pole went to work today. he talked with us there saying that he is grateful to be alive. 60-year-old luis abrego was headed home when he saw a vehicle sideswiping multiple lanes and hit a light pole that came crashing into his car just as he let off the brake. >> by the time i moved, boom. i feel something on the top of the roof. i think what is going on here? i look. and i got the pole behind me. i said oh jesus christ. thank you. >> just pay attention o the road. and make sure you know what you are doing before you get behind a wheel. >> wow. >> hm. >> the driver who caused the crash faces several citations. the two oxen hill volunteer emts injured are still in the hospital tonight. >> amazing he is still alive. >>> our bitter cold temperatures are keeping a lot of people busy. a lot of folks stocking up on cold weather essentials and sherry's plumbing is busy responding to calls about frozen pipes. new and old pipes can burst when you have

from family members of the toddlers and grandparents killed in an early morning fire in chill lu chillum, maryland. one woman lost her 2-year-old twins and parents in this fire. >> reporter: they are trying to comfort her but it is a difficult task. keep in mind she lost her twin children and also lost her parents in that fire behind me. you can see the charred rubble over there. i asked what she wants from the community. she would like people to pray for her. we talked to her uncle about the tragedy. let's see what he has to say. >> i am still down. >> reporter: tonight, vincent grieves over the death of his beloved brother, sampson. >> it's like a dream i don't believe. >> sampson, his wife, caroline, and their 2-year-old twin grandstand children were killed in a house fire shortly after 4:00 this morning. they found all four of them in the seconds floor of home to. twins in one room and grandparents in another one. >> very nice to everybody. goes to church and he's very d godly. >> the twin's mother, elizabeth omogbo, seen in blue at a second floor window. tonight, she's at a relative

. >>> fire investigators are trying to figure out what started a deadly house fire in chillum, maryland. >> it killed two twins as well as their grandparents. the mother escaped from an upstairs window and suffered serious injuries. the father is currently working in nigeria. family and friends gathered outside the home today in disbelief. >> the worst thing that can happen to anybody, is to lose children. so, this is terrible. >> firefighters say the rental home had no working smoke detectors. prince george's county fire officials wasted no time trying to avoid another devastating firement they went door the door on the same street of the fire handing out free smoke alarms. >> i'm urges people as they go out to by a shovel, salt, buy a couple of smoke alarms. put them up in your home and go down the street. we shouldn't be having people dying in homes. >> prince george's county residents can get free smoke detectors installed any time. >>> maryland state police searching for a trash truck involved in the hit and run crash that left a woman dead. gada amed pulled off the beltway of penn

and chillum avenue is blocked because of a fire response and molette green is on her way to that. right here, water main break. all lanes in that direction are shut down right now. north mason drive at north henderson road, southbound lanes are blocked. and we did get rid of one thing there. all lanes are open. we'll see you in a few minutes with a new crash we're hearing about in gainesville. >> take a look at "storm team 4" radar as well as a live look into the district this morning. there's a trace of snow on the ground right now, but just wait until this time tomorrow. >> chuck bell will look a blizzard strikes our area. you see all that green, blue, and yellow to the south on "storm team 4" radar? it's headed our way. we've been talking about it all week. and it's going to pummel our region. "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell will have more of what you need to know in a few minutes. >> just in to our newsroom a few minutes ago. they're reporting that authorities are investigating otoe frederick warn bee yeah who has entered with links to the government. we're told his fa

a fast might have moving firevir killed to toddlers and their ane grandparents today in chillum. firefighters on the scene winin four minutes but they were notrt able to get that in time to sava the victims.. neighbors say they woke up toy screaming in the middle of thein night. t ran outside and saw smoke. smo >> when i went out, smoke was ws billowing out the front door, do then after, no less than 30han seconds i would say, when i wenw out the front there, the fire came gushing out the wip dough. >> there's no word tonight onhto what spark that fire. fire investigators have not found n f anything suspicious. the fire chief told us the housh did not have any working smoke detectors.or. >>> today marks one year sincemk another deadly fire killed ail couple and four of that are otht grandchildren.andcren. investigators later figured outg a christmas tree fueled the firr that moved quickly through aou massive home in annapolis.. don and sandra pile along withg their grandchildren lexi, kate, charlotte and wes all died in de that blaze. the home was not equipped with w sprinkler sy

leon: another big story we're following is the loss of a family in chillum. 2-year-old twins and the grand parents died when they were trapped inside a burning home. they had no working smoke detectors. >> that is correct. they use this as a teaching moment. if you head to the hardware to purchase a shovel or salt for driveway and the sidewalks ahead of the likely snowstorm, buy smoke detectors and batteries, too. imagine the panic this caused. it left four dead. the 2-year-old twins and the grant parents. the neighbor woke and dialed 911. >> horrific. screaming and yelling. the most horrible thing. >> investigators are searching for a cause. there were no smoke detectors in the home. the firefighters went door to door to install the life saving devices across the neighborhood. >> how are you? we are working the neighborhood because of events last night to check your smoke detectors and make sure they are working. >> fire chief says the prince george's county law mandates every resident has the working smoke detectors. one on every floor. in every bedroom. >> it's the fastest way to

live in chillum, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: heart-break for one family. jonathan: i can't imagine. michelle: well, that fire comes one year to the day of a fire that killed another set of grandparents and father of their grand children in annapolis. jonathan: alison starling with a look back at that story. alison: this was terrible as well. the fire along trial points road killed don and donna pile and the four grandchildren. started with corroded electrical outlet on the floor and the flames spread to the 15-foot tree that was still up more than three weeks after christmas. it looks like don pile tried to put out the fire while his wife tried to each the grand kids. but the fire just spread too quickly. there wasn't much left of the 1,000 square foot home. the next morning despite firefighters' best effort. the mansion we're told did not have sprinklers likely because it was built before anne arundel county required them. but they might have helped. don pile's sister is on a crusade to educate people about the importance of those devices. she is meeting

. >> family members in shock this morning after the death of four people in a tragic fire in chillum.lost his father jed. sampson's wife caroline and their grandchildren, 2-year-old twins, all died. the twins were in one room, the grandparents were in another. >> everybody is very nice to everybody. it shows church and he is very godly. >> the twins mother elizabeth jumped from a second floor window. she is at a relative's home recovering. >>> loretta lynch will testify before a senate subcommittee on gun control. the hearing will try to figure out the justice department's role in implementing new executive actions related to gun control. earlier this month president obama announced executive action in the hopes of reducing gun violence. background checks and mental health treatments were just some of the measures. meanwhile, in just a few hours the president heads to detroit to check out some cars. the president will attend the detroit auto show. he'll also speak with workers at general motors. according to the white house, the president wants to experience firsthand the progress the

the house in chillum did not have a smoke detectors. firefighters went door to door check ago-alarms and installing them in homes. and the fire chief is asking residents to pick up smoke alarms this week while out getting snow supplies. >>> 6:05 weather and traffic on the fives. >> tucker barnes on the scene. >> we know this is coming and it's going to happen. >> yes. >> we have mrepttive time. >> yes. >> and we have another 48 plus hours. so i think we'll see first with that storm. and let's concentrate -- we have a lot to talk about. weather is exciting this time of year. >> it's your day sir, go. >> friday and saturday we might add. >> this is a couple days before christmas. >> precursor. >> 16 baltimore. still very, very cold out ther there. looks like we're trying to do 9 culpeper and 11 mar tipsburg this morning. you get the idea. 13 fredericksburg. i'm looking at the cold air. it's locked in place here. we're hoping to warm it up get ready for this a few degrees above freezing today. >> stop it. >> might be 35, might be 36 we hav

they were all found on the second floor of the home in chillum. still investigating this case. >> my brother was very nice to everybody he is very godly. >> the twins mother jumped from a second floor window. she is at a relative's home recovering. >>> four of six officers will be in court this afternoon. a motion's hearing is set for sergeant alicia white and officers edward nero, garrett miller and brian rice. prosecutors want to call officer william porter to testify in all cases. white's attorney is trying to block that. porter's trial ended in december with a hung jury. freddie gray died from a spinal cord injury that happened while he was in police custody last april. while some of baltimore's police officers stand trial, other officers will launch a body camera program. baltimore's mayor says it will take two years to outfit every officer with a camera. the pilot program started in october with 155 officers trying out three types of equipment. >>> he's an accomplished actor and now a real life hero. what jamie foxx is saying about pulling a

the firefighters from chillum encountered fire from the second and first floors.rantic family members out front advised firefighters that theret were trapped occupants inside the home. > edmond are marrow heard the engines coming into his houseou and something else he won't soon for g. i saw the little kids carried out in the ambulances. i knew something bad hadad happened.ha anna was pronounced deceased at children's hospital at 26789. 51. israel was pronounced diseased at children's hospital at 36789. 07. fire chief says the mother of the twins jumped from a second a floor window than and was taken to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. so far investigators have founda nothing suspicious and in their search inside the house also discovered. i am sorry to say that there isr so far no evidence of a smoke alarm. as the sun came up and investigators sorted through the debris other firefighters went house to house checking smoke alarms and installing new ones. paul wagner, fox5 local news. > investigators say nothingti about the fire looksga suspicio

maryland. 2-year-old twins and grand paeshlts lost lives yesterday after a fire broke out in their chillum home. caroline and sam son died on the scene and the children died later. the children's mother survived the fire jumping out of a second story window and the home did not have a smoke detector. >> coming up cherry blossom festival is weeks away. we'll have the dates for you festival is weeks away. we'll have the dates for you after the break uplift your mood with hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl. from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., indulge in a medium hot or iced latte or macchiato for $1.99. america runs on dunkin'. welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. it's full of stuff we pirates need. no artificial flavors, and it's gluten-free. excelsior! eat up, me hearties! keep it down! i'm exploring the galaxy. arrrr, that's not even a real spaceship. sglvrt app you'll ch

take a look at this, we just left the scene of a fire not far from here in in the chillum area.fire trucks are actually getting struck. they had to try to shovel the truck out. actually got a snowplow to try to pull it out. they pulled it out from one position and got stuck in the other position. and then side streets just challenging. and you have to consider the folks will be walking along those streets, as well. so again, caution is the name of the game if you are indeed going to be out today. you have to assume that what looks wet could be ice with the subfreezing temperatures that we still have and no sunshine to help in that melting process. but a lot of people are venturing out because they have to today. certainly not because they want to. so that is going to be the challenge until we see some significant melting. haven't seen it yet, but the snow has been moved around. lots of heavy equipment on the road, as well. keep your windows clean so you can see the plow that might just come up behind you. and we are actually see something big earth movers out on the streets bein

snowig and the cold overnight to put put out this house fire in the fir 6900 block of 23rd place in in chillum

reporting live, in chillum, scott broom, wusa 9. >> thank you, scott. >>> the landlord of the property told our media partners at the washington post that he was almost certain a working smoke detector had been installed. it is of course required by law. >>> some new developments today, in the case against the baltimore police officers accused in the death of freddie gray. a judge ruled this afternoon that officer william porter will not be forced to testify against three of his colleagues. the move came as the trial of sergeant alicia white was delayed. the prosecution wants all of the trials postponed so they can retry porter first. his first trial ended with a hung jury. >>> tonight, we are hearing recently from the freed washington post reporter, jason rezaian. >> in a statement from germany, he said quote, i want everyone to know that i am feeling fine, and i feel lucky to be here at a place where i can get such terrific care. i appreciate everything that has been done on my behalf. he goes on to say that he looks forward to writing again, but is requesting some privacy for now. p

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