>> keith's good friend craig bradley was there to lend his support. >> this is the first time you weree to see him eye to eye. >> i could just tell he was shaken. >> as if the news couldn't get any worth, their great dane along with another pet daisy had perished in the flames. they walked the property, surveying the damages. >> we get to the koi pond. got to get those fish out of there. julie would kill me if something happened to those fish. i was like, you know, let's not worry about that right now. >> overwhelmed by loss, the griffiths were faced with the question, how could this have happened? >> the first thought was that it was the new heating and air unit. it had just gone in. >> the unit had been installed just days before the fire adjacent to the master bedroom. >> that was my very first thought, that somehow the new heating and air unit wasn't put in properly. >> faulty installation? >> yeah. >> as for the cause of julie's death, that was left to the county coroner's office. deputy coroner ben bradley. what were you working with? >> a very charred body. i could not very well

craig sager. ther the game, -- as for game, bradley beal was on fire.on-high 65 points at intermission. john wall, from long range, draining four threes, leading all scorers with 23. wiz win. and watch monday's redskins-panthers game right here on abc 7. coverage begins at 7:30. madison football team, upsetting north dakota state, 27-17. the dukes advance to the championship game in texas on january 7. i know there is a happy director at mason, congratulations. have a huge newsroom and you could hear them screaming from across th did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. jonathan: it will be a mess and a couple hours. a.m., but0 a.m., 3:00 if you are getting up early wet start, a little winter he, but we

jonathan craig has the latest on developments. he's outside the bradley center. >> a few weeks ago, the bucs release these fancy renderings of the entire entertainment president peter bacon stood by those designs. >> the buildings are actually kind of background. the outdoor spaces are really what is the focal point. >> monitor the latest designs of the nearly 30 acres of space and a texans of renting the future home. >> we're trying to make it this grand sort of space that was about itself. designs for public space including and outdoor performance face and children's >> the esdh we're showing you today. >> also three beacon buildings. even though tenants have not been repealed, one design gives away an intended attraction a brewery. >> and think in wisconsin, you be remiss if he didn't include beer. so i think it gives you an opportunity, we will know in the peer garden and some of the buildings like the flipside that that is a good directional for a to the peer garden. the entertainment block has planned space for private and public art. >> what it doe

craig. >> kasie hunt, standby, i want to come back to you. >> matt bradley is in london for us, matt, first of all, did russia responded to any of these? >> well, craig, we are starting to get the steady drip, drip, drip, outraged reactions from members of the government. we had have the foreign ministry, they says this is counter productive and it will damage the russian of ties between the you shall srussia a. so much that we are receiving that we heard the last several days from russian politicians and it goes to show how deeply personal this division is. they're not against economic sanctions. they are individual diplomats. these are all square ari ly in round of diplomacy and intelligence worth. some of the statements we heard accused the obama administration of being bitter and being angry that they lost the election and casting out with political and in order to make excuses for population. now, this might seem strange to an american audience but it works for russian audience and works for vladimir putin for so many years. but, because it is sanctions that he been by the united state

now before the game, honoring craig with a moment of silence, and another big night for john wahl and bradley beale, wall with the steal, get up there. layup 29 points for john wahl, also 11 assists. brother against brother, marquis versus marcus morris and wins this they share a nice little laugh late third quarter. in transition, bradley beale, he lays it in. 25points. wizards win 122-108. some hockey now. caps on the road at the hurricanes, washington trails 1- 0, and alexander ovechkin saying we are not losing anymore. his 14th goal of the year. third period, the shot, oshi redirects it home and we are tide again. this would go to a shootout and ends it, his game winning goal, caps win 4-3 in a shootout. six in a row. could this be the year? six in a row. all right, some football, james madison and their fans hoping to upset north dakota state. first time since 2012, north dakota state will not win the fcs at their place, 27-17. congratulations to jmu. >> big party in harrisonburg. >> th walked around the shelter, no intention of adopting. he was the very last kennel in the very last row.

bradley is in london with more. matt, good morning to you. >> good morning, craig. russian officials saying today that 50,000 civilians have fled eastern aleppo in just the past two days. it's not enclosure clear if thas true but many of those civilians will be jumping from the pan into the fire. take a look. syria's largest city is about to fall. government forces say they have retaken more than 90% of aleppo. an ancient city now nearly levelled by years of war. just this week tens of thousands of civilians fled the rebel-held east to the relatively calm of the government-held west. their nightmare isn't over. the united nations has reported claims that hundreds of men and boys disappeared once they crossed into west aleppo. human rights workers warn that the harsh treatment of civilians could get worse. >> what is the worry among human rights workers once aleppo falls completely? >> you would have a huge number of people who may be exposed to reprisals of different kinds, including being picked up and held in detention centers, interrogated and tortured. >> report

bradley following all of this for us from london. what else can you tell us about what's happening on the ground in aleppo? >> thanks, craig. as you mentioned, there latest is the evacuation of civilians finally. it's finally beginning. this is also as you mentioned a very hard one, very delicate cessation of hostilities. if you remember from yesterday, there had been a deal late on tuesday evening to get noncombatants out of the city. that deal was delayed on wednesday morning and finally scrapped. leaving what's thought to be tens of thousands of people trapped in besieged aleppo. what you're seeing now live is footage of a new deal that's emerged just this morning very early. those people are leaving under a new deal, and it includes something of a quid pro quo. the civilians that were blockaded into pro-government villages in idlib north of aleppo will also be evacuated, and this was at the insistence of iran. the russian ministry of defense said this morning that the first convoy of buses carrying some 5,000erab5 tho5,000 rebel fighters and the families had left the previously rebel-held neighborhoods of aleppo. most w