to be a pan live at the national zoo, derrick ward, news 4. >> you need to stroll over and show thelove, as well. >> reporter: yes, i can curse i fluentkangaroo. we're good. >> perfect. >>> 9:04, let's get you other headlines this morning. we're going to take you to chicago, where developing from overnighel singer r. waking up in jail this morning. late last night, he turned himself int police after being charged with aggravated sexual abuse. st's show you the scene here. r. kellyhowing up at the police stat prosecutors say his crimes involve teen gir between 13 and 17 years old. the singer is 52. kelly was acquitted ofhild pornography charges back in

derrick ward spoke with visitors at the museum about the hurt it causes today. >> reporter: it's hardbelieve but thereas a time images like this were acceptable or maybe just tolerated by a large portion of society, mostly white americans. jim crow, areation of an actor thomas rice. >> you know that comes from the knock ow which was an afric african-american children's game. >> reporter: it wasn't a flattering image but it resonated. >> the resonance is the consistent and enduring type of rican-american people, particularly as it relates to cultural and artistic behavior. >> reporter: ironically the elements involv, the sk, movemes have origins in african story telling. and there were african-americans that had the elements used against them. >> it was derogatory, bad, yes. >> reporter: in a way they made agents serving to mock them preserving culture. >> when africans came to the stage they brought with them tap, sand dancing, forms thatul have been lost. >> reporter: still the negative connotationsehindlack face are so prevalent that without context they generate controversy. one pl

it was sat. >>> coming up in just a few minutes, derrick ward has a closer look at the history of black face and why it is such a painful symbol of. raci >> in the district there is a controversy brewing over funding for a local ice skating rink that serves children from across the region. money is going to be taken away from the fortt dup ice arena. as mark segraves reports the he decision has t mayor of the district on one side and the owner of the capitals on the other. >> reporter: the washington capitals have been long time supporters of the ice arena. plans have been under way to rebuild and keep up with capacity to keep up with growin. dema the d.c. government had dedicated more than $21 million to the oject. but last week mayor muriel bowser sent this letter to the d.c. councilin s she was going to take that money from the ice arena renovationd other projects and redirect the money. >> what is needed are critical repairs to schools. ey includehvac, they include roofs, they include a lot of things that really need to be done. >> t caps owner weigh in on twitr calling fort dupont

safe.be derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >>> and meantime the latest in a tragedy in prince george's county, five children kille after a violence car crash in bowie. and now their families are having to cope with this sudden andng devastati loss. state police say dominique taylor was driving a car that was packed with kids along crane highway yesterday morning. she is the mother of two of the youngest victims here.cranehigh. she is the mother of two of the youngest victims here. she flew off the road and struck several trees. five kids were rejected. they were pronounced dead and range in age from 5 to 15. >> every collision we have where we lose life is a tragedy. simple as and when children are involved, it is more of a tragedy. >> day are lore and e of the ults in the car survived the tash. police she children were notlor adults in the car survived the crash. pootce say the children were properly restrained but the adults were. >>> mntime it has been more than seven months since the devastating shooting at th

we are live inbu , derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> derrick, thank you.on >>> wenue to follow a developing story out of virginia. this morning, major backlash and calls for rignations concerning governor ralph northam and the photo we're w you.to s it was taken more than 30 years ago and has suddenly re grfaced. theernor admits he is in one of the two -- he is one of the twoe peo seen here. one painted in blackface. the other in a kkk hood and robe. the picture appears in northam's medical school yearbook from po84. now, he'sgizing for it. >> that photo and the racist and offensive attitudes it represents does not reflect that personod i am t or the way that i have conducted myself as a soldier, a doctor, and a public servant. i am deeply sorry. >> northam gave no sign that he intends to resign. many piople are queng the timing of the photo's release. the story first appeared on b league politics, a far right formerebsite, founded by breitbart news employees. it was published two days after northam's comments on late-ter

derrick ward with t emotional reaction from parishioners as they remember the children whose lives were mourners filed by the closed casket with the pictures of the victims and the horrific crash and e gravity of what happened and the loss on that sno roadside in bowie a two weeks still fresh in the minds of friends and family. >> this is not an easy task. ut -- but we've come to celebrate these lives. >> reporter: family members looked back on special times with children and times that now take on an evenel more heart existence. >> when i gazed into her eyes, i saw a little girl whose eyes were filled with un ding happiness and love. >> everything about the way they were taught me so much about myself that i would have never learned any other way. >> londonnd paris were ffectionate and loved to give hugs. often waiting patiently until we were finished with the w conversationh a staff member or a student. >> reporter: and words seeking to comfort the children's family. to lessen theut anxiety ahe suffering on the cold stretch of the highway two weeks ago. >>he minute them babies -- that

derrick ward, news4. >> freezing rain can cause all sorts of problems. but this week in western michigan it created an unusual icy phenomenon, something called ghost ands. the freezing rain coasted apples rotting on the trees there ande d a solid icy shell around the apples, then the trees got pruned and that caused the apples to fall off. with a few, the mush of the rotted apple slipped out left behind this ice casing which is what they call a ghost apple. >>> here no freezing rain, but chilly temperatures for sure. a few folks braved those temperatures out there and ran n well, almost just their skiv vis. this is a run in dc today called cupis undierun. next week is valentine's day. thurm started in i 2010n hopes of raising money to find a rare genetic disorde that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body. people run ins und because people affected can't cover their tumors so they stripped down in solidarity kurpd k cupid-like. at the might off his arrow sonight or tomorrow. >> temperatuoing down to the teens again. it's going to be a bitter

news4's derrick ward spoke with visitors at that mtheum about hurt that imagery still causes. as reporter: it's hard to believe but there time jen images like this were acceptable, or mayt tolerated by a large portion of american society, mostly white c ams. among the earliest, jim crow, a regular character and creation of an actor named thomas s.rtmouth rice in the 1830 >> you know that comes from the knock jim. cr >> reporter: it wasn't a flattering image but it resonate so sai the director of african studies the american university. >> it was the consistent and during stereotype of african-american people, particularly as it relates to cultural and artistic behavior. >> reporter: ironically the elents involved, the mask, the movements have origins in african story telling. therriwere even n-americans that sd 82 the >>ements that were used against them. told my class it's not black and white, oh, my god, it was derogatory, it was bad. yes. >> reporter: but they made those who sought toock their culture agents to preserve their culture. >> when africans came to the stage, the

news 4's derrick ward must have been on the invite list. he's live in northwest. washingt you're saying there's going to be freebies for some of the visitors, too? what areou expecting? >> reporter: well, dumplings are on the menu. they rolled a p bigkage of them by here. here's what it is all t about, giant pandas. it is a house warming today here at the national zoo. t they're goi cut the ribbon in a few minutes on the david m.rubinstein family habitat. it is a major benefactor to the zoo. we have a panda experience today. take a look ea video from ier. we have the pandas working on some of the artwork. the first 5,000 people that show up at t zoo today will get a free copy for their wall. later on, once this starts, you're going to see what is inside. they're going to have a maze. they'll have videos. you'll get a chance to look behind the scenes at the care o these giant pandas. as we heard earlier from a spokesperson fro the national zoo, it's a pretty good time to be apanda. so a lot has changed for thant pandas in the last ten years. 're not endangered anym

derrick ward, news 4, back to you. >> mccarrick's successor cardinal donald wuerl is essentially the interim archbish. wuerlry signed late last year following a grand jury report out of pennsylvania. e report claims that while serving as bishop pittsburgh in the late '80s wuerl did little to stop predator prithts. cardinals has repeatedlde nied that claim and resigned last year following the public outcry. his replacement could come any time now. >> thinking about this as they gotdy r for mass with the scandal fresh on their minds. forant to come with news for continuing coverage of this developing story and we can also read about it in this nbc washington app. >> staying on top of a developing story out of anne arundel county. people arere ewing surveillance footage after someone was shot at arundel mills mall around 7:30 last night. a man walked into an area hospital with a gunshot wound to his torso. he is expected to be okay. poli say the incident started with an argument between two groups of people, and they say it was a targeted incident, not random. shoot verse posittiely ide

we're live here in silver springs, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> derrick, thanks. at 10:04 on this sunday morning, officials in texas are trying to figure out what caused a cargot er to crash. the boeing 767, it went down near houston. the people wer on board that plane when it nodes dived into this bay yesterday. russia officials say the crash killed everyone o boards and crews did recover the remains of the victim. we learned the plane is part of the amazon divery fleet headed from houston to miami when it went down. a local sheriff says momafts r this crash he initially relied on folks who had boats to help out. >> we're hurricane harvey survifrpts i made some phone calls andha people helped news harvey were out there helping and trying -- you know, obviously, we wereg there would be survivors. >> check this out. this is the trail of debris in the water. it's up to one mile long. authorities say they have not yet found the black bo speculation is growing around whether larry hogan will challenge president trump in the primars. said that president trump's 2016 wi

derrick ward, news4. >>> doug kammerer joins us now.ot of folks out there. >> it's going to be thatay through the day tomorrow. even though the rain comes to an end by midnight, wet roadways and trees down, w tve seent in parts of montgomery county, howard county, numerous trees down in those regions because of the ice we've seen. outside, it's all rain across our region even theas a with the winter storm warning as the temperatures are above freezing and we are seeing the ice melt. however it'soing to be a long time before we see things get better up into this area. look we have heavier rain now. where we have seen issues through parts of upper aintgomery county, we're seeing the heavy at times through areas like gaithersburg, up towards damascus. heavy rain around tyson's corner. and the wider view showing mor raining with it. this is the cold front making its way towards the st. severe weather down to the south. behind it we get coor weather, although temperatures will be around average tomorrow. it's going to feel l ae temperaturund

and that's where we find derrick ward. >> reporter: it was a different scenes t morning. massive investigation which has moved to another phase w, but doesn't take away from the tragedy that happened on this o stretc road. five children died. a horrific scene before 5:00 this morning p maryland staice say this 2005 chris ler was northbound when it left the road. the result wasdevastated. >> it went off the roadway and struckeveral trees and began to spin. >> reporter: a passer-by called the accident in. seven people in the vehicle, and five of them thrown from the >> car. the occupants that were ejected were five children. the children range from ages from five to 15. >> reporter: state police say related.in the car was all of the children died at the scene. >> everyollision we have where we lose life is a tredy. when children are involved, it is more of tragedy. >> the t adults survived. the driver is a mother of two of the children. the adult in the front passenger seat 23-year-old was the father of the other children. state police also say none the children were proper

. >> derrick ward is live on the scene with the latest. derrick, what's going on rqght now?edxd to open martin luthe kingou boulevard in the nort direction. it's been closed pretty much sinceokÑ the time of the accide take aÑi look. they flipped that car over.t s on its roof when we got here.# i'll have youok take a look at ap to show you where we are. on the northbound side of mlk intersections theÑi ofp, glen willow dry. now, this crash happened at about 3:55 this morning. we have some videoom earlier when this scene was still veryç active. ale car crash from. what we understand this car was travelingnorth on mlk. we spokelp to the police chief earlier who says that the speedn appropriate fo)zthe areas.xd miles an hour. but, for some reason, this car embankment and then cart withholded resting on itst(ok r. person is in the hospitalxdw3ok injuries. police wands the publi to contact themxdi] if they know anything about this accident.oì% had tot1oç say this morning. appropriate to the roadway and leaves thexdi] roadway and encounters this sign and no seat belts and we have

at the live desk, derrick ward news4. >>> wanted by the fbi,he so-called beltway bandit. the bureau is offerin $10,000 for information on a suspect. the beltway bandit has hit 20 banks over the past year in all three jurisdictions earning him that ckme. he has worn different disguises and has a gun during thosebb ies and in each case he hasng threateote and runs away with cash. >> he's been hitting about once a month. he's escalating his violence. >> if you tnk you know the suspect, call the fbi they would love to talk to oiu. >>> we are to bring you an update after the break on the breaking news out of illinois this afternoon, the . >>> we have breaking h newse from the live desk. at least two patients admitted to local hospitals in aurora, linois, the sce of an active shooter situation. the most recent news tha we have heard from the city of aurora s is thatoter is now in custody. we're showing you video from what began to transpire around 3:30 this afternoon. it looks like police and s.w.a.t. team members, atf was also there, going into the henry pratt manufacturing co

at the federal court in gre greenbelt, derrick ward. >>> prosecutors sought the max up. 20 years, buthe judge said she struck a balance of the good work did for the county before the embezzlement. >>> the arrest of a coast guard officer has captured the nation's attention. christopher hasson is accused of targeting top democrats in office. t macfarlane join us in the news om. tw other people are also expected to be back in court so ? >> last fall the news4 i-team reported the case of marcara man, he's charged with e-mailing threat to the federal communication commission. mann has pleaded guilty, faces up to 10 year in prison. and court filings showen that cing has been delayed as the feds sought additional time to get more psychological evaluations. and alagun in new york pled guilty of violating a restra restraining order against kristen simera. he's awaiting sentencing in u.s. district court in d.c. our reporting last year showed threats are becoming a way of life for the nation's elected leaders, u.s. capitol police pursued 950 cases of threats in the first half of 2017 alone. in t

derrick ward news4. >>> ate fring afternoon for audents at frederick douglas high school aft man shot a staff member at the school's front door. police say the 25-year-old man got inside the school around noon today and was confronted by the staff member. police say the man then shot the employee, who is now in the hospital in serious but stable condition, the suspected shooter is in custody. students sheltered in their classrooms, no one else was hurt. e students were dismissed around 1:00 this afternoon. >>> we know the name of aed wom kin a deadly crash in the alexandria area last night. police-yay r-old nelissa alston was trying to cross richmond highway here last night near fort huntheoad whenas struck and killed by a car. nvestigators say she was not in acrosswalk, the driver did stay on the en police say neither speed nor alcohol were factors inhis crash. >>> amazon could pull the plug on its plan to have a new york headquarters. "the washington post" reports it's reconsidering the plans for a campus in queens. some speculate this might be a negotiatg tactic sin jeff bezos the

derrick ward just got out of the courtroom. >> reporter: running and shoong in a mall garage on aig fridayt march. thisideo shows four men. >> this is a case where reckless disregard was at utmost. they shot at two lepe >> graves and montalvo pleaded guilty last month. w graves will ser 20 years and montalvo montalvo 15 prosecutors say the two had stalked their tarts in the days and hours up to the shootings. they texted pictures o handguns and enlisted oers to track down their prey until they confronted them in the garage and opened fire. >> this iso hardlieve that only a couple of cars were dented by blets or penetrated by bullets and that nobody was hurt. >> reporter: the judge said the reckless nature of the crime made it necessary f themo do the time they were given. while defense attorneys and the dge don't seem to be clear on what started the beef amonge thour men, after sentencing today, while the motivations may be murky, the costs are clear. derrick ward news4. >>> maryland lawmakers trying to take cigarettes and vape pens out of the hands ofteenagers. >>> making sure you know wh

matthew, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> no question, they'll have a lot to discuss this coming week. >>>9:04. we want to bring you up to speed as to how we got to where we are today. this most recent scandal started back in june. a man came forward, arieging mcc abused him when the man was an underaged teen, altar server. soon after, james grein spoke up anonymously, then identified. he sckd mccar was a close family friend. the abuse started when he was 11 years old. it lasted for years. in july, the pope stripped mccarrick of his cardinal title. he then inrded him to a life of penance and prayer as the church investigated. mccarrick is currently living in a residence in kansas.h i spoke w james grein, the alleged victim, shortly after hi testifie front of a vicar last year. he shared what he wanted from mccarrick. >> what i would like to see is mccarrick to be up in front of all of us in a room where there's just him. a single pole microphone. he can lean into th phoneopmine say, i'm sorry, jimmy. that's wh

live here outside the cathedral, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> mccarrick's successorca inal donald wuerl is essentially the interim archbishop. now wuegn re late last year following a grand jury report out of pennsylvania. the report climbed that while rving as bishop in pittsburgh in the late '80s wuerl did little to stop predator priests. wuerl has repeatedly denied that claim and lresignedast year following public hioutcry. replacement could come any time now. >> many catholics, of course, as we sai getting ready to go to mass today. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the developing story. also read all about i in our nbc washington app. >> we're on top of a developing out of anne arundel county and new information just into our newsroom. police are reviewing surveillance footage after someone was shot at amindel s mal last night around 7:35. a man walked into an areah hospital w a gunshot wound to his torso. he is expected to be police say the incident started with an argument between two groups of people, and they sa

derrick ward is live in northwest washington with the freebies you visitors can expect during the hseod morning. >> reporter: good morning. indeed, you got it right, it is nationala party at the zoo. it is all about the pandas. take look. we got one here. a view you don't often get. you'll have an experience y probably haven't gotten before, starting at 9:00 a.m. with me now is devin murphy, spokesperson for the national zoo. devin,llell me what this is a about today. >> we are having a party today. we're going to celebrate the new giant panda exhibit inside the panda house. we're having a huge party thanks to airb today. >> reporter: what is this exhibit all about? what is going to be different fromhe panda experience people have gotten before? >> so a lot has changed for giants in the last ten years. they're not endangered anymore. this exhibit tells the story of how that happened, how thapp change ed, and it tells a lot about the science the zoo has been doing for 40 years and the work w do in china with our colleagues. >> reporter: people will be able to see behind the scenes, how

in pa tomic, derrick ward, news 4 today. >>> it's now 5:14. scammers are always lookingor their next target, now one is behind bars because he called the person who once led both the fbi and the ci >> i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. i'm going to [ bleep ] kill your husband. [ bleep ] set your house on fire. i'm not giving you any more >> that was the terrifying message a scammer from jamaica left for william webster and his wife. he wanted them to pay$50,000. the money was supposed to cover axes and fees for winning t mega millions lottery. webster, who led the fbi and cia inhe '80s and '90s says he wasn't about to fall for. >> this was pretty obvious to me that there was something fishy about it. that i would be selected to have won somethi h that iad not earned. >> while the websters didn't pay, the scammer conned other elderly couples out of $300,000. he has been sentenced to six years in prison. >>> tof university maryland is taking a page from purdue's play book inspired by purdue's super fan tyler trent who died last month from cancer.

news4's derrick ward talked with people who run those properties who are just happy to be back on the job. >> how are you ing? >> i'm really good. >> reporter: it was a chance to get up close and personal with patrons at the national museum of african-american history and culture after the unplanned hiatus. >> i felt myself talking to the ancestors by myself. >> reporter: dirtore lonni bunchen says it was a missed opportunity to compel and inspire visitors. >> people love what they do re. they almost feel like, yes, not getting paid was horrible. but being takeny aom being able to engage the public, to share the stories they caret abouas even more difficult. >> reporter: over at the national zoo, keepers and volunteers came in during the shutdown to make sure theim als were okay. >> we have some incredibl staff here. >> reporter: do you think the zoo's residents didn't notice the difference, t lack of visitors? think again. >> our great apes and our elephants, they do notice wn the visitors are there and when they're not there,mo there was tension between the animal keepers and the an

news 4's derrick ward is live in arlington with the sto. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. well, virginia politics has been nothing if no intriguing over the past few days or few weeks. of course, this all started with allegations and then admissions on the part of the governor and the state attorney general. as you can imagine, this would cause havoc on the succession question. justin fairfax is in the middle of this with his own allegations leveled against him about sexual misconduct. this comes from a woman whom he attended duke unirsity with ck in 2000. now, of course, this has meant some virginia politicians are starting to speak out. the latest among them is delegate patrick hope. now, he believes the allations against fairfax are the most egregious. he put out a tweetre cently where he's essentially throwing down the gauntlet. he's calling for s fairfax top down by monday, or he says he will introduce articles of impeachment. now, yhe made the announcement here at the lar inarlington lib last night. shomari stone spoke

news4 news4's derrick ward talked t about whas means for the church moving forward. >> reporter: the news is starting to sink in. while mccarrick hasn't been archbishop since 2006 as revelations of hisnvvement in the church sex scandal deepened, his official role in the church diminished.e last summer, was relieved of the authority to conduct public mass, and he also resigned from the college of cardinals. his defrocking completed the fall from grace. >> it's not that i want any revenge or anything. i pray for him. i hopeak that he heaven and all the rest of them too. >> reporter: at a rally outside the vatican embassy i northwest earlier, there was already an eyed turned towhat lies ahead for the church. >> i think we can get a holier leader, like the type we've read about in the lives of the saints. >> reporter: but today at the national shrine of the immaculate conception, a kind of ground zero for local catholicism, catholics we spoke to were a bit less forgiving. >> he let all of us down. >> reporter: and this man says it sends a message. >> it gives all of us hope that even bis

here's news4's derrick ward. >> reporter: just when you thought the giant pandas couldn't get any more interesting, a new exhibit opens interesting, a new exhibit opens at the national zo i think the biggest thing that i'd like to say to first responders is thank you. without them, i wouldn't be here today. i would just like to say thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. from the bottom of my heart, thank you. ♪ >>> house warming party at that at the national zoo for the visitors and the main attraction. those loveable giant pandas. the zoo unveiled a new interactive exhibit inside the panda house. as news4'serrick ward explains, this exhibit goes far beyond just entertainiuests. >> reporter: i may not look like it but this panda is working and so is this one. it's goodan work if you get it. >> they have been playing the role j ofust like envoys and ambassadors between >> reporter: indeed the giant pandas are probably washington's most well-known chinese expatriots and certainly the most popular attractions at the smithsonian national zoo. >> and iea rlly excited to see the

as news4's derrick ward reports, they have come up o with their sort of list of things that every catholic can do to help end the crisis in the church. >> reporter: visitors to the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception had more than just programs in their hands as they entered on this sunday. >> this will be held. i have all girls. >> beautiful girls. >> reporter: members of the group s.n.a.p., survivorsor ne of those abused by priests wanted those to had come to nurture their souls to have food for thought. the yellow sheets contain a 2ist of steps they say catholics, survivors, supporters and the church itself should take to end sex abuse.>> first, fire any bishop and cardinal that has covered up the abuse of >> 21.ren. and most importantly, protect the children in your life by being educated and remaining vigilant. >> reporter: they read out their actions in response to those announced in rome at a conference of bishops. that conference's focus this year is incidents of clergy sex abuse. and the mass following the onference the pope called for anall-out war agains

news 4 derrick ward has details and the urgent plea from he pringeorge's county police chief. >> reporter: as far as investigatiors can tell, this ws a single carnt incide this bmw was headed north on the martin luther king boulevard before 4:00 a.m. it left thew road near wil glen drive. >> you see it travel up the embankment and strikes a sign and flips a couple times. >> reporter: there were four adults in th car, three died. the lone survivor was taken to a hospital in serious condition. >> it was traveling the direction of mlk but was it inside or outside? that's what investigators will try to determine. the one certainty at the scene does involve what wt inn inside the car or what was happening at the time of the crash. >> the biggest contributing factor to this in terms of the loss of life is the fact that nobody was wearing a seat belt at thispoint. >> reporter: some people that live in the complex near the crash scene say they avoid the intersection all together. serious inc the loss of three souls are rare but turning on to route 704 can be scary there is noraffic light, not muc

derrick ward tells us about the consequences several students are now facing. >> reporter: several students at wincest winston churchill high school are facing disciplinary action after allegedly passing out n word >>passes. his is behavior that will not be tolerated in any montgomery county public school and the principal took a strong stance against it. ke reporter: students we s to may not have been that comfortable with it but didn't seemed shocked by it. >> this has happened in the past. a random guy would come to me and say can i get an n-wor pass, i don't think they mean it in an offensive way. >> just to haan this -- i to call it privilege but it's not a privilege of saying a word that doesn't need to be said. >> i was concerned and i am very concerned at hearing news like this. >> bruce edleson is a parent of churchill student. >> having lived through the sel civil rightsmovement, my understanding of the n-word and segregatnd racism may be different than 14 or 15-year-old's. >> reporter: still the school policy is clear regarding the code of conduct and the principal said the stude

derrick ward talks to one of the victims in wednesday's ng kidnappi >> but all appearances this is a couple of acquaintances on a stroll but. police said these two are suspected of being kidnappers and armed robbers. fast and happened so like -- i don't know, it was kind of like a blur to me because it all happened so fast. >> reporter: this woman, who we wouldn't identify said she and a friend were planning on dining in d.c. her friend w driving and they found a parking space here. backg in heumped into the car behind them. >> the two guys walking street saw that and came back, you hit my car. >> reporter: she said things unfolded quickly from there. >> he pulled out the gun and was like you got any money? my friend is like no, i don't have any money. >> reporter: the f robbeced her in the passenger seat and her friend in the trunk. that's when she reacted. >> i said no, and i hopped out of the car. and called 911. >> the police later found the car abandoned onee ninth s with the driver still in the trunk, unhurt. >> reporter: all of the victims are happy for the way things turned o

news 4's derrick ward is live this morning in silver spring. he's got more on this dramatic rescue. hey, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. indeed it was dramatic. belies m on this street what was going on here yesterday. take a look at the house. there. see it over the damage is kind of hard to see from her. do you see the charred area over the window and, of course, a hole in the roof and all that have belies the danger that came from this house late last night. well, actually it wasn't le last night. it was about 6:20 last night. that's when firefighters got to the scene on holman avenue. they encountered smoke and flames and they heard screamshe fromoman that was inside. now, of course, undercohose itions they go inside, and news 4's darcy spencer spoke with the firefighters about the conditions they met and how they saved the laugh. >> she was talking to us. as we were moviner through the house we can't see anything, but we knew that she was still viable. it wasn't just me or the individuals that i just described. it was 18 to 2t guys tl worked together to get it done. >> now,

news 4's derrick ward with emotional reactions from parishioners as they remember the lives of the childrense lives were cut short. >> hundreds of mourners filed by the five closed caskets with pictures of the victims of the crash. the gravity of what happened on that snowy road in bowie two weeks ago was very difficult. >> this is not an easy task but we've come to celebrate these orlives. >> rr: family members looked back on special times with though children, times that take on even more heartfelt significance. >> i saw a little girl whose eyes were filled with diun happiness and love. >> everything about the way they were taught me so much about myself that iever would have learned any other way. >> london and paris were affectionate and loved to give hugs, often waiting patiently until we were finished with a conversation with a staff member or a student. >> and there were words to comfort the children's family, lessen the anxiety about their suffering of that cold igretch ofay two weeks ago. >> the minute them babies, that happened, jesus called every one of our babies and brought the