we do know that close to where jackie benson is at the 1,000 block of 5th street in southeast there is a center where residents are being taken. we are live now on that scene. >> reporter: i'll have my photographer, matthew murray, show you black smoke coming up from there, literally ten seconds ago flames were shooting from the roof of the ilding. u can still see it a little bit as they put them out. we g anticipateting swamped with another wave of this thick poisonous smoke blowing through the air here, you know, come busting plastic, allinds of things like that that are not good to breathe. that's why the seniors here are wearing face masks on their face as well as other people in the neighborhood. now, that smoke is blowing all over the community center where people are being taken, the seniors from the c arthurper dwellings are being taken to get out of the smoke and to get into a cooler place. a short time ago, we talked to p couple ople who were evacuated from that building. we're just going to roll that tape an let you liso what they had to say. >> over there, knocking on the d

in northeast washington, jackie benson, news 4. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> it's great that they had cpr training and in a situation like that, it takes more than one person to do the cpr work. >> and you don't have to be an experto learn cpr. >> no, you don't. >> we all should maybe learn about it. >> indeed. >> well, we know many of you ary sendingr kids back to school tomorrow. >> bookbags are packed and their firs s day ofchool outfits, they're all laid out. we>> yeah, ll, some families had fun in theto sun y, others rushed to the store to get the last minute essentials. we know the kids are excited to get back, but the parents, they may be even happier that the kids are going to be out of the house. >> i'm excited about math.e becareally like math. >> i want to see my teachers and my frie >> i'm happy about the last day of summer. >> why is that? >> because thek kids go b to school and if i have to work all year, the kids should be able to go to school all year. >> thanks, mom. school safety is a big priority for parents, asid their ks g

live in arlington, jackie benson. >> it is a spectacular backdrop behind you. >>> turning to our weather and what should be a very nice fl weekend. cool nights, but we're getting sun back right? >>his is perfect weather, the kind of weather we wait for in the washington area. windows open at night and sunglasses antd tee shirts durig the day. take a look. all the areas here in green are flood warnings for various waterways, including the potomac, the shenandoah, seneca creek and these are going to last into the weekend. can you download our app and click on weather for the latest alerts and more information on those if you live near any of those creeks offr rivers. but right now moist of st of us enjoying cooler temperatures. tomorrowt 00 arg.m., refreshing. there are rain chances in the forecast, i'lle have m on that plus when the humidity returns in the full forecast. >> so much. >>> tonight federal prosecutors sa local u.s. postal carrier stole several iphones for delivery and resold them on his own. court filings show anthony reed started working for the postal service in 2013. he's

in northeast washington, jackie benson, news4. >>> leon harris here in the newsroom. tonight president trump is blasting a new book set to be released next week. mr. trump iski att thor and veteran jrnalist bob woodward. his new book is called "fear,e trump in white house," and due to come out next tuesday. excerpts were released today. they've got a lot of people talking. tonight the president described the book of quotes and stories as "fraud a con on the public," and he tweeted earlier that woodward is a democratic operative. now -- >> officials who say they heard john kellyaff calling trump an idiot. and that "we are in crazy wn." he quotes others who say that they heard defense secretary james mattis say the president had the comprehension of a fifth grader.h woodward says he reached out numerous times to interview trump for the book to g his sif the stories but never heard back from him or the white house. woodward recorded a phone call he had with the president last month where they talked about just that and lengthy conversations had he with kellyanne conway t

live in washington, d.c., jackie benson, news 4. >> thanks so much.o doubt a lot of people are spending ts labor day at the pool. >> the extreme heat and humidity have made for another comfortable day in the district. you are right now looking at live pictures ovedo town d.c. where tourists and staycationers felt the heat today. >> we're also watching tropical storm gordon soaking south florida right now. these are live pictures or we have live pictures from ft. myers. the wind is whipping around like crazy. experiencing lots of heavy and gusty winds. >> that's right. >> let's go to storm center where dougammerer is tracking both the storms and the temperatures right here at home. how you doing? >> d ongy. my parents in the path of that storm right now hit my brother in miami earlier today and my parents around the punta gorda area and win gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. take a look at this tropical storm. it became a tropical storm as it made its way on to portions of the sou florida coast and down around the florida keys and over towards fort laude

we also go jackie benson trying to work her way into the scene to give us a different vantage poart from where is. it looks like such a scary scene when you see the r marinesning to that building. this is just a few minutes ago of the flames coming from that facility, and that is because as aaron detailed, there was a marine corp. facility just on the backside of this building, there,uckily, they were and we saw so many of them racing to the fence, racing to the backside of their facility to try to be closer to this building to be on hand in case they are needed. we saw some impressive video of people racing tohe scene with wheelchai wheelchairs. this is a senior living community, senior living facility. again, d.c. fire and ems respondsing to the two-alarm fire. it is a five-story building, and acc according to d.c. fire and ems, the fire began in the top floor and in the attic. how many people were in that h building many people have had to be rescued? a total number, we're not of, but we can tell you we've seen one video of a person being rescue now y see the smoke billowing from the

. >> as jackie benson reports the story that dr. the "washington post" familiar to many victims who mauchb have of legal discourse. >> the draft bears the title "an christine to dr. blasey ford." it reads in part we are the men and women who grew up in the same world as you and brett kavanaugh in chevy chaste, bethesda and northwest d.c. weapon attended the same elite ivate schools, country clubs and churches and we believe you. the letterooes on say, we know the terrible impossible of sexual assault, coercive behavior and harassment that pervade it had culture of our youth and continues today. >> today there's nothing retro active that can be done. is eporter: pbreenny sandler a criminal defense attorney. she says she has heard allegations of those whobo were juvenile. >> even if it was a chargeable offense, he would have received the benefit of a minor under the juvenile system and presuming there's no other juvenile contact he likely wouldn't have been cherged. >> sanays she tries to offer what help she can. >> i hear from victim

benson spoke with the fire chief. jackie? >> reporter: well, we can tell you one thing. a lot of people thought we were told what csed this terrible fire and i think we have got some pictureso show you the terrible fire that consumed the home of 161 senior citizen low income senior citizens here on wednesday. now, unfortunately, we understand and have been told at a pressnc confe this afternoon that they're not going to be able to get in there any time in the next, you know, 24 hours oro to t and figure that out. the inside of the building remains unstable. now, the fire chief did con if i were -- confirm as we heard yesterday why people didn't hear the alarm system and asked whether thdepartment sent ough resources, engines initially in response to what that first, thatst very f 911 call was. here's his answer. >> so i have not listened to the tape. all i know it t at the time that the alarm came in the people on duty made a decision. to what resources they thought were appropriate based on the informati they had. >> reporter: we are told at this point that 102 senior c