our john gonzales live this morning with the very latest. john. >> well, jummy and scott, one thing is for sure, d.c. firefighters here in southeast d.c. knew they had to move very quickly this morning because not only were they dealing with a raging fire, but people were trapped inside. fist of all, we want to show you the red cross, they are already here at the scene. they are assisting people that are displaced from what we can see, at least, at least six units inside destroyed. you take a look at the building live here. gone, firefighters when they arrived. they noticed that people were trapped inside. this started around one this morning. many probably sleeping at the time. our cameras captured one adult being transported. he was being treated first with serious cuts from broken glass. they found the residents that were trapped hanging from the windows literally hanging for their lives. now at this hour, we are told, six people are in the hospital. including a mother and two children. they are suffering from burns, cuts and smoke inhalat

reporting live, john gonzales, abc 7news. >> okay, johnny, thank you. well, robert griffin the third, already had a battle on his hands and we are only in the pre-season. >> yeah, but this fight is one that is taking place off the gridiron. for the very latest on this, let's go to breeian cart tore explain. she is outside fed ex field with all the details. >> well, scott and jummy, it is a big day for rg 3. today is the first day since that surgery, he is expected to practice those 11 on 11 drills pop meaning that he will have more reps but also the possibility of more contact with the other players. but it is a big set moving forward for this progress. still though, he says that he is a little frustrating with this rehab plan, it's been put forward by the head coach. he says he would like to get out there and play even more, and he says now, he would like to be out there before week one. >> i want so play in the pre-season. the coach is just saying if things go great, then maybe, but you know it is a hard no right now. it is my job to make that a soft

the fire on denver street, sent several people to the home, our john gonzales is live.e has new development this morning. >> well, jummy, residents here neighbors telling us that this building has been set on fire in the past. with that said, now that we have some daylight, d.c. police are now investigating a trail of blood, that started from the building, and goes all the way down to the sidewalk here, even on the fence, and it is quite a bit of blood here on the sidewalk. police still trying to figure out if this is in anyway connect can dodd this fire. you can take a look at the two story building here just gutted. it was a raging fire, and firefighters knew they had to move quickly, because people were trapped inside. it appears the fire started on the first floor, and from the video you can see, it ripped through the entire building. there what we can count, 12 units all destroyed. this started around one this morning so you can imagine everyone was inside at the time. one adult being transported he suffers serious cuts from broken glass. but trap residents were ha

john gonzales has the late nest northwest. john. >> scott, this is the scandal that just won't go away. corruption and deceit, seems to be following mayor vincent gray during his term in office. now, this time around, it is a top advise store long time associate of vernon hawkins. he will be in federal court later this morning. now, he is charged with lying to the fbi about this so called shadow campaign. that helped elect grey into office, back in 2010 accused of trying to cover up, get this, nearly $700,000 illegal money, under the table money, if you will, from a d. c. business mapp. even allegedly paying a campaign worker to leave town before federal investigators started asking tough questions. now, the 74-year-old was a huge supporter at rallies for venn council chair draw three years ago. and he remain as good friend today, well now he is added to the list, three people have already pleaded guilty involved in this two year federal probe, now the mayor of this week will not speak specifically about the charges, only sayin

i was last here debating alberto gonzales and john yu, and now i'm debating friends who served on the obama administration or not served, and so much has changed and so much has not changed. the program, whether it's legitimate in the public eye, the answer is it's illegitimate and illegal in our minds both section 215 and section 702. let's break it down. the 215 standard is really important to read the law, statement of fact showing there are reasonable grounds to believe that any tangible things that they conceive are sought are relevant to foreign intelligence, espionage investigation. relevant. now, it defies the knowledge or the understanding of the word relevant when you are collecting every single phone call, metadata -- we'll get into metadata. how is that, how is that limited to relevance when you say we've got all the phone numbers that are made to and from american citizens? i don't think of the word relevant that way. my training at stanford law school that had we think that it was a bit more circumspect. metadata. they say that's not content. well, you know what? metadat