residents of this building here on minnesota avenue are telling abc 7's richard reed that they building isld the condemned and they have to be out by saturday. you can see some of the charred of this fire and then a little bit lower, the crime scene tape, still stands. meanwhile, the firefighter, and the woman he saved, both remain hour. hospital at this both doing okay. thanks to a true act of heroism. miles away from home on the other side of town, at medstar center,on hospital 65-year-old phyllis terrell is recovering, getting better little by little. >> she talks really low, so she's trying to reporter: tareeka is phyllis's granddaughter. all they're talking about is the firefighter who took off his mask and gave it to terrell, who already has breathing problems. >> if it wasn't for him, she jumped.ve that's what she said. reporter: the fire broke out yesterday afternoon, on the third floor of this apartment building on minnesota avenue. heavy smoke everywhere. 12 to 15 residents were evacuated. mpd thanks to a group of officers in the neighborhood and were alerted to the emergency.

later that year, richard reed tried to ignite explosives in his shoes. x-ray screening for footwear was introduced. in 2006, british police foiled a plot for liquid explosives, in response, liquid and gels in carry on baggage are regulated for most flights. in 2009, another transatlantic flight was targeted, attempting to blown it up with a bomb concealed in his underwear. many airports use full body scanners. it stirred a conversation about a loss of privacy for security. now breast sells, and another loophole in air travel exploited. >> the cells in their preplanning operation will first identify the best targets and look for security. if a target is hard, a lot of security there, they're probably not going to attack it. they want to be successful so go with the easiest target. public transportation is an easy target. >> the blast targeted an airline check in counter in the area before security screening. some airports around the world already force people to have their bags scanned before entering terminals. now questions are being asked about what's

. >> the concern has always been, as evidenced by the christmas day bomber and richard reed, the shoe bomber, and other plots that foreign airports are perhaps not as secure as u.s. airports. >> reporter: the u.s. veteran security experts say the airports are most vulnerable between curbside check in and the tsa checkpoint, exactly where the brussels airport bombers struck. >> you just don't have enough military or police in these areas to really show -- do a show of force on a 24/7 basis. >> reporter: by a strange coincidence, the current tsa chief was in brussels today meeting with his european counterparts when the attack happened. homeland security today is once again reminding everyone at the airport who works here or travels through an airport, if you see something that's out of the ordinary, say something. lester. >> always good advice. tom costello, thank you. let's bring in if we can, michael leiter, former director of the national counterterrorism center. he's now executive vice president of leidos, which does national security work for the government. michael, what's your t

residents of this building here on minnesota avenue are telling abc 7's richard reed that they building isld the condemned and they have to be out by saturday. you can see some of the charred of this fire and then a little bit lower, the crime scene tape, still stands. meanwhile, the firefighter, and the woman he saved, both remain hour. hospital at this both doing okay. thanks to a true act of heroism. miles away from home on the other side of town, at medstar center,on hospital 65-year-old phyllis terrell is recovering, getting better little by little. >> she talks really low, so she's trying to

later that year richard reed tried to ignite explosions hid ebb in his shoes.y screening was introduced. in 2006 british police foiled a plot involving liquid explosives. in response. they now apply for most flights. in 2009 another trans-atlantic flight wag targeted. they attempted to blow is it up using a bombconcealed in underwear. today airports use full body scanners. it stirs a debate about the loss of privacy in the name of security, now brussels, and another loophole apparently exploited. the sales in their preplanning operation first identify the best targets. then they'll look for security. if a target is hard, there's a lot of security. they are probably not going to attack it. they want to be success: they'll go with the easiest target. public transportation is an easy target. >> the blast targeted an airline check in counter. in the area before security screening. some airports around the world force people to have their bags scanned before entering terminals. now questions are asked about what is next for travellers. >> how far do we go with secur

richard: as you mentioned crystal hamilton was tending to wounded warriors at walter reed army hospital. a lot of folks in the community are coming out from there. many neighbors and the friends here. the 11-year-old boy is with the father's family. we expect a lot of folks here tonight. woodbridge, richard reeve. leon: thank you. our hearts are with them. anne arundel county police offer a new reward for information into who killed a fort meade soldier. army private karlyn ramirez was killed in august shot multiple times. her then 5-month-old baby girl was unha mother's body. police are pleading for your help to find the killer and are offering $20,000 reward. >> it is enough to help with a new start. it is enough to move you away. >> the little girl live with the maternal grandmother in texas. they don't believe this is a random killing. maureen: two is two years since relisha rudd was last seen. she was 8 years old when she disappeared in 12014. she was last seen with tatum a janitor who worked at the homeless shelter where rudd lived with her family. they expect that tatum may have

reed boulevard is expected to stay closed for another week. >>> a group representing a man shot and killed by oakland police will hold a news conference later today. 39-year-old richard perkins was shot by four officers responded to a side show on the corner of 90th last year. police say the officers opened fire when perkins pulled out a gun. gun. >>> los angeles police say they have hit a dead end in connection with the knife that was found on o.j. simpson's former estate. "tmz" reports dna tests on the knife were inconclusive. soil surrounding the knife degraded any dna that may have exited making it impossible to get a substantial result. "tmz" reports there was no hair or other evidence on that five- inch blade. investigators have been trying to determine whether the knife was used in the 1994 murderers of nicole brown simpson and roomed goldman. >>> three former san jose state students were sentenced for harassing their black roommate. the three harassed their roommate, donald williams in 2013. that included locking him in a bathroom and bedroom and putting a bike lock on his neck. two were sentenced to 30 days in jail. one man was sentenced to one day in jail a

richard and samantha spekt are on a mission, their goal to inspire people to be kind, it's something near and dear to their tragedy. >> reed went to bed happy, woke up happy was always smiling. he was a good boy. >> in october 2012 day before hurricane sandy raf angd the east coast rich was preparing his home for the storm while a friend baby-sat his son reese. furniture. he came back into the house and my friend was in here and watching tv and i said where a reese? and he said i thought he was with you. >> a miscommunication between rich and his friend left reese unattended for just five minutes, but it was long enough for the 22 month old to wander into the spect's backyard pond where he drowned. >> i immediately pulled him out, i knew cpr and tried to resuscitate him but i couldn't. >> making matters even more unbearable for the family superstorm sandy battered their >> we didn't have power for 14 days and we had no cellphone service, our family was all out of state. >> it was during those darkest hours that the spect's say they were transformed by kindness. first by a local landscaper who offered to repair their yard a

jonathan: reed says it's not the first time the business has been broken into, but they've worked to improve security. butler county residents have the capability to text 911 for service. sheriff richard jones says it's another method when making voice calls become difficult. those text messages will be retrieved by the dispatcher, who will notify first responders. officials say it's important to give your location in the text and this is important too. pictures and video via text message are not supported at this time. so they won't be received. you've got to use good old text. all right, let's talk local weather with jennifer. we got a gorgeous week. we're paying the piper, it sounds like. not too bad. snow mix. march can be tricky, because in the middle of a winter, you have the cold air but usually limited for moisture. in march, you have the moisture coming in, but you're starting to not have the cold air. >> beware of the ideas of march. >> for this situation, it will be limited for the cold air. i don't think it's widespread by any means but there may be brief snow. jennifer: you know about the ides of march. lots of radar and information. here's a look at the citycam shot. hum