. -- a southeast fire left a girl fighting for life. >> tragedy in the country music community. how artists are reacting to the apparent suicide of mindy mccready. >> taking a live look outside at 6:00 a.m., it's chilly start to the day. good morning to you washington. i'm cynne simpson. >> i'm scott thuman. great to have you along as we begin this week but doing so with a very cold temperatures. let's get to jacqui jeras and talk about the numbers. little numbers. >> little numbers. we don't like little numbers. thinking about bundling up here in the weather center. 23 degrees is the temperature on the thermometer but when you add in the wind, but wind chill factor is weak -- what we are concerned about. it feels like 15 at reagan national and 14 in gaithersburg and nine in winchester. manassas, feeling like 7. the forecast brings us up to 27 at 9:00, 35 degrees at noon and 41 at 5:00 with a high temperature of 41 degrees. plenty of sunshine. jimmy sullivan? >> much better. and there was an issue with 295 being closed but it has reopened. the good news if you travel through the

the southeast freeway section is shut down.are expected to last anywhere from 18-20 months which is part of the 11th street bridge project that has been going on for some time in the district. we have seen several different closures. if you are going to head out of the city this morning or the evening rush hour you'll need to use the outbound 695 ramp. >> you pence -- you can also see the snow coming down. it is not the same conditions to our south. we are two days away from kickoff for a super bowl 47. >> fans have been pouring into the big easy all week long and john gonzalez is keeping tabs on which teams have the better fan turnout. >> good morning, it is the friday before the big game in this city that truly does not sleep. things are still going on here in the french quarter and people are out and about i have lost my necktie and i lostbeads. these are the actual gloves that the baltimore ravens will be wearing on sunday. this city is preparing for a busy next couple of days. not only do we have the super bowl sunday, but

[laughter] >>> for the southeast facility community college. i haven't gotten it all yet, but i'm looking to receive the rest of it. and when i say "the rest of it" i mean all of the college for the students, because we lost a lot of our programs because of greed, of people that just did not understand what that facility building was built for. so, i want to thank you, thank all of you and i love all of you. and, yes, i call my baby -- i call him my baby over there. i call him in the morning, i call him at night. and if he don't answer, he will answer. [laughter] >>> i have a little story to tell. i wasn't getting what i was pleased to receive and i called the mayor and left a message on the mayor's cell phone about i'm not satisfied with puc and what's happening with my college. so, that monday he called kelly and he said, kelly, you better contact espinola jackson because she's talking about blowing up your building. [laughter] >>> and he called right away and he said, we will be meeting friday. i said, thank you very much. and i want to than

southeast wind at 3 miles per hour.light wind, allowing that temperature to drop, and it is below freezing just to the north and west. this is what's left of that rain and sleet. d.c. to walker mill area, around 495 and east north of shady side, that's making its way through. but that's all that's out there along with that freezing drizzle we're going to see. for tomorrow morning, a few showers, that area of low pressure will put some rain back into our area from south to north. 35 your temperature. 40 degrees at noontime. 45 by 3:00. showers will be ending with that whole system moving east. as it does make its way east, this will be a bigger storm for new england again where they're going to get the snow and wind. there is your rain by 1:30 tomorrow. it's out of here 5:00 a.m. sunday. clearing skies for us. we bring the sunshine back and some higher temperatures, too. tomorrow morning, 32 to 36 degrees. that northeast wind moving to the southeast at 10 miles per hour. by afternoon, it picks up out of the northwest and

it's apparently happening in the 1700 block of "r" street southeast. news4's tony tul is live with more. >> reporter: well we're going to show you right now, you can see firefighters are just now about to make entry into the home only moments ago flames were shooting out of the center apartment building. they just got them out. now i'm being told that it started in this abandoned apartment building. it held about four apartments inside. it spread to the adjacent apartments as well. so here they were fighting three building fires when they got on the scene. we're told that's two alarms, there are about 75 firefighters. i talked to a p.i.o. here, a firefighter, and he said there were no injuries. there was one firefighter with a broken ankle. but no civilian injuries. nobody was inside. i want to bring in george, he lives across the street. he saw what happened. he shot some video, we want to look at some of the video you have on your ipad. as you're showing us, tell us what you saw here? >> i saw everything. i mean i was making a call by my window. i al

quite an accomplishment from a boy from southeast. peterson tested positive for steroids in may and stripped of one of his belts. >> i'm a world class fighter. at the end of the day, we all make mistakes. >> ironically, peterson failed the test after volunteering to take it. an olympic style drug test. the sport needed to force others to do the same. he would step up and lead the way. this positive test, he says, came as a test from testosterone to increase low levels. >> at the end of the day, i did the random drug test for a reason. you know, to pretty much shine the light on random drug testing. >> in other words, he was willing to sacrifice himself for the betterment of the sport. at least that's his explanation. tonight is about one thing. >> this is a redemption card. >> peterson wants to show the world and his city that he isn't a chief, he's clean, he's by the book, he's a champion. >> from beyond, the truth is, i got something to prove. >> don't want to fight a man who has something to prove. peterson fights at the d.c. armor

travel to and from sonoma, mission bay, to and from the polls, southeast quadrant of the city. >> wow. >> and this is showing similar information at auto trip growth, but where one trip is outside of san francisco, so they're regional trips. one end is in san francisco and one end is outside the city and a lot of growth and trip making between san francisco and the south bay, between the south bay and the southern parts of the city and eastern parts of our city and to and from sonoma. this is growth in transit trip making as it would translate into increased crowding and we know that there's crowding today on our system and without investment in the fleet plan, tep, without increasing in capacity that crowding will increase especially on the eastern and the southeastern parts of the network where so much of the new employment and housing is expected. and then finally the equity lens. we know that there are some neighborhoods in san francisco that experience some of these system performance problems more acutely than others, and we can break the summaries down that way to identify thos

let's start with the southeast, southwest freeway. construction in both directions heading east and west. this is between main avenue and 12th street. one lane gets you by and right now that lane is the left lane. let's also talk about construction further down 395. this is between seminary road and duke street. you're going to see construction blocking at least one lane as well. also southbound 395. not as bad on washington boulevard. report of a disabled vehicle to the shoulder lane in that area. heading to the beltway in virginia, no construction. travel lanes are open as you make the trip. no issues towards braddock road, even looping to the american legion bridge. here's a live look at connecticut avenue. even in prince george's county around the beltway, nice and clear. aaron, over to you. >> thank you, knell nefl. >>> melissa mollet is at the live desk. >> more than 500 firefighters, soldiers, rescue workers are digging through the rubble of that mexico city oil company building looking for survivors after an explosion there. w

excess traffic with trucks going back and forth. >>> construct impacts particularly at southeast border water facility we will have improvements on the biofuel side and the liquid side and that is going to result in you trucks coming in and out of the neighborhood and we can arrange site stannelling equipment so that can be mitigated and work out with the neighbor but for other things like the central bay side improvement project we will have a large tunnel being built and we will need to have an access portal and that will be a deep hole partly in the public right of way because of the large amount of congestion and density that we have at the start of that tunnel. because the tunnel will be starting where you come on 280 right where the condominiumless are right there the trains going there you have condo and is you have a large amount of density right where you are going to start that.. >> and also what measures will be taken to ensure the safety of children that live in the community, air quality. and the environmental review that looks at public air impacts and so we have many thin

so all of our program covers the northeast to southeast portion of d.c. we didn't want kids to have to be bused up to be served. >> the executive director of the washington tennis and education foundation or wtef. the tennis star herself met up. in the 1990's she played the u.s. open and wimbledon on the women's tennis tour. after wimbledon she got a graduate degree and tennis pulled her back. more specifically the lessons of tennis. >> i think it gives them a lot of focus and confidence and teaches them they can rely on themselves. >> it serves 1,000 kids a year free often charge. they learn the game and get help with school work but the idea is not to create world class tennis players. >> it's to create world class people. >> it's a safe haven and family environment for children who often get neither at home. she uses her experience in tennis and business experience to help these children and gets to watch these young children use tennis. >> sometimes i don't have a good day and i walk in the center and i smile. it's pretty amazing to know that you're h

i represent many of the southeast neighborhoods. i have an acute in detailed understanding of the shortcomings of the cities transportation for structure. i am a member of the regional board governs caltrain. in determining the future of the regions transportation agencies, i want to talk about the imperative things that the next chair will have the sole responsibility of seeing - of being a steward to get it done recognizing the inequities that have existed in our transportation expenditures. i want to make sure our need is lined -- our resources i lined up where our needs are. working with ntc and bart, to make sure that we are planning on the modernization of the regional transit lines and looking for smart ways to expand transportation in our city. it is important to leverage the local sales tax dollars to complement and support of the city funded infrastructure investment coming from voter approved initiatives such as the street bond that we all i think worked on. working in tandem with mta to deliver pedestrian safety, traffic

[laughter] >> this is an amazing win frankly for the whole southeast sector, from progress park down,nd it's a wonderful night. great to be here with all of you. my name is jeffery betcher. i am the executive director of the organization that emerged 10 years ago from annette young smith and carl page's work on the block where i live. annette lived across the street from me and started planting flowers here or there around the block. and that changed everything mysteriously. and we figured out over time what it was that really created the change, and it wasn't the garden. it wasn't the plants. it was that annette was unafraid to cross the street and give a hug to someone she didn't know, who was radically different from her, and she started to build a personal relationships that have become cusada gardens and now a network of people and places and projects that are really shaping the culture and life in bayview hunters point. it was -- it's been the distinct pleasure of my life, frankly, to careful where you move, it can change everything. but if you're going to move to a new place, a

all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

. >>> we begin with breaking news of a deadly fire in southeast washington. two people were killed whether fire swept through an apartment at 1704 r street southeast. one firefighter was rushed to the hospital with a broken leg. another firefighter suffered a shoulder injury. right now authorities are not releasing the names of the victims. >>> thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. a wave of purple is washing over baltimore. thousands have packed the m&t bank stadium to celebrate the baltimore ravens' super bowl win. it is a day that has been 12 years in the making. today baltimore celebrates that wonderful victory. scott broom is live at the m&t bank stadium where the party is getting started. >> reporter: this city is in gridlock today. let me tell you, this is like the super bowl except without all those pesky 49ers fans and the expensive plane tickets of the this city is packed with tens of thousands of people. traffic is in gridlock and there is a parade that's about to get under way right now. let me take you inside m&t bank stadium where it is free

we have devoted a lot of time to preparing for this. >> uniqlo already has outlets in four other southeast countries. the clothing chain aims to draw demand especially from the growing middle class. >>> u.s. agricultural officials joined forces with the meat industry to promote u.s. beef here in tokyo. this comes after japan's relaxed its import restrictions. agricultural department and beef officials are taking part now in a large scale trade fair. this is for supermarket chains and food makers. with the revised regulations, japanese importers can bring in beef from cattle up to 30 months old. the age limit until now was 20 months or younger. this was to try to avoid the risk of mad cow zis. u.s. beef representatives say the new rules mean they can offer a stable supply. the weak yen shaping up as another import barrier. supermarket officials are worried that the falling currency will raise their costs. beef producers say they can deliver lower cost cuts. >>> beer shipments were down. cold weather and heavy snowfall dampening demand. brewers say domestic shipments of beers and beer flavor

that is the highest output of a wind power plant in southeast asia.e first full-scale wind farm in thailand. prime minister shinawatra attended the opening ceremony to place the introduction of renewable energy. >> translator: the government is ready to support the investment and related policies that lead to sustainable energy sources. >> reporter: thailand's electricity city generating authority will buy electricity generated at the facility in a move to increase the use of green power. they agreed to pay shubu electric a higher rate than electricity from non-renewable sources. this agreement means a stable source of income for the japanese company. >> translator: in the future we want to expand investment in overseas projects. we want to make use of those earnings in domestic projects in japan. >> reporter: following the accident at fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant in march 2011, all nuclear plants in japan except for one are offline. so japanese utility companies are looking overseas as a way to secu stability in the future. thailand aims to

this all happened in the 1700 block of r street southeast. pat collins is there now with reaction from one neighbor who says she had concerns about that property. >> reporter: the fire damage here is so severe they have to shore up that apartment building before they can go in and retrieve the bodies. it could take some time. these are pictures taken by george. he lives a few doors away. he says that he hasn't seen anything like this before. >> i called and said something strange is happening. i have never seen anything like this. >> reporter: a scene, boarded up apartment house on r street southeast. flames shooting high into the air. it was so hot, so smokey, so dangerous, firefighters had to go into a surround to drown operation. >> to get the bulk of the fire knocked down. once we were able to get the bulk of the fire mocked down, we made an interior attack and that's when we found the two victims. >> reporter: the department of consumer and regulatory affairs says that in 2011, this apartment was designated as a blighted property. they s

system continues to spin up, push off here toward the northeast, gradually improving toward the southeast but a little bit farther toward the north across the mid-atlantic states into west virginia. this is where we're going to be seeing some heavy snowfall come in through here. actually in west virginia, about 15 centimeters could be occurring, over toward philadelphia, under winter weather advisories, looks like a flurry or two will be moving in across portions of southern new york here this pushes off, eventually off toward the northeast on your thursday. by thursday morning, that is where you will see the max precipitation. then look at this system coming across north dakota over towards the western great lakes. this is gonna be a snowmaker. it's an alberta clipper, about 15 sent theaters in a few areas, rather heavy here on your thursday as it does move into the east. temperatures on the cool side, winnipeg, minus 4 for your high. chicago just at 4 degrees. as we look a little farther toward the east, remaining in the single digits across portions of washington, d.c. and new york tha

. >> a four year old girl is clinging to life after a hosuefireusefire in southeast. >> one of seven people in the house. we are live in southeast washington with more. >> arson investigators were here late looking for the cause of the fire. a matchbook was found at the scene. the tragedy is the four year old girl is in critical condition. >> d.c. police officers first saw the smoke and flames and called in fire crews. the blaze was so intense it melted the homes siding. four family members had to be rescued. >> they were trying to get the door open and breaking windows. >> they found a four year old girl unresponsive, needing cpr. the investigators say the blaze began in the basement, the worst place that time of the morning. >> fire, head, smoke was traveling up. >> the arson task force is investigating. friend and neighbors are investigating. >> it is something about this happening -- >> the aunt and grandmother are also in the hospital. the police say the landlord was charged with threatening an occupant of the home in an altercation, in the aftermath. >> 10 years ago, 100 people

this happened in southeast. live in theey is newsroom with the latest. away duringe passed this morning's fire. neighbors knew them as dear neighbors. tore through the house. was a collective concern among neighbors standing by helpless. oh my god. i hope no one is in there. they documented the inferno the southeast home, leaving two peop it's and one firefighter to the hospital with an injured ankle. there were smoke at the door. oh my goodness. it was crazy. there is a question as to the people who lived there were living so legally. there were only known as glenn and diane and have been known -- and have been living there for two years. [indiscernible] investigators went through where the smoke still hangs heavy in the air. it is really sad. it is sad to see someone go so fast. it took more than 70 firefighters to get the fire under control. the cause is still under . live in the newsom, autria godfrey, abc 7 news. d.c. police are pushing of over 200gations sexual assault cases. they have located more than half .f the case reports the human watch grou

a rain event across the southeast. snow across the upper midwest then the wintery mix and heavy rain across the southeast. we could get several inches of rain and potential for severe weather today. not as great as the threat we saw yesterday but we will keep an eye out. travel forecast see the snow across the great lakes upper midwest and we are going to see the rain continue through saturday. we are going to watch potential for this little system to develop across the northeast. here is one of the computer models looking for a nor' easter saturday into sunday bringing perhaps a plentiful snow amount in new england. we will have to keep an eye on it keep you updated in the extreme weather center as we head into the weekend. >> snowomg. >> you have had quite the winter. >> never ending. >> the top five stories making news at this hour a manhunt underway after a deadly drive-by shooting this happened on the vegas strip. cops say a group of men in a black range rover fired shots into a maserati causing it to crash into a

witnesses say -- along r street southeast. witnesses say they could see flames across the anacostia river. firefighters found the victims inside the boarded up home both reportedly burned beyond facial recognition which may make it very difficult to identify the bodies. >> one of the victims was found right at the front door. the other one was in the middle living room of the area. >> three firefighters were injured battling the flames, one taken to the hospital with a broken ankles, two others treated for shoulder injuries. there was damage to the home next-door. eight people have been displaced. they're working with the red cross. >>> police in howard county charged a 17-year-old high school student in the rape of a 14-year-old female student. tashawn rasheed jones was charged as an adult with second degree rape. he approached the girl in the hallway monday, asked her to cut class. the two worked around the school and jones pulled her in an unoccupied room, blocked the door and refused to let her leave. the girl reported the

in the southeast, in the form of rain.new england as we go especially into later this evening and tonight. i'd say about six to nine inches in the highest elevations in interior new england. -rain -- heavy rain through the day today. the middle of the country is dry, but early next week there's the chance we could see several more inches of snow e >> murky this morning and slippery spots on the road. storm along the coast. wet outlook today. should be drier tomorrow. today's forecast it will just >> that is your latest forecast. erica? >> thanks. >>> first it was her new bang. now first lady michelle obama is showcasing another lighter side of herself as she promotes her "let's move" campaign on. jimmy fallon she showed off some of her mom dance moves. classics likes sprinkler, raising the roof, and, yes, the shopping cart. kristen welker has that story. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama showcasing her lighter side on "late night." >> you don't have much time for tv. i mean, how do you have time for personal stuff? li

across the 14th street bridge, and on the southeast southwest freeway, or 14th street, a travel lanes (. lanes are open around the capital beltway in virginia and maryland. university boulevard down to the beltway, 95 betweenthe the beltway, we are fine. >> breaking news in prince george's county. crews are battling a blaze at a home in the 8600 block of lesley avenue in glenarden. multiple people have been pulled from the home. john gonzalez is on his way to the scene. we will have a live report in our next hour. we begin with what prince george's county police are calling a tragic accident. officers say a 3-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car. >> this happened wednesday night at an apartment complex on audrey lane in oxon hill. the boy and his grandmother were inside a car when suddenly it started rolling backward. it's not clear exactly where the two were sitting in the car. the boy's father was outside the car holding his two year-old daughter. when he saw what was happening he dropped his daughter, tried to stop the car. that's when the boy fell out of the car and was hit an

fire investigators are trying to firemine what started the in the southeast home that nearly claimed the life a little girl. >> i'm pretty shocked. >> early sunday morning the fire the basement and spread several. family members had to be rescued, including a little girl who was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. this person works with the child's mother. she's very smart, always energetic. love to see her when i come over. this is like family for me. >> authorities say after the there was one man able to escape the home. they say he was making threats against another woman in thighbone. he has been charged with making threats and assaults. no charges have been filed in connection with the fire. police are on the scene. the investigation is ongoing. reporting live in southeast, carter. >> police are trying to find out stabbed a student at maryland'sity eastern shore campus saturday during the culmination of blackstorically university's homecoming we. 21-year-old edmundas st. clair of southern maryland is the victim. the stabbing was the result of a between two groups of peop

after many years tonight for the final time drivers made their way from the southeast freeway street to pennsylvania avenue. freddie will not be an option. >> it will be a hardship. >> yes. >> this is part of the biggest road project in d.c. government history. it is aimed at making it much easier to get from to 95 through capitol hill and downtown and vice versa. some new rams have opened up but the project is still far from finished. >> it will take a while for these major improvements to be finalized. already we're seeing some improvement in place. >> tomorrow afternoon's rush hour is likely going to be rough. >> i live across the bridge. i have to figure that out. a huge problem. >> officials say after that driver should start getting used to new ways to get around. some say ultimately -- >> it will be a great improvement. prexy think it will in the end? >> we will wait and see. >> with this option taken away, what will you do? if you're used to seeing the freeway and going across the river on pennsylvania avenue that is where you can do anymore. you have to take the 11th street

if you live southeast, palo alto , toward mountain view, there is light rain coming your way. the entire system is sliding to the south and it is going to bring rain in higher elevation snow in southern california. please call lady to -- ahead. tahoe is 28 but mid-30's with mainly sunny conditions this weekend and the showers are only 58 in los angeles, and more sunshine with temperatures below average near 60 saturday and sunday. and now josh and "good morning america" and what coming up. >> good friday original. we are learning more about christopher dorner the former lapd officer suspected in the deadly rampage. his ex-girlfriend is tell up she fears for her life and we will have an update next right here on "good morning america" just ahead. >> that is in 14 minutes. >> the company that operates the power at the super dome in new orleans says it now knows what was responsible for the power outage on super bowl sunday, saying a relay failed on sunday. the device was installed to protect the superdome from a power failure which cut lights to half the stadium for 34 minutes,

. >> reporter: automakers and logistic companies were interested in talented students from southeast asian countries. firms are eyeing economic growth and increase in the working population across the region. that's especially as labor costs are on the rise in china. >> translator: we need students that can manage our southeast asian businesses. they need to be able to communicate with our local staff. we need someone who understands both cultures. >> reporter: about one-third of the students that fit the presentation last year were offered jobs. students this year are strongly hoping to find work at the event as well. >>> india is hosting what organizers claim is the biggest air show in asia. the trade fair is a chance for local defense and air space companies to prove their new technologies and for the indian government it's an opportunity to show off the rising strength of its armed forces. the air show kicked off wednesday. >> there's a lot of potential and needs of the the industry. >> much of india's naval and air force hardware dates back to the soviet era. >> we belief in col

winds at the south/southeast at 7 miles per hour. bringing in mild air coming from the southeast. 30.30, the barometer. 34 in oakland. 39 in elkton. you get the idea. there is cold air close by. but for the most part, around the entire metro area, we are above freezing. anything down now is priinarily in the form of rain. we have colder air aloft. you see the dew points down in the 20s. tells you that the colder air just above us is very cold. and it's enough to bring down some freezing rain. maybe even some sleet. cold temperatures are not very far away. detroit is at 30. that is the northern tip of that storm. lifted up into the upper peninsula of michigan, up toward wisconsin. but the southern portion is moving in across the milder air. and that's down around atlanta. you see 42 degrees. and we're right in between the two. that is why the national weather service issued the winter weather advisory. we're going to see that lower portion set up shop offshore. develop into a low-pressure system that starts to move up to the northeast

the next storm system will stall out across the southeast. that's when we will see the flooding threat continue over the next several days. we had multiple reports of tornadoes about 15 reported. they were through eastern sections of texas through alabama. fortunately for today we are not expecting as big of a tornado threat across portions of the southeast. heavy rain continuing early this morning expected to see delays on the roadways. on the northern side of the storm system we had blizzard conditions across north central. blizzard warnings in effect up to 16 inches of gusts. with the nor' easter we are talking about freezing rain additional snow and rain on top of the snow that is firmly on the ground. temperatures good nugs for you in the northeast will be very mild. >> maria molina in the weather channel. thanks. >> now it's time for your 5@5:00. the top five stories making news for you at this early hour. a lowe's store evacuated after someone thought they spotted christopher dorner. tops kefrned the store but found no sign of christop

denied our southeast d.c. destination request. why? listen carefully. he has to go pick up two white passengers. >> i got a call. i have some white girls. >> cabs would do u turns in the middle of the street. this black sedan pulled up in front of our white staffer a half block away. >> you stopped for the white passenger? you passed the black passenger and you're not licensed to pick up people on street at all. >> never, i don't know how low it is. >> not our white decoy. >> i just think it's a shame that the cab wouldn't stop for the black man in dreads, but he stopped for the white man. >> the one cab that did stop ordered him out. >> what happened? wait a second. you stopped for this passenger. why aren't you taking him where he wants to go. did you get a better fare? are you going to leave this kid here? we tested without a second passenger, too. here, we alternated one white man with one black man to see how long they'd have to wait. the white passenger was picked up as quick as 15 seconds from when he s

the mission of the far southeast family strengthening collaborative is to be a catalyst for the ward 8 community, really helping the community coalesce around issues of families and children and the issues that they deal with. i think that anytime there is an issue within the family, the entire family is impacted. whether it is mental health, substance abuse, hiv, whatever it is. if one family member is impacted, then it impacts the entire family. family really is anybody that you can rely on. any resource that you have at your disposal to build your own strengths. you do have to look at the whole picture because if you're constantly just focusing on the children or the youth and not their parents or other caregivers, then when they go home there's going to be a disconnect. and if you have a youth that is using a substance, that can be dramatic on the parents and on the whole entire family as well because that individual can impact the family. the family is a part of the treatment process. the person that's getting the treatment themselves is just one individual, but the family has a