it happened along naylor road in southeast washington.r is there at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: well, andrea, the fire is now out. firefighters are on the scene trying to determine exactly what caused this fire to break out, but the real story here are the three children that were affected by this fire. two children are in critical condition. another is also in the hospital because they were entrapped inside of this apartment where the fire broke out around 6:00 a.m. this morning and we have new information about their condition. maybe not about their condition but definitely we now know their ages. joining me to tell us about that is pete with dc fire and ems. what more do we know about these children? >> the good news is -- unfortunately they were found unconscious or semi conscious. they were resuscitated and essentially revived by paramedic and transported to the hospital. they are in stable condition but they are all critical. we have 5-year-old boy, 2-year- old female and a 5 or 6-month- old female. they were all found u

fisher has more on the children's conditions and also on the investigation that is going on in southeast washington washington. >> fire at 6:00 a.m. this morning. the three story apartment building has 64 unit and located five houses down on naylor road here in southeast dc . they say fire started. we spoke to the police chief and here's what he had to say. >> as units made an aggressive interior attack they found they had an apartment fire on the sec floor. upon extinguishing the fire, rescue was ensuing. rescue squads removed three children. >> reporter: we now know the ages of those children injured in the fire. one is a 2-month-old baby girl. another is a 2-year-old girl and also a 5-year-old boy. we're told that all three kids are in stable but critical condition at a local hospital. we do not know if they sustained any burn injuries, but we know they suffered from severe smoke inhalation. in southeast dc, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> a fast-moving fire also swept through a mobile home in hampton, virginia killing three children there. investigators are still trying to figure out how the fir

. >>> we want to under it breaking news from southeast washington.rews are on the scene of an apartment fire on naylor road. this is in the 1900 block. we understand that three children were pulled from the fire. all of them have serious injuries and have been taken to the hospital. >> we'll bring you more updates as soon as we get them, which should be shortly. >> we assistant to take another look outside. you are going to want to take some extra time on your commute this morning. crews are working to clear those roads out there. a lot of those side streets still quite a mess though. >> it is pretty out there in the trees but not so much fun on the roads. it did make for pretty scenes last night. a picture of one viewer sent in in frederick. we invite to you send your photos to us at myfoxdc.com. going out to dinner no longer fit into our budget. these pizza parties on friday night. i learned how to make pizza dough. and we'd have friends come to our house. we know saving money important. shop with your giant card and you can enjoy thousands of week

. >>> new today, a near tragedy in southeast washington. an early morning fire almost took the lives of three small children. they were critically injured when flames broke out in their apartment on naylor road. that's where news 4's tracee wilkins joins us now live with the latest. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. this was a minor yet smokey kitchen fire. so n fire investigators are trying to figure out how it almost claimed the lives of these three kids. >> it's just sad. because the babies, they were all unconscious. i don't know if they're okay. >> reporter: around 6:00 this morning, d.c. firefighters were called to the 1900 block of naylor road in southeast for a fire in a second-floor apartment. >> they were able to find three children in a bedroom. they were all unconscious or semi conscious. now, the kids were 5 years old, 2 years old, and 5 or 6 months old. >> i saw them pull out three kids. two looked like twins or something and a 4-year-old or a 5-year-old, and they were, like, unconscious and there was a

. >>> we begin with a developing story from southeast washington. three children were rescued from a burning apartment building earlier today in southeast. >> it happened on naylor road and 19th street. the building has been evacuated. kristin fisher is live with the story. >> good morning, bruce and andrea. as we speak, three children are fighting for their lives in a local hospital after a fire broke out in their apartment building at 6:00 a.m. this morning. this is the three story apartment building, and located five houses down on naylor road in southeast dc. now, this fire broke out inside of the kitchen of one apartment on the second floor. firefighters arrived shortly after 6:00 a.m. we spoke with the deputy chief and here's what he says that firefighters found when they arrived on the scene. >> approximately 6:14 this morning, our office of communication received a call for an apartment fire. when units arrived it was a normal, looked like nothing showing from the front there. as they made an interior attack they found an apartment fire on th

radar showing a few lingering flurries in prince george's county, southeast washington. elsewhere we don't have any precipitation. the storm is over. these are some of the snow totals, generally around three, four inches around the metro area. a couple inches higher farther to our west and north. really st of a low to minimum impact storm. right now 34 in washington. so that's good news. it's melting there. many of the streets are above freezing, the road temperatures. so they're just wet. wu v but the air temperatures are in the upper 20s to 30 degrees. we'll have breaks in the clouds. actually i s a little bit of the moon coming through. the clouds are beginning to break up. we'll be partly cloudy with highs in the low 40s. more melting tomorrow, too. but a major storm coming in it appears. a much more potent storm friday afternoon and evening and into saturday. jerry, how is the traffic? >> we're doing actually very, very well. let's start with prince george's county on the capital belt way. generally speaking most jurisdictions just wet roadways this morning. that be

reporting live from southeast washington, washington7 news. >>> closing argu-- abc 7 news. >>> taylor is charge of manslaughter and incident. he and darren bullock were racing when his car struck and killed eight people that were watching another straight race. he will get up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted. >>> a west region the teacher charged with bringing a weapon to class is out of a job after police found a knife in her purse. police had been called to the school over worries about her behavior. officers say that she tested positive for cocaine and prescription drugs. >>> the safety board has wrapped up a three-day public hearing on the deadly bus crash. the use the information to determine what caused that collision. they actually testified out how some agencies operate with very few errors. believes this information on the high reliability to help with safety. the final report on the crash -- >>>> hundreds of mentally disabled people marched to the house, they say that budget cuts could hurt the quality of life. >> they say those cuts have already made those lives tou

see this area southeast of washington. that is an area defined where we have sleet mixing in, with the brightest shades. that is sleet and where you have northwest of that, that is heavier to moderate snow. topper is drawing on the lines, that is the heavier, moderate snow and through washington. southeast of there, that's where the sleet is falling. already down in woodbridge, coming in from derek, also in fredericksburg, where it's been a mixture of snow and sleet, that's an inch and a quarter down in fredericksburg, you can see the definition here, that is sleet just south of the line that we are pointing out, above that, that is where it's snow. you get more sleet, you'll have less in the way of snow totals overnight. top. >> that's why we are breaking it down and figure out how much is going to fall south and east of town. we have a wide range here. overnight, 2 to 6 inches. 2 to the south. 6 to the north and west. that said, those areas that we showed you, you'll go to snow after 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. 3 to 6 in

very sad breaking news out of southeast washington.hildren in critical condition afterñr an early morn% apartment fire in the 1900 block ofÑiÑi nailer road. firefighters say it appears the fire started in the kitchen. then they say the children's mother ran to get help, then the door closed ñrbehind her, she could not get back in. two of the children are under 1 year old. >>> good morning, some sunshine in the region. and then freezing up again tonight, watch out for patchy ice, sunny tomorrow, could get a winter storm friday night into saturday. )qrr"áuz take a look along 395. let's head over and take a look over at the american legion bridge. >> kidsçó >>> 8:30 now on this wednesday morning, february 3rd, 2010. not the best of weather overnight. we had some snow and ice in the area, but these folks, thank goodness, made it safely to our plaza, and we are so happy to have them here this morning. >>> just ahead, fans of the harry potter books and movies, stick around. we have the first live look at the much-anticipated wizarding world

we're in southeast washington. back to you in the studio. >> all right. chris gordon, thank you. >>> now back to our snow streak. we seem to be experiencing a lot of this. some are fed up with all of it. elaine reyes is in bethesda with more on the psychological affects of saying positive during this cold winter weather. elaine? >> well, wendy, people just tell us that they are tired of all the work that goes along with the snow. not the physical kind of work, but the rescheduling, the building in the extra time when it comes to having a snow day. they tell us that it's just an extra burden on their already busy lives. some people can't get enough. >> it's beautiful, it's peaceful, it's quiet. >> we love it. and we -- it's wintertime. it might as well snow as much as it can. >> reporter: plenty of others, not so much. >> i'm totally over it. i'm from the d.c. area. we have not had snow like this since '96. >> reporter: to date, the d.c. region has already seen double its average yearly snowfall with more to come. >> it's like you scrape off your car and t

it is on naylor road in southeast washington. an apartment building there has been evacuated.are getting information on all of this. a crew is on the way. we will have the updates as soon as we get them. >>> other news making news, an arlington woman is behind bars accused of a double murder. >>> the victims were found 24 hours ago in dale city, virginia v.a. 47-year-old natalia wilson is charged in the murders. police say she knew the victims. >>> police confirm that morgan harrington was murdered. the body of the virginia tech student was found last week three months after she van fished. -- vanished. no word honor how she died or who killed her. >>> prince william county has a deputy executive she was appointed on tuesday. she had been serving as deputy executive for two and a half years. >>> you could soon legally zoom along virginia highways at 70 miles an hour. that they approved the hike from 65. it would only take affect on interstates in the more rural parts of the commonwealth. governor mcdonnell is expected to sign the bills in to law. >>> now the all-important list

in southeast washington, chris gordon, news4. >> the fire department says thir rescue is an excellentcan respondq(ickly and save lives in emergencies. >>> a republican senator from utah has filed legislation that would prevent the district of columbia from recognizing gay marriages. senator bob bennett filed the bill in the senate to force a popular vote. a similar measure has been filed in the house already. the bill to allow same-gender marriage passed the d.c. council last year and is awaiting a review period in congress before it takes effect in february or early march. d.c. alphas have been assured that the democratic leadership in the house and senate would block legislative effort to delay the same-sex marriage bill. >>> members of the d.c. council launched an effort to make sure everybodyÑi is counted in this year's u.s. census. special teams of çócensus-taker will fan out across the streets of washington. they'll be targeting what officials describe as hard-to-reach groups like immigrants and the homeless. data colleed from the census which happens every ten years is used to

. >>> three young children left home alone are in critical condition after a fire today in southeast washingtond d.c. firefighters arrived just in time to rescue and revive those youngsters that had all stopped breathing. >>> prince william county police arrested a woman in the murders of a dale city mom and child. the two were stabbed to death in their home at 4501 hanover court. the woman's husband called police monday night after finding their bodies. peggy fox has been covering this since the story broke on wusa9.com and joins us live from the crime scene with the latest. peggy, what happened? >> reporter: first police are still here, still guarding this home because it is still a crime scene and evidence may still be collected. police say this was not a random crime. they say that the woman they've arrested is the wife of the boy's father. 47-year-old natalia wilson, a russian citizen, is charged with stabbing to death the ex- wife and child of her own spouse. police say the victim's current husband found the bodies of 41- year-old slavka naydenova and her 8-year-old son paul wilson in the

. >>> we're following some breaking news out of southeast washington right now.that's where several people are hurt after a fire ripped through an apartment building. it broke out in the 1900 block of nailer road in southeast. it is not clear exactly how many people are haurt or what the extent of their injuries are. we have a crew headed to that scene. we'll bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. >>> mayor fenty's approval numbers may be down, but his fund-raising totals are not. he raised nearly $3.6 million for his re-election campaign. that would break his own record in 2007 when he raised $3.8 million. his financial report comes days after "the washington post" reported the mayor's approval rating has fallen 30 points to just 42% in the last two years. >>> we are connecting you the mayor. d.c. mayor adrian fenty joins us live in our studios tomorrow at 6:45. if you have a question, e-mail that question to fenty@nbcwashington.com. >>> we're following a story this morning from iran. state tv say it is country launched another rocket into space.

pennsylvania avenue at 8th street in southeast washington, again as the snow comes down, the roads are getting slick. one more time crews are out treating to roadways. let's head downtown, just wanted to show you this so we can catch our brethd and say, you know, despite everything, it is kind of pretty. >> it is absolutely beautiful. yeah, if you can sit back and enjoy it. >>> even the most confident of drivers can sometimes be no match for this weather. this car belongs to john bower from fairfax county. he has a license plate on his vehicle that says bad weather wagon. maybe that's a bad weather wagon, it's his four-wheel drive subaru out back. he spent quite a while trying to dig it out after getting stuck in burke. not far from there, this guy was using a saw to cut ice blocks next to a blocked-in car. he says it's the best way to deal with the walls of snow that the plows leave in front of the driveways and sidewalks. where to put it? that, of course, is another issue. >>> all the snow can cause big problems for homeowners. the weight has caused roofs to collapse. according to th

. >>> turning now to breaking news we're following from southeast washington. three children seriously hurt in a fire this morning. this happened at an apartment building in the 1900 block of naylor road and we're told the children were pulled from the fire and have been taken to the hospital. joining us on the phone right now, pete parringer from d.c. fire and ems. good morning. >> good morning. >> please tell us the update on the fire and the condition of the kidsa you know it. >> they are very serious. this morning we were dispatched to 1920 naylor road. we arrived with smoke coming from the second story. we found three children in the back bedroom, they all appeared to have suffered smoke inhalation and their conditions are pretty critical. firefighters removed them and they were treated by ems and quickly transported to an area hospital. again their conditions are all critical. it appears as though there was a fire in the kitchen. the adult there, the mom went to get some help and the door closed and locked behind her and she couldn't get back in. of cours

southeast washington doing fine. 66 quiet start so far. eun and joe? >> thanks very much. >> only a few hours before another big dose of winter weather. vdot says the last storm blew the budget but crews will be out clearing the roads no matter what. right now workers are pre-treating the roads and stocking up on salt. vdot is tapping into a $25 million reserve fund to pay for it. vdot says snow removal is a matter of safety. >> rod crews in the district are getting ready for a very long weekend. the snow emergency officially takes effect at 9:30 this morning. that means all vehicles must be removed from any snow emergency route. once the snow begins 270 trucks will be out salting and plowing the treats. if your vehicle is still parked on an emergency route after 9:30 this morning it will be ticketed and towed. and we have a team of reporters out covering this winter storm four. >> tracee wilkins is at ronald reagan washington national airport where people are racing to get out of town before the storm hits. but we begin with megan mcgrath who is outsi

and this is rotating into southeast and northeast washington over the next few minutes. shadyside is about to get into a heavy band of snow. up to the north here, howard county under the blizzard warning with anne arundel starting this morning. and you have so muchy areas of the purple, toward montgomery county, but that won't last another 15-30 minutes and out to the west, loudoun county, down to fairfax county, heavy snow, hillsboro to percentville and chantilly and even in the winchester area we're seeing heavy snow and some of the totals have been quite impressive. i want to talk about how much has fallen and the warnings we're under. and i'm tossing it out to meteorologist devon lucie. >> still a steady snow going on. light, fluffy and dry snow. this isn't the packing snow. the repeat of what we had over the weekend as we had the sleet and freezing rain to mix in. even a little bit past into the western suburbs. w usa, a post coming from barbara in warrenton, said that steadily snowing and the wind has started out there. can't tell the wind speed but the trees are d

washington just finished. now, they begin three games against the southeast division. >> the magic, washington played one-of-one their better games up in washing tonight you have the hawks. washington lost twice to them and they are in second place in that division. the bobcats, a team that probably has surprised a lot of people but they are not surprising people anymore. they are also one of the top defensive teams in the league. >> and the wizards and hawks will try to fly into washington either tonight or tomorrow but they do have a game tomorrow night at verizon center. right now, that is on as scheduled. that's the story from orlando with phil chenier, i'm steve buckhantz. back to you in snowy bethesda. >> poor buckets. rain, thunderstorm. that's got to be tough. >> they are not dealing with this weather of the they have to deal with the wizards. god loves them. >> touche. well taken. there you go. >> we have a monster night for you here on come spas sportsnet with the programming for the kiddos. look at that. >> they have to put on a show for orlando. >> right here, on the mothership, capitals and thrashe

areas around baltimore and washington can can expect close to 20 inches. and the southeastll see heavy rain. >>> now to sports and what else? another big night for the big guy, lebron james, in cleveland. the cavaliers j.j. higs son got the crowd going with a steal and a slam against miami. the heat's dwyane wade fought back with a tough lay-up, but lebron came on strong taking an alley-oop for a slam in the second and capping his 36 point game with a step back in the fourth as the cavs beat the heat 102-86. >>> in portland, the trailblazers rallied in the fourth quarter on a three-pointer who beat the san antonio spurs 96-93. >>> now clemgt hoops and a big win for purdue at indiana. the boilermakers gentleman one johnson took it inside for a score and a foul, three of his 21 points. and an eighth ranked purdue went on to beat the hoosiers for the first time since 199978-75 file score. >>> and virginia tech's malcolm delaney drove hard for a lay-up and a foul against north carolina as the reigning national champs took their fifth loss in six games, 74-70. >>> when we return

in the southeast, this starts as a rainmaker. a quick live shot of washingtonwhere it all looks fine. it's 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning, the first, light snowflakes start to fall. and we'll see what verifies with this forecast. national weather service going with 18 to 20 inches of snow. the low gets offshore. it throws in the atlantic moisture, lots of it, into the cold air there. new york right on the line where most snow will be here. we're thinking in that area two to four inches of snow there. the reason you're getting a lot of speculation is this is a very narrow banding, kind of a gradient of snow here. just 25 miles make a big difference in how much snow you get, getting close to the center of where the real heavy snow will be. and the blizzard warnings on the jersey shoreline, the del marva peninsula, because of the wind. 55-mile-per-hour wind, blowing that snow to where you really can't see for a long p >>> looking at our time line here of our snow, we are not going to see much before midday. but right around 3:00, 2 to 4 inches. but right around 3:0

southeast. right now, this batch of storms is headed to the eastern shore. looks like it will continue at least throughout the evening hours. won't say anything in the baltimore, washington area until late, late tonight. take a look at this map. beginning late tonight, for most of the region, most of the day tomorrow, winter weather advisories. sore if -- or if you're in eastern shore, they're expecting more winter storm warnings will go into effect. we do have the watches and advisories in effect. how much are we going to get from this particular system? bernadette joins me now. bern? >> reporter: this is a very messy storm we'll be dealing with. it will come in in a few different phases. the biggest story will be with the wind. i want to show you around the region. this is going to kick in very intense winds. we are right in that zone. possibly gusting up to 60. we think closer to 50 is more realistic. but regardless, you get the point. it is going to turn very windy, starting thursday, continuing thursday night. and actually into the day on friday. that's the thing with this really big storm. as far as snow goes, this is what we're expecting as far as accumulation goe

northern virginia, panhandle of west virginia, washington, as well as montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties. farther north more, less to the south and southeastmbia road in northwest. from time to time only one good travel lane available. let's head over to maryland, show you the beltway. far right side of the screen ere, all ice and slush and snow. keeping traffic very slow on the beltway. inner loop as you head north from 214 to 202 and 50. joe? >> thank you very much. stay with us. ♪ >>> there she is, grammy award-winner -- she's six-time grammy award-winner this year for beyonce, and with those wins, she became the most decorated artist in one night in the 50-plus history of the grammys. >> nice decorations. >> i thought you'd enjoy that. well, we caught up with the 28-year-old music diva for a little chat, and we'll have that for you in just a little bit. >>> meantime, coming to you this half hour, we're going to be going to vancouver, where natalie is standing by at the freestyle and snowboarding venue at cypress mountain. hey, natalie, what have you got going on there? >> hey, ann. well -- and al -- you know, a lot of the concern here