so i jump off the ledge, i run down that stairwell. and that next level, there's an emergency exit for the stairs. i open the door to get the visitors down. >> debris rains down on the fleeing tourists. the building is rocking so violently, it almost knocks the ranger off her feet. >> i'm terrified. i'm thinking, i don't know if i'm going to get to the bottom of this stairwell, i really think there's going to be something to knock the whole monument over. >> once she's opened the emergency door one flight down, nicolette knows she can't run down to the ground level. the ranger must always be the last one to leave. >> i'm standing at the emergency exit, debating this thought, looking at the stairwell as debris is coming down the stairs. i decide i have to go back up, but i'm going to run as fast as i possibly can. >> she sprints up to make sure the floor is clear. >> i'm running around that top level. there's a lot of debris that has fallen now. i go back down, but as i'm going back down the other stairwell, a father has run up from the

. >>> now to that stairwell collapse in southwest washington tonight. it trapped some people in their apartments. jackie bensen is live along mlk boulevard near bowling air force base. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, we're told this apparently happened while a man was trying to move a heavy piece of furniture into the building. residents of the upper floors of the garden apartment complex leaned out the windows and watched as firefighters assessed the damage to the stairwell. it collapsed very suddenly about 7:00 p.m. francis carson was among those stuck inside. >> actually, i just heard one of the residents fall. i assume that maybe he had just fell down the steps. it wasn't until later on that i was on my way to work that i realized that the bottom landing had actually fell through. >> reporter: neighbors say the collapse happened as a man was delivering a large piece of furniture. he was seriously injured and taken to a local hospital by ambulance. firefighters decided the stairwell could be temporarily shored up from the base, allowing residents to exi

residents tell us that the stairwell collapsed as a man was delivering a large piece of furniture. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> i just heard one of the residents fall. i had assumed that maybe he had fell down the steps. it wasn't until later on that i was on my way to work that i realized that the bottom landing had actually fell through. >> firefighters temporarily shored up the stairwell to allow people to leave the building until more permanent repairs can be made. >>> 4:37 our time. no laughing matter. why some tweets sent by a pair of young visitors to the united states led to a one-way ticket home. >>> searching for answers after a deadly pileup. why the actions of police in florida are now under the microscope. >>> plus, the calendar may still say january, but it doesn't feel that way outside. more like june-uary. >>> good morning. time for weather & traffic on the 1s on this early tuesday. i'm tom kierein in storm center 4. around the region we have temperatures showing a wide variety. near 40 in washington, west and north in fairfax county and in

right now crews are working to shore up those stairwells. accident has displaced more than a dozen people. the cause of the collapse still under investigation. >>> also new at 11:00, another earthquake has hit mineral, virginia. the 3.2 magnitude quake hit around 6:40, and so far no reports of any serious damage or injuries. however, neta marco lives 10 miles outside of mineral, and she says her dog knew it was coming. >> she started barking like something was out there. and then about 20 seconds later, it hit and shook the whole house. and by then, she's really barking and getting upset and me along with her. but i'm not barking, of course, but i was upset. i thought it was the big one again. i mean, we all think that around here when these aftershocks hit. >> and you can't blame them for being nervous because back in august you remember mineral was the center of the 5.8 tremor that rumbled up the east coast and caused significant damage to the cathedral and washington monument. >>> so, top, another look at a quake in our neighborhood. >> y

. >>> and this morning, one person is in the hospital after eye stairwell collapsed inside an apartmentsouthwest washington. the collapse trapped some people in their upstairs apartments. it happened in the 4300 block of mlk avenue southwest near bowling air force base. neighbors telling news4 that the stairwell collapsed as a man was delivering a large piece of furniture. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> i just heard one of the residents fall. i had assumed that maybe he had just fell down the steps. it wasn't until later on that i was on my way to work that i realized that the bottom landing had actually fell through. >> firefighters temporarily shored up the stairwell to allow people to exit the building until more permanent repairs can be made. >>> aftershocks from last summer's earthquake are still rattling the area. the magnitude 3.2 trembler struck mineral around 6:30 last night. people as far away as middletown, maryland, reported feeling it. this follows a magnitude 5.8 quake in august that damaged the washington monument and national cathedr cathedral. so

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at all permit it exits and entrances, stairwells, and entrances to the theater seating as depicted on depicted25. 79, an employee or security guards shall be assigned the responsibility of insuring all alcoholic beverages remain inside the permitted areas whenever the privileges of the abc license are being exercised. tan, at any time, the licensee utilizes a third party promoter at this premises, the licensee shall maintain control of the management, operations, and staffing of the business, and shall approve all marketing materials. 11, loitering, as defined as to stand idly by, a leader aimlessly without lawful business, is prohibited on any sidewalks or property adjacent to the licensed premises under the control of the licensee as depicted on the abc 257. 12, the petitioner shall be responsible for maintaining free of litter the area adjacent to the premises. 13, the exterior the premises shall be cooked with lighting of sufficient power to eliminate -- eliminate and make discernible the appearance in conduct of all persons on the premises. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you ve

stairwell clear. moving into east office. all units on the ground, on the roof, watch for movement.ou have a shot, take it. right. 5k to win. mdpd! get those hands in the air! hold it right there! don't move! caine: don't move, leo. got the plates. where is he? where's who? toller! where is he? leo: look, he was here, all right, but then he left. caine: where did he go? look, we closed the deal and he left with a bonus. what kind of bonus? a girl. a girl. what's the girl's name? it's melanie garland. that means he's going to kill again, eric. you planned this, didn't you? do i look like i know anything about cars? leo gave you a bag of money. fix it. i don't need your opinion right now. not interested in it. no! i choked out girls for less. you get back in the car, you start it up. it doesn't go anywhere, you get ready to die. okay? okay. atta girl. go. ♪ melanie: this, and a pack of ultras. hey, you got something smaller than this, miss? sorry, that's all i have. (doorbell dings) come on, please. are you okay? he'll kill me. here. (phone ringing) tripp: clerk was smart, he sensed s

. -- are working to stabilize the stairwell so residents can get from their workplace. public records indicate [unintelligible] an airport spokesperson said two people were there and no one was hurt. the strongest earthquake since august rocks much of central virginia tonight. callers from as far north as fredericksburg told us they felt the tremor. >> return to the primary that thed change everything in face president obama. by this time tomorrow night, we of theve a clearer view dahmer --ween met between mitt romney and newt gingrich. >> all the major polls show ms. in the lead in florida. some of those polls show a lead formant romney. newt gingrich is not ready to concede. both candidates were pounding pavement hard, trying to persuade every possible florida voter. at every stop, mitt romney appeared increasingly confident. florida voters are now focusing newt gingrich's record. >> they learned that he was $1.60 million to be a for freddie mac. that is not what we want in the white house. >> with seniors in the villages retirement community, mitt ready to sing along

this is her latest album, "stairwells."ur arms," kina grannis. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hush, now let's go quiet to the park ♪ ♪ where it first started cool night ♪ ♪ us lying in the dark i felt my heart ♪ ♪ was trying to find the place for you to stay ♪ ♪ a place where i feel safe ♪ ♪ anything we have known anything we've forgotten ♪ ♪ in the rain in the dark we'll lay ♪ ♪ in your arms in your arms i'll stay ♪ ♪ anything we have known anything we've forgotten ♪ ♪ in the rain in the dark we'll lay ♪ ♪ in your arms in your arms i'll stay ♪ ♪ take my hand let's go into the trees ♪ ♪ behind the branches falling on our knees ♪ ♪ i remember feeling like this part of us will never change ♪ ♪ anything we have known anything we've forgotten ♪ ♪ in the rain in the dark we'll lay ♪ ♪ in your arms in your arms i'll stay ♪ ♪ anything we have known anything we've forgotten ♪

stairwell clear. moving into east office. all units on the ground, on the roof, watch for movement.ou have a shot, take it. right. 5k to win. mdpd! get those hands in the air! hold it right there! don't move! caine: don't move, leo. got the plates. where is he? where's who? toller! where is he? leo: look, he was here, all right, but then he left. caine: where did he go? look, we closed the deal and he left with a bonus. what kind of bonus? a girl. a girl. what's the girl's name? it's melanie garland. that means he's going to kill again, eric. you planned this, didn't you? do i look like i know anything about cars? leo gave you a bag of money. fix it. i don't need your opinion right now. not interested in it. no! i choked out girls for less. you get back in the car, you start it up. it doesn't go anywhere, you get ready to die. okay? okay. atta girl. go. ♪ melanie: this, and a pack of ultras. hey, you got something smaller than this, miss? sorry, that's all i have. (doorbell dings) come on, please. are you okay? he'll kill me. here. (phone ringing) tripp: clerk was smart, he sensed s

it's called "stairwells."with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] next week, we'll be joined by, among others, katherine heigl, tom arnold, terrence howard, dana gould, ne-yo. and we'll have music from grouplove and filter. so, please join us then. our first guest is a two-time oscar winner, who might very well be the best actor ever. you know her from dozens of great performances. her latest, for which she will most definitely win an oscar, is called "the iron lady." it opens in theaters tomorrow. please say hello to meryl streep. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: what are you doing here? you know, now that you're here, i should tell you, i may have lied to the make-a-wish foundation. and i'm fine. but it was a trick to get you here. and i'm glad it worked. are you tired of people telling you how great you are? do you ever get bored of that? >> not really. >> jimmy: not really. well, good. [ laughter ] because have you ever thought of swit

and i was holding on and the ship was moving and i was afraid the child was going to go down the stairwell. i knew. i looked at my husband who has been in the navy and he said this is it. and i handed the baby back to the parents and said be with your baby. >> wow. what is -- what is that like? i mean, to be with your family -- i mean, i just can't imagine this. >> it's an out of body experience. it's everything you'd see on the titanic and worse. it was just unbelievable. that was one incident. there were four incidents in that five and a half hours. and not one person from the ship assisted us. there wasn't one officer. we got on a lifeboat that wouldn't function. we were all thrown against the wall of the ship. we crawled down under -- to try to get on the underside of the ship because they said on the other side, we could get a lifeboat. and at the time, the ship shifted again and we were thrown back. we had to crawl back out. we had to climb a 20 foot ladder. blood falling down from everywhere. the real heroes were the other passengers on board. we had to go through crates of things.

. >>> this morning, one person is in the hospital seriously injured when a stairwell collapsed insidecomplex in southwest washington. the collapse trapped some people in their upstairs apartments. it happened last night in the 4300 block of mlk avenue southwest near bolling air force base. residents tell news4 the stairwell collapsed as a man was delivering a large piece of furniture. >>> it is now 6:35. sheriff's deputies in loudoun county are on the lookout for a man who threatened some teenagers. the sheriff's office released this sketch. they say the man threatened teens at the ash burn shopping center on january 22. no one was hurt. if you recognize this man, call police. >>> montgomery county police need your help in finding two missing teens from rockville. 14-year-old alexis kirby and 13-year-old kaylynn wilson were seen on saturday. they both live on latachia place and often visit the verandas apartment complex in gaithersburg and the briggs cheney area of montgomery county. anyone who has seen these girls is asked to call montgomery county police. >>> aftershocks from last s

and i held a 3-year-old, and i was afraid the child was going to go down the stairwell, and i looked at my husband who was in the navy, and he said, this is it, and i handed the baby back to the parents and said, be with your baby. >> wow. what is -- what is that like to be with your family -- i can't imagine. >> it's an out of body experience, hard to believe. everything you would see on the titanic and worse. it was unbelievable. that was one incident. there were four incidents of that in the 5 1/2 hours, and not one person from the ship assisted in any manner. not one officer. we got on a life boat that wouldn't function, thrown against the walls of the ship, crawled down under, tried to get on the other side of the ship, they said if we got on the other side, we could get in a life boat, and at that time, the ship shifted again, we had to crawl back out, crawl a 20-foot ladder, blood falling down and people, the real heroes were the people, the other passengers onboard who lifted us up. we had to go through creates, and then we get to the top of the ship, and there were about ten

the have access to the upper floors, an interior stairwell. direct access through the garage. but there is a pedestrian entrance. commissioner antonini: there is no other entrance into their? -- there? the have to go into the garage, and from there into the unit? >> correct. commissioner antonini: as long as that is consistent. i did not want to do an nsr on this space. >> they have an interior connection. commissioner antonini: mention was made of the windows. i hope the windows would be contexture with the neighborhood and of the quality be specified. >> that are identified as a woul

the have access to the upper floors, an interior stairwell. direct access through the garage. but there is a pedestrian entrance. commissioner antonini: there is no other entrance into their? -- there? the have to go into the garage, and from there into the unit? >> correct. commissioner antonini: as long as that is consistent. i did not want to do an nsr on this space. >> they have an interior connection. commissioner antonini: mention was made of the windows. i hope the windows would be contexture with the neighborhood and of the quality be specified. >> that are identified as a would sash. -- they are identified as a wood sah, aluminum-clad wood trim. commissioner moore: the building as it is proposed, and we might all have other ideas of what it should be, is fully compliant, correct? >> correct. commissioner moore: that spirit is somewhat not in our purview to discuss how someone wants to lay out his interiors and get in and out of his building. what we should be concerned about is how this building presents itself to the outside, given that we have the normal dimensions

. >> many parking lots, sidewalks and stairwells, are still an ac mess but yet roads and highways are mainly just what. was the federal government's decision to give the employees a two-hour delay justified? >> i would say better save than sorry. >> i was looking earlier and there were -- >> opinions have varied. she says the last thing she wants in a cold, wet fog today is to take chances. >> especially after last year with this club -- snow storm, we had a lot of problems traveling on the road and the buses. >> dozens of tow trucks began trading main road was this morning, preventing a rephrase as a deep fog and cold drizzle blanketed the region and most commuters took precautions especially around the springfield mixing bowl. >> started this morning, warmed up and got the ice off -- i remember 2008. >> then there are those like george from connecticut who does not understand what he calls an overreaction. >> the government was shut down until 11:00 this morning. i looked out the window and i said you got to be kidding. i don't see snow. this is silly. >> the potential rephrasing on

the ship was listing and we had to climb up and form a human chain to pull ourselves up on to a stairwell and another couple turned around and gave me their baby, and said, take my baby. and i held a 3-year-old and i was holding on and the ship was moving and i was afraid the child was going to go down the stairwell. and i knew -- i looked at my husband who's been in the navy, and he said, this is it, and i handed the baby back to the parents and i said, be with your baby. >> wow. what is that like? to be with your family -- i just can't imagine this. >> it's an out of body experience. it's hard to believe. it's everything you'd see on the "titanic" and worse, because it was just unbelievable. and that was one incident. there were four incidents of that in that 5 1/2 hours. and not one person from the ship assisted us in any manner. there wasn't one officer. we got on a lifeboat that wouldn't function. we were all thrown out of the lifeboat and thrown against the walls of the ship. we crawled down under, to try to get on the other side of the ship, because they said that if we got on the

it is just the debt and the stairwell. >> that is correct. it is just the deck and stared extension which is providing open access to the rear yard from the common area of the home, whereas the ground floor is developed as the master bathroom, and the upper level is developed as a common area. this would provide the access to. commissioner sugaya: i am suggesting a redesign could pull the deck. in essence, it would be the roof of the lower level. >> correct. understood. commissioner sugaya: i do not want to get into design. commissioner moore: nor do i. commissioner sugaya: is there a motion? >> yes. for approval. commissioner sugaya: maybe we could condition it with, and mr. sanchez and may not take the variants decision tonight, but i'm thinking that maybe if there could be some reworking and that could be presented to the zoning administrator -- >> it would be the commission's recommendation that the project sponsor lowfat recommendations to reduce the rear encroachment, but still provide -- honestly, reviewing rear yard variances for deck

were working, but the fire cleave says the building itself had their own smoke detectors in the stairwell and hallways for just such a problem. >> people started coming out. you had senior citizens. people were little kids moving a lot slower than usual. when you walk out the front, it was just flames. looked like the furnace had actually exploded. >> no one was injured. fire and water damage destroyed three apartments. the fire chief says they're still trying to figure out the cause, but they don't suspect foul play. in laurel, maryland, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> the red cross is helping displaced families. most of them have been moved to another apartment within the complex. investigators say the fire caused an estimated half a million dollars in damages. >>> it's going to cost you more to mail a first class letter. starting today, postage rates increased for the first time in 2 1/2 years. it now cost 45 cents for first class postage, that's a one cent increase. the hike does not apply to forever stamps purchased before today. the cost of sending packages and other mail also goes up.

i thought the baby would just fall down the stairwell. >> after several terrifying minutes she handedhe baby girl become to her father unable to hold on. she never saw the baby or her father again. >> i don't know what happened to them after. i don't know if they, i don't know what happened. i work i knew. >> meanwhile here in northern california, melody, listened to her sister joanna on the phone. >> there was a lot of ederly peopederly -- elder low people, in wheelchairs, couldn't walk. >> she had no idea her sister and husband were on the ship as part of the european vacation. joanna called her from the u.s. embassy in rome after she and passengers made it in a life bet to a sparsely populated island. >> there was nowhere for people to sleep. ended up sleeping in the church. >> heaven compared to the chaos on the church. >> the crew did the best they could. but nay didn't understhand whan to do. >> they're home in california. they will return tomorrow night. and the cruise liner is drawing eerie comparisons to the titanic. 100th anniversary of the disaster unapre in april of thi. >

me to be limited so i've got my back yeah i've seen some of your tweets with the picture of the stairwell that you just can't go that you're not allowed to but you know there have been a few big names that i've spoken to angela merkel for example today and she basically was telling the business community that they need to step back a little bit and let lawmakers do what they need to do when it comes to the eurozone crisis can you tell us more about it. yeah you know that's a little interesting because investors and i'm sure some of those people in that audience of some of the six hundred business leaders that are here they want europe to commit more money to bailouts they want that from europe and angela merkel was saying we're not going to do it instead what i'm going to give you is that we're pledging fiscal integration we believe this is the this is the solution we're committed to it this is going to take patience but if we pledged more money and the markets attacked us then we would be able to deliver and that would be worse for the eurozone essentially i'm paraphrasing so probably no

. >> at the stairwell people were screaming and crying. >> just like the scene from titan tick. people were grabbing and pushing and shoving. >> this is like the titanic of the 21st century. >> the difference these scenes are shot in the dark of night by choppers using infra-red cameras. war more panicked passengers on cell phone. this video shows passengers stranded inside. disoriented in the pitch black where they and those searching for them can't tell a ceiling from a wall from a floor. some are injured. shockingly captain schettino is far from danger. afloat on a life raft heading to land. coast card captain grigoria speaks with him by phone. their heated argument cement in the minds of italians and people around the world. two men polar opposites the hero verses the coward schettino. one man doing his duty the other running away. >> look schettino you may have saved yourself from the sea but i will put you in a lot of trouble get back on board for (bleep) sake. >> schettino never returns to concordia. he beg force a pair of dry socks at this motel. >> when you heard he lef