Live at the scene with the latest on the fire thats left six members of a family unaccounted for even at this hour. Brad . Thats really the most important thing to people who know these folks is what is their fate . A tremendous amount of sadness. Theres an awful lot going on here in the yard of this place. This is the gate. We come over here and we take a look down the lane past the fence, you can see thats the remains of the structure back there and up above it that big crane. We can show you some video of when they rolled this big thing in here earlier today. This house is so big, 16,000 square feet. They say about five times the size of the normal house. They need this heavy equipment to do their investigation. Now, this is being treated, were told now essentially as a crime scene. Not because there is a belief that the crime happened. But because they have no choice because they have no idea why this fire started. When they can say i was standing here to saying we have the fire first. Everything we do is able to be supported in that act. Back lye now. These are some of the flowers and notes that have been left here at the front gate of this house. This batch in particular left by a young man who said that he was mentored by the home owner here a man by the name of don pyle. Well have much more about this young mans story coming up at 5 00. Brad bell abc 7 news. The man accused of making a crosscountry to kill his exwifes new husband made his first appearance in court today. Police believe he traveled from San Francisco all the way to ashburn to carry out this crime. Caroline tucker spoke with the woman caught in the middle and joins us live from ashburn. Caroline . There is a small sign here outside of this home in ashburn which reads you will be forever missed. You can see the remnants of candles and other offerings that family members and other neighbors have put by her. Madison was a former baseball player at n. C. State, father and newlywed and he says hes a hero in her eyes after police say denises exhusband killed him at their home here in ashburn. On the familys front door are hearts with words like god heals, and god is enough. Faith is a huge part of madisons familys life. The members of the Reston Bible Church in sterling the couple married this past july and bridged their two families together. Together, they have five children. Denise says her husband loved to build things spend time with the children and was the perfect husband. Shes now remembering him not how he died excuse me, but how he lived. My sweet husband literally laid down his life. He saved me and he saved us hes a hero this morning, Denise Madisons exhusband min win appeared in court via a Video Conference call from jail and he was arraigned on those firstdegree murder charges. Now, his attorney did not have any comments following that court proceeding. But he will appear in court again on january 28th for a bond hearing. He is currently being held without bond at this present time. Meanwhile, coming up tonight at 5 00, were going to hear more from Denise Madison and the love of her family and how you can also help. Live tonight in ashburn, Caroline Tucker abc 7 news. Thank you, caroline. Well, members of the d. C. Council heard an update on the metros smoke investigation today. It was also the first time that weve had a chance to hear from an official at metro about mondays deadly incident. Joce sterman is live at the Wilson Building in northwest with more on what he had to say. Joce . Sadly, alison, he didnt have much to say because of that ongoing federal investigation, the board chair is bound by confidentiality. Hes got to keep what he knows quiet and keep it to himself. Earlier today on the fifth floor, city council put tom downs through the paces. They wanted answers and so do we auto were the maintenance records up to date . I cant speak to it. Metros board chair says the st and needed repairs underground all part of the National Transportation safety board investigation which he cannot talk about at all. Downs appeared before the city council today fielding their questions and ours as well. It was a frustrating session so says the members who want to know whether there are current safety problems that should be corrected immediately. Downs said if the ntsb made demands, metro would meet them without hesitation or challenge. But Council Members want to know for sure the system is safe. Were asking people thousands every day, almost a million in the entire system to ride the metro. We encourage them to do that. Very least we could do to make sure the information that arms them to make an important decision. And much of the focus for this situation at lenfant plaza, the problems on the yellow line focus on the fans and the ventilation. Did they work properly because they know many of those passengers were trapped in the smoke there. So the board chair cant talk specifics about a lot of things but he did address the critics on that issue, well tell you what he had to say coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Live now in d. C. Joce sterman, abc 7 news. All right thank you. One more note on this. Virginias section of the American Society of Civil Engineers is giving the commonwealth a c when it comes to deteriorating rail and transit. The Group Released its annual infrastructure report card today. It studied 10 categories of public works overall. And virginia rated a c minus. But thats up from a d plus five years ago. It will cost about 40 million to address all of virginias needs. President obama is expected to call for more money for Infrastructure Projects across the country in tonights state of the Union Address. That topic dominated the first few days of the congress and the president will address both houses with his ideas in the next few hours. Mike conneen is here with a preview. This is the president s sixth state of the Union Address as president but the first time hell address the congress thats controlled in both chambers by republicans. Economic proposals meant to tackle income and equality and that includes increasing taxes on the top 1 . Those hundreds of billions of dollars raised will help pay for other projects that the president is proposing including making two years of Community College free for many students and expanding paid sick leave for workers across the country. The white house is trying to capitalize on momentum in recent weeks. Just this week the president s Approval Rating reached 50 the first time its happened since spring of 2013. Meanwhile, the Unemployment Rate is below 6 and gas prices are dropping down to about 2 nationwide. In recent weeks, the white house has been floating preproduced videos with ideas that hes bringing about tonight. How do we make sure everybody in this country, how do we make sure that theyre sharing in this growing economy . In response republicans say these are the same old top down approaches from president obama that have not worked. Thats raising taxes on successful americans, wont help struggling americans become successful. In fact, we expect to learn more about and hear more from republicans in their response led by the freshman iowa senator joanie ernst and First Lady Michelle Obama will be watching closely in the house gallery. She has special guests including a Montgomery County man released from a cuban prison last month after five months there and about 20 others as well who will be joining the first lady and we should note that those road restrictions, road closures around the Capitol Building because of security measures will take effect in two hours time at 6 00 tonight. The speech is set to get under way at 9 00 p. M. Reporting live on the national mall, mike conneen, abc 7 news. The senates top democrat wont be in the Chamber Tonight when the president delivers his speech. Harry reid was back at work today for the first time after breaking several bones in his chest and face a few weeks ago. He tweeted this photo of himself back on his desk on capitol hill. The 75yearold told reporters hes doing better after being injured by a machine he was working out on. You heard mike conneen report that a few minutes ago, the state of the Union Address tonight starting around 6 00 and well have all the closings for you on this map. List them for you on wjla. Com. Stay with abc 7 and newschannel 8 for complete coverage of the state of the union. You can watch the speech and the republican response live tonight starting here at 9 00. And then join us for reaction and analysis on newschannel 8 after the speech. Alison . Moving on to other news the lays Islamic State is threatening to kill two japanese hostages. Isil is demanding 200 million in exchange for the men. Suzanne kennedy looks at how the japanese are responding. A chilling new video from isis showing two japanese hostages kneeling in the desert wearing those familiar orange jump suits. Like past videos the isis terrorists believed to be jihad john threatens to behead the men. But this time he demands a ransom saying the hostages would be spared if the japanese government pays 200 million in the next three days. You now have 72 hours to pressure your government. It is the same amount japans Prime Minister just pledged to give countries fighting militants in iraq and syria making the announcement this week during a visit to the middle east. The timing and the sum of money requested for the return of these japanese hostages is a clear response. The Prime Minister though saying he will not give into terrorism. I strongly demand the Islamic State group does not hurt the two japanese citizens and immediately releases them. Five months after, the u. S. And its allies responded to a series of other hostage videos by launching a Massive Campaign of air strikes against isis. The clock now ticking for these two men. One shown here on his website saying he owns a military security company, the other is a freelance journalist. Isis is also Still Holding a 26yearold american aid worker hostage. There was no reference to her in this new video. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Police are looking for the people who started shooting on a crowded metro bus. Still ahead, the clues theyre hoping you can identify to help them crack the case. And then a little later, if your lead foot risking reckless driving, find out how one virginia lawmaker wants to cut you some slack. 7 is on your side with an update on the woman trying to get a hole in the wall of her apartment fixed. Several northeast d. C. Family are homeless tonight after fire engulfed the building where they have lived more than 30 years. Im sam ford. The story is coming up on abc 7 tt2wut3nu d bt qv tt2wut3nu d a qfl tt2wut3nu d bm qm, tt4wut3nu d dztq entq y88 tt4wut3nu d gzt . tt4wut3nu d hnt p1, tt4wut3nu d iztq xt tt4wut3nu d jntq 4 tt4wut3nu d lzt h we have new information now on airasia flight 8501 the one that crashed last month. The transport minister said that plane was climbing abnormally fast before plunging and suddenly disappearing from radar. Officials said today that plane rose about 6,000 feet per minute before it went down. All 162 people on board. Survey ships have located nine big objects including the jets fuselage all in the java sea. Meanwhile, back here closer to home investigators believe a case of hoarding may have helped flames spread through a northeast home this morning. A woman and a firefighter were injured in that blaze not far away from gauledette university. Sam ford joins us with one of the heroes from the scene. Sam . Were in front of 1140 oats where the fire broke out this morning, the boardup crews were already here and it was a family building, if you look up here and on this upper side here the mother lived in one unit and the brother lived in another. A brother lived in another unit and the sister lived in another unit. Theyve lived here almost 30 years. It seems they have accumulated a lot of stuff. Fire broke out this morning in lower unit and quickly engulfed the entire building. Their work was made harder by what he called the pack rat conditions of the unit in which it made it difficult for firefighters to maneuver and the stuff fanned the flames. Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured. Before the firefighters arrived, an elderly woman and her son were inside calling for help. I thought somebody died. All i can see is smoke. When i got her, picked her up carted her down she was on top of my shirt. When i start talking. We just talked to family members who said that the elderly woman is ok. That she is in the hospital that they are holding her overnight for observation. But she is ok. Also, d. C. Firefighter went to the hospital. The fire battalion chief said he had suffered what he had called dehydration but he was treated and he is ok as well. Well have more on this story coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Back to you. Sam, thank you. Well, authorities are now looking for two people in connection with a shooting on a metro bus last night. It happened near the intersection of first and h streets in northwest. Metro Transit Police are released these two photos today of two persons of interest. Now, they believe this man and woman were traveling on the bus together. Police say the man got off on a stop and then fired shots on to the x2 bus around 10 30 last night. Two passengers on the bus were struck. Men were both taken to the hospital and are expected to be ok. Move on and get the first check of the traffic situation this evening on the commute. Bob emler is standing by looking at the roads and maps for us. How does it look right now . In Prince Georges County on the beltway both ways very slow getting to the ramps to go north on i95 and the entire trip will point forward to 216. Theres emergency road work going on there. Only two lanes are getting by at the right. A severe backup are with us on 95 this afternoon. And b. W. Parkway is volume delays. Lanes are open there. Down to the usual spots headed for 270 and 66 headed west delays from route 7 most of the way out towards route 50. There was road work earlier. Thats gone but still those delays are with us. Take a look at our cameras, 95 south briefly slow getting over the occoquan. Beyond that, not much traffic getting to stafford. 395 heading southbound does slow down heading south at the pentagon. Theres a crash on the shoulder getting attention. Beyond, that its slow to landmark and beltway at connecticut avenue, brief slowdowns on the inner loop side headed for silver spring. Im bob emler for wtop radio. By the way, abc 7 crews found two stations charging less than 2 for a gallon of regular unleaded. And this was inside the beltway today. One is the liberty along North Washington street right there in old towne. The second is the arlington Auto Services station along columbia pike in arlington. Both charging 1. 99. You can always find the gas you at wjla. Com. Youre going to start a line there tonight . Probably. Actually 1. 99. 9. As a kid, i asked my dad, why is it always. 9 . I dont know. Sounds better than the next penny, i guess. Whats the deal for tomorrow . Well have some snow sleet and rain. And these storms coming from the west thashgsz a dividing line issue. Who is going to get the sleet and rain back and forth . Its not going to be a big storm. We get an inch or two or two or three. Thats a headache. Its a mess. If it happens during the day, morning time we know what happens. We get a disproportionate number of problems related. Thats going to be the deal again. In preparation of this possibility, the National Weather service has issued a Winter Weather advisory in the lovely shade of purple. If youre still watching black and white its a medium gray. Issued starting at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning in the northern suburbs. Runs through the entire day until 6 00 p. M. You notice Southern Maryland peninsula areas south and west of stafford and spotsylvania, you miss this one. You wouldnt think about snow. Its 49 at Reagan National and the temperatures will drop a bit. Only to these levels. Computer models indicate well be around freedzing for most of the area tomorrow. 35 for a low in the city. And thats part of the issue, trying to come up with numbers. How much snow is going to stick because a fair amount is going to melt and of course theres going to be the issue of the rain snow dividing line. We have the upper level system of the clipper, southern Stream Energy in the jet. Thats going to come through the area tomorrow. A Little Package of rain is out of here right now. So according to the modeling i think were going to see some time between 6 00 a. M. And mid morning, the precipitation mostly in the form of snow north and west. Maybe rain south and east of town move in. As we get through the arch could get briefly heavier. Rain snow line will be the issue. Put it together and put our Heads Together thats what were going to come up with. Rapidly clear skies. Most areas will be south of this area, if we get any snow bands or snow bursts which happens sometimes with little clippers it could be a little bit more than that. Its not going to be six inches. Its not going to be two feet. Schools arent going to be closed for two weeks. I suspect there will be some well thought out delays for schools in some sections in the morning and may be thinking about giving yourself plenty of extra time about the impact and then clear it out and maybe have a chance rain by saturday. Its those little storms and little ones that cause the biggest headaches. Absolutely. Ok. Just like this. Littlest ones cause the biggest headach