Forecast on facebook and twitter and, of course well let you know about any impact on schools on our website. Wjla. Com. Heavy equipment now moving into place to help search for a missing annapolis couple and their four grandchildren. The six are all feared dead after a fire destroyed the multimillion dollar mansion along the annapolis waterfront yesterday. The small pockets of the structure smoldered into this afternoon. The Maryland Bureau chief brad bell live there tonight saying hes got the latest on the search and the outpouring of love. Brad . Yeah leon, last night when we were here smoke was still billowing from the house earlier today at noon still an awful lot of smoke. We can say that the smoke has subsided and as we zoom on in towards the scene out there, you can see some gentlemen wearing bright orange. That is the Crane Operating crew. Tomorrow morning, theyll begin the search for the six people presumed lost in this house. That work is going on even as outside of this property people are mourning what they suspect is going to be a terribly tragic end. Will makes the long walk down childs point road and hes already taken a train from his home in new york this morning to pay respects to the man he considered a mentor now believed lost in this massive fire. Don was an inspiring character. The i. T. Executive don pyle his wife sandy and four young grandchildren are officially considered unaccounted for after this fire destroyed the pyles massive waterfront castlelike home yesterday morning. Family members had told authorities all six were in the house and they believe none survived. Its just very surreal right now. I cant believe that he is gone. Fire marshalls are not confirming any fatalities. They havent begun searching. That process even with the assistance of the a. T. F. Agents is expected to take days. The home is so massive, this huge crane must be used to lift debris. The standard house, 2500 square feet, so youre looking at five standard houses put together. There are a lot of businesses that arent 16000 square feet. And so investigators say its far too early to suggest a cause of the fire or answer why nobody in the house made a 911 call. When that investigation develops, the human impact spreads. Today, the school attended by owl four children is closed and late this afternoon, two very young classmates place flowers of their own at the gate. They have done so much for our family so we just thank them for being there. Were book live at the fire scene. The investigation is being led by the Anne Arundel CountyFire Department and they are being assisted by the police. Right now, this location is considered a crime scene. Not because they believe that there is any crime committed but simply because investigators have no idea how this fire got started. So theyve got to preserve all this evidence. Were told that this investigation is going to take days if not longer. In annapolis, brad bell abc 7 news. Thank you, brad. Abc 7 will remain on the scene of that devastating fire tonight as the search for that missing family and the search for answers continues. Watch for updates on line at wjla. Com and as well tonight on abc 7 news at 11 00. Leon a man who made millions of dollars starting a social media site is charged with murder. Today, a judge ordered 38yearold minh nguyen held without bond in connection to thursdays shooting death of Corey Mattison inside an ashburn home. Police say nguyen who founded the social site plaxo traveled from virginia to california to kill mattison his exwifes new husband. Caroline tucker just spoke with the victims wife and she says her husband died a hero, right . Alison Denise Mattison says her husband was a hero every single day of her life including the day that he died. Protecting her and her children. Im going to show you what it looks like here outside their home. Signs like this saying you will be remembered forever. And thats exactly how hes being remembered tonight. I could ask you to reach for the stars and he would fly into space and get them for me. Your heart is bigger than your height. And thats saying something, hes six feet. Denise mattison reads the birthday card her oldest daughter wrote to her stepdad corey. The father who was shot and killed last thursday night her husband was a man of god. That is what my husbands life demonstrated. And it was taken away way too soon. Denises exhusband minh nguyen the wealthy silicon tech executive is charged with shooting and killing mattison at their home. Police say three kids were home at the time. My sweet husband literally laid down his life. He saved me and he saved us hes a hero. She doesnt want to talk about what happened. Just about the man who took her breath away. He swept me off my feet. And i fell in love with him before i even knew it. They married this past july. My husband is the most handsome man in the entire world denise says her husband would pray every morning. He would say lord god, thank you so much for this day. Thank you for one more day on your beautiful earth. And thats how he lived. Hearts plaster their front door with words like grace and god heals. Its comfort at a time when a familys heart is broken. Now, in court today, wynns attorney did not want to comment following the appearance. However, nguyen will appear back in Court January 28th fof a bond hearing. Meanwhile, the mattison family here is preparing for funeral services. Later on this week tomorrow calling hours will happen and then a funeral will follow on thursday. All of that will happen at the Reston Bible Church in sterling. And a go fund me account has been set up in their name to try to help them with these expenses. Definitely a very sad, sad time here in ashburn. Live tonight, Caroline Tucker abc 7 news. Caroline, thank you. New at 5 00 now, a baltimore judge is dropping all charges against the suspect in the Felicia Barnes murder case. Michael johnson was convicted in 2013 of killing 16yearold barnes. However, today, the judge said there was not enough evidence for a guilty verdict after two mistrials. Barnes was from North Carolina and disappeared while visiting her family in baltimore in 2010. Her body was later found in the river. President obama is preparing for his first state of the Union Address facing republican majority in the house and the senate. Plus a partisan balance doesnt appear to be slowing the president s push for big changes focused on the economy. Karen traverse is live at the capitol for us this evening and has a look at the issue thats expected to dominate tonights address. Karen . Good evening, leon. President obama is facing a very skeptical audience in the republican controlled house and senate. But his message tonight for the lawmakers in the room and americans watching at home will be optimistic. Centered around the theme that america is on the rebound. For the past two weeks, president obama is in on something of a spoiler tour. The country is coming back. I want everybody to feel like things are getting better. Rolling out many of the policy proposals hell formally unveil in tonights state of the Union Address. The white house wanted to start drumming up support for his agenda which is aimed squarely at the middle class. Some of the initiatives the president will lay out include tax cuts for middle income earners. Free Community College for two years. And guaranteeing seven days paid sick leave for workers. The white house plans to pay for these proposals and more with significant tax increases on the wealthiest americans. President obama is coming into tonights speech with some momentum and is looking to capitalize on americans growing sense of optimism when it comes to the economy. Gas prices are plunging and 2. 95 million jobs were added last year, best year since 1999. 41 of americans right now say the economy is excellent or good. Up significantly from just three months ago. Tonight will mark the first time that president obama delivers his state of the union to a republican controlled house and senate which means his address may turn out to be more of a wish list. Its unlikely Republican Leaders will act on his proposals. He doesnt set the agenda in the senate. Were going to try to do the things that we think will make america a better place. All signs point to preside obama staying on offense for his last two years in office. Hes, of course not on the ballot in 2016 but the Progressive Agenda hes indicating hell pursue could significantly shape the race to replace him. Reporting live from capitol hill, karen traverse, abc 7 news. Thank you, karen. Folks, count on abc 7 and newschannel 8 for complete balanced coverage of tonights address. Well carry the entire speech and the republican response live on both stations. And on wjla. Com as well all starting at 9 00 p. M. And then stay with newschannel 8 for reaction and analysis. Students will pay more to finish the school year. University system voted friday to raise tuition by 2 starting in the Spring Semester which begins just six days. This will impact the university of Maryland College park frostburg state universitysalisbury university and towson university. The rare midyear increase in response to 40 million in state budget cuts to the university system. Well we are hearing from metro officials for the First Time Since last weeks deadly incident on that yellow line train. The agency is facing criticism, of course for its response when smoke filled that tunnel and the Lenfant Plaza station. One woman died. More than 80 others were hurt from breathing in the smoke and the fumes while waiting for help. Joce sterman live outside the Wilson Building with what metro is telling d. C. Leaders and what questions remain unanswered now. Joce . Alison so many of them remain unanswered. The board chair today provided only one specific response about what happened last week. And we know its frustrating for all of you you step on the metro and you wanted to feel like youre safe in doing it and the city council understands that. As they learned today the answers were hard to come by. Metros board chair tom downs on the hot seat at a d. C. Council briefing about the incident on the yellow line. Council me tell that the facts are important before jumping to conclusion about what needs to be fixed. But with Council Members and metro riders still in the dark about the facts, they want answers and so do we. Were the maintenance records and is everything up to date for the ventilation . I cant speak to it. Thats a part of the investigation that the safety board is reviewing. Maintenance and repair records the 7 on your side iteam has asked for on lockdown as the ntsb reviews them and the investigation limits what metro can say although downs did use todays briefing to shut claims from critics that underground systems that should have moved smoke from the tunnel did not function properly. The allegations that the fans werent working was dead wrong. But what went wrong last monday is still a mystery. Council members dont want to wait to hear solved. Theyre waiting for a briefing with the head of the ntsb. What do you do in the meantime to assure the system is safe . Ill try to ask as many questions as possible. Once the council gets those answers what they find out will have to be confidential. And we did some digging today. Talked to insiders in this industry who tell us that other transit agencies get audited by a federal organization and one locally. We talked to both of them today and asked for copies of the most recent audits and were told we couldnt have them today but we did put in a request and as soon as we get that information, we will bring it to you. Live at the Wilson Building joce sterman, abc 7 news. Well be watching for that joce. And count on abc 7 and our Investigative Team to continue to push for answers in that deadly incident on board metro. We will bring you all the developments in this case as soon as we uncover them. Just ahead here on abc 7 news at 5 00 a woman pulled out of a burning home. What her hero is saying and what firefighters say made the battle more difficult and more dangerous. Plus dogs rescued from certain death. How theyre doing after being found frozen and starving and the coincidence that led police right to them. A d. C. Resident is very worried. This giant tree is going to some day soon fall over right into her bedroom. Im chris pabst, coming up well tell you why the city which owtt2wut3nu d bt qv tt2wut3nu d a qfl tt2wut3nu d bm qm, tt4wut3nu d dztq a d. C. Woman is begging the district government for help saying that she is afraid to sleep in her own bed. And its all because of something thats growing outside of her window just not on her property. Right. 7 on your side chris pabst takes a look at the problem and what can be done about it. Uvable. Totally unbelievable. It looks like something out of a horror picture. Angela bird moved into this home when she was 5. My dilemma. Shes watched over the years as its american elm has grown tall and leaned ever closer to her home. With the ground now sinking on one side and the roots rising on the other, shes had enough. Month after month, youre like hey, that tree moving a little more . Starting 10 years ago bird began asking the city that owns the tree to remove it. And after 10 years its still here. D. C. Government does keep an ongoing list of the trees that are scheduled for removal. 7 on your side obtained that list and that tree is not on it. But there are other trees the city does plan to remove that are much smaller and dont pose a threat to homes. Like this one. You can tell by the red dot. Heres another red dot. This tree is a little bit bigger, though not nearly as big or as threatening as the one thats not coming down. Very unnerving. 7 on your side contacted d. C. s urban Forestry Administration and were told since the tree is healthy despite its lean it doesnt need to be removed. They said the tree has been inspected. There is nothing causing us any concern or worry at this point. All functions of the tree are working fine. Theres no risk that we see. To which bird replies healthy trees can come down too. Im trying to get ahead of this problem. Its an accident waiting to happen. Now, if you have a problem, you think chris and the 7 on your side team should look into for you, let us know. Send us an email to tips at wjla. Com or call the 7 on your side hotline. 8662363401. All right. Weve known this week that wednesday would be the day to watch. And it sounds like its shaping up that way. One of the most frequent asked questions i get over the years when we have these systems, could it really blow up into a coastal monster storm. Its a question if we have one to two or two to three. In my world not a big difference. For a lot of people, its important. Line it up in a box for you and well do that right now. Well start, though and do this to share our images we look in southern frederick county. We end the sequence now. Few breaks in the overcast but later tonight, the entire area will become overcast. Showers that we had earlier have moved across the bay to the eastern shore. Lets check numbers. Hit 50 in virginia today. Still in the mid 40s all across the region. And temperatures will be slow to fall. But fall they will tonight. So the stage will be set with temperatures about freezing in the morning and early in the morning starting at 6 00 a. M. In the metro area and 4 00 a. M. North and west Winter Weather advisory goes into effect and will be in effect until 6 00 p. M. Until its canceled a bit early. It depends on what happens with the temperatures the amount of moisture this clipper system brings in. 41 at martinsburg. 49 by fredricksburg. By early tomorrow morning temperatures outside of the city will be somewhere right about freezing. Above freezing in the city. These temperatures are critical. If were callingn the lower 20s, whole new ballgame in this system. Because well be so close, well lose some of the snow to melting initially. That complicates how much will fall. Lets look at the system itself it has a little precipitation with it. Most of the precipitation will come from the southern jet stream coming across southern missouri and western ohio valley. Theyll merge together and the setup will be in place for this thing to grind up out snow and sleet. Because of the temperature issues, it will be iffy who sees what. Our best thought is for the d. C. Area and to the north predominantly it will turn out to be sleet and then snow. You can see it depicted in the futurecast. Other models bring it earlier than 11 00 and bring a lot more rain into the area. Theres no consensus. A lot of times the models will come together with a common solution. Which one do you believe . Were taking the middle ground and thinking well probably begin 6 00 to 8 00 in the morning between 9 00 a. M. And 3 00 p. M. And most of it will fall. You cant figure it out ahead of time, this gives us a hint that sometimes well get bursts of rain or bursts of snow or these systems and that could be the story tomorrow. It will clear out late tomorrow night and thursday and friday whatever we get will melt. Well do a couple of days of warm temperatures in the 40s with sunshine. Tomorrow will not be warm and well be sunny. Heres what we think. Mostly rain south and east of the metro area and even south and southwest. Up to an inch in the metro area. One to two further north. Remember the snow bands and the snow bursts that we get with these clippers sometimes. If that happens over your area then you will locally get heavier totals. It wont be widespread we think. Again, temperatures will make the difference. Well get it all out by tomorrow night and good to go. Check out the temperatures. Climbing above freezing. See kind of a mix changing to snow especially north andest with of town. And kind of be history by thursday and friday with sunshine and mid to upper 40s. Another system is going to come. This one from the south on saturday. Temperatures enough that we think it will be mostly a mix or even rain with highs near 40. Worry about that after we get through tomorrows system and in the weekend, beyond now it looks like it will settle down and be pretty pleasant with partly cloudy skies. Never a dull moment. Not at all. We have some breaking news just coming in right now, word of a triple shooting involv