Fast. There was no way that anyone could get out of this house alive. The tree was 15 feet high and it was very, very dry. Were told a lot of needles were found underneath as well as in the area that collects needles underneath the tree. It provided a big fuel load for this fire to spread. Were told that don piles body was actually found in the great greatroom area. It was normal for him to sleep on the first floor. His wife sandy and the grandchildren were on the second floor of the home. It appears they all did die from smoke inhalation. Again, were continuing to gather new information. A press conference is scheduled any moment now including the anne arundel fire chief and executive. Police credit witnesses who whipped out their cell phones for helping them track down a woman wanted in a parking lot hitandrun. Alexandra menendez is charged with many charges. Heres Northern VirginiaBureau Reporter david culver on columbia pike. Reporter mk auto is back open today but without its owner. The owner is in Critical Condition now. Witnesses tell me he was run over not once but twice in the driveway of his own business. Thats her. She hits him here. We got hold of this Surveillance Video from a neighbors business. It shows an suv pull in. An employee walks out to apparently tell the driver to leave the car in park. But watch. The reverse lights go on and the vehicle backs into two other suvs. Now police tell us 39yearold Alexandra Mendez was behind the wheel and they say she had a suspended license. Vehicle leaves the frame, it hits an xterra. But before heading to the exit, this man went to stop her. A man also tried to close the gate. But witnesses say the suv did not stop. Emergency crews rushed him to the trauma center. He has a chest plate. Hes got tubes coming out of his sides, tubes coming out of both sides of his face. Hes missing skin off his face. Hes in really bad shape. Reporter right now mendez is behind bars here in arlington without bond. Coming up all new at 5 00, youll hear from some of the employees here who share a little more about the victim who is right now fighting for his life. In Arlington David culver news4. Right now residents in several towns along the massachusetts coast are trying to bounce back from this weeks powerful winter storm. Several homes were damaged, but it wasnt so much the snow thats too blame. The storm whipped up strong waves and high winds. That punched a hole in a seawall and dauzed caused flooding. The snowfall may be over, but travel is not back to normal. It has a lot of folks stuck for another day. More than 600 flights are preemptively canceled today. Airports from new york to maipne are trying to clear their runways. Amtrak is getting passengers from new york to boston for the First Time Since the storm hit. Back here at home, its another blustery day. And it might not be all that long before we see some snow of our own. Lets go to veronica johnson. Hey, chris, thats right. 24 hours away, just a day away, tomorrow this time well not only see some rain but some snow falling throughout parts of our area. Heres whats going on. Tomorrow p. M. Rush, rain and snow mix. It starts around 4 00 p. M. Temperatures, though will be above freezing. But as we get to the end of this system, the end time when it starts moving out, thats our best chance of seeing light accumulation. Im going to show you where those locations those neighborhoods are best locations for seeing the accumulation in a few minutes. Heres where the storm system is now, right around areas of missouri. Thats what will be moving this way very quickly. Fast moving system, big story today the wind, the cold. The windchills right now anywhere from 20 to 31 degrees lower windchills tonight but at least the wind will settle. Ill give you the whole timing on what to expect with the wintry system in a few. Right now were taking you live to arlington where president obama is about to speak at the farewell seminary for chuck hagel. An early goodbye. Hagel is expected to stay on the job for a few more weeks. A Senate Confirmation hearing for his presumed successor Ashton Carter is set for wednesday. First theyve got to get through this matter of the attorney general. Its setting up to be Senate Republicans versus president obama. And the person in the middle could be the first africanamerican woman in history to become attorney general. News4s Steve Handelsman on capitol hill. Reporter she stands around 5 feet tall but 55yearold Loretta Lynch is seen by many as a legal giant. Ultimately, i know we all share the same goal. Reporter as the top federal prosecutor in brooklyn, she went after corrupt politicians, cops who abuse citizens and won billions from wrongdoing banks. Im impressed with your qualifications. Shes tough, hardworking, independent. Reporter republicans hope so. They charge attorney general eric holder does the bidding of president obama. Youre not eric holder, are you . No, im not, sir. If confirmed as attorney general i will be myself. I will be Loretta Lynch. Reporter but on immigration and the obama executive order enraging republicans this massive what i would consider in essence refusal to enforce existing law reporter lynch took the obama side. No deportations for millions and instead employment permits. I believe that the right and the obligation to work is one thats shared by everyone in this country regardless of how they came here and certainly if someone is here regardless of status i would prefer that they be participating in the workplace. Reporter but lynch promised in her work to foster new and improved relations with congress. And at this point Loretta Lynch looks like a sure bet to win Senate Confirmation as the next attorney general. There is new cooperation to help prevent crashes near a local airport. After a crash that killed six people. Official was the Maryland Aviation Administration told news4 they will support any proposal to reduce operations at the Montgomery County air park in gaithersburg. The county executive and council are cutting back training flights often flown by newer pilots. The air park is open 24 7. Theyre considering closing it overnight. There have been several crashes since 2007 around gaithersburg including a crash into a home killing a mother and two children back in december. Its a story that had so many of you reaching out to others on social media. A local father accused of taking his own baby and triggering an amber alert. Now were getting new details about what happened moments before the laemtded ak introduction. The first family is back in washington. Many people are still talking about something they didnt do while they were abrought. First at 4, the surprising face thats coming to their defense. Take a look at this video, a 320foot furnace a steel mill in maryland was imploded this afternoon. The steel mill is near dunn dock. It closed three years ago. This furnace was the only thing left. It was demolished to make room for a new Business Development at that site. New details now about what happened moments before a maryland man allegedly abducted his 5monthold daughter. It set off an amber alert we first reported yesterday evening. The suspect turned himself in last night and the child is back safely with her mother. According to police, dierra denny drove a rental car where he punched the babys mother and threatened her with a gun. Police say he grabbed the child and drove off with a car with no car seat. Denny faces several felonyies. Find a full list of the charges on our web site and our app. Afamily is stunned after they saw a Delivery Driver in their driveway. This story doesnt end quite the way you would expect. Mystery solve. D. How a good deed started a conversation on social media. Technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. Announcer youre watching news4 at 4. Youre looking at a live picture of the News Conference going on in annapolis. They are talking about that mansion fire that killed a set of grandparents and four of their grandchildren. We have learned already that a Christmas Tree that had been up for about 60 days had something to do with that fire. They found a tremendous amount of needles, dry needles there. Were going to get more information. Darcy spencer is live on the scene listening to the News Conference and working her sources. Shell have more. You can listen to this live on our web site or stream it on the washington. Com app as well. The online debate is raging over this canceled super bowl ad. Godaddy said it underestimated the emotional response viewers would have to a depiction of a puppys sale on a web site. Animal rights advocates including commenters on our Facebook Page says it others say they find the ad funny and previous ads they say have exploited women. Still no word on the content of the ad godaddy plans to air on sunday. 41 of the americans think the patriots cheat nd the afc championship game. Public polyfound that 27 do not think the pats cheated while 32 say theyre just not sure. Meantime, in phoenix, lets get the party started. Its Getting Started at the super bowl. Thats right. Whos right there in the middle of it . Jim handly looking very dapper in his shortsleeved tshirt. How many times have people told you today how cold it is now and how lucky you are . Reporter you know, chris and pat this is my last day to wear short and short sleeves because rain is coming in tomorrow, friday and saturday, too. Sunny for super bowl. But you said it the party starts today. In just a couple of hours, the clydesdales come galloping into town, we begin nightly free concerts and every night well see fireworks like theyve never seen before. A lot of people particularly young ones, are lining upe grand canyon experience a taste of the can yoonyon taking on this rock climbing wall. I tried my hands and feet on it. Its not a good look on me, hence the shades. Check it out. Here we go. Wow, this is harder than it looks. Okay i think i need longer arms. Oh, no thats not going to happen, guys. Hash tag halfway fail. This is the grand canyon experience. Its about three stories up. My problem, i needed my arms to be as long as my legs. I tweeted out a pic of my split blue jeans today. Check it out. Now take a look at how its supposed to be done. Our resident rock climber photographer chris kerwin makes it look easy. Check out how hes bouncing off the walls coming up. Hash tag fearless. He has done this before, folks. Speaking of it is a ninth time at the super bowl rodeo for nbcs al michaels. I got a chance to chat with him, hear about how he prepares and what makes this sunday different fwr his other sunday nights that draw the biggest audiences on tv every week. How is it different than youre usual sunday night, prepareing for a super bowl . We try not to make it any different actually because our feeling is amongst our crew is were doing a mini super bowl every sunday night. Its the number one show on television and were proud of that obviously. But we go in totally prepared for every game. You dont want to think that any one game is more important than any other. Whos your pick . I dont have a pick right now. How about triple overtime. Reporter there you go. I think these teams are so eveningly matched and the game gets decided in the third overtime. Reporter folks, weve got a lot coming up at 5 00. The feds were out in force today in glendale in an under cover scheme today. The crowds start to pour into phoenix. Well show you their haul. Were also going to get the native american take here in arizona on our redskins name. And finally we sample a native american tradition known as indian fry bread. Pat and chris, it is amazing. I had to loosen the belt today. Back to you. Well see you at 5 00. I never thought id say this, but stay dry in arizona, handli. Go work on your rock climbing. Theyre going to get a little rain. They are. Were going to get a little rain and even a little bit of snow around here. But that is about 24 hours away. Tomorrow this time. Meanwhile, weve taken a look at the latest information. We have not one but two storms moving in over the next four days. Yes, one tomorrow, then a stronger one which well talk more about throughout this newscast. If youre going to be going out tonight, heres what you can expect, Clear Conditions and definitely cold. But at least the wind will continue to settle down. 38 degrees right now. Weve still got winds gusting over 20 Miles Per Hour currently less wind by 9 00 as we move from 38 to 31 degrees, went 9 almost ten degrees lower, with clear sky by 11 00 p. M. Here is a look at your future weather. Fairly clear by early tomorrow 10 00 a. M. Clouds on the move and over us. Partly sunny to mostly cloudy early part of the day. Then by 3 00 off to the west well start tracking that system. Cumberland i think its the snow, mixed conditions of rain and snow Martinsburg Winchester down through those areas rain and rain into leesburg. So its up to the north around Frederick Hagerstown where theres a chance for snow. Little snow mixed in with the rain around d. C. On south mostly rain. But again this will be a fast event for us. 8 00, this is a look at the temperatures throughout the area. Leesburg youre at 31 but that system well east of you. Baltimore at 34 degrees, 34 where typically the road temperature is a little higher. I think were just fine for road surface conditions tomorrow. Low impact storm, roads fine. But again a fast moving event from 4 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. Here again is your best chance of seeing the snowflakes mixing in with the rain. North of 66, up around 70 and even i83 to 72 toward areas of hagerstown hagerstown. Impact forecast, fairly low with this system. Our chance comes late in the day so most of the day salvageable for getting out. Run early, though, because it will be wet later. 24 degrees at 7 00 a. M. , 33 by 11 00 a. M. , 36 by 1 00 p. M. , then 39 for your afternoon. Yes, plenty warm for tomorrow. Here is a look at your storm team 4 forecast. Plenty warm as we get into the evening hours, 36 on friday. Weve got a quiet day, partly sunny. And this is what were going to be talking more about too, later on in the newscast this system not for saturday but for sunday. Not just rain with this but some snow. Thats right, snow. Well have more coming up in a few. Even buried under two feet of snow, one mystery mans good deed is not going unnoticed in boston. Here is the feelgood whodunit. Its a mystery the city of boston and so many on social media have been trying to figure out. During tuesdays snowstorm, the blizzard somebody actually went out and shoveled the Boston Marathon finish line. Now, this photo was taken, posted on twitter. It started getting a lot of retweets, people figuring out who was this man. Using the hash tag who shoveled the finish line. Hes actually run in the Boston Marathon, and he is a local bartender in the area. Again, this is the photo for the full story, head to our nbc washington Facebook Page. Thanks amelia. A medical myth exposed. It looks like where you live is not the cause of one particular health problem. Why that means some of you wont be breathing so easily. In just a few days, everyone, just about everyone, will be glued to their tvs for super bowl xlix. So is now the best time to upgrade your Entertainment Center . Plus, first at 4 super bowl sure has people talking. Its our nbc washington flash survey of the day. Tell us why you like to watch the big game. Vote by texting or calling the number on your screen. You can also cast your vote on the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. Does inner city living put you at higher risk for developing asthma . Theres new evidence it does not. In news4 your help a study by John Hopkins Childrens Center that race, ethnicity and income are the biggest risk factors. We have a family asthma and allergy expert. Experts have said that africanamericans were at higher risk because they tend to be concentrated in inner cities. But this study refutes that. Thats right. Its not so much where they live. Its more that i think its because of demographics. Africanamericans have moved out of the inner city into the suburbs and even rural areas. But what they brought with them was a few things. One of course is their family history. Then those other links to asthma, whether it be premature birth which then has a risk factor for asthma because of these young fragile lungs, smoking exposure or pest allergy. All of that came out to the suburbs and the rarely area. We find this is also true with Puerto Ricans as well. The risk factors are out to other areas. Income also has a lot to do with it. Yes. What that really showed is, if you were looking for an asthmatic, you used to think, go straight to the inner city and find it. Really it came to the suburbs. Dont just look at the city. It may be because theres poor housing and also poor access to medical care. Now, if you live in maryland this could be an even bigger problem because of the budget cuts were expecting. Right. We just said that people that have lower income have an increased risk of asthma. So what happens . In 2013 there was a bill passed and the budget was amended to actually allow more money for physicians to accept medicaid patients. Because the problem is doctors literally cant afford to take care of them. Now, with the end of the Old Administration and now the start of anew, budget cuts will cut into this group of people who need i