Years. They were awakened in the middle of the night and saw the flames. They were nearly in tears as they spoke about the fire. We heard two shots, the shot of flame shooting high in the sky and we thought, my god, whats that. Probably cant be replaced. Im sure theyre insured but people with can not be replaced so theres a lot of heartbreak. It makes you wonder how quick things can change our lives. Reporter the fire quickly went to a fourth alarm, although firefighters got here fast they say that heat and flames were too intense to go in. They were alerted to the blaze at about 3 30 in the morning by an alarm company, and that was quickly followed by a 911 call from a neighbor. I dont get why a Smoke Detector or something wouldnt have woken them up or got them, you know i dont get it. I dont think this needed to happen. Reporter the multimilliondollar home is owned by don pile an i. T. Executive and fiphilanthropist. Neighbors say its a nice family. Theyre just hoping everyone is okay. Really really nice people. Outstanding. Reporter back out live you can see people are already begun dropping off teddy bears and flowers joupt side the gaemts of this mansion. The atf expected to take over the investigation. They have activated their National Response team. Agents are expected to be out here tomorrow morning. Again, beginning part of that investigation sometime wednesday. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 well talk about some of the water challenges they had in getting this massive blaze under control. Live from annapolis, Darcy Spencer, news4. Also tonight, we are hearing the chaos from the firefighters as they tried to fight this massive blaze. Radio Communications Reveal that fire was simply too big. On location. Were not making any progress. We got one possibility. Directly above the garage. The call to evacuate from firefighters was made just minutes later. Stay with news4 for the latest update on this mansion fire in annapolis. Were going to post any new details on nbcwashington. Com. Darcy will be back on news 4 at 6 00 with another live report for you. They havent even lived in their home for a week. Today neighbors helped a family had to scrub hateful graffiti off their garage door. This happened in a secluded part of chevy chase along glen mor drive. News4s pat collins live at Police Headquarters in gaithersburg with the latest on the story. Pat . Jim, on this special day a crime of hate. The victim a family a family that just moved into that house five days ago. Its happened in the community of north chevy chase. Its horrible. I cant when you see it you think its shock because you dont think it really happens that much anymore. Reporter it happened in the dark hours of the morning on glenmoor drive. Im horrified that it could possibly be somebody in the neighborhood. Reporter it happened on the day set aside to honor the work of reverend dr. Martin luther king. I am shocked at this. So shock. In my neighborhood . Reporter a couple doors down. Oh my god. Reporter a message of hate spray painted on a garage of a home in this fashionable Montgomery County neighborhood. The home occupied by an africanamerican family that just moved into the house five days ago. The Family Called Police to report the crime, but they didnt want to go on camera to talk about the incident. Neighbors came out to help remove those hateful words from the garage and reassure the family that they were most welcome in the community of north chevy chase. Obviously we do still have discrimination, you know we still have these problems in our country. But we havent seen them here. We have this is an integrated neighborhood and we like it that way. Reporter so what are police saying about all of this . More on that coming up at 6 00. Live in gaithersburg im pat collins, news4. Also developing tonight, virginias Governor Terry mcauliffe is in the hospital recovering from an injury that occurred over the christmas holiday. The governors spokesperson says he was thrown from a horse while vacationing in africa broke seven ribs. Doctors expected that injury to heal on its own, and mccauliffe has been working as usual even delivering the state of the commonwealth address last week. But today he started to feel uncomfortable. A trip to the hospital found increased fluid around his lungs. Governor is expected to spend the night at the hospital and should be back at work within the next couple of days. Jool because. Because i have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today were remembering dr. Martin luther kings life and legacy this day, named in his honor. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson laid a wreath here at the king memorial at the tidal basin. Bowser says king fought so that everyone could enjoy the benefits of a good job, good education, and the prosperity of america. Im proud to be here to represent the 660,000 of us in the District Of Columbia who still are fighting that fight, by the way, and i know dr. King will be fighting it with us. President obama honored dr. King this afternoon by volunteering at the boys and girls club here in the district. First Lady Michelle obama and their daughter malia joined the president , taking part in a mural painting and assembling literacy kits for kids. The president says our country has made undeniable progress since kings push for justice and equality for all. Its become an annual celebration of the life of dr. Martin luther king jr. Thousands in the district always go to southeast today for the mlk day parade. Kristin wright was there and joins us with stories of those who attended. Kristin. Reporter being here at the Martin Luther king jr. Memorial today on this day takes on an even more special meaning of course and that was the same feeling at the parade in southeast today. Handle up dont shoot reporter marchers in the dr. Martin luther king jr. Peace walk in southeast washington called for nonviolence and opportunity. The peace walk and an newell mlk day parade that followed is family tradition. When Martin Luther king day comes around i live to come and celebrate, to witness the parade. I am so happy and filled up with joy, i do not know what to do. Reporter marlee that richardson want hearse daughter and grandchildren to always remember the work of dr. King. Thats why were here today. Yes. I dragged them out because i want them to know. Reporter mayor Muriel Bowser greeted paradegoers. Police chief kathy lanier was there too. Recent violence in southeast is in stark contrast to dr. Kings message. Its a tragedy and it hurts. Reporter a family from france is moved by dr. Kings legacy. He fight a lot for freedom and not only for black people but for all americans. Reporter old and young. Happy Martin Luther king day. Reporter coming up tonight at 6 00 how many spent the day serving our community. Live in southwest, Kristin Wright news4. And according to an nbc news and wall street journal poll slightly more than half of americans say they believe that dr. Kings dream has been realized. But 7 in 10 africanamericans think were not there yet. Older americans tend to be optimistic about the breakdown of racial barriers. 64 of Senior Citizens believe kings vision is lived out in everyday life now. To the forecast now and some warmer weather, then maybe some wet stuff on the way. What have we got, doug . A little clipper system thats going to be making its way in here during the day on wednesday. Houtout ahead of that we stay on the mild side. Temperatures today have been mild. 50 degrees in d. C. 52 down towards warrenton, 53 in charls town. Temperatures today about 5 to 10 degrees above average. Now not a lot cloudwise going on. Clearing sky, nice evening, but as we widen out, heres the system back towards chicago. Some rain and snow associated with that. That system moving in towards our area early on wednesday. Well talk about who has the chance for rain for snow and who could be impacted the most coming up. And still ahead, there are new concerns about a rise in the number of deaths in the commonwealth caused by heroin. And why some lawmakers now what theyre trying to to to save looichs. Plus a Memorial Service for the woman who died after the train she was in filled with smoke. Coming up the concerns being raised now about a Fire Department action and whether it contributed to her death. And a tuition hike at the university of maryland. How much and what it means for students. Zwrud family and friends gathered in washington, d. C. For a memorial in honor of carol glover. She was riding in a metro train that filled with smoke outside Lenphant Plaza. Outside the church one of glovers two two sons said his mother was not just another passenger on the train. He said she was one of his best friends. My mother led a great life and everything she did was for others and was very happy and pleased with how the situation has been handled thus far and were going to proceed and just try to continue to get stronger as we go along. Anthony glover said he has talked to some of the passengers on that smoky train and said all of them feel like family now. Whilitis been a week since the tragedy, investigation is far from over and today news4 as learned of new concerns with communication between d. C. Fire and metro. Transportation reporter adam tuss joins us live from Lenphant Plaza with more on that part of the story. Reporter obviously we still have a long way to go in this entire investigation, but sources ive been talking to are telling me that a recent change the d. C. Fire agency made with its Communication Systems may have contributed to the communication breakdown here at Lenphant Plaza. The d. C. Fire department recently made a switch to en meaning only agencies that know how to properly tap into those encrypted channels can communicate with d. C. Fire. Three sources with direct knowledge of how the d. C. Fire system meshes with the metro Systems Communications tell news4 the metro system and the d. C. Fire Communications System may not have been synced up during the Lenphant Plaza episode last monday. Thats important because if metro couldnt actively communicate with the Fire Department during the episode, then time could have been ticking away while action should have been taken. Its an issue d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser down played at a recent news conference. The communication is of course very important. I dont have any reason to think that the encryption has anything to do with it. Weve heard reports that some of our First Responders switched channels and were able to hear more clearly. Reporter the d. C. Firefighters association priestly has spoken against any sort of encryption saying it could lead to a major breakdown in communication during an emergency. And behind the scenes behind all the questions, now some bad blood brewing. The National Transportation safety board put out a statement after d. C. Fire released its preliminary report this past saturday basically saying all the facts havent come in yet. Coming up in my next report at 6 00, a congressional hearing scheduled for wednesday. Well tell you whats expected to be said there. Reporting live at Lenphant Plaza, adam tuss news4. And we are learning some new information about a toddler found wandering by himself in the middle of the night just a few blocks away from the Anacostia Metro station. Police are telling us someone flagged down an officer after they saw the child alone in the 1300 block of morris road in southeast. About 12 53 in the morning. The child didnt have on any shoes. Were told the boy walk out of the house when the babysitter fell asleep. The child has since been reunited with his parents. All right. Nice weather for this holiday. Our threeday weekend. And it will continue into the day tomorrow too. I think today pretty nice temperatures got up to near 50 degrees in some locations and will be there once again during our tuesday. Lets take a look outside as we end this day. Sunset tonight right around 5 10 but getting closer and closer to 5 30 in a couple weeks. Thats going to be nice. 48 degrees the current temperature. Notice not much in the way of wind so weve seen a very nice afternoon around the area. 45 up towards frederick, the cold spot 42 in hagerstown 41 in winchester but 50 degrees down towards fredericksburg. Gaithersburg at 39 but d. C. Sitting at 48 degrees. On the radar, storm team 4 radar, we are clear and will say that way throughout the next 24 hours or so then move back to the west. Well watch a system that will make its way towards our area early on wednesday. High temperatures tomorrow out ahead of that storm system nice once again and mild 50 degrees in d. C. 52 down towards fredericksburg, charlottesville coming in at 52 degrees, luray around 47 winchester at 46 degrees. So looking pretty good for our day on tuesday. As we move on through the rest of the afternoon, the impact for tomorrows forecast really going to be on the low side. Youll see some clouds some sunshine micked in from time to time as we are expecting more cloud covers as the storm passes to our north but it wont gives any big impacts from the weather. Those impacts come on wednesday. First off future weather 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow theres the clouds. As we move on through the day, more cloud cover during the afternoon. So i mention the cloud but here comes the storm on wednesday morning. 9 00 a. M. Though after rush hour this is key starting to see some rain down towards the towards the west. As we move on through the day heres where the snow comes in. This is the biggest burst of snow right around noon from d. C. Up to the north gaithersburg leesburg frederick, baltimore, down to the south, this is a mix then down towards farther south this is mostly a rain event. Then its really out of here off and on. Notice gaithersburg and Frederick May switch over the rain so were not expecting bigtime problems as far as rush hour is concerned, but of course its something well continue to watch. Down to the south, just rain and not much of a storm at all. A new sans storm, liu wei, warrenton, washington up to the north and west could be disruptive around winchester leesburg frederick, martinsburg martinsburg, could be disruptive for your morning 8 00 10 00, 11 00 in the morning. School closure, doubt it but we could see some delays. Thats what well continue to watch in the next couple days. High temperatures the next few days 50 degrees tomorrow right back down for our storm wednesday, but then we get on the milder side 44 on thursday and a nice 40 degrees on friday before our next storm system moves in. That one coming in during the day on saturday. Right now, most of it stays to our closer to the north, coastal system could bring us some snow. More about that in the next couple days and at 5 45. Big win for the new England Patriots. You saw it on the field, but its the actions of a player after the game that are making headlines. Why hes being call adhere row. New concerns about an outbreak of the please ls that started with a few cases at disneyland. Controversy still swirling around the latest release of the french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A really big free agent signing for the nats. Max scherzer is a very rich man. Seven years, 210 million according to multiple reports. Scherzer won the American League cy young award two years ago and was an allstar in 2013 and 2014. The 30yearold will receive 15 million annually for 14 years. The ap is reporting the deal with the nats also includes a record 50 million signing bonus. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 well show you where this deal ranks among the best pictures in major league baseball. Back to you. Big win, a player with the new England Patriots literally lent a helping hand to police in massachusetts. Vince wilfork lifted the driver out of this jeep that had flipped over in foxborough last night. That driver later areed on suspected drunk driving. Wilfork had just played in the patriots major victory over the colts 457 securing the road to the super bowl. And that is our news4 survey today. Who do you think is going to win, the pats or the Seattle Seahawks . You can text or vote on our nbc washington facebook page. Most of those who have responded are almost even, 6040 for the seahawks. Right now at 5 00 a tuition hike at the university of maryland, what the rise in fees will mean for your bank account. Reporter courtrooms and emergency rooms. A crisis is evident. The number of deaths from heroin and opioid overdoses is on a steep incline. Copping up ill tell you how the attorney general and a Fairfax County father are coming together to save lives. 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