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WRC News4 Midday April 24, 2017

Department is saying the building is is under construction. Its been over that area for the past hour. You can see the heavy smoke and flames coming from the top floor and the roof. This is a live look now from chopper 4. Still dense smoke there. Dozens of firefighters remain on the scene. Whats the scene . Were here on berwin house road. Het me show you what its liking like on the road. You can see the fire trucks have a large portion of route one shut down from campus drive to groan belt road. If you want to come down here, its shut downs that was under constructi construction. It. Its a multiuse building. The fire started earlier this morning. Join iing us live is Prince Georges County fire and spokesperson. What can you tell us about this fire . It was 10 00 when we were notified. Firefighters arrived with heavy fire from the fifth floor. On the far end of the building where it was relatively unfinished conditions. We just made a brave attempt to put that fire out officially. However, due to the unknown conditions, still under construction, its extremely dangerous to do so. We did the best we could. The fire had a good head start on us. It got up into the floor above. Now its up into the roof area. We had to place our master stream devices and service which are the large diameter hoses, water coming from our ladder trucks and thats currently dousing the fire, but we have a long way to go. Whats the plan here . How long is it going to take . I fire knock ed down and under control. Just very dangerous conditions. We have a concern about the Senior Citizens home across the street. With the wind blowing the smoke into that building, we have to shut off the ventilation this that building and we have medics inside checking constantly to make sure they are okay as well. That particular building ob fire is sheltering everybody in place. We have ems spokesperson. So as he said thrks could be a few hours before they are able to get this fire under control. A building under construction. The Fire Department still working to deal with it. If youre following me on twitter, i have video of how strong that fire was. As it came back through the roof, you can see it now again on the top of the roof there of that building. A six story building. The university has put out an alert to follow direction of the police department. Reminding those that route one is closed at campus way. This is an important section. Because they have to come up and down the road to get from their dorm back to campus. They have to walk it for thousand. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. We also have some breaking news in the district. D. C. Fire on the scene of a trench rescue in the 300 block of h street in northeast. This is video from twitter. Firefighters say several workers were injured. All of those workers have been rescued and transported to the hospital. Also new this morning, were may day action march in the district. They will include elect ed officials and immigrant rights groups. Adam tuss is live in northwest washington to explain the reason behind this march. Hi, adam. Reporter this all has to do with what many groups have an antiamerican stance toward immigrant groups, specifically those with noncriminal records that are being deported. Now this march is scheduled to take place a week from today. Its going to be in front of the white house and its the largest mobilization of immigrant workers in the country. A lot of this stems after reports that a imgrants with no criminal record have more than doubled. Its calling this a clear sign that President Trump is taking a tougher take a listen to the event organizers here. Were going to be after this once and for all him ask his administration stop all the harassment, intimidation of our community. Were talking about not just latino community. Were talking about all immigrant community this is this country. Supporters of whats going on about the Obama Administration also deported thousands of undocumented immigrants with noncriminal records as well. A week from today, a march starting here at Dupont Circle all the way down to Lafayette Square at the white house and they are expecting a a big crowd. Immigration policy will be a a big topic on chicago where lawmakers are working on a a spending bill that could fund the wall. If congress can agree on the bill, shutdown. Tracie potts has details on the deal the Trump Administration is offering. Reporter a a showdown over the wall, the government will shut down if congress doesnt approve spending. President trump wants some of that money tr a wall at the border. Its badly needed and mexico will be paying for it. But will he agree to keep government running without it . E we dont know yet. As long as the president s priorities are reflected ask theres enough as far as flexibility for the border wall and border security, i think well be okay with that. Reporter the white house offered to continue helping pay Subsidies Health insurance for lowincome families if democrats support the wall. Its a political stunt, an obsession for the president that should not shut down our government. The burden on the republicans. The wall is, in my view, immoral, expensive, reporter republicans say shutting down the government isnt worth it. The lst thing we can afford is to send a message to the world that the United States government is only partially functioning. Reporter saturday marks President Trumps 100th day with a record low Approval Rating of 40 . But in a separate poll nearly everyone who voted for the president say theyd do it again. Ob top of all that, the white house says theres still a chance they think they can get the Big Health Care deal done this week. But they are moving forward on tax reform. That announcement happens wednesday. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. In about an hour, lawmakers will be welcomed become to capitol hill by a marijuana advocacy group. This is the same group that handed out free joints near the capital last week. Seven people were arrested on april 20th a day recognized by pro marijuana groups. It was meant to get the attention of lawmakers whom they say are interfering with states that have legalized marijuana use. Congress was not in session. Today lawmakers return and the gr rescheduled 4 20. There could be more arrests because they are prompting civil d d disobedience at 4 20 p. M. Barack obama will return to the spotlight. He will speak at a forum at the university of chicago to talk about civic engagement. It will include a group of diverse students from the high school to graduate level. Mr. Obama is not expected to criticize trump, but will advocate for his administrations policies. Tushing now to the weather and a need to keep the umbrella handy. Rain could be a problem for the next cup dales. We are joined by the newest member of newest member. Thank you. Im so happy to be here. Lets jump right into this. Take a look at the radar. Light greens on there. I like to describe this as the rain who is going to pick up that comes with an can want the caveat. We are looking at the upper 40s and low 50s. That rain i showed you they are not going to veer from that. Lets plan it out. 4 00 p. M. , thats the high were going for. The showers will be coming down heavier. It you live in montgomery in the district, right now is the time to get those errands down. Not this afternoon. As we head into the evening. That rain should be tapering off but the showers do return for your tuesday. Were going to talk more about that soon. For now, back to you. Thank you and welcome to the family. This Morning Police are investigating a a bizarre crime in the palisades neighborhood. A suspect approached him and snatched shoulder. The suspect hopped in the mans bmw and sped off. He didnt get very far before crashing the car and going down on an em bnkment. They started fighting with the suspect as police arrived. The gas station attendant says it all happened very fast. The Police Report is not complete about what was taken but the 24yearold suspect was charged with robbery. Police were also searching the area for a man who ran off with a bunch of cash after that it crash. If you take 395 in the district, things are going to look a little bit different. Today is the first weekday with a newly opened ramp there. It allows droifrs to e emerge from massachusetts avenue to 395 headed southbound instead of having to use the third street tunnel ramp. We have pattern in the nbc washington app. Just search 395. A peaceful sunday morning quickly turned chaotic. Neighbors in an Apartment Building are forced to use their balconies to a major blaze. Justin finch has more on whats next tr those residents. Reporter the damage here is hard to miss. That top floor unit is gutted by flames. The roof now collapsed and at some point today investigators will return to get a better look at what may have caused this fire. We do know that close to 8 30 a. M. Yesterday Prince Georges County firefighters got several calls about this fire here burning off the 2500 block of glen rock avenue here on scene. Cell phone video did. Capture flames ripping through the top floor of the apartment. We are told that neighbors here had very little time to act because the fire alarm appears not to have byebye set off so they scrambled to. One children tr her balcony to neighbors down below. I heard a lady screaming saying help get my kids. I get out my balcony and see her kids and guys running over there. She started tossing her kids off the. Balcony. Five people were checked out on scene. Two others taken to the hospital. No other serious injuries to report. Some 30 people were displaced as a result of this fire. And the kuz of it all remains under investigation. Im justin finch, news 4. North korea e detained a u. S. Citizen. What e we know about the man and what he was doing in that area. New information about the legal action being taken by the man who was injured when he was forced off a united plane. Hear from. His attorney. The next big jury charge for the caps. The team is moving on to the next round of the playoffs. What fancan expect. S fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month onlinefor the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of their download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com today is holocaust remembrance day. Events were held to remember those who died and survived. People stopped by the hebrew congregation center. This year they focused on displaced persons, refugees shared their experiences a about their struggles to find a home. The jewishmu there are new tensions in north korea this morning. This is over a u. S. Citizen being detained there over the weekend. Hes been identified as tony. He was detained by north korean authorities on saturday at the airport as he was trying to leave the country. He spent the last several week there is teaching at the university. This is now the third american to be held this that country. Former governor Bill Richardson who helped relieve the prisoners before saz they were all bargaining chips. They always want something in return. A high level visit or humanitarian assistance. But the good part about a humanitarian negotiation is it might lead to discussions on other issues and i think thats whats needed with north korea. There are no details on why the man was detained. By now most of us have seen that video of a United Airlines passenger being pulled off a flight. The attorney represents dr. Today show. He says lawsuits are coming over the incident. Dr. Dao suffered a broken nose, two knocked out teeth and sigh nuns problems after being dragged off the flight. His client had every right to refuse to give up his seat. His ticket was accepted, scanned and boarded. He was seat belted. And all the video shows him quietly saying i want to go home. Im not getting off and interestingly you cant do that. After someone is is in their seat, thats not the time to say, were overbooked or need to get an employee from point a to point b. Daos attorney is now representing another airline passenger. You may have seen this video of a mother who was sobbing on an American Airlines flight holding the baby there. The woman says a male Flight Attendant snatched the stroller away from her nearly hitting one apologized to the passenger. Now to the quest for the p cup. Fans celebrating the caps victory this morning. Every game has been so crazy. The caps made their way to round two of last nights overtime win. The capitals players who only scored 2 goals in all of lst years playoffs scored two here in toronto sunday night. A 21 series clinching win. Its been a a tough fight. Toronto played really well. They gave us everything they had. I think we fought hard. Every goal, error is tiny. We had to up the ante and we got the big goals when we needed them. Up next is rematch with the penguins. Pittsburgh on monday. If necessary game five in d. C. On may 6th. Then game six would be monday may 8th in pittsburgh. Then a potential game seven at the Verizon Center may 10th. Im hoping to win four, make it easy on us caps fans. No more stress. Coming up, an update on the heavy rain headed our way. This video is get ing a of attention. A toddler falling out of a bus. After the break, hea from the r it is the dash cam video making jaws drop. Its difficult to watch. You can see it ob the screen. A little girl falls out of a moving van and the bus driver kept ongoing as people rushed to her aid. Hoda girl was injured. Reporter its a scene almost unimaginable. Emt dash cam rolling as a church van doors swing open. A 4yearold girl seen falling out of the back on to a highway. It was unbelievable. Reporter as the car e slows down, the girl lies motionless. The driver and another motorist rushing to her aid. Once i picked her up and put her in my arms, it was heartbreaking. She had this horrified look on her face. Hi to not think about my family, my children and just focus on her. He was at the right place at the right time. And as a licensed emt and vol e volunteer firefighter, the 31yearold would never normally move a trauma patient, but in this case, he had to make a quick decision for her safety. I couldnt risk further damage to her by a vehicle hitting her or one of us. Or any of the other by standers on the scene. I just had to take action and get her out of tha the driver of the bus unaware of what happened returned about 15 minutes later. The young girl was rushed to the hospital where she was treated for a broke b jaw and was later released expected to make a full recovery. As an emt hes trained to handle these situations. But watching it happen right there in front of him was still hard to take. Nothing hurts worse than dealing with a child. Especially holding her in your arms. Youre never going to forget that image out of your head. Reporter hes being hailed as a hero is simply grateful for the outcome. I think i was just in the right place at the right time and im blessed shes okay. Thank it god he was there. Shes blessed he was there right behind that bus. Still so hard to watch. Welcome to the nbc 4 family. Youre already rocking the red. All the washington, d. C. Spo sports. Im very excited to be here. And thank you so much. You know what, we have an interesting couple of days ahead of us as far as weather goes. We jump right into that. Lelts take a live look outside. I call it if im off, let me watch netflix all day. Its a quiet day out there right now. Take a look at your radar. So not much going out. When i zoom out, you see some of the deeper reds and oranges. So like i said earlier, if you have errands to run, now is a better time to run them. Were going to go larger here. Just to explain whats been going on. The core is to the south of us. Bu waves of rain over the past couple hours. Well see the waves of rain. As we head throughout much of the morning, relatively dry. As we head into tomorrow morning, well start off similar to today. But well rev it up this time tomorrow. Its not all bad. Its nice to get this alleviati alleviation. If youre planning your tuesday, heres a look at what you can expect. Its been going on for 31 years. Were talking about film fest d. C. This year the festival is showing 80 films from around the world. How you can find the perfect one tr headlines across the country. A teacher accused of kid np a student. How the teacher is now defending his actions. And an update on breaking news out of college park. A threealarm fire. This fire has been battle ling for two hours. Firefighters along with people who live in the area having to deal with a huge aunt of smmook man hey baby, how are you . Woman i have a surprise for you. Man you have a surprise for me . Narrator at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. But they wont miss out on financial support. Because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. Why do we do it . Because our vets sacrifice enough. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. Stand by me. Pretty [doorbell] hey. Umm. Sign here . Sure, you got a pen . I do thanks, sweetie. The Anniversary Event ends sunday at havertys. Life looks good. We have breaking news right now at 11 30. Take a look. A threealarm fire in ber jb win house road in college park. The Fire Department is telling us the building is under construction. Take a live look from chopper 4 thousand. The bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is at the scene. What are you seeing . E let me show you what its locking like here on route 1. They are now allow iing a few cs to come in and make a right and then make their way around this off Campus Housing here. The apartment complex and back out to route 1. Let me advise you should probably avoid route 1 if you can between campus drive and green belt road because they do have this sec

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