Taking a look at that home. Well get an update. It might have been a hoarding condition so we will get an right now at 6 00 following breaking news in southeast d. C. One man is safe after fire burned his home. The conditions that firefighters say will keep them on the scene for a while. Plus, a package problem. U. P. S. Says many Christmas Gifts were not delivered in time. We start with our storm team 4 meteorologist fltati0 fal ready for the day. Its a cold start but dry for many of us. Temperatures in the 20s. The warm spot at 30 degrees. 27 in manassas so it is chilly out there this morning. Some flurries falling on storm team 4 radar. And northern Montgomery County you mate see some very light snow, just something to note. Were not going to see any accumulation. Your morning planner, plenty of clouds around for everybody this morning of the well be at the 32 degrees. 10 00 a. M. Well start to notice the clouds decreasing. Now overall while it is a cold start it will be warmer than yesterday so how warm will it get this afternoon . Ill have your High Temperature forecast coming up. The roads are doing okay. Were looking at transis right now. Metro and rail running on time. We have a little red line delays from the single track but that shouldnt hold you up for too long. Heres a look at 66 at route 50. Things moving along pretty well. In fact, no cars seen and the same story at 66 at the g. W. Parkway. Still a fairly light morning for your commute on the postChristmas Day. Back to you in the studio. Right now following breaking news in southeast d. C. , news 4s Melissa Mollet live on the scene of a house fire on m street. Reporter firefighters out here wrapping things up a bit more quickly than initially expected. They were saying they would be out here for a couple of hours because of the hoarding conditions inside the home behind me and now you can see theyre wrapping things up. They are out of the home taking off here. Take a look at some of the video we shot for you this morning. Firefighters say there was fairly heavy smoke coming from the home. The first and second floor when they arrived. The man who lives inside the home has lived there for about 30 years, he tells me. He says he was in his second floor bedroom when he woke up, smelled the smoke, saw the smoke. Did not have a phone. Someone called 911. Also warning his neighbors. Heavy hoarding conditions inside the home did keep firefighters out here for about two hours now. The only person inside was just fine. But these firefighters, if you come back here live for a second, theyre sort of wrapping things up at minnesota and m. Live in southeast washington, Melissa Mollet. The time is 6 02. New this morning, a new message from a kidnapped maryland man believed to have been held captive in pakistan. Warren weinstein is seen in this new video asking president obama to negotiate with al qaeda in the hopes of his release. The video was sent to select media. Weinstein is from rockville, maryland, and is now 72 years old. He was kidnapped in 2011 from a home overseas. He was living in pakistan and working for j. E. Austin, a Development Contractor based in virginia. Weinstein was supposed to leave pakistan just days before he was kidnapped. If you were expecting a present yesterday that never arrived, it may come today. U. P. S. Couldnt deliver all of its christmas packages to customers on time but says most of those packages that didnt make it should come today. News 4s Jackie Bensen spoke to one local woman who is still waiting for one special package to areich at her home. Reporter people tell us they noticed something was wrong late tuesday afternoon. The they went online to check the progress of their packages and noticed nothing was happening. Ming for a package shed orderrd online from amazon. Com to arrive. The tracking never changed on the website. It just said from 10 00 a. M. Yesterday it said on the truck for delivery. And im like this is just down in rockville. Can i pick it up myself . Reporter the package never arrived. Turns out jackson was not alone. What retailers called an unexpected surge of online orders appeared to have strained delivery companies. United Parcel Service which delivers around 45 of u. S. Packages, issued a statement saying it wouldnt get some goods to customers by christmas. The volume of air packages in the u. P. S. System did exceed capacity as demand was much greater than our forecast. U. P. S. Expected to receive about 8 million packages monday but got many more. How many were not delivered is not yet known. Jackson has her fingers crossed the missing package will be delivered thursday because it contains a very important gift, one she cannot tell us about. Its perfect for my mom. She loves this channel so shell probably watch the news, so i cant say what it is. Reporter in addition to refunding shipping and handling charges, amazon is also offering disappointed customers a 20 gift card. Jackie bensen, news 4. And we are learning this morning what sparked a Christmas Morning fire in Silver Spring that sent a disabled veteran and two firefighters to the hospital. The fire broke out on narrows court. Investigators say it started after a flammable liquid was used in the homes fireplace. One man in the home and two firefighters suffered burns. Five people were forced from the home altogether. And investigators in Calvert County are looking for the source of a deadly house fire that marred Christmas Morning. Check out the pick tuesday of the aftermath taken by baynet. Com. The home is in owings. And they quickly spread to three cars. One person in the home was found dead. About 250,000 in damage was done. They are still searching for what caused it. New this morning, police in new jersey investigating a deadly shooting on Christmas Day. The someone killed two teenagers, one was a 13yearold girl, the other a 14yearold boy. A third person was also shot. Police say it was a child but they did not release an age. That person now in critical condition. Police say the shooting happened around 10 00 last night in newark, new jersey. Earlier in the day they shot three men at a strip club. A man trapped in a burning car, how strangers jumped in to save his life. 6 06 now. Changes coming to your office in 2014. But rain is in the forecast. Your weather be and traffic on the 1s. At 6 10, cramped cubicles and upright chairs may be a thing of the past at work. The Company Regis that designs Flexible Work spaces says we could see more third place spaces for employees next year. Thats somewhere that isnt the office but isnt your home. And another upcoming work place trend is the open office plan redesigned. Workers want less noise and a more privacy and some Companies May get rid of the office space altogether and opt for asneeded offices like a drivein lounge. Warmer weather spots seem to be the destination of choice for 2014. Flip key says rio will be the most popular next year. Brazil, of course, is the hosting the world cup in june. Experts say miami beach, orlando, kissimmee, naples and key west will all be among the most popular visited destinations in 2014. The beach looks very nice right now. Sitting under a little cabana having a drink. It felt like that last week, we had Florida Weather up here. 70s. Things have dropped and changed but there is some good news on the way. Lets check in with amelia. We are looking at warmer temperatures today than yesterday. Were in the 20s and 30s across the area. Washington coming in at 30 degrees. Were at 26 in camp springs and dulles. 27 in manassas. Plenty of clouds around the area right now. Youll notice that on the latest satellite and radar image. Light snow in Northern Maryland and West Virginia. Now those of you in Northern Maryland and West Virginia could see some flurries for the Morning Hours. Otherwise cloudy skies this morning. But by the afternoon were looking at plenty of sunshine and a high today of 45 degrees. Now for tomorrow a High Temperature of 46 and plenty of sun throughout the day. Ill have your extended forecast including the weekend in ten minutes. Maynard, how are the roads . Still quiet pace overall but minnesota avenue southeast closed between nelson place and m place due to the fire weve bob reporting on. Chopper 4 over 270 and germantown road a. Few folks getting up and getting to the mall or getting into work this morning but still running at full speed. Here is a look at b. W. Parkway at route 32. Again, a fullspeed ride there. Southeast southwest freeway just near main avenue, running at full speed as well. Good morning on the roads. Back to you in the studio. Maynard, thank you. 6 12. A car went up in flames on the side of the interstate. A man was actually stuck inside there. How a group of strangers pulled him to safety. Plus, this morning. The best advice experts have to teach them to use it responsibly, of course. The man charged with killing a tsa agent at l. A. X. Will be in court today. Paul ciancia will be arraigned. He was indicted last week on 11 charges including murder. Prosecutors say ciancia walked into the airport last month, pulled out a rifle, and then opened fire. He could get the Death Penalty if hes convicted. And new this morning, pakistan says it believes an american drone launched an attack near its border with afghanistan. It says at least three militants were killed when the drone fired two missiles at a home. The u. S. Hasnt commented on the report. Many people in pakistan oppose the u. S. Drone program. They think it kills innocent civilians. Time now 6 16. Police still looking for the man who shot five people outside a new jersey nightclub. Three victims died. They include the club owners son. Detectives believe the bouncers stopped the gunman from going inside the club and that is when he opened fire. Take a look at this crash on a california freeway. The 72yearold driver of this burning car survived thanks to other drivers who saw it happen. Beverly white from our sister station in los angeles spoke to two of those heroes. Reporter witnesses say traffic was mercifully light when they shot this Christmas Day car fire on the 405. I pull out my phone and i see this guy trying to open the car thats on fire and trying to break the window. There are three or four guys. Reporter one of those guys was don thompson from lapds bomb squad driving southbound to work when he saw the fiery crash on the other side. He parked his rig and jumped two dividers to reach the unyou conscious elderly driver. It doesnt feel real when youre doing Something Like that and you know you have to do something to save someones life or youre going to watch someone burn to death alive and you just have to do what you have to do. Reporter thompson unbuckled the mans seat belt and pulled him to safety as several Good Samaritans helped him. I felt hands just grab me and they started pulling me over the k rail and i heard people screaming the car is going to explode. Its on fire. Its going to blow up. Reporter no explosion thanks to fast action by l. A. City fire guided to the exact location by another witness, an offduty battalion chief. This rescuer believes instinct and timing spared the cars driver today. He had maybe 10 to 15 seconds to be saved. And just out of the grace of god i was there and had some Good Samaritans there and he made it. Reporter for this witness, it was more like a holiday miracle. A Big Christmas present for this guy. I hope hes okay. You can say that again. That was Beverly White reporting. And the man was taken to the hospital with several injuries but doctors expect him to recover. An amazing situation there. I used to live in lang a lang. If there is an accident on the 405 freeway, it doesnt matter what time of day, youre probably not going to make it because its, one, congested, but people are blazing by at ungodly speeds. The fact they were able to get to him and get him out of that. There are a lot of people around to help if need be. 6 18 on your thursday morning. Pope francis is not one to stick to tradition. The pontiff used just one language to deliver his first christmas message. Benedict and john paul ii would deliver the Christmas Mass in several languages. He spoke in just italian to address the crowd of 70,000 people. He called on atheists to join with believers to work to a homemade peace. The pope also prayed for the end to conflicts around the world. Hundreds of washington faithful packed the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for the noon Christmas Mass. Cardinal donald wuerl delivered the mass and then visited guests at the shrines christmas dinner. Every year volunteers serve the free meal to those who are alone or in need. The time is 6 19. Molette green is at the live desk tracking Power Outages that left thousands in the dark on christmas. Angie, more bad news this morning. A fifth day in the dark for tens of thousands and this could go on until friday, even into the weekend. Take a look it at the conditions in parts of michigan, maine, even canada. Folks there just cant get a break. More bad weather could be on the way. This holiday nightmare all started with a weekend ice storm. Were seeing some incredible numbers this morning. Still tens of thousands without lights in michigan. At the height of the storm more than 500,000 had no power. Between 15,000 and 30,000 in the dark still in maine. Now this morning were hearing those folks could be getting snow. Not good news for utility crews who need the ice to melt off the power lines and tree brandnches. 27 people have now lost their lives in storm related incidents. That is the latest now from the live desk. Back to you. molette, thanks so much. You cant help but feel for those people. Its tough. No power, days without power now. And it could be even longer as molette said. Lets hope they get it fixed. Talking about our weather it is fairly cold out there again. A chilly start to the day but the temperature might be improving, right, amelia . You are exactly right. The temperature will be improving today, adam. A good ten degrees warmer than we were yesterday. Our high yesterday in the low 30s. Highs today will be in the mid40s. Now right now on storm team 4 radar tracking some very light snow. A lot of this activity not even hitting the ground but those of you around hagerstown and thurmont areas could notice some flurries this morning. Otherwise cloudy skies across the area. With future weather you could see plenty of clouds around throughout the Morning Hours, starting the time right about now. And as we work to 8 00 a. M. Still mostly cloudy skies. Theres that chance of snow north of washington and northern Montgomery County, portions of Frederick County up through carroll counties. Areas to the south youre dry. Look what happens at 11 00 a. M. The clouds clear out. Partly sunny skies around the midday hours for the afternoon and evening hours. I think we will see mainly clear skies. So plenty of sunshine as we get into the later hours today. Tomorrow its a sunny day from start to finish with the High Temperature of 46 degrees. For the weekend saturday will be the better of the two days. Not only will it be warmer but it will also be dry with plenty of sunshine. Rain is likely sunday, mainly later in the day right now. Storm team 4 will continue to track the timing of the rain sunday. A High Temperature of 47 degrees. New years eve day, new years day looking dry right now. Mid30s on tuesday. Wednesday a temperature around 40 degrees. Maynard, how are the roads right now . Overall we have good conditions on the roads, chopper 4 is on the way to a report of an accident on 95 southbound 175 and we dont have pictures of the accident yet but here is a look at 95 north and south at maryland 100 which would be approaching 175. It doesnt look like theres any delays at this point. Hopefully that accident is either very minor or not causing any problems. Michigan avenue, northeast closed between irvin and franklin streets due to the water main break still. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. 6 23 right now and youll probably find some big crowds if you head out to the mall today. Many people will be returning gifts, not necessarily buying them. If youre going to try and make a return check the fine print before heading to the store. Also, bring coupons or gift cards. You might get a store credit instead of cash. Be prepared for that. Also, you might have to use that credit right away so thats something to ask. Try returning items online. Some sites offer cash or gift cards for unwanted gifts. Right now 6 23. Youll probably see a lot of kids with new phones, tablets or ipods. They probably wont be returning a lot of those. Theyre probably under the tree. Enjoying them and a quickly growing number of kids. Some of them are still in diapers. Okay, you successfully synced. Reporter like little moths to a flame kids are naturally drawn to the glowing light of electronic devices. Even parents reluctant to embrace the kid Technology Revolution have given in to repeated requests to hand their phones over even if its just for a few moments. Whether we like it or not, these extraordinary new devices are here to stay. Reporter james dire is ceo of common sense media. His group recently found a giant leap in the number of Young Children with access to mobile devices. Within the past two years the percent ablg of kids under age 9 who have used smart phone