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>> as firefighters made entry into the home and battling the braes, a rear window or door broke -- broke open-ended and it created a sudden rush of air. >> over top of the scene. all seven of the firefighters were transported to washington hospital center. they are listed in serious condition. as far as what caused the blaze they are working on that right now. >> thank you for that. our other top stories, and alert in fairfax community. after more than 100 students from one school are homesick with the flu. this is happening at willow spr ings elementary. ben eisler is there. >> pare...

the same-sex marriage bill in the senate. he says history is about to be made. >> i am very excited to be at a moment in time when we get to be part of the process of bringing into the institution of marriage tens of thousands who have been excluded from it. >> nothing legislation obviously appears in any way mother's day or father's day or any other holiday. what he calls such an amendment as an irrelevant distraction. opposition sees it differently. this senator says the amendments are good-faith efforts to defeat a bill in which he does not believe. he concedes that for now, it is...

increasing clouds by the midday. possible sprinkle later on today mostly in the potomac highlands. it's 33 in the district, 21 in manassas and culpeper. 23 in martinsburg, 27 in lexington park. we will be warming up nicely into audience low 50's across the metro area. isolated sprinkle possible northwest of town. a little breezy at times today. breeze out of the south. 60 tomorrow afternoon with an isolated sprinkle. near 70 degrees by thursday. now lisa baden. >> not much of an effort needed to navigate around town this morning. there's dry pavement, light volume of traffic. all cle...

they had been watching amine el- khalifi for a long time. according to federal agents, when he arrived at the capitol this morning, 29-year-old amine el-khalifi thought he was going to carry out a suicide attack. he was carrying what he thought was an automatic rifle and a best filled with explosives. >> that is right across the street. i am right here. >> it turned out to be an fbi sting. agents gave him the gun and explosives which were both duds. they arrested him moments after he arrived on the grounds. >> it make you feel good. >> documents revealed that it was the culmination o...

she said she was not on the trip herself and they are looking into how this happened. >> what a story. thank you. meanwhile in alexandria, a paramedic killed on an emergency call last week reef -- received a final farewell. joshua weissman fell through an opening on interstate 395 while responding to a car fire. emergency workers gathered to honor his memory. suzanne kennedy with more on today's funeral. >> what we heard repeatedly was that joshua weissman was born to be a public servant. first as a paramedic and ultimately -- first as a volunteer firefighter and ultimately as a para...