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heart blake and despair. parent who is lost their son in last night's apartment fire are talking about their loss. and what they say could have prevented this tragedy. little alan alexander just moved to that apartment a few days ago, last night his life ended there. his mother said she left her kids to go to the store. darcy spencer joining us here in the studio with just aad tragic story. >> very much so. very difficult being on the scene and seeing this family in so much pain tonight. fire officials say the three siblings were trapped in that apartment building, fire blocked their escape from the front and there were bars on the windows and doors often the back. rescuers pried off the bars and pulled the kids out. for little alan it was too late. >> it's too soon. it's too soon. it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: a distraught mother is devastated over the loss of

her youngest child. he died in a fire at their apartment building in southeast washington friday evening. >> he was 4, he didn't bother nobody. he was happy, he plate with his sisters and brothers. he woke up every morning, he said good morning to everybody. anybody needed anything, he was right there for them. >> reporter: several people were trapped in the building, fire escaped the exit from the front and there were bars over the rear windows. the child's father had asked maintenance to removes the bars on the door. >> nobody in this building had a key. i'm pretty sure if they had a key, my son would be alive right now. >> reporter: alan was in the apartment with his older brother and sister. their mom had made a quick run to the store. fire officials say they rescued

the three children from the building, alan died at a hospital later in the evening. >> he needs to be back with me, around me every day. and i can't even wake up with him any more. >> reporter: relatives and neighbors gathered for a candlelight vigil. remembering alan for his happiness and fun loving spirit. >> whenever tragedy occurs in the family. you have to pull together. the only way you'll make it through. >> reporter: fire officials have not determined how the fire started. a firefighter who suffered burns in that blaze was released from the hospital earlier today. >> thank you, darcy spencer, appreciate it. a man attacked and shot in his own neighborhood last week says he's thankful to be alive tonight. he spoke exclusively to news four, he was walking to a takeout restaurant early last saturday morning. the robber took his cell phone,

demanded his wallet and threw his car keys to the ground. when he went to pick up the keys he was shot in the back. >> there's a lot of pain. and i can feel my chest cavity starting to lose air. it's a miracle it didn't hit me, and my spinal cord severed other organs. the recovery felt miraculous. i never thought i'd be as close to death as i am. but it feels great to be alive. >> police are still searching for the suspect responsible for that violent attack. gackle moved to d.c. after graduated from the university of south carolina where he was the student body president. when the sunrises in a few hours in egypt, the massive protests will continue for the 13th straight day there. there were reports that hosni mubarak had resigned as head of egypt's ruling party, that is not the case. several top leaders in his party did quit, but mubarak has vowed to stay in office until at least

september. the resignation that did happen today are a good sign, but the will of the egyptian people will determine what happens next. >> and it is our hope that this proceeds peacefully, it proceeds with specific goals being achieved so that people can see that their voices have been heard. >> protesters said the government resignations were not enough, and vowed to keep up their campaign until mubarak steps down. meanwhile, protesters gathered to show their support for the people in egypt. cold rain, hundreds attended a rally this afternoon in the egyptian embassy in northwest, then marched to the white house. they want president obama to put more pressure on mubarak to step down. >> our protests are nothing. we're simply echoing the voices of the people back home and showing them we are standing in solidarity with them. >> democracy for the people.

>> some of the protesters came to d.c. on buses from as far away as detroit and ohio. two u.s. hikers being held in iran will go on trial tomorrow, shane bauer and josh fattal were arrested along the iran/iraq boarder. they're being held on suspicion of spying. their lawyers say they're confident the accusations against the two will be proved baseless. sarah shroud was also arrested and detained. she was released and returned home to the united states this past september. police have proof a man they arrested for burglary is actually a prolific peeping tom as well. he was arrested in december when a resident in anne county found him in their garage. police found the camcorder and found numerous nude videos on that camcorder. it took police several months to identify the victims on the

video. novak faces more than 21 new charges. police say he also had underwear belonging to some of the victims in those videos. if you're headed to the caps/penguins game tomorrow, you may want to leave the car at several streets will be closed tomorrow. eighth street between sixth and seventh street will be closed from 9:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon. the streets will be closed from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon. the puck drops at verizon center at 12:30. plan ahead, and if possible, you should use metro. you've heard this before, lynnedcy lohan will be arrested. new reports that will actress will be arrested on felony theft charges. her lawyer says she's innocent. the man who was smart enough to pull off the heist the the bellagio, but not smart enough to keep his mouth shut about it,

apparently. chuck, what do you have for us? >> i have good news. i'm optimistic we're going to see a little sunshine before our weekend is through. brighter days, but how many? i'll give you the answer to that copping up. the profootball hall of fame will enshrine another red skin this fall. george williams lines up demon deacons, and the writes ards try

police had to shut down a high school basketball game in baltimore last night, fans of rival teams got into a brawl in the stands, some fans were stepped on, police had to use

pepper spray to break up the fight. the game was suspended and never finished. lindsay lohan's lawyer says she didn't do it. lohan's legal team is now denying allegations that the actress stole a $2,500 necklace. the police in los angeles are investigating whether she took the necklace from a store without permission. so far no charges have been filed. tmz is reporting lohan will be charged with a felony on monday. she's struggling to complete the terms of her probation connected to a 2007 drunk driving case. a few months ago they were crammed into a small filthy home. tonight lots of cats have new loving homes. a special adoption program today kicked off in fairfax county. it's designed to find homes for the 160 cats rescued from one house in annandale. some of the cats are not used to

interacting with people. super bowl xlv happens tomorrow, and it's going to go down without one of its biggest fans. if you're like myself, dreaming of sunnier days, we might be in luck, folks. chuck has details on the other side of this break. stay with us, this is news 4 at 11:00, and don't forget. an all new saturday night live is 15 minutes away. tonight's host, dana mary! hey! wo you look great! thanks! it's this new wish yourself thin pgram. i just wish it and it happens. it's probably those fiber one bars you're eating. i know they help me stick to my diet. the bars are 90 calories and the fiber helps you feel full. 90 calories and high fiber. so that's why this diet thing is working. but it's weird because my wish for lorenzo came true. [ male announcer ] fiber one 90 calorie bars. hungry no. results yes.

we're just hours away now from super bowl 45 in texas between the steelers and packers. crews spent hours on top of

cowboy's stadium in arlington trying to break show and ice off the top of the structure. six people were hurt when ice came sliding off the top of the stadium. the worst may not be over, there's a chance for more snow and sleet tomorrow. meet the never miss a super bowl club. >> bob cook has been to all 44 super bowls dating back to 1967. cook, who lives in wisconsin, and is a rabid packers fan has been ill for several months now and is in the hospital. late thursday night he decided he could not make the trip to texas this year, instead his daughters are going to the game. >> we made a little mask so he could be in his own seat at the game. >> i'm excited to go, but at the same time we wish he was there. >> for years the nfl has set

aside tickets at face value for cook's group. he hopes to be well enough to attend next year's super bowl in indianapolis. he's accused of robbing one of the world's most famous casinos. now we know whow the cops caugh the guy accused of robbing the bellagio. here he is. police say over the past month and a half, he bought so many drinks for his buddies and people became suspicious. he also allegedly bragged to a lot of people and returned to the bellagio a few times where he lost about 100 grand playing poker. police arrested him wednesday when he tried selling two of the chips to an undercover officer. >> charged with grand larceny and bad judgment. >> among other charges. >> amongst many other things. that's the guy you want to have as a friend at the bar. >> yeah, do you. >> what's the word here fp.

>> the early lead, today was a lost cause. clouds, fog and drizzle all day long. tomorrow is the day you've been waiting for on your weekend. get outside, enjoy a little sunshine. believe it or not, temperatures finally back close to average for a change. outside saturday night, it's still a mostly cloudy sky out there. i'll tell you one thing, i could see a little sliver of the moon out there a little while ago. i have had people write in and tell me they have seen the moon as well. skies are starting to clear out a bit. morning low of 34, officially our high will go down as 39 degrees now, we tick up another degree at 11:00 tonight. fairly light amounts of rain, boy, it sure did take all day to get that 1400th of an inch down. there was freezing rain early this morning, right along the pennsylvania/maryland border. 40 in winchester, 42 in charlottesville, 42 in st.

mary's county. rainfall amounts today, hagars town with just under a half inch of rain. 14/100th in annapolis, and only 14/100th down in la plate ta. we had rainshowers between 7:00 and 8:00 this evening. we'll be dry now for the remainder of the overnight hours. it looks like we'll be dry for most of tomorrow and monday as well. cooler air back out to the west. dallas/texas, 38 degrees right now, the meltdown continues in dallas at this point in time. there will be a risk of a little more winter weather tomorrow, it's not going to be all that big of a storm for them. it's welcome news. for us, the cold jet stream not working as a pair. and as long as those two streams do not phase together. it means no big winter storms for us. we'll have an opportunity for snow coming our way as we get toward the thursday time frame. what about tomorrow? high pressure moving in, that will bring in slightly warmer air. temperatures tomorrow, back up into the mid-40s, maybe near 50

degrees, you folks down near responsible ilvein ya. as we get into monday, clouds will start to lower and thicken. as we get toward the evening rush hour, and then after sunset, that's when the rains move back in. clearing skies. a little bit cooler, wakeup temperatures, 20s and low 30s. becoming mostly sunny, nicer day than today. highs tomorrow will be in the 40s. here's the extended forecast. the chilly air returns, just in time for tuesday, with a breezy northwesterly wind, cold on wednesday, and there's that little snow chance hanging out there for thursday, staying breezy and chilly, all the way into next weekend. >> coming up in sports, the top high school senior finally makes his college choice. and another red skin will be immortalized in canton.

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in 24 hours, we will have hosted the hoyas, the wizards and the capitols tomorrow. >> i like to look at the positive things in life. it's hard to do that with the wizards, if there's anything positive from the wizards woes, it's this. the more losses that pile up, the more ping-pong balls they'll earn in the nba draft lottery. tonight the wizards were pad ili elled by the wizards. atlanta up 7, john wall drives past, pushing it to josh smith for the breakaway dunk. smith went for 29 points, 16 rebounds. second quarter, wizards hanging in there, nick young rocking the poofy hair, i like that.

pokes the ball away. oh, my look out. posterizes pachulia. he finished with four points. highlight of the night. late fourth quarter, wizards have it, john wall alley-oops. beautiful play. wizards take a two-point lead, young had 21 points. one of six players in double figures. they still had to play the forth. crawford draws the attention of every wizard. the wizards lose 99-92. the eighth longest losing streak of the season. wizards have lost nine straight to atlanta. earlier today, at verizon center, the home team sent their fans home happy. georgetown needed every second against providence, the hoyas got the job done winning their sixth straight big east game. rocking the ski goggles, i like that. that's usually what you wear when you celebrate. the post champagne, all the good

looks. providence turns it over here in the second half. finished with 23 points. hoyas led by as many as 18. under 8 minutes to go, hoyas down to 2. vaughn wide open. plus the foul ball and 14 points. just over three minutes to go, prov again providence making a run. the fifth highest total in the big east game. five seconds now, hoyas up two last chance for the friars. game over, georgetown hangs on to beat providence 83-81. the hoyas have won six straight in the big east. that comcast center. maryland hosting wake forest. what you going to do, brother? hulk hogan. they're crazy fans and this is a crazy dunk by george williams. maryland up 12. they like to have fun, and this is a lot of fun. jordan williams doing what he

did in previous pictures. maryland in control. how about more williams. loose ball, gets the rebound. adrian buoy leads the break. back to williams. the sophomore finishes with 20 points many maryland defeats wake forest 91-70. terps improved to 15-8, 5-4 in the acc. fairfax hosting old dominion. good times. late first half, andre cornelius. mason leads by three at half time. second half, more mason, ryan pearson in the paint nice inside pass to morrison. talented young man, george mason down old dominion 62-55. the patriots have won nine straight improving to 11-2 in the caa. the nation's number one offensive tackle verbally

committed to auburn on national tv wednesday but never sent in his letter of intent. tonight he sent his letter to alabama, where he'll join ari. that's a big deal. profootball now, the hangman is going to the hall of fame. former redskins linebacker was elected to the profootball hall of fame. he earns a spot in canton, ohio in his 28th year of eligibility. he made the bowl five times. spent his entire career with washington from 1965 to 1978. he developed into one of the best linebackers in the game. he earned his nickname because he had a habit of tickling high. here's a look at the 2011 class, los angeles rams linebacker, richter, he died last summer at the age of 79. bears dwee fencive end richard dent. colts and bears running back

marshall faulk. deion sanders, he played one season for the redskins, the most disappointing of his career. also into the hall, ed sable. all seven will be enshrined in canton in august. michael vick wins the ap's nfl comeback player of the year award, that was a lock for him. congrats. >> well deserved. >> super bowl sunday, here it is. the packers best, too, right? >> yeah. >> that's it. it's all we have for you tonight. saturday night live up next hosted by dana carve very. musical guest lincoln park, we'll see you here tomorrow.

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