Little bit of drizzle tomorrow . [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] it will be out of your my christmas he. It will be dry when santa comes to town. Your forecast today, 6 00, waking up to temperatures that are cold. Colder than it was at this time yesterday morning. But we do have clear skies. Grab the sunglasses heading out the door and we will be climbing with sunshine into the 40 prospect 10 00. 44 degrees by noon. Today, cooler than yesterday. 47 will be the high. Later this afternoon after lunchtime some high clouds starting to roll in and it will be cloudy by this evening but still drive for your evening plans if you are heading out to dinner, seeing santa claus are doing some of that Holiday Shopping. The increasing cloudiness all from a weather system that is going to bring us some wet weather that is right now in the midsection of the country. This will have problems on travel and we will timeout the rain for your Christmas Eve, coming up and 10. Pretty quiet, but you have been monitoring a serious situation this morning, julie . The majorrall interstates are at speed, but we do have a couple of problems. A crash on the suitland parkway in maryland near forest hill road. At one point to eastbound lanes were blocked and some traffic was able to get by heading inbound lanes are open. The serious Fatal Crash Investigation continues to the rest to the west. The Investigation Continues until further notice, but with more details from the scene we say good morning to john gonzalez. John good morning, were here in virginia and mobile track seven is the view from the roof camera. Scene, getting smaller. You can see fewer sat the road is still closed and this is why. This will get you closer in, showing you pretty much what happened here. We understand that around 1 00 this morning a husband and wife are on the road, the husband loses control and puts the car over. We understand that this accident occurred about 200 yards from where we are and it is a very sharp turn. The car flips over in someones front yard. The woman is ejected and killed. By man is actually detained Fairfax County police and is being questioned. We spoke to a neighbor earlier who says they saw him do a sobriety check on the man. Neighbor, the resident here, he tells us that there were a lot of be her bottles that flew out of the vehicle. Its unclear, exactly, why police have detained the man, but again, just a terrible accident here in centerville, the road, still toe the vehicle out. We talked, in about 40 minutes, you will hear from the resident witness the whole thing. Back to you inside. You, john. K the holiday rush, expected to hit its today. Aaa predicting about 2. 3 Million People driving over 50 miles this weekend. The time he dont want to be on the road at all . 4 00 this afternoon, when the traffic is expected to be the heaviest. Eye and theing an sky today, we will be checking in with scott taylor coming up with a look at the delays you can expect. Before you head out for the holidays, take two minutes to signup for our traffic alerts. You will get the latest breaking traffic news and delays sent straight to your phone. Jummy the Prime Minister of malta that involved a libyan flight with 118 passengers on board diverted to malta. The flight has landed on the island and there appears to be two hijackers onboard. We are looking to get new information on this breaking news and we will bring it to you as soon as we can get it. At 6 05 the Associated Press reported that a man killed in christmashe berlin market attack suspect. Police across europe have been on the lookout for the 24yearold tunisian man who ran the truck into the crowded market, killing 12 people in hurting dozens more. Apparently he was shot and killed her in a gunfight with police. Keep hold of the gun from his backpack after being asked to show his identity papers and that is when police opened fire. We are staying on top of this story in the soon as we get anything new we will be sure to let you know. New developments this morning prayer officials at the malta that there are two hijackers onboard the plane. We still working to get more information, but officials confirming that two hijackers are on board that plane. There thisments morning from australia, where they say they stop the terror attack that was just around the corner. Breaking up a Christmas Day plot to set off bombs in melbourne. Is australias secondlargest city. Five people being held after a day of raids and theyre all being listed as having australian addresses. To me donald trump calling for the u. S. To strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. His comments came after Vladimir Putin pledged to enhance his nations forces. The Trump Transition Team said that he was emphasizing the need to modernize a deterrent capability. Something he touched on during the second president ial debate. Nuclear. A very bad thing. Jummy russia has 7300 warheads, slightly more than those held by the u. S. Six years ago they signed the new start treaty, agreeing to reduce their stock file. To, more ofoming up our holiday coverage. Autria thats right, more and what you need to know if you plan on traveling today. I want to go rea blowing our budget. Oh yeah, this is great everything for the holidays. Thats my giant. Mstanding rib roast ds to be wowed this year. Wow. Everything for the holidays. Thats my giant. Eileen tomorrow, what weather moving in. I am tracking winter precipitation in the midsection of the country to iowa and missouri. Any impact at the airport . We will check in with scott taylor coming up in just a little bit, but this weather system will be on the move, continuing to slide eastward and it will be passing through chicago later this afternoon. We are going to be noticing some showers around 11 00, midnight tonight. The rest of us will be dry with rain beginning to develop early tomorrow morning. We will have some showers 9 00, 10 00, tomorrow morning, but showers will go from west to east after lunchtime and by 6 00 the skies i even begin to clear a little bit. Tomorrow, temperatures starting off in the lower 40. Driving around you will need the windshield wipers were sure. 49 by 4 00, skies brightening just a bit. And then overnight when santa claus arrives, temperatures falling into the 30s and looking sunny for Christmas Day. I will show you the hourly forecast for that in 10 minutes. Julie unfortunately we have troubles on the rails this morning. Metro tweeting out that they have some delays on the orange, blue, and silver lines. That is d investigation at capitol south. From the rails to the roads, 95, the crash here along the left side of the highway. Accident activity on the outbound suitland parkway, police are still there directing the traffic. And of course the big story this morning is the fatal crash in of 28, stillest blocked off for this ongoing investigation. John gonzalez will be joining us on that it can shortly. Back in the next 10 minutes with another update on the roads and rails. Julie as the Holiday Travel season picks up, how is this to take take the edge off . The fourlegged Therapy Program that has a lot of people smiling. First, the Worst Nightmare of a parent. The accident that happened in the blink of an eye. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. Autria we are continuing to follow breaking news overnight. Police arrested the man that they say shot and killed threeyearold boy in a road rage incident in arkansas his relatives late last night. His the boy was in the back of a shopping was in the back of a car in a shopping trip. The suspect got agitated that she was not driving fast enough. Jummy a young boy, safe after a terrifying accident on a ski lift. This is in utah, the boy was apparently getting off the lift when his backpack got stuck, chair, leaving him dangling. The backpack kept and safe until the rescuers got there. Deepneed you to take some rats. We know that your arms hurt. I cant. Jummy the crews rushed to get a letter big enough. The boy was only stuck for a few minutes and the crews were able to get him down safely. Autria nick cannon will be spending his christmas in that hes been hospitalized because of complications from lupus. He first discussed his Ongoing Health problemsin 2012 after suffering kidney failure and other issues. He is Mariah Careys exhusband and they have two children together. Jummy seven is on your side with a warning about porch pirates this morning. A big problem this holiday season. As holiday packages on doorsteps pile up, those these are getting ready to steal them. One resident reported a man stealing packages from outside of his home, as you see here, but the thief is still out there. Police returned gifts they recovered after arresting suspected porch pirates. One woman even got her husbands wallet back. For more caught on tape videos and to learn about ways to protect yourself from porch pirates, go to our website and click on the 7 on your side tab. Autria traveling can be stressful, to say the least, during the h an effort to help passengers relax, therapy dogs are being made available. Friendship, christmas, its just its just welcoming. These dogs are just so helpful. Helping to get everyone in a good spirit. Bringing tidings of comfort and joy, that is kind of what we do. Autria five therapy dogs and their handlers strolled up and down and people seemed to love the dogs. Autria i would. Jummy i would. Ill be there later jummy wen autria well, we have our own elf on the shelf and its kidd oshea like you have never seen. Oh, my gosh, [laughter] hey, guys. Im in georgetown right now. Im looking for people, but no quite yet. People are waving and saying good morning. You know what this else needs . A cup of coffee. I want you to come me what you think i should go next. , we are going now to be going all through d. C. This morning. Want to wake the kids up . Tweet me. We will have a good morning here. Merry christmas. All right, back to you guys right now. See you later, im going to get some coffee. Autria would the be cool to tweet him and he shows u fp at your house . How cool it be if a reallife elf on the shelf woke your kids up this morning. Jummy could be cool or real bad. [laughter] eileen he promises to be on his best behavior. [laughter] autria hes out there running around in that elf suit. Was very warm, which am happy to hear, its cold this morning. Travelingspeaking of wherever kids will be traveling today, it will be good, because we have got a drive [laughter] are you ok . Eileen im fine. Im sorry, i just tripped over some cables. Tonight the wet weather moves in. The roads will be wet. More so after 3 a. M. The rain holding off a little bit later, through lunchtime the roads will be wet but drying out later for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the weather will be dry, good traveling conditions. High temperatures both days in the upper 45. Morning to early midday showers. Heres a look at the hourly forecast. Preseason. The afternoon, by 2 00 we will be into the middle 40s. Forecast. Looking ahead we have got some warmer temperatures on the horizon. Looking ahead to the new years forecast, its looking dry and pretty seasonable as we ring in the new year. Coming up at the bottom of the hour i will let you know how cold it is in georgetown, where kidd oshea is our little elf on the shelf. And i will show you the other parts of the region. Julie i like that, kid at the corner. I mean the counter. [laughter] orange, blue, silver lines, franconia, reston, there was an earlier Police Investigation south. The icc, it blocked the left lane, that crash. No problems to report from laurel headed back towards greenbelt. All of the there are open. Thats our traffic watch. Back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride. Think of your fellow man. Lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart. Take a good look around. And if youre lookin down, put a little love in your heart. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. avo the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety Million Dollars to help real people like these. You are watching good morning washington, on your side. A little dark and chilly out there to start your holiday weekend. Eileen is tracking her Christmas Eve and Christmas Day forecast and we will check in with her coming up in about six minutes. In the meantime, serial package thief caught in an act. Gio bonita has has more. Reallife grinch on the loose, swiping lastminute packages from the front doors of people. Serialt is on for a package thief. Could it be this man, caught on surveillance camera, casually walking up to someones front porch . He bends down to grab the package. He quickly opens it and takes off with whats inside. He didnt care about anything. I hope they catch you. This case was one of 13 other instances reported to Chicago Police so far this month. We think its severely under reported. A creative move by this package thief, disguised as a pizza delivery man. Coming up at 7 a. M. We will have tips on how to make sure your gifts arrive safely under the tree. With your first look, this is abc news, new york. Drum roll please. Hing. Its the sing sweepstakes. Its some of this, loads of that. cause you can win 100,000 from post cereal brands. Honey bunches of oats. And sing. Only in theaters now, good morning washington, on your side. We begin with a breaking news alert. Jummy that breaking news at 6 30, a hijacked plane landing in malta a short time ago. Live picture there from the tarmac, there are a be two hijackers onboard that libyan jet liner. The airport Authorities Say that all of the emergency teams havent dispatched to the site of what is being called an unlawful interference on the tarmac. The Prime Minister saying in a tweet that there was a potential hijacking situation involving an International Libyan flight was diverted to malta and that Emergency Operations are under way right now at the airport as we give you a live look airport there on that island nation. Autria we will stay on that one for you this morning. Started with at check on your forecast on this Christmas Eve eve. Eileen if youre feeling festive, it is appropriately cold. 43 degrees in herndon. At John Adams Elementary School in alexandria. Downtown childrens hospital, 37 degrees. I wanted to show you a d. C. Temperature. Our very own kidd oshea is out and about, we will check in with him a bit later. It is definitely come were the weather, but it will be drive to the day and cooleru . Than yesterday. Sunday the clock, 46 degrees by 1 00, but after lunchtime high clouds becoming mostly cloudy at 4 00. This evening . Doing some lastminute Holiday Shopping or headed out to the National Mall . The mgm . So many of us are . Not too terribly cold overnight tonight. We will have a good bit of cloud cover associated with the wet weather moving in this weekend. We will time that out for you in about 10 minutes. Over to julie for a look at the roads. Julie it has been busy on the secondary roads and authorities have been out on the scene of a fatal crash tying up our guay road and compton road west of 28. Goodmore details we save morning once again to john gonzalez. John good morning. We are in mobile trak 7 right now and centreville. Art way road is now back up and running. We can show you that the road has reopened after well, it was closed for several hours while police investigated a terrible fatal accident involving a husband and a wife. Take a look at some of the video that we captured earlier. It was around 1 00 this morning. The man flipped the car in someone she died here at the scene. The man was detained and questioned. It is unclear if he has been arrested. Coming up he will hear from a neighbor that saw something pretty startling at the scene. He will hear from him in about two minutes. Autria we will check in on that in just a few moments. Julie orange, blue, silver lines, theres an earlier Police Investigation out of capitol south. Also on the road, after the icc, an accident continuing to block far left lane. Back in 10 minutes and we will update the ride north of the capital beltway as well as your ride on the rails. Jummy this morning a strong arm stance from president elect trump. Autria a public spat for split from established u. S. Nuclear policy as if anke deals with problems of her own. President elect might not be in the white house just yet, but hes already taking a stab some guy started giving her a hard time, telling her that her father was ruining the country. A passenger allegedly screaming at them while they were on their way to hawaii for vacation. The secret service did not intervene, but flight attendants removed the man from the flight. Donald trump plans to stay in florida through the weekend but he continues to hold meetings and has had president ial daily briefings for the past two days. That we now know jummy president obama will be giving his final speech in chicago, where he started his political career. Given 10 days before president elect trump sworn into office. Autria a bartender said that he is glad to have the opportunity to save a mans life. A customer at the oak grill wine bar said he started choking on a piece of state. Saved the mans life by using the heimlich maneuver. He started turning blue and it was really bad. I saw that they were trying to call 911. It was just that moment where you make the decision and basically you try to help someone. Nowia right place, right right time. Their customer that was save wanted to express his gratitude so he wrote a generous check. He said hes happy that he 71 were christmas with his family. Last livesll be the broadcast of the diane ream show on public broadcasting. She will be taking calls with listeners. The show will end on december 30. Between now and then they will air some of her best recorded broadcasts. Also today, a Graduation Ceremony for brook recruit class 377. The fire chief will give opening the oathnd administer of office. The ceremony begins at 10 00 this morning at the blue Senior High School auditorium. Are youow many people dealing with on the roads today . And the specific times you dont want to be on the roadways, jummy many people getting ready to head out of time out of town, hopefully the weather will be good . Eileen it will be no problems getting out of town today. As we have been hearing, not too many problems, another live report coming up in a few minutes. At reaganhigh today national. Not going to be nearly as mild as yesterday. A few 50 toss in spots like manassas and fredericksburg. Tonight it is going to be cloudy. Not as cold, temperatures will remain above freezing. Rain developing after midnight. If you have got evening plans today, it will be dry. For the think hagerstown, frederick, winchester, you might get a spotty showers at 11 00, 12 00 tonight. Waking up this morning to cloudy, cool, rainy conditions. Lunchtime, starting to taper off from west to east, it will begin to clear tomorrow evening. The holiday forecast is looking good. Just a little bit of rain for the first part of your Christmas Eve. Christmas day is looking nice and dry with a high of 48. Taking you through the extended outlook, just 10 minutes away. Julie on the roads we are taking you for a trip around the capital beltway, where we do have a little snafu northbound on 270. The accident activity was reported on the ramp, southbounds to let speed looks great, coming from frederick, continuing back into from clarksburg in 95 in virginia, looking great, pushing north towards woodbridge. The 58 minute commute is great southboundontinuing , only a 5995 split minute commute headed to the south. Planning on heading out of town for the holiday . Now is the time to go. Metro is checking in this morning with delays on the orange, blue, and so the line. That was due to some earlier Police Investigation it capitol south. Thats the cap thats the traffic watch. Jummy . Autria thank you so much. A manhunt over the genetic and for the International Search for a truck attack in berlin. M scott taylor, look at what you have in front of you if you townave heading out of this weekend. Wow, it gets bigger and bigger. Mymy cookie exchangeripled. Is super competitive. Mine too. I want to go really big with my appetizers. We can do it without blowing our budget. Oh yeah, this is great my family really needs to be wowed this year standing rib roast wow. Thats my giant. Now, good morning washington, on your side. We begin with a breaking news alert. Breaking right now, Fairfax County police on the scene of a suspicious death investigation, 22yearold man on blarneyingfield stone court. The man appears to have trauma to his upper body. We are working to get new information and we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. Jummy also breaking, the Associated Press reporting that a man killed in italy this christmas the berlin market attack suspect. Police across europe have been looking for him, the 24 euro tunisian man who ran the truck into a crowded market, killing 12 and hurting dozens. He was apparently shot and killed during a gunfight with police after a routine id check. Backpack after being asked to show his identity papers. We are staying on top of the story and as soon as we hear anything new, we will be sure to let you know. A horrendous story while you were sleeping. A deadly crash in Fairfax County, husband driving, his wife killed. John gonzalez is on the scene and joins us now with the latest. John . John good morning. We are in mobile trak 7, getting off guard way road, this is exactly where the accident happened. Its dark, but maybe at the center of your screen you can see the wooden fence there is ripped up. Its from the accident that occurred at 1 00 this morning. We want to show you some of the video. We understand the husband and darkwere driving on this and winding road. The man lost control of the vehicle, went off the road, and flipped over, winding up in someones front yard. He spoke to a neighbor who said that when he came out, he heard the commotion he came out and he saw the woman under his trailer. She was ejected from the vehicle and thrown several feet. She died at the scene. The neighbor tells us that he saw a lot of the bottles coming out of that car and Police Detained the driver, questioning him. Its not clear if he has been arrested. Take a listen to what the neighbor had say. At about 1 00 in the morning i heard a commotion. I went outside to take a look at what it was. It was a car that had wrecked in front of my house. Apparently dwi. The wife was dead underneath of it. John at this hour, art way road has reopened. You can see the traffic moving by their. Thats the good news, but it is an unfortunately tragic situation with a woman was killed. Its not clear white the police have detained this man. Reporting live track, back to you. Autria a site that hasnt been seen in four years. Syrian troops waving the flag of their country in aleppo. This is the First Time Since 2012 that the territory in the city has been out of the control of rebels and back in the hands of the government. The last opposition fighters per bust out of the districts, feeling the end of the rebellion most important stronghold. Jummy this just coming in this morning, and data the story from malta. There is the aircraft that has been hijacked. Reporting minutes ago that the two hijackers on the plane had hand grenades and are threatening to blow up the plane. We know that this is a libyan aircraft that was hijacked just a short time ago, so we are keeping a close eye on this story with my pictures here from the tarmac. We see the cruise would appear to be military people just outside. We will keep an eye on this story and update you as we get new developments from australia this morning, when police say that they stop the terror attack that was just around the corner that had broken up the Christmas Day plot to set off bombs in melbourne. I people are being held after days of raids. They are all listed as having australian addresses. Autria Transit Police using new bomb sniffing transit teams. From sniffing job bomb sniffing dogs, with a major event less than one month away. We really pushed the class. We have the inauguration coming up. We can expect all kinds of Different Things to go on. Autria dogs are trained to identify potential explosives. Is expecteday rush to hit its peak today, millions of americans hitting the roads in time for aaa predicting the 2. 3 Million People will be driving over 50 miles this weekend. The time that you dont want to be on the road at all . 4 00 this afternoon, that is when the traffic is expected to be the heaviest. Plenty of backups at the airport , too. Autria that is where i will be, later. Scott taylor is at the airport, where the line continues to grow. Scott it is kind of historic. Usually we see the line from the American Flag back this way. It is almost all the way to the beautiful Christmas Tree at the airport lifting up each year. By the way, a 3 increase across the nation with people flying this year. Let me show you how long the line is. Everybody is over and that other line. I want to let you know that if you have questions about Holiday Gifts that you will be taking home to mom and grandma, check with tsa. They will be asking all the questions and will be there to the holidays. That denver flight, still delayed. Anyone flying to birmingham, alabama, for whatever reason, that has been delayed until 1 00 this afternoon. We already know about the delays on the west coast. We will keep you updated all day long. Have clearleast they skies for takeoff. Beautiful sunrise. Jummy so gorgeous. Autria you look like you should be on the tarmac directing jummy i have to tell you, my dad got me these. Eileen i have to tell you, my dad got me these. Its been very festive. I dont look super morbid his morning . Hopefully its not too distracting. [laughter] if you have eileen if you have stuff to do getting home, should be good. I want to show you conditions. 46 degrees with cloudy skies. The system will be headed eastward with a weather tomorrow. Overnight and tomorrow morning,he roads are just wet Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, looking good. How much will we get with the showers tomorrow . Maybe 6 10 of an inch of rain in to looking back nice, warm up headed into next week. As we head into new years eve, looks like the sun will be out. What are you working on for us, and julie . Julie we definitely have a crash on the inner loop heading out of oxon hill towards the towards the wilson bridge. A deadly back up at this hour. Working your way into virginia, a crash of ordered in virginia in the local lanes after to hundred 10. Heads up. Still through lanes rolling at speed, but these are definitely stops where the traffic has been flowing freely and is now jammed trying to make your way past 210. Tom 270 eight sitting on 109, southbound on lanes are open, no trouble spots there. Southbound, headed back out towards the split in richmond, its about a onehour commute right now, heading back towards 295. Thats the traffic watch. We will update the r autria we are busting out our own elf on the shelf. It is kidd oshea, like you have never seen them before. My goodness. This affect trespassing. We have made it to thomas circle, you guys. We are working our way through the dmz. Why here . Well, a fan who watches every morning some you tweet, she works here at the Washington Plaza and is the pastry chef here. We went inside, we said good morning to the front desk staff, the valet, they were so nice, Merry Christmas to them. A lot of you at home were wondering how does an elf get around town . Santa claus has a sleigh. This elf has a little red bicycle. Where should i go next . Tweet at me. Maybe we will show up in your neighborhood next. Has to be serving breakfast, right . Ive got to think that for sure. See you guys later. Back to you. Autria be careful out there. So cute. Seea site you expect to that before 7 00 on a friday morning. Jummy no, but you got to love the holiday cheer. Here is our 60 second express. The man behind the deadly attack was killed in a shootout with police in an italian city. Officials at the airport have confirmed that there are two hijackers onboard the plane. We know that it involves a libyan flight 118 passengers on board. Donald trump says the u. S. Needs to strengthen and expand u. S. Capabilities. Vladimir putin pledged to enhance the forces of 10 nations. A fatal accident of the woman, ejected, the driver, hysterical. Neighbors say beer bottles were flying. I thinking of a holiday gift . This clear program, no line at all. Denouncing ther, racist rant. Quebec to where you come from. Im the elf on the shelf. [laughter] flex my goodness. He loves that so much. So much more on with kidd oshea on the corner, on the counter, heading over to news channel 8. Lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart. Take a good look around. And if youre lookin down, put a little love in your heart. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. avo the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety Million Dollars to help real people like these. Good morning, america. Breaking news, the Christmas Market terror suspect gunned down in an overnight shootout after going on the run across europe as new footage emerges of that truck barreling into the holiday crowd. Plus, the new terror plot thwarted in australia. Five men suspected of planning a Christmas Day attack arrested after overnight raids. Breaking news right now, a potential passenger plane hijacking. Unfolding on live television. 118 passengers on board. The military rushing to the scene. Christmas travel nightmare. A messy start to one of the busiest travel days of the year. Backtoback storms sweeping across the country creating havoc on the roads and at the airports. 19 states on alert from california to