Millions of americans are traveling this holiday weekend, and the numbers could set records. Were live over i95 where the big getaway is already in full swing. What were seeing on the roads right now that could get a lot worse later on. Aaa midatlantic expects it to be a very rough night on the roads. Especially when you factor in commuters, holiday travelers, and all those lastminute shoppers. News 4s chris gordon is live along i95 in springfield. Chris, based on what youre seeing out there, did aaa get it right . Oh, yeah. Take a look behind me. What youre seeing are brake lights, cars coming to a complete stop. These cars trying to merge onto 95 south here in springfield. Now, local drivers are used to this scene, but holiday travelers may experience a surprising slowdown. Traffic on i95 in Northern Virginia is stop and go. This we didnt see accidents or anything like that. Just being congested. Aaa midatlantic explains the reason traffic is so heavy. People who are commuting from w
The most wanted man in europe, 24yearold anis amri, dead. Killed after he was asked for i. D. By italian police. Officials say amri immediately pulled a gun and started firing. There is no doubt, italys interior minister told reporters, that the dead man is amri. This is what officials believe he did at the berlin christmas market. The truck on the left of your screen is a dark menace on the street awash in Holiday Lights. At 40 miles per hour, running over people and stalls in the market. German Authorities Say they found amris fingerprints inside and outside the trucks cab. Italy was familiar territory to amri. After leaving his hometown in tunisia in 2011, he spent more than three years in prison there for setting fire to a refugee center. A prison official tells nbc news amri was violent but showed no signs of religious fundamentalism. At the berlin m to business. Returning here, an emotional moment for this woman who like amri is from tunisia. There is a kind of double sadness, bu
Two people were killed in the county in a span of 24 hours. And were working to get more information about Carrie Fisher, actress best known for her role in star wars films had a heart attack on a flight to los angeles. News 4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. We are following several breaking news stories on the night before Christmas Eve. We begin with a deadly crash in northeast washington that happened after police started chasing a stolen car. News 4s Jackie Benson got to the scene. Jackie, what can you tell us . Reporter doreen, just a terrible situation. Take a look over here at what is left of that vehicle. Now, that car was being driven by a man who was taken from this scene and pronounced dead. This all started earlier this evening. Police were pursuing a vehicle that they suspected of being carjacked a few days earlier. Broke off the pursuit, but the vehicle continued speeding throughout this area. Hitting three other vehicles, the last one being that wrecked vehicle you s
A little bit wet out there. Not too cold. Not too bad. Lauren is tracking it all. A week ago it was freezing rain coming down. Not so much this morning. Definitely not this morning. Those temperatures are well above freezing at this point so that is good news for anybody headed on the roadways. Youre not necessarily dealing with icy conditions, maybe just wet conditions out there as we have rain throughout the region spreading through the Greater Washington area. Its continuing to stream up as a frontal system, a weak one, but its moving through the area and it will cross through mid day. In fact were going to have a dry afternoon. So all day its not going to be wet, but were going to time that out for you and let you know exactly when this rain will end in case you need to do any lastminute shopping. Well let you know when its going to be dry coming up. One man is dend crash in the district involving four vehicles. Police started chasing a vehicle they thought was stolen. The officer
Southbound at the Prince William parkway. Good news is callers said they just killed everything out of the two lanes. All travel lanes are available. This was pretty much your only delay. The map has been very, very quiet. A lot of green in and outer loop through virginia. All off to a very decent start. Back in to you. Thank you. It is 5 01 right now. A grieving mother wants to know why police shot and killed her son on Christmas Day. The incident is now under investigation. Justin finch is live in northeast d. C. This morning with more on what were learning now. Reporter kristen, good morning. The shooting remaining under active investigation. We also know that the body camera video will be collected and reviewed. This all begins about 11 30 on Christmas Morning with a call to 911 from walnut street northeast where neighbors say they heard a womans screams and from that house a report of a man armed with a knife. He is now identified as gerald hall, age 29 of northeast washington. Re