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, but good people are everywhere, and bad people are also everywhere. The Police Officer injured in the shooting is recovering in an italian hospital. Hes said to be in stable condition. And his injuries are not life threatening. Here in berlin, German Authorities are thanking their italian counterparts for all their support and cooperation, and are saying theyre very relieved that amri is no longer a threat. Im Anne Thompson in berlin. Now back to you. Controversial comments from president elect donald trump. Tonight, hes suggesting hes willing to engage in an arms race, a day after he tweeted the United States needs to greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. In a statement to msnbc today, he said, quote, let it be an arms race. We will path and outlast them all. End quote. Russian president Vladimir Putin hopes to have a meeting with trump soon to discuss how to improve ties. Thats coming up in a live report. Two people found dead in Fairfax County, and police are trying to figure out if the two cases are connected. Police say a young man was murdered at his home in springfield last night, and hours later, a woman was found dead a couple miles away in burke. Darcy spencer joins us live with the latest on the investigation. Darcy. Reporter Fairfax County police are investigating connections between these two murders and connections between these two victims. They say these crimes are not random. Fairfax county police are investigating two murders a little more than 12 hours apart. A 22yearold man found dead in his house in springfield. A 22yearold woman found dead behind these homes in burke, just two miles away. Police say the crimes linked. They just appear to be known to each other. The first victim, henok yohannes, a Northern VirginiaCommunity College student. A Family Member came home and discovered him murdered. Trauma to his upper body. That was about 8 15 thursday night. Abdul gaffee, who knew him from high school, showed up after reading the news on social media. He cannot believe his friend is gone. I dont even know what to think. I have just been trying to piece together everything so far, and its heartbreaking. Detectives went in and out of the home for hours gathering evident, looking for clues. A next door neighbor heard loud noises in the home yesterday evening. I heard multiple bangs. You know, loud to the point where you could almost feel it, you know, through the house, through the wood. Sorry. His neighbor took the news very hard. He helps. You know, with snow shoveling and groceriehe hes very helpful. As police were investigating, they got a call for a second victim. The body of a wup found just before 9 00 this morning in a back yard off cordwood court. She also had trauma to her upper body. Shes been identified as 22yearold cadet sumenna of springfield. Im a homeowner in this block right behind me, observed a woman leaning against a tree in the rear portion of his backyard. He did not recognize the woman. And she did not appear to be moving. Now, police are telling me that they dont have a lot of strong leads in these two investigations. They say anyone who has information that could help them with these cases call Fairfax County police. Doreen, back to you. Darcy spencer reporting. Thank you. And were following breaking news, waiting for the word on the condition of actress carrie fisher. She had a heart attack while flying from london to los angeles on a united f today. The airline put out a statement confirming medical personnel met the plane after the crew reported a passenger was unresponsive. Fishers family is reportedly at the hospital in los angeles. And some of her star wars costars are sending their prayers. Mark hamill tweeting, as if 2016 couldnt get any worse, sending all our love to carrie fisher. She is 60 years old. Update you on the Holiday Travel rush. A lot of folks hitting the road tonight to get to their final destination. This is a live look from chopper 4. You can see traffic, slow going, but still moving. This is 95 in newingten, in the springfield, virginia, area. We have you covered if youre planning to head out, perhaps folks doing lastminute shopping. Who isnt . A lot of people. Amelia draper is tracking the weather, but we start with chris gordon along i95 in springfield, with more on the big getaway. Hi, chris. Hi, doreen and david. Behind me, you see vehicles merging onto i95 sou springfield. And we can tell you that traffic is moving better now than it was just an hour ago. But make no mistake, this has been a very difficult travel day. We found the heaviest traffic on i95 between the Woodrow Wilson bridge and dumbfries. This family traveling through new jersey to ft. Lauderdale, says it had no choice but to drive. Looking at 54 minutes in traffic. How do you know . We checked it on google maps. We didnt have a choice. Prices of flights were over the roof. Aaa midatlantic said the travel is especially heavy this holiday season. Because people are commuting from work, theyre heading out of town, and also theyre going to be christmas shopping. Its going to be a very, very tough evening. At the rest stop along i95 north in laurel, we found this family taking their three dogs on d pennsylvania. With three dogs, you thought that was a good idea . Yeah. Was it . Um, theyre not too bad. How is the traffic . Its not awful, but its christmas. Everyone loves puppies. Army Sergeant Kyle coop is bringing these 3monthold terriers, who by the way, are not house trained, on a drive from North Carolina to new york as gifts. Right now, i stop because theyre trying to get in the back seat, get over my lap. I was like, they need to play. Use the bathroom, get a little food. That is one brave soldier. David, back to you. All right, chris gordon live tonight. Appreciate it. If youre headed to the airport, its likely to be crowded as well. Nationwide, were talking 6 Million People flying this season. The busiest airports, lets run through them, atlanta, chicago, l. A. , dallas, and denver. Crowded planes, crowded terminals and crowded roadways. The tsa insisting it is all prepared, staffed up, ready to handle those record crowds. Now, what about the weather . Things look good right now, but there is some rain in the forecast, and it could affect people hitting the road tomorrow morning. Our Team Coverage continues now with amelia draper. Shes in storm center 4. How is it looking . Well, we are going to be dealing with showers tomorrow morning. Pretty much moving in very early in the morning, as early as 4 00 or 5 00 a. M. , and winding down around the midday hours. Temperatures are critical in situations like this. We dont want freezing rain. Lets get you to your forecast. Im going to start off with storm team 4 radar. Roads dry, and even starting to pick up on green here, further back to the west out around the petersburg area. This rain is not hitting the ground yet, but it eventually will start to hit the ground, maybe a few sprinkles overnight, but this system really moves into the area early tomorrow morning, and then its kind of soggy start on our saturday. Currently, temperatures around 40 degrees. But with plenty of cloud cover overnight, winds out of the south among other factors, im going to show you future temperatures. By 10 00 p. M. , were kind of right where were at right now, upper 30s and low 40s, and notice that trend continues right around 5 00 a. M. , when we start to see rain across the area. Ill be timing out the rain for you hour by hour coming up in my full forecast at 5 25, letting you know when it leaves your neighborhood and what you can expect tomorrow night when festivities get under way. Thanks, amelia. Fighting for freedom, a notorious killer from alexandria taking new steps to try to get out of prison. Federal employees caught in the act, using their government cards for personal gain. Tonight, the news 4 iteam taking a closer look at the fraud and how it was all uncovered. Coming up on news 4, the amazing story of two books checked out of this local library and found more than 40 years later. But its what happened after the boks wereo did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. President elect donald trump has gotten the worlds attention once again after declaring today, let it be an arms race. That comes after his tweet yesterday about the u. S. Needing to strengthen its nuclear arsenal. Nbcs Jennifer Johnson joins us from capitol hill with the latest on this story. Jennifer. Well, doreen, donald trump played golf he made big headlines all over the world, talking tough again about the Nuclear Arms Race and putting russia and other countries on notice. A cold war of words between president elect donald trump and russian president Vladimir Putin. After both leaders called for expanding their nuclear arsenals. Today, mr. Trump had an offcamera conversation with msnbcs mika bruwrittensky, telling her let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every path. While those words grabbed the worlds attention, trump enjoyed a casual golf outing with tiger woods. His incoming press secretary tried to clarify. The president isnt saying were going to do this. They said unless they come to their senses. Its a warning to them that this president is going to take action. Those leaders called for their countries to strengthen their nuclear capabilities, but button told reporters if something speeds up the arms race, its not us. Something as complex and strategy cannot be 140 kakt in a twitter message. This is not how a serious american president should be behaving. Trump today released a weekold christmas letter from putin who expressed hope for more cooperation between the two countries. Promping a less confrontational response from trump, saying a very nice letter from Vladimir Putin. I hope both sides are able to live up to these thoughts, and we do not have to travel an alternate path. Putin held his end of the Year Press Conference and said he would be willing to come to washington, d. C. If president elect trump invited him. As for hitz assessment of u. S. russian relations right now, putin said they cant be worse. Live on capitol hill, im Jennifer Johnson. David, back to you. Thank you. The man convicted of killing three alexandria residents could get a new day in court. Virginia court of appeals judge will allow attorneys for charles sev rnls a chance to argue for a new trial. The argument will be based on whether there was sufficient evidence to convict him and whether one of the separately. A jury found severance guilty of killing three people over a tenyear span. Much of the evidence was circumstantial, but also included an eye witness. Brian porter told me by email that the ruling is typical for a case of this magnitude and was expected. A peaceful ending after a plane was hijacked. Two men hijacked a libyan airliner headed to tripoli today and threatened to blow it up. The plane landed on malta. The pilot says the men were seeking political asylum in europe and wanted to go to rome. But the plane didnt have enough fuel to get there. The passengers and crew were released. The men eventually surrendered. Officials said the hijackers had a hand grenade and at least one gun with them. In the u. S. , millions of people are making their way to airports to get to their holiday destinations, but the weather could cause problems for some of them. Im charlie at chicagos h where they expect about 200,000 passengers to pass through this building today alone. Chicagos other major airport, midway, another 70,000 passengers there. Weather is going to complicate travel in and out of chicago today. This afternoon, were expecting a light snow that could turn into rain, making it difficult to get to the airport. That can also have an effect on flights here and flights throughout the midwest where snow is in the forecast. For those of you staying in town during the holidays. Heres what you need to know about metro. We check in on all three. Metro rail open from 7 00 in the morning untidmidnight saturday, sunday, and monday. Marc will be closed on christmas day, vre is running their s schedule. The video went viral. Tonight, what were learning about the man behind the wheel of this fiery crash in maryland. Coming up, in this season of giving, we found three local federal government workers on the take from taxpayers. Executing schemes at local gas stations. Our report coming up. Also coming up, a lot of your kids going to be unwrapping video games and new gadgets over the holidays, but too much screen time, that can be a bad thing. Four things t know too the driver of that tanker truck that crashed and exploded in baltimore last weekend has been identified now. Clinton worrell jr. Died when his truck went off an elevated section of i95 last saturday. The icy conditions on the freeway also led to a 68vehicle pileup. Police are asking witnesses and those involved in the crash to contact them. Heavy snow falling right now. This is northern california. Yeah, looks like folks there definitely going to have a White Christmas. This would qualify. Sideways snow. Thats coming down. This is interstate 80 in the blue canyon area of the sierra mountains. Anyone trying to make it across, you have to have tire chains. The area could wake up with two feet of snow on christmas morning. So if you were dream of a White Christmas, maybe that will christmas. Were going to have a warm christmas, pretty warm christmas around here, right . Yeah, not too bad. When we think back to last christmas, guys, our highs were around 70 degrees. Now, this year, a few degrees above normal, but were not talking about 70 degrees. Highs generally this weekend will be around 50. If youre visiting from out of town, welcome. I hope you enjoy your visit with family and friend. We will be dealing with a few showers around tomorrow morning. Before we get to the forecast, i want to continue with our theme of showing you amazing christmas and Holiday Light across the area. Jacketing us from oakdale to herndon. A lot of festive colors lights decorating the houses, and again, want to thank photojournalist jack for getting us this wonderful video all week long. Now, as we get you into the weather headlines, again, some showers around tomorrow morning. They move in before most of us are up, and theyll be moving out, i think as early as 11 00, maybe holding on to its dry for christmas day. And as you look to new years eve, its still looking dry, but it is looking cold. Wait until you see the numbers on the tenday forecast. Your forecast for tomorrow, again, rain around the Morning Hours. Nothing heavy, but i think it is going to be steady for at least a couple hours, and maybe a few hints of sunshine in the afternoon hours, and a high of 51 degrees. A little warmer than today. I want to get you into future weather. 5 00 a. M. , notice virtually all green on the map. Not a lot of pink. We had to go back into West Virginia just south of elkins, and that might be isolated areas of freezing rain. This is looking like a rain only event across the area, but everybody is seeing rain by 8 00 a. M. If you have travel plans tomorrow morning, youre getting lastminute shopping done, know you will be dealing with wet roads. Ac take it easy out there. By 11 00 a. M. , showers mainly east of 95, the white here plenty of clouds out there, and 3 00, clouds might start to break up a little are the numbers you can expect. You want the warm jacket. Around 6 00, chilly, not too bad. 49 degrees. If youre heading out later, by 9 00 p. M. , were in the mid 40s, and around midnigh, the low 40s. Well keep it dry with only a few clouds out there. Tomorrow evening, so all in all, the weather having low impact on the Holiday Weekend except for tomorrow morning. If youre putting luminaries out tomorrow, wait until the rain clears and know when it rains at your house, were not having another wave move back in. Midnight services again will be around 40 degrees, and im sure some kids are getting toys tomorrow, or i should say on christmas, that they want to test in the afternoon, so its looking good tfor that. They want a warm jacket but it will be just fine. As far as flights delays, saturday, maybe some delays in the Pacific Northwest and rockies. Christmas, the plains could see issues with snow in the northern plains, and further south, a potential for severe weather, but monday and tuesday, looking okay for flight e monday with plenty of clouds, and mild on tuesday, but maybe some showers around. Well talk more about new year eve and new years day at about 6 50. All right, see you then. Thanks. Taking from taxpayers. Tonight, the news 4 iteam reports on several new cases of federal employees swiping their government cards for personal gains. And they we