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 ended up losing track of the driver. When the car continued speeding before slamming into three cars. This was on east capital street northeast on benning road. A juvenile man is expected to face charges. One person shot in falls church is expected to survive. Fairfax county police say the person was shot around 8 00 last night. Investigators are looking for a gunman dressed in black and ran towards Falls Church High school. We dont know if the victim is a man or woman. Police say they dont think last nights shooting was related to two other deaths in the county. We learn what police have uncovered in those investigations. Reporter the police are investigating the connections between the two murders and between theo they say these crimes are not random. The police are investigating two murders a little more than 12 hours apart. A 22yearold man found dead in his house in spring field and a 22yearold woman found dead behind these homes two miles away. Police say the crimes may be li linked. They appear to be known to each other. Reporter the first victim, a Northern VirginiaCommunity College student, a Family Member came home and discovered him murdered about 8 15 thursday night. Detectives went in and out of the home for hours gathering evidence and looking for clues. The next door neighbor heard loud noises in the home yesterday evening. I heard multiple bangs. It was loud to where you could almost feel it through the house, through the wood. Im sorry. Reporter a neighbor took the he would help me with groceries. He was very helpful. Reporter as police were investigating they got a call for a second victim, the body of a woman found in a backyard. They also had trauma to her upper body. A homeowner in this block 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. Reporter police tell me they dont have a lot of strong leads in these investigations. Anyone with information that could help is asked to call the Fairfax County police. News 4. Were following breaking news. Actor carrei fisher is in intense care after a heart went into cardiac arrest yesterday. Someone gave her cpr mid flight. She was rushed to the hospital when the plane landed. That is terrible news. She is 60 years old. Sources tell nbc news that shes not doing very well, but of course prayers can fix a lot of things. Its troubling, especially for a lot of folks who look at 2016, theyre reflecting on it and some consider it to have been a tough year and that includes actor mark hamil. He tweeted as if 2016 couldnt get any worse sending oall our love. Heres what some fans told us. Im a life long star wars fan. I grew up loving princess laia and its a terrible thing to happen. Im around the same age. Im 50 ys business to me. If you want to find out more, we have an extended interview with her last month and well send you any breaking news alerts when we learn an update about her condition. Turning to news internationally now, Vladimir Putin slamming Hillary Clinton and hes praising the attack against the former opponent. Putin said democrats were humiliating themselves by accusing russia of tampering with the u. S. Elections. Trump responded online by saying, quote, so true. U. S. Intelligence agencies believe russia did intervene in the u. S. Election to help trump win. Putin shooting down claims hes in an arms race with the u. S. Yesterday putin said he is not surprised by the president elt improve relations between the two nations once Trump Takes Office and trump is siding with ben min netanyahu. N n n trump says things will be different when hes president. Churches across the country are on high alert right now. A warning says isis supporters are talking about targeting churches. Federal investigators are looking into an online post that lists thousands of american churches, hotels and coffee shops. The post calls for an attack on those sites. The same warning was issued last year and the year before and there was not an attack but its important to stay vigilant. Experts stress this did not come germany is keeping extra security in place after that terror attack. The suspect that rammed the truck into a Christmas Market is dead but investigators say the threat is still high. Police are trying to figure out if the suspect had help when he was hiding. Officers shot and killed him. Italian police say he traveled through france from germany before they found him. Whiteouts and a White Christmas, were going to show you the treacherous Holiday Travel for some parts of the country sending drivers slipping and sliding. A prechristmas workout for old saint ni fight heartburn fast. With tums chewy delights. The mouthwatering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast. Tum tum tum tum. Chewy delights. Only from tums. Following this months deadly warehouse fire in oakland. Parents of Michelle Gregory and Griffin Madden are suing over their childrens deaths. 36 people died after flames broke out during an electronic music show. Their attorney is suing the owners and operators of the building and the city and county. They say this fire could have been prevented. Two men accused of hijacking a plane are in jail right now. They were arrested on the island of malta after they redirected a libyan flight. The men had a hand grenade and gun on them. The pilot said the hijackers were seeking political asylum in europe and wanted to get to rome, but the plane didnt have enough fuel to get them. 117 people were let off that plane safely and the men surrendered. If youre missing some Holiday Gifts head out to the malls, you might want to bring the umbrella. Were tracking how long rain will stick around. A little bear with a lot of explaining to do. The adventure that left a little girl we continue to see that rain out there right now, but not gonna have that rain all throughout the day. In fact, it is moving out of here just as quick as it came in. I do want to mention since it was a mess last saturday, temperatures are above the freezing mark right now nearing 40 degrees. Plain rain, but we know a lot of things going on today. Well time out when this rain will be out of here in about five minutes. Thank you. Check it out, its a White Christmas for some folks in northern california. The kids are loving it, but the drivers not so much. A snowstorm hit the smountain range and made treacherous driving conditions. In boise, idaho its messy there as well. Ice and snow are possible and drivers are urge d to stay off the ro appears to be on time at the airlines right now. 6 Million People are flying somewhere. Expect large crowds. Again crowded planes, crowded terminals and crowded roadways. As for the roadways, aaa says more than 2,300,000 people are going to be driving to their holiday destination this year. Thats for our area. Its set to be thousands more than last year. Make room on the roads. For those of you staying in town for the holidays, heres what you need to know about metro. Metro rail is going to be opening in about 45 minutes from now. 7 00 this morning. Theyll stay open until midnight today and tomorrow and monday. Mark will have saturday line Service Today and they will be closed today. There will be no vre service on monday. This weekend some of us, especially children, are going to be get hope they will cherish, right . Of course. Someone returned a teddy bear to an 8yearold girl. We see the reunion that captured the spirit of the season. Reporter elanore and teddy are as close as they can be. It makes me sad to be without him. Reporter back home in michigan after a family trip to texas she realized teddy was missing. Teddy through no fault of his own was lost. I made the promise that any mom would make to their little girl, i said i will do everything that i can to bring teddy home. Reporter from a posting on facebook, an old family friend made it his mission to track down the bear. Steven works at the detroit airport. He canvassed dtw where there on top of a t teddy. Luckily it was there. A christmas miracle. Reporter teddy thankful to be found helped steve at work all day. Steven sent pictures to she would know teddy wasnt lost. Teddy was having an adventure. Instead of her sitting at home worrying where the teddy bear was, she could look online. I saw teddy was in the cockpit. Reporter that evening steven brought teddy home. I am very happy teddy is home and back and i get to be with him again. Reporter joy is what happens when a girl and her bear are reunited. When its time for bed, who better to snuggle with. Bee bears are good that way. Thats cute. I remember leaving my comfort blanket in the Movie Theater and having to go back and get it. The moment you realize you lost that favorite thing. That ended last year for me. 6 19 is your time now. We now santa can down some cookies, right . Of course. What many may not know is that he gets a workout in before making that trek around the world for christmas. Hes going to be on the Potomac River water ski. Thats old st. Nick suffrfing t waves. Thats at 1 00 this afternoon. Prime viewing spots are along the waterfront obviously between king street and ranoca street. Good idea to get out there and check it out. Great weather too for it. Pretty nice for water skiing. I dont know if i would get in that water. What about absolutely. Its great viewing weather. We could have i wish we would have a White Christmas, but theres no chance of that happening. I wish we had a White Christmas, but we have the rain. The rain is moving out by this afternoon so by this afternoon were going to be dry. Most of our region. If you have errands to run later this afternoon, were looking better than we do this morning because that rain is continuing to move through here this morning. Just some showers, but its steady across the area. After lunch that rain moves out and were dry on Christmas Day. Temperatures around 50 degrees. Look at the temperatures out here right now. We have temperatures well above that freezing mark so were not looking at any freezing rain. Were not looking at sleet, just plain rain and thats whats represented in this green right now. A weak cold front passing through the area. Well continue to see that rain taper off as we go from the mid morning to the early afternoon. He snow up there in the buffalo region, otherwise weve got rain down here in southern california. Thats a rarity. Everybody else pretty dry across the united states. At 10 00 a. M. The Shenandoah Valley seeing the rain move out and 1 00 we are dry and we are clear through tonight and tomorrow morning. Youre going to wake up to a little bit of sunshine and well keep that sunshine through the day. This evening through midnight temperatures are going to fall into the low 40s. You wont need a heavy coat. We have your Christmas Day forecast that well time out with the tenday forecast coming up. A 6yearold sending her wish to the sky and hoping it would come true. The remarkable journey that one family has reason to cherish this holiday seon. That washe just a little warning for you, you can watch santas journey around the world with your kids. The tracker says santa is preparing the aerospace. The Space Command has been keeping track for 60 years. We have a link to their site on our nbc app. While your kids are waiting to hear the pitter patter of feet on the roof, new zealand is saying goodbye to christmas. Santa starts his day at the International Date line and then flies west. Thats right. Christmas under way in the South Pacific around 8 00 our time tonight. A balloon and a christmas wish. We hear a holiday story that will make you believe in miracles. Reporter this 6yearold girl had three wishes and a balloon. Im trying not to cry, but this is a christmas miracle. Reporter on the night after thanksgiving she and her 10yearold sister decided their letters would get to santa faster if they were flown there. I thought it would have come right back down. I never thought it would make where it did. Reporter four days later the letters carried by balloon landed 800 miles away. Dear santa, i want a tablet and light up shoes and a turtle. Reporter in indiana. I came in inside and he was yelling about going to get a dog. Reporter it wt a distance, it was a pink and purple princess balloon with the letter attached. It was right down there by where the ditch line is. Where it landed, that was pretty neat because ten miles north it would have landed in santa clause, indiana. Santa clause, indiana. This is crazy. This is a miracle. Reporter rachel decided to put her elf skills to work. To get her what she asked for was something we wanted to do for another family this year. Reporter on friday morning she had a special present under her tree from the big man himself. I received your princess balloon with your wish list. Reporter getting everything and more from one Pink Princess balloon. Im really a believer. Im a believer. This is a christmas miracle and i believe in miracles. This is real. I love that. Imagine the feeling of feeling like a miracle happened. Who knew there was a santa clause, indiana. Thats cool. Your time, 6 27. A live look at storm team 4 radar. Many of us waking up to light showers. We look ahead to the rest of your holiday weekend. Shes 17, but shes on the path to the pros. A man is dead and another person in custody after a multiple vehicle crash in northeast d. C. D. C. Police say the driver of a suspected stolen car took off from police and slammed into three cars. Star wars actress Carrie Fisher is in the hospital right now. Churches on alert. Warnings to churches and hotels this holiday. A post from isis supporters threatens thousands of potential sites. On this Christmas Eve saturday morning we welcome you back in to news 4 today. Good morning. A bit of a wet start for our chma thats okay because its the holidays. It is. I like how were in our holiday gear right now too. Feeling a little festive today. Lauren is festive as well. She has her red on. This wasnt planned at all so im glad that i wore the red but i didnt realize you were going to wear green and red so im glad were representing the holidays. Well represent the holiday and hopefully i have enough in the forecast where we can keep things dry for this afternoon. Looking good as we get into this afternoon. Thank goodness because weve got steady rain out there right now. That rain will continue to push from the west to the east and move out of here. Now it is plain rain. Were not looking at any snow, any ice, thank goodness, especially after last saturday. Those temperatures are well above freezing. So right around 40 degrees. We are going to time out that rain and let you know exactly whto tomorrow, time it hourbyhour coming up in a bit. Thank you. Developing this morning, one man is dead after a double shooting in southeast d. C. It happened on mount view place off of Martin Luther king avenue. Another man that was shot is being treated at the hospital. Police have not released a description of the suspect. Police are in having a crash in the busy part of old town this morning. This was tweeted out by police on henry street and the street is now shut down between prince and cameron streets for the investigation to continue. Were working to find out more details about the crash, namely how it happened and if anyone was hurt. Staying in alexandria right now, a man was sentenced to three life sentences in prison for murdering three people. That was in alexandria, but he could get a new day in court. His attorneys will argue for a they plan to say that he should have been tried for the murders separately. Theyll also argue there was not enough evidence to convict him. He was found guilty last november of killing three people over a tenyear span. A new train tunnel is in the district and its open for business. The virginia avenue tunnel is designed to speed up trains going between here and the midwest. Csx is widening the tunnel to allow two tracks and taller trains inside. Csx sent us this video of the first train going through the tunnel. So far only one phase of the project is complete. Phase two will finish in 2018. Shes 17 years old, but already on the path to becoming a professional tennis player. Alenna smith is among the top 100 junior tennis players in the world. I spoke with her before she begins her world tour i practice almost five, four hours a day. If practice makes perfect, she is well on her way to the top. My goal is to be number one in the world and maybe after this year well see if i can turn pro too. She can do everything. She has baseline, net, transition. She has the right temperament. Her coach has been with her since she was 4 years old. Youre supposed to be aggressive. It didnt take long for him to realize there was Something Special about alana. Shes in the top 500 and looking to play the grand slams and hopefully get a deal. For the last several years shes competed in tennis tournaments around the world, but becom