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. Responding metropolitan Fifth District officers asked him to drop that knife. He reportedly refused and at some point at least one officer opened fire, striking hall in the chest area. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. His mother now questioning the level of force used. I feel like they could have tased him. They could have did a lot of other things than just kill him. And Police Report a knife was recovered on scene. That officer who opened fire is now on administrative duty per department policy. Back in to you. All right. Thank you very much. A Major Investigation is underway into why a Russian Military plane crashed, but terrorism is no longer being 92 people were on board the plane when it went down this weekend. They are all believed to be dead. In russia, vigils are happening in moscow and sochi. Also a national day of mourning there. Russias transportation minister said pilot error or a technical problem likely caused the crash. Rescue teams are trying to find all the wreckage from the plane and looking for any survivors. Again, they dont think there are any. A lot of us will be humming George Michaels music today. The pop star died suddenly yesterday. He was only 53 years old. Today there will be an autopsy to figure out how he died. Our partner station from new york shows michaels rise and how people are remembering him now. Last christmas i gave you my heart. It sounds so much of suspected heart failure. Dont let the sun go down on me his publicist says he was not sick. His death is unexplained but not suspicious. Outside 30 rock on christmas night, George Michaels fans are mourning the loss of a legend. Sad. I used to sing that song all the time. That was our song during the holidays. I love his voice, a beautiful nice person. I got to think twice a sound track of the 80s. His first solo album faith sold 20 million copies. He founded the pop duo wham with his high school friend. But michaels fame skyrocketed artist. His provocative music videos were hits on mtv only adding to his popularity. He began speaking publicly about being gay in the late 90s after Los Angeles Police charged him with lewd conduct in a public rest room. He was a strong activist for gay rights and aids research. He also struggled with drugs facing several highly publicized arrests. People around the world are mourning for george michael. There was an outpouring of emotion online. Take a look at some of the posts were seeing. Ricky says unbelievable. Actress and comedian margaret cho, a lot of people to be thinking about in sort of in the entertainment world this time of year. Its the thought that counts when it comes to the gift but sometimes that gift especially when it comes to clothes might need to be returned or exchanged. Here are some times you might want to know about today. Walmart will open up at 6 00 this morning. Target opens about an hour later and then most of the malls in the dmv will open between 8 00 and 9 00. You can look on our app for specific times. And heres Something Else to keep in mind for today. Dont expect to check the mail. Stay inside where its warm. The u. S. Postal service is closed in observance of christmas which is a federal holiday. It fell on a sunday this year. Only Priority Mail express will tomorrow. As christmas comes to a close the start of qukwanzaa ge underway. This is video from a kwanzaa celebration held last year. Today there will be a celebration at the four Walls Education Center in d. C. At 5 30 this afternoon. The celebration will even have performances from the kunba kids and the west African Dance company. Also being celebrated through january 1st is hanukah. Last night hundreds of people attended the National Menorah lighting in d. C. It was held near the white house. Its being called the worlds biggest menorah. The ceremony included music, dancing and the menorah is next to the National Christmas tree which is also attracting holiday visitors from around the world. President elect donald trump will wake up this morning at his estate in florida with his inauguration now holidays there holding several meetings. He and his wife attended Christmas Eve mass on saturday. He also announced he will close his foundation before he takes office. Edward lawrence will have details on that a little later this hour. President obama spent part of his christmas calling troops from around the world. He called one member of each branch to thank them for their service. They thanked the troops in person on sunday at a Marine Corps Base in hawaii. And for those u. S. Soldiers who werent home for the holidays they spent christmas with their military family. Soldiers at an iraqi army base had a traditional christmas dinner. About 5,000 soldiers are in northern iraq. Vice President Joe Biden could be staying in the district after his successor is sworn in. Biden told the l. A. Times that hes planning to live after january 20th. He says the decision is quote, largely driven by family. Biden says his wife will continue to teach at Northern VirginiaCommunity College where she has been an english professor since 2009. It is one of the busiest travel times of the year. Chuck is tracking what you can expect as family and friends return home. Good neighbors spreading Holiday Cheer. The unique surprise that came right to the door. Reporter a police and fire response outside a home in Prince Georges County right now a winter storm continues to make its way across the upper midwest. A White Christmas was brought to that region. Some parts of the state were blanketed by as much as 18 inches of snow. Blizzard conditions have made it almost impossible to get around on the roads. Slippery out there. Low visibility causing a lot of accidents and shutting down major interstates. And treacherous conditions because of snow and ice in arizona also. Some highways had to be shut down there after multiple accidents sent cars skidding off the road and into each other. Flag staff got 10 inches. Chuck bell, folks around here want toet doing a little shopping, returning, what do you say . I say on the whole, weather will be quiet for today. A lot of clouds in our sky now and they will be with us all day long today. Not expecting anything in the way of heavy rain but there could be a little patch of drizzle from time to time. Temperatures are near 40 now. Wont see a jump in temperatures buzz of all the clouds in place. Just enough colder up to our north here. If your driving plans will take you northbound into the keystone state there could be a little freezing drizzle up there over the next couple of hours but around here, mainly cloudy skies and temperatures near 40. A little peak already at new years eve weekend. New years eve day will be dry and temperatures only near 40 degrees by 11 00 new years eve night, a lot of clouds around, should be dry as we go into new years eve itself, but well have the whole fiveday forecast coming up. But n everything is going just perfectly on a monday. Oh, i almost wish i could make that come true. Now things going to change, but the good news right now everything is wide open on 95. The beltway is quiet. Inner, outer loop, nothing to report even getting there, but the wrinkle is now in beltsville, southbound on rooth 1. A trash truck and another vehicle involved in a crash. The southbound lanes of route 1 closed. More details coming up quickly, but southbound lanes route 1 blocked powder mill road with an accident. Back to you. Thank you. 5 14 now and weve shown you some of the damage but were getting a new look inside the city of aleppo in syria now. They show neighborhoods completely ruined there. Parts of the city just rubble now. Syrias civil war has been going on for five years. The Syrian Government took complete control of aleppo last last week ice attack in berlin says more investigation was needed over who could have aided anis amri in the attack. His nephew spoke to the Associated Press and later was arrested himself on friday. Officials suspected him and two others. The 18yearold told officials that his uncle recruited him add asked him to pledge allegiance to isis which he did. We told you about the atlanta man who was too sick to put up his christmas display. His neighbors decided to bring him some Holiday Cheer. They celebrated with music. Carlers stopped by yesterday to put on a show there. He was recently diagnosed with cancer. He told news 4 he was too weak to put up all his lights and decorations this year. It was the first time in three decades he did not decorate. He says he is overwhelmed by the support hes received. I know a lot of people like it and i know they enjoyed it, but i never realized how deep it was and how how much people really did enjoy it. He does plan to put up the display next year when he is feeling better. He says local firefighters have also offered to help him. I love that story. Bigger and better next year with all that help coming in. Two brothers in Prince Georges County have been receiving acts of kindness from a First Responder who helped save their lives. How that First Responder made sure those little boys got to enjoy a Merry Christmas after a terrible attack. Reporter a moment like this, kids opening presents on christma all over the world but this moment almost didnt happen. Im happy to see that they are doing much better than the night that i saw them. Reporter a little over a month ago, the brothers were fighting for their lives. Theyd been stabbed by their father during a domestic incident. Medic lieutenant Pamela Graham was among those that responded to that call. It troubles First Responders. Of course we always think it cant be right. So it was indeed. Reporter grahams response didnt end at the hospital. She befriended the children and their mother. They recovered from the trauma of that day. We talk frequently. Shes a really good person. Reporter this Christmas Celebration was a grand idea. She opened the home for them all and invited a few friends from work. The man in the red suit was in the call center when the 911 call came in. The hardest thing is no hard for us to ever find out the outcome. Reporter the outcome here is easy to see. Today the boys biggest challenges, trying to decide what to play with. Im happy. Im excited for them. Im grateful. Just to see them happy and healthy. Thats the main thing. No high five. Give me a hug, santa. I love the way the one little boy just held on to santa like that. So sweet. Nice to see people open up their hearts especially in case like this. 5 18 is our time now on this monday morning and i would imagine some people have to get up and go to work today. Oh, we did. Right . Yeah, someone had to do it. Right . Thats right. I was talking to my mom down south for christmas er sleep in tomorrow . I said no ive got to go to work. Arent you starting later than usual . No, thats not the way it works around here. Get out of bed and get to work. But were happy to be here to plan your day as well. Hopefully you enjoyed your Christmas Day as well. Its a little light rain here across parts of chicago and down to st. Louis. This is pulling a lot of warm air northbound along with it. So tomorrow with all that moisture and warm air coming our way well be up to near 60 degrees tomorrow. So a mild day coming your way on your tuesday. For right now were all above freezing around our area. But once you go north this shading is a precautionary tale of what could be pockets of freezing rain or drizzle in parts of pennsylvania. So if youre driving that way, be careful. Around here, not much showing up on radar. A little mist and drizzle from time to you plan it out. Not much of a rain chance but theres a little chance of drizzle late this afternoon. Maybe a little drying early this evening and another chance for rain coming our way for tomorrow, but tomorrows rain chances mostly between 3 00 in the morning and lunchtime. Just cloudy here in washington, temperatures up near 40 degrees. 41 in fredericksburg so were in the upper 30s to near 40. Highs today upper 40s to near 50 with just a little drizzle around. Rain chances in the front half of the day. A mild finish tomorrow afternoon. Break out the short sleeves. Up near 60 degrees. Cold and breezy on wednesday. Then friday, cold and dry once again. Lets go over to wtop and talk to jack taylor and see how hes doing on a monday. Good morning. Its beltsville its a problem. Southbound route 1 down near powder mill , trash truck and a car were involved in a crash. This may turn out to be with Police Direction possibly getting by using a northbound lane. Not sure again with volume on scene what theyre going to do with traffic so be aware if this is a normal path of travel for you this morning. Also some trouble out on braddock road going eastbound putting it near cliffton street. Authorities should be arriving on scene here. By the map its very green, were very quiet, kind of Holiday Light and well see if we can keep it that way. A close call as officer is sure to rememr the splbe jess it hey look, its those guys. [music] jess are you good to drive . Shawn im fine. Jess how many did you have . Shawn i should be fine. Jess you should be . Officer go on and step out of the vehicle for me. Bud see ya, buddy. Good luck so, it turns out buzzed driving and drunk driving, theyre the same thing and it costs around 10,000. So not worth it. Theres a good chance you may have seen this video because its been viewed more than 2 tenyearold Caylee Rogers here singing hallelujah. She has autism and adhd. She attends a school dedicated to children with special needs in northern ireland. Well, it was a close call for a deer that was trying to get across a snowy road in oregon. It came dangerously close to being hit by a police cruiser. There he is. Right over the hood. So close. Jumped at the last second there. The dash cam catching the animal coming across the road. The deer made it safely to the other side. Thats like me every day driving to work. The car or the deer . There are so many deer in my neighborhood. Insane. Its scary. And this is when i was first starting to drive and i just kind of hit the i hit it in the butt. I hit the back of the deer. He just sort of trotted off and i hope she made it. You dont know. 5 25 now. The kids have opened their gifts and now its time to say thank you in writing. Etiquette experts still agree that actually writing and sending you thank you notes goes a long way when teaching children about gratitude. If your child cant write yet, the experts say that you can write the note, but then ask the child to scribble or draw on the card, which is always cute. Signature. Right . Yeah, i always explain to my daughter like what we talk it out and then i write it. All right. So were waking up to temperatures in the 40s this morning but were in for a major change later this week. Chucks updating the four things to know about the forecast. 25 days to go until donald trump takes the oath of office. The next challenge for his administration as time runs thin. The Holiday Shopping rush is far from over. Why you may have a harder time returning or believe there are still more amazing sights to this season. Believe that there are some wonderlands that are in your reach. And believe that this will be your best holiday ever. At nemacolin woodlands resort, we believe in helping you make memories that last a lifetime. Book your Holiday Package now at nemacolin. Com. Now at 5 30, remembering george michael. Tributes from around the world as the music icon suddenly passed away. A deadly officer involved shooting in the district. What police are revealing about the deadly confrontation. Plane in pieces. The new clues in what sent a Russian Military plane crashing into the sea. Just about 5 30 now. Good morning, everybody im aaron gilchrist. And im kristen wright. I hope everybody had a lovely christmas. Its the day after now. It is the day after. Im still living in it. Some people trying to get back to normal so we go to something thats kind of normal, chuck bell, in the Storm Team Weather center. Kind of normal. Its the something instead of someone that worries me a little bit. Four things to worry about. Lots of clouds outside for this morning. Not much rain expected our way but i couldnt rule out a period of drizzle from time to time but by and large youll be unaffected by the weather today outside of the dampness today. A chance for rain early tomorrow, but tomorrow afternoon up near 60 de