right now at 11:00, rain heading our way and record setting temps. what we can expect to see christmas eve. >> wreaking havoc and destroying proper

property. >> stores are packed tonight as shoppers pick up those final gi gifts. >> our rain has moved out for now. there's more on the way. >> check out that scene. we're expecting record setting temperatures tomorrow. doug joins us from the storm center. >> right now, the temperature has gone up 3 degrees. the record for today, wednesday is 71 degrees. we're only 5 degrees shy of a record right now. 66 at 11:00 at night in december, 70 towards richmond. extremely warm air. that's the reason we've seen so much rain and moisture in the atmosphere and seen activities earlier. you can see rain out and some locations picking up over an inch and a half of rain and there is more rain to the south. nothing around our area now. dry for the next few hours. down south we're watching this area here and watching what

happened to the west. every single one of these, a tornado report today and tornado outbreak in mid-december. that system making its way. i'll show you what to expect now and at christmas coming up in just a minute. here at the live desk, we're getting an update with severe storms the one doug showed us ripping through the south. look at 14 tornadoes that tou touched down in mississippi. those are storm chasers getting a look at one of the twisters that went across tennessee. it killed six people in the states and we're getting a sign of damage. the winds were so strong they tossed trucks around the highway. neighbors are sending in pictures of homes torn apart or blown away. the mayor at clarksville said he has seen horrific damage.

there is concern strong winds could turn things into projectiles. >> out of southeast d.c. police are on the scene of a major crash involving two vehicles on naylor road. that's where we find jackie bensen with details. >> reporter: jim, we're told at least two people have very serious injuries. tow trucks here to move the cars. the video we have to show you, you can see from looking at that video that there was a lot of force involved in this accident. terrible terrible damage to these two vehicles and very serious injuries. we do not know in which car the most seriously injured were. d.c. police are investigating. there's a possibility one of the drivers of one of the vehicles did not remain on the scene. that's what we're looking into right now. this is also a metro bus route,

very heavily used metro bus route. metro is watching the cleanup and removal of the vehicle so they can hope to open this road again. right now, an investigation under way after a serious crash in the 2700 black of naylor road southeast earlier this evening. two people and we understand one in critical condition, the other also we are told has very serious injuries. we don't know if they're men or women and as i said, an investigation under way. live in southeast washington, jackie bensen. four people face first degree murder charges for a man found in a shallow grave in gaithersburg. found dead at the great seneca park. two of the teens that committed the crime face charges for the shooting death in gutierrez

cruz. someone shot his body in a wooded area of the mall last month. both murders were gang related. it has been a miserable wet holiday get away day. and hopefully it will get better. at the airports, there were thousands of delay s across the country. just a handful. reagan national just 17 cancellations at dulles and only two at bwi marshall. >> it was a dash walk to the train with a lot of power out at the station and leaving people without any light and amtrak said no trains were delayed by this power outage and the power is on tonight.

download our washington app and we will keep you updated on travel problems. >> if you're headed to the airport tomorrow, don't be surprised if you're asked to go through a full body scanner. in the past, you could ask for a full body pat-down in stead. security is tight in the wake of the attacks in paris and san bernardino. the machines can defect metallic and non-metallic objects that a pat-down might miss. >> if you haven't finished your holiday shopping yet, you have a lot of company. time is running out. one day to get the gifts under the tree in time for christmas. shomari stone is at the mall where there are plenty of last minute shoppers seeking out the last minute deal. >> reporter: people are trying to get a good deal. people are buying a whole bunch of items in d.c., maryland, d.c., trying to get last minute deals and last minute shoppers and here at westfield montgomery

mall at times it was a frenzy. >> there are definitely a lot of people doing last minute shopping. >> daniel waited until the last minute to do christmas shopping. he's been so busy at work he hasn't wrapped gifts. >> it was a two hour wait to get my gift wrapped and it was crowded. >> reporter: they are expecting even bigger crowds on christmas eve. some people admitted they waited because they're procrastinators and others on a tight budget and waited for this week's paycheck. some shoppers say they have an excuse to do that last minute shopping and believe they're getting last minute deals. >> i finally have time to shop. >> what are you getting? >> i got everyone almost squared away, a few more things for some family members. >> reporter: some stores offered 25-50% off.

as far daniel, he got his deal and has no regrets after waiting two hours for gift wrapping. >> i love christmas. my favorite time of the year. >> i love christmas, too. westfield montgomery mall is closed. it will open tomorrow. there are some stores 24 hours opened up until christmas. i have to be honest, i still have to do christmas shopping. i haven't bought one gift or a card. there's always tomorrow, christmas eve and hopefully i will get this assignment tomorrow morning so i can get it done while i work. live here in not bethesda, shomari stone, news4. >> there you go. thank you. first on four, an undercover law enforcement agent busted in a sting involving a 14-year-old boy. police arrested tobacco verkt paul kerry at the mall. kerry is suspected of having inappropriate sexual contact with the boy and he was arrested

after a detective pretended to be the child and arranged a meeting. >> he is a long term detective with arrest powers. >> i assu-- he assumed the iden of the victim and had inappropriate contact with mr. kerry. >> they're trying to see if the had contact with other children. a man who was selling edible marijuana plans to resume business tomorrow. he appeared in court today. he thought he found a way around the law by giving away marijuana laced brownies and gummies in exchange for donations but police arrested cunningham after he sold undercover officers edibles and bags of marijuana. a new report says the secret service didn't do a thorough security review after a man fired shots at the white house

four years ago. in 2011 oscar ortega fired shots from constitution avenue and eight shots hit parts of the building and they failed to do an after incident investigation. it is important for future security and they today have just completed that investigation. today, saluting six service members killed in a taliban attack this week. >> to serve something greater than themselves. >> those troops paying their respects in front of six empty pairs of boots. on monday, a suicide bomber drove his motorcycle into a nato patrol and set off his explos e explosives. it was the deadliest day for american troops in afghanistan since 2013. >> hackers may have gotten access to your credit card information. if you checked in at one talk

hotel recently. hyatt hotels announced today it discovered malware on computers used for payment processing at its hotels on november 30th. the company didn't say why it waited three weeks to alert the public but did say it's investiga investigating. hyatt said customers should monitor account statements and check charges. >> i protesters causing disruption for travellers and shoppers. m elraated to get the treasure back. >> lost and found and a search that spanned several states and thousands of miles. an early gift for music lovers this week, less than an hour where you can hear beatles tunes for free. in less than an hour we can see record high temperatures going up and we'll talk much more about that. the rain chances and temps co coming up. i'm melissa with your

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a black lives matter activist said the nation's largest shopping mall was used as a decoy for a protest at the international airport. the protesters wanted to bring attention to a shooting of a black man. they temporarily cut security lines down but now back to

normal. they arrested 15 people. something lost long ago now found by the strangest of circumstances. melissa walked us through with a reunion that ended right here in our area. >> the search for an owner of a ring ended several years ago and spanned several states. it ended in a reunion thanks to one letter that started it all. >> my grandmother, dorothy parks, found this on a table in tennessee in the 1990s. >> the letter handwritten. >> before she died she asked me to find the ring's owner. >> reporter: addressed to someone or any in gaithersburg, with a love for mystery. >> the ring is 10-karat gold from 1951. >> reporter: there were some clues with a graduation date and initials inside. >> i was able to come upstairs

to the media center in high school and pull out the yearbook and do research. from my good graces, there was only one person who fit the initials rno. >> reporter: raymond neal owens, class of 1951 known as "shorty," and president of the education foundation wrote a letter online explaining to owens junior in maryland. >> i was crying like a baby. i broke down. it was just so amazing. >> reporter: shock and tears, neal reunited with his late father's ring. raymond passed away in 2012. >> i had no idea it was lost. searching through old photos, i actually found an iteniary of this trip. >> reporter: an iteniary of that 1993 trip to tennessee, the trip when that ring must have been lost. >> it brings back a lot of really good memories of all the

things he taught me. >> reporter: an unexpected reunion. >> there are so many things that could have happened. it could have been pawned or thrown in a drawer and forgotten about. >> reporter: a new friendship. >> it was so nice to be able to give this back. >> reporter: a momento neal never knew about that now means so much. >> i'm so happy to have that as part of my dad now that i can carry with me the rest of my life. >> reporter: in gaithersburg, maryland, melissa, news4. >> so happy for him. move over, adele, christmas is coming early for music lovers. tonight, you'll be able to stream beatles on a range of apps including spotty fi and google and more than 17 albums included. you may recall the fab four held off allowing digital downloads

from itunes until 2010. it's a not just premium members and you won't have to pay to listen. yeah. so this is christmas. >> yeah. >> good one. >> a nice deal. it doesn't feel much like christmas, doug. it's wet and nasty. >> i saw earthworms today on my way in. >> it is muggy and this is not right. >> usually this time of year we have frozen ground. we're not talking about that tonight. we have temperatures rising. currently at 11:00, we could be close to 70 at midnight here tonight. those southwest winds have ki kicked up 66 degrees. winds at the southwest 9 miles an hour. i mentioned 70. we will come close to that in d.c. and the record is 69. we could break a record today. 68 in fredericksburg and 11:00 at night in mid to late december, it is cooler back to the west of the blue ridge. 55 in winchester and 59 towards

lorraine. no rain to talk about right now. we saw a lot of it earlier, a lot of pausing on earlier roads and gw in parts of the region. and well over an inch and a half of rain and we even saw thunder and lightning with this. a lot of thunder and lightning in this area and moving on out. watching this area here and this area back to the west, this is the actual front making its way our way. out ahead of it, we will see a reformation of showers and storms during the day tomorrow. keep the umbrella handy. most of your christmas eve will be dry. i expect to see rain in parts of the region. notice showers and at 9:00 or 0 10:00, some enhancement of showers maybe a heavy downpour or two. that's why i want you to keep the umbrella and by 1:00 in the

afternoon and on the dry side and maybe an isolated shower in the evening. most of the area does look dry. keep the umbrella in the car just in case. lo waking up, possible fog across the region and warm temperatures. record warmth, highs in the 70s, record high is 69. we'll get there easily. and gusty winds up to 30 miles an hour, without the storms and with them we could be 50 miles an hour and we could be seeing gusts 20-30 miles an hour. 69 degrees coming up on saturday. pretty good chance of rain on friday. that's something you will be watching out for. if you have traveling to do, sprinkles possible early on friday, 67 around 11:00, 68 by 3:00, temperatures drop in the afternoon and we could see rain during the afternoon on christmas day. we're breaking this record, no

problem. let's break more records. i don't think so next week. i think temperatures cool 49 degrees monday. that will be a lot cooler and still above average. we go right back to 60 as we go towards the new year. the next five days have a good chance of seeing some shower activities. >> okay. we will, doug. thank you. coming up, with the battle for the division championship on saturday, why the redskins head coach says his t

all right, carol, wizards on a roll. >> a the love d.c. sports fans on the nice list. >> holiday wishes comine ining . five players with injuries including two starters and pl playing through pain. john wall suffering through knee and ankle injuries and bruised ribs. you'd never know it the way he came out against the grizzlies and looking fresh in the start and the rookie looking great in his start. and the big alley-oop with the polish machine humming. wizards up 11 at the break. check out perfect pass from wall. temple finishes, 33 points for temple and wall putting on a holiday show for those in

attendance and dudley, where are you? he drains it. 33 in his last two games, wall also can score four straight double-doubles for him. the guy is incredible. 3 of his 14 points here. wizards beat the grizzlies, 100-91. playing really well right now. do that say that in front of martin gar that. >> -- martin gortat. i don't want swagger and talking how good we are. we don't need that. we talked about it before the season and ended up being a .400 team. >> so they're back, baby but zip it. >> redskins sums up the beauty for them and predicted to finish dead last in throwing. the burgundy and gold has given the fans respectability and on the doorstep of the playoffs.

back to work. the holidays have to wait and skins practice all week and travel christmas day to philly and saturday night late with eagles the biggest day for redskins. coach gruden candid today what has fueled this team all along. >> a lot of doubters and haters have negative things to say about this franchise and this team. you should take it personally. this is their job and what they're paid to do. we have a lot of pride in this locker room. for people to give us no respect whatsoever is insulting. it is a motivational tool. i'd be stupid to think of that. it is what it is. we have a long way to go obviously but we're proud of what we've done so far but we have a long way to go. >> every week, long way to go. are we there yet? are we there yet? so it's been a fun ride and we

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it's a christmas tradition at this point. santa has made another appearance on the niagara river. on this exact date since 1985, john fulton also known as the surfing santa has been raising awareness of homelessness.

he's done that by surfing the icy waters of the niagara river, not too far from the niagara falls. he makes the 3 mile long journey standing up in a specialized cold water

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