in the overnight hours, lingering to tomorrow. christmas eve will start off with wet weather but it will be in the form of rain showers, not the snow that everyone would probably like to have for this time of years ago and we're going to deal with that overnight and into the first part of tomorrow. so any plans that you have after the midnight hour tonight you're going to have to grab your umbrella and definitely keep it handy, overnight lows into the upper 30's and the low 40's. pretty much everywhere across the board, a little cooler to the north and northwest and as always, cloudy skies, planner, 7:00 p.m., 43 and by the time we hit 11:00, 41, keep your eyes on the skies for the rain. seven-day coming up later, before a you to. new tonight in fairfax county. police are investigating two homicide they believe are linked. however they have no suspects. alexandra limon is live in berk where police tell us they're working as quickly as possible to develop leads.

body of the second victim was actually spotted by a homeowner. he hold police he was looking through a window and saw a woman leaning against the tree but she wasn't moving, and when fairfax fairfax investigators got here, they indeed confirmed she was dead. it happened in the unfenced yard of this home here at the end of the cul-de-sac. they do not think there's a connection between the victim and the home. what fairfax county tell us they think it is linked to a homicide that happened in springfield last night. take a look at this map. because while one of these homicides happened in springfield and the other here in berks, they're only about a mile or so away from each other. here's what went about the two homicides so far. the victim found last night was a 22-year-old man named

found dead inside his home suffering from some sort of trauma but police haven't figured exactly what type of trauma it is that killed him. as far as the woman, who was found early this morning, she's 22 and her name is tedest. police say they're not ready to reveal what it is they know the two homicides are linked. >> we have almost all of our homicide squad out here, we have crime scene detectives out here, we have an investigator from the medical examiner's office, and they have divided up both teams to work diligently through the details to find out what circumstance are surrounding that that may be dealing in these cases and who could possibly be involved. >> reporter: police are also asking for neighbors, anyone who lives in the areas where these victims were fnd

them, if they saw or heard anything suspicious last night or this morning, because again, at this point, they have no suspects, information. reporting in berks, alexandra limon fox 5 local news to prince george's county now, where an investigation is underway into a deadly police shooting in capitol heights. it happened yesterday morning, officers were sent to check on a suspicious car parked on buyers street. who men sleeping inside, officers tried to wake them up. investigators say one of the men terrance thompson junior pointed a gun. the officer shot and killed thompson when he refused to put down his weapon. other man in the car, alvin young tried to run from officers but quickly captured. investigators release photos of guns found inside of the vehicle. month officers were hurt. we're told the officer who shot and killed thompson has been on the force for a year and a half. take good look at this surveillance video. dc police need your help in identifying two persons of

interest in a robbery. it happened tuesday afternoon at the red ballet cleaners on p street northwest. the suspects went behind the counter, stole money from the cash register. an employee confronted the suspects but they got away. no one was hurt. if you recognize them call police a gift from the past just in time for christmas. one local man was reunited today with a keep sake from his high school glory years thanks to facebook. fox 5 helped play santa. an lee hemphill has that story. >> reporter: this sat in an antique shop nearly three years. today, we're going to help deliver it >> it sat here until about two weeks ago. >> reporter: a high school student won his baseball trophy but it was recent spotted in antique shop three counties away. >> my vendor found

statesville about three years ago. >> reporter: kelly part low owner of it's bizarre said a customer showed interest in in minding the name on the plagre que. he posted it on the i grew up in ashlike fake page and it created a buzz >> i'm getting phone calls and next thinning you know, we're getting several phone calls, asking if people wanting to purchase a trophy, and finding mr. funk houser. >> reporter: after several offered to pay the 48 bucks to buy it. part low decided to put it aside and giver it away for free if he was ever tracked down. well, the wakefield high school education foundation announced found these photos in their database. he still lived in arlington. so fox 5 decided to make a special delivery in time for

christmas. >> mr. funk houser? i think we have something for you. all right? trophy there. i haven't seen that for a long time >> half a century since larry played baseball for wakefield high school but seeing this trophy made it seem like yesterday. >> it's basically for sportsmanship. i was kind of in the, you know, in the running for athlete of the year but john hummer got that >> a forgotten baseball trophy collecting dust gets its time to shine thanks to the kindness of strangers. >> funk houser is a name people don't forget. in arlington, an lee hemphill. . i love funk houser is a name you never forget and clearly he will never forget this happened. >> tracked them down. in a little room in the basement of a building in the tough part of the district, there was holiday magic today. fox 5 paul wagner has that story for us now.

>> reporter: the invitation said dress code pajamas and in pajamas they came. a holiday party designed for nothing but fun. >> some of them might not have christmas they might have christmas but we just want to give something extra because they deserve it. >> reporter: nimble hands and icing a ginger bread house was made and a few tables down marvin gay with the mayor of office of safer stronger dc community partnerships had them stacking cookies. kimberly howard came with her 6-year-old son >> he's like mommy i have to wear my pajamas. he said yes, we have to wear our pajamas. it's christmas >> the police were there, fifth district officers pitching in to buy the children puzzles. bags of them. >> it means a lot because a lot of the parents are unemployed and the kids are really not

so this is a blessing for them. >> reporter: that's where these men come in. metro track workers took up a collection and raised hundreds of dollars to buy toys for 40 girls and boys. >> i was exciting. made me one big kid again. gavin pitt grew up here in the apartments and said he wanted to give back. >> we asked for donations for all the employees that work in the track department. and safetrack and in the maintenance department. we came together and were able to raise $1300 >> which paid for two gifts for every child at the party. and so we leave you with this. it's all about the giving. paul wagner, fox 5 local news >> i love seeing their faces as they're tearing open the paper. it was a tragic incident that left a virginia teen without a foot and part of his leg after a blast

park >> investigators are getting the public involved. the president-elect watching a arm race over twitter, what donald trump tweet that day could shed light on his nuclear policy. getting citizens ship into the united states got more costly. . let us know what your favorite christmas song is using the #fox 5 christmas. this song goes out to mark richards who wrote my favorite song is let me know for the holidays because my son is able to come home for the first time in three years. #happydad. be right back. k.

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. official to say trying to figure out little bit beeian hijacking. they diverted the jet and took hostages, fortunately it ended without incident. crew was sent free after hours of negotiation. five crew members including the pilot could be seen leaving the jet with one of them carrying a green sw

man wearing a tan suit believed to be one of the hijackers walked out afterwards and raised his hands as if surrender. two hijackers were threatening to blow it up. a major development in germany. he was killed in a shoot-out in italy overnight. the shoot-out happened when police on routine patrol stopped amry and he pulled out a gun, he plowed a truck no a christmas market monday at least 12 killed and dozens hurt. they're trying to figure out if he carried out attack alone. following the attack in berlin, the rock band one public is standing up. the banally charitable donation good live donated

germany nonprofit that helps victims of crime. one visited the night before the attack. they hope the money donated will help rebuild the lives those affected. five months since an explosion went off closer to home in our area in central park injuring a virginia teen, who planted the device remains mystery >> a huge reward is up for grabbing for anyone who has information about that. police are offering $25,000 to anyone who may have photos or videos from the scene. the 19-year-old from fairfax stepped on a him made explosive device hidden in rocks at the park. it happened during the 4th july weekend. he lost his left foot and left leg. >> it will now cost you a little more to apply for sis sin ship in the united states. they increased application fees to

u.s. citizen ship said the fee is key in keeping the agency afloat. it's the only agency with dhs that is not funded by taxpayer dollars >> a new marriage trend. >> what they're hoping to protect and it's not their money >> in ikea it's begging its customers to stop sleeping in its stores even though one of the promotion mace be to blame. >> i didn't know that was a thing. find out who's behind this viral hip center nativity scene, complete with a selfie taking mary and joseph and disciples and hover boards. >> that's pretty clever. dj is fitting the christmas tunes and she's going to teach you how to turn up the volume. music theme decore. use #fox 5 l

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who says your party had a has to be normal christmas carols >> music plays a big role when you're hosting people for the holidays it's a big deal. >> i think people don't think about it as their first thing, they're thinking about the food and coming over and cleaning up but they don't think about the music till last minute. it sets the tone. we're having tomorrow we're having a party at my house and my husband for past month has been looking at a play list. what's a good way to have

>> i try to think of everything like a d j . you want to walk into a fist pump. you're going to have five, six hours of people you're entertaining i think that you should slowly go into jazz, classics, soulful and build your play list and maybe depends on the crowd of people. >> that goes into it. >> absolutely. >> what else about the party, i know you have a little bit. you must do -- this is your thing for a living. you know how to throw a party. >> invitations this is important. get it message across but ask your guests what song they like and throw it into the play list. what songs do you like to cook to? what songs make you dance?

you don't want to see people dance or feel good. >> kind of like the whole wedding, chicken or fish >> do you like michael buble or michael jackson? they maybe can't stand here lot of the time and mix it. how do you really know what's it's best advice >> my recommendation is modify. i went on youtube and did a how to 11. how to play list. they have different charts, they have soulful, pop, anything. go with classic to soulful. put it in your play list. >> add delete, >> add your play list and you're

i like that song, why don't we use this? delete the things you don't like and add the things that you want >> then you can sandwich between play lists. >> then also the things that you actually like or you want a listen to. add it on to it. >> also important to make a backup list. >> because if people are coming to your party early or late or the vibe is stale. have a bullet-proof list. you want to have a mellow crowd, people are -- anyone want to do shots or maybe they had a little champagne before they got there. >> quite a christmas party. >> and if that happens, you may want to just go to fast forward on your play list. it's important to have had. >> ok. >> thinking about

it in clear ornaments and put it on the holiday tree. >> music themes. simple and shiek all the time. >> you're going to stay with us. >> i'm here taking request. >> everybody send us your favorite christmas song, fox 5 christmas twitter facebook. >> i have >> let me know your christmas favorites. i got so many i don't have to think about it. stick with a christmas you can have things that make you feel good. that's what it's all about. >> thank you, you're making us feel good. >> coming up stay with us we're talking politics with donald trump setting the stage for a fight with the legendry rock

kets? >> donald trump raising eyebrows after receiving a letter he received from vladimir putin >> a car crashs into a river. we'll tell you what happened with this scene straight ahead. the video striking the fda making strict rulings about the contents of makeup. what it means for your cosmetics. first a message from our troops. i'm agent chambers and i'm in afghanistan. just wanted to send a message back home to my beautiful wife in newport news. i hope you have a merry christmas. i miss i was lot and i can't wait to get home to meet our baby girl.

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the district police are investigating an suv that plunged into the anacostia river. it was discovered this afternoon along anacostia drive southeast. no one was inside the vehicle, thankfully but dc fire and ems officials searched for any possible victims. no one was found. more now about a nasty crash that involved two police cruisers, it happened around 10:00 last night on alabama avenue southeast. it's unclear what caused the accident. two officers were hurt and taken to the hospital for treatment. we're told the officers are expected to be ok. traffic was a mess while police investigated what happened. we're following breaks news out of hole. star wars star cary fisher is reportedly in critical condition after

attack while flying from london to la. the 60-year-old actress was returning home from a stop on her book tour. sources say she went no cardiac arrest about 15 minutes before the plane land the. fisher well-known for her role as princess lea pushed an auto biographer recently president-elect trump is once again stirring the pot and raising questions about his relationship with russian president vladimir putin. he praised the leader and shared a christmas letter. it's in part i hope after you assume the position of the president of the united states we will be able to act in a constructive and pragmatic matter and restore the frameworks in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration on the international scene to a qualitatively new level. the president-elect called the letter nice and says putin's thoughts were so

trump comments come just day after he scene tweet that hind the united states might expand its inaccurate capability >> they're causing some concern as you can imagine. it would signal a major change in u.s. policy. over the past 40 years, the united states tried to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons, not increase it. the russian leader issued a similar statement yesterday saying months psychowants to strength its nuclear capability. a spokesman is clarifying the tweet. saying if other countries boost their nuclear arsenal, the united states will not stand idly by. trump reportedly said he will welcome an arms brace the united states would win it. >> well, famous radio city rock keiths are booked to perform next month. at least one of the dancers is not happy with the decision, she went on an instagram rant saying she was embarrassed and disappointed to appear at the event. her post since been deled.

dismissed the so-called a list celebrities he claims are seeking tickets to the january 20th inauguration, saying he wants the people there instead. so far only a few entertains will be participating, the rode city rock ketys, several celebrities elton john and celine dion have reportedly turned down invitations the fda issued new suggestions to limit the amount of led in cosmetics we use every day. they say cosmetic products like lipstick, liners, eye shadow and shampoo should not contain more than ten parts per million of led. current do not have fda approval. according to environmental officials it can be toxic to humans and animals causing various health he shoulds. believe it or not future history

washington university will be able to graduate. it will give them a global lizing world. incoming history majors will be required to take at least one introductory course and u.s. history will still be available as an option. furniture retailer ikea is trying to change the course of its history. the company ran a promotion in australia inviting people to sleep over in its stores, the practice continued in ikea locations around the world and the company says enough is enough. it no longer wants these sleep overs takes place. they've happened about ten times over the past year. and ikea wants its customers to stop it. >> there have been viral videos with teenagers that hide and when the store closes they come out and jumping on the beds, hanging out in the ikea overnight. >> they're saying enough is enough. >>

brilliant idea, maybe that wasn't such a wonderful idea trail. free nups are becoming more popular but more with millennial, not just protecting their money before they tie the knot. >> many of them are trying to protect the ideas. so millennial. according to experts, prenups are feisty times more popular today and that a 20's years ago. many said their millennial clients are hoping to protect the business ideas rather than the money they would actually make. attorney sal says it makes good legal sense >> you want to put all your cards on the table. you want to be able to protect what your value in the future. and in today's day and age, where the divorce rate is over 50%. you want to make sure just like any investment you have it's

>> it's like kim kardashian getting a piece of kanye west production. they're in love and together but if you get divorced, you weren't making those beats or sneakers. >> reporter: you're saying protect the beats >> more millenials are getting prenups, millennials tend to get married when they're older. let's check out this hipster spin on a traditional nativity scene. this is hilarious. it was created by brothers. they run anne oath novelty business. it comes complete with the three wise men carrying amazon packages on segways. mary and joseph posing for a selfie with baby jesus and a 100% organic cow enjoying gluten free grass. the nativity

hundred dollars with free delivery. i think -- you can't see it maybe i'm wrong, i thought joseph had a man bun. oh, well >> he probably does that too. if you're dreaming of a white christmas, you're out of luck this year. >> there are much milder conditions heading our way. . isn't that right, gwen >> absolutely. that's the one thing santa is not bringing is a white christmas, but he's bringing rain. that's what we're going to have. unfortunately for your forecast, get prepared folks, grabbing the umbrella and keep it handy, no snow in my forecast at all. we're going to be back with more details in your full seven-day forecast after the break. stay with us. happy holidays. ys.

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we're going to get to some. >> do you have favorites >> rocking around the christmas tree. >> any love the >> i love the mariah cary one, all i want for christmas. you're in it. i believe with you there. here are some favorites. her favorite is this chris. by donnie hathaway. then we have run, run, rudolf by the one and only chuck berry. love it >> i like that one. >> then we got little christmas tree,

baby. >> how about that one? >> i don't know. you know what? i actually -- i'm horrible at remembering songs until i hear them. i love that one, like that one, i do love santa baby. that is one of my favorites. i like the old traditional carols. at different category. thank you, gwen for saving me, there might be this little bit of coolness left: is we have clouds rolling in, you can see all the traffic there, as people start to get there, you know, get their travel on and get going and heads into

going to go. i was on the beltway earlier at about noon and it was bumper to bumper. i was like, oh, no. so that was a pretty good indication of what's happening. we're not getting snow but we are going to get rain, showers will move in and the first half of christmas eve is starting with rain as well. and no white christmas, but mild, some mild temperatures also once we get into next week. all kinds of things happening here. but we don't have much in terms of clouds. 42 right now as far as your temperature is concerned in dc. the 44s at baltimore. 45 at frederick, 42 at dulles, same at frederick, same at winchester. we do have a freezing rain advisory for the northwest and this is for the higher elevations, pen dell son, high land and this kicks in at 9:00 until 6:00 a.m. saturday. if this is the area, do be aware of that because definitely slick conditions on the road. we wil

tomorrow morning, really start to change, because the temperatures will warm up. this freezing rain will be some rainfall. temperatures nationwide, take a look at this real, real plunge here of colder air. the country, about three quarters of it within that, and let's take a look at where you might see some difficulty if you're doing any traveling at all. airport delays as far as the east coast is concerned. nothing happening. that's at least some good news there. elsewhere, let's interlock at some holiday travel destination, rain along the east coast. to the northeast we're looking at snow and wintery mix. we're seeing rain showers and flurries. northwest plenty of snowfall expected. great if you're going to ski. right along the coast all around to the gulf states rain. that's what we're talking about for travel for tomorrow. we're actually bracing for this fronl

overnight tonight, expect to see the rain starting to kick in. lingering into the first part of tomorrow. behind it, ridge of high pressure kicks in for christmas day. we're going to be under mainly cloudy skies christmas. let's take a look at the rain futurecast, here's 2:00 a.m. in the morning, once we get to 5:00 saturday. starts to fill in. here's 7:00, 8:00, if you have to go anywhere. 11:00 starts to move to the south, by 1:00 in the afternoon into the 5:00 period, we're looking at mainly cloudy skies and the wet weather out of the water. christmas eve, we're talking 40's, showers ending early in the afternoon, clearing skies and chilly and then for christmas day 50 degrees, we're talking cloudy. looks pretty nice, not bad. no snow for santa. here's a look at your planner for tomorrow. midday we still have the showers, by 4:00, mainly

40 degrees for your overnight low and tomorrow we're talking a high of 51, once we get thigh christmas eve. here's a look at that fox 5 seven-day forecast. once we get past the holiday weekend, tuesday can't rule out: we get to 54, temperatures rising look at this on tuesday, 60 degrees. unbelievable. gets warm, the roller coaster kicks in and cools down all over again. we're going to be talking about a lot more coming up. we're taking to the green with donald trump teeing off with tiger woods today. details coming up. brody has the spots headline. brody what's up >> here's what i'm bringing for redskins fan this holiday season, something they haven't had in a little bit. hope of making the playoffs. it's possible. i'll tell you how ahead in sports. ts.

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congratulations from trump after republicing from a 15-month layoff from competitive golf. trump is reportedly in florida on holiday vacation >> this makes now with president-elect trump three out of the last four presidents have played golf for tiger woods, the only one who didn't was w. he played with

and now donald trump. >> just a >> he had a lot going -- he had a lot going on and some other things >> yes, he was playing. >> how do we seamlessly transition out of that >> redskins >> something else that used to be good. >> sorry. >> i know you did. >> i'm going to be optimistic. this is the christmas season, i'm bringing optimism. in home alone. that's the guy at the counter, this is the season of perpetual hope and the spirit of the season of perpetual hope. i'm looking where all has been lost. for redskins fans hope of making the playoff, yes, they

saturday against the bears, 1 p.m. hard to have hope after the performance they put forth monday but there is optimistic news. ryan kerrigan looks like he's going to play in spite of an arm injury. the skins don't control their playoff destiny, if they lose, perpetual hope turns into watching the playoffs from home. >> shouldn't have to wait till week 16 to say ok, now i'm going to play hard, i think we have a majority of our guys have played hard. we understand that we have to play better. we have to coach better. and there's a lot riding on games. we want to bounce back from monday night football. it was just not an indication of what we're about >> week one to week 17, you know, you just feel like we got to get this one, you don't know what's coming down the road. >> which one we going to

>> demond and championship rings. here's the most likely scenarios. there are others but there are even more unlikely than these, got to win the last two. they're not eliminated. either need one tampa bay loss, they play new orleans, and either one of a greenbay loss one of their last few games or two detroit losses, play the cowboys and packers that might actually happen. they're a bit reeling, the redskins have to take care of their own side of business. this sunday on fox, we have the -- sorry, saturday, tomorrow on fox, we have the redskins game at 1:00. tampa bay plays. everyone is going to be saints fans on saturday >> i like what you said. don't focus on the other teams losing. focus on winning. >> they didn't take care of business monday, now they need extra help. if they take care of their side. a lot of crossing of

fingers. >> thank you, brody. retired nba player kobe bryant is a father again. look at this. his wife vanessa gave birth to her third child. that was born two weeks. she has two older sisters, 13 and ten, chris paul congratulated bryant. told him to keep trying until he has a boy. >> easy for him to say. >> bryant played for the lakers 20 years before retiring last spring, of course. >> looks like lot of work putting whatever that was together. >> swaddling, him >> you want kobe jeans in the nba. >> united feels so good. today, families came into town to meet up with their loved

just in time for the holidays. fox 5 was there for some heart warming embraces coming up next.

holidays can be emotional time. steve williams was at reagan national airport with a holiday peter was in full force. take a listen. >> are you guying prepared to do jingle bells and rudolf? that would be great. >> dashing through the note. in a one horse open sleigh. all the fields we go, laughing all the way. >> that's nice to be able to come here great big christmas tree. really gets me in the holiday spirit. ♪ ♪ >> wonderful

able to come and see my family, spend some time with my girlfriend, really looking forward to it. >> this is probably one of my most favorite gigs. it's just -- it's so fun to see everybody, you know, smiling and especially the kids dancing and jingling the bells. >> even if it's just, you know, within three versus of a christmas carol have a little bit of that stress melt away. ♪ ♪ >> handwriting the herald angels seening >> it's nice to look and see what's going on around and you a thought about what christmas is about. >> this is pretty nice. i didn't know i was able to come down and get a free photo dressed up

>> traveling today is been great. >> seems like everybody is in a holiday spirit. i'm in a holiday spirit. i'd like to pass on some cheer. ho ho ho. people are very nice, very nice, singing, singing merry christmas. very nice. answer this is fox 5 local news at 6:00. well, they say today is one of the busiest trave

millions are packing airports and holidays for the get away. it is good to have you with us at 6:00, i'm shawn yancy >> i'm sarah simmons, tony has the night off. mother nature could make it miserable. we're tracking the weekend storms, fox news correspond jonathan hunt starts us off with the mad rush at the airport. >> travelers can expect increased traffic this holiday season according to industry projections more americans set to travel than ever before. the american automobile association says more than 103 million people expected to travel. airports see long lines as passes arrive for check in. >> you can -- it's pretty nuts, 3040 minutes to get in and out >> our pilot was telling us it would be like another 20 minutes, he hasn't seen so much airplanes on went track. it took us awhile to get to our