that lowe's chevrolet in 2015. >> rick: so familiar with this sight in texas. jimmie johnson. we'll have it when we come back.mated voice: to file a claim, please state your name. carnie wilson. thank you. can you hold on? hold on for one more day really? hey, i know there's pain. why do you lock yourself up in these chains? this would be so easy if you had progressive. our mobile app would let you file a claim and help you find one of our servivi centers where we manage the entire repair process. things will go your way if you hold on. [ sighs ] someday somebody's gonna make you wanna turn around and say goodbye. say goodbye

>> rick: coming up on nbc sn is nascar post race show. krista, kyle, d.j. two hours of coverage from what was an incredible finish at texas motor speedway between the two champions. one of them really needed the win here. standing by with kelli. >> kelli: afterr l lding 3131 laps this race, brad, whatat more could you have done at the end of it?

>> the 48 car had made the turn in the run and i couldn't keep the turn. i kept pushing real bad. he kept turning and turning. i did everything i wanted. he was way faster that last run. their team did a hell of a job. my team did a hell of a job. led 300 some laps. it wasn't our day for them to favor us. still a lot to be proud of with the wurth ford fusion. u know, we'll have a great shot of winning nextweek. we really needed to win this one but i know i gave it my all. >> kelli: you immediately made a beeline to go find martin strooukstruex jr. what did you want to say to him? >> i didn't know if i came up to him and it probably didn't help either of us. i thought he ran a great race. >> kelli: incredible day. he'll have to win one in phoenix. >> rick: one of three drivers

that m m have to win when they go to phohoix. thth last race before the championship at homestead, miami. jimmie johnson, his fifth win of 2015. he is still the only driver to win a chase race every single year he has run for the championship. >> steve: i don't know what keselowski could have done different. jimmie johnson was so much faster at that pointnt in the race. >> j jf: i thought keselowski didiall he could. 's trying to take his line away. he did everything he could. he had -- he held a faster car off. >> steve: there's been conversations about how guys need to race 50e67 other, aggressively. that right there was the perfect thing. two super stars in nascar doing everything within their power trying to win.

car in the last run of the race was the 48. that's why he's in victory lane. i agree, brad did all he could to hold that position. >> rick: this again shows the difference betwewe sports. inin nascar everyone continues to go even in the playoffs. everyone continues to dpeet.% a situation where brad keselowski could have pup muched his ticket into the championship four at the end of the season but it was a non-chaser that was able to get the win and go to victory lane. now brad keselowski may be in a must-win situation when we go to phoenix next week. celeation about to take place in victory lane again fl we'll have all of the other interviews aside from victory lane on nbc sn in our post race coverage. let'so nowo dave byrnes. >> dave: jimmie johnson has

he puts on the hat. he is the winner here at texas this afternoon on a crazy, crazy day! the 48 had no issues and a lot of speed right there in the end. jimmie, as you were babaling brbr for the win there, tell us how youuid it. was there anything going on in the back, this is a chase guy, i'm not. >> maybe when the restart happened, you get so caught up and i like to race gu clean anyway. i kept working on him, working on him. i could see he was tight. car wasn't ideal. he moved up and had the high lane covered. he was loose off of two and i put the slide job on like eldora. so excited happy for lowe's,, cobalt, valvoline, chevrolet, gatorade. everybody back at hendricks

nice to get the 48 back to victory lane. >> dave: 20 lanes since he's won and he takes home the sweep at texas. >> rick: all smiles once again for jimmie johnson. i'm sure he's talking to mr. h now as he's in victory lane. tune in to nbc sn for complete post race coverage including interviews and full results from here at texas motor speedway.

two hours of coverage e nbc sn.,republican presidential front-runner ben carson underscruitny over his past lousiana governor bobby jindal stumps for

and, a yearly celebration is bringing the siouxland community together a aa local temple news 4 at 5 begins right nowow good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm robert lowe. we begin tonight with the race for the white house. republican presidential candidate ben carson is facing increased scrutiny about his past. in an exclusive interview, carson talked to nbc news corresponden t chris jansing about the questioning that carson calls a witch hunt.

they're getting fired up. it's almost an us versus them thing." in an exclusive interview - carson criticized whether he was offered a scholarship to west point, his redemption story - and violence in his youth. and the latest -- from the wall street journal - looks into carson's assertion that during a riot at his high school in 1968 protected a w white students from the attacks by hiding them - a draatic account of couragg and kindness. but his story couldd't be nfirmed in interviews with a half-dozen of mr. carson's classmates and his high school physics teacher. (nats) carson: "but why would they know about that unless they were one of the students. jansing: so itdoesn't surprise you that no one in any of these stories has come forward? carson: well maybe one of those students will come forward." carson calls all this scrutiny "a witch hunt" - unlike anything any former president has faced. carson: "i have not seen that with anyone else, not even close." jansing: "so what do you think is going on? why you?" carson: "because i'm a threat." a big threat - he says - to hillary clinton and the secular progressive movement. >> along with all the new scrutiny cos a bigger press cor, with foreign reporters now in the mix. one british newspaper has a photo spread this weekend describing carson's

maryland home as "a temple to himself" -- including a painting of the candidate - with jesus. presidential candidate donald trump spoke with chuck todd this morning on meet the press... bringing up dr. ben carson's confessions of violent urges in his book. with questions surfacing about dd carson's past... trtrp said carson needs to o me clean. chuck todd"so you don't believe him. you don't believe him do you?" donald trump: "you have pathological disease that's a problem. i mean, he wrote it, i didn't write it. but, you know, he's going to have to explain a lot of things away." also, on meet the press this morning, republican presidential candidate carly fiorina, defended her website's lackckf detailed planan the former c-e-o-of hewlett-packard says she's prepared to be held accountable for her verbal promises. "i think voters have gotten smart enough to kn that plans and papers... 50 point plans, 10 point plans, 5 point plans... are written by a bunch of advisors and consultants... so

i'm perfectly prepared to be held accountable for my words and my plans. and i would encourage your viewers to go on the website and ask any question they want." back here in siouxland, one presidential hopeful made a stop in n awa where he spoke up about healtltare reform. louisiana governor bobby jindal spoke to a crowd at onawa public library where he said there's several policy changes that need to be made to put america "back on track" and one of those major changes has to do with obamacare. he says getting rid of obamacare is one of the biggest issues in this election.. he's challenging other candidates to speak up about healthcare too. while in central iowa on friday, jindal challenged senator ted cruz to a debate on healthcare. "i just think anybody running for president should have the courage, should have the smarts to tell us what they're actually going to do. h hsaid he's willing to debate ananody, anywhere...well let's debate on healthcare, let's debate about obamacare. we'll both be in milwaukee on tuesday. it'd be a great chance for him to finally tell te american pewple how is he actually going to get rid of obamacare," said presidential

hopeful and louisiana governor, bobby jindal. if senator cruz says yes, the debate will take place on tuesday in milwaukee. nebraska lawmakers who investigated the state prison system last week say they saw a lot of problems. that may resuly in continuing direct oversight of the department for years to come. members of an n ersight committee spspt three days looking into finananal problems, overcrowding , mental health services and staffing shortages. sen. heath mello of omaha,says solving the problems will likely require funding for various rehabilitation programs and staffing. a beautiful weekend so far in siouxland. for what's aheahd we'll toss it over to meterologist ben dorenbach who's fresh off celebrating a big husker win hopefully you were able to enjoy this sundnd despite the strong wind in place! gusts topped 40 miles per hour in a few w cations, and we'll see these didinish a bit tonight and

and tuesday. see graphics. thousands of environmental ists and religious groups marched from the colosseum in rome to saint peter's square to highlight the upcoming u-n climate change conference in paris. the march was organized by earth day network. some of those taking part wore costumes representingnghe earth, the sun and the moon. one of thehearch organizers mmended e pope for changing peoples' views on climate change. "i think the more important thing is that we are marching to the

vatican because it seems that many roads are leading to his holiness, he has really changed the dialogue around the world on climate change." the u-n climate change conference starts on november 30th. pope francis today condemned the recent leak of sensitive vatican documents s a deplorable crime e t pledged to continunuwith reforms. he spoke to tens othousands of people during a traditional blessing in saint peter's square. francis asked the faithful not to be disturbed by the leaks and to keep praying for the good of the church. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu departed for washington today and a meeting with president barack obama. netanyahu boarded a plane in tel aviv after telling his cabinet that his white house meeting would include discussions on the palestinian issue and "the strengthenin g of israel's s surity." the trip hasas en clouded in controversy folllling a new setback ininis rocky relationship with president obama.

opened their doors to siouxlanders of all faiths today. and they worked hard to bring the community together with their annual latke party. this year there was something new on the menu. ktiv's tommie clark attended the celebration and has more. tommie? robert, the festivities were packed today as traditional foods like potato latkes were dished out. and that somethihi new on the menu thihiyear was traditional matzah ball soup. congregation members made thousands of matzah balls for this special day. they're a jewish dumpling served in chicken broth and a big part of jewish culture. rabbi guy greene says the food is just one way for his congregation to show others their culture. "we want to have interfaith activities both with christians and muslims, buddhists and hindus in our community to create greater sense of harmony and peace. by understanding each other and being able to understand each other's beliefs and faith-- then we'll be better able to get along ," said congregation beth shalommrabbi guy greene.

felt welcome and they're honored to be part of the siouxland community. tonight at 10...i sat down with a holocaust survivor who explained how special the celebration is to him. robert? thanks tommie. coming up on news 4 at 5 are you traveling for the holidays? what you need to know before yououook that flight out t

if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind enerer is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030.

still to come for us on a sunday night holiday traveling can be very

expensivee. we've got some tips on how to save some money in tonight's

ifnotoriously the most expensive time to fly, the airlines often charge a big premium for holiday travel. but experts say it's not too late to get some good deals if you book soon. we get mororfrom nbc's blake mccoy in tonight's consumer alert.

significantly and that's finally starting to get passed onto consumers and giving the airlines more ability to compete on price. blake stand up los angeles international... once again expected to be the busiest airport in the country this thanksgiving according to orbitz. and it's at bigger hubs, with more options, that you'll likely find the best deals. graphic #4 according to farecompare, flying from denver to orlando this christmas -- is 25% cheaper than last year, on average. los angeles to atlanta -- 34% less. and from new york to dallas -- where new routes to the smaller love field have pushed ticket prices down -- it can be a whopoping 42 percent cceaper. nat but buyer bewaae of race-toothe- bobotom fares. spirit and frontier have both announced a temporary holiday surcharge this year -- to those already dreaded baggage fees. the cheap fare -- may not be cheapest in the end. one thing all experts can agree on -- book early... airlines just do not dump any seats at the last minute at a cheap pricewant to shop and shop on(nat break bookchrisjblaegdeaa fantastic deal deals that may soon... depart.

mark's in now with sports - and a pair of massive wins for iowa and nebraska. (mark) the hawkeyes are 9-0, and the huhuers came up with one of the biggest upsets fo the season. hear from both teams after coming away as big winners on saturday. plus, a big rivalry game as south dakota hosts sdsu on the volleyball court. sportsfource

nine-and-oh. it's a record that's only been attained one other time in the history of iowa football. that was in 2009 - when the hawkeyes went to the orange bowl. of course, if iowa's in the orange bowl this year - it means they'll be playinnin one of college football's n nional semifinal games. the hawkeyes beat indiana on saturday, 35-27. cj beathard played through a groin injury to lead iowa to 467 yards of

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