yet. but if the giants beat miami tomorrow, not that they have a chance. but a situation vis-a-vis the jets so they'd clinch with a new york win or obviously with a win in any of the last three games where a jets loss. and brady will kneel down here. that will take us all the way to the wire. so brady 22 of 30 for 225 and a pair of touchdowns. the guys who worked together for five years with a brief hug. and the new england patriots will go to 11-2 and would regain that number one seed at least for the moment in the american football conference. game officially over in four seconds. 27-6 the final.

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welcome to volkswagen passat post game report. >> and welcome back to houston where the final score tonight patriots 27, texans 6. and where, after toughing it out for most of the night, bob landed on the injury list. his voice listed day to day.

of the way. the patriots clinch their seventh straight playoff berth with a victory over the texans. this week's game balls go to rob gronkowski. 86 yards and a touchdown. and jabaal sheard, two sacks and to forced fumble. both spoke with michele tafoya. >> you were injured two weeks ago, that knee. so this is your first action back. a touchdown, a big 45-yard catch early in the game. what were you expecting of yourself tonight? >> i was expecting whatever the coaches called. that type of game plan like that. i knew i wasn't going to go all game. we did a great job executeing as offense. the coach is making great plays out there. and the offense is coming together. but i give credit to our defense. our defense held them, what, six points was it? unbelievable job they did. holding those good receivers they got and just containing the quarterback, too. overall a great team win. >> how is the knee feeling after tonight?

>> how is the knee feeling after tonight? >> it's feeling good. i rehabbed superhard to get myself out here and be with my teammates. when you're not with them, you miss them out on the field. and great to be back with them. i love these guys. and everyone works hard. >> ending a two-game win streak, what was that team's mind-set? >> just come out here and play football. play some physical football. come out here mentally and physically prepared. we stalkuck together as a unit and get to get a win on the w side. >> let's turn to jabaal sheard. this team had six sacks tonight. why were you able to be so successful in your pass rush? >> everybody just did a good job of staying in their lanes, executing, the secondary played great tonight and gave us time to get there. >> again, stopping the losing streak, that was a big thing for this team, wasn't it? >> no question, no question. it feels good to win again and bounce back. and get that nasty taste out of

>> the one taste that might still be in your mouth, however, is the one that comes with a lot of players injured, which you had a lot of guys go down tonight. how are you able to fight through that? >> you know, just fight through it. guys got to step up and make plays. happy to have rob back, happy to getting guys back this week. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> send it to you, liam. >> let's take a look at the afc playoff picture. a week ago the sky was falling in new england after a second straight loss. but now the patriots are back on top. cincinnati and denver both lost today and are both now relying on backup quarterbacks. as for the wildcard race, three teams at 8-5. pittsburgh on the outside looking in right now. but if the steelers, chiefs and jets were all to win out, it would actually be kansas city and pittsburgh who would own the tiebreakers for the two wild card positions. let's bring in tony dungy.

now in the afc? >> well, really liam, a couple of big games next week. and i like where pittsburgh and kansas city are. pittsburgh's playing great offense. kansas city playing great defense. but pittsburgh hosting denver next week is going to be a huge game. and we'll have to see what the denver quarterback situation is all about. they're going to need to score more points going into pittsburgh than they got today. and that other drama is the afc south. this houston team going to indianapolis. it's probably going to be winner take all. and again, both offenses struggling. the colts really need to get andrew luck back. that's what it looks like in indianapolis. >> all right, coach. let's bring things over to the nfc. carolina shut out the falcons. the packers ran all over dallas and are now a game up on the vikings in the north. but tony, with philly and washington stayed tied atop the nfc east and the giants with a

that division? >> that's where all the drama is in the nfc. i think it will come down to the last game of the year, philadelphia going to the giants. the winner of that game will win the division. and you have to like the giants playing at home with eli manning at quarterback. but the real situation there to me is seattle now in that five spot with their win today. and you have to think, if they can remain there, whoever wins the nk,fc, seattle will be favored and could be setting themselves up for a nice little run. seattle's playing great football. >> coach, thanks so much. turning now to mike florio of pro football talk. the whole afc playoff race would be greatly impacted by andy dalton's injury. what's the latest you hear on how long he may be out? >> what we know is there's a fracture in the thumb. we know he won't play next week at san francisco. coach martin lewis said so after

we'll know much more on monday, that's the day that dalton will meet with the specialist and there will be clarity as to how much time he'll be expected to miss. until then, until he's able to return, it will be a.j. mccarron at quarterback for the broncos -- no, for the cincinnati bengals. i got ahead of myself. broncos still have osweiler at quarterback. peyton manning could return to practice after today's loss to the raiders, coach gary kubiak said that manning could come back to practice. he'll know more monday or tuesday. there's been no starter named for next weekend's game at pittsburgh. >> so a big week for both denver and cincinnati. mike, thanks so much. as for the situation here, final score, patriots 27, texans 6. al and cris are back to wrap things up right after this.?

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report. >> oh, he loses the football! dwight freeney knocked it loose. the arizona cardinals come off huge defensively. >> he's looking. he's going deep for aguilar who catches it at the 5. touchdown. first nfl touchdown for aguilar. >> highlights from thursday night and today, sunday's game in philadelphia. we've got arizona against philadelphia. cardinals red hot, 11 wins. here comes seattle. division not clinched yet. and philadelphia all of a sudden two wins in a row against two teams from the afc east tied right now with washington. the giants tomorrow night. pretty good scramble going down to the finish line. >> pretty good couple of weeks there for chip kelly to knock off these new england patriots. kind of a crazy game last week, then got helesean mccoy with all

with what the arizona cardinals have on their schedule in front of them, they'd very much like to go get a win in philadelphia not to worry about green bay and seattle in the last two weeks. >> they've got a tough schedule and seattle's got a relatively easy one down the stretch. a lot to be determined three weeks to go. >> let's go. >> on to the city of brotherly love. we'll talk to from there, sunday night. cardinals against the eagles. here tonight it's new england. they still have haven't lost three in a row since all the way back in 2002. a win tonight, go 11-2. final score 27-6. cris collinsworth along with michele tafoya, good night from houston, texas. nbc sports thanks you for watching this special

football league.a semi burns in waverly -- we'll bring you the details. plus -- we explain the problem with food deserts -- and if change their tactics after a new poll. thanks for joining us tonight after football -- i'm macleod hageman. will the rain ever stop? we check in with storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel kyle? from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: it has been quite the rain day across eastern iowa, as expected. here's a look at the rainfall

since midnight. generally one to two inches, with a bulls eye of heavier rain where we saw a few thunderstorms last night in bremer, butler, grundy and black hawk counties. more rain is on the way. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar across eastern iowa. light to moderate rain continues to track through. where you are seeing rainfall. low pressure is down to the south and will continue a look at the future track, showing the rain through the overnight hours. this will the low moves away from us and we are left with cloudy skies. while flash flooding isn't a huge concern, there will be ponding on the keep an eye on area rivers as we here's a look at the storm track caucuses and there's a notable change in the republican field.

on donald trump -- catching up to him nationally. in a critical poll for iowa --the des moines register shows cruz now leading trump by ten points. with two days left until the next g-o-p debate -- nbc's kristen welker brings us the latest. with ted cruz threatening to knock donald trump out of the top spot, the a new nbc news/wsj poll puts cruz within striking distance of the frontrunner... trump gets 27 percent of gop primary voters nationally, while cruz nets 22 percent...an increase of 12 points. while marco rubio comes in third at 15 percent. and in iowa...cruz now tops trump by ten points... letting loose.... "i'm more capable, because i have a much better temperament, sunday circuit tweeting a

response to the iowa poll... both surveys provide a a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." comments he defended again today! (cnn) "but we have a problem. i'm not looking to be politically correct. i'm doing this to do the right thing" the new polls....an indication of just how the fluid the race is - potentially giving rivals an opening. marco rubio: ""the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief and for dr. ben carson - who once topped the polls...now dropping a whopping 18 points to fourth place... the characteristically low-key candidate, tried to downplay his losses. "well you know polls go up and down. i wasn't excited when they're up and i'm not excited when they're down." with just seven weeks until the iowa caususes.....it's

"we're seeing kind of three candidates emerge trump, cruz probably rubio another g-o-p debate is set for tuesday. frontrunner donald trump will be center stage -- with doctor ben carson and ted cruz -- and governor chris christie in the undercard debate. to the democratic side now -- vertmont senator bernie sanders joins the congregation of mount carmel baptist church in waterloo. this weekend -- he called for change. he pointed to government investment in education -- rather than investing in the nation's prison system to keep people off the street and employed. some supporters say their personal experiences draw them to sanders. one man says this time last year

struggling to find a job. derron black "so you know with bernie talking about $15 an hour, that would help out a lot. like i said, i was there." not everyone who attended the event -- supported sanders. a few attendees say they simply wanted to hear what he had to say. one person is in jail -- after barricading themself in a cedar rapids home -- earlier this afternoon. cedar rapids police say they responded to the 5- 38th street south- west around 3-30 -- where a person barricaded themself inside the home. by 7-30 -- the person walked out of the home -- and police were able to take him into custody. at this the university of northern iowa mourns the loss of a student tonight. according to an email sent from president bill ruud -- the cause of death is unkown at this time -- but foul play is not suspected.

third student death at the university of northern iowa this semester. we put in calls and emails to campus officials tonight -- but we have not heard back. please stay tuned to kwwl news on air and online as this story develops. meanwhile -- police are trying to figure out who vandalized the dubuque veterans memorial plaza. they say someone drove through the area -- located on the 18-hundred block of admiral sheehy drive -- between last night and early this afternoon. as you can see -- a bench was destroyed. a small pillar -- also turned over. police say they're looking for the driver of a red car -- because red paint was left behind.. authorities say they will review surveillance video tomorrow. at this hour -- damages are estimated to cost nearly 15-thousand dollars. waverly firefighters investigate a semi fire -- near the super parking lot. firefighters responded to the incident around one this afternoon. witnesses say -- firefighters were seen pulling items from teh cab -- and dousing the flames.

cause of the fire may have been electrical. nobody was injured during the incident. a dubuque man calls police to report a burglary -- and ends up getting arrested. authorities say he called last night -- and when the officer responded -- they asked to look around the home. moments later -- officers noticed marijuana stems and seens in plain sight. they also found two grams of the drug. authorities say the man was arrested on possession of a controlled substance . one man is shot dead by police -- after walking into a pennsylvania walmart -- and pointing a gun at customers. when officers arrived -- they say they told the man to drop his gun -- but he refused. moments later -- the man was shot in the chest. after he was taken to the hospital -- he was pronounced dead. state police confirm nobody else was injured in the incident -- but some customers said they were concerned about their safety. myself. i always ask my husband to go with me because i'm so scared. now there's a shooter, i'll never come here

a store representative says they will continue to cooperate with the investigation. some eastern iowa communities do not have direct access to affordable healthy food. that includes dubuque. health experts say these areas are known as food deserts. kwwl's shirley descorbeth files this report. on almost every urban block...you can find convienence stores...but the same can't be deserts....meaning they lack grocery stores...leaving some to figure out how to get groceries. "it's really hard to get a ride sometimes, and the taxis are expensive for some. i think it would benefit if they had more grocery stores." the u-s-d-a says dubuque's food deserts are located east of central avenue and on the city's south end. susie letts lives in the area...and says more grocery

wouldn't hurt. "i do see a lot of walkers, i "but food deserts are more than ten miles to the nearest grocery store. food experts say ...the lack of grocery stores limits the access to affordable, nutritious foods...such as about five miles to get what she most, i do go to wal-mart, have to get a ride for that." we've got you covered in dubuque...shirley descorbeth...kwwl news. if you would like to help correct this local problem -- a public meeting will be held in january by iowa state university.

more information. coming up on kwwl. governor terry branstad gets national recognition -- we'll tell you why. plus --a letter written to santa 70-years ago is recovered by construction workers-- next---find out what they decide to do with it and when you see news -- or if you have pictures or video to share -- you can do that by going to our facebook page. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news but first -- here's a live look at the storm track seven live got you covered, with macleod hageman, meteorologist kyle kiel and sports with mark woodley.

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welcome back i am meteorologist kyle kiel. no doubt about it, it's been a rainy day across the area. threat tracker is in the yellow tonight, for ponding on the roadways with the light to moderate rain. it could be heavy at times. the rain continues into tomorrow morning, becoming more scattered and ending by the midday time frame. it will also be breezy. then on tuesday, we will be tracking another system in that will leave us with a mostly cloudy sky before our next chance for rain on wednesday. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar across eastern iowa. light to moderate rain continues to track through. where you are seeing the yellows is where we are seeing the heavier pockets of rainfall. here is a closer look at some of the moderate pocket of rain across eastern iowa. no thunderstorms have been reported, but the rain has been light to moderate at times, and that will continue as we

overnight hours. low pressure is down to the south and will continue to pump moisture into the area through the overnight hours, and even into early monday. here are a look at the rainfall records so far for the big four. dubuque and waterloo broke their records early in the day, and now iowa city and cedar rapids have brokent their records. storm track 7 live weather network cameras across eastern iowa are showing much of the same scene. it's wet. be cautious for ponding on the roadways. temperatures right now have about a 20 degrees spread across the area. north of the warm front, temperatures are in the 40s, south of the warm front temperatures are near 60 degrees. there have been some record high temperatures broken as well. iowa city, cedar rapids and dubuque have all broken temperature records. if the warm front can lift through waterloo in time, we may break the record here as well. here is a look at future track. throughout the evening hours, we continue with light to moderate rain showers across the area. as we go throughout the overnight hours, we will continue with the steady rain. there may be a rumble of thunder, but generally this will stay in the

showers. as we head into tomorrow morning, getting the kids off to the bus stop, you'll want to have the umbrella handy, as well if you are heading out to work or any time spent outdoors. by the late morning to early afternoon, the rain will become more scattered across the area, and eventually will come to an end by the afternoon hours. now if the cold air wraps in before the moisture leaves the area, there could be a few wet snowflakes in our far northwestern counties. no accumulation expected. it will be cloudy with areas of fog possibly as we head into monday night and tuesday morning. tuesday will be mostly cloudy. as far as rainfall amounts from now until tomorrow afternoon. generally a one to two inch amounts. we will get a tenth two quarter inch of rain per hour from here, until the end of the event. here's the storm track 7 forecast for tonight. rain continues. lows will dip to the upper 40s. they lows will basically be our highs as we head into the day on monday. we may warm a couple degrees before temperatures begin dropping as a breezy northwest wind filters into the area. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. we will see the rain come to an end on monday. mostly cloudy

next system coming in tuesday night and wednesday, giving us the chance of a mixture of rain and snow showers. after that, we cool down, but it is more seasonable. a unique christmas story out of england: with our next system coming in tuesday night and wednesday, giving us the chance of a mixture of rain and snow showers. after that, we cool

a unique christmas story out of england: builders find a christmas letter in a chimney -- more than 70 years after it was written -- and decided to surprise its author with the presents he requested. the letter was written to santa claus. it was a long list that included clothes -- and any toys to us quite a while to go through quite amazing actually." the builders decided to answer the letter -- which also asked for a drum, a box of chalk, soldiers, slippers, and a pencil box. the family bought and wrapped the presents and gave them to the man -- along with the letter he wrote when he was a child. coming up after the break -- why governor terry branstad is being recognized around the nation this week. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in allison, brandon, independence and