the 2:00 warning. >> cris: when drew brees gets it going, it is tough to stop. and thomas davis barely missed that one. you play that kind of the tampa two to where you are going to drop the middle linebacker, and earlier in game, it is craig robertson who had to chase ted ted ginn all of the way to the end zone. and the saints in the same sort of thing, and when you are at the goal line, you don't want to back up too far, because drew brees gets it right in front of you. >> al: and ron rivera talking about having to finish games and here they are again putting themselves in the precarious position, and you are almost leaving it to the offense right now to get the first downs to take the all of the time off of the clock. >> cris: i think that you are going to see the saints bringing all kinds of pressure. they have a pressure point with chris scott being the center, and you the pressure point of the fact that this game now is

you go after them here. >> al: lutz to kick. that is joe webb back, and fozzy whittaker back there as well. from the goal line. webb. he slips. taken down at the 15 yard line. >> cris: big hit by shiloh keo. that is back on the 15 yard line, so we are talking about going back to beginning of the game, and carolina had a couple of nice plays right off of the bat with some motion and going wide, and all of the different things, but some of those plays are really tough to run though when you are getting the feeling that you will be seeing at lot of pressure off of the edge. and the only reason that the saints don't bring that pressure is because theyare hurting a little bit at the cornerback

>> al: panthers have had three straight three and outs. he throws, and that is errant. and a flag comes in though, and stupar is tangled up with jonathan stewart. carl johnson comes in to make >> referee: no foul on the play. >> al: and so he was the head of officiating a few years ago and now he is the head linesman, and the flag is waived off. >> cris: it is a great job here by nathan stupar and you cannot have pass interference behind the line of scrimmage and that

to understand that. >> al: rivera are is pleading his case to no avail. second down and ten now. and it is nervous time in this ball park. newton is going to go nowhere. now you have third down. the saints are going to take a time-out. so they are now down to one plus the 2:00 warning, and then of course, in drew brees world that might as well be a month on the calendar. all right. a little bit of the pulse here. newton and taking a look at the numbers. not very good. brees meanwhile, 32 of 41 and 242 and less than what he normally averages, but still, he has had it when he needs it, and 17 unanswered. there is the most depressing sight of the night for the carolina panthers of kuechly back in the locker room. and we will get a report as soon

your shot here right now. i mean, i know that there are some things working against you, but you cannot turn around and kick the ball back to drew brees at this point. and he is not thinking field goal at this one, but he is thinking, let's go get a touchdown and get out of here with the win. a big time play here, and they have ted ginn and kelvin benjamin, and devin funchess is down to cam newton's left. >> al: they had the linebackers backed off and newton in traffic and that is caught by kelvin ben ja min. that is a big time catch. boy, did they need that. >> cris: not much of a route, but got behind the defense here,

pressure there is very interesting one. you could have almost told what was going to happen there. and kelvin benjamin is a bigger than life wide receiver. they play above the rim in these key situations. if you are sitting back in the zone, he does not care about getting hit. you throw it up high, and he will outrebound everybody. that is a core element of this offense. gutsy catch to go up to hang on to that one. but, no pressure and gave it a chance. >> al: that is a gigantic first down. new orleans now takes the last time-out. so the only time that the clock will stop now is at the 2:00 warning. after most likely this play. >> cris: here comes the pressure again. >> al: stewart is the running back. they want to get the clock down the 2:00, and they will on the two-yard gain to the 35. so it is going to be second down

side of the 2:00 warning. can brees get the ball back? >> cris: what a big time throw and catch that was when they needed it most. >> al: we have come down to the 2:00 warning in a tight one in charlotte. carolina over new orleans, 23-20 on this thursday night. wait! hurry up! come on! ? whoa! reality world. can i see? oh yai yai yai yai yai yai. ? will we be able to see the whole park? yeah, it's 360. look, it goes all the way around. go! let's go, let's go, let's go.

hey, mom. where are you guys? we'll be back soon. love you, bye mom. love you, mom! bye mom. hey, guys! ? alright, i'll see you tomorrow! that was awesome! ?? ?? (whisperros cket) hey come quick... my new beer, stella artois, is finished. the people will love it. originally brewed for the holidays. enjoyed ever since.

>> al: right after the game, it is the volkswagen post game to interview the stars of the game. and he will not return in this game. >> cris: and a heather, those

in there for almost every snap. we thought that maybe it was the leg. but it turned out to be something else. hope for the best here. >> al: newton is taking the clock all of the way down to third and eight. keeping it on the ground. not much to do here, and fozzy whittaker just stays inbounds to take you down to half a minute. so brees will have oh, you know, probably less thanse with the time we get down there to try to get them into field goal range. >> cris: you know, i have to go back for one moment to the decision to play the zone out of that play. most defensive coordinators and not all, but most defensive coordinators in that situation will bring the blitz believing even if they throw hot, you can come up to make the tackle at about seven yards and force the

now i am not saying it is a wrong decision, but i am saying that typically in this league that is what you will see. >> al: surprising. time-out here. for carolina. go back to the benjamin catch. >> cris: and they rush out and rush four here, and they get close to getting to cam newton and there is definite pressure up the gut, but there is -- if you can understand what i am saying that typically you bring you have to throw hot on the outside, and usually a slant or some kind of the stop route to come up to make the play. and you know, there is no right answer, but it is just that it is the typical one that i see. >> al: i am with you, brother. always. thick or thin. >> cris: until sunday. [ laughter ] >> al: mike palardy is in to punt. i will with be back, don't

13 yard line. marcus murphy and he will get taken down at the 25 and then a flag at the end of the play, and another flag that comes in, and for the moment, you have 14 seconds on the clock. >> referee: during the return, holding, 54 of the receiving team, 10-yard penalty, first down. >> al: that is the last thing they needed. are forced to air it out. 14 seconds and hope to get out of boundsle because you don't have a long pass and if you are carolina, you know, you have to guard the sidelines, but then again, you have to be careful over the middle, too. >> cris: yes, and now you can catch one over the middle, but you better fly to get out of bounds. i think that this is one of

at the sideline and hope for the best. >> al: yep. try to get lutz in field goal range. >> cris: you have to throw it 50-yards plus to have a chance at a field goal on the other side. lutz' career long is 57. >> al: he won the game with 11 seconds left when these two teams met in louisiana last month. so brees now just dumps it off here, and it is hightower who tries to get out of bounds to six seconds. >> cris: well, you have big tight ends, but not so big wide receivers. we have seen brandon coleman go up to get one, and michael thomas is a big body. i am not sure now that you can throw a hail mary and get out of bound, and maybe it is one of the stanford plays now. >> al: and the thing is that you need a stanford play or the

which would extend the game by one play. so brees, and he is going to throw to the sideline, and they have one more play? they do. michael thomas makes the catch. now, you it up to the 36 yard line which is fine and dandy, and now what do you do? >> cris: i mean, it may be fine, but not dandy, because you have to throw this thing 65 yards into the end zone. with who knows, maybe drew brees can still do it. >> al: a hook and trailer. you have all kinds of gimmicks. >> cris: but you have the buy the time to get the receivers down there anyway. >> al: just a three-man rush, and they will throw the short pass here. give it to thomas. he will go as far as he can, but

it out, didn't they? >> cris: huge win. >> al: 23-3, and winds up 23-20, and each of the teams is now 4-6. they are each two games behind the division leading atlanta falcons. and the volkswagen post game show is coming up on the other side of the break. we don't have a lot of grocery stores here in our neighborhood

y is fast food. ?? well hello! wow! we're here to offer some help. welcome! retirement, huh? (laughs) i mean, look at the size of this thing! who doesn't need a sweet potato that size? they took the time to care what our project was about. here you go. and that was something that i'll truly treasure. [ bird warbling ] [ whispering ] the new iphone's finally here.

but why would you? u.s. cellular's got a great new offer, and we put towers where the other guys didn't for a strong signal wherever you go... [ cellphone ringing ] is that you? ...'cause like i said, u.s. cellular's signal is strong. so, you might want to put your new iphone on silent. woman: hi, honey, it's your mother! dude. why is it so dark? act now, and you'll get iphone 7 for half off

welcome to the volkswagen golf alltrack post game report. the cam newton to kelvin benjamin was the only first down of the fourth quarter, but enoughpr football to kick off week 11. moments ago, heather cox met up with thomas davis of the panthers' defense. >> heather: thank you, rich. thomas, after giving up the lead last week in a tough loss, what was the key to this panther team finishing tonight? >> well, it is just that. staying focused and finishing a as football team. we put ourselves in a bad situation once we got the big lead and allowed them to get back into the game, but tonight, we did a great job as a football team to finish the game. >> heather: you saw your fellow

and you were emotional and what did you say to him? >> i said that we would go out to finish the game for him and we loved him and get healthy. >> heather: indeed, you did. congrats. al, back upstairs to you. >> al: all right. thank you, heather. let's hope for the best for luke kuechly. they go to the west coast to oakland and seattle and still alive at 4-6. and the saints are 4-6, and tampa bay is 4-5 and don't forget about the atlanta with the bye, and somebody has to win it. >> cris: obviously, they have wins over both of these team, and they have a hot quarterback and hot wide receiver doing some damage around the league, so they are the ones to beat here. >> al: yeah. it is another close game, and you talked about the panthers and they did it again, but this time, they come up on the other side. four losses of threer ofewer, and huge catch by ginn, and

"when the ship comes in" by the hollies ? oh the fishes will laugh as they swim out of the path ? ? and the seagulls they'll be smilin ? ? and the rocks on the sand ? it's so peaceful out here. yeah. introducing the new turbocharged volkswagen alltrack with 4motion? all-wheel drive. soon to be everywhere. >> thank you for watching "volkswagen golf all-track post game report." >> al: sunday night, it is on to the nation's capital. aaron rodgers and the green ba y pack ers and kirk cousins and the washington redskins as football night in america starts at 7:00.

pittsburgh steelers against the indianapolis colts. you are watching nbc, and stay tuned for your late local news except for on the west coast. for those watching on the nfl network, the mazda post game show is next. 23-20 is the final. al michaels, cris collinsworth and heather cox saying good night from charlotte. ? ? what? is he gone?? finally, i thought he'd never leave... tv character: why are you texting my man at 2 a.m.? no... if you want someone to leave you alone, you pretend like you're sleeping. it's what you do.

on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. tv character: taking selfies in the kitchen does not make you a model. best buy blue shirts make finding perfect holiday gifts easy. why if we made it any easier, the little drummer boy would work your office party. and we all know why phil loves the copier. holiday gifting made easy at best buy. upgrade season's here. i got my new iphone 7 from sprint. sprint? i'm hearing good things about the network. all the networks are great now. we're talking within a 1% difference in reliability of each other. and, sprint saves you 50% on most current national carrier rates. if you got 1% more haircut than me today, would you really pay twice as much? no i wouldn't. copy that! (vo) switch to sprint and get iphone 7.

for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com.

unique type of structure." now at ten... a memorial statue remains in a local future of it is very much in doubt. plus... digging deeper into the problem of affordable health care as many people are simply sick of the cost. and... an area family raising awareness for a loved one lost to pancreatic cancer earlier this year. ""you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at ten."

and i'm ron steele. thanks for joining us tonight. the future of a forgotten memorial in a waterloo cemetery is in question. kwwl's jessica hartman has more on the story. jessica? for nearly 3 decades the cement statue of an angel has stood untouched --- now with time and the elements taking a toll --- the cemetery head stones in the waterloo cemetery stands --- this cement statue of an angel -- and woman praying over two women -- question about that. it is a unique type of structure." hartman "a former employee tells me mr. munn put the statue up in memory of his wife who died 36 years ago. even buying extra plots to put the statue in." the lack of up keep and complaints from families of those buried near the statue leaving the volunteer board of the non-profit cemetery "between a rock and a hard

this statue are usually left on the family to help maintain able to track down any family. "we have to as a board look out for the all the cemetery, all the grave sites and all of the appearances. not just one in the process. when we take a look at this one of the many facets is the cost of a replacement. we haven't been able to find any member of that willing to meet the cost." the board tells me estimates for the repair of the statue range from

can afford. if they do end up removing it --- the headstone and other decorative items would remain. in jessica hartman . . .news 7 kwwl. the board hopes this reaches a family member or someone who is willing to help repair the statue. they are going to make a decision on the statue in the spring. continuing coverage -- the man accused of stabbing his girlfr --testifying in court today, saying he has no memory of the incident. 27-year-old eddie hicks facing charges of first degree murder. police say he killed 21-year-old kahdyesha lemon at her dubuque home in june of 2015. hicks saying quote "i just blanked out and woke up in jail." he says the two were at lemon's apartment when they began arguing over facebook interactions. hicks claiming lemon attacked

the defense trying to claim self defense and intoxication --after hicks said he had taken p-c-p a few days before the murder. this all according to our coverage partners at the telegraph herald. the trial is now delayed until the 28th. an iowa man who murdered two homeless people is sentenced to 100 years in prison. travis standlee convicted in the deaths of raymond ursino and sharon mead. mead's body was found in september of 2015 near the coe college campus in cedar rapids. mead the day after he was arrested on suspicion of killing ursino in the parking lot of a cedar rapids church. he was originally released due to lack of evidence at the time. the two 50-year sentences for second degree murder will run one after the other. one person is killed after losing control of his motorcycle and hitting a fence. it happened on highway 22 and white oak avenue in johnson county. troopers say 66- year-old

another vehicle when he lost control, went off the road, hit a fence and was thrown from the injuries. making a decision about health care is not like shopping for a snowblower. if you're lying in a hospital bed, it's tough to be a rational thinker about cost. you just want to get better. many families feel powerless -- in some between a mortgage payment or health insurance. president obama tried to address that, but, most believe, it didn't work-- because costs keep going up. going up a lot. kwwl's jerry gallagher is digging deeper into the problem -- and where go from here -- in sick of the cost. "repealing and replacing the disaster known as

he's now on his way to washington, a city already hearing plenty about the problem from iowans. "in our state, we improved rate increases up to 43-percent, impacting 75,000 iowans." that's nick gerhart, the insurance commissioner for the state of iowa, called to testify before congress. "my fear is that it's just going to get worse." a uni grad, gerhart was appointed by governor branstad. his office signs off on rate increases from insurance me 3 or 4 years ago, that we'd have a 43% increase and the state would'e it, i would've said 'no way,' but we did because it's justified unfortunately." the insurance companies argue they need you to pay more to cover the high costs of those iowans who were not insured before. think of the cost of health care like a dartboard. you have medical care -- like tests and surgeries -- covering much of the board, prescription drugs taking up another big chunk. but recently, the focus of the conversation on the soaring cost of health care -- the bulls-eye obamacare.

to blame?" "obamacare has 2,700 pages and about 40-50,000 pages "prescription drugs are out of control, especially specialty drugs." "it's really hard for me to sit here and say, 'it's succeeded or failed,' but i'll tell you for the individual health insurance market, it's certainly been a challenge. the rates have gone up considerably in iowa and other states and i don't see it getting any better unfortunately." "but were they not going up before aca?" "they were." "not even close." insurance premiums are up 213 percent since 1999. it's been a problem for a long time, but rates have skyrocketed in recent years after the president's health care law kicked in. "it addressed insurance, not health care cost." and with more sick consumers in the system, insurance companies are struggling to keep up. especially when you consider

"one claim is generating $18 million in costs." that's one iowa family with an average of three million dollars in claims a month over the last six months of last year. so what does that mean for everyone else? "everyone in that pool is paying $808 for that one family and that's c customers paying 800 dollars more to make up for it. "they've never seen anything like this." we don't know anything about the family because of patient privacy laws, but we do know, the cost." "obamacare means higher prices, fewer choices, and lower quality." so mr. president- elect, where do we go from here? "i will ask congress to convene a special session so we

altogether. "the voters don't need to worry about their 25-year-old or younger staying on their policies or pre-existing conditions." based on interviews with congressional republicans, both of those popular components of obamacare could survive. what could go -- mandates on coverage for individuals, workers and rules that require women to be offered coverage for contraceptives as a free preventative health benefit. no matter what happens with those pieces, iowa's insurance commissioner says transparency has to improve -- so you know what we're buying and how much you're spending. "you can sit here and say, 'my insurance company is paying for it,' but at the end of the day, we're jerry gallagher, news 7 kwwl. tonight, we're learning even more

through the first four months of this year, they turned in claims worth nine million dollars. so that's 27- million in ten months. we asked -- how is that even possible? the insurance commissioner says -- they don't know -- because by law -- they cannot see their records. wellmark told us the same thing. coming up on kwwl... one family raising awareness for a lost loved one... plus.. championship day at the uni dome for don bosco and gladbrook-reinbk here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast,

your kid's life is already in motio each day takes him farther away from his goals. at sylvan, we create a personalized plan for your child with our in depth assessment. our certified teachers use a technology-based approach so your child not only catches up, but gets ahead of the game. to find out more about sylvan's affordable plans and flexible hours call 1-800-educate today! you'll be surprised how quickly