stop from winning the first-ever game between virginia tech and notre dame. and it looked like the irish were going to run away with it early, taking a 17-0 lead. hokies came back. irish came back, took another 17-point lead. and then virginia tech with a field goal by slye, a couple of field goals in this fourth quarter, finally took the lead at 34-31. their first lead of the game. and jerod evans and company -- >> doug: he just kept plugging, running the football, the short passing game, the touch up and over to hodges, just kept fighting. and in the fourth quarter with the wind at their back, eventually they overtook notre dame. >> dan: so if the hokies win this game, it will be impressive indeed. it was one of those games where was the real drive going to come from virginia tech because it's not going to have anything to do

division title. that will come next week against virginia. they win that game and they sew that up. here on the road against notre dame, just this stop away from putting it away. kizer is going to run for the first down, takes another hit. and stops the clock and he did take another hit. took one earlier in the game that kelly thought was targeting. and now that was a vicious hit as well and he is very slow in getting off the turf. >> doug: is there a situation here where the ten-second runoff since they had to stop the clock? now, if they can review that, is targeting, a hit on the head again. >> dan: was that the shoulder it

in on kizer's helmet. >> doug: to me that's still a deliberate shot to the head. >> dan: so malik zaire is in with 13 seconds left. another one of these situations that zaire has been thrown into. not easy when you haven't been playing regularly at all. he did get some action in the army game last week but here we go. zaire game clock exs. and that is the end of the game. >> doug: there's a flag. >> dan: there is a flag on the field. it was just after st. brown made

>> referee: illegal touching on the offense, number 6. went out of bounds, was the first to touch it. the penalty is declined. ball game. >> dan: ball game indeed, and justin fuente in his first trip to south bend picks up a win in comeback fashion over notre dame. losing season in nine years and kelly's first at the helm in his seventh season at notre dame. and pretty much puts the bowl bid down the drain as well. as a tough season gets even tougher for brian kelly. let's go down to kathryn. >> kathryn: coach, you talked about the significance of this victory between these two teams.

but down 24-7, what queued the comeback for you guys? >> i think we just commented down and started playing. obviously notre dame has good players and we just can't help them out. we helped them out a little bit there to start the game off. then everybody settled down and started playing and made some plays. >> kathryn: your quarterback started playing as well. bloody throwing hand on his right hand. what can you say about the performance that jerod evans had today? >> he did a good job. he was a little shaky to start , taking care of the football, made some plays. can you hear the hokie nation out there? >> kathryn: i can. >> it's a pretty special place, virginia tech. i'm really proud of the way the entire team played. >> kathryn: coach, congratulations on the win. >> thank you. >> kathryn: dan. >> dan: a familiar refrain for notre dame as the alma mater plays in their corner of the end zone. seventh loss for notre dame. all seven have been with an eight points or less and decided

for brian kelly's full press conference goes to nbcsports.com and tonight at 8:00/7:00 central it's the movie "free birds and later "saturday night live" with kristen wiig and music by the xx. it's been a pleasure bringing you another season of notre dame football. for our entire nbc crew, dan hicks saying thanks for watching. so long from south bend. senior day ends up a losing

control over the house and senate. we catch up with a representative -- as he looks to the future. plus. no please, la, la, la ... this georgia man refuses to learn who won the presidential election. and -- parts of the midwest covered in snow -- we explain

thanks for joining us tonight. i'm macleod hageman. a chilly start to the weekend -- let's check in with with storm track seven meteoroligist kyle kiel for a look at your first forecast. kyle? from 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: welcome to november weather. it has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. the wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. we keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. our next storm

snow dropped last night -- causing slick driving conditions. state troopers say several accidents happened from slick roads and poor visibility -- ranging from fender benders to crashes where people were injured. continuing coverage -- president-elect donald trump filling dozens of positions in his upcoming administration. he's meeting with potential candidates all weekend at his golf course in new jersey. chris pollone reports. half-dozen people saturday. as he tries to round out his administration. (nats: camera clicks) among them. former massachusetts governor mitt romney. who led a blistering presidential candidate:17 - :21 "here's what i know. donald trump is a phony, a fraud." mentioned as a potential pick for secretary of state. but trump advisers characterized the meeting as an

"it went great." speak with the president elect and i look forward to the coming administration. trump has announced his picks for attorney general, about whether more announcements are jersey governor chris christie and former new york city mayor rudolph giuliani expected to meet with trump. despite the busy schedule, trump managed to tweet saturday morning. taking aim at the cast of the broadway musical "hamilton." vice president elect mike pence attended the show friday night. from the stage, the cast urged pence to represent all americans. s/brandon victor dixon / actor 1:13 - 1:21 "we, sir, we are the diverse us." trump demanded an apology. and said pence was "harassed". a cast member responded that "conversation" isn't harassment. chris pollone, nbc

man says he isn't sure who won the presidential election joe chandler says he was glued to his television election night but after a few hours -- he decided he didn't want to watch anymore and went to bed. the next day -- he says he didn't want to know at all. resident: "i'm wondering if he's a little.. you know." joe says when he leavs -- he wears headphones and a sign that reads -- i don't want know who won -- and i don't want to -- so iowa republicans excited to gain control following the november election -- marking the first time since 19-98 -- when the g- o-p had control over both house and senate. kwwl's taylor bailey talks with representive walt rogers -- and walt rogers says he has never been in the minority--but since the

will work with them, clean water transperency two key concepts house district 60 representaive walt rogers trying to accomplish. "a long way to go with transperancy in government, wish everyone was 100% transparent, that's somthing that gonna take some taking control of the happen, because i was talking to a lot of people and i heard people wanted change at the presidental level." and president-elect donald trump has made a lot of promises... expectations are pretty high but in some sense some poeples expactations are pretty

trump brings is change and so from both sides of the aisle i think people will be looking to see if change happens and hopefully itd change for the good. something rogers is really pushing for is clean water... our water here in iowa is still fantstic, its good quality, i would like to see some study to find out what is the potential down in a very safe place. walt rogera what iowans want. he hopes to bring all of that to the table at the state house. live in the stuido...taylor bailey...news seven...kwwl mac? rogers believes president-elect trump has a great opportunity to be a transparent president -- saying it's up to him to bring the change he promised. new at six -- a burlington man accused of using a machete and skateboard to attack his 16-year- old girlfriend -- is convicted of kidnapping and willfull injury.

without the possibility of parole. prosecutors say he attacked his girlfriend back in march for moving out of his parents' home. court documents indicate he wouldn't let her leave -- so he punched and kicked her. also -- using a machete and ash- tray to beat her. poland's mother got in the middle of the fight -- and his father took her to the hospital. police charge an indiana contractor-- accusing him of defraunding an iowa woman. 21-year old shawn bol-duc junior accused of pressuring an elderly woman to giving him several checks totally nearly 50-grand for home repair work. police are looking for two other men connected to the crime. a few loras college students want dubuque city leaders to ban the use of plastic carry-out bags -- kwwl's shirley descorbeth joins us live from the telegraph herald newsroom in dubuque with more. shirley?

addressing the dubuque city council about their concerns. they want people to reduce their use of single-use plastic check-out bags... students with the loras college honors project citing environmental issues for their such as the nearby mississippi river... causing harm to the environment, but also to animals who consume them. the group recommending several option to th completely banning them. "the ban wasn't met with a lot of praise from a lot of businesses, but we're hoping they'll still have the option to take plastic bags, that people will take it better and see what we're trying to do." other options are implementing a five to ten cent fee for using plastic check out bags.

would go to the grocery store... the rest to the city. the students say this would only affect large stores...not in the telegraph herald newsroom, shirley descorbeth, news 7 kwwl. thanks shirley. currently -- california bans the use of plastic bags -- and washington d-c lawmakers charge a fee for them. at last check -- chicago lawmakers are looking into similar laws. dubuquers jump in the mississippi river. plus -- people in the christmas spirit -- even before thanksgiving. you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. and when you see news -- or 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 dateon breaking news -- sports -- and weather information. but first -- here's a live look "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with macleod hageman, meteorologist kyle kiel and sports with mark woodley.

seven meteoroligist kyle kiel for look at your full forecast. kyle? from 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: good evening i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. welcome to november weather. it has been a

the wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. we keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. our next storm system tracks in on tuesday, bringing breezy conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. there may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the mop first part of wednesday. thanksgiving looks dry, with temperatures in the 40s. welcome to november weather. it has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. the wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. we keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. our next storm

conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. there may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the most part we all stay rain. the rain will continue into the first part of wednesday. thanksgiving looks dry, with temperatures in the 40s. welcome to november weather. it has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. the wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. sunday, high temperatures will be r sunny sky. we keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. our next storm system tracks in on tuesday, bringing breezy conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. there may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the most part we all stay rain. the rain will continue into the first part of wednesday. thanksgiving looks dry, with temperatures in the 40s. welcome to november weather. it has been a cold one today, with wind chills

mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. we keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. our next storm system tracks in on tuesday, bringing breezy conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. there may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the most part we all stay rain. the rain will continue into the first part of wednesday. temperatures in the 40s. welcome to november weather. it has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. the wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. we keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. our next storm system tracks in on tuesday, bringing breezy conditions, as

braving the cold weather to raise money for a good cause. nearly 200 of them -- taking part in this year's polar plunge. the frigid temps ot from taking a quick dip in the barely anything. "right now i'm pretty cold, i have to say. other than that...not too bad." "how did it feel, the water?" the water was a lot warmer, i think i might go back in there later, take another dip." at last check -- nearly 40-thousand dollars has been raised through this event. money raised will benefit the special olympic winter games. it's not even thanksgiving yet

the city's official christmas tree was lit for the first time in millennium park last night. a 69-feet norway spruce is this year's chosen tree. the tree has more than 48-thousand multi-colored lights -- and of course -- topped with a star. coming up... the iowa state cyclones take out a lot of frustration getting a stunning result against texas tech -- plus -- the hawks hit the field in illinois looking to build off michigan -- you're watching kwwl, we've got

taking down the number two team in the nation a week ago -- today they faced a team they'd beaten in 10 out of the last 13 match-ups -- and just like it was here at home i day in champaign -- the hawkeye offense unable to get in to the endzone in the first half -- but the special teams managed -- wahlert alum riley mccarron took the punt at his own 45 -- and motors his way 55 yards for the score -- hawks led 7, nothing at the half -- and kept it going in the second half -- leshun daniels from the one -- big day for him -- that short run made it 14, nothing iowa -- the defense strong today -- illiois q-b wes lunt to the sideline -- but desmond king is right there to

done again -- then -- leshun daniels -- we already talked about him -- and there he goes -- 159 yards -- 2scores -- this one -- 50 yards -- 21, nothing iowa -- just seconds later -- they'd get another opportunity -- stripping the ball on the ensuing kick-off -- manny rugamba gets the recovery -- that would just about do it - but just for good measure -- they'd add one more -- akrum wadley scores from the two -- iowa picks up their 7th win of the -- matt campbell was looking to build on his first ever big 12 win as the head coach at iowa state -- today -- the cyclones looked to make it two in a row with texas tech in town -- and what happened today in ames -- i doubt anybody saw coming -- first half -- the cyclones getting right after it -- joel lanning on the keeper from the 24 -- the seas part -- and there he goes -- iowa state quickly out to a 7, nothing lead -- adding to it later in the quarter -- this

keeper -- 14, 3 cyclones -- and it soon started to get out of hand -- from the 34 -- park to allen lazard -- lazard with an incredible 1-handed grab for the touchdown -- iowa state looking impressive up 21 to 3 -- and the onslaught just kept on going -- lanning with his second touchdown run of the game -- 28, 3 iowa state -- red raiders wondering what is going on -- they would just keep wondering -- as park comes back in -- and fires h and butler will race his way to endzone -- 35, 3 -- still in the second quarter -- the cyclone defense -- feeling left out -- so kamari cotton moya decides to do something about that -- a pick six -- and iowa state rolls -- this was uni hosting south dakota state in the regular season finale -- panthers needing a win for a possible post-season bid -- down 7 early

house -- tied up at seven -- later on -- panthers down again -- and rima -- once again showing off that state track championship speed -- his second return touchdown of the season -- this one goes 99 yards -- again tied at 14 -- panthers -- though -- having trouble getting over the hump -- behind again as sam drysdale knocks through the 20 yard field goal -- currently in the 3rd -- panthers trail 28 to 17 -- ten and oh coe opening the playoffs against monmounth -- kohawk alum -- longtime pro fred jackson checking out his old team -- but he'd see them fall behind in jacolby maxwell open deep downfield -- 6 yards -- the scots led 7, nothing after the first quarter -- but coe reponds -- tyler gunderson grabs the short pass from gavin glenn -- ties things at seven apiece -- and the kohawk defense was exceptional all game -- the pressure allows dylan stapleton