gunmen killed a police officer and himself on campus. >> well last night students gathered to remember that officer at a vigil. police identified the gunman as 22-year-old ross ashley. he went to radford university and once made the dean's list. news 4 visited his home. we had a little trouble with that package. but radford university did release a statement saying, quote, the entire radford university community is very sor

reand sends its heartfelt condolences to everyone impacted by this tragedy. >> we now have that story. >> reporter: not far from the high school in a rural area, the large home where ross ashley once lived with his parents was dark. this neighbor says the family seemed to keep to themselves and she described ashley as standoffish. >> they stay off to themselves. like i said, we live on this road and the people on that end are a little outgoing and visiting and stuff like that. so, it's sad. >> reporter: but during high school ross ashley made a name for himself on the football field as this newspaper account shows and he won scholarships for his academics to a half dozen colleges. most recently ashley was a part time student at radford university. investigators say it was in radford a day before the virginia tech shooting that ashley committed his first crime. armed with a handgun he entered a radford real estate office and

demanded a key to the vehicle. the 2011 mercedes suv was found dumped at virginia tech the next day. investigators say after that, ross walked up to officer derek kraus as he sat in his unmarked patrol car and shot the father of five to death. the shoogt was captured on the patrol car video. about 30 minutes later, ross ashley was dead, too. he changed his clothes to try to escape the manhunt, but police say when an officer eyed him with suspicion, he shot himself. investigators are still looking for a motive and trying to determine if there was any prior contact between ashley and officer kraus. >> at this time we have no connection between the two of them that they knew one another. >> reporter: as state police continue their investigation, teachers, students who went to school with ross ashley and friends in the community will be waiting for answers. >> band act on the virginia tech campus, thousands of people filled the drill field for a

candlelight vigil last night to remember kraus, the vigil included a moment of silence. two trumpeters station aid cross the field from each other played echo taps as students raised their candles. studented chanted let's go hokeys before leaving the vigil. a virginia tech student organized a memorial fund for the family of officer derek kraus. those wishing to contribute can mail checks to the fund. so far more than $34,000 has been donated. plaejs of condolences can be emailed to police. a one year and da day prison sentence will begin in march for former prince george's county member angie johnson for her role in a federal corruption case. a judge ordered her to serve two

years probation. leslie johnson admitted to flushing a $100,000 check from a developer and hiding $80,000 in her underwear when fbi agents showed up after their house. johnson said quote, i am extremely sorry for and ashamed of my conduct. she denied knowing anything about her husband's bribing developers. a judge denied her request for leniency saying she was not an innocent spouse. >> there was no evidence that was provided that she actually knew about her husband's illegal activities. nevertheless, she has the punishment and we know that she had to have some kind of punishment for what she did. >> leslie johnson was ordered to report to jail march 9th. earlier this week her husband the former county executive jack johnson was snensed to seven years, three months in prison for taking bribes. it looks like there is no way around it, this saturday we are stuck in the 40s. >> it's going to be a chilly weekend out there, but it's going to be dry.

that's good news. everybody is completely drenched from that soaker we had on wednesday. our rainiest december day on record. and records go back to the 1870s. quite a washout we had on wednesday. the saturday sunshine has returned. we look live over washington this morning. a generally blue sky overhead especially the further west and north you go. a little bit more cloud cover to the south and east. temperatures in the 30s to near 40 degrees already. 41 at national airport. 40 in wall dor. . 37 winchester. a partly to mostly sunny day today. breezy winds out of the north at 10 to 20 miles per hour. will hold temperatures in the mid 40s. if you're headed to down to the army/navy game a 2:30 kick off, the goat and the black knights taking it on at 2:30. great weather for the game. it will be dark before the game is over. if you have one of those tickets you may want to have an extra layer of warmth. for tomorrow, sunny, still cold. not quite as breezy tomorrow. the redskins and patriots game

which kicks off at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon that will be very, very chilly indeed. i need to give a shoutout here. >> what is this? >> i did a skype chat at cascades library in lou down county. it was wednesday night i wasn't able to make the trip with all the rain. this is me omnipresent over the big screen. thank you so much for all the folks that came out in the horrible weather. we did the skype chat. that's the roof of my place in d.c. behind my head. it was a lot of fun. a lot of great questions. we had a great time. i appreciate them invite megaout there via skype. >> you look like big brother there. watch out, chuck bell is watching you. >> i'm everywhere. >> there were three inches of rain that day. >> i'd still be stuck in traffic. well, new now from overnight. a man and a woman are in the hospital after they were shot in northeast washington. police say that someone opened fire around 4:00 this morning on benning road near east capitol

street. there's no word on the victim's condition. we're working to find out more about the shooting and we will bring you more information as we find it out. baltimore police are looking for the person who killed a morgan state university student. investigators say someone shot and killed 22-year-old brandon hudson. officers found his body inside his off campus apartment thursday night. hudson was a senior marketing major from clinton, maryland, neighbors told police they heard strange noises coming from his apartment early in the evening. police say hudson had no criminal record, but they are looking into whether the crime was drug related. fwhont gomry county police are investigating a deadly accident involving a pd and a ride on bus. a 63-year-old woman was trying to cross rockville pike thursday evening. police say the bus hit the woman when the driver tried turn right from alpine road. the woman was take on the the

hospital where she later died. police collision reconstruction team is trying to determine who was at fault. today one of the biggest rivalries in college football adds another chapter to its history. it's the annual army/navy game. the two teams will compete for the first time at fedex field. news 4's erica gonzalez joins us from outside the stadium with me. i'm check twitter, our assignment editor has tweet that had the parking lots are packed. >> reporter: it is, angie. it's a rough day to be at work today. it's a great day to be here. tailgating is well underway. they've been cook up a storm all this morning. it's a big game army versus navy. it's the 112th gail. for the first time it will be plaid here at fedex field. at a matter of fact the mid shipmen who ran 120 miles they've been going since yesterday carrying the game ball all the way here have just arrived as maybe two or three minutes ago. come on in. tell me about your run.

you just ran the last leg of the race. tell me your name and what that last leg was like for you. >> i'm eric young. i'm part to have 13th company the ball run company. we ran last six and a half miles through d.c. it was excellent. no complications got to see d.c. first time down here very excited. >> reporter: very cool. tell me, this is a huge game. game prediction, i want to hear some numbers what do you think? >> obviously, you know, i might have a bias on this whole issue. i'd have to say navy. if you ask my army counterpart, he might beg to differ. >> reporter: it is a rough day to be an army cadet in the midst of all these navy shipmen. enter the army cadet. getting a lot of slack out here. tell me what's it like being the lone army cadet out here in the midst of all these navy? >> it's been a great semester. i'm here for the semester from west point.

i've enjoyed the company of 13. it's a great activity. run eight, ten miles along the stretch with the game ball. it's a good defining event to really think about what you're doing. >> reporter: awesome. have you had breakfast? i want to show you a shot of this. look at what they're cooking up over here. sandwiches, hamburgers with cheese, a whole stick or maybe a whole package of butter has gone into this. it's a good day out here. what is so memorable, chef, about these games and tailgating? >> i think it's the experience of being with the people that are going to be defend us at a future date to be able to be with them on a day like today. >> reporter: it's a beautiful day out here. we are live at fedex field. the big army/navy game kicks off today at 2:30. the gates open up about 8:30 for tailgaters co-tom in here. they've got their food, beers, lawn chairs, they're ready for kick off. 2:30 army versus navy. we're live at fedex field for

news 4. back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you, erica. we could use some egg sandwiches back here. what a tease. >> you're rooting for army. >> i am. >> and chuck bell for navy. >> we've been going back and forth. i come from a family of army veterans. so go black knights. >> of course, annapolis is the local team. >> go navy, too. what's the crazest thing that you've ever said to get yourself out of work? one man might have gone too far. the excuse that could land him in jail. ahead, she is prince george's county top prosecutor. states attorney angela alsobrook joins us in our studio for a

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you're watching news 4 today. 2011 has proven to be a busy year for prince georges county

states attorney. it began as one of the most violent year in the county's history. it's also been a productive year launching a number of initiatives. she's here to recap 2011 and look ahead. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> in january last year it seemed we had a murder a day, how'd you cap that? >> it was a challenging year. what we did was we collaborated. we had a wonderful -- this has been a year of challenges and opportunities. a great challenge with 16 murders in january, one per day for the first 12 days and what we did was really roll our sleeves up to collaborate with the police and all of law enforcement. i think that the police deserve a lot of credit for what they've done to turn around what started out as a horrible start. >> one of the reasons you're here, one of the push you want to make is the resource ifs your office you have fewer prosecutors than baltimore which has 220, you have about 80. your prosecutors are paid about 20% less. >> the resource issue really is a major challenge.

i don't think people have any idea of the volume, the sheer volume 40,000 cases. my prosecutors handle approximately 533 cases per prosecutor. if we just look at washington, d.c. for example their prosecutors handle about 57 cases per prosecutor. so the volume is tremendous. the prosecutors are paid less. and this is really something that i worked all year to bring attention to. >> among your initiatives the special prosecutions unit and police brutality is included in that. i remember in september you had a grand jury indictment of two police officers with regard to that 2010 interaction between college park students and two officers were charged with assault and misconduct. where does that stand? >> that's going to court many the spring. the special prosecution unit i think has been essential. that's a new unit in our office. part of what it's designed to do is two things to earn the trust of the public by ensuring them that we handle these cases seriously. that we investigate them.

it also has really firmed up our relationship with the police department as well as we have agreed to hold ourselves accountable to be able to be accountable to ourselves and to the public. >> finally and briefly, we have a legislative session coming up, what's your wish list? >> we have a fairly long one, domestic violence is always a priority for us. there's a strangulation bill we'll be supporting. we're interested in putting forth legislation to stem what we see in terms of car thefts. the quality of life crimes i promised would be a priority for us. we're going to be working in the legislative session regarding handguns and the mentally ill. that's an issue that's important to us. we have a number of important legislative issues we're geared up and ready to go. >> we'll see you in annapolis or upper marlboro. thank you for joining us. let's go over to angie now. >> thank you, chris. let's go over to chuck now. >> sunshine is out there for now. a lot of people getting out to fedex field for today's game,

army/navy and tomorrow's game as well. i'll talk about the weekend forecast. there you go, starting off the weekend with some tailgating. i see an army flag and navy flag. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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you're watching news 4 today. there are definitely better ways to ask off work than this. police in brookville, pennsylvania, say a man published an obituary for his living mother in order to get paid time off from his job. unfortunately he didn't tell other relatives. when they saw the obituary they alerted the jefferson democrat naup that the woman was alive and well. 45-year-old scott bennett has been charged with disorderly conduct. he told police he didn't want to

get fired for taking that time off. you're shaking your head. >> and now he's in no trouble at all tom do it this close to christmas. >> that's how you go from the nice to the naughty list just like that. >> to his credit, perhaps this is a sign of the times. obviously he didn't want to lose his job. he was trying to look for a way out and he was really worried about it. >> i wouldn't count on a nice gift from his mom for christmas. i think those days are over. as for the weather, we are going to have nice, clear skies today. >> good stuff. >> you want to bundle up. it's very, very cold. colder than yesterday. >> yesterday we made sbiet the low 50s, albeit just barely. 51. today we're stuck more in the 45, 56 degree range. tonight, believe it or not national airport has still not dropped below freezing here in the winter season. i think tonight that streak comes to be an end. outside on your saturday morning

a pretty nice looking sky out there this morning. not the beautiful crystal blue that we might like to see. that milky white color should go a little more blue as we go into the afternoon. a few fair weather clouds will be bubbling up as well as the cold air continues to spill in. on the whole it's not a bad weekend to get outside and enjoy some december sunshine out there. temperature already up to 41 degrees at national airport. here's the other half of today's forecast challenge. a north-northwest wind now at 12 miles per hour. those north and northerly breezes and the 10 to 20 miles per hour range on average for much of the day will keep windchills in the 30s for this afternoon. a bit of a bundle up factor today. 43 now in college park. 40 in camp springs. 44 at the naval academy. back out to the west leesburg 39. dulles airport reporting 40 on the nose. temperatures are not going to climb too much more than where we are. another four, five degrees because of the cold air riding that north breeze into the area.

your day planner temperatures in the low 40s here this morning. mid 40s this afternoon. and then back into the upper 30s by 6:00 tonight. once the sun goes down, the skies will clear, the winds will start to lay back a little bit. as a result it's going to be a cold night. a few sprinkles out in southern delaware early this morning. those are gone. it's part of the weather front moving away from us. as a result we're going to stay dry for the weekend. and into the early parts of next week as well. here's the clear skies back out to our west. that's what's coming our way. a bit of a breeze this afternoon. then overnight tonight that real cold start almost everyone in the mid 20s tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon with high pressure building in staying on the cold side tomorrow with highs only in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. today we'll call it mostly sunny, breezy and cold to chilly. highs today low to mid 40s. there's that north wind ten to 10. for tomorrow sunny, still cold. the good news is tomorrow a

colder day, it will not be as much wind to contend with. nothing with the windchill factor to concern yourself with. on to the seven-day forecast we go. today 45. tomorrow 43 after a 25 degree start tomorrow morning. a lot of the western suburbs could be flirting with upper teens by tomorrow morning. temperatures back near 50 for monday and tuesday. then cloudy weather, a little stretch of cloudy weather. it looks like it will be a rain issue, not a snow issue late week. >> i'll take rain over snow any day. >> a little snow is good. it's good for ratings. >> in that case -- moving over from weather to sports. one of the capitals had the game of his life. >> can you say hat trick? we have details in this morning's sports minute. good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with hockey. last night the capitals hosting the maple leafs. defenseman dennis wideman was a one man wrecking crew scoring three power play goals. it's wideman's first hat trick of his career.

he's also the first washington defenseman to score a hat trick in 11 years. sergei gonchar was the last. also, the capitals go four for six on the power play. it's the first time they've had four power play goals in a game in two years. they beet the maple leafs 4-2. also at verizon center the opening of wizards training camp. guard roger mason junior returns to his hometown team. the wizards signed him to a one-year deal. last season the wizards finished with a 23-59d record. they'll start a 66-game season on december 26th at home against the nets. college hoop virginia commonwealth taking on richmond. vcu had 11 steals in the game. and the rams defeat the spiders improving their record to 6-3678 boxing tonight, d.c.'s own lamont peterson will go toe to toe against amir king kahn. it's d.c.'s first hbo fight in 18 years. also, seth mitchell is on the card as well as lamont's younger

brother anthony. the first fight is scheduled for 6:30 at the convention center. that's your sports minute. have a great day. >> thank you, you have a great day, too. coming up on 9:27. still ahead another gaffe from rick perry. the texas governor's latest blunder that may very well show up on "saturday night live" tonight. he's fired. why donald trump may not be why donald trump may not be moderating

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you're watching nbc 4 washington's news leader. now live in hd this is news 4 today. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm chris gordon. it is saturday, december 109. >> right now we are following a developing story out of the philippines. more than a dozen people have been killed after a light airplane crashed into a school. at least two children are among

the 13 people killed. at least ten people were also injured, five of them with serious burns. class was not in session at the time of the crash, but rescuers are looking desperately for more people who were on the ground near the plane when it went down. a pakistani taliban commander says the militant group is in peace talks with pakistan's government. it's the first time the taliban has confirmed negotiations. yet pakistan denies any such talks. the united states is not likely to support negotiations with the pakistani taliban which it views as a terrorist group. and talking about the weather right now. if you plan ongoing out to get that christmas or holiday tree, word of advice, chuck. >> well, you should have done it last weekend that's the first piece of advice. you can't rewind the clock. >> why last weekend? >> it was a lot warmer. >> he's going to tell us. >> it will be very chilly today. if you're going to be out spending any realtime in the

greet outdoors as long as you keep moving and stay in the sunshine you'll be all right. if you sit in the shade you're going to need an extra layer of warmth. otherwise a dry weekend. feeling a lot like december. 41 in washington. 41 in wall dor. -45 in fredericksburg. 39 leesburg and 39 in haguerstown. good looking day today. a mostly sunny day. breezy and on the chilly to cold side with afternoon highs squeaking up in the mid 40s around town. low 40s in the high spots. ed a fedex field a 2:30 kick off. 42 degrees at kickoff time. the sun goes down not long after halftime. if you have a ticket, bring something warm because once the sun goes down, it's really going to get cold out there. lows tonight many the 20s. tomorrow sunshine, but staying on the cold side. i don't know if cold weather helps the red skins in this situation. new england is a colder place than here. it might favor the visitors.

>> we call it redskins weather. whenever it's bad weather we call it bad. >> it doesn't seem to help. >> regardless, i'm rooting for the underdog. i think there's going to be an upset. the redskins will walk away with a win. >> that's good to hear. >> there you have it. >> thank you, chuck. well there are new sex abuse allegations this morning. this time against the former president of the amateur athletic union. two former basketball players say that they were molested in the 1980's by former aau president rob by bobby dodd. one of the players ralph west who is 43 years old talked to espn's outside the lines about an assault he experienced in 1984. >> i was dead asleep. i don't remember anything but waking up and he has -- he's trying to put his hand in my boxer shorts. that was his m.o. was coming in in the middle of the night when

you were asleep and trying to assault you. >> the second player who hasn't been identified told espn he called dodd last month and dodd apologized for the abuse. both men say the penn state sex abuse scandal prompted them to come forward. memphis police and the aau are both investigating. now to decision 2012 where republicans are turning up the heat on newt gingrich. with a little more than three weeks until the iowa caucuses. nominees and political analysts are taking shots at the front runner. >> newt has a ton of baggage like the fact he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations. >> that ad by a group supporting mitt romney is playing in iowa right now. some conservative political analysts are chiming in saying gingrich winning the gop nomination would be devastating to the republicans. but others like rush limbaugh say these attacks against newt will backfire and he'll grow stronger and rise high ner the

polls. the iowa caucus is set for january 3rd. meanwhile donald trump, he might have to cancel his presidential debate later this month in iowa. only two of the republican candidates newt gingrich and rick santorum have accepted invitations to the event. jon huntsman lashed out at trump earlier this week saying the debate buzz simply a chance for the donald to make it all about himself. trump say he's disappointed the other candidates are not attending and that he still hasn't ruled out a run for the worst as an independent. and it appears "saturday night live" just got some more great material from rick perry. during an interview with the des moines register yesterday perry reportedly not only got the number of justices on the supreme court wrong, he even got one of the justice's names wrong, he forgot it. perry forgot the name of sew ta mayor struggling for help. he then said the high court had

quote, eight unelected judges when in all reality there are nine supreme court justices. chris? >> it's 9:35 right now. up next dressing for success. how to make the right fashion statement at your

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you're watching news 4 today. got plans for tonight? thousands of people in our area they're going to be heading out to holiday parties for the next several weekends. if you're going to make a splash, you definitely want to sparkle. here to show us some hip, holiday party attire no matter what the occasion is kate bennett. thank you for showing up. >> thank you. >> first, i have to be honest, when it comes to holiday parties i have major anxiety. you never know what to wear. >> it's true. >> what is the key to an office

party? >> well i think you have to remember the environment you're in. first of all, if you're an at office party you're going to be with your co-workers. if you are a boss you're going to be with your employees. keep in mind it's professional, but festive. >> do you want to keep it simple? >> keep it simple, not too sexy. we have an example here today. >> it's a good look. >> we have a great -- alan is wearing this beautiful pink alexander mcqueen dress in the middle. i love this dress it's got a little bit of pop with the color. a little bit of sex appeal with the neckline, it still says office party. the hem line isn't ridiculously short. it's still sleeveless. it has appeal. it's gorgeous. it's $1,675. >> whoa. >> it's alexander mcqueen, so you can have it forever. it's on the pricey side. she's wearing some great jewelry. some beautiful stack bracelets and stacked rings. >> i'm going to need a new job to buy that dress.

but i liked it because the cut is conservative. this is all about getting ideas of the styles to look for and that was a great one. now i'm a new mom. you're a mom. a lot of people are attending kids' parties. so you say there's nothing wrong with toning it down. >> i don't think so. a moms party is fun. i'm wearing the mom look. some skinny jeans from mother, no pun intended. they're a great brand from australia. you just want to be with your friends. you want to be comfortable, casual, maybe a piece of jewelry that pops. this great dog tag necklace. it has some subtle diamonds. you want to be comfortable and fun. >> that's the best way to make a statement is by wearing jewelry. a lot of looks today all of them are local. the family party. >> okay, this is a tricky one. the inlaw party especially if you're meeting them for the first time. you don't want to lose yourself and become something you're not.

but we have a great black dress here. this is the way to go. keep it simple, elegant, fashionable. this dress is from adam. michelle's wearing it. it's got a great detail at the neckline with the gold beading. she's wearing terrific, simple jewelry. her earrings they're adorable bunnies. keep it simple. >> a little fun. >> i always ere on the side of being too dressy rather than less dressy. you don't want to be the most casual person in the room. you want to be professional, gorgeous. it's a very wearable dress. >> you don't want to necessarily stand out at the inlaws. >> this one is budget friendly $395. you can wear it again. put tights with it and boots. >> you can wear a blazer over that for work. >> you can. >> now this one, if you're going to your friends' party, girlfriends pull it all out. >> you want the shoes, the sparkle, you want the whole thing. holiday this is really a holiday party that's going to be fun

with your girlfriends. >> i don't know if you can see it on the camera this dress is gorgeous. it glistens. you're saying friends party, find a way to sparkle. find a way to glitter. >> this dress has beautiful white beading on it. joy's wearing it. we just love it. it's got the right amount of bling with some beaded shoes. she looks stunning. it's wearable. >> with shoes you say the higher the better. >> the higher the better. platform, bling, the whole thing. >> kate bennett, thank you for stopping in with some fashionable looks. you can get more ideas by going to capit

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you're watching news 4 today. >> it felt like we're waiting for all the leaves to fall off the trees. >> do you have a lot of oak trees in the yard? >> yes. >> that's the problem.

oak trees let go of the leaves one at a time all winter long. maples and other trees are courteous and drop them all at once. if you have oak trees, you're going to be raking a lot. >> i have a final leaf pick up coming up. >> this the rest of them you have to come up with names for them. if you're planning on doing any leaf raking today, be ready for a north breeze out there. start at the north end of the lawn and rake southbound. that's the best key i can give you for advice today. outside sunshine is streaming through a mostly clear sky for now. we'll pick up a few fair weather clouds during the course of the afternoon. we have no chance for rain or snow all weekend long and even into the early parts of next week. all is quiet. there's your planner for today. temperatures now sneaking up into the low 40s. we're not going to climb too much higher than that. that north wind will hold temperatures into the north 40s this afternoon back into the 30s as 6:00 p.m. this evening. nothing showing up on doppler. the early morning showers across

lore delaware are now gone. back upstream from us nothing coming down. as a result the clearing skies across west virginia and ohio the colder air is going to spill into here. as a result we'll be chilly all weekend long. that north breeze will keep things really cool today. after the sun goes down this evening the wind will lay back down, clear skies, light winds and very dry air in place will set us up for a cold start tomorrow morning. probably the first freeze of the winter season at national airport. nearly everywhere else has had the freeze. high pressure will guide us with a very winter feel to the weekend. dry days coming for today, tomorrow on into early next week. for today mostly sunny, breezy and cold today with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. again that north wind 10 to 20 miles per hour will want you have an extra scarf on. tomorrow colder. tomorrow's high temperatures upper 30s to low 40s in nnd

around the city. here's the all important seven-day forecast 45 today. 43 tomorrow. without the breeze around. and near 50 for monday and tuesday staying dry into early week. as we get towards the middle and later parts of next week another unsettled weather pattern we'll promise cloudy skies and a chance for what will probably only be rain this time around as well. >> that's fine. we can deal with rain. >> although we don't really need anymore yet. we'll have some more coming it will be another week. >> thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. right now we're 11 minutes away from the 10:00 hour. up next, redskins rewind. a game in which the burgundy and [ baby coughing ]

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[ baby coughing ] washington taking on the powerful new england patriots on sunday. the last time the skins played the pats, new england won 52-7. >> for a game that brings back much better memories, we go back to 2003 when the old ball coach

was off to a great start thanks to his defense. september 28, 2003, beating the best. bill belichick's high powered offense hit a snag in week four. steve spurrier's skins up 6-3 in the second quarter when tom brady is looking for seven. instead he ends the drive and builds frustration. next pats' drive brady goes deep again and is picked off again. this time by champ bailey. skins hold a 6-3 lead at the half. >> that's what we've got to do every week. we can't put it on the offense to put point tons board. >> we want to come out and get a couple turnovers. we haven't had a lot the last couple of weeks. we had a good game in the secondary. we need to get two or three from the linebackers. >> a lot to shout about in the

second half. third play of the third quarter, marshal fox takes the direct snap, but gets stripped by champ. he can't recover, but matt bowen does just short of the goal line. skins up 20-3. >> we were standing around. i'm screaming champ get on the ball. then he picks it up. something happened, it flew out. i dove on it it worked out all right. >> they put it on the one, did you want to carry it into the end zone? did you want that touchdown? >> of course, i did. i haven't had a touchdown since i was running the option in high school. it would have been nice to have a touchdown. dale's my guy. i'll give it to him. >> the euphoria is short lived when brady finds his receivers for touchdowns. first to david beginens to cut the lead to ten and then to former red skin larry centers cuts the lead to three. with 43 seconds to go, it's fourth and three on the skins'

38th. brady's pass knocked away. skins beat the patriots 20-17. >> we were pretty fortunate to get out owith a victory. they had more yards, more first downs. they probably outplayed us more in the second half, the defense got the one score and held them at the end. so we're the winners today. >> we're playing our best football right now. i'd be concerned. we're winning games and we're making mistakes that can be corrected. so obviously where we haven't hit our peak yet, hopefully we'll hit it at a great time during the year. >> well, the patriots rebounded pretty nicely from that game. they went on to win the super bowl that season. for one family in texas at&t is the grinch that ruined christmas. >> all because of a simple text message. david and jackie bought iphone

for their two kids and told the at&t clerk they were christmas presents. the next day the phone company sent the kids text messages asking them how they liked their new phones. at&t apologized for ruining the surprise and said it will no longer send out text message surveys around the holidays. not a bad idea. if i was the parents i would have played it off and said it might just be a scam. >> they should say maybe we'll take it back. >> that's fitter news 4 today. >> "inside the redskins" is up next.

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