trial. jay gray has been following this case from the beginning. he joins us live from belfont, pennsylvania with the surprising developments. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. a huge surprise today. we expected to hear from his accusers. instead we heard briefly from jerry sandusky. for now interesting face to face showdown between jerry sandusky and his accusers will have to wait. >> stay the course and fight for four quarters. >> reporter: sandusky and his attorneys left the county courthouse this morning after a decision to forego the pretrial hearing. we decided late last flight, the better part of the tactical maneuver would be to waive the proceeding rfrl the move dramatically impacts the strategy on both sides of this high profile case. in and claiming for waiving the

hearing interesting defense says they were promised that prosecutors would not raise bail, would provide discovery information more quickly, and if there are any new charges, that sandusky would be allowed to turn himself in. >> i think the commonwealth has been out to get him in every way they've handled this case. look at what they can last wednesday. with arresting him, taking him out of his house in handcuffs. >> reporter: the decision allowed the legal team to keep the accuser's details of the alleged attacks out of the considerable media spotlight. >> all would have heard would have been the common wealth case. not our case. today is not the time and place for to us present our defense. >> reporter: the prosecutors say the move is not a complete shock. >> based on our readiness, the strength of the case, i'm not that surprised. >> reporter: it means now the alleged victims will have more time to prepare for what is sure to be very emotional, very stressful testimony. >> it avoids their having to testify for a second time. >> reporter: one thing both sides can agree on, the move is

in no way an indication of any pretrial deal. >> no discussions regarding a plea bargain. >> reporter: now attorneys for several of the alleged victims spoke out today. many saying they were shocked at what happened in the courtroom but also saying, that their clients are ready and willing to testify when and if they get that chance. live in belfonte. back to you. after several days of interviews, investigators appear to be hitting a roadblock in their search for the motive in the murder of a virginia tech campus police officer last week. authorities say 22-year-old ross ashley legally bought a .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun back in january. but investigators still have not found any connection between ashley and the police officer who was killed, derrek krause. some surveyors were working

today near awood area off dale boulevard and bonita fitzgerald drive. they came across something very disturbing. they found a decomposed body. they called the police and investigators right now are still trying to identify both the victim and figure out how that person died. in gaithersburg, a person was injured after falling into a trench. it happened today. a ride-on bus hit a large traffic cone and that cone hit a worker and knocked him into the trench. the victim is still in the hospital tonight. he is expected to recover, we're told. the ox occupational safety and health administration is looking into it. there is new information about the man shoofs shot and killed by d.c. police. investigators say 20-year-old michael epps was lie on pcp and randomly was firing shots into homes in the 5300 block of clay terrace last night.

police say they opened fire after the suspect refused to drop his weapon. pat collins has our report. >> reporter: the man who died in a shoot-out with police identified today as 20-year-old michael ezekel epps. court to court records, he just got out of jail after doing time for a gun and drug conviction. today i talked to his grandfather. what are your feelings about what happened? >> a little flum. a little numb right now. he is a kid. i know he is 20 years old but he is still a kid in my mind. just sorry that he had to go out like that. >> reporter: for almost 24 hours, police worked this huge clay terrace shooting scene. this after officers killed a man in that confrontation last night. police say there began at what they call the horseshoe of clay terrace. they say a man with a gun who appeared to be under the influence of drugs came from that direct, firing shots this

way and that way. he tipped on down the street firing his weapon. further down, at the foot of these steps, a confrontation with police. more shots fired. and that man, that gunman falls dead to the ground. >> officers arriving on the scene. the gunman continued to fire. the officer gave commands for the gunman to drop the gun. he did not. the officers fired their weapons at the suspect and he went down. >> reporter: some residents here upset because they claim the gunman dropped his weapon before police opened fire. >> i seen the police in here. the boy had the gun. they told him to put the gun down. he put the gun down. and they shoot. >> chief lanier said that accusation is not true. investigators from internal affairs will review this

shooting to make sure no laws were violated and everything was done in accordance with police policy. i'm pat collins. news4, washington. occupy protesters up in baltimore had something of a setback today. they were cleared out of their camp along the inner harbor this morning. about 100 officers surrounded the camp and escorted about 40 people out of there. nobody arrested, no one injured. according to the mayor's office in baltimore, 24 people are now staying at a homeless shelter. occupy baltimore protesters had asked for their permit to be extended until april so they could remain in that camp. that request was denied earlier this month. sflx the house is voting right now on a bill that would extend pay roll tax cuts but president obama is not please that had a republican priority has been linked to that bill. and once again the threat of a government shutdown is looming over the capital. steve handelsman is there.

>> reporter: we should know what the vote is exactly by 6:30, 6:45. it looks like the republican there's win up here on the hill in the house that they dominate. oil is an issue. the environment is an issue. a stronger obama veto threat and the possibility of a government shutdown. but as always is the case recently, the biggest issue is taxes. house republicans were set to pass their. at a cut bill this afternoon. >> we will be taking the first big step toward creating a jobs in america. >> reporter: seeking support from independent voters. >> because you can't be for the middle class. you cannot be for keeping taxes low and be against our middle class tax relief and jobs creation. >> they are playing with 160 million who need a pay roll tax cut. and they are throwing on the trash heap of life 6 million who have lost their jobs and need

unemployment insurance. >> republicans want to extend the pay freeze on public workers and not extend unemployment benefits to pay for lower pay roll taxes. democrats want to tax hike on the rich. a new battle in the same old war. >> republicans want to go home for the holidays but they want working people to pay more in taxes next year and lose out on an unemployment check. >> reporter: and the republican bill would fast track approval of the key stone oil pipeline. from canada to texas. opposed by environmentalists, but backed by some unions and many conservatives. >> the key stone xl pipeline will create 20,000 to 25,000 jobs if not more immediately. >> reporter: but president obama who wants more study of the pipeline vows to veto today's bill if key stone is included. and he is escalating the fight. urging democrats to hold up the latest short-term government

spending bill. until the house passes a plain pay roll tax cut extension. >> one clarification. this republican bill that looks like it will pass does extend unemployment benefits after the first of the year but it will shrink over time the duration of those benefits from the current 99 weeks, back to 59 weeks. which is why most democrats oppose it. could government shut down on friday? the white house says congress still has time to work out some kind of a deal on this latest tax and spending stalemate. >> from capitol hill, thank you. we look at the weather. chilly out there today but we're told things will be warming up soon. b meúleporter: holiday yoebl thisoq(b1 b call this guy behind me we'll show you this family. they have 83 blow-ups or inflatables. whatever you want to call them. they have them strewn throughout the entire yard. the front yard, the backyard,

the side yard. i think some of them are even in the neighbor's yard. coming up, we'll show you that. first up, let's show you how it is. a little on the cool side. you speck that this time of year. temperatures, we're at 47 degrees at the airport. about nine miles an hour. really just a light breeze passing through the region. the rest of the area already on the colder side. you know that with cooler skies, we'll cool down. 37 in culpepper. tlinl the current temperature in chesapeake, 37 toward annapolis. no rain to talk about. we'll stay dry over the next day or so. then we'll see a chance of a shower or two. we'll talk more about that in my full forecast coming up. as we move through the rest of the night, we are going to see those number dipping down. 39 degrees by around 11:00. this is in the city. many areas will be about five to ten degrees cooler than this when you wake up tomorrow morning. about 34 degrees as you make your way in and around the

beltway tomorrow. we will wake up with partly cloudy skies. i do speck to see increasing clouds through the afternoon. we'll talk more about that. plus we'll introduce you to the family and show youle of the other inflatables that they have going on from here. all the way back down. we'll show them to you in a minute. >> 83 of them. thank you. coming up next, the top gop contenders on the attack. in the meantime, donald trump has fired himself. an elderly woman rob in her car, was stolen from on the way to church. we'll show you the unusual weapon she used to fight off her attacker. >> no cell phone, no blue tooth. an effort to outlaw drivers from [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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still no word on the motive lipped a deadly attack in the city in belgium. police there say four people were killed, more than 120 others were injured when

somebody threw hand grenades into a crowd of holiday shoppers and then opened fire with an assault rifle. >> reporter: this attack took place in a busy square around lunch time in the city in the far east belgium. this time of year, there is a popular christmas market. the gunman climbed up on to a roof top and started firing at people in the street below. as people ran for cover, he continued the attack, throwing several grenades down on to the street, causing panic. >> i saw all the glass. i saw people running, screaming. i drive my car half a block. then i saw on the markets, all the people lying down, bleeding between the glass. >> reporter: among the dead, two teenage boys, aged 15 and 17. a woman thought to be in her 60s, and the attacker himself. the man responsible has been identified as a 33-year-old local man from the city who was well known to police. he had a history of drugs and

weapons offenses. he had an appointment with police this morning, but instead, randomly killed passers by. it is not clear what triggered the attack, whether it was linked to the meeting with police. and he was armed with a rifle, a pistol and at least three grenades. police cordoned off the area and have been searching for any unexploded grenades. they say the attacker was alone and they're not looking for anyone else. le of the injured are still being treated for the wounds. some of them are in a serious condition. nbc news, london. an effort is on the way to create a memorial for fallen soldiers whose remains ended up in a virginia landfill. records show the air force dumped the cremated remains at a landfill. it was revealed just last month by the "washington post." now a private group has set up an account to create a memorial for those service members. there is information on how to donate if would you like on our

website. nbcwashington dogt. just search memorial. the iowa caucuses on three weeks from now and the pace is picking up. the front-runner, newt gingrich and his closest rival, romney romney, are trading jabs. they're also getting ready for the next debate. that will be on thursday in sioux city, iowa. in the meantime, donald trump has change his mind about moderating the news max debate, it is called original december 27th. newt gingrich and rick santorum were the only candidates who agreed to take part. trump cast the decision to step aside as an effort to keep his options open if he decides to run as a third party candidate. back to those holiday lights in bethesda. that's where we find doug kammerer with a look at the decorations. 83 inflatables. that has to be a lot of boring just to keep those all going. >> reporter: it is a lot of boring. i saw bob out here. say hi, bob. >> hi.

>> reporter: i saw bob out here with a hammer and he was getting everything all ready for us. this is the elliott family here. we have bob, trey, jackie and we have lucy. who i've known for a very long time and just forgot her name on live television. can we take two here? is this still live? this is still live. i told you i was going to do that. >> we have 83 inflatables and a handful of other holiday items around the yard including lights and other things. >> reporter: i thought this was going to be something you would tell me, yeah, i started it when we had the kids. you started it before you had the kids. >> a couple years before we had the kids. >> reporter: now it obviously means more that. >> and trey dergs bite his current not looking at the camera is very excited and has certain favorites out here. like the band playing over our shoulder. >> reporter: i love the band. and lucy, for you guys, this is something that is a love for a

couple of months but you tend to not get i involved so much? >> that's correct. bob sets it upering designs everything. every year it is a little bit different. it is great, really festive, it is fun to look out the window when you're doing dishes. it's very different. >> reporter: you guys have made it great for the communicate, too. you have a little pathway and a little i spy game that i think is really cool. that santa claus that you just saw there, basking, he is actually in the bahamas. that is in his off time. as far as our weather is concerning let's show you the weather. it is a nice afternoon. 52, the high today. aly above the average high of 47. today the first day would have 50 since last friday. we've been a little on the cool side the. we'll turn the page and get a little warmer. 47 degrees at the airport. winds out of the north northwest at nine miles an hour. the temperatures around the

region, you know we cool off quick when we don't have any cloud cover. right now looking up, it is clear. i see venus, i see jupiter. 39 in gaithersburg. 39 in manassas. down to 36 in culpepper and 44 in la plata and in waldorf. how about a warm-up? a lot of you have been talking about the nice cool air. we will see the warmer temperatures. 59 in roanoke. 51 in charleston. some of that warmer air will make its way toward the north over the next couple days. we will make our way into the 50s. maybe even the upper 50s ahead of a storm system that could bring us a chance of some rain. we'll talk about that after the high pressure moves to the south and east. that area of high pressure is going to switch our winds a little bit. so a mostly clear night. as the high moves to the south, we'll see the warm front. that will allow for some warmer air to come in but also for some cloud cover. i wouldn't be surprised to see a shower to the north and west talking about the panhandle. maybe western portions of

maryland around hagerstown. i think most of us will stay dry, if not all of us will stay dry. a better chance of rain on thursday as the cold front moves in. that cold front will usher in some cooler air for the weekend. but et cetera not going to have a lot of moisture associate with it. most of that moisture should head to the north. but there is going to be a chance for some lain rain late thursday into early friday morning before getting out of here during the afternoon. we'll see that frontal boundary hang up and then move right back down to the south on saturday. that sets us up for another cool weekend. this evening, mostly clear. lighter winds. winlds out of the northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. tomorrow, starting off on a cool note. you know that. the temperatures into the 20s. 24 in the cooler suburbs. 34 in the city. we'll call it partly cloudy and a little bit chilly.

we'll see the clouds move in. increasing clouds. dry, miler, to 53 degrees. the next couple days even warmer. 58 for a high thursday. a little breezy on thursday. a chance of a shower on friday. down to the south. we'll talk more about that as we move into the next couple days. saturday and sunday good as far as the sunshine is concerned. it is going to be a little on the cool side. highs on saturday around 45 degrees. and we mentioned the 83 inflatables. we're not even halfway done. we'll go to the back of the house coming up and we'll meet through in about, what do you think? about 15 minutes? >> that sounds about right. >> we'll see you then. still ahead, back lash after a mother is told she is not allowed to breast feed inside allowed to breast feed inside

i sweated the details. all the phone calls, the emails, the lost weekends. and then after twenty-two years, just like that, i was laid off. today there are so many americans like matthew. he worked hard and played by the rules. suddenly, he's out of a job. it's been a struggle not being able to find a job. but it's been our faith and family and friends that have helped us get through this. citizens energy was created to help the forgotten ones keep warm. we asked the big oil companies and

oil producing nations to help. only citgo and the people of venezuela answered the call. and this year, in spite of soaring prices, washington actually cut fuel assistance for families in need. so if you need help staying warm this winter give me a call. because in times like these, no one should be left out in the cold.

more difficult for college in congress, they're thinking about a bill that would allow robocalls to your cell phone even if you don't give the company permission to call. supporters of what's called the mobile informational call act say that the idea is to alert people about food and drug recalls, data breaches, and flight delays. consumer groups are afraid it will lead to more calls from telemarkers. and there is to be considered

also the cost to people who have a limited number of minutes to use each month. attorneys general in every state are against it. n-the number of people caught speeding in the beltway has dropped dramatically since cameras were installed. in august 12,000 tickets were sent out. in september it dropped to 4200 people. speeding on the maryland beltway stayed steady in october. the cameras catch drivers going at least 12 miles an hour over the speed limit. the cameras have generated more than $800,000 in fines. they're posted along i-495 from maryland route 650 to maryland route 193. coming up in the broadcast, a new report that ranks the top five metro stations for crime. caught off guard, an 85-year-old is speaking out after a violent attack when she was on her way to chux. and a d.c. woman is fighting back after being told she wasn't allowed to breast feed her child

in public. coming up in sports, the hat trick that wasn't.

and a couple of young redskins going on the offensive. a new develop many in the

stanl at penn state university. jerry sandusky waived his right to a pretrial hearing today. he's been charged with more than 50 counts of child sexual abuse but he maintains he is innocent. sandusky is due back in court next month for arraignment. >> the man who died in a shoot-out with d.c. police was identified as 20-year-old michael epps of maryland. police say ems was high on drugs and shooting randomly at houses on clay terrace in northeast d.c. when he refused to drop his weapon, police shot him. according to court records, he just got out of jail after doing time for a gun and drug conviction. president obama has raised the stakes today in the battle over the pay roll tax cut. the republicans want to combine that cut with fast track approval of the key stone oil pipeline. they say it will create thousands of jobs. the president urged democrats to hole up the short-term government spending bill until the house passes a stand-alone pay roll tax cut extension.

police are on the hunt for two men who ambushed and robbed an elderly woman who was on her way to church. this happened last being. erica gonzalez spoke to the victim about that attack. >> reporter: she is 85 years old. afraid the assailants would come after her again, she didn't want her identity to be known. but still, told us her story. the victim says she was on her way to church last friday morning when she noticed a pair of unfamiliar faces sitting in a gold car near her home on the 1900 block of shepherd street in northeast d.c. the woman said she was outside her car scraping the ice off her windshield when the first assailant came from behind her, grabbed her purse and took off running back. >> i was fighting with him with my ice defroster. and he took off so fast that he threw me to the ground. >> reporter: when the victim is 85 years old, it's i guess a

little, it hits home a little harder. we don't want this happening to people who might be a little more vulnerable. >> reporter: police say while the victim was distracted with the first suspect, another one emerged. >> the second person in the car got out. he went around and my car was already started. getting defrosted. and he jumped in my car and went off. >> reporter: why do you think they would want to steal your purse or steal your car? >> well, i guess you have to ask them that. >> reporter: i don't think there was any reason to think they were casing her or anything like that, it was probably a crime of opportunity. >> reporter: in northeast d.c., news4. >> that woman is relying on her friends to drive her around until she can get everything back in order. metro police are stepping up patrols despite a slight drop in crime. major crimes on metro rail and in parking lots and garages fell about 1% from july to september. the only increase was in the

number of violent robberies. metro is expecting a spike in crime though during the holidays so they're beefing up patrols at stations near shopping areas. today's report listed the top stations for crime. college park was number one with 26 major crimes in the past three months. that was followed by the southern avenue station, deanwood, suitland and greenbelt. nine of the top ten stations for crime are in prince george's county. a woman, a mother has filed a complaint after security guards at the department of motor vehicles in d.c. told her she could not nurse her child in a public hallway. one of them even accused her of indecent exposure. the fact is those security guards didn't know the rules. they are wrong. chris gordon reports. >> reporter: she was shocked and then embarrass asked humiliated while breast feeding her 4 and a half-month-old son. it happened in the d.c. department of motor vehicles. she was there to contest a ticket when her sob got hungry. she went into the hallway to

feed him. >> received into my diaper bag and grabbed out this cloth diper and put it on top. and was nursing the baby. i'm sit go, you can imagine if you're down nursing like this and you're told to get up. i have the child in my arms. i'm struggling to get up. i leaned against the wall. braced my foot on the stroller. still holding the child. and then was nursing like this. >> reporter: that's when a second security guard got involved. >> they told me i wasn't allowed to breast feed in the public corridor of a public building. i got a piece of paper and wrote down what she was saying because i couldn't believe what i was hearing. she said this is indecent exposure which shocked me even more. >> reporter: it shocks councilmember jim graham, too, because he wrote the d.c. law that allowed public breastfield feeding. >> we need mo training in terms of the law because this lady was entirely within her rights under d.c. law to do what she did.

>> reporter: we asked some people in the district to react to the fact that two security guards told her to stop breast feeding. and one called it indecent exposure. >> i think that mothers should be able to breast feed wherever they need to. you know, it's part of the human interaction. and she shouldn't have been told to leave or to stop. >> i think it was probably a misunderstanding about the rules from the security guard. i think women should have the opportunity to breast feed when it's necessary and i think it is an education and training issue for the staff. >> reporter: she said it would be nice if someone would apologize. >> i feel vindicated and i hope the apology does happen will. >> reporter: chris gordon, news4. >> the darrel of motor vehicles says the security guards are not employed by dmv. they say they work for a private security company. those guards have now been reminded that the d.c. code permits a mother to nurse a child in public. there was a push to ban

people from texting, e-mailing and even on the phone while driving. today the national transportation safety board recommended banning all electronic devices for people when they're behind the wheel. the recommendation does make an exception during emergencies. the new push follows a deadly crash last year in missouri where a 19-year-old driver sent and received 11 texts in the 11 minutes before an accident with a school bus. >> we will never know if the driver was typing, reading, or reaching for his phone at the time of the accident. but do you know what? this driver wasn't alone. there driver was doing something that many of his peers on the roadway do. >> this is only a recommendation from the ntsb. under the plan, drivers would still be allowed to use gps devices and passengers would not be banned from using cell phones in a car. >> coming up, a move to free up more parking spaces in the

district is not sitting well with some college students. the prized possessions of one of the most beloved politicians are now on display. >> i'm here ins ç;hello,58fx

and family. i hope all meteorologist= doug,i hello, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer coming to you live from bethesda at a house that has a lot of inflatables. this is one of those houses you drive by. you just stop because you want to see exactly what you're looking at. with me, we have bob and lucy. the kids are now inside. grandma showed up which is always a good thing. the kids are inside with their m & ms. we were talking. it didn't take you that long to put this up. you said three to four days total. the biggest problem is -- >> the ongoing maintenance. i walk the yard every morning and every evening. depending on the wind i have to retighten all the different inflatables. >> reporter: when he is doing this, what is your feeling when bob is like, honey, got to go

make the doughnuts. in this case the doughnuts is pounding away. >> that's part of the job. if he wants to put up thisle decorations, he's in charge. in exchange for flashing lights and music and everything like that, bob gets to take care of it all. >> reporter: i know the kids oxley love it. the kids in the neighborhood love it. you guys set it up where you have that nice little path that comes through the front over to the back so that everybody can see the back of the yard, too. you've done something that incorporates a little bit of a game for the neighborhood kids, too. >> i created an i spy game where the kids can count the number of mickey mouses or different characters as they look around. >> there are seven mickey mouses. >> thank you. >> reporter: i tried to count the santa clauss and i stop at 23. i'm not sure where i'm going from there. let's take a look at the numbers as far as the temperatures. you know it is a little on the cool side. it feels like krl out here. 47 in the washington, d.c. area.

i almost said orlando, then philadelphia. now washington. gaithersburg at 37 degrees. baltimore at 42. down to the south, fredericksburg around 37 degrees. we're starting to cool off under clear skies. and we're going to continue to do so. into the 20s once again in most of the suburbs. 26 in frederick. 24 in martins burg. in the district we're at a temperature of about 34 degrees. same deal for annapolis. tomorrow we'll see some sunshine early. then i think we'll see increasing clouds during the afternoon. the high temperatures tomorrow, around 52 degrees inside the city. 49 in gaithersburg. 51 in leesburg. and to the south, temperatures around 53 degrees. we will be warming up over the next couple days. back to around 58 degrees on thursday. i'll show that you extended forecast coming up in just a couple minutes. but guys, i have to tell you one more time. 81 inflatables. last year it was how many? >> about 57. >> reporter: 57. so almost 30 this year. if you times that out, he's talking about a thousand inflatables by the year 2020.

just to let you know. >> great. thanks. >> i don't know if mrs. elliott will last if he gets up to that many. >> reporter: she might have to start helping a little bit. >> it's big enough now that he can start helping. >> reporter: their son will be old enough to help. >> all right. we're glad it's fun. >> let's hope no big winds come along. >> on display now are some of the most prized possessions of one of maryland's most highly regarded politicians. we're fwaug the late william donald schafer's model trains and other sentimental keep sakes. they're in baltimore. they're holding a festival of trains and toys there. schafer was the long time mayor and then comptroller and governor at one point.

he loved collecting trains as a child but lost several of them over the years. they were later recovered though and are on display. dan has a look at what's coming up next. >> reporter: of course we're going to be. we're also going to be talking redskins. they are hoping for more of the same from their offense. when is the last time we said that? the wizards' three back court babies are growing up quickly. and here at verizon center, a huge game. huge game. hi. welcome to carmax. hi. i was on carmax dot com and i think i found the one. great car. and i think, it's right over there... (sighes)... finding your perfect car is easy at carmax because we carry only the highest quality used vehicles. and at carmax dot com, you can choose from nearly 30 thousand cars with most available for transfer to the store nearest you. so come find the one for you today... at carmax.

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first time since he's been back in town. that's news4 at 6:00. the caps for 3-0 against the flyers at caps center. not caps center. what i am a talk b? the verizon center. >> we've been calling at this time phone book. last time i was here i called it the caps center, too. and you are right. the capitals are for three wins in a row for the first time since starting this season 7-0. dale hunter says this game against the flyers is a true measuring stick game. they're really good. they're leading the conference. they're riding their longest streak of the year at five games. the capitals probably catching them at a good time. because claude giroux not playing tonight. he is the leading scorer. he will be missing the game with a concussion. the caps open to carryover some of that moment dlul with the win

over toronto on try. it was really a breakout game for dennis wideman. he scored not once, not twice, but three times. sort of. it turns out that wideman was giving credit for two goals and two assists when the nhl discovered, because of wideman's prompting, that the third goal actually was not his. it belonged to brooks laich. >> it was, i knew right away it wasn't a hat trick. it was pretty easy to give him that back. but i knew i saw it hit brooks' shin pad so i knew he had to be honest. >> he should have kept his mouth shut. he would have had a hat trick. from a teammate standpoint, very unselfish act on his part. we can't say enough about that. it is good karma.

we have a lot of respect for somebody who does something like what dennis did. >> reporter: that's brooks laich. good karma for the capitals. i'm sure you've saint before in "sports illustrated." where they now, we've done some where are they now segments. where is jaromir jagr now? >> playing for the flyers, right? >> reporter: playing for the flyers and he is having a very good season. >> how old is he now? >> reporter: a great question. jaromir jagr probably 37, 38 years old would be my guess. and do you know what? he still has game. he has 24 points. ten goal this season. that's three more than alex ovechkin. >> not bad. >> reporter: i don't know what the caps' fans will be saying exactly when jaromir jagr is introduced, but if i had to guess it would be some hearty boos coming from the fans here. heather schwartz, our crack

producer, 39 years old, playing very well for a man who is almost frix wizards now busy at training camp getting ready for the preseason game which will be on friday. probably another rough year for the wizards themselves ochbl seven players on their roster with more than two years of experience. so this is another young bunch of wizards that will try to get through this shortened 66-game season. yes, they are young. especially in the back court. of course, they are run by john wall, their outstanding point guard. they have jordan crawford who came into the picture last year and developed some nice chemistry with john wall. now you add a rookie to the mix. his name is shelfin mac. he knows how to win. these are three players who could be here in washington for a very long time. >> i'm feeling really good. working out together each and every day on the court. i have to practice on the little

things. we play video games. i think our chemistry is really well together. >> we see each other's weaknesses, they're really pressuring each other trying to get better. bringing the ball up. so i think it will work in a game time situation. >> playing together most of the time. sometimes me and jordan, get the chemistry down knowing where they want the ball. mostly every practice, every shoot around, we always try to get shots up dwet to have chemistry and the whole time. >> reporter: the missing piece to that back court is nick young. he is a restricted free agent. the wizards have offered him a contract. he has to wait for the other bigger names to fall into place. so he could be here next week or could sign with another team. that's still up in the air. the redskins, three games to go in this season. another losing year is locked up. the players playing for their jobs next year.

they always say, hey, every game is a chance put to something good on tape. fans probably thinking about drop position. the skins going to the meadowlands. they're going to be seven-point underdog to the giants this weekend. of course, being underdogs is nothing new to the skins. the offense coming off one of their better performances of the season. 463 yards, 27 points. it was against a poor patriots' d. at this juncture, the skindser skins will take anything they can get. they added some strict plays to the repertoire and this worked to perfection. a valiant effort from the offense considering they're missing two of the best players. >> we wanted to put on it our shoulders. it had to follow up on us and we all wanted to make that conscious effort to give it all we had and try to carry this team to a victory. >> i think everyone was pretty enthused about how good this offense can be. and the capability of all the players on the field.

so i mean, guys are filling in spots and not playing well which is encouraging. but obviously, you only got three games in the season. >> i think earlier in the year, we had a couple games that we moved the ball pretty good. the first four game. it has been the best game we've had for a while, moving the football. collectively, i thought we did the things you had to do to win the football game. we'll keep on working. hopefully when we're put in that situation, we can pull some of these games out. >> mike shanahan, the guys getting back to work tomorrow. meanwhile, today, down in dallas, jerry jones on his weekly radio show said that host jason garrett was safe themselves always say the head coaches are safe until they're not safe anymore. but vance and doreen, i think the most interesting thing is that jerry jones has a weekly radio show. we imagine if dan snyder had a week will you radio show? one.

>> i think he would be okay. ? i would listen. >> i would too. proposed changes in d.c. traffic laws could force to you drive more slowly in residential neighborhoods. and hundreds of out of state college students may no longer be allowed to buy permits that let they will park in congested residential areas. >> reporter: traffic in d.c. can be a noisy mess every day. and can be hard to find.

especially for out of state students tapping local d.c. universities that are surrounded by restricted residential parking. d-dot director terry bellbellam. >> what we see is people and not allowing that turnover parking to exist. >> reporter: the d.c. counsel is considering legislation to elittle night a program that allows hundreds of out of state student to pay $338 a year for local parking permit. >> the bill would essentially self-incrimination flate against students in that it would take away the reciprocity system. >> reporter: the student complained in this traffic snarled city irritated councilmembers who want to promote alternatives to private car use. >> listening to you fight for the right to have cars in d.c. as students is really disspiriting. the idea that when you come to d.c. you'd better bring your car is not the message that i really want to put out there. >> everybody understands that we

cannot continue this upward spiral of use of ables. >> people will say to me, the district of columbia is anti-car. >> i don't think we're anti-car. what we're trying to do is develop other methods of transportation. >> reporter: in a separate bill to lower residential speed limits from 25 to 15 miles per hour, the chairman of the council transportation committee it will likely be eliminated. >> the ban on student passes would need to pass the full council. if that happens, it wouldn't happen until late next year. >> to the festive holiday lights. doug live out there. the final check on the forecast. >> reporter: i was talking to the elliotts right here. first you have to see some of the motorized ones that are really, really cool. you have the ferris wheel there,

santa and mrs. klaus on a swing. then the nice little ferris wheel here, the merry go around as well as some really cool ones. you have to come out here. what is the street? >> rose little drive. come out to rose hill drive. check this out. this is one of those houses that you have to stop in front of. but bob has learned a lot from the weather, believe it or not. you were telling me how learned from the snowstorm two years ago. you've learned from the rain and all that kind of thing. it is really a process for you. >> reporter: i keep the electrical about a foot, a foot and a half off the ground so i don't get zapped. i try on wrap everything with baggies so we just figured out how to keep everything in check. so every time the wind gusts -- >> reporter: and the winds are a big factor for you guys. and it may be wndy on thursday. that's the only day. take a look at the forecast. we are going on warm up. tomorrow, back up to about 52. and then 58 on thursday. that's our next best chance of rain. we're not expecting a lot of rain from that. the winds won't be too bad of a problem. saturday and sunday, the temperat