picture that we saw just from our city camera view about ten minutes ago. this is looking right over the north end of the runways at national airport. a beautiful shaft of light from that rainbow coming down. the rain showers are pushing their way to the east. we're not 100% clear of the rain chances yet but we're almost there. outside we go then. 52 degrees right now. temperatures will really start to fall now that the rain has come to an end and cooler air is coming our way. 52 at national airport. the biggest concern weatherwise for short-term is across st. mary's county. strong showers with one or two rumbles of thunder. those showers will be in calvert beach in the next five or six minutes. down into st. mary's county, be on the lookout for that. winds could gust upwards of 40 to 45 miles an hour with that one line of cells as it rakes across the far southern tip of st. mary's county. more severe weather across the

outer banks. there's a break in the action and then just cold light rain showers into far southwestern virginia which may have a chance to make it here as we get toward 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 this evening. all rain done by midnight. breezes will pick up. breezy to windy by morning time. tomorrow looks like an extremely windy day. may have to worry about trees down with gusty winds. we'll look down toward new yeefyee year's in a couple minutes. quinton perry, sr., says his 23-year-old boy was killed for his coat. darcy spencer is in oxon hill with more. darcy? >> reporter: the victim's father tells me he had received that coat on christmas eve. it's an expensive jacket. it has a designer label. he was wearing it as he was walking right here in this area. relatives believe he was killed

when he refused to hand it over. 23-year-old quinton tyrone perry jr., father of two little girls was shot and killed on christmas morning. >> he was a family man. >> reporter: relatives believe perry's killer was after his $300 coat which he received as a gift from a friend on christmas eve. >> all of this overcoat. >> reporter: that's all human life is worth? >> it's worth more than that but people don't treasure life no more. >> reporter: shots rang out just after 11:00 a.m. at southview drive and southview court in oxon hill. relatives say perry had been visiting his girlfriend and children in the area. he walked to a nearby convenience store and was heading back when he was gunned down. >> i am going to the store. i be right back. he went to the store and never made it back. >> reporter: perry's father

tells me he was on the phone talking to his brother in south carolina when he was shot and killed. the brother says he heard a commotion, the phone apparently hit the ground and then the line went dead. this isn't the first time perry has been the victim of a violent crime. in march he was stabbed in the thigh at the gallery place metro in d.c. the attackers were after his cell phone. his father has this message for the community. >> you know who done this to my son, don't be afraid to report it. it needs to be reported. the guy needs to be off the street for everybody else. >> reporter: family members and friends will gather here at the shooting scene at 7:00 this evening for a vigil. the family is also set up a memorial fund through bank of america. they say they need help in paying funeral expenses and help in providing for those two little girls who were left behind. reporting live from oxon hill, darcy spencer, news4.

firefighters in frederick county are trying to figure out what caused a pair of suspicious garage fires overnight. the first one broke out in 3700 block of singleton terrace. they arrived on the scene and saw the second scene a couple blocks away. the flames heavily damaged detached garages. no one was injured but some cars are a total loss. given how close these fires happened to each other, they are considered suspicious. d.c. fire investigators say overheated brakes caused smoke in a wheel on a freight train. this happened just before 11:00 this morning near the 3200 block of d street southeast. trains were stopped in both directions while crews inspected the trains and checked for any possible hazmat leaks. no one was injured and regular rail service has since resumed. the man accused of killing two people and kidnapping a toddler on christmas eve had been let out of jail just a day

before those murders were committed. clemmons, 27 years old, was arraigned today in a court in richmond. he's accused of shooting a 60 year old and a 56 year old. police say clemmons then stole an suv in which a little 2-year-old child was in the back. that boy was later found. he was not injured. according to the richmond times dispatch, investigators believe that clemmons was engaged in a robbery attempt at the time of the murders. president of a pain management clinic in chantilly, virginia, has been indicted for allegedly supplying patients with huge amounts of the drug x oxycontin selling for $80 a pill. he's not a doctor but according to the federal indictment, he sometimes referred to himself as a doctor. chris gordon has our report.

>> reporter: chantilly specialist limited of virginia is a medical practice that specializes in pain management. it says that he has a master of law degree from george washington university law school. this federal indictment charges him with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. the indictment allegation that under his direction, one of his nurse practitioners here prescribed more than 800,000 oxycontin narcotic based pills in one year. more than 12,000 to a single customer. at chantilly specialists, we met a patient who agreed to be interviewed if we didn't use her name or show her face. do you come here for pain

management? he's been indicted for illegally handling drugs. any reaction? >> i'm shocked. >> reporter: she came out and told us -- >> they are denying everything and shredding papers. >> reporter: neighbors who work where chantilly specialists is located say they have seen people come here in cars with license plates from other states. >> they just look very suspicious. pulling up in vans and driving up and down the street real fast. >> reporter: we informed chantilly specialist limited that we are preparing this story and we're told there's no response. i'm chris gordon, news4. police charged a woman with filing a false police report after she claims that two men broke into her home and assaulted her. police responded to the 6000 block of pope creek place yesterday morning for the report of a home invasion. the victim who is now the accused told police that some

men snatched a necklace she was wearing and then ran away. after an investigation, police determined that she made it up. the claimed assault and robbery was in fact stemming from a domestic incident. we are just a week away now from the iowa caucuses and the official start of the 2012 presidential race. all seven gop candidates are fighting for their party's nomination. in a race that's become increasingly close. latest polls show mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul in a dead heat with paul having a slight edge. despite that, gingrich and romney continue to go at each other. gingrich defended himself against a recent romney ad. >> to have him on a commercial questioning my conservatism. i've been a conservative my entire life. >> all together the republican candidates have spent $10 million on tv ads for the month of december alone.

as republicans battle for their party's nomination, president obama is getting a big head start on fund-raising. the democratic official says the president's re-election campaign is on track to raise $60 million for the fourth quarter of 2011. if that happens, president obama and democratic national committee would have picked up more than 200 million for the year. the campaign's total target goal is $750 million. >> more than 100 sears and kmart stores will be closing because the company says they didn't do well over the holiday season in terms of sales. the company that owns those two chains is making the move in order to raise some cash they say after they call a dismal shopping season. they're not saying yet which stores are going to close. >> reporter: good evening, jim. sears is the only store in the lot behind me after the mall in

landover closed in 2002. customers tell me they hope they won't have to say good-bye to this store as well. after dismal holiday profit reports emerged, sears holding corporation announced it will close up to 120 stores including kmart locations. >> that's not good. that's bad for the economy. bad for people who work for the stores and bad for customers like myself who shop the stores. >> reporter: the company's ceo says given our performance and difficult economic environment especially for big ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce ongoing expenses. a faithful series shopper for years says not even walmart can compare to its prices. but if this store goes down, she may find herself having to

forfeit bargains and convenience for another store. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: and wind up spending more money on gas to get there. despite half a million dollars in layaway angel purchases, kmart acquired by sears six years ago, reported a 5% drop in electronics, apparel and layaway purchases this quarter. which stores will close is not yet known but with as many as 120 on the chopping block, numerous people could quickly find themselves unemployed. >> that's very devastating. i myself was out of work for almost two years. i understand the effect of that. it's not good for the economy. >> reporter: sears says they could stand to make between $140 million and $170 million in liquidation sales alone not counting the money they could make in the sale of their properties or even the rental of them. we're live in landover this evening, news4.

back to you. >> thanks, erica. still ahead on "news4 at 5:00," a major data breach over the weekend by a hacking group, there's a warning that more attacks may be on the way. investigators have determined exactly what it was that caused that house fire on christmas day in connecticut. chuck will be back with more on our wet weather and more moving through the area. he'll tell us when we'll dry

some mothers can't imagine child delivery before the the epdurial but we're produced to hypnotic birthing. >> here's your baby. >> mom, lauren, delivered her baby without any pain medication. >> my goodness. >> reporter: using instead techniques she used in a birthing class. >> we talk about fear.

>> reporter: lauren was having the same experience where the epidurial only worked for half of her body. >> might as well feel it all and experience it and make it calm. >> reporter: through the classes she learned deep relaxation techniques using breathing and visualization. >> going through the spectrum of the rainbow which is the same colors in your body. >> reporter: the class puts a new spin on negative words. you won't hear pain, you'll here pressure. instead of contractions, you hear surges. moms are reassured that medication is an option if necessary. >> when you're in a relaxed state, you have hormones just spilling through your body. >> it was really neat to actually experience the birth and actually feel her entering the world. >> erica edwards, nbc news. >> it is unclear whether lauren

would have had time for an epidural even if she wanted one. she was born 23 minutes after they arrived at the hospital. >> that's a kid in a hurry. here i am. let's go. >> i'm sure mom was happy with that. >> ready to be here. >> out to weather. >> an ugly day for much of the afternoon outside but things are brightening up a little bit at the end of the day. right as the sun was going down, a break of sunshine here in washington. it lifted spirits just a bit but there's not a completely done with our rain chances just yet. most of us are done with them but nonetheless i'll show you the radar and where the rain is not quite done at the point of time. now, outside with the mostly cloudy sky. temperatures have really zipped up and down quite a bit today. we're back down now to 52 at national airport. southern maryland, some locations near 60 degrees just an hour ago. meanwhile, northern and western maryland already falling back down into the 30s.

a big spread of temperatures out there. 41 in leesburg. 45 in manassas. 55 now in annapolis. 56 as you get toward huntingtown, maryland and warm air down south. look back to the north and west, this is where our weather is going to be coming from. colder air is moving in and temperatures will be falling as a result. here we go into the metro washington area. most of the rain is now east of the city. heaviest showers with one or two rumbles of thunder in far southern calvert county and southern st. mary's county. calvert beach to leonard down down toward st. mary city. be on the lookout for showers running through there. that will be the majority of rain for us. we still have light rain sliding into far southwestern virginia. i can't rule out that it will

live to get here. three or four hours from now, we may get a spritz from mother nature before things dry out. heavy rain toward new york city and philadelphia. snow back to the west for cleveland and columbus, ohio. a deep area of low pressure racing northeast pushing rain offshore in the next couple hours. we'll be rain free by midnight and dry by tomorrow. upsloping snows from winds coming down off the lakes for those in the mountains. dry and breezy start tomorrow. plenty of sunshine east of the mountains. it will be wind whipped sunshine for sure. winds tomorrow out of the west-northwest at 20 to 30 miles per hour keeping windchills in the 20s and 30s all day. a much colder feel coming tomorrow. as we get into the day on thursday, sunshine returns. it will be chilly sunshine. at least the winds will be dying down. rain out of here by midnight tonight. a very windy day coming tomorrow and chilly day on thursday. there we are on future weather. everything is out of here by

9:00, 10:00 this evening. that will be the end of that. for overnight hours, rain will be over. skies will be clearing. wind will be increasing overnight. overnight low temperatures generally in the 30s and then for tomorrow, a mix of clouds and sunshine. more sun if you go from washington south and eastbound. more clouds up to the north and west in higher terrain and very windy tomorrow. winds out of the west at 20 to 30 sustained. winds will gust over 40 miles an hour especially along the ridge lines tomorrow. that could cause some power outages. we'll keep you posted on that through the day tomorrow. be ready for a real windy day tomorrow. nicer but chilly weather for thursday. friday the clouds are back. we're back in the 50s once again. i put up a precautionary raindrop for new year's eve. doesn't look like anything big. you don't want to mess with people's outdoor activities on new year's eve. a precautionary raindrop for new year's eve. >> what's an upsloping snow? >> moisture comes down the great lakes and up the west side of appalachians and snows out. we're on the east side and it

drives the air out and we get sunshine. >> we don't care because it's way over there. >> places like davis, west virginia. >> interesting term. >> thank you for the explanation. >> you're most welcome. >> we love to learn. >> we do. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," after spending christmas in the hospital, prince phillip finally goes home. a local family getting ready for a big new year's day honor in front of a national audience. >> if you have accumulat

the deadly fire on christmas day that killed three children and their grandparents in connecticut apparently was sparked by embers from a fireplace. at a news conference just a few minutes ago in stanford, connecticut, investigators say the hot embers had been disguarded near a first floor mud room and that's what set off the fire. the grandfather had gotten out of the house but he was killed when he went back on the roof trying to save the children. because of the intensity of that fire, firefighters were unable to rescue anyone. >> after 37 1/2 years, 38 years on the job, you never are prepared for anything like this. it's heartbreaking. i had to recall 70 firefighters

today for debriefing and most of them broke down. >> counseling was available for those firefighters to help them deal with that tragedy. this is a somber day for the family of marine staff sergeant vincent j. bell. the 28-year-old marine who is from detroit was buried this morning at the arlington national cemetery. bell was killed last month when a bomb exploded near his patrol area in afghanistan. sergeant vincent j. bell was buried in section 60 of the cemetery alongside the majority of victims from the iraq and afghan wars. he had joined the marines in 2001 and was on his fifth tour. final preparations under way now for the funeral of north kor korea's leader. his state funeral will take place in that country's capital over the next two days. hundreds of thousands of koreans are expected to participate. at the same time, mourners continue lining up to pay tribute to him. since his death, tens of

thousands of people could be seen bowing in front of large portraits of kim set up around the city. queen elizabeth's husband, prince phillip, is recovering at home after a health scare last week. the 90-year-old prince is back home recovering after spending christmas weekend in the hospital. doctors installed a stint to treat a blocked artery in the prince's heart. this morning he was taken back to the palace where he will continue to recover. he's one of the royal family's busiest members making up to 400 public appearances every year. coming up on the broadcast, an historic maryland landmark destroyed by a big fire. a major breach of online security by a hacking group. what you need to know to keep your online information safe. they're still searching for a missing blind man who disappeared

welcome back. i'm chuck bell here to keep you ahead of the rain showers that continue to push their way down into parts of southern maryland right now. heaviest of the showers down into calvert and st. mary's county. a break in the immediate metropolitan area around washington. most of the capital not getting wet currently. heavier showers in southern calvert and southern st. mary's county. between white sands down toward cove point and just to the east

of clarks landing and st. mary's county down toward valley lee and st. george island. that's not a severe thunderstorm but it is having some gusty winds, winds over 40 miles an hour possible as that thin line of thunderstorms comes on through. more light rain now entering far southwestern virginia. raindrops may be here in the 8:00 to 9:00 time frame for this evening. by 11:00 midnight, lows in the 30s and tomorrow very windy and chilly. highs in the 40s. windchills 20s and 30s tomorrow afternoon. a big change from today. rest of the seven-day coming up in a few more minutes. the hackers behind a major information breach at a security firm say more attacks are on the way. the group calls itself unanimous. they admit stealing tens of thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information

from a company called stratfo. >> the information includes individuals who work for the defense department, private companies and foreign embassies. it's a wake-up call says one expert to protect yourself against cybercrime. it was a cyberattack with a message. a loose knit group of hackers called unanimous stealing up to 4,000 names, home addresses and credit card information from stratfor. >> it is an embarrassment and companies have to make sure that they are responsible enough to not wait until something like this happens. to take the kind of systematic pro-active strategic approach. >> andy purdy once headed up a top security post and says all companies need to understand they're not islands and everyone is at risk.

>> i think every major company in the country has been infiltrated by malicious actors. the question is just whether or not they know it. >> reporter: the same goes for individuals. a quick survey of shoppers in this hardware store turned up identity theft victims. >> i was in north carolina and someone in new jersey spent $300. went back to the same store twice. >> reporter: others believe it's just a matter of time. >> all these things that make our lives easier with having bank accounts online but puts you at risk. >> reporter: in the case of stratfor, they took credit cards and used them to make contributions to charities. a lesson to all who own credit cards. >> at a minimum consumers have to make sure every month they track their credit card bills and their bank account bills to see whether or not there are any transactions that they didn't authorize.

even if it's a charitable contribution. they need to keep track of what's happened. >> the fbi is now investigating the breach. the company's website shows a banner saying the site is "undergoing maintenance." the search continues for a blind man who is missing. his name is mitchell smith. he came to d.c. earlier this month to visit relatives and he was last seen two weeks ago getting on an amtrak train at union station, a train bound for birmingham, alabama. his family says that he got off at an amtrak station in north carolina but they have not heard from him or been able to contact him for ten days now. mr. smith is 33 years old, 5'11", slim build. he carries a red and white cane and sometimes wears dark glasses. if you have any information that could help find him, you're asked to call police. a two-alarm fire damaged one

of howard county's oldest running motels. the fire broke out around 9:00 last night at the white elk motel. everyone inside was able to get out. there were no injuries reported. it took about 60 firefighters to get the blaze under control. route 1 was closed for several hours. several apartments or motel rooms rather were damaged. the white elk motel has been in business since the 1950s. friends and family members of a u.s. park police officer who died in the line of duty will get together to remember his life tonight. the viewing will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. for sergeant michael bane. it will be at the church of the nativity in burke, virginia. he suffered a fatal heart attack last month while trying to rescue a man under the key bridge. funeral services will be held tomorrow also at the church of the nativity followed by a processional through d.c. the officer was a 19-year veteran of the force. he leaves behind a wife and a

son. montgomery county police have identified the man gunned down this morning in white oak in a neighborhood there. they still don't know why he was gunned down. they have identified the victim as a 24-year-old. megan mcgrath has reaction from people that live nearby. >> reporter: the intersection of stewart and april lane. police tape blocks off the street. just down the hill in front of the metro bus stop lies the body of the victim. many neighbors were asleep when the gunfire started. they awoke to the sound of rapid shots. >> i was sleeping. when i woke up, i heard rapid fire of six shots. it sounded very close so i didn't know -- i didn't go outside. i looked outside my window. >> evidence technicians cordoned off a section of the parking lot across the street from where the victim was found. several shell casings could be found on the ground. a specially trained dog sniffed around the crime scene. >> i can't confirm where this

may have initiated but we do not believe that the bus stop is in any way related. >> reporter: not waiting for a bus? >> we don't believe so, no. >> reporter: as investigators did their work, residents looked on hopeful that the gunman would be found soon. >> it's kind of nervous because you're surprised. you wake up in the morning and you're ready to go to work and you see and hear these police and fire people. it's kind of nervous. very, very nervous. >> reporter: this happened a little bit before 7:00 this morning and police are still looking for witnesses. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police. in white oak, megan mcgrath, news4. still ahead on "news4 at 5:00," preparations are under way for one of the biggest new year's eve parties. >> and chuck returns to tell us when the rain on your payne will

on wall street, stocks endsed on a flat note on the start of this week's trading. dow jones industrial average was down two points. the nasdaq picked up six points. s&p 500 no change. some good economic news. consumer confidence is at its highest point since april. the monty survey by the conference board says the index climbed nearly ten points last

month to 64.5. the surge builds on last month's 15-point gain. the numbers are in line with reports of a good holiday season but below the 90-point level which indicates the economy is on solid ground. new numbers out that show online shopping on christmas day was up over last year. ibm tracked shopping at more than 500 websites. purchases on christmas day were up more than 16% over last year. online shopping the day after christmas was up 10%. the study also says more people are using their electronic devices such as iphones and ipads to make purchases. the number of purchases made using a mobile device were up almost 173%. that's a big chunk. >> whole lot of shopping going on. coming up, a special new year's day honor for a local family. >> in sports you'll

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hundreds of volunteers in pasadena are putting final touches on floats and preparing for the annual tournament of roses parade. the artists are cutting and painting and gluing flowers and other greenery to masterpieces for this parade steeped in tradition. they turn those things into masterpieces. it's the 123rd year for the parade. when it first started way back

in 1927, it was broadcast on radio. for the past 85 years, nbc has aired the parade. for a local family, the tournament of roses parade has a very special meaning this year. the family from virginia will be riding on a float in honor of a family member lost. paul was an organ donor and because he was a donor, three lives were saved. his wife and daughter will celebrate his wife and the difference he made to others at the parade on monday. >> reporter: a gentle bend in washington and old dominion trail, a turning point for the family who five years ago paul was biking this trail when he crashed. he later died. they find solis knowing that he died doing something he loved. he rode 2,000 miles a year.

>> biking was one of his favorite activities. the trail was his favorite biking spot. >> reporter: and there would be something else to help remember paul. a red heart above his driver's license says it all. paul was an organ donor. >> that choice that we made just by checking that box over 25 years ago really became an important decision. >> reporter: paul's liver, kidneys and heart valves went to recipients who needed them to live. skin and bone were also donated. >> it was really important to him. he wanted to help people with parts he couldn't use anymore at that point. live on in someone else. >> reporter: nationwide the 100 millionth organ donor was registered. it's a milestone but donors are still needed. >> 18 people die every day because there aren't enough organs to go around. >> next month his wife and daughter will ride a bike for donate life america in the

annual tournament of roses parade in pasadena. >> one more day and it basically celebrates the fact that donor family members allow transplant recipients to have one more day with their family members and their loved ones and go back to work and go back to their community. >> reporter: they will be among donor families from around the country who will grace the sides of the float in floral arrangements. >> they allowed us to finish it. they left the eyebrows on undone. we got to be part of his floral graph. >> there are other remembrances as well. a shelter on the trail in paul's honor and paul's ride for life scheduled for april with money raised going toward organ donation efforts and while they would have loved more time with paul, their memory goes on through life's passion i, cycli and the gift of life and the bend in the trail is not a sad place anymore. >> i like to come out here and

just sit sometimes and soak up the serenity of it. >> you can look for them and watch the tournament of roses parade in its entirety right here on nbc 4. it begins at 11:00 on monday morning. it's just about time to ring in the new year and that means getting the world famous crystal ball ready to drop in times square. workers spent the day in manhattan placing crystal triangles in the new design called let there be friendship. it will show friends holding hands around the globe. not surprising, a new priceline.com list ranks times square as the number one spot to toast 2012. that's based on the number of hotel reservations. other cities making that list, las vegas, new orleans, chicago and san francisco. another check on the weather? >> plenty of rain through the course of the day. we caught a break here at the end of the afternoon going into the evening hours. that is welcome news. it will help get everyone home just a little bit faster than if

the rain had stayed as hard as it was for much of the afternoon. outside we go. let's take a look and show you these great pictures from our viewers and from co-workers at the station. a couple pictures of the beautiful rainbow that we had an hour ago. this video shot from our city camera looking over the north end of the runway there at national airport. a gorgeous shot out there. for now looking at live doppler, most of the rain has pulled out of the immediate metropolitan area but there are some pretty heavy showers with maybe one or two rumbles of thunder down into extreme southern calvert county and now almost all of it into southern st. mary's county south of lexington park down toward st. george island and st. mary city. be on the lookout for heavy rain in the next bit. most of the rain pulling off the western shore of the bay headed out over on the eastern shore. a couple dying sprinkles as you get up into upper loudoun county. can't rule out the chance for a few more raindrops but not the intensity we had earlier in the

day. that will be welcome news. the last of the raindrops will be out here long before midnight tonight. big range of temperatures. 37 in martinsburg. 57 in st. mary's county right now. colder air will win this battle. no doubt about it. everyone in the thir30s to get day started tomorrow. highs tomorrow in the 40s. windchills holding near the freezing mark all tomorrow afternoon. bundle up. >> thanks, chuck. one of my favorite words in the dictionary is plethora. that's what you have to choose from for these plays of the week, wouldn't you say? >> plethora of plays. you are right. this week was a good week. hard to believe one more week in the nfl regular season and then it's playoff time. as usual, a plethora of great plays provided by rookies. one of them cam newton who silenced all doubters and is closing in on 4,000 passing yards in his first year. it's only appropriate we start

with the number one overall pick, cam newton has to be the nfl rookie of the year against the bucs on his own 9 yard line. throws deep. check this catch out. outleaps the defender and he is going, going, gone. cam newton has thrown for 20 touchdowns and rushed for an nfl quarterback record 14 this season. if you didn't believe in cam before, i hope you do now. that wasn't the longest touchdown of week 16. this one was. eli manning out of his own end zone to victor cruz and it couldn't have come at a better time. yeah. against the jets. 99 yards for the score. ties the longest touchdown pass in nfl history. can you imagine what rex ryan was thinking as he was watching that? in baltimore, former star joshua cribs playing close to home. he takes the ravens punt at his own 17 yard line. does a little dancing. a couple of nifty cuts.

and you know what i love about this guy? it doesn't look like he's running that fast. watch hill turn on the jets. he's just toying with them. the 11th kick return for a touchdown of his career. as for great catches, you cannot leave this one out. redskins from rex grossman. one handed grab in the end zone. so pretty. one of the few bright spots for the skins in their tenth loss of the year. here's an incredible individual effort. phillip rivers picked off. that's an easy touchdown. you have to watch this thing again. check out the big defensive lineman. one handed grab. the lions going to the playoffs for the first time since 1999. that means not one gatorade bath but two gatorade baths for head coach jim schwartz. the runner-up in the hurdling category goes to the dolphins running back reggie bush coming in low. he goes up high. leaps over the patriots player. one more look at this.

reggie having his best season as a pro. but nothing compares to the touchdown by jerome simpson of the bengals. you know it's coming here. jerome up over and he sticks the landing. can you believe that? his head coach says i really wish he wouldn't have done that. he could have cut inside but it wouldn't have looked as good as this "superman" and the tackler coming in was standing straight up. that is perfect. bengals can make the playoffs with a win next weekend. that may be the play of the year. >> that's a ten. >> a perfect score. i love it. >> thanks. coming up tonight on "news4 at 6:00," gloves off. presidential hopefuls back on the campaign trail taking jabs at each other as they have been. now it's just one week before the iowa caucuses. also, a new report that shows the wealth gap between lawmakers

and their constituents growing. and a man turned the tables on a would-be robber. it happened down in north carolina. we'll show you how it ended up. coming up at 6:00. and coming up next at 5:00, the role female soldiers are playing in the middle east. bridging the gap between communities and forces on the ground.

women are playing unprecedenteded roles in the wars in the middle east. prevented by law from performing in ground combat, their roles in that area are sometimes blurred as women with support missions find themselves shooting back in the midst of firefights. lee sutton explains. >> reporter: these means have a

secret weapon. in afghanistan social norms prevent men and women from interacting. >> going out and talking to the afghan people, you can put on that softer side. the civilian side of you i guess you can put it as. be the what can i do to help? that smile. that genuine caring concern that females have. >> reporter: sheena adams knows. she's been there. today she's training other marines on a female engagement team. >> are you going to ask them what is this? you're still going to try to get to know them. >> reporter: they practice with native afghan role players. engage the local populations in afghanistan to support the ground commander. because they're women, they can interact with afghan women and sometimes reach afghan men when male marines couldn't. >> you sit down and talk to them. we want to know your concerns. we'll see what we can do to

help. he'll just spill his guts about everything that's wrong in that community. >> reporter: being able to connect with communities means taking the time to learn the culture. weeks of lessons in language and culture will help them succeed at war where they will work to improve things from education and health to women's issues and community relationships. takes those skills to the battlefield means they'll face risks. >> we could get into a firefight. definitely. are we ready? yes, we are. are we nervous? of course. >> reporter: sheena knows. she's been in several and she says the risk is worth the gain. >> what we are able to accomplish over here and able to bring back is bigger than any bad thing that happens.

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