area for now. the lone exception is far southern most st. mary's county still some heavy rain right there on the southern tip of the county. that's almost all but off the land mass right now. that's good news. a little bit of light rain on route 50 on the chesapeake bay bridge on the eastern shore. a few sprinkles up toward college park and to the north of buoy there and a few more raindrops can be found near manassas city and manassas park and light rain to the south and west. some of those drops may ride up the shenandoah valley and bring us lingering drop chances between 6:00 and midnight tonight. after 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, the majority of the rain will be done. temperatures not so bad now from washington southbound but the colder air up north is coming our way. lows tonight will be in the 30s. that wind kicking up will make for a very chilly start tomorrow morning. be ready for some very high winds tomorrow afternoon. we'll talk more about how strong the winds will be and the seven-day forecast into 2012. all that coming up. >> we'll see you in a bit.

thanks. the president of a pain management clinic in chantilly, virginia, has been indicted on drug charges. he's accused of supplying patients with huge amounts of the drug oxycontin. the indictment says he kept doing it even after he learned of numerous overdoses and possibly even four deaths. chris gordon has our report. >> chant ililly limited specials in pain management. it says 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 at chantilly specialists prescribed more than 800,000 oxycontin narcotic based pills in one year.

more than 12,000 to a single customer. at chantilly specialist located in the 4200 block of lafayette center drive, 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? >> i do. >> reporter: do you get oxycontin? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: he's been indicted for illegally distributing drugs. >> i'm pretty shocked. >> reporter: did he ever refer to himself as a doctor? >> yes. >> reporter: did you know he's not a doctor? >> no, i did not. >> reporter: after she went into chantilly specialists she came out and told us -- >> they are denying everything and shredding papers. >> reporter: neighbors who work in the office park where chantilly specialists is located say they have seen people come here in cars with license plates from other states. >> they look suspicious pulling up in vans and driving up and down the street real fast. >> reporter: we informed chantilly specialists limited that we're preparing this story

and we were told there is no response. in chantilly, virginia, i'm chris gordon, news4. >> the patient you saw in that report in order to get her prescription for oxycontin she was required to return to the clinic each month and she would be charged $250 for each office visit. turning to politics now in just seven days voters in iowa will head to the polls and officially kick off the race for the white house. gop candidates are out in the state fighting for every vote with speeches, telephone calls and tv ads. janelle klein joins us on capitol hill with more on this race that's just getting tighter. >> reporter: no question about that, aaron. there's no front runner at this year's iowa caucus and no letting up for republican candidates on the campaign trail. with so many iowa voters still undecided, the winner of this year's caucus is anybody's guess. seven contenders, seven days. in just a week iowans will

choose a republican candidate for president and campaigns are intense. polls show a tight race between mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul with paul now in the lead. >> there's a large contingent responding to what he's talking about. >> romney's staff says he's a sure winner but he isn't overconfident. >> i was a distant third in iowa. you don't know what's going to happen in this process. >> reporter: especially with all of the candidates pulling out all of the stops. michele bachmann and rick perry are both on statewide bus tours. >> a part-time congress cut their pay in half. cut their time in washington in half. >> reporter: most have new commercials. together the candidates have spent $10 million on tv ads in the past month alone. sometimes ads can backfire. >> what doesn't always benefit the person doing the spending. one of the things that we've seen in past campaigns is that if one candidate spends a lot of money to attack another, it might benefit a third person because voters don't always like

the negative ads. >> reporter: nobody is afraid to attack. gingrich today fired back at romney. >> to have him run a commercial that questions my conservatism, i mean, i've been a conservative my entire life. >> reporter: at one time gingrich supported a key romney initiative. in a 2006 membermemo, he praise romney's massachusetts health care law. a law he now criticizes. iowa's choice may not predict the future. in the last 40 years only one republican nonincumbent candidate won iowa and went on to win the presidency. >> republican candidates battle for their party's nomination and president obama enjoying a new high note. the president has a 47% approval rating. 45% of those polled say they disapprove of his job. this is first time since july that mr. obama's approval rating was higher than his disapproval

rating. new numbers come following the president's battle with house gop over extending payroll tax benefits. there's a new report out that shows the wealth gap between lawmakers and their constituents is growing. according to an analysis by "the new york times," most americans saw net worth fall by 8% between 2004 and 2010 but members of congress in that time reported a 15% jump in that same period. in congress the median net worth is now $913,000. ten lawmakers of $100 million or more in the bank. republican from california tops that list. more than 100 sears and kmart stores will close their doors for good. those chains have been struggling with declining profits for some time now and competition from rivals like walmart and target hurt their holiday sales. we get more now on the fallout.

erica? >> reporter: good evening. the sears store behind me has been a stand alone store for the past six years. despite losing the mall here in landover a few years ago, customers say this one store is better than none at all. after dismal holiday profit reports emerged, sears holdings corporation announced it will close up to 120 stores including kmart locations. >> that's not good. that's bad for the economy. it's bad for people who work for the stores and bad for customers like myself who shop the stores. now where do we go? >> 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." this woman has been a faithful sears shopper for years. she says not even walmart can compare to its prices. if this store goes down, she and

other customers may find that they'll have to forfeit bargains and convenience. you have kmart open and target open, why do you come to kmart? >> closer to me. >> reporter: despite half a million dollars in layaway angel purchases, kmart acquired by sears six years ago reported a nearly 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 affect of that and it's not good for the economy. >> reporter: sears says that it could stand to gain anywhere from $140 million to $170 million in liquidation sales alone and that's not counting what they could make if they rent or sell the properties

where those stores are located. back to you. >> thank you. investigators in frederick county are trying to figure out what sparked a pair of garage fires that are considered suspicious. first one broke out last night in the 3700 block of singleton terrace. fire crews arrived and saw the second fire in the 3900 block of addison woods road a couple blocks away. in both cases the flames did a lot of damage to detached garages. nobody was injured but some cars are a total loss. the damage is estimated now at $130,000. given how close the fires are to each other, investigators say they're suspicious. a woman charged with filing a false police report after she claimed two men broke into her home and assaulted her. police spocresponded yesterday morning for a reported home

invasion. that woman told the police that the men snatched the necklace she was wearing and ran. after an investigation, prince well county police determined she made the story up. that situation apparently stemmed from a domestic related incident. >> coming up tonight -- >> a huge fire at the house next to us. the whole house is on fire. >> 911 calls out as investigators reveal what set off a deadly house fire on christmas day in connecticut. a maryland man shot and killed on his way to the store and his father says he was targeted because of what he was wearing. thousands of credit card numbers stolen from a security firm and the group claiming responsibility says there's more trouble in store. we'll tell you more about that. what do you have in sports? >> redskins lighter in the backfield as they cut somebody. drew brees proves that records are meant to be broken. plus a hot start turns into a cold finish for the

a log in a fireplace is responsible for the christmas day death of five people in connecticut. two adults and their three grandchildren were killed in a fire that engulfed their home. one of the adults tried desperately to save the kids. >> reporter: investigators now confirm it was embers from a

fireplace left inside a mudroom of the house that started the massive blaze that claimed the lives of lomer and pauline johnson and their three granddaughters. >> the fire entered the house is quickly and spread throughout the first floor and up two interior vertical openings trapping the occupants on the upper floors. >> the girl's mother and her friend were able to escape. borcina did try to help the children flee. >> he said he delivered t ee ee girls down to the second floor but the girls panic and one obviously ran upstairs. one went another direction. he lost sight of them. he exited the structure. >> reporter: when the flames were put out, firefighters found one child on the third floor and another one with her grandmother at the bottom of a stairwell between the second and third

floors. the grandfather and a third child were found near an open window. >> he obviously found one of the young children because he guided her to the window that he went through. when he stepped through that window, his life ended. it looks like he fell face forward because that's the position we had found him in. >> reporter: fire officials believe the fire could have started burning between 3:30 a.m. and 4:52 a.m. when 911 was called. >> there's a huge fir at the house next door to us. >> what's the address of the emergency? >> i got cut off. i was calling about a major fire with people in the house. >> reporter: while there may have been smoke detectors, officials are not sure they went off. >> we don't believe there were any fire detection systems activated in the house at this time. >> the town's fire chief said most firefighter broke down during their depreviobriefing d the fire.

a powerful earthquake hit southeastern russia today near the border manage olay. people are allowed to spend a night in a school over concerns about aftershocks. miners have all been ordered to leave the mines. a group linked to al qaeda is claiming responsibility for a recent wave of attacks in iraq. in a statement online, an organization called the islamic state of iraq says that the assaults last week were meant to support sunni muslims in prisons and in memory of those who were executed. the coordinated attacks targeted markets, grocery stores, cafes and government buildings in shiite neighborhoods. it's the first major attack since u.s. troops completed a

full withdrawal from iraq earlier this months. prince phillip recovering at home after a health care thscar week. doctors installed a stint for a blocked coronary artery in his heart. prince phillip with his family at the palace, their country home. he's one of the royal family's biggest members making up to 400 public appearances every year. earlier today this day could be described as one funky, grungy, lousy day. >> those are good words. i like that. >> don't you agree but it turned toward the end of the day. >> we got into the dry slot which is dry air wrapped into the main center of the storm there. we ended up with just a break of sunshine late in the day. most of the late morning and early afternoon hours were a lost cause if you had something to do. raining and miserable and cold outside. then late in the afternoon just as jim said, we got a little break of sunshine right at the tail end of the day.

it led to one of the best looking rainbows we have seen in a long time here in washington. i've been watching the skies a long time. this one here from our city camera view looking over the north end of the runway at national airport, absolutely spectacular. people have been tweeting them in and sending them in all afternoon long. i've been retweeting some of them. follow me at twitter, there's my favorite right there. delta aircraft going up the river and under the rainbow. no doubt going to grandma's house. beautiful day outside today. nice looking weather is about done with us for now. there goes that plane one more time. our official high today, 55 degrees outside. right about 4:00 this afternoon is what jim was alluding to. we broke sunshine and temperatures hopped up out of the 40s into mid 50s for a brief time. we had a half inch of rain today. because of another mild one, we'll end up with december still among the ten warmest decembers on record. we'll not make it into first place. we have just enough cold air coming our way tonight,

tomorrow, into thursday to keep us out of first place. for whatever that's worth. 50 degrees right now. mostly cloudy sky in place. winds for now are out of the southwest at 11 miles per hour. winds along to the west and northwest late tonight and is it going to be windy around here tomorrow. noticeably colder. look at this. 55 at annapolis right now. 44 in rockville. 45 in gaithersburg. 42 at dulles airport. low and mid 30s from cumberland and winchester. cold air will win out late tonight and into tomorrow. for now the last of the heavy rain showers are now off the southern most tip of st. mary's county headed out on lower parts of the eastern shore. still raining along parts of the bay bridge and with winds tomorrow if you're going to travel over the bay bridge, you may want to stay tuned. sometimes they have to put restrictions on the type of vehicle that can cross the bridge on a windy day.

that may be in place for tomorrow. meanwhile, back across the high spots, this is all snow now in western pennsylvania, western new york and heavy rain new york city toward boston late night flights tonight could see serious delays. be ready for that if you are waiting on anybody. the snows follow the cold air all of the way down into far southwestern virginia snowing into great smoky mountains national forest. dry slot for now. cold air coming in. i can't rule out a few more l n lonesome raindrops. dry and breezy start coming your way tomorrow. a mix of clouds and sunshine but wind whipped sunshine for sure. tomorrow winds out of the west at 20 to 30 miles an hour. gusts over 40 miles per hour at times. much colder weather coming our way. windchills tomorrow holding near freezing and then on thursday, mostly sunny. temperatures back down into the 40s once again. at least by thursday that wind will be gone. overnight tonight, once the

rains are gone, the skies will clear out late tonight. wind will start to increase. west winds 12 to 24 miles an hour. wake-up temperatures 30s to near 40. tomorrow, cloudy skies for the north and west. sunshine from washington southbound and extremely windy day tomorrow. could cause some power outages. be on the ready for that. trees are in saturated ground right now and a strong breeze can knock them over. precautionary raindrop put in for new year's eve. it doesn't look like much. i know a lot of people planning to be traveling around late that night. be on the lookout. looks like raindrops and not snowflakes and it doesn't look like much. we're keeping an eye on it. >> thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. coming up next, a special tribute for a local organ donors family how they're being honored at this year's tournament of roses parade. >> we'll show you a dude who picked the wrong guy who

a u.s. park police officer who died in the line of duty is being remembered tonight. there's a viewing taking place tonight for sergeant michael baim. he suffered a heart attack while trying to rescue an injured person. funeral services will be held tomorrow at the church of nativity followed by a procession through d.c. he was a 19-year veteran of the force and leaves hinds a wife an

son. a former reality show producer who is accused of murdering his wife while on vacation last year is going to stand trial in mexico. his name is bruce beresford-redman. he's not appealing a federal judge's ruling that would extradite him back to cancun. however, he is maintaining that he's innocent. his wife's body was found in a sewer at the resort there last april three days after she was reported missing. authorities in mexico say there is evidence that the couple fought over the man's alleged infidelity and there was scratches on his body and that he waited until the day after his wife reportedly went missing to tell authorities. >> he was looking for her. he would come back to check on the children. he did that numerous times. he is a good man. he's never been in trouble with the law. he's not a violent person. and despite difficulties in the marriage, everyone has difficulties, usually there's still a great deal of love.

>> it's now up to secretary of state hillary clinton to approve the extradition to mexico to face those murder charges. next up on news4, a serious security breach exposed and hackers are to blame. why the threat isn't over yet. >> i'm darcy spencer in oxon hill. a man was gunned down here on christmas morning and relatives believe the shooter was after his expensive coat. i'll have details coming up. police rescued a mother and son who were being held against their will. the family is crediting facebook with saving their lives. >> coming up in sports, the

a man who runs a pain management clinic called chantilly specialist in chantilly, virginia, has been indicted on drug charges. prosecutors say paul boccone prescribed massive amounts of oo oo oxycontin pills to customers. including 12,000 of them to a single customer. down to the wire for presidential candidates with

just one week to go before the iowa caucuses. in december alone, the candidates have spent $10 million on political ads. the most recent polls give ron paul a slight edge with mitt romney and newt gingrich close behind. >> the company that owns sears and kmart is planning to shut down more than 100 stores. they say their holiday sales were terrible. no word yet on which stores will close and they won't talk about how many employees, if any, will lose their jobs. a father of two murdered on christmas day in oxon hill and tonight relatives of the victim think they know why. >> in fact, the father of the man that was killed, the man was only 23 years old, says somebody murdered his son for his coat. darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: 23-year-old quinton tyrone perry, jr., father of two little girls, was shot and killed on christmas morning. >> good father. he did everything for his daughters. he made sure that he took care of them. good family man. >> reporter: relatives believe

perry's killer was after his $300 coat he received as a gift from a friend on christmas eve. prince george's county police say shots rang out just after 11:00 a.m. at southview dve and southview court in oxon hill. relatives say perry was visiting his girlfriend and children in the area. relatives tell me the victim had walked to a nearby convenience store and was returning to the apartment with those items when he was gunned down. >> he had just told his daughter i'm going to the store. i be right back. he loved his daughter. the littlest one. he kissed her. went to the store and never made it back. >> reporter: relatives say perry was on the phone with his brother in south carolina when it happened. he heard a commotion, the phone dropped and the line went dead. >> it could happen to anybody. they are going to keep on doing it. >> reporter: 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. police are trying to track down witnesses and surveillance video from the area. >> we're hoping somebody in the area may have saw something being on christmas day, everybody up and about. maybe something saw something has some information that can provide us with a tip. >> family and friends will hold a vigil at the crime scene at 7:00 tonight. a memorial fund is set up through the bank of america to cover funeral expenses. folks in white oak, maryland, woke up to the sound of gun shots this morning at about 6:30 at the intersection of stewart and april lanes. a man was murdered. montgomery county police still searching for the suspect and have not released a motive. the man accused of killing two people and kidnapping a toddler in richmond or christmas eve was let out of jail the day before those murders. 27-year-old jammal clemmons was arraigned today in a court in

richmond accused of shooting a 60 year old and a 56 year old. clemmons then stole an suv that had a 2-year-old boy in the back. the boy was later found not injured. investigators believe the motive for the murders was robbery. thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a security firm in texas on christmas. a group of hackers is claiming responsibility. they say it's only the beginning. we get more now on whether your personal information could be in jeopardy. >> reporter: 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, a texas firm with big name clients like apple and u.s. military. >> hackers are in all of the information systems that exist today. >> reporter: andy purdy headed up the top security post. he says all companies need to understand they are not islands. everyone is at risk.

>> i think every major company in the country has been infiltrated by malicious actors. the question is whether or not they know it. companies have to recognize that this is going to happen sooner rather than later. >> 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. >> think we're just lucky. >> always a fear that someone can hack into your files or computer and figure out your information. >> reporter: in the case of stratfor, the hack eer group was to prove a point. using credit cards to make donations to charities like the red cross. some of the victims caught the illegal charge and got it removed. experts say at the minimum, consumers need to track credit card bills and work with their financial institution. >> they need to work with the

bank that's going to expect and provide greater protections for their online transactions. too many banks are depending on user name and password. that's not adequate today. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating the breach. the unanimous group says it won't be their last. >> hackers had previously claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on credit card processors. visa, mastercard and paypal. still to come tonight, how facebook saved a mother and son from certain death. rain is moving away.

welcome back to "news4 at 6:00." i'm storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell. an up and down kind of day. down for most of the day. a nice bright finish with a little bit of sunshine just before sunset right around 5:00 this afternoon. skies are going to try to clear late tonight but between now and clearing, there is still a few more chances for light rain across the area. here's the way it looks on storm 4 doppler. cloudy skies. 50 degrees in washington right now. a southwest wind still averaging 11 miles per hour. winds will pick up tomorrow. heavier rain we had earlier today is now forming up a tough line of showers and some embedded thunderstorms that goes from philadelphia all of the way down through dover down into parts of southern delaware and just about ready to move into salisbury, maryland. friends out at ocean city, that line of showers and storms is headed their way. it will be there in about the next 30 to 40 minutes.

closer to town, not much going on the immediate metropolitan washington area. sprinkles along interstate 66 toward the west of manassas east of marshall area. further down south and west, light rain coming into southern end of the shenandoah valley. a couple raindrops may live long enough to give us sprinkles between now and midnight but after that this big area of low pressure now centered over central pennsylvania, that's racing into new york and new england and it will take the rain out of here now and it will allow a big push of much colder air to ride a strong west to northwesterly wind in here for tomorrow so you need to be ready for a breezy to blustery day on your wednesday. current temperatures, 30s to the north and west. still near 60 in southern maryland out on the eastern shore. lows tonight generally holding in the 30s. highs tomorrow low to mid 40s. a decent amount of sunshine around town but it's going to be very windy. a west to northwest wind tomorrow 20 to 30 miles an hour sustained.

winds could gust well over 40 miles an hour especially in the higher terrain. be ready for that. could bring down trees and cause scattered power outages. be ready for that. milder weather returns just in time for new year's weekend. a precautionary little drop on new year's eve. doesn't look like any big storm. >> all right. thank you, chuck. a guy in harrisonville, north carolina, who turns the tables on a would-be robber. before closing, a man walked into a cash for gold business and demanded money. normally the worker here is actually armed. didn't have it on that night. he wasn't. he took this guy on with his bare hands. handed him money. you there saw it. decked him. out cold. i guess he's checking on him while calling police here. eventually this guy comes to. you see him right there. he starts begging for the guy to let him go. he said, no.

now clean up this blood. see the guy on the ground there wiping it up waiting for police and paramedics to come. that is your dumb criminal of the day. facebook is being credited with helping save the life of a woman in utah and her 17-month-old son. the woman posted a message on the social networking site that read "hello. is anybody out there? i'm having a serious problem. me and my son will be dead by morning. somebody saw the post and immediately tried to get information from other facebook friends on how to contact the woman. >> her posts were never jokes. i thought this is christmas. this has to be real. even if it's not, you got to followthrough on it. >> eventually a friend from south carolina posted the woman's address. when the cops arrived, they found her live-in boyfriend holding the woman and her son hostage. they locked him up on kidnapping

and assault charges. >> wow. >> sports. who are we looking at? >> the wizards first impression really not a good one on this shortened season. capitals road was continued and the skins all-terrain vehicle

>> i don't know who it was. someone a long time ago said nfl standings were not for long and the poster board has to be terrain. up and down and gone. >> he came into the season as a guy supposed to be the starting running back. the redskins had a lot of things many teams don't. three running backs. today they got ryan terrain. he's been released. it's really been a perplexing year for terrain who ended the yier year after being a career starter. he ran for 135 yards against the rams and then he disappeared. a complete nonfactor. he wasn't even active for several games. mike shanahan said he hasn't taken advantage of his opportunities and clearly's comfortable with roy and evan, both rookies. they have 100 yards rushing

games on their resume. yesterday's season opening loss by the wizards wasn't just a young people blowing a 21-point lead. it was are preview of the dysfunction we'll see over the next 65 games. coach calling out players. players calling out coach and even more day after grousing via twitter by the self-appointed team captain on opening night. a brand new uniform. they looked good early on. things looked good for wizards. one on two break gets the bump and bucket. tough shooting night 3 of 13 but wizards did build a 21-point lead. third quarter, the nets coming back. williams misses the shot. chris humphreyss is there. good game for him. darren williams showing why he's one of the best point guards in the game.

three of his game high 23 coming right there. combined for 20 of the nets 29 third quarter points. wizards had a chance down by three with 25 seconds left. just a young mistake there. turns it over. after the game flip saunders none too happy and neither were the players. >> kids are always going to make runs. it's how you respond to those runs. i thought we responded in a very selfish way. everyone trying to say i'll do it myself rather than we got up 20 playing team basketball doing it the right way. >> getting up by 20 so early and so easily was a curse for us. then guys started to get relaxed and playing one-on-one basketball and that's not the team we was. >> it's about being a team and how we moving the ball to

everyone one-on-one. you do this in league we have nobody in our team to go one-on-one like that. it cost us the game. >> all right. 65 more games to get back on track for the washington wizards. capitals forward said it best. wear not playing good hockey. we need to improve. sorry to be so negative. a couple bummer stories. been almost a month since the head coach took over, capitals have only won two games in a row one time and have a losing record since hunter arrived back in town. a stinker in buffalo. this is a game that he already has forgotten about. down 2-0 in the first period. it's 3-0. three goals on six shots. i've seen enough. you're out. we're still in the first.

sabres on the power play. takes it inside and then gives it to mcnabb who puts it past. this is the first mcnabb to do well here in town in a while. much to the chagrin of the capitals. caps tafall 4-2. it's supposed to be easier in dale hunter's system. >> all he wants is simple hockey to get the puck deep and get it going. it's pretty simple to me. you have to do it and skip pucks out and support each other. no one is being asked to do anything lewd or that stuff. >> we have to play better. we'll win hockey games. we can't be this bad as we've been. embarrassing. too many mistakes. >> caps back in action tomorrow night. did you see drew brees last night or at least see the highlights of that game? it was amazing.

you know what the best part is? they talk about the measurables in the nfl for quarterbacks, height, weight, arm strength. doesn't have a strong arm. he's about 5'11". >> lacking in all those categories. >> but he keeps winning. >> super bowl champion and saints quarterback drew brees woke an nfl record that stood since 1984. his saints got a win in tproces. he was trying to break a record that dan marino held for almost three decades. let's chick it up in the second quarter. brees hitting the breakout story of the year in tight end jimmy graham. that's his tenth touchdown catch. 21-10 the saints on top. brees just 75 yards away from the record at halftime. slow third quarter. he finally got it going. final drive of the game. brees. nine-yard touchdown pass. saints win 45-16. brees ends the game with 5,087

yards passing to break dan marino's 27-year-old record. this is kind of cool. in the locker room after the game the cameras were there for brees's speech to his team. >> i want us to look back and a guy on defense to say, yeah, i was on that team. i was a part of that. i made plays that year that helped that guy have that opportunity. i was an offensive lineman that blocked for that guy. i was a receiver who caught balls. i was a running back who caught balls, ran, set up opportunities. i was a coach on that team. i want everybody to be proud of this because it's all about you. it's not about one person. it's going to be about us as we continue on as we win next week and we continue to win and we continue this journey because it's all about the prize at the end. i'm happy to be on it with you, man. love you. [ applause ] >> drew brees. >> no i in team. >> you know what would be fun? saints/packers, nfc championship game. >> i heard marino was gracious

the 123rd tournament of roses parade takes place this monday in pasadena, california. today hundreds of volunteers helped put the finishing touches on the floats. artists are cutting, painting and gluing flowers on the displays. when the parade started in 1927, it was broadcast on the radio. for the past 85 years, nbc has

aired the event. you can watch 11:00 on monday morning. for one northern virginia family, this year's parade is special. they will be on one of those floats dedicated to the relatives they lost who later donated their organs to others could live. derrick ward reports. >> reporter: a gentle bend in the washington and old dominion trail is a sign in the turning point of this family. paul was biking this trail when he crashed. three days later he died. since the loss, paul's wife and his daughter have come to find some solis knowing that he died knowing what 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 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 because he wanted to help people with parts he couldn't use anymore at that point. live on in someone else. >> reporter: nationwide the 100th million donor was just registered. >> 18 people die every day because there aren't enough organs to go around. >> reporter: next month paul's wife and daughter will ride a float by donate life america in the tournament of roses parade in pasadena. the 2012 float has a special theme. >> one more day. 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 across the country. >> they actually allowed us to finish it. they left the eyebrows undone so me and mom got to glue the eyebrows on. >> there are still 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. they would have loved more time with paul but his memory goes on through his life passion, cycling, and through the gift of life he gave of himself and the bend in the trail is not such a sad place anymore. >> i like to come out here and just sit sometimes and soak up the serenity of it. >> reporter: derrick ward, news4. >> donate life america has been sponsoring floats in the parade since 2004. coming up at 11:00, breaking political news regarding the primary ballot in virginia. now there's a lawsuit filed to

give voters another choice on super tuesday. also, leaders in new york and washington are being asked about a parade for soldiers returning from iraq. and we'll tell you about a fire started by an artificial christmas tree. those stories and more coming you up in our broadcast at 11:00. final check, chuck. >> all right. cold air is on the way. it's going to be a mild december for sure. i've been running through the record books. looks like no matter what happens the next couple days, we'll finish off in the top ten for warmest decembers here in washington and cold air sneaks back in tomorrow. right now current temperatures are mild in southern maryland near 60 on the eastern shore. mid 30s in northern and western maryland. the rain is essentially over now. a couple evening sprinkles can't be ruled out. skies clearing out late tonight. wind will pick up. you'll notice it tomorrow. kids under 40 rounds, rocks in the pockets for tomorrow. highs upper 30s and low 40s. windchills near freezing tomorrow afternoon. that will feel like a lot like december. nice weather for thursday and generally nice for friday.

back into the 50s there. precautionary raindrop for saturday new year's eve and then new year's day looks quiet. follow the forecast on our website or follow me on twitter. i've been tweeting out those pictures of the rainbow from earlier today. >> tomorrow they can send us pictures of kids with rocks in their pockets. a day that some people dream of their entire lives but some people in lima, pueru, didn't imagine getting married as they did until now. 90 grooms and 90 brides simultaneously exchanged rings and vows. the mass wedding was sponsored by government and presided over by the mayor of lima coinciding with the holidays. some couples did it to save money. the oldest bride was 64 years old. the oldest groom was 72 years old. we don't think that