leading news station, this is news 4 at 6:00. rg3 limping away from the beltway battle with the ravens. the redskins escaped with an overtime win, but they had to finish their comeback without robert griffin iii. good evening everyone. i'm jim rosenfield. fans got their money's worth in the battle of the beltways between the ravens and the redski redskins, but what everyone wants to know right now, how is rg3's right knee? dan hellie is live at fedexfield. a lot of farns holding their breath. at least he had a sense of humor about it tonight. >> it was really funny in his press conference, jim. it really was a tremendous overtime win. so much concern though here about the health of robert griffin iii. he said he's had an ac l before, doesn't feel like an acl.

confident he's going to be playing next week. we don't really know anything until he has an mri on that knee expected to take place tomorrow. so in his steed comes kirk cousins, another rookie quarterback who was perfect and then a couple other rookies step up and basically win the game for the redskins who improve to 7-6 on this year after four straight wins. ravens and redskins fans have been trash talking all week long. let's pick it up in the fourth quarter. ravens up by eight. rg3 taking it outside, finds some room. the big hit. griffin's he just gets hammered. he leaves the game, comes back in, but would have to exit for good. in comes backup quarterback kirk cousins. the redskins drive down the field and check out cousins here. hooked it up with pierre for the late touchdown. then he runs in the two-point conversion himself, and we're headed to overtime. after a defensive stop, a

64-yard richard crawford punt return, there is this. perfect still. a 34-yard field goal to win the game. the redskins win it 31-28. afterwards here is robert griffin iii, who is not fearing the worst. >> i'm not a doctor, but i know what acl feels like, and it doesn't feel like acl. so we won the game. you know, everybody is praying for me. you know, i feel pretty good right now about the whole situation, so, you know, i'm not too nervous bii will definitely be praying during the mri. >> robert grif yn iii feels pret good. he did have a serious limp going into his press conference. somebody had to pick up his car for him. so we're going to find out more about robert griffin iii coming up tomorrow. we will hear some player reaction on one of the biggest wins. >> do we have to look at that play again with the knee? that's tough to watch.

>> i know. >> i love when he said, i screamed, like a man, of course. >> he's so laughable. he always is saying stuff that's really funny, and you just got to keep your fingers crossed he's okay. >> all right, dan. thanks. despite rg3's injury, fans were thrilled when they came out on top of this year's beltway battle. darcy spencer is live taking the pulse of redskins nation. >> reporter: it's relatively calm out hat right now, but about an hour ago when fans poured out of the stadium, it was crazy. the fans were jumping up and down, screaming, fireworks were being set off in the parking lot because the skins came out on top in the battle of the beltways. >> whoo! >> reporter: it was a sea of burgundy and gold and purple flowing from fedexfield. but it was the fans of the hometown team, the redskins, who were smiling after an exciting overtime win. >> let's go redskins! yeah! no, it was good. it was a good game.

it was a good game. one of them heart attack teams. >> awesome. four-game winning streak. i love it. we need to do this a little more often. >> reporter: with d.c. and baltimore being so close, there are many couples with divided allegiance to the skins and ravens. >> i'm feeling fantastic. what a game. kirk cousins come back and then run it in for the two-point conversion. unbelievable. >> knock it off. that's enough. that's enough. >> reporter: and wes and melissa. >> i'm loving life. she's probably going to sleep on the couch. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: so you're no the that mad at him. >> we'll let him have that one. >> there was a case of west nile in d.c. and all the crows went down. >> reporter: the skins pulled off their fourth win in a row with rg3 off the field with an injury. fans are already thinking about the next game. >> it's okay.

>> reporter: playoffs hopes and dreams live on at fedexfield. new details about a rescue operation in afghanistan. we're learning now that an american soldier was killed while rescuing a doctor who had been abducted in kabul. president obama has released a statement expressing sympathy for the soldier's family. police in lexington, kentucky, investigating an accident that killed a washington, d.c., woman. county officials identified the victim as 27-year-old lauren roady. they say she was hit by a fire truck last night at an intersection in downtown lexington. according to the nbc affiliate in lexington, mr. is have not clarified exactly how the accident happened. the county coroner described her death as accidentally. the mayor expressed a statement of sympathy. a gray, wet, and clowy day

across the area and i'm hearing more chances for rain in the forecast. here is meteorologist chuck bell. hi, chuck. >> good evening to you and a good evening, everybody, after a dismally gray and damp sunday afternoon. there are more rain drops inbound for the late night hours tonight. plenty of rain up here well to the west of i-81 for now, but it won't take long, it will be raining again in winchester and martinsburg and eventually the rain drops will find that i y back into the capital beltway. reduced visibilities has air travel slowed down. you may want to call ahead. your sunday evening planner, chilly, wet, rain coming back by 9:00, 10:00, we'll talk about monday and back to work forecast in a few. >> see you in a bit, chuck. ♪ weather didn't damp enspirits this evening as the national menorah was lit to celebrate hanukkah. the u.s. navy band was among the

features performances. this is the world's largest menorah. it caps the first full day of the jewish holiday that celebrates the victory of the mack beeian army and the triumph of light over darkness. in fiscal cliff negotiations, it's looking more like president obama could get his way on tax hikes for the wealthy. he met behind closed doors with house speaker john boehner at the white house this afternoon. no word yet on what came out of those talks, but an increasing number of congressional republicans are indicating they'll accept a tax -- >> we have spent all this time talking about revenue, but as we watched our government continue to spend more. this is really about spending. >> will i accept a tax increase as a part of a deal to actually solve our problems? yes. >> across the board tax hikes and spending cuts will automatically kick in if the white house and congress continueeach a deal now in 22 days.

dallas cowboys player remains behind bars tonight after a deadly crash that killed a teammate. defensive lineman josh brent is being held on half a million dollars bond. his lawyer called that excessive. police say brent was driving drunk when he crashed his car in the dallas suburb of irving yesterday. tem me teammate jerry brown died in the crash. a moment of silence was held for brown before today's game. coming up on news4 at 6:00, don't know exactly what you're looking for when you need a taxi in the district? >> you know, all these different cab, okay, holding onto the door. is this a real cab? >> a new policy could make it easier for you to hail a cab.

breaking news just into news4 on a double shooting in the district. police are telling us that happened near minnesota avenue and 19 street southeast. details on the victim still coming into our newsroom. stay with news4 and nbcwashington.com for the latest. we'll keep you posted as soon as we get more information. overseas now in egypt, clashes continuing despite president mohamed morsi relinquishing the sweeping powers he granted himself last month. the opposition against his government plans to keep protesting unless morsi also

cancels a referendum coming up next saturday. the vote is on whether to adopt the draft constitution put together by morsi's islamists allies. morsi has not indicated any plans to cancel the referendum and plans to keep military forces in place through next week. tomorrow mayor vincent gray will offer his proposal to change the color of d.c. taxicabs. part of an effort to modernize the city's fleet. derrick ward spoke to customers about what color they think would be best for d.c. >> reporter: d.c.'s cab industry is nothing if not colorful. of course, there are the yellow cabs which look more orange and the ecofriendly green cab that's more white than green. and where is the red, white, and blue on the patriot cab? the d.c. taxicab commission is considering rather to make things less ironic by establishing a uniform color in the city. this driver thinks maybe they should opt for day glow green. >> you can see far away. the kids love it and they like

it, and this is a real good color. >> you can spot it a mile off. >> reporter: but these english visitors also think it's the strong suit for cabs in london. most of those are black. >> because you can then spot them really easily in the distance. >> reporter: and the taxi industry in cities like new york seem to have survived uniformity. >> like in new york the yellow seems a predominantly easy color to see. >> caller: d.c. branding, as thetices, and an effort to cut down on illegal cabs is among the reasons d.c. is considering a change. >> between all these different cab colors, like, okay, holding open the door now. is this a real cab? >> reporter: yellow tends to mellow those fears. >> i remember we we in new york, seeing that yellow cab, i felt secure. that's a yellow cab, i'm getting in and riding. >> reporter: changes wouldn't apply to existing cabs, only new ones coming onto the streets. still not clear how the yellow cab company would deal with their orange cabs. >> i think it's up to the people who live in this city. >> reporter: the public will get

a chance to weigh in. come monday they're going to have some of the proposed color schemes out on display in front of the verizon center so the public can weigh in. in northwest, derrick ward, news4. coming up tonight, a major winter storm in the midwest that's causing car accidents, canceling hundreds of flights from the dakotas to the great lakes. plus, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will be back with our forecast. he will tell us when we might see the sun again. next.

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♪ we wish you a merry christm christmas ♪ >> a little bit of music today to get metro riders in the holiday spirit. these are members of the cathedral choral society. the choral society kicks off their joy of christmas concert series next saturday at the national cathedral. ♪ sounds good. >> you needed some music to pick up some spirits. >> the redskins "w" helped an awful lot. no doubt about that. cloudy skies have been the rule. that's going to continue. take a check of it outside. temperatures are stuck in the upper 40s to right around 50 degrees. temperature has not budged more than a few degrees all day long. still 48 with a light drizzle and mist down at national airport. winds remain for now out of the

north at 3. gradually the winds will come to the southwest tomorrow and push much warmer air in place for one day. uppe40s to around 50 degrees right now. your monday planner, back to work and school, cloudy is showers likely in the morning. even with showers off and on chances during the day, temperatures in the 60s tomorrow afternoon and rain tomorrow night. on storm family 4 radar, light rain, i-95 to the south of town. mist and drizzle around town, but steadier moderate rains across much of the mountains of west virginia. it's inching east of the blue ridge, so rain is a big part of our forecast for late tonight. up across the upper midwest, yes, indeed, it's snowing. this is duluth, minnesota, right here. this is duluth, minnesota, right here in video format. winter has arrived across the upper midwest. and they've had anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snow today in duluth and they could get a couple more inches tonight. if you have friends or flights going into the upper midwest, minneapolis/st. paul has canceled quite a few in the way of flights. that's an iconic bridge in the

port of duluth. back here at home, there's the rain drops that are coming our way. there's a warm front just down to our south. it will ride up through here during the overnight tonight. so temperatures will climb after about 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. we should be in the low to mid-50s first thing tomorrow morning and then zoom into the 60s for a brief time tomorrow. then is chance for some steadiyer heavier showers late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening as the front goes on by. behind it high pressure, a cooler and drier pattern, and the return of sunshine. that comes in as early as tuesday afternoon and lasts for much of the upcoming week. so overnight cloudy, chill y, light rain, drizzle, fog. tomorrow cloudy and mild, periods of rain from time to time, but breezy and much, much warmer tomorrow. well into the 60s. out ahead of the cold front which drops us back into high temperatures in the 40s for wednesday and thursday. back to around 50 by friday. so most of the upcoming week after tuesday noontime will be chilly and dry.

if you need updates on the weather, you can follow me on twitter @chuckbell 4 and i will keep you posted. >> thank you, chuck. coming up in sports, thanks to kirk cousins, the injury to rg3 didn't mean disaster for the redskins. carol is up next with more on carol is up next with more on the it was like a red rash... very sore looking kinda blistery. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i was a firefighter for 24 years. but, i have never encountered such a burning sensation

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we have an update now on that breaking news we told you about in southeast d.c. a 4-year-old child is being rushed to the hospital right now with what are being described as

life-threatening injuries. this is after a double shooting near minnesota avenue and 19th street in southeast. we have a crew at the scene and we will have the latest coming up on nbcwashington.com and after the game later tonight. all right. let's turn to sports now and the redskins' comeback victory today. >> another first for the team, a win without robert at the end, right? >> yeah. >> the redskins -- >> still smiling at the end. >> he was smiling, limping off. the redskins hosting the ravens. these two go right at each other. it's a slugfest that knocks rg3 out late, but a number of other rookies come to the rescue. from the north pole it's santa at fedexfield taking in football today. redskins more nice than naughty to start the game. first drive, they have marched down the field on third and goal here. rg3 scrambling, looking, looking, and finding josh morgan for a four-yard touchdown. skins 186 yards in the first quarter. most in the nfl this season.

fast forward, ravens up 21-20 and going for more. seven-yard touchdown. he had 121 yards on the ground. baltimore up 28-20. ensuing redskins' possession, under two minutes to play, on second and 19, grif fin takes off. he's running into a couple guys and that's not good. hit hard at the end of the play. you can see on the replay his right leg just crushed. griffin would leave the game with a right knee injury. enter the other rookie, kirk cousins. now, rg3 did come back in, hurt too much, so here we go with cousins, and he comes through. hits for the 11-yard score. skins need a two-point conversion to tie. game on the line, and it's a quarterback draw. cousins runs it in himself. ties it at 28, and we are going to overtime. kirk and rg3, they hug it out on the sidelines. ravens, they win the toss. they go three and out. on the punt richard crawford,

the rookie seventh rounder starting in place of a benched brandon banks. 64-yard return all the way to the 24. redskins in business. and that helps set up this. a perfect 13 or 13 before this kick, and it's good. 34 yards for the win. redski redskins, they take it in a thriller, 31-28. for more we're going to head right back out to fedexfield where dan hellie is standing by. dan, first overtime game for the skins. credit a number of other rookies stepping up big time. >> reporter: carol, everybody saw this coming, right? richard crawford, kirk cousins. >> we didn't know this. >> reporter: we knew they were going to chip in and be a big part of this win. kirk cousins to come in there and do what he did, is amazing. he was perfect. not only did he throw the touchdown pass to pierre but the play is qb draw double pile. nobody saw kirk cousins coming in to run that two-point

conversion. he was cool as a cucumber and here is cousins after the game. >> i'm going to try to make something happen, try to do my best rg3, if you will, and pierre ended up coming off his route and breaking away and breaking open, and he was wide open. all i had to do was put it in his arms. >> it seemed destined for something. when you have a common goal, you really vying for that next man up type philosophy. that's when you start thinking your team is destined to do something special and we've been on a roll. >> wouldn't it be ironic if it's the other rookie quarterback who helps you get in the playoffs. >> i had faith. he did those kind of things for years at michigan state. he's waiting his time and i know he can help a lot of teams out there. he's playing against a special -- playing behind a special talent in robert, but i think if he's called upon, he will get it done and he did that today. >> i knew as soon as i got hit, as i screamed, like a man, of

course, but, you know, i knew that it did hurt really bad, but like i said it didn't feel like an acl or anything like that. so it's just -- i'll still be able to run and do those things if it's just a really bad bruise. then if it's anything else, like i told coach, you know, i'll fight through it and i will be playing next week. >> well, he does sound confident, and i hate to be the bearer of bad news. remember brandon meriwether tore his acl and he thought he was just fine. naer not going to wait for the swelling to go down. the mri will happen for robert tonight. perhaps he is on his way or getting the mri as we speak. of course, as soon as we know the results, you will know the results as well. carol? >> dan hellie, fedexfield. you just had to go there with meriwether. thank you, dan. we'll hear from you tonight

redskins final. the cowboys in a comeback win. the skins and boys are tiednd they're both rooting against the division leading skints who are beating the saints right now. we will break it down for you tonight. >> big game, big day. >> everybody take a breath. it's going to be fine. we'll find out more tomorrow. >> keep us posted. that's the news for now. "nightly news" is up next. we'll be back with news4 after the game. until then have a great night.