tonight, a loyal dog and a retired fire lieutenant.

the unlikely team saved a woman from her burning home. >> ran over to the door, was trying to get back in there. i look, i could see her underneath the smoke and then the flames coming out the top. >> teenagers joking about a rain. the video that has one vigilante group so angry it is hacking personal accounts to out those responsible. >> we'll tell you what this guy did on a plane that forced fellow passengers to go to extremes to shut him up. >> good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gensler. >> the owner was hurt and couldn't get out. pumpkin the dog jumped into action. as the erica gonzalez explains, a retired fire lieutenant showed up just in time. erica. >> doreen, in all seriousness. like an episode of "lassie." a barking dog waiting for him to

take him up to the door to got his owner out of the house. a fire so intense tonight you can see straight through this prince george's county home. debris and glass everywhere. early tire day a woman trapped and retired fire fighter in the area. >> just the smell brought back the intuitive, initiative i knew it was a house fire. >> as crews geared up. mills did a 360 tough the place and found point of entry. >> he came up to me, started jumping up on me. next he got down and ran to the door where he was at. >> pumpkin at animal services facility led mills straight to his owner. >> when you spend that much time and get that bond, there is a reward for that. >> reporter: he saw it all from his bedroom window. >> there was smoke have ever where. see the fire in the back of the house.

firemen seemed like they had it under control. just looked devastating. >> reporter: mills crawled into the home and pulled the woman to safety leaving her with pull mp. the woman was transported to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. no word on the cause. first responders tell us in the home there were hoarding conditions. another question asked -- what will happen to pumpkin? he will stay in the custody there at the facility, prince george's couldn'ty animcounty a. he has been facing anxiously inside his cage. and whimpering. he noknows he is not home missi his owner. live, erica gonzalez, nooews 4. >> new information about the ex-marine who shot at the pentagon and marine corps museum. government doctors diagnosed him with schizophrenia. prosecutors say that should not affect his plea deal.

they still want him to serve 25 years in prison. melaku pleaded guilty to shooting at the pentagon and military buildings in 2010. no one was hurt. but cost $100,000 in damages. a shotgun its at the center of a really scary crime spree in the district. d.c. police are warning people in northeast d.c. after six robberies between christmas eve and new year's eve. two suspects used a sthhotgun t threaten people walking the streets. they demanded wall else. purses, cell phones. >> preventing gun violence led to the first bill introduced in the 113th congress. northern virginia's jim moran submitted hr 21 which would require background checks for every gun purchase and every gun shop employee. gun owners would be required to notify police when guns are lost or stolen.

house republican leadership will decide if the bill makes it to a vote. senator will not resign, but will seek repentance for drunk driving. the republican from idaho, a lifetime mormon spoke out after pleading. >> my mistake in using alcohol in recent months therefore brought additional embarrassment and shame to me, my family and church members who care about me. i will carry through on appropriate measures for forgiveness and repenntance. >> he spoke out after pleading guilty in alexandria. arrested last month after a police officer saw him make an illegal u-turn. he avoid jail time but will lose the his lice e license for a ye. >> a pilot facing charges. they say he was drunk on the job. the pilot arrested this morning in minneapolis in the cockpit of a flight bound for new york.

agents with the transportation security administration said they smelled alcohol on the pilot before he got on the plane. police were called. the pilot was given breathalyzer. then they took him off the plane. passengers had not yet begin to board the airplane. american airlines, which owns american eagle, says, it is conducting a full internal investigation. a small plane crashed into a house in central florida today. the woman inside that house got out without a scratch. the three people on the plane were killed. the plane took off from daytona beach this afternoon. it was headed to knoxville, ten see. the pilot reported that the plane was shaking. he was frying to take an emergency landing. but he crashed about a mile away from the airport. mourners honored prince william county police officer, chris young, taucalling him an amazing officer, father and man. hundred filled a chapel in woodbridge, virginia for a final farewell. killed when his motorcycle

collided with a van monday responding to a call. he was 35 years old, husband and father of three. friend say young was known for helping others on and off duty. he was also a member of a charity that helped the families of fallen officers. the first money from congress will soon be on its way to the victims of superstorm sandy. lawmakers approved $9.7 billion in aid to dacht day and will pad sure -- flood insurance claims. the uproar over boehner's decision to cancel a vote on a much larger aid package this week. a vote on the $52 billion recovery bill is scheduled for january 15. >> chilly out there again tonight. looks like that will be that way for a while. right, doug? >> right. a warm-up in the next week. couple ups and downs over 24-48 hours. 38 degrees. the temperature right now. take a look at the dew point.

the wind chill. done to 31. so that's one of the warmer wind chills. some of you in the lower 20s. as far as wind chill is concerned. to the north. 23, gaithersburg. cold night as far as the redskins game. fantastic weather coming for sunday. out there at fed-ex field. move around the stadium. temperature of 45 at game time. looking pretty good with light wind. 40 by the time the game end. complete forecast coming up in just a minute. >> thank you, doug. we are less than 48 hours away from the battle with seattle. redskins wrapped up their last full day of practice today, before sunday's playoff game. >> battle with seattle. everybody wants to know how rg3 is feeling about the brace. not liking it is he? >> he is not liking it. how is he going to be? 100%?

only answered on sunday. griffin says his knee is fine. the brace does hamper his mobility a bit. skins are less than 48 hours from kickoff first post season a apeer aaa appearance for griffin and open to the media. the knee brace hidden. behind practice sweats. griffin's knee its fully healed. but he still has to wear that brace this weekend for protection. meantime, the players may not be feeling extra pressure. but they're certainly aware that chances like these are hard to come by. i went to the super bowl second year in the league. able to win it. and at that point in your career. you don't realize how tough tip is to get to the playoffs. and to win it. definitely appreciate this a lot more. >> you realize that --

it is all about getting the playoffs. once you got there you have hand opportunity. and, so, it's how you play once you get there. and we'll take the opportunity to -- win some games. >> excited to be at home as well. key, guys like fletcher savoring this opportunity. coming up in sports, we'll tell you why he may be needed more than ever stun day. >> thank you, carol. >> redskins fans had a chance to chalt wi chat with the founding member of the hogs. joe jacobi, won three rings. kids in bethesda asked what it was look to play in the nfl and huh he feels about the current team? >> i'm excited. i think it is great. it's been a long time. i think they got a very good opportunity. opportunity to play the way they have been playing. >> he told fans one of his favorite memories was his first game at rfk stadium with 55,000

cheering fans. >> fans around our area gearing up for the big game sunday. pictures from viewers. showing their burgundy and gold pride. check out more pictures at nbc washington.com. we invite you to send us your pictures of your team spirit to skins fans at nbc washington.com. or you can tweet us at nbc washington. use the hash tag, skins fans. we are covering stom breome breaking news, in maryland, chopper 4 over a house fire off arundel expressway. one woman pulled from the house after 10. 30. . flown from the scene. her condition is not known at this moment. we will have more on this story tomorrow morning on news 4 today. >> coming up tonight -- we'll report on what an airline passenger did that made everybody get up and tie him up, gag him, hold him down in his seat. >> outrage over a possible cover-up in a teen rain case. now a vigilante group on line is calling people out. >> smart phone app

passengers on ain't national flight to jfk airport taped up a fellow passenger to his seat. they say he was drunk, totally out of control. a witness took this photograph of the man on the plane, the plane took off yesterday from iceland. that man reportedly tried to choke a woman next to him. he was screaming that the plane was going to crash. port authority in new york

confirms that they did take a drunk passenger into custody after that plane landed. but for some reason the man was not charged. >> the outrage over a teen rain case has spread from a small town to pill yunz millions of p line. in august, two ohio football players were charged with raping an unconscious girl and carrying her from party to party. a hacker group is posting photos and video that proves more people should be charged. the group is called anonymous. the group appropriate tested outside the courthouse in tubenville, ohio. they claim investigators are trying to cover up the case because football is an important sport. one video shows a teen laughing abut the rain. >> i saw it today. it is disgusting. i have had people call here, and people call here upset. they have seen it. one woman, two women were crying. >> the 16-year-old boys are charged as juveniles. they will go on trial in

february. marked increase in what is known as acquaint aance or date rain last year. much it on college campuses. jackie benson found an app that offers help, and getting high marks from the d.c. chief of police. >> being used on a lot of the universities and campuses for young women who are not sure what to do when they have an acquaintance or person involved in a sixableexual assault. >> the app has been praised. her agency dealt with an increase in sexual assaults, many on college campuses. >> we have 108% increase in acquaintance and known, where the suspect and the victim know each other. >> the you ask d.c. website and smartphone app funded by district government created by a d.c. based group, men can stop rain. >> do a lot of our work focussed around sexual violence, harassment, rain. >> the information is taylored

to each of the nine universities in the district. it lists specific resourcings, their addresses and phone numbers and directions. >> the other thing that is nice about the application is that a friend or family member can use it. if someone comes to them and says, you know, something happened last night. and it was -- a really bad situation. i don't know what to do. >> the app developed with input from students themselves. >> having the direction to do so. beneficial. i think so. >> knowing exactly where to go no matter what university you are at, or woman in d.c. would be helpful. >> a national study indicates that 90% of on campus rapes occur in the first semester a student is there. jackie benson, news 4. >> so far more than 1,000 people have downloaded the app. >> doug and more on the weather forecast. you know there is some more to the weekend beside the football game.

>> there is. >> i am sleeping until 4. 30. sunday. going to bed at 8. 30. sunday night. hopefully with a win. there is a lot more to the weekend. if you are thinking of heading out on your saturday. not a bad saturday. tomorrow will be cooler. than what we saw on our friday. cool outside right now. take a look at this. the airport now looking pretty good. no reports of any delays out there. we are not going to see any, any time soon across our region. we have been calm again. most of december, we did not see much in the way of storm systems. we saw one big stormy week, around christmas, since then on the calm side again and stay there for a couple days. 46 the high. low was 27. the coldest morning. since february 12th of last year. very cold start. many of you started off close off to the teens. i think you will start off there again tomorrow. as far as the wind chill is concerned. not the actual temperature. 38, current temperature at the airport. wind out of the west. 10 miles an hour. gives us wind chill of 31. going to see the wind tonight. 10 miles an hour.

most locations. upward of 20. with higher gusts. we are seeing wind chills in the low 20s right now. up toward frederick. current temperatures are close to freezing. manassas, culpeper. once again. coldest areas as a result of the wind. wind stronger to the north. lack of wind. always helps to produce colder temperatures. 25 degrees in manassas. cold night for you folks down there toward prince william county. what are we seeing. radar, all dry. going to stay that way through the next 24 hours. but then things get interesting. nothing on rate dar rigthe rada. storm to the south. didn't notice it. unless you saw the beautiful sunset earlier. those cloud. provided by the little storm as it moved on through. saw lots of sunshine. on your friday. this its what we will see saturday. tomorrow, i think a little more in way of cloudiness. a lot of sun. going to be rather chilly. then we well watch this little system. making its way across our region. watch how fast this goes. here it is saturday night. right on through the region. by sunday.

it is simply gone. tomorrow night, however, it could produce sprinkles. maybe snow showers. in parts of the region. wouldn't beep surpri surprised. midnight. one, two, three in the morning. out and about. see some flakes. if not. sleeping. may miss the whole thing. not going to be much at all. don't worry about it. once again. maybe a few flakes out there. sunday. however. fine for tail gating. thinking of heading out toward fedex. looki ining perfect. into the stadium. temperatures, 45 at game time. clear skites. weather not a factor. a little factor for the dallas game. this one should be a-okay. as the far as weather is concerned. tomorrow morning. clear skies. breezy. 21-30. move on through the next couple days. 43 tomorrow. cooler. 47 on sunday. not bad, actually very nice sunday afternoon. monday, breezy, cool once again. then here comes a warm-up.

in our next storm. finally moving in here. wednesday, thursday, friday. also allows temperatures to climb into the 50s. so this one will once again be rain for most of us. >> thank you, doug. >> sports coming up. the redskins plan to stop a really good running back. once registered seismic activity. [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios;

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what it is. >> only the second time in nfl history. rookie quarterbacks have faced each other in the playoffs. one of the reasons rg3 and seahawks russell wilson are getting pregame coverage and hype. the game will be won by their ability to stop seattle's mar sean lyma marshawn lynch. this run. home playoff, versus the saints. fourth quarter, lynch. broke a half dozen tackles. going the distance for a 67-yard touchdown. the earth literally shook from the crowd's reaction. registering seismic activity. an old sensor nearby. that's the guy the skins defense expects to see this weekend. >> i mean, marshawn one of the best in the league. played against him in buffalo. and last year, i say one of the hardest running backs to tackle. runs reckless abandon. i mean. he is not a pro bowler for no reason. one of the best in the league. >> numbers in rushing, the last

sick weeks are six weeks are ridiculous. so, this is one of those things. you got to, you know where he is at. know what he is going to be. runs hard. like he wants to hurt somebody. and i think he is a great football player. got our work cut out for us. >> defensive coordinator rattling numbers with ease. you know he study every yard. third in the league in yards rushing this season. washington wizards looking for the first win of 2013. same old story though in the new year. they had chances down the stretch. but it is not to be as nets take the hand, the wizards. their 27th loss of the season. first, though, we are going to give this ref, a technical. we don't think he was part of the real officiating crew tonight. >> what? >> late night tv. three seconds to go. wizards down two. nene winning the battle. ties at 93.

send the game into evertimovert. wiz down three. and at the buzzer. drains the three. career high, 23 points. double overtime. >> all right. >> under 5 seconds to go. nets ball. 113. six-time all-star, joe johnson. hits the go-ahead jumper. ice in his veins. wiz with a chance. .7. crawford. he is up. and it is short. wizards fall, 115, 113. they have dropped all five of their evovertime games. down a level. and visiting georgia. second half. one of gws 12 steals ahead. and little fancy little lay-in there. tie it at 37. but after that hoop, bulldogs on a 15-4 run to end the game. cold shooting from gw. this and one. from, juracic.

and wins. gw drops, 6 and 7. >> what was the guy's name?

what it will take for the redskins to beat the seahawks. pat collins found a group with a very simple answer. >> they know what it takes to win football games! [ cheers and applause ]

>> and what's that? >> rg3! rg3! rg3! >> the students from holy redeemer schoolen maryland. came to glass in burgundy and gold. they are some smart kids. >> you are smart studen

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