the redskins come to an end. a late call falls one port short. a maryland woman arrested in her husband's death. details into what is now a

murder investigation. a final goodbye to a global icon. nelson mandela laid to rest in his home village in south africa. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm erica monseles. the redskins end with a sloppy game. >> kurt cousins made his share of good plays today. he also made some mistakes. seven failed turnovers are why the skins have dropped six games. kurt cousins making his second career start. skip ahead, 22 seconds left to go in this game. redskins down a touchdown. santana moss for the three-yard score. he had 381 yards passing, three touchdowns and two interceptions. kurt cousins, the redskins not playing for overtime.

they go for two. trying to find someone. that pass false, incomplete. redskins fall to the falcons 27-26. after the game cousins taking responsibility for the loss. >> i didn't do enough to win. the two interceptions were on me. a fumble you don't want to have. the two-point conversion, i felt, was on me. and those are four plays right there that if they go differently is probably a much better result. it's a tough one to swallow right now, but we will learn from it and get better. i loved the call for two at the end there. we just didn't do enough to execute and i feel like it started with me. >> coming up later we'll hear from diane rocini and more of the redskins players after another painful loss. erica? new developments in a story we first told you about friday. a maryland woman is now facing charges in the stabbing death of her husband.

officers found johnnie sutton dead inside the couple's home on frostwood drive in laurel. the couple's 22-month-old child was home at the time. this is the latest on that investigation. darcy? >> reporter: sadly, you can see this family was preparing for  christmas. they have decorations in the front yard, a red bow on the front door. but something terrible happened inside this home on friday. a husband is dead. the wife and mom is in jail, and that child is now staying with relatives. friends of the family remove items from a house where a wife and mother allegedly murdered her own husband while their 21-month-old child was in the home. 30-year-old marquita sutton charged with killing her 38-year-old husband, johnnie sutton, who was in the army. anne arundel county police

confirming his body was stabbed, found in the home friday at 10:30 in the morning. police were called to check on his welfare after he failed to show up for work. his wife turned herself in saturday and is being held on second degree murder. the couple's child, who was there when the killing happened, was not hurt and has been placed with relatives. the home is the only one on the street with christmas decorations in the yard. neighbors say the couple was quiet, had just moved in a few months ago. they had no idea from the outside there was trouble in the home. so far anne arundel county police have not released a motive behind this fatal stabbing. reporting live in laurel, maryland, darcy spencer, news 4. a man apparently slipped and fell on some ice before drowning on the lake in centennial park.

police haven't released the man's name, but they think he was in his 50s. they found him in the water this morning. police do not suspect foul play. the park was open for severclos hours but has since reopened. now there is debate on whether the budget deal will pass in the house senate. despite its overwhelming support in house, the bill's passage is not a sure thing in the senate. conservative groups have voiced opposition to the deal, and some democrats want long-term unemployment benefits extended. nelson mandela is in his final resting place tonight. jets flew overhead as the anti-apartheid hero was buried in his home town of qunu. the burial came after a grand state sendoff. only a few thousand invited guests including family, friends, world leaders and celebrities were allowed to attend. speakers memorialized mandela's

life. >> a very important president, a very important papa. >> most of south africa watched the funeral on television or on jumbotrons at stadiums. we'll have more on the emotion of the day in just a few minutes. he was best known for playing the title role in "lawrence of arabia" tonight fans are remembering peter o'toole. he won an honorary oscar in 2003. he was 81. the d.c. street car is on the tracks, but it ran into a few problems during a test run on h street today. we're going to tell you why it needed a little push to get going. and, chuck, what's coming up in weather? >> we have some cold nights coming in the next couple days.

yes, there is another chance for snow coming as well, and a big time pattern change just before the big getaway weekend for the

d.c. police have two people in custody who they say shot a man in northwest. an 18-year-old was found with multiple gunshot wounds near m street north capitol near 10:30

last night. he was taken to a nearby hospital. we're told he will be okay. police arrived quickly ask chas -- and chased the suspect down on foot. a motive has not been released. during scheduled testing today, maintenance engineers say there was an issue with the overhead power lines. d.c. streetcar officials say they don't want customers to be concerned. they run tests like these so the problems can creep up now, they can get fixed and won't be a hassle later. >> you want to be safe. you don't want to damage the truck, the cars. you don't want to damage any people. you want to make sure they run safe. we're going to take every precaution we can. >> the test runs will continue throughout the week. the h street line is expected to be ready for passengers next spring. eventually it will extend west to georgetown and east to the minnesota avenue and bening road metro stations. still to come tonight, jim

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news4's gym -- jim vance went to one of these stadiums to see all who celebrated. >> reporter: it was a spontaneous circle of celebration and mourning. elsewhere, some people did what they do every sunday, they went to church. in this case there were places where mandela and other members of the national congress would meet in secret. the many south africans who loved man dediba will say their goodbyes from afar. buses have been chartered to bring them here and they'll participate in the funeral services set up on jumbo screens

inside. >> i love you very much. i'll miss you all the time. >> it's very important because it's the last day. we've had a chance to have ten days of mourning. today we're going to salute the ic icon. >> reporter: mandela once told an interviewer he was not a messiah but an ordinary man who became a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. no doubt he believed that. nor is there any doubt of the extraordinary adulation, the empowered esteem held for him all over the country. nelson mandela, the freedom fighter, the diplomat, the peace maker. he is gone from this land he loved so much, but the iconic figure, the conscience of this nation, remains here today in spirit. and according to the conversations of many of the people here in south africa will

remain so forever. we are now in alexandra, one of the other townships near johannesburg. once again people have turned out in rather impressive numbers. it's the beginning of summer here. it's the christmas season. normally they come to this stadium to watch soccer. today they're here to watch the funeral services in qunu 400 miles away, their final opportunity to say goodbye to the man we keep hearing referred to over and over again as their father and hope for the future. i'm jim vance, news4. hundreds of children enjoyed an early christmas today in fairfax county courtesy of operation homefront. the organization hosted its annual holiday toy party in lorton. they provide support for active duty members, wounded warriors, disabled veterans and their families. more than 30,000 kids received toys at nearly 100 holiday parties across the country

today. very, very nice for them. it was a nice display there. you know it was also nice today. beautiful sunshine. that was kind of unexpected. >> oh, come on, now. >> i won't say unexpect-- i onl unexpected because it started out so cold and dreary. it was beautiful. >> the northwest wind scouted those clouds out of here and we ended up with bright sunshine 10:00 or 11:00 this morning. and you're right, erica, it has been a really nice day to be outside today. it made it up to 51 at international airport. skies are mostly clear. next stop, miami beach, they say. tired of the cold. and it is cold for now and it is going to stay cold, everybody. there is the focusing lights over the city of washington this evening under a mostly clear sky. a lot of moonlight bouncing off

the potomac river. 39 at the airport. northwest winds at 15 miles an hour are going to drive those temperatures down, down, down, way into the 20s by tomorrow morning. even some scattered upper teens in the northern and western suburbs. front royal, already down to the freezing mark in gaithersburg. 39 downtown. low 40s in frederick, stafford and southern maryland. so it's not too bad now. wind chills are currently, though, thanks to that northwest wind, in the 20s to near the freezing mark. tomorrow morning when you wake up, how about single digits and teens for your monday. then tomorrow afternoon, no real reprieve. even with a decent amount of sunshine, wind chills will stay in the 20s to near 30 all day long. nothing on storm team radar for right now. we'll be dry through tomorrow as well, but an active pattern has more shots of cold air and moisture coming our direction. that means another little chance

for some snowflakes flying around here as we get towards tuesday. so for tonight, clear skies and cold. teens and 20s by morning time with single digit wind chills, then by tomorrow, cold winter sunshine. cloud come back on monday night, and yes, indeed, during the day on tuesday. may rule out a passing snow flurry or two. not looking for a lot of snow. mainly just flurries from out of town. will barely coat the road. maybe an inch or more right along the pennsylvania border. but obviously, this next one coming in, not much of a big deal. breezy, cold and sunshine tomorrow n. little chance of passing snowflakes. wednesday will be a cold one. thursday the warmup. the price we pay for the milder

weather is out the gulf perform mexico. the big holiday getaway. so unsettled weather could spell a little slowdown. >> conversational flakes. does that mean water cooler talk? >> hey, did you see that snow flake out the window? that kind of talk. >> got it, chuck. e redskins fight back against the falcons. wheel find out wha

this is the problem with sunday games when you lose. everybody is going to be in a funk tomorrow. >> it's been that way the last six weeks. >> just when we thought it couldn't get worse, they d. >> it happened in atlanta. after a week talking about everything not related to football, today we had a chance to get back to what really matters, the actual games. the redskins' quarterback didn't bring back a different result. seven turnovers were too much for the redskins to overcome.

rg 3 inactive for this game. he'll be inactive for the next two weeks. kurt cousins making his second string start, and it didn't start very well. cousins gets stripped of the ball here by o.c.manuru. one of four skins fumbles in the first half. atlanta took advantage. three plays later, matt ryan finds the future hall of famer, that's tony gonzalez, and just like that the falcons are up 14-0. then come the redskins in sole possession. takes the hand off, and how about this, brett davis, where you been. that's a touchdown right there. skins down 14-7. in the second quarter, cousins kept rolling. this time he swings it out deep to pierre arcon. cousins wanted to shoot.

defense comes to bat. kurt cousins intercepted here by william moore. that led to a steven jackson touchdown and put atlanta up 24-20. the fourth quarter. more turnover trouble for the redskins. cousins picked off again. washington, seventh turnover of the game. falcons would convert that into a field goal. it's 27-20. 27 seconds to go. he had 381 yards passing, three touchdowns. skims down one, guess 1. here we go. two-point conversion, cousin. that pass ball is incomplete. redskins are dropping. here's jason ron seen i. >> despite the loss, though,

mike shanahan says he was happy with the pns. many of the redskins players say cousins is giving that team a healthy device to finish hs i think part of why you play so well is you do care, you are that locked in. i know i'm always going to be nervous, it's about getting those bur polite pliz and. . >> emo, i believe in kurt since day one. my last year coming in with roberts, he's still prepared every day as if he is going to start. comes in and stays late, comes in early. i expected him to come out here and play well. >> you stepped in and were able to put some points on the board.

he really is a great quarterback. we have two great quarterbacks that both teams would love to have. i i'm. he had today. toes he chose to be a great too ma manypralt. the dallas cow byes are fedex feel. the last time they played each other, emotions were pretty high. ovy lived up to the nick tain. joel ward find alex owe rech in.

. we go to the shootout, nicholas macstream. >> watch this. >> nice stuff by the goalie. the caps complete the come back. go. taking on notre dame dam with maryland. no good, but watch patrick mullens. hird heirs. second half, now we're tied at 1. maryland falls, 2-1. mull