such a quick 30 minute break somebody on this panel is going to be taking their shirt off at midnight. who could it be? i'm not going to say. we know who it is. we'll you see you right back here. and then, all eyes will be on the ball dropping to the big count down of 2015. stay tuned.

as the world rings in the new year one celebration goes terrib wrong. we're learnin more about what led to a stampede in china giving the district a violent end to 2014 puts the spotlight on the youngest crime victims. d police have a new clue in a

stabbi that cost the popular d.c. bar its liquo good evening. i'm chris laurngs. first, t transformation of nats park. they're ready and the winter class sig just 14 hours away. jason will have more on the game but we want to start with derek ward and a big economic boost to the area around the park. >> well indeed. you're looking at this plaza across from nats park and they're all lit up in antici of th events. a lot of the merchants around here are waiting for the buzz that they usually only see in baseball season. the last of the last-minute prep were underway for the last of the year. the field of greens now a sheet

of ice. he came all the way from north carolina. first winter classic for him too. >> a big blackhawks i'm excited to be here. >> i think it is fantastic. >> over at the big particular bar and grill, they're opening a couple weeks early and staying open new years eve and new years day them didn't expect to be this busy until the spring. d it's nice in the middle of winter. >> 9:00 we'll be open and we'll having an absolute frenzy before game. >> and the fans they do spend. >> probably $2,000 for sure. >> the experience of hockey al press e co-is enough for fans to keep coming back. >> it's been great. it seems like a great venue. >> we've been to two so far. we're looking forward to checki out another one. >> and even some caps fans decide make it an evening. ringing in the new year in town. they follow team faithfully and it is not their first winter

classic. >> we were in pittsburgh three years ago, four years ago and it was great. we're looking forward to a sunny day, the caps win, make it 2-0 in winter classics. >> repor ticke for this game are going for about twice price of a normal hockey game. and i understand that some of e standing room tickets are going as mu $200. since they started to do these winter classics, they are up. news4. >> thanks. inside the park everything is ready for the game. the winte class sig one of the biggest events on the calendar. jason con our team covera with a look at how the caps are getting ready. >> repor thanks. you can call this the calm before t storm. this is the quietest you'll hear at nationals park. come tomorrow this place will be rocking to the 2015 winter classic, featuring the caps and blackhaw. >> you really do have to stay focused the system play and

what not. it can get lost within the distractn of everything else. but at the end of the day, you go out and have fun. have the bottom line for the washingt capitals and the chicago blackhawks these big points in the standings. and i know we can't afford to give up any points to anybody. >> if you can't make it out to nationals park tomorrow do not worry. we he you covered. our pre game show starts at 11:00 a.m. on nbc 4. we'll have postgame coverage and highligh fol the game. it should be a great, great day here in the nation's camden. from nat park i'm jason pugh. >> let's recap what he just mentione coverage begins at 11:00 with our preview show. then we take a break at 11:30 to bring you the tournament of roses parade. the winter classic begins at 1:00 right here. tonight, one new years celebrn turned into a tragic mean? shanghaichina.

thrive people died in a stampede ask many others were injured. it started when people were scramb for coupons that looked like dollar bills. it happened in a popular river front area that is often jammed during big events. last week they kansas he told the annual shanghai celebration because stampede appeared to be in this same area. so far there have been no issues in times square where more than a million people are waiting for the ball to drop. the nypd has more officers patrol keeping revellers and fellow officers safe. sarah will have more on the festivs coming up in about ten minutes. here in washington, a small group gathered to remember the young people killed this year. since christmas, a rash of pushed the homicide total past 2013. as news4's jackie benson reports, nearly half were under the age of 25.

>> father we want to see the murder rate go down. >> repor they gathered in front of the northeast performi arts center as they ha for the last 24 years in memory of the youngest victims. lit candles and listened to a roll call of the names of people under 25 who were murder in the distri this year. that list was 45 people long. >> 18 years old. jonathan adams, 17 years old. >> repor assistant d.c. police chief diane grooms referenc increased violen of the last week noting th several of the victims were young people. >> we had a rough week this week. ever since christmas eve. and we're just praying for a quiet night. >> repor the vigil was started more th two decades ago by rita jackson who wasn't feeling well and had her assistt fil her shoes. >> i feel a connection. i've also had, while in the program we've had a couple of members who have also lost their

lives through homicide. >> repor one long time partict offer words of wisdom. >> a lot of did not have to die because of violence but because somebody did not love them enough. >> repor a police official noted department continues to try to solve cases, pointing out that 15 murders from 2013 were solved this year. in northeast washington news4. >> thank you. next at 11:00, how two police os manag to walk away from a helicopter crash in a las vegas neighborhood. plus we'll go down to street level at times square to countdown t 2015 enters the final minutes. >> talking about a very cold night. look at the start of 2015. we're on the cold side one day, we'll n warm how can i avoid maintenance

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stabbing. fi people were stabbed last weekend. all survived but the bar had its liquor license us is pemd asked had to cancel a new yee party. they will have a hearing on january 9th. two las vegas police of are in the hospital after their helicopter had to make an emerge landing. the chopper made a hard landing residential neighborhood less than ten minutes after takeoff. the officers hurt their ba they hit the ground but they're expected to recover. ntsb is looking into it. >> street cars could and shut start carrying passengers in the next few weeks. they were sup to be ready by the end of 2014 at least along h street northeast. numerous delays kept pushing that back. earlier tonight, the d.c. mayor announe new target date of january 19th. you can expt long waits if you have to go to the emergency room because a lot of hospitals are swampe patients who have the flu. at suburban hospital in

bethesda one doctor calls it an epidemic. it is spiking early and the season usually doesn't peak until february or march. dos say the vaccine is still the best defense. we have a look at a flu vaccine finder. you can share it now on the nbc washin facebook page. tonight in london revelers rung in the new year with fire work and chime from big ben. hundreds of thousands gathered along the river this thames to see the show. it was a much warmer evening by the water as people welcomed the new year in brazil. crowds coming down for 2015 in rio. a lot of folk in the crowd wore white. it is par of a tradition there in rio to bring good luck. here in the u.s., the biggest party is obviously in times square. a million people are standing out in the cold waiting for that ball to drop.

sarah is out in the crowd counti down to 2015. >> repor it is one of the biggest celebrations in the world. we just about an hour away from that big beautiful ball behind me dropping marking the start of 2015. more than a million people crowd in square to usher in that new year. listen to the fantastic performa basically, the experience of a lifetime. mp in the 20s. people packed in close, staying warm they're bundle up in a lot of players. security very tight here. authorits s they aren't aware of any specific threats but they e on high alert. some of e sy measures we know of are radiation detectors and pln cloth policfi mixed in with the crowd. wan to guarantee that people not only have a fun new yee but always safe one he as well. and as soon as that clock strikes midnight we'll see more th a ton of confetti rain down on the crowd, making for a very memorae night. back to you guys.

>> all right. thanks a lot. >> we were both ready to see about our time a great, great time. >> you have to do it once. >> once is enough. >> well yes, once is enough. tonight is a very cold night for them. a cold night here as well. do you want to see some amazing video? thiss reay amazing. this happened at the rose bowl today. a dust devil. notice t clear skies, no storms in that area but wind was able to pick up numerous enlts the in that area and a dust devil is like a tornado. these winds estimate at 40 miles per hour making mince meat of that tent. and then look at this another huge balloon being blown quite a ways. this was out toward the rose bowl. people unfortunately were injured but nobody ino badly. a scene out that way. all part of that monster system that will eventually make its way here. that's the same system that will move in for the weekend.

tonight we're just cold and clear. 31 down below the freezing mark. look at that windchill. 25 degrees. a very cold night tonight for anybody left outside. 19 in manassas. 30 in annapolis. it is cold everywhere. and of course we'll be in for a very cold start to 2015 tomorrow. rain, no snow on the rg to see anything for the next couple days. look at this. we are clear from philadelphia right down toward the richmond area and toward the west. no clouds until you get to the st. louis area. that's part of that system. these clouds not making the way our way until the day friday into saturday. so the low temperatures will be cold. gaithersbu around 19. you are already there. you may go down another degree or two. 18 in martinsburg. 23 in patuxent. temperat in the afternoon will be about 3 or 4 degrees warmer than today. with the windchill, i think it

will fl colder. so 44 in d.c. 43 manassas. 39, mart best of in the low to mid 30s. if you're going to the went classic, make sure you bundle up. temperat arod 39. it will feel like the low to mid 30s here. same thing around 3:00. if you have seats looking down toward the stadium, the only place that will have the sun is out toward right field seats. so i don't think there will be a lot of you that will be out there in th sunshine. you'll be in the shade. your travel tomorrow no problem. out and about you'll need the coats and the hats. in the next couple days, you the umbrellas until saturday. so 60% chance of rain. some of that could be heavy overnight saturday night into early sunday morning. sunday's temperatures 60. then right back down. we're only in the mid 30s next tuy and wednesday. and yeah a slight chance of snow. and i mean slight.

slight. >> we'll take that. coming up the caps hope for a change the sun doesn't affect their face-off against the blackhaw in the winter classic. and the redskins already made one big change today.

this is about the only time you'll see receiving in the next 24 hours without her hat on. it was pulled down extremely low. >> i still have hat hair. what am i going to do here?

>> fantastic. >> shut up doug. you'll be down there with me tomorrow most of you will be watching this and hopefully tomorrow you're going to be in bed, some champae headaches. e good news is there is great tv on tomorrow. the went classic at nats park is finally here. the build-up has been going all week long. the puck drops at 1:00. the one thing that could cause some problems tomorrow the glare of the sun on the ice. at 1:00 p.m., the cams hit the ice -- look at that. they said the sun was like monstrs out there. they had to wear sunglasses even eye black, anything to hem them out. it took some time to get adjusted. once you got on the ice and you were skating around it took about five or ten minutes for your eyes to adjust. an wasn't easy to see pucks up the ice. it should be tough on the goalies if that's the case tomorrow whe you play a baseba stadium, it might not be ideal.

so i'm definitely not complain it is the new challenge that might present itself tomorrow and we'll have to overcome it. >> i think we need to keep this eye black stuff on hockey players going. it makes them look even tougher. there are s questions going into the redskins offseaso heard plenty. so today, it was general manager bruce allen's turn to take questis froe media. it lasted almost 45 minutes today. and everything you can imagine was asd of him. a few minutes before he spoke, e redskins announced the defensr jim haslett is out after a meeting with jay grimm, they decided it would be best if he moved on. other changes may be coming but still shows his support for quarterbk robert griffin iii. >> i believe he is a young man who has shown promise and can play in this league. i think being one year into coach gruden's system will help them develop.

i think he wi know better what to do in the months of january to april before he is able to come into the building and start to work. i think there's a complete undersg betwe the two of them on what needs to improve in his to help us win. >> college hoops, number 25 georgeto. tr on ring in the new year with the win against the beast. the top scoring team first half down early. rivera knocking down the three-po xavier off to a better start. it goes up to two georgetown players. right now, the whiz are down by 4. >> very happy new years eve. we'll s

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