right now at 6:00, we sent you an alert, the redskins win their first road game of the season. find out if the team can keep a grip on first place. people inside a home during a carbon monoxide scare. the one thing that may have saved their lives. a california community demanding answers tonight after sheriff's deputies shoot and kill an armed suspect. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. there's been a third fatality in a small plane crash in southwestern pennsylvania, and the victims have ties to our area. the plane went down in the woods near the woodlands resort friday afternoon. eric karlsson from rockville

died saturday afternoon. he along with two other men, terry karlsson and jason willems were part of a western-based consulting firm. the ntsb is investigating the crash. they have no idea why it happened. a child went unconscious and the family called paramedics and today we're learning a simple piece of equipment helped seay that child and others from carbon monoxide poisoning. darcy spencer is live with more. >> reporter: this was a very close call. i'm told there were dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide in that home. i'm going to show you what saved their lives. take a look here, this is a small carbon monoxide detector. one of these went off yesterday when the crew went inside that house and these are affixed to every first aid bag carried by ems crews here in montgomery county. there were nine kids and their

two parents in that home on popping drive in rockville yesterday afternoon. that includes a 6-year-old girl who had fallen unconscious. they called 911 and the c.o. detector affixed to the medic's bag immediately went off as soon as they walked in the door letting them know exactly what went wrong and what to do. the dad and his two daughters were taken to the hospital and fortunately today they were released and doing okay. >> now i explained to doctor and it comes to what happened? she no wake up. i suggest now that all the house has to have one because as soon as they go in it was beeping. >> this occurred in the middle of the day. had they been exposed to this carbon monoxide at that level for an extended period of time say overnight, it could have been tragic. >> reporter: that's certainly the case. there were a lot of people in that house. the youngest child was just

1-month-old. fortunately, they're doing fine and again, erica, a very important reminder of the importance of having carbon monoxide detectors in your home. >> darcy spencer, thank you so very much. we appreciate that. in other news, the redskins beat the bears as jason pugh shows us from the newsroom, the team is keeping pace in a close division race. >> that's right, erika. players kept hearing about their road struggles and they were the only team in the league that hadn't won a game on the road this season. today though, the skins finally figured out their issues away from fedex field and jay gruden's team they still control their own destiny. gruden hope his players can stay on top of the nfc east standings. redskins jumped down to a two touchdown lead and they jumped down here on a third and goal, kurt cousins and the 5-yard score and ran four touchdowns and the skins are back up 14 and

under two minutes to play and robby gold trying to tie the game for chicago. he misses this field goal, the skins run out the clock and they get their fifth win on the row by a final score of 24-21. coming up later, carol maloney is standing by at soldier field and we'll get locker room reaction from their first victory. i'm jason pugh. >> now your storm team 4 forecast. sgroo and all three major airports in the region either broke or tied record-high temperatures and more on my facebook and twitter pages. 59 degrees in washington and 63 degrees in gaithersburg. once again, tomorrow we're tracking near record warmth across the area with high temperatures around 70 degrees. a high in washington of 69, 71 with a high in manassas and showers in the forecast, as well. coming up in my full forecast i'll be timing out tomorrow's

rain hour by hour when it moves inland and when it moves out. the family of a black man shot multiple times is questioning the official account. the cell phone video is just too graphic for television. it appears to show nicholas robertson holding a gun, falling to the ground after being shot and then trying to crawl away as deputies keep shooting. the two deputies fired 33 rounds. police say robertson refused to drop the gun in this crowded neighborhood south of l.a. witnesses reported seeing robertson firing shots into the air and acting strangely before the shooting saturday morning. >> there's going to be criticism any time there is a deputy-involved shooting and we've seen that typically in the last two years or so and that's why we've come out today to be as transparent as we can. >> the deputies have been assigned from field duty as the investigation continues.

>> we're learning more about a deadly motorcycle accident in charles county been it happened yesterday on st. charles parkway near the smallwood village shopping center. john barnett was on his motorcycle when he ran into a car. the car was making a left into the shopping center. the driver of the car is going to be okay. >> annapolis yacht club officials are vowing to rebuild after yesterday's devastating fire. the club's commodore says the yacht club is more than bricks and mortar. it's a community. they hope to find temporary space to get the club up and running again. today maryland governor larry hogan took a tour of the devastation and is pledging state support. >> it's a tragedy, but the wonderful news this holiday season is that they were closed to get ready for the, vent last night so the public wasn't in there, the members weren't there. the staff got out and everyone was safe and there was one minor injury with a firefighter with

heat and smoke inhalation and we were very lucky we didn't lose any lives. >> fire officials still have not determined a cause. many of you are looking to cash in on fantasy sports today, but we will tell you why one state may be closer on cracking down on the enormously popular sports site. plus find out why a community in our area feels a bake sale is the best way to uncover information about rising crime.

the race to the white house and a little bit of a rebound for republican chris christie. the new jersey governor will be on the main stage for tuesday night's debate on cnn. christie didn't make the cut for the last debate due to low poll numbers. there will be eight other front-runners on the stage. christie trading places with mike huckabee who will take part in an earlier debate with three other candidates who have the lowest poll numbers. police are looking for two suspects who stabbed a man and a woman in silver spring. this happened early this morning on georgia avenue right near the d.c. line. both victims were taken to the hospital and they are expected to be okay. police say this was not a random act. they say the suspects knew the man who they stabbed. >> on capitol hill, neighbors hope cookies will see what is behind a crime hike.

there was access to area crime statistics and we just got an email from her and she said the sale raised $1200. she wants to know how many crimes in the area have actually been prosecuted. the department of justice told her it would cost $44 an hour to compile the information thus the bake sale. many of you enjoyed the day outside, the mild temperatures brought a lot of people to georgetown, but amelia says showers later in the day tomorrow will mark the beginning of cooling temperatures over the course of the week. yes, folks, it is december. her forecast is coming up next. metro preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. the disaster drill in

maryland is the latest state to investigate those daily fantasy sports sites. a panel at the state legislature is scheduled to discuss sites like draft kings and fan duel tomorrow. maryland legalized fantasy sport, but the law was tailored to small social groups that play all season long. several states including new york banned the sites calling them an illegal operation. comcast which owns nbc universal has invested in fan duel.

we have done stories on how maryland law differentiated between daly and seasonal leagues and open our app and search fantasy. >> it has reopened now, but early this morning more than 100 firefighters and emts held a full-scale disaster drill there. news 4's derek ward on how things went today. >> it was only a drill, a suspicious package onboard a metro bus disrupted under controlled conditions and had this been an actual emergency. it would have been quite a day from metro. another nightmare scenario, a train fire and a tunnel with passengers out on their own. >> others needing rescue. >> today is really about communication, command and control. we want to see how quickly we can evacuate a rail car, obviously. >> they want to test the vital communications like montgomery fire and rescue and the incoming general manager was there for an up-close look at it all and we'll see how we performed and

look for lessons learned. more than 50 volunteers, and from there, the experience was anxietyic ic inducininducing. >> and there is just a bit of emergency lighting in the train and even i, with the experiences i have i begin to feel a little tense. >> and that's saying a lot. you as a montgomery firefighter among those responding to an actual derailment in 1982 when three passengers were killed. >> i'm very concerned about the preparedness of my colleagues who are still serving. >> metro gm has an obvious concern, as well. >> the county has to communicate and it's very important for us to work with the local government and the emergency responders. there were a lot of resources brought to bear in a relatively uneventful ending and that was the best possible outcome to a situation like this, be it real or a drill. >> in montgomery county, derek ward, news 4. amelia and i have been

talking about weather impacts as far as tomorrow is concerned and it's not the morning commute that i have to worry about, but the way home. >> it looks like you can still go out for lunch tomorrow and enjoy the mild temperatures and balmy air that's been over the region, but as you are coming home it looks like showers will be impacting the area and a great way to have the washington app downloaded and get the hour-by-hour forecast and the radar in the palm of your hand. here are the weather headlines and it's mild and record warmth across the area and like erika was saying and have the umbrella and rain gear handy for the second half of the day. if you're trying to get the outdoor run in, after that the showers will allow cooler air to get back in and we'll start to cool off each day and you'll notice the temperature drop on the seven day. the upcoming weekend, it's cold, relatively weekend and normal for december, however you want to look at it. the weather is having a moderate impact on the day and it's mild once again on storm team 4 radar

already tracking this rain, you can see it impacting parts of st. louis moving into memphis right now, this continues to track into our area arriving later in the day tomorrow. future weather wants to bring it in in areas like fauquier and culpeper counties and 3:00, though, this is when we'll start to track showers inside of the beltway heading home and here is your evening commute, right around 6:00 p.m. and areas of rain and heavy rain especially in southern maryland and parts of the eastern shore as we work our way into the late evening and overnight hours and another push of rain moves through, and i think that's the cold front moving through and we'll dry out after midnight. the school forecast for tomorrow and maybe some patchy fog and temperatures in the mid-50s and still giving it an a. you can't beat that for this time of the year in december and mostly cloudy skies and it will be in, and by dismissal there is a chance of showers and the temperature is around 70.

on tuesday, we're cool arer ande highs in the mid-60s and partly to mostly sunny skies throughout the day. a cool start, 7:00 a.m. and we're still in the mid-50s and although we're cool or tuesday, temperatures are running 15 to 20 degrees above normal. on wednesday we'll start to drop off more and thursday, a high of 57, showers are looking likely on thursday. we can see rain lingering especially during the morning hours and only a chance of that right now. more importantly, look at the exclamation front and they allow the cooler air to move in. friday and especially saturday and sunday, highs friday near 50, mid-40s, saturday and sunday, erica. >> december is here. >> still ahead, redskins pick up their road win in over a year. their road win in over a year. we go to chicago next.

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a little win in chicago. >> a little win. everyone is concerned they came back in a huge way. monday night the redskin, they know they let one slip away against dallas and there was no hangout this week in chicago and the skins came out focused from the very start and players were sick and tired that they can't win on the road after today and they were winning their second division title in the last four years. redskins and bears both in the playoff hunt and both teams are still looking for the sixth win on the year and the redskins came out hot and first quarter, kirk cousins and tight end jordan reid with the second, third, fourth and fifth effort here to get into the end zone and the tight end did review this as his elbow was ruled down at the one before he crossed the goal line there, and he punches it in for his first touchdown of the season and took it 149 carries to get to the end zone

and the skins are up 7-0 and this time it's cousins calling his own number from three yards out and the skins are looking good, up 14-0. the bears scored right before half and third quarter, skins still up a touchdown. reid, five-yard score and we had 120 yards receiving on the day and that score later on. matt forte of the bears getting chicago back in this game, the seven-yard touchdown run there and we're tied at 21. cousins, dropping back, trying to get the skins in field goal range and beautiful pass for desean jackson and would set up a dustin hopkins field goal. under two minutes to go and jay cutler trying to bring the bears back and alshon jeffery. he can't come back with the interception to seal the game. robbie gold in for the game, tying field goal from 50 yards

out. this one is so good. that's how the skins would win their first road game of the season with more from the windy city, here's carol maloney. >> say we come on the road. surprise. >> getting that monkey off the redskins back. first road win of the season wasn't perfect, wasn't pretty, but escaping soldier field with the w, it may help them big time down the road. >> we'll still bring it home. we finished! we finished. >> it feels awesome getting that elephant off our back and we have another one next week. >> it's a demon we conquered and now we have another demon that we need to conquer. the good thing about this one is we're still in first place and in the driver's seat. >> that's a huge monkey off our back and get over the hump of not having a road win and we expected a dogfight. we played good and we let him back in the game and we have to

find a way to finish. >> it was much needed. just keep separating ourselves from the pack. >> it feels good to win especially on the road and it's not an easy thing to do, and it felt lik it took the whole team and the defense plays and offensive plays and it took a lot of guys contributing. >> it keeps us alive and keeps our heartbeating and heart pumping and the guys are excited to come back to work on monday and be ready to have a great plan together and have a great game against buffalo. up next, the challenge winning two in a row this season which would be another first for the redskins. in chicago, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> thanks, carol. elsewhere, bills taking on the eagles and lesean mccoy returning to philadelphia where he was drafted to play six seasons for the eagles. we're tied at 7. sam bradford unloading deep for the rookie nelson aguilar and eagles up seven and later on,

buffalo trying to tie it up and mike cuts back and finds pay dirt from 19 yards out and we're tied at 20 and the eagles, they go up in the fourth quarter on a field goal. final minutes now, buffalo needs to drive or at least a tie, tyrod taylor's pass. reynolds comes down with the pick and eagles and they're first in the nfc east and they win this one 23-20. the russell wilson show making its way to baltimore and the ravens, second quarter, seattle is up 7-3. wilson, plenty of time and fires to doug baldwin from 14 yards out and seattle's up 14-3. fourth quarter, the clinic continues, and wilson going up top to tyler lockette for a 49 rf yard touchdown and the sea hawks they're running away with this game and wilson was not done yet. so calm back there in the pocket and finds a wide open doug

baldwin here and wilson ties a career high with five touchdowns on the day and he has 16 in the last four games and they win this one 35-36. getting the monkey and the elephant and the panda -- they've got it all off their back. >> they have the whole zoo off their back. >> thanks, jay. >> that is our news for this evening. thanks for joining us. "nightly news" is coming up next and we'll see you after the patriots take on the texans on

on this sunday night, gaining ground. a strong new challenge to donald trump. ted cruz within striking distance to take the lead in our latest national poll. while trump, again, defends his comments about muslims. extreme weather. tornadoes ripped through parts of texas, damaging dozens of homes, while a december heat wave in the eastern part of the country shattered more records. caught on camera in los angeles. the police shooting of a man with a gun, raising questions of excessive force and demands for a justice department investigation. and warm welcome for syrian refugees, as canada opens its doors and its arms to hundreds who have come to start a new life.