are honoring the memory of a local teen killed in a car crash. plus donald trump going hard after hillary clinton after she accused him of being one of isis' top recruiters, and you got our alert with the good news. we are live from fedex field with today's big win over the buffalo win with the redskins playoff chances. off the top at 6:00, after a taste of cool weather this weekend, big changes on the way. storm team 4 meteorologist shows us when we can see some rain. >> we've got some rain in the forecast and we also have warming temperatures in the forecast and you have to take the good with the bad as we head

into this holiday workweek. let's go ahead and take a look outside. boy, is it beautiful. lucky you, not only do we get that win, but it was just a nice day for a football game. temperatures in the low 40s and the mid to upper 40s today and those winds are at 80 miles an hour and clouds are rolling in right now and we have the clouds continue to roll in and we will see some rain chances. most of your monday looking dry as rain will arrive in the evening, but tomorrow is not the only day we have rain, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and with record-breaking temperatures, we'll have the seven-day in just a few minutes. >> redskins fans were fired up for the final regular season home game. today could have been the last time you see the redskins play at fedex field and that is unless the team makes the playoff. the team took a big step toward that goal against the bills. hey, carol. >> did they ever, erika.

'tis the season to start believing. the redskins beat the eagles next saturday and they win the division and they make the playoffs. they host the playoff game so they're making a list and checking it twice and who was balling today and at the top was the star quarterback kirk cousins. let's take a look at a couple of the highlights and kirk cousins, he now, with 22 completions today. he has the most completions in team history. redskins are up 14-0 and second-quarter cousins, and firing a strike to jordan reed and one of two on the day for reed and redskins up 21-0 in the half and in the third quarter, captain kirk keeps rolling and airs it out for desean jackson who makes a great play and after the great move, one catch and gone and 77 yards in the house and cousins, four touchdowns passing and no interceptions on the day and one rushing touchdown and the redskins lead with back-to-back wins for the

first time this season and five touchdowns total for kirk cousins today and the entire stadium kept chanting you like that. we'll hear how the team liked it and go inside the locker room coming up later in sports. back to you guys. >> thank you, carol. >> in other news, grief counselors will be on hand tomorrow at lake braddock secondary school in fairfax county. the school sent out this picture of 18-year-old awin acrowy and he was driving on the franconia springfield parkway when he slammed into several trees. the faculty support go out to his family and friends. several passengers onboard an air france flight are being questioned after a fake explosive device was found mid-flight. the plane to paris was forced to make an emergency landing in the town of mumbasa, kenya.

a device made out of cardboard, paper and a household timer. someone hid it behind a mirror in the bathroom. the plane landed safely and hundreds of passenger quickly evacuated down the emergency slide. >> the plane went down slowly, slowly, slowly and we realized probably something was wrong that the personnel of air france was great and they were wonderful to keep everyone calm and very quiet. >> nobody was injured in this incident. passengers were taken to local hotels. air france has stepped up their security since the deadly paris attacks. the airline ceo says the device was likely placed in the bathroom after the flight had taken off. all right. lots to talk about in decision 2016 and the democratic candidates clashed during last night's debate and one comment making republicans go after hillary clinton, donald trump not holding back after clinton said isis is using him as a recruiting tool. nbc's edward lawrence on the

race to the white house. >> hey, guys. >> reporter: the cold weather settling in over new hampshire didn't stop one republican candidate from heating up the rhetorehetoric even over a beer >> i wish we could say yes! let's go destroy isis and let's let assad continue to destroy syria which creates more terrorists, more extremists by the minute. no. we now finally are where we need to be. >> the fact that the former secretary of state says the architect is where we need to be on isis tells you everything you need to know about why she fails with foreign policy. >> on "meet the press" bernie sanders says the middle east would have been better off if the u.s. had let dictators in power. >> yes, the region would be much more stable. >> donald trump went further calling clinton a liar claiming isis' uses trump's comments as a recruiting tool and he blames

the middle east problems on secretary clinton. >> she wasted a lot of time, energy and money and frankly she wasted a lot of lives because her policy was a disaster for the world. >> it's time for a change from the democrats. momentum is critical to the campaign. things will slow down this week with christmas and then new year's, but after each campaign wants to be able to show an upward trend, gaining support as the nomination nears. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. former president jimmy carter announced some very sad news today during his weekly sunday school address in georgia. carter's 28-year-old grandson jeremy passed away overnight. he rushed to the hospital early this morning. >> after we were there for about 20 minutes his heart stopped beating again and they tried to give him cpr, but he passed away

and he was just 28 and a very wonderful young man whom we love very much. >> despite the tragic news, the president still offered his congregation a message of peace and joy for the holiday season. different faiths in our region coming together as one. hear the group's message for those discriminating against certain religions and a professor's explosive comments about the sandy hook massacre could cost him his job. when he -- what he said, i should say and when his

a university professor under fire that the sandy hook massacre and other shootings never happened. florida atlantic university james tracy is standing by his claims. the school is taking steps to terminate him. tracy has a book called, quote, "nobody died at sandy hook," the death of 20 students and adults was a hoax." a new study out of california state university shows hate crimes against muslims has tripled in the recent weeks and the bulk of them happening after the san bernardino shootings. today hundreds of the faithful from several denominations set out on a pilgrimage in the

district. the theme, faith over fear. marchers stopped at several houses of worship. the pilgrimage ended with prayers from all of the state's representatives. >> we are here to join in unity and alliance with our christian, jewish and those of other faiths who also believe that we're one people and we also are americans. >> this walk is a tradition that started in the days after the 9/11 attacks. participants say it's needed just as much now as it was then. the temperatures are expected to dip below 40 degrees tonight, but meteorologist lauryn rickets says we could feel record warmth by the end of the week. >> i'm darcy spencer where they wrapped up an

>> it's been an issue at the top of everybody's mind since the attacks in paris and california and today presidents and leaders decided to take a stand against gun violence in montgomery county. news 4's darcy spencer is live in rockville with more on her message tonight. darcy? >> reporter: erika, this rally was organized by people who say they don't want the victims of

violence or their family members to be forgotten about during the holiday season and some are calling for what they call common-sense reforms that would make the community safer from gun violence. montgomery county's police chief as well as the county executive were among elected leaders who were speaking here this afternoon, some calling for universal background checks and the gun-permitting process as well as the sale of ammunition. we first start with the mother of billy mitchell who was gunned down in d.c. in 2011. >> when i hear folks saying, well, how can we possibly do registration, gun registration? how can we not have gun registration? how can we not? >> anybody can go on the internet and buy any kind of ammunition they want. the fact is that we continue to sell high-capacity magazine s that have no purpose for hunting, sporting or other

recreational sports. sounds like common sense to me. you want to make sure that before someone buys a gun, find out if they're a danger to the community. >> reporter: there were several members of a group called maryland's issue saying that guns save lives. i spoke to some of them off camera and they say they were simply here to speak to people and they say many of the issues that were called for here today are not necessary and maryland has some of the strongest gun laws in the country. >> darcy spencer, live in rockville, thank you so very much. about 500 people are still waiting for their gas to come back on in gaithersburg and that's because a car backed up into a gas meter early this morning. the building had to be evacuated and montgomery fire officials say they brought in equipment to provide some heat and hot water while the gas company makes repairs and it's not clear, though, when those repairs will be completed. chilly night tonight and then judging by y'all's forecast

for this week you'd think we live in florida. >> absolutely. >> unbelievable. >> one of my friends who moved up here from texas moved up here and she's a teacher and she said can we get some snow? she moved here for the seasons and we're not having any seasons and we're just having summer. we got a case of winter, but, man, we had record-breaking temperatures and nearing 80 degrees on christmas eve? we'll see. unfortunately for this little one this year, even though it's her second birthday, mclean brown, she's not going to see any snow for quite some time. that's her christmas photo for today. go ahead and send us any pictures that you may have as you celebrate the holiday season, facebook, twitter, instagram and everywhere. what we're looking at as the winter warm-up and at 11:48 p.m. eastern time. so we will see and it will not feel like it. we have rain chances this week

and we also have questions on christmas day. right now i have christmas day dry. i'll go ahead and tell you, but it does look like we could have some rain chances and maybe sneak back in to the forecast. temperatures out there right now in the mid to upper 40s today ask we're right around 40 degrees and we'll fall into the 30s and that is it because of the cloud cover rolling in and that will act as an insulator and insulate us as we go into the overnight and we'll be in the 30s and not quite as chilly as last night and as you make your way to work tomorrow, maybe school. i know some of those kids still have school this week, we do look like we'll warm up into the mid-50s. so we will be dry most of the day by the afternoon, late afternoon we'll start to see some showers creeping in, but most of the showers will stay west of us, so your planner if you want to go exercise i would do it in the morning and get it out of the way and holiday lights and take a tour around the neighborhood and go a little on the early side only because

we are going to have some showers in the forecast and we'll time it out for you and most of the showers coming from monday night into tuesday and just some light stuff. by tuesday evening we look to be on the dry side. >> wednesday, if you're traveling on wednesday, we could have heavy rain and rain on wednesday and also rain on thursday and when you put those kids on the bus stop, it will be on the chilly side and again, not expecting rain until later on in the evening and we have the winter coat, scarf and hat and those temperatures will be in the mid-60s and 65 on wednesday. 76 degrees and we'll have rain chances keeping friday, christmas day dry and mild for right now. erika? >> thank you, lauryn. >> still ahead, the redskins give the home fans an early gift for the holidays and we head to fedex field to hear f

this is the xfinitiy sportsdesk brought to you by xfinitiy. your home for the most live sports. >> kirk cousins sharing the wealth. you get a touchdown pass.

and you get a touchdown pass, and i get a touchdown pass! >> it was again today. second straight week he was unbelievable, kirk cousins and the redskins, they are starting to come together at the perfect time this season and last week they won their first road game of the year and today another first for the fellows back-to-back victories and when the giants lost to the panthers and the skins can wrap up the division with a victory next week in philadelphia, but here's how it went down today and a couple of hall of fame eros hand and that was jim kelly and of course, the redskins head coach joe gibbs. that is the offensive coordinator downed up this play and kirk cousins rolling out and calling his own number and the two-hand touch and he's by the end zone and fifth rushing touchdown of the season and the second among the quarterbacks and the skins are up 14-0 and later on, cousins to jordan reed at the 18-yard touchdown and

reed had two scores on the day and the skins are up 21-0 and how about the defense and nice goal line stand here on third down and back from lesean mccoy short of the goal line there and at the second half and it's a 21-3 game and cousins isn't letting up just yet and by desean jackson and he makes the bil bills' secondary, and that's the 77-yard touchdown catch and he had 154 yards in this game and the redskins were up 17-3 and later on, trying to come back and down 18 and tyrod taylor finds sammy watkins up top and buffalo has the momentum. and he drove the offense right down the field and 75 yards, and it was capped off by this touchdown with pierre garcon and the redskins win this one by a final score of 25-35 and they won back-to-back this time and

with that we bring in carol maloney. carol, a huge win today which sets up a big game next week against the philadelphia eagles. what are they saying about this contest today? >> they had a lot to say and before i get to that i wanted to tell you i tweeted a picture of the scene here a few minutes ago and all of the sprinklers were on and there was only one reason to do that because even though today was the final game of the regular season, far from over and you talk about the one win they need in philly and they win the division and they come back here at the end and the beginning of january at the end of the year and the regular season and they host a playoff game. crazy talk, right? so the mood afterward, like the holiday season, joyful. >> we're number one! >> it feels great. really being a meaningful december game to take care of business the way we're supposed to take care of will be in the first place of philly and to be

in the first place of december. >> it's a process and i don't think anything gets fixed in one week or one day, but it just keeps staying at it, and i think we're headed in the right direction. >> it's a beautiful thing to watch, man. looking back and we've been from training camp all of the way to here. you guys riding us out and it's good for the season. >> he brought confidence to put two games together and just play well and it was all about confidence. >> you want to get stronger and the season goes on and we've had injuries early on and i feel like we are getting stronger and we sawtill have a lot of work t do and keep our eye on the job and that's getting read per philadelphia we'll be okay. >> they'll quickly turn the page. road trip, anyone? desean jackson is ready and we talked to him after the game and the first time he's facing his former team and you can't wait

until you see the smile on his face, just ear to ear grin just talking about it and we'll have that after sunday night football on redskins final. >> thanks, carol. let's move on to metlife stadium and cam newton and the panthers trying to stay perfect against the giants. second quarter. we're tied at seven and newton finds his tight end and olsen wide open and they've had five touchdown passes in his game and the panthers built a 45-7 lead and new york did come back. they scored 28 unanswered points and it was capped off by eli manning finding odell beckham, jr. and less than two minutes to go and it was enough time for carolina to drive to get the feel-good range and he nailed the 43-yard game-winning field goal 38-45, your final four. ravens hosting the chiefs and not much happiness for the

ravens his holiday season, and 27-14 and jimmy clausen gets picked off by marcus peters and he's going the other way and 90 yards for the score and the chiefs win their eighth straight games, 34-14 and the ravens lose their tenth loss. >> thank you, jason. >> that is the news for now. "nightly news" is coming up next and we'll see you after sunday night football. good night, everyone.

on this sunday night, heating up. hillary clinton already looking beyond her fellow democrats, and ahead to the general election. sharpening her gop criticism, and calling donald trump isis' best recruiter. trump firing back, saying she lies like crazy. bomb scare. an emergency landing for a packed air france tliner after a suspicious device is found on board. just the latest incident to put air travelers on edge. collateral damage. the ripple effect after the arrest of a drug company executive charged with fraud. clinical trials halted, charitable donations returned. and warming trend. while golfers may enjoy this record-breaking december, it's been one tough season for businesses that count on the cold. "nbc nightly news" begins now.