keep it within 10, then had it scratched off, within 20. >> al: boy, oh, boy. second of nine. to the 22. then there are the eagles who have drop to two games und under .500. i told this to jeffrey lurie the other day and he was shocked, too. they're the only team in the league that has won more games on the road than at home. pretty good records. they've done well. gotten into the playoffs a lot. but more road wins than home wins. so bizarre because it's a great crowd. you know, they love the eagles. >> cris: play the "rocky" theme. >> al: a vibrant building. but for whatever reason, more wins away than here. >> cris: well, maybe time for jeffrey lurie to give them another speech. he gave them that before the new england game, the play angry speech. went to everybody in the locker

room and sort of grabbed them and used a little colorful language and got them all fired up and got a standing ovation after the game when they beat the patriots. but somebody's going to give old bruce arians and steve keim and carson palmer a standing ovation. 12 wins in this league? very impressive. >> al: bruce will be a candidate for coach of the year which he's only won twice in three years. but at this point ron rivera. you're 14-0 with that team. the expectations going into the season. you know the story. lvin benjamin got hurt. they may have a perfect year, who knows? but he'd be the choice right now. for chip kelly, well, again, the great thing about the eagles, if you're an eagles fan is you just win the next two games and you're in the playoffs and you're playing a home game the second week of january. there's the final score of 40-17.

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welcome to the volkswagen passat postgame report. here now bob costas. >> the arizona cardinals have won eight straight. they go to 12-2. they clinch the nfc west for the first time since 2009.

the eagles, as we just heard al say, are still alive despite the record of 6-8 in the very forgiving nfc east. carson palmer is an mvp candidate. he went 20 of 32 for 274 and a touchdown. david johnson with andre ellington and chris johnson out, the rookie from northern iowa steps up and carries 29 times for 187 yards, 187 yards. also had four catches, scored three touchdowns. carson and johnson who get the game balls and get a chance to talk with michele. >> on this date in 2009 when the cardinals won their last nfc west division tiblgttle. you do it again tonight. i know you have loftier goals but how gratifying is this? >> very gratifying. to come in here against a team that needs this win also.

this is a grown man behind you who couldn't be prouder o of the way he broke tackles and always fell forward. >> you set a single season record for points. you had this guy, as you mentioned, david junsohnson, ru for three touchdowns. what is it like to quarterback an offense when you have so many options? >> it's a blast, it's a blast to be part of this group. we come to work every day and grind it out did you aring the week. we're coached hard and play hard on sundays. it's been a blast. >> you injured the index finger on your throwing hand. we saw you get it taped up. >> i'm worrying about tyrann right now. that it's just a bump on the knee. but you hate to see that, the season he's having. and been praying for him nonstop. will continue to do so, hope he's all right. >> we're talking about tyrann mathieu who injured himself just before the game. congratulations. >> thank you. >> we'll update you on tyrann

mathieu when we can. but david johnson, three touchdowns. talk about the second one. a 47-yarder. take us through that run. what were you seeing? >> just an outside zone. i had good blocking where i was able to cut back. brokeles and stiff arms and got in. >> you're a rookie who has been able to step in. how have you handled all the responsibility that entails? >> always talking to carson and talking to stump and andre trying to get better every day and getting ready to help out our team. >> as a rookie, you come in and get a 12-win season and win the division. what is this like? >> feels great. amazing. hopefully continue the success and get ready for green bay and come back and get ready. >> big night. congratulations. >> thank you. >> michele, thanks, with regard to tyrann mathieu he's already been in and out of x-ray, but we don't have word yet on what that

revealed. if we get any information before we leave the air, we'll pass it on to you. let's take a look at the nfc playoff picture with this result. if washington wins here saturday night in philadelphia, then washington wins the division, but if philly win, the eagles, giants and washington could all enter week 17 with a chance at the title. seattle and green bay clinched playoff berth and minnesota is all but assured of getting in. tony, a lot of focus on the unbeaten panthers as well as the streaking seahawks, but the nfc west champion cardinals have now won eight straight themselves. who do you see as the most dangerous team in the nfc? >> looking at the cardinals tonight, bob, they look fantastic. i'm going to put my vote in for them. very solid on both sides of the ball. we know about that big play passing offense, that blitzing defense, but to me, david johnson, such a differencemaker. bruce arians and tom moore, one of their offensive coaches, they were in indianapolis.

this guy reminds me of edgerrin james, playing physical, long runs, catching the ball. he could be that wildcard that really gives them the edge. i like what i saw from the cardinacar cardinals tonight. >> they still have a small chance to overtake the panthers for the number one seed but they can be overtaken by green bay for number two as well. the patriots clinched a bye today while the texans won in indy. the chiefs, steelers and jets all won this week, with kansas city and now pittsburgh having the tie breaker edge in the wildcard race. but after that denver loss and with the broncos playing cincinnati next monday, do you think the chiefs who kind of off the radar have won eight straight, do you think they can win the division? >> i do, bob, and here's why. they've got two home games left with cleveland and then finishing with oakland. i believe they'll win those two home games. if they tie with denver, they'll

win the division and denver has that game you mentioned against cincinnati. denver is not playing great on offense. they had some great plays today but not moving the ball well. cincinnati can score points. i can see cincinnati going in there and winning and kansas city winning their two games and being the western division champions. >> we turn to mike florio of pro football talk. it got ugly between odell beckham jr. and josh norman today at the meadowlands, particularly with some of beckham's actions off the ball. what sort of response are you expecting from the league this week? >> i'm told the league office believes that odell beckham jr. should have been ejected from the game today. he wasn't. now will it go beyond merely imposing fines. would they suspend him particularly for a violent helmet to helmet hit on josh norman under circumstances that there was no reason for that hit to be applied.

it will happen on monday. he'll have independent appeal rights. it would all happen quickly, so beckham would know, the giants would know in next sunday night's game if he'd be available to practice and play. we'll keep an eye on adrian peterson's ankle this week. he sprayed it against the bears. he missed some time, came back, he didn't have x-rays, he didn't know whether he'd have an mri, but he sprained it. >> why a gifted player like odell beckham jr. would diminish himself and his team with play like that. >> when we come back, we'll look in on bruce arians' post game talk to his team. the "sunday night football postgame report" is brought to you by the newly redesigned volkswagen passat. the midsized car for your

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welcome back to the volkswagen passat postgame report. >> congratulations, men. this is just the first step. this is just a starter cap. this ain't the one we want. we want much bigger, better things than this. but this was one hell of a nice job tonight of getting this one. as a football team. all right? but we got a long way to go. i see you wednesday. enjoy it. enjoy it. >> enjoy it. it feels good. we got two more to get now. let's go. team on three, one, twoe two, t team. >> no further update on ty mathieu. the cardinals keep on going. they really got something going right now.

>> they look like they can do anything. they can run the ball. they obviously can throw it. their defense is good. tyrann mathieu, that's a big deal. that guy does just about everything on the defensive side. >> so giants and vikings next week. you heard mike talking about the league thought he should have been ejected. our friends troy and joe were on top of that. i don't believe they haven't thrown him out of the game. we'll see what happens. if he gets suspended or not, we don't know. but the giants who still have a chance to win the east. how does that happen? if the giants win their next two in minnesota and they beat philadelphia and washington were to lose two here and then washington goes to dallas, the giant was be in. philly controls its own fate. they win two and they're in, you get washington on top of the division. it is just crazy in the nfc east. >> i'm glad you did all that. >> i think i know what i'm talking about, but not that often. but anyway, an interesting matchup. we'll see about adrian peterson. minnesota, of course, still vying for a playoff spot even

though green bay leads in that division. still a chance to win the nfc north. but mike zimmer has done some job. >> minnesota took this arizona team that impressed us so much tonight right to the wire. it was a last-minute sack by dwight freeney that held them in that game. you know how good a team minnesota is. >> seeing the great white north next week. >> cannot wait. happy birthday, michele. >> and merry christmas, everybody. we'll talk to you next sunday from minneapolis. so the final score tonight was 40-17, al michaels, cris collinsworth and michele tafoya, for the gang up here, natalie hayes, melissa horton, kenny and all the guys and gals who bring you "sunday night football" s saying good night from philadelphia. nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the national football league.

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we want to take you straight to las vegas right now, where there is a lot of activity after a car plowed into a group of pedestrians on the las vegas strip. this is a little closer look from a witness who took some cell phone video. this happened near the paris hotel and casino. police are saying right now, one person has died and at least 37 have been injured. some of them are french trave r travelers. the las vegas nbc affiliate is reporting a woman was in the car

that crashed. she is undergoing a field sobriety test right now. we're going to stay on top of this developing story. we will bring you any new developments as we get them right here on news4. he was always laughing and had a bright smile on his face. tonight, students in fairfax county remembered a teen cuddki in a car crash. darcy spencer spoke to those students at a vigil sunday night and joins us live in this newsroom with the message. >> friday was the last day of school before winter break. he had some friends and they had gone out to eat and were going to swing by another friend's house but he never made it there. tonight, as his friends are grie grieving, they want to make sure they learn from this tragedy. >> it was at this parking space he parked his white bmw everyday at fairfax county where classmates shed tears, and

memories. >> he was such a great kid, so pure. he was one-of-a-kind. >> the 18-year-old in his senior year, wrecked while driving that white bmw, a car he treasured. he and some friends had just left a fast-food restaurant. they were close by when he lost control on the parkway and hit some trees. it's something they'll never forget. >> one second we're driving home and the next second we're pulled over with the car smashed. >> friends say he was already planning for a bright future, going to george mason, attending medical school and maybe getting an apartment with friends. >> he was always smiling and really smart and always happy. it's like it still hasn't hit us he's not here right now. >> police say it looks like speed was a factor in the crash. >> drive safe. you may think you're im mortal

but you're not. his family is going through this and you don't want to put your family through this or friends. not fun at all. >> that's good advice. he had a 17-year-old friend in the car with him. i'm told by those friends tonight he is doing better and expected to survive. although school is out tomorrow, staff members will be there to offer support for students who need someone to talk to, hours 9:00 to 11:00 tomorrow morning. >> thank you so very much. d.c. police are investiga investigating a murder in pet worth. a man was stabbed multiple times. officers found the man sunday evening. he died at the hospital. police want to notify his family before releasing his identity. police want to know who killed a man at an apartment in landover and on brightseat road. they found a man in the parking

lot. emts rushed the man to the hospital and he did not survive. police do not believe this was a random crime. >> now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> well, we've got a little bit of a breeze out there right now. but we've also got a little chill in the air right now. lace go ahead and show you what -- let's go ahead and show you what the temperatures are now. what a beautiful view. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. reagan national airport repo reporting a temperature 39 degrees. it is on the chilly side and the clouds will help insulate us a little bit as we continue to the overnight. we're not looking at any rain when you have kids at the bus stop tomorrow or to work. temperatures chilly in the 30s and eventually climb out of those into the 50s. we have a really warm week ahead and we will show you the christmas forecast. redskins beat the bills in

their last regular home season game of the year. jason joins us for what the win means for the playoff hopes. >> this win against bills is exactly what the redskins needed. doesn't affect their playoff chances but helps their confidence against eagles and if they win that game they clench the division. kirk cousins, he loves playing at home. second quarter action, redskins up 14-0. cousins adds on to it. a strike here to big tight end jordan reed. two touchdowns on the day an skins go up 21-0. in the third, captain kirk continues to keep rolling. desean jackson makes the catch and does the rest. a 77 yard touchdown. he finished the game with 153 yards received in that score. cousins had four touchdowns, no intercepti interceptions, they beat bills

with back to back wins for the first time this season. and coming up from the winning locker room. thanks, jason. tonight, a threat to harm students and staff is forcing school officials in new hampshire to close all schools. they're telling them to stay home because of threatened violence. thereby working to see if this is a credible threat and expect to reopen on tuesday. the hunt is on for the texas teen who used the affluenza defense to get off easy after killing four people during a drunk driving crash. investigators believe ethan's own mom may be helping him. >> tonight, the u.s. marshall services believe someone must be helping ethan couch elude

capture and if it is his mother who just went missing nine days ago it just got harder as well. tonight, they officially listed her as a missing person and means she will also show up on national police databases. >> he's getting help. we have to find out how he's doing that. >> would it be his mother? >> i think it's a safe assumption. we have not located his mother. she could be helping him. >> ethan could have fled because of this video and appears to see couch with friends playing beer pong. if there was alcohol, that could be a violation of his probation. it's unclear as the video does not show couch drinking. >> when somebody takes off who has a probation sentence, you have to wonder whether there's some concern about a violation that might put them back in jail. >> as a faormer u.s. attorney, you've seen that happen? >> we've seen that many times somebody got a generous term of probation blew it by committing

a crime and getting thrown in prison for the whole time. >> after his controversial affluenza defense and probation there have been concerns about special treatment for the wealthy. >> being among those that killed four, lucas' father. >> i think accountability for him would come in this form of swift and certain and severe punishment. >> judge jean boyd sentenced ethan couch and set the conditions of his probation. >> we tried to ask her about the developments today but she wasn't at home and unavailable by her phone. they said even if he flees the country he's not beyond their reach. >> it doesn't matter. we will find him and make every effort to felt that person back. a slight change in plans for passengers on board a southwest airlines flight in burbank,

california. their plane clipped another southwest plane parked on the runway. all the passengers had to deplane. flights headed to denver and oakland and both planes pulled out of service for inspection. good news here is nobody was injured. a lot of you are sending your condolences on our app after learning former president jimmy carter's grandson died. carter gave the sad news about 28-year-old jeremy carter during his sunday school service in georgia. >> after we were there about 20 minutes his heart stopped be beating again. they tried to give him cpr but he passed away. he was just 28 and a great wonderful young man whom we loved very much. >> as he deals with the tragedy, the former president offered his congregation a message of peace and joy for the holiday season. prince george's county is

getting a new 911 dispatch system next month. it couldn't happen soon enough. the 911 director tells us this computer aided dispatch system wasn't working for three hours sunday. dispatchers handled calls manly on paper -- manually on paper and no calls were missed or service swrupted. a bear malls a boy scout leader. find out what happened before the attack. the person called the most hated man in america may be looking to make new friends. what the drug company ceo accused of running a ponzi scheme is doing while out on bail. one of the most beloved scar wars character made itself right at home sunday posting this ins instagram video of r2-d2 and it set a galactic record. steve harvey with a major mistake at the miss universe pageant tonight.

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we want to take you back to that breaking news in las vegas where one person is dead, 37 injured after a woman allegedly plowed into a sidewalk on the las vegas strip. it happened in a paris hotel. the woman is undergoing field sobriety tests and questioning and they cannot rule out whether this was an intentional act. we will stay on top of the story and bring you any updates and

"news4 today" starts at 4:26. did you see the jaw dropping moment that stunned everybody at the miss universe pageant in vegas or maybe you stopped wa h watching after somebody was crowned? no, no, there was more and all over social media. pageant host, steve harvey read the wrong name crowning miss colombia in stead of miss philippines. watch. >> i have to apologize. the first runnerup is colombia. >> they eventually took the crown off of miss colombia's head and placed it on miss philippine's head and then they abruptly ended the show. awkward to say the least.

steve harvey took full responsibility during the live broadcast then in his second flub of the night. he went on twitter to apologize again but misspelled both colombia and philippines and quickly deleted that tweet. the drug company ceo busted for allegedly running a ponzi stream is live streaming from his home and engaging with strangers tuning in. the fallout from his arrest is growing tonight. released thursday on $5 million bond, the pharmaceutical executive dubbed by some as the most hated man in america isn't staying quiet. >> i'm not one for -- >> live streaming for hours at a time after pleading ing not gu to securities fraud yesterday tweeting i am confident i will prevail. the allegations against me are baseless and without merit. while he stays inside the

comfort of his new york city apartment his scheme keeps growing and a cancer drug funded saying it's stopping its clinical trial indefinitely p d pending the outcome of the investigation. a homeless charity returning a 15,0$15,000 check he personallyt them in january saying the more we learn where this money may have come from the more we felt like it was important to give it back. in september he made headlines for hiking up a cancer drug 5,000 percent. >> doctors and patient groups saying they can't access this group. you're going to change the price? >> no. >> now, he's accused of orchestrating a ponzi scheme that stole millions and if convicted faces years. a series of tweets including this one? any one want free money? willing to donatend