american troops that were part of a nato convoy today that happened near bagram airfield and that's a major u.s. base. officials say a bomber rammed an explosive-laden motorcycle and names of the victims won't be released until tomorrow. two other american service members were injured. the united states condemns this cowardly attack on members of the u.s. and afghan forces and we remain committed to supporting the afghan people and their government. the taliban is claiming responsibility for this attack. a recent pentagon report says the violence in afghanistan has increased in recent months. the white house, one of the leading voices on national security and the military is out of the race. senator lindsay graham suspended his campaign today just as donald trump claims he's the victim of hillary clinton's lives. nbc's edward lawrence joins us from capitol hill from the ever-interesting and ever-changing race.

ed? >> absolutely, chris. >> right now experts are wondering who might be next leaving the race there. we started with 17 major republican candidates and right now only 13 remain. senator lindsay graham calls it quits on his dream to be president, and he could not gain ground. >> today i'm suspending my campaign for president and i want to thank everyone who has taken this journey with me. >> senator graham ran his campaign around national security pushing for more troops on the ground in iraq and syria. >> today, most of my fellow candidates have come to recognize this is what's needed to secure our homeland. >> now up for grab, the support and popularity of his good friend senator john mccain. >> with graham's campaign crumbling his support will go elsewhere and you will probably see a concerted effort on the establishment side to go after trump and to consolidate around one candidate. graham has been very critical of front-runner donald

trump and so have the democrats and trump's name came up five times during the democratic debate. now trump demands an apology from hillary clinton for this claim. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> reporter: trump called the "today qwest "today" show. >> she lies about emails and she lies about whitewater and lies about everything and she would be a disaster as president. >> reporter: a clinton campaign spokesman rejected any apology saying trump's rhetoric helps isis. >> donald trump remains the front-runner starting when he entered the race or two months after he entered the race and it will be growing pressure for others to back out of the race if they don't perform well in the iowa caucus which is coming up february 1st. reporting live on capitol hill. edward lawrence, news 4.

and we're looking at a chance for some shower activity tonight and a better chance tomorrow and a really good chance on wednesday. the other thing we're looking at is incredible warmth across our region and we do have some rainmaking its way toward the region now and nothing in the d.c. metro area and it's all back to the west and hagerstown down through martinsburg around the shepherdstown area and this will come through frederick over the next one to two hours and it's moving this way so it may clip d.c., but i'm not expecting too much from it and a little bit of a zoom here as we move out of the picture and what we will continue to see this rain moving on in and as it does and we will see a better chance of rain and not only tomorrow and on wednesday, the heaviest rain on wednesday afternoon and that's what i'll be looking at and i mention the high temperatures, we're talking about shattering some records and not only that and the top five christmas, too. see you in a minute. >> thanks, doug. >> right now it appears that metro's fare machines are finally accepting debit and

credit cards. it's a story all of you are following on the nbc washington app. they would not accept any debit cards and credit card transactions worked for a while if they were less than $20. a lot of riders who had to add value to their card were forced to come up with cash. it lasted seven to eight hours. now to an isis threat in montgomery county. the news 4 i-team learned an employee of a major federal agency was named on a hit-list. >> the fbi found the threat and beefed up security. now our scott macfarlane broke the story. >> federal law enforcement records say the woman targeted has no ties to isis, but the fbi warned her she's on isis' target list. >> the national institute of standards and technology have thousands of employees and the regency in guyingersburg near i-270 is a well-secured sweeping campus. it was one of the workers on that campus named on an isis hit-list according to police

records obtained by news 4. a woman who got the official warning from an fbi agent who was investigating. the woman was told the fbi would monitor the situation and that an extra patrol would be given to her while she was in the area of the campus. >> homeland security analyst says these types of hit-lists are surfacing with increasing frequency. >> very few instances where we see a real clear link to where i'm attacking this because isis said so. it's the new normal and has been for several years. >> it included more than 1400 names according to reports. the fbi spokeswoman tells news 4 when we get any information against a person or business, criminal or national security in nature we alert those people and businesses. we have a duty to warn anyone who the threat was made against and we do all we can to mitigate. craig rice represents part of the campus and a large part of its workforce and says the news

shows maryland has high-value targets and if they funnel more grant money to police to help them protect the community. >> understanding the importance of the installations like the one right behind me to help us to work together to ensure that even in tough budget times we're not losing ground when it comes to ensuring is the security and safety of these installations. a spokeswoman says we have followed fbi protocols in addressing this situation and have shared the relevant and important security information with all parties involved. doreen? >> scott macfarlane, thank you. new developments tonight from california. the friend and former neighbor of one of the san bernardino shooters will stay in jail. enrique marquez, jr., is accused of buying and giving two assault rifles to syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik. the couple used those rifles to kill 14 people in those california attacks. the judge said marquez isn't believed to be a flight risk, but he does consider him a threat to the community.

prosecutors said marquez may have conspired with farooq k th never came to fruition. police carry the out those raids in brussels and two brothers and two other men were cane in to questioning and police say they found no explosives or weapons. investigators thought the five may have been in contact with the alleged paris attackers. the mastermind of those attacks is still on the run. if you're flying this week you're going to have plenty of company and the tsa wants an extroo high on those busy and sometimes chaotic security headlines. and they're working with the tsa in dulles to give us an insight into some of the tactics you don't see. with the holiday rush in full swing, we are working the tsa checkpoint line. how many layers of security are actually right here at the security checkpoint?

simply put, there is a lot you don't know about. >> it has 20 layers of security that you don't see. up here, we have behavior detection officers. >> scott johnson, the security collector says he's constantly looking for anything suspicious. >> i like to engage passengers and i like to find out where they're going and what they think about tsa and i ask them about the prohibitive items and i ask them if they have anything prohibitive in their bags. just today tsa found this jumbo knife at a checkpoint at jfk airport. most of the time, small issues pop up here and that slows down the line. so many different items coming through. >> the dog was about to go through the x-ray. what's the dog's name? mimi. >> do not put mimi through the x a ray. >> in addition to the pets a lot of food and liquids just don't

make it. many people finish their water right here in line and this time of year, presents. >> did you wrap it yourself? >> no, i did not. >> reporter: no? it's okay if the present is wrapped just as longa there's nothing prohibitive inside. safe travels and patience getting through. happy holidays. at dulles international, adam tuss, news 4. the first baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray is going to be retried in june. a judge announced that new date for william porter. it ended up with a hung jury. jury selection for another officer, cesar goodson starts january 6th. >> tonight, s friends and famil will hold a wake for the man who died in adams morgan. paul mcginnes is from virginia and was celebrating his cousin's birthday at a bar last tuesday. he disappeared that night and a couple of days later they found

his body behind the bar. at this point police are not calling it a homicide. >> if santa brings you a drone this christmas you'll have to register the thing. last-minute shoppers, if you want the packages to get them there in time for christmas you're running out of time to ship them. >> i am erika gonzalez where neighbors tell us a grinch stole part of the communi

developing tonight, the centers for disease control is investigating a new outbraining of e. coli at chipotle. five people got sick in november after eating in restaurants in kansas, north dakota and oklahoma. the cdc says this is a different strain of e. coli and not the same one that made 53 people sick in oregon and washington state. the chipotle spokesman told cnbc

today that the company expected to see more cases. the stock went down 211 points since august. if you got a package delivered by the post office today, you had a lot of company. today is the busiest clideliver day of the year. employees have been working longer days to get your gifts out on time. today was also the deadline for priority mail to make sure your packages arrive by christmas. >> a community in prince william county is looking for a real-life grinch tonight. a house known in the neighborhood for all of its holiday lights and figurines is missing some of its most famous attractions. erika gonzalez is live in lakeridge with details. what's going on here, erika? >>. >> well, chris, the word started to spread on social media that this house was missing a number of its inflatables scattered all over the yards and the neighbors

hearing from police saying that they had no idea who the grinch was decided to give them some of their own christmas decorations and they're holding on to their holiday spirit. first were the reindeer and santa in the plain is the favorite and the elf on the shelf is the most recent addition. jennifer drake and her family have been decorating their lake ridge yard for christmas ever since they first got the house. >> over the years people have always stopped and said how much they enjoy seeing the decorations, what kind of joy it brings them and brings them into the christmas spirit. at the end of every long and winding cable is an inflatable. dozens of inflatables all over the yard, a force to be reckoned with. every year they added more and more inflatable until the whole yard just blew up. >> drake says it started with her dad wanted to do something for the grandkids. >> why do you like that one? >> because it's -- it's chilly.

>> it shiver, doesn't it. >> grinch. super grinch, stole the fun from this display. >> it's heartless. >> prince william county police say someone snatched five inflatables from the yesterday. >> with the spirit of giving, someone is taking. >> drake says she isn't interested in pressing charges. >> bring them back so that everybody else who enjoys them can continue to enjoy them. >> the los of people drive by to get a glimpse. >> every year it's very nice. >> it's become an icon of the neighborhood. >> what do you think of the christmas decorations? >> great! >> reporter: and like drake, neighbors just want to see the decorations returned. >> they don't belong to you so bring them back! >> the good news here is the homeowners have been able to find a couple of the items on internet sites and found them for a few bucks less, but they're definitely feeling love

from the community and not letting it get the best of them. we are live in lake ridge, erika gonzalez, news 4. >> the holiday spirit lives on. thank you, erika. if you were awakened by a helicopter, now we know why. police are looking for a guy who robbeded a gas station and it happened on cars brook way in manassas. police searched the area with k-9 units and a helicopter and they think the man had a getaway car parked nearby and no one was hurt. >> the numbers are staggering. police arrested 6700 drunk drivers in the past year alone and today state police are reminding you not to drink and drive over the holidays and they'll be out in force looking for drunk drivers and maryland will deploy a special spider team. even if you're not worried about hurting yourself, think of the other people on the road. >> despite our efforts people continue to choose to drink and drive. we've had multiple incidents this year of troopers who have

been stopped on their side of the road and subsequently struck by another drunk driver. >> the safest way to get home is just drive sober, but if you do have a drink use a designated driver or call uber. something to keep in mind as you open those christmas gifts and a new law went into effect requiring you to register your drone. you'll have to give your federal of a yag of a yagdz administration your address and they'll give you an identify number that must be marked on the drone. registration is free for the first 30 days and it will cost $5 after that. if flying a drone without registration may cut of $tw27,0. >> chelsea clinton said she's expecting a baby some time next summer which could be around the time the convention formally

picks its candidate. up next, gut-wrenching videos from inside a hospital room as a family says good-bye to their teenage son. his parents say they shared them to keep your child from making the same mistakes. we know it's going to be warm, but how rain could impact

>> now your storm team 4 forecast. a forecast more reminiscent of say, may across our region. the temperatures getting into the 60s and the 70s and we have a chance of rain and almost like the spring showers that bring may flowers and that's not what will happen, but notice the wind direction normally at this time of year. this flag is blowing the other way with northwesterly wind and we have wind to the south and that's bumps our temperatures and we've only dropped a degree

during the last couple of hours since the sun has gone down. 56 in fredericksburg and 56 in cambridge and pawtuxet river. and not a lot of rain around the i-95 corridor and not affecting the rush, but back to the west, we are seeing the rain over to frederick and if you're in leesburg you'll be seeing the rain and frederick, around 6:26, and leesburg around 6:43 and mount erie at 7:10 and come into rockville at 7:45. head's up in those areas and you can see the whole system a very weak line of showers making their way on through and you may need the umbrella for 10, 15 minutes and that will be about it. another system moves in and that's what we'll get during the day tomorrow and it will not be a lot of rain tomorrow and here we are overnight tonight and they're by early tomorrow morning and it could be

affecting your early morning rush and a head's up for that expecting rain right around the time of the rush at 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 and light shower activity and even through the noon hour with shower activity. your tuesday will not be a rainy day and we even see some clearing in the afternoon and some sunshine before the sun goes down and then the fog develops and we may see dense fog early wednesday morning starting off dry and look what happens. here comes rain around noon and heavy rain during the afternoon on wednesday. i definitely think wednesday will be the day and the best chance for rain. so coming up tomorrow, rainfall intensity will be on the light rain side so the small umbrella tomorrow and the big umbrella coming up as we move into the day on your wednesday. tomorrow it's not the winter coats and it's the jacket maybe, and the umbrella, but all in all, not that bad of a day. on wednesday, 65 degrees and thursday, christmas eve and a high of 75 and that will shatter the record of 69 degrees and even on friday, christmas day, going for the high temperature of 66 and that will put it in

the top five warmest of christmases. we have a very warm forecast coming and it lasts through the weekend and i've got the rest of the forecast at 6:45. >> hard to believe. >> we'll take you back to that chaotic scene on the vegas strip as a car slams into dozens of pedestrians over and over. >> police say it was on purpose, but what provoked it. >> during a holiday party in his living rm. coming up at 6:00, what police say the suspect said moments before he was arrested. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news 4, these police officers are about to make christmas extra special for one unsuspecting family and they have the help of jolly

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a holiday house party turned into a police investigation after a guest was shot dead in the living room. >> new tonight a principal is still out of a job in prince george's county even after school officials found no evidence that a principal was spanking students at school. >> while you're finishing up shopping and shipping, we're putting the finishing touches on an unusual christmas weather forecast. the lives of two families have been completely changed forever after a deadly dispute at a holiday party. >> that's right. one man is dead and another charged with murder. the shooting happened on a home

auto ridge road in damascus. meagan fitzgerald tells us what the homeowner said to police just before his arrest. >> reporter: police say a h holiday party, the victim was drunk when he was shot and killed inside the living room. these aren't the type of lights neighbors expected to see. >> i thought what the heck is going on and why am i awake. montgomery county police were investigating a murder. investigators say 35-year-old francisco frank trujillo hosted a holiday party at his home sunday night. police say frank and his guest mario perez got into an argument. according to an arrest report frank's wife called 911 said her husband's friend mario was really drunk and had threatened us. she also told dispatchers, quote, mario had been shot by her husband frank.

when police arrived they say mario was found shot to death in the living room. trujillo along with his wife and another woman were also inside. the arrest report says before trujillo was arrested he said that the victim was shot in the chest and that he was, quote, sorry. >> that's just insane. i -- what causes people to do stuff like that? that's horrible. >> baker says she can't believe a murder took place just yards away from her home, but even more disturbing is that it happened just five days before christmas. neighbors say trujillo has two young children and it is still unclear whether or not they were home at the time of the murder. trujillo is due in court tomorrow for a bond hearing. reporting in damascudamascus, m fitzgerald, news 4. >> an argument between two men left one of them dead. he shot terrell blake in landover. it happened around 5:30

yesterday on bright seed road. >> now to a developing story in new hampshire. nashua public schools will be open tomorrow after a threat closed schools there today. at a news conference police said they would have an increased presence at all schools in nashua. the superintendent received the threat by email and he said the threat was very specific that's why he made the decision to keep the children at home. >> it was specific in terms of naming the two high schools by name where the action would occur. it was specific to today's date saying today is the day that harm would be done to students and it was specific deciding the means by which students would be harmed. >> state and federal officials are still investigating who sent that email. a principal got fired from a prestigious school in prince george's courty and now says he's going to appeal that decision. nasir abi is accused of ignoring

allegations of abuse in the french immersion school in greenbe greenbelt. a father named exandrzander fab filed charges. late last week the school district said it found no evidence of abuse, but abi told bureau chief tracee wilkins today he was fired. >> there's still a huge disconnect in term was transparenty in the way it was handled. >> why is he being the scapegoat? >> good question. the teacher who was accused of spanking kids is now teaching in montgomery county. just a few minutes ago, a prince george's county mother gotity surprise of a lifetime courtesy of a police officer. they decided to pitch in. bureau chief tracee wilkins is live at the glen orden community center for the big reveal.

>> reporter: we started at the glen arden community center and we're here in the community where the mother received all of these gifts. just a few minutes ago this entire neighborhood was lit up with police cars and with fire engines and santa claus was here and i'm telling you, it made for a very special christmas for this family. it was a parade of public safety and maryland park and planning police gathered his brothers and sisters from across agencies to honor a family in glen arden. he was inspired by a little boy who reminded him of himself when he was growing up in glen arden. >> i was able to meet him, and i saw that there's little randy right there, and i chose this family to be my secret santa and what you will see today is just my fellow officers to help me out to show this young randy hey, we're here. >> with motorcycles rumbling and sirens going, they made the big surprise to the carter family. >> today santa claus comes to

you guys. >> and then they surprised the mom with tens and tens of giant food gift cards. >> we were having some trouble this christmas season so it was really special to be selected and really a blessing. >> reporter: it all started just because one officer saw himself in a little boy during career day and that's paying it forward. >> he's young, but i -- i believe he will remember this. >> there were a few really cool things that happened along the way. first of all, people were waving from their homes as we made the procession down here. folks just waving and saying hi to santa claus and enjoying all of the sirens and what was happening for this family and second of all to be there as the mom was receiving all of those gift cards it brought tears to my eyes. this family was truly blessed by the work this police officer did. all of these police agencies who assisted from the sheriff's department to the prince george's county police department to the fire department it was great seeing everyone together to make it a special christmas for this family. reporting live in glen arden,

i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> boy, oh, boy. mom and son will never forget that one. >> back on the ground, an iconic attraction at a famous amusement park gets stuck with 50 passengers onboard. we'll show you the rescue. giving back for the holidays and why all veterans in montgomery county will have a place to call home just in time for christmas. we're tracking rain across the area and that rain down to the south including some severe weather and i'll show you what's heading our way. see you in a minute.

>> a developing story in las vegas. we're learning more about a woman who drove her car on to a sidewalk on the busy vegas strip killing one person. police believe lakeisha holloway intentionally drove into the crowds of tourists. her 3-year-old daughter was in the backseat with her, but not hurt. today they believe holloway had a falling out with the little girl's father just before the incident and they think she was under the influence of a stimulant. one woman died and dozens of others were hurt. holloway was charged with murder. 50 visitors are back on solid ground tonight after getting stuck part of the way up at seaworld's iconic skytower. the ride's cabin malfunctioned this afternoon and stranded the riders about 100 feet in the air. it took about two hours, but engineers were able to get that cabin to come back down. the tower is, like, 400 feet tall and it's a centerpiece in

the orlando theme park and one of the original rides from when seaworld opened in 1973. >> 27 years ago today a bomb brought down panam flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland, 270 people were killed that day including 189 americans. family members and government officials honored the victims arlington national cemetery. there was a moment of silence before the victim's names were read aloud. loretta lynch vowed to seek justice. >> there have been new developments in our investigation in just the last few months and we, along with our scottish counterparts will spare no effort to advance this case towards the conclusion that we have all awaited for far too long. >> only one man was ever convicted of that terror attack. he died of cancer in 2012. >> montgomery county is marking

a significant milestone. today all of its homeless veterans are off the streets. earlier this year the county named 2015 the year of the veteran and they set out goal to find them a permanent home. it makes montgomery county the first counties and they've received a heartfelt thank you from those they've helped. ishmael meredith is one of them? i've been trying to keep work and i've been trying to stay out of trouble and, you know, there were times when i would be alone and it would be me and him and all of my tears would be falling on him. >> meredith says the county found his family an apartment after he called the military's crisis line. if you're a veteran or know someone who needs a home call 1-800-273- 1-800-273-8255. it's toll-free and open every day of the year. coming up, a mother and father share with us a heartbreaking story about losing their son in hopes

even younger kids in our area are being caught up in this new war on synthetic drugs. >> they've seen children as young as 11 overdose on synthetic drugs. tisha thompson and the news 4 i-team shows you what parents and local schools are doing to get the kids before the drug get to them. >> it is one of the very worst moments any family can face, saying good-bye to a dying child. >> mommy and daddy are cutting your hair off so that we have it forever. >> veronica and devin eckhart are sharing these gut-wrenching videos of their last moments. >> i'm sorry that i don't get to have more time with you. >> they say he was just 19 years old when he died of taking a single hit of the synthetic drug spice.

>> one hit changed everything. >> the eckharts established a foundation in their son's honor to teach kids that these synthetics might look like marijuana, but are nothing at all like the plant. ? does anyone know if there's actually a difference between marijuana and synthetic marijuana. >> reporter: that's the same message. >> no? well, there is. winchester police is starting to pound it home to these seventh graders. >> it will kill you. maybe not the first time you use it, maybe not the second time, but eventually it will kill you. >> when i see what it has done to our community and how our communities have been deteriorating because of these drugs, the effects that these synthetic drugs have on the user is very scary because every time that you ingest one of these drugs, no matter what the quantity or what it is you run the risk of death. >> i am a narcotics cop. >> teachers here say they know

to stay away from heroin. >> they're scared to death of heroin. they're exper iming with synthetics. >> and they think it's not going to happen to them. i can smoke a little weed and it won't go any further and helping make that connection is a priority. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team found districts like d.c. found they're teaching about synthetic drugs while others say they plan to add them to the curriculum soon. >> they're marketed to kids and kids think of them as synthetic marijuana. >> reporter: by calling it synthetic marijuana too many kids mistakenly think it's somehow safer than other drugs. >> no one should be using that term. if marijuana is okay, the synthetic it's a good name, right? it's a good thing. you're playing russian roulette when you take it. >> synthetics are man made and they're not grown and you don't plant them in your garden and put miracle grow and they grow. they are sent out to talk to

talk to middle schoolers because their small town has had one fatality and at least two teenagers permanently brain damaged. >> she smoked it one time and overdosed and went straight to the hospital and is paralyzed from the neck down. it's the kind of lesson connor's parents say it's vital to keep what happened to their family from ever happening to yours. >> if we had known, if connor had known how dangerous these are, things would be different. >> we've createded a special website where kids and their parent can read about the different types of synthetic drugs from scoopy snacks to bizarro and bath salts and flakka, and see what they look like and the violent things doctors say they will do to your body and watch it all on the nbc washington homepage and the nbc washington app. tisha thompson, news 4 i-team. right now tracking some

temperatures, 57 degrees at the airport and temperatures dropping throughout the next couple of hours and not much at all with the south wind, 56 degrees next hour. mild, mild and mild. we do have showers just off to the north and west and look at numbers and the average high is 45 and we're well above that and 57 manassas and 52 over toward manassas. we do have rain in through loudoun county and the frederick county and northern portions of montgomery county and nothing around the d.c. metro area and it's right off to the west and right up around leesburg to frederick and over toward urbana and damask as, and you will see shower activity move through your region, but this is all moving up to the north and east. if you're in bethesda i think you'll stay to the dry side. this is just a very light area of rain moving through and

here's the area of rain down to the south. some heavy rain down to the south and this is what's making its way up our way. tornado warning in december down around the new orleans area. so kind of amazing the weather that we'll be having here over the next couple of days. you know it's going to be on the hot side and you know we'll see the chance for some showers and tomorrow i think those showers come early between 7:00 and 10:00. a good chance for shower activity and 48 degrees around 7:00 and 55 by 10:00 and then by 1:00, i think most of the rain starts to move on out of here. we'll see a shower chance, but most of the day looks dry and 59 by 1:00 and maybe some sunshine late in the day by 4:00. your tuesday planner, doing any shopping? well, mild, but bring the umbrella just in case and we may see showers and that's why we're in the yellow side. holiday lights fine by evening. if you'll take the kids to see the lights and then traveling. the best chance of rain will be to the north and east tomorrow

so philadelphia. if you're traveling up i-95 up toward new york city and that's where the rain will be throughout much of the day and that will be on the yellow side, too. >> there goes santa claus and he's bringing in the warmer air right from the north pole. yeah, right. 65 on your wednesday and that's when we'll have the good chance of rain and 75, a record break or thursday and 66, our warmest christmas ever and then we stay warm. 58 on saturday and another chance of some showers and sunday, high temperature, high temperature of 64 degrees and there will be a chance of rain late in the day on friday and late in the day on christmas. >> it will be weird. >> hey, doug, look what we found! your clicker. come back to the studio, okay? >> i miss you guys. >> all right. i hid it under the desk and didn't want to tell him. a lot of redskins fans will keep their eye on the weather in philadelphia because the redskins are just one win away from an nfc east title and

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do you like that? do you like that? i like that! >> and it's only growing and growing. look at that -- yes, we do like that. >> we like it, we love it, actually. the whole stadium was getting louder with each touchdown. >> you would think they're 13 and 2 here. it feels like 77. >> you guys, that's it. that's my script. >> you in it's the most wonderful time of the year for the burr gunnedy and gold. two games left and the last one a decisive matchup in philly against the eagles. doug? >> they're in and they're in. >> redskins ready to keep the dance going and they dance to warm up and they're dancing afterward and first division title since 2012 if they take care of business this weekend. the good news, skins playing their best team football of the season. the defense coming up huge and

the offense was rolling and five tds by kirk cousins to go with his sixth 300-yard passing and a franchise record and it will earn them a home playoff game and the stakes so high, some are left speechless. >> i can't really speak. >> he's speaking for himself and it's a heck of a game and i know the atmosphere will be crazy, but saturday night football. >> it will be a big game for us. i'm nplanning on celebrating in philadelphia and we'll take care of business and it will be a dogfight and plan for big games on the day after christmas and we really want to just beat philly. >> the eagles plan on being the grinch this weekend. after last night's loss, the cardinal, and he wasn't shy of throwing down material for this weekend game. >> he said, quote, if i know

this team and i know myself, the guys in here, man, the redskins have something coming to them for real. that's real [ bleep ]! that's all i have to say about that, that's what he said. so we'll see. this afternoon the nfl handed down a one-game suspension for odell beckham, jr. the giants receiver being punished for his hat trick personal foul penalty sunday afternoon. it happened against the panthers. beckham battling panthers corner josh norman all day. these two just couldn't stay away from each other. body slams all over the field, but it was this play where according to the nfl beckham's actions put his opponent at unnecessary risk of injury helmet to helmet. and beckham, likely appealing the suspension. carolina hurricanes, be warned. the caps are the ones storming right now to the top of the nhl standings. caps visiting carolina tonight coming off a 7-3 win against the

rival rangers. paul mccartney all smiles at msg last night. >> look at that guy. >> they were up 3-1 at the time, but the caps scored six unanswered goals. alex o vefrp kin provided some help and 492 goals in his career and now eight away from 500 and the caps have erased 3 to 1 deficits in back-to-back games from victories and they're off to the best start in the 41 years of the franchise and they, get this, they're 12-1-1 since november 21. sorry, sir paul. hello and good-bye. rangers. >> and pop culture, right? >> caps and canes today and he popped up on the end of "saturday night live" saturday, did you see that? >> he gets around. >> making the rounds in new york. >> and we didn't give you love

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