privatize and deprofessionalize public schools. south carolina governor nikki haley is facing a much warmer welcome as the future president's pick for u.n. ambassador. just a few days ago, she seemed to be playing down her prospect. >> i was very happy to be invited. it was a good meeting. >> reporter: haley has virtually no foreign policy experience and perhaps most notably did nothing to help trump win. in his "new york times" interview the president-elect general james mattis, cop contender for defense secretary. the general surprised him with his take on waterboarding terror suspects. >> he said i've never found it to be useful. he said i've always found, give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, i do better with that than i do with torture. >> reporter: the next president took a thanksgiving break at his

>> it's my prayer we begin to heal our divisions, move forward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. >> reporter: hopeful words from a future leader with a lot on his plate. though the president-elect is in florida, he's apparently never been much of a vacation taker and that's probably a good thing because he has a lot of work to do between now and january 20th. doreen? >> brian mooar, thank you. here are four things to know about trump's latest picks. south carolina governor nikki immigrants from india. she's been in office since 2010 and received wide acclaim for her handling of last fall's historic flooding in south carolina. she also oversaw the removal of the confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse in columbia. betsy devos heads the advocacy group known as the american federation for children. her family owns the orlando magic nba franchise. devos is known for supporting charter schools and vouchers. some conservatives voiced

supported common core which trump opposed during his campaign. there are new calls now for a recount of the presidential race in several key states. green-party candidate jill stein is calling on her supporters to raise $2 million for the effort. the group of political experts says a pattern in vote totals from wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania suggests voting machines may have been manipulated. that group took its in white house has actually asked clinton not to call for a recount. jill stein, however, is pushing forward. she would need to raise the money and file a motion before friday. many prominent pollsters have criticized the effort. they say it is unlikely that any votes were hacked. the holiday rush is well under way right now. nearly 49 million of us will be on the move this thanksgiving.

lower gas prices and cheaper airfares are fueling the trend. tonight, we have team coverage of the conditions on the roads and the rails and in the sky to help you get to your destination safely. >> our coverage begins tonight with chopper 4 monitoring the situation on the roads right now. david culver onboard with details on a crash causing backups along 270 in gaithersburg. david? >> reporter: hey there, vance. yeah, we've been checking in with folks giving us they've been tweeting me some ideas. here we are, made our way to 270. i want to show you what we're looking at down below here. this is 270 southbound just before 370. you can see as we look at all those lights on the other side, of course, those are brake lights. this is headed toward the beltway southbound. as we push in, i want to show you what the problem spot is. it's a vehicle that has hit the concrete barrier on the side and this is happening specifically

by here. you can see that right now as we push in. some emergency crews off to the side. originally this whole area was blocked off. that cleared about five minutes ago. really it has been a messy commute for a lot of folks in the area today, starting early this morning, and some people already thinking about the return home after thanksgiving this coming weekend. a packed car ride for this family who we met at this crowded 66 westbound rest stop their thanksgiving destination, new market, virginia. >> we have two dogs and two cats here. >> reporter: you've got a full farm with you. >> yeah. >> reporter: the barking aside, the mom had a lot of time to get comfy with her neck pillow. a drive from d.c. that usually takes about 45 minutes took them 2 hours because of multiple crashes on the beltway. not bad for the passenger. >> i've been sleeping the whole way. >> reporter: this is the way to travel, right?

antonio. >> she goes to sleep, he goes to sleep, the dogs go to sleep. >> reporter: what about you? >> no, i cannot sleep. >> reporter: got to stay focused. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: loading up on snacks. >> honey buns glazed, and doritos nacho cheese. >> reporter: they're fueling up. after all the traffic, you need the caffeine. >> yeah, roads, really bad. >> over here. over here, honey. >> reporter: so bad, eight-year-old mandy wasn't quite ready to leave the rest stop. her owners, b.j. and freeman from kensington, had to navigate around the mess. >> thank goodness for traffic apps. we were able to see the road was actually closed and wasn't going to opening for 30 minutes. >> if you got a passenger, let them do the navigating. >> reporter: fairfax county fire and rescue hoping the driver avoids the distractions. meantime, she's trying to figure out when she should return home to avoid for traffic. >> i'm considering sending my

a risk. sunday night, even night is going to be a lot of trucks on the road. >> reporter: all right. as we look back out live, you can see this is where that accident is right there and past that, the good news is it clears up and lightens up, the commute southbound on 270. so folks have a little bit of some easy going until, again, they hit that beltway which we showed you at 5:00. with a lot of traffic building up there. we talked to a fire and rescue from fairfax county today. they have some advice about what you should plan to pack in your cars. some of you may already be at your destination or have loved ones at their destination, go ahead and share it. it's on my facebook page. give them good advice and safety tips before they hit the road to return back home here to the dmv. we'll send it back to you, wendy.

trying to go. thank you, david. from the roads to the skies, more than 3 million people expected to get to their thanksgiving destination by air. we checked with local airports. no major delays at reagan national, or dulles right now. there were long lines at security checkpoints earlier today. among the most popular destinations this year, orlando, new york and las vegas. coming up in our next half hour, there are some reports of delays on amtrak. we'll have more on that and the new security measures in place at union stati 6:30. to our weather now. cold air and a chance for rain on thanksgiving day. amelia draper continues our coverage. >> hey, doreen, scattered showers out there right now. we're mainly dry overnight. tomorrow morning, though, we're going to be tracking more showers. for the most part, they'll be light and i think most of your thanksgiving day will be dry. but here's the latest right now. noticing some heavier rain

you can see this continues up around the rosberg area. the d.c. metro area now for the most part dry. all of this part of a larger system. you can see some snow impacting parts of michigan right now. up around western new york and parts of pennsylvania. this area of rain right here mainly in indiana, moving into ohio. will bring us our chance for some showers, for the most part tomorrow morning. but only some sprinkles and very light showers now falling out around buoy, a degrees. for the evening hours, we're in the 40s. by 10:00 p.m., we're dry and we're cloudy. coming up in my full forecast at 6:25, i'm going to be walking you through your day tomorrow. letting you know when the best chance of rain is in your neighborhood, jim. >> thanks, amelia. smoke poured out windows as flames raced through a house in montgomery county. chopper 4 was over the scene. happened this afternoon in tacoma park. you could see the smoke rushing out of the window from quite a distance off.

no word yet on what caused that fire. new information now after an suv crashed into a home in gaithersburg last night. the home health care aide who works at the house told news 4 that the two men who live there are developmentally disabled. the driver of the suv was another aide who was leaving after finishing her shift. the two men were in their bedrooms when the crash happened. nobody was seriously injured, bu residents have had to find another place to stay for a few days. no word yet on exactly what caused that crash. there was a ceremony today to remember former d.c. mayor marion barry. he died two years ago today at the age of 78. as we report now, a memorial headstone was unveiled to honor his public life and service. ?? >> reporter: on the grounds of

large private ceremony drew family, friends and city leaders to see the new headstone for marion barry who died two years ago today. it marks his four terms as mayor, time on the d.c. council, and his civil rights background. >> tried to come up with something that will give people the essence of marion long after everyone standing here are gone. i wasn't thinking about today. i was thinking about 100 years from today. >> reporter: money for the headstone was privately raised. work and, yes, his personal troubles that afflicted both him and the city. >> marion barry was the people's mayor. he wasn't perfect. none of us are. >> reporter: mayor bowser already named the city's summer jobs program after barry who started it. >> not a week goes by in any neighborhood across the district of columbia where somebody will tell me, you know, marion barry gave me my first job. >> reporter: others say the

beginning the rebirth of washington in the 1980s and caring for those in need despite his flaws. >> this memorial will speak to that in terms of the many people through the years that come here. >> what political position he might have, you have to give marion barry credit for caring about the city. >> he stood for opportunity. opportunity for people that didn't have opportunity. >> reporter: cemetery officials say many people visit barry's grave already and more are expected now that it is p marked. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. investigators are looking over clues in a deadly school bus crash. this comes as new questions emerge about why that driver was riding a different rout. it's a miracle he's alive. a maryland man describes the moment a truck was barreling

we're learning new details tonight about that deadly school bus crash in chattanooga. investigators now say the street on which that accident happened was not even on the bus driver's designated route. they're also having trouble downloading video from three cameras inside the bus because of all the damage.

vehicular homicide. johnthony walker did not have drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. state records show he received his license to drive a school bus in april. five months later, he was involved in a minor bus accident. nobody was injured. one mother says she's made several complaints about walker. >> every day they come home, they complaining about the school bus. i've been calling complaining about this bus august. i called the board of education. and i called the school. >> that mother lost her 6-year-old daughter in the crash. her two older children were hurt. tonight, six children remain hospitalized, five of them in critical condition. the news 4 i-team learned about three separate assauls capitol police officers over the past week. the first happened on thursday. police say a suspect was stopped

guy became physically combative. last friday, police say it was a traffic accident near library of congress. officers questioned the man who did not have a proper vehicle permit. police say the guy became combative and broke a seat belt while being transported. then yesterday capitol police arrested a person for hitting a cruiser with a piece of luggage. that happened near the capitol. police say the damage to the cruiser was significant. extra security measures are in place in new york city ahead of tomorrow's macy's thanks giving day parade. nbc's jay gray is live in manhattan. jay, how's it looking there? >> reporter: doreen, a lot going on. it's the one day inflation is a good thing, it's inflation day here in new york. thomas the tank. the train engine coming to life here. a lot of these balloons getting ready. you can see the teams. they're getting ready. getting things all geared up

bring them out early tomorrow morning. crews are creating magic in manhattan tonight. the inflation party on the eve of the 90th annual macy's thanksgiving parade. a holiday tradition that will bring more than 3 million people out along the streets of new york tomorrow morning with more than 50 million around the world watching on tv. and what they'll see are 16 giant balloons including the debut of the troll multicharacter balloon. the celebration will feature 27 smaller balloonacles, a thousand clowns, floats and marching bands from across the country. >> it's a dream come true for me to be here at the parade, but to watch my daughter dance in it, that's extra special. >> reporter: this year, there will also be stepped up security. after an online article from isis suggesting the parade would be a, "excellent target."

they've dealt with before past parades. >> the nypd and jjtf are second to none when it comes to addressing threats like this. >> and new yorkers say it won't change the way they spend their holiday. >> it's the best day in the world, and, you know, i understand we have threats but we have protection, so we're okay. ?? >> reporter: and ready to celebrate this thanksgiving tradition. is this night as well. thousands of people come out, take a look, watch these balloons inflated. there will be thousands overnight as well. going to be kind of chilly but they're going to line the three-mile parade route hoping to get the best spot to see the action tomorrow morning. that is the latest live in new york. doreen, back to you. happy thanksgiving. >> you, too, jay. i'll be watching that parade tomorrow morning. so will you, i bet. macy's thanksgiving day parade

now another thanksgiving tradition. this one at the white house where president obama pardoned two turkeys. his daughters, sasha and malia, did not attend this particular event. you may remember, they're a tad squeamish about those birds. president said the girls couldn't take his, this is a quote, "cornucopia of dad jokes any longer." get it? but the president may be getting the last laugh after he office. >> malia and sasha are thankful this is my time presidential turkey pardon. what i haven't told them yet, we are going to do this every year from now on. no cameras, just us. every year. no way i'm cutting this habit cold turkey. >> man. the pardoned turkeys are named tator and tot. they're headed to their new home in virginia tech.

presidential turkey pardons and pictures from the past, we invite you to the nbc washington app. we are thankful this year for everyone who donated to the salvation army's annual share the warmth coat drive. 1,000 coats were collected this year thanks to you. they were distributed today during an event at the washington convention center. everyone who came in got to pick up a coat plus one other item like a sweater or a pair of gloves. >> out here in d.c., when it's cold and stuff, is just really great. >> every year, nbc 4 partners with bergman's cleaners, the nurses of medstar georgetown hospital, burke and herbert bank, ace hardware stores to help collect and clean the coats. there will be another coat distribution next wednesday. that will help in alexandria. blackout wednesday, they call it. it's known as one of the most

we'll tell you why one officer says he's lucky to be alive after a close call on duty. a local driver's car is crushed underneath a truck during this morning's beltway accident. ahead, what his family believes is responsible for what they call this miracle story of survival. unlocking secrets of the smithsonian. why you could soon be able to see things that never make it to

tonight. right now, the suburbs for the most part already in the 40s. washington still hanging on to 50 degrees. our official high, 51. over the next few days right on into the weekend, our highs will be in the 50s. so take a look at the current temperature in your neighborhood right now. 46 in gaithersburg. 45 up in frederick. 48 in manassas. cloudy skies and a few spotty showers out there. i'll show you the radar in just a moment. want to walk you through your

starting you off 6:00 a.m., probably up early getting thanksgiving dinner pulled together. some scattered showers across the area. otherwise cloudy skies. as we move into the mid-morning hours, here we are at 8:30. notice widely scattered showers still impacting the area, but once we hit lunchtime, we really dry out. our rain chances really drop off. but still plenty of clouds around. if we have any limited sunshine tomorrow, it will be during the afternoon hours, but tomorrow night looking dry. maybe for some black friday shopping, the weather looking good tomorrow night on into friday morning. so here's your thanksgiving planner. 7:00 a.m., we're around 40 degrees. so it is going to be chilly out there for the turkey trot. going to be breaking down that forecast coming up at about 6:45. hour by hour. scattered showers tomorrow morning. we're dry for the afternoon. a high of 54. so kind of a chilly day if you're heading out, you'll probably want the warmer coat or maybe a layer or two.

7:00, cool and around 49 degrees. for the turkey trot tomorrow morning if you're running in one, good luck, have fun. shower is going to be possible. maybe bring that light waterproof layer just in case to have on hand. deep frying the turkey, heading outside to check on it, again, a passing shower is possible. but as you get the afternoon football game under way with friends and family, most of us going to be completely dry. if you're driving around town to have dinner, just cloudy skies. travel weather problem free on sunday. so here's a look at the next ten days. on friday, black friday, there is the chance of some sprinkles. otherwise mostly cloudy skies and warmer. highs friday in the upper 50s. for saturday, it's breezy, but it's dry and we have increasing sun throughout the day. highs in the low 50s. on sunday, a high of 51. mostly sunny skies. if you're getting out of town, whether you're driving or flying, weather across the entire country looking very quiet.

and school, the weather looking good. 54. and then some much-needed rain in the forecast later tuesday on into wednesday. more on why we need the rain on my twitter page, doreen. >> all right, amelia, thank you. this accident may have affected your morning commute, but tonight only on news 4, we have the incredible story behind the dramatic pictures. hear from the driver who walked away from the crash. i'm adam t are people here to help. i'll explain coming up. blackout wednesday, a day when excessive drinking takes place, a day before the holiday. coming up, you'll hear from an officer who talked about his personal experience with a drunk

now at 6:30, a miracle on the beltway as away from this violent crash. >> i could just see the truck falling and then, yeah, that was scary. there's new security in place at union station. just in time for the busy travel season. we'll tell you about some new technology. a local police officer describes being hit by a drunk driver. >> i did feel the impact, it was just a jarring impact. >> and issues a new warning about the dangers on the road tonight. and a rare look at some of

treasures. we'll tell you how you can see them from home. first at 6:30 tonight, it's one thing to believe in miracles. it's another to see one. those words today from the wife of a man who walked away from an awful crash on the beltway this morning. >> he was inside a car that was crushed by a ryder truck. chris gordon joins us with his incredible story and interview you'll see only on news 4. chris? >> reporter: doreen and jim, quinn burroughs is nursing a sore back tonight but he knows he is lucky to be alive and his wife, cindy, believes it's a miracle. quinn and his family are especially grateful this thanksgiving. this morning as he drove to work from rockville to fairfax, his car was involved in the big chain-reaction crash on the beltway.

>> for a split second, sure, yeah. it's a big box truck, you know, getting ready to fall on me. i mean, i don't know how many people you can talk to that say, yeah, i got hit by -- i got a box truck that fell on top of my car. >> reporter: mr. burroughs walked away without a scratch. his wife, cindy, believes someone up there was watching over him. >> i believe we have people close to us that we've lost, i believe they were with him and i just believe that they knew that we needed quinn here. i needed quinn and there were two angels that just -- that it wasn't his day. quinn's sister, lynn, and my dad, peter. >> reporter: maryland state police are investigating the cause of the accident. >> the truck driver was cited with negligent driving and several suspended driving charges. >> yeah. >> reporter: thanksgiving starts tonight at the burroughs' home. >> got all my family here, my parents are coming down.

>> reporter: mr. burroughs also tells me that the police and fire rescuers who were on the scene of today's crash could not have been nicer or more professional. that's the latest from the beltway. jim, back to you. >> all right. thank you, chris. chopper 4 has been up over the beltway all day. you can see the backups heading out of town tonight. now we're learning of a deadly accident on amt the northeast. a train hit a passenger -- hit a trespasser, that is, in delaware, near wilmington earlier today. service has been restored, but it is slow going through that part of the northeast corridor. our transportation reporter adam tuss at union station right now where it's been busy all day long. adam? >> reporter: absolutely, jim, and things are starting to iron out here just a little bit, but take a look at the crowds that

is the second busiest station in all of the amtrak system, only next to new york's penn station. and you know, there are people here who are here to help you out. those red cap agents, they're often the forgotten heroes. >> you can follow me. >> reporter: with a smile -- >> yeah. >> reporter: and a laugh. >> it's thanksgiving. >> yeah. >> reporter: andre taylor, an amtrak red cap, is lend a hand. and this time of year, he's getting a serious workout. >> heavy bags. some of them are heavier than they should be. 50, 60 pound bags or more. >> reporter: andre is used to it. he's been with amtrak over three decades. and while you're eating thanksgiving dinner, he's usually keeping people moving. >> 33 years out here, i think i've only been home for thanksgiving maybe two or three times.

because he says it never gets boring. >> enjoy your holidays i had a passenger come off the train with a piano. a piano. like one of those baby ones. of course i had to help him. i have a cart. >> reporter: this time of year, red caps can run from 5:00 in the morning till 10:00 at night. passengers are grateful. we saw one woman today tipping all the red caps to show her thanks. >> as i was watches people getting help from all the different red caps, i thought i'm just going to tip every red cap i see. going to work so hard today. >> happy holidays. >> reporter: for andre, hard work, part of it all, so you can get home for the holidays. >> you're welcome, dear. we're going to get them. just relax. we'll get them there. >> reporter: guys, one thing you might not know about the red cap service on amtrak, it's actually free. all you have to do is ask these guys to help you and they will. now, amtrak expects about 750,000 riders to take the rails over this busy thanksgiving period.

four people have been arrested after a major marijuana bust in the district. officers executed a search warrant at a business along wisconsin avenue in glover park today. they say they found more than three pounds of marijuana with a street value of about $60,000. the suspects are from virginia and d.c. d.c. police are looking for two men responsible for a really violent armed robbery. they just releasedh surveillance video. it happened at a convenience store on benning road northeast earlier this month. one of the guys forced an employee to open the register then hit him in the head with a gun. the second suspect who also had a gun forced another employee onto the ground then ran off with the cash. coming up now, touching sendoff from d.c.'s interim police chief to the winningest football team in and around washington. >> oh, my. plus, uncovering hidden treasures at the smithsonian.

not seen by the public and what the museum is doing to try to change that. first, here's amelia. >> doreen, right now on storm team 4 radar, i'm tracking scattered showers including rain moving into washington county. i'll be walking you through your morning tomorrow hour by hour. letting you know when rain is most likely and how warm it will

there are millions of artifacts at the smithsonian, but most of them are display. news 4's angie goff went behind the scenes at a storage facility for the national museum of american history. she got up close to some national treasures hidden away. everything from a "star wars" star to old race cars. angie discovered there's a huge effort under way right now to make the scores of rarely seen artifacts available to the public. they're being photographed and added to the museum's digital library. >> the institution's putting

getting these collections digitized which mean they're getting out to the public, wrenchers all over the world. >> reporter: that's an undertaking. >> it is. it's a big undertaking. what we're engaged in now is a preservation effort, a documentation effort. and it's an accessibility effort. >> you can see everything that's already been added to the digital gallery. go to our nbc washington app and search "history" during the commercial break. a rare handwritten poem signed by ann frank sold at auction today for more than $140,000. that sale price was nearly three times what the auction house estimated before the sale. it's an eight-line poem half of which is copied from a dutch book of verse. it's dated march 28th, 1942. that is shortly before frank and her family went into hiding from nazi occupiers in amsterdam.

released. they haven't lost a game in three years. three years. that makes the marshall heights bisons the winningest football team in washington. the team hails from ward 7 and some of the coaches and volunteers include members of the d.c. police department. interim police chief pete nusham is a big fan of the bison and invited the team to the police command center today. the bison head to florida next month to defend their national title. the team said they were thankful for the special sendoff today. >> it's real big for the community. everything that's going on with the police around in the area and around the world, it's big for them to reach out to the youth and for them, they was looking forward to them, excited for them to come out to the game and made them feel like somebody really cared about them. >> acting chief is talking about there. the team is trying to raise money to cover expenses for the trip to the championship game. we've posted information on how

app. a word of caution tonight from a local police officer hit by a car while he was on duty.

a local police officer describes being hit by a drunk driver while on duty and why it is so critical to drive safely and sober this holiday season. >> we pbl looking possibly at another funeral day if i had been standing outside the car. >> because of incidents like that, police across our area will be out in force tonight. the day before thanksgiving is one of the most dangerous when it comes to drunk driving incidents. meagan fitzgerald has our report. >> reporter: there's no doubt about it, drinks will be flowing this holiday season. especially tonight, a day

wednesday because of the excessive drinking that usually takes place. >> yeah, right out of college, or in college, yeah, it was pretty heavy drinking holiday. >> reporter: you likely heard the warnings from police before. >> we're not telling people not to drink. just make those critical decisions of having somebody else drive for you. >> reporter: but officer edward peyton is sharing his own experience with a drunk driver which happened just days ago. >> i did feel the impact. it was a jarring impact. >> reporter: while assisting a driver on the side of the roadwa drunk driver slammed into his cruiser. he describes it as a close call that could have been avoided if the driver of this kia made a better decision. >> not being able to see, again, my lights on my cruiser, marked cruiser, as well as my colleague's lights. >> reporter: so officers will be out in force monitoring the county for drunk drivers as part of their holiday alcohol task force detail. >> officers devoted to going out looking for drunk drivers, and

laws in the county. >> reporter: a lot of folks say they've decided not to drive out of town tonight because they're concerned about drunk drivers. but officers are warning partygoers that if you drink and drive, they're prepared to pull you over. again, officer peyton tells us that he was not injured but he was sore for a couple of days after impact. montgomery county police tell us this alcohol holiday task force will be in full effect through the new year. reporting in fitzgerald, news 4. so many reasons to be careful out on the roads. amelia, how's the weather going to affect travel? >> thankfully for the most part, the weather is cooperating. there is some scattered showers out there, but it's all really light and moving out of the area. so tomorrow morning, if you're heading out of town, some scattered showers once again. but, again, pretty light and as we look to friday, maybe a few sprinkles around. sunday, though, really nice travel weather. whether you're flying out of

entire country on sunday. here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar right now. you can see what i'm talking about when i say scattered and light. we have some rain moving back into washington and frederick counties, then we have to look over to baltimore and the eastern shore to find anymore rain. for the most part the d.c. metro area now a completely dry, only a few sprinkles out there. but plenty of clouds. here you can see this rain moving toward hagerstown. 70. eventually 15. thurmont, as well as frederick potentially seeing more showers. not amounting to much. tomorrow morning for the turkey trot, could be dealing with a shower. know it's going to be cloudy and chilly for sure. 7:00 a.m., 40 degrees. 9:00 a.m., low 40s. probably want the layers, probably the light gloves if you're running tomorrow morning. and have fun. a high tomorrow of 54 degrees. scattered showers, again, mainly during the morning hours. i think the afternoon is completely dry. maybe some limited sunshine tomorrow afternoon.

few sprinkles but warmer. highs near 60 for black friday. travel overall, the weekend, scattered showers tomorrow. outdoor activities, it's going to be pretty breezy on saturday. aside from that, for the most part the weather cooperating and heading shopping, especially on black friday, it's going to be dry but chilly. 50s is where we'll find our highs right on into the weekend. a high of 57 on friday. saturday, 53 but it will be pretty breezy. on sunday, a high of 51 with plenty of our next chance of rain comes later in the day next tuesday on into wednesday with highs in the low to mid 60s. guys? >> thanks, amelia. we got sports coming up next. kirk cousins, another big honor for that big game he had a few days ago. going to tell you why this one

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desk. >> they didn't win a game all year except -- >> oh, yes. >> that won't happen again, though. >> i got to tell you something, i cannot forget that game ending. ours is the -- 89? >> most likely. >> i was -- okay. okay. listen. it bothered me. what can i say? here's dr. dave now going to help me out. >> think me of the dr. phil of sports. i'm not going to charge you for this.

right? we're going to talk this out. right? that's what we do. tis the season. to get in touch with our feelings. >> our inner selves. >> that's what we're doing. the infamous game that is deeply locked in jim vance's mind, haunts him to this day, haunts him, happened more than 27 years ago november 5th 1989 for goodness sakes. the redskins trying to get back in the playoffs after going 7-99 in 1988 following the super bowl win. should have been easier. the cowboys were joe gibbs' team, remember him, trying to keep pace with the giants. it was johnson's first year. who's calling the signals? doug williams calling the signals. >> that's right. >> he's got targets -- how can you lose? the cowboys, steam roll, i mean, steam roll. the oldest running back's name, palmer, i had to google it. 13-3 run. >> palmer? >> their only win, frustrated the redskins who finished 10-6. missed out on the playoffs. you feel better?

that haunts me. i missed my meal. it was awful, man. it's still awful. thanks for trying. i appreciate it. >> that's why i said i'm not going to charge you. i tried. i tried to make him feel better. no doubt, i'm not a psychologist, didn't stay at a holiday inn express. thanksgiving feast for redskins fans are being planned around tomorrow's big game. a slice of pumpkin pie just before the redskins and cowboys kick off is perfect timing. timing like kirk cousins showed on sunday against the packers cousins, 75 yards passing 3 touchdown passe -- cousins' first of the season, third of his career. santana moss. only other players in redskins history to win three nfc offensive player of the year awards. that's nice. the focus is on the now, the present. >> we feel good coming off a positive game, but they all

entity and doesn't mean as much if we can't, you know, go down to dallas and be productive again. >> he's playing unbelievable right now. you know, we got, you know, some confidence coming off of sunday's victory. but like i said, we got to go out there and just execute and just play. you know, just go out there and have fun and we'll be all right. >> all right. have some fun. hey, it's a thanksgiving tradition around these parts, capitals playing on thanksgiving eve. 38 times in franchise history capitals have played on the i remember taking a date to a game in 1983, ended in a tie, didn't get a second date. >> uh-oh. >> like that date, ties are gone from the nhl and the capitals need a win to move up in the standings. sadly, it's a true story. jay beagle, capitals host the blues and start play tonight. third place in the metropolitan division, he tried to say. no time to panic. time for determination. like the fourth liner you're seeing here, jay beagle continues to demonstrate. he already has four goals. that's halfway through his total

barry trotz, loves to coach. >> every year he tries to get better. you know, he's a very low maintenance player who has got high determination value and his skill keeps going up and his confidence is going up and the two things are sort of, you know, giving him traction going forward and you got to love jay beagle. who doesn't love jay beagle? as a player, as a person. because he works at his game. all right. finally, mom's pumpkin pie after the game. a declining a facetime request from his mom this week. probably heard, linebacker's mother is a big cowboys fan. cravens did not talk to her in week two and vowing the same for the second go round. no pumpkin pie. next time around i think we'll delve into childhood issues or something simpler because the redskins is a bigger issue. >> it would be a lot easier. i got to go someplace else. you're going to blame the caps

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