first night of politics you can expect big crowds and tight security when donald trump is sworn in as president. it's 18 days from now. >> all this amid a new era in washington. the new congress will be sworn in tomorrow. republicans have a big to do list. >> we have team coverage of the transition. we begin with steve handelsman. >> democrats here on the hill do not have the numbers. they don't have the votes to save the affordable care act. soon they will lose the president who's veto they downed onto stop republican repeals. but led by him, democrats will keep fighting. push back from the president. home from hawaii, barack obama will go to capitol hill wednesday after congress reconvenes. gop leaders in the house and senate plan quick action to roll back obama environmental regulations, cut corporate and personal tax rates and kill obamacare.

all now possible when obama loses the veto pen and donald trump is president. >> regulations are coming off. we're going to get rid of obamacare. >> but trump is increasing the worry about him as commander in chief. today russian diplomats in moscow expelled from the u.s. by president obama to punish vladimir putin for allegedly hacking the u.s. election. a trump spokesman again questioned if the russians really did it as the fbi and the cia determined. >> only until hillary clinton lost the election did they suddenly decide this was a major thing. now, maybe it is. maybe it was. >> trump says he will explain his claim to have better intel. >> i also know things that other people don't know. so they cannot be sure of the situation. >> trump claimed today i thought and felt i would win big. but democrats charge he's desperate not to be seen as

>> unless president-elect trump has his own intelligence service, again it looks like he's just winging it. >> some republicans say they're concerned. john mccain says he will hold a senate hearing on the election hack this week. our team coverage continues now with the countdown to inauguration day. the hotels here in d.c. and across the area are filling up real quickly as donald trump prepares to get sworn into office. ma >> reporter: well, you know it varies from inauguration to inauguration. as you well know, president george w. bush saw about 300,000 people show up for his second inaugural. probe saw close to 2 million for his first. here this time they're preparing for about 1 million visitors. some of them are coming to celebrate. some of them are coming to protest.

>> reporter: while hundreds of thousands are expected for president-elect donald trump's swearing in, hotel sales got off to a slow start. >> usually the day after a candidate has been chosen, hotels normally see a large influx of reservations. that didn't happen this year because quite frankly i think everyone was taken by surprise by the outcome. >> reporter: elliot ferguson who tracks trends in d.c. says trump's upset victory is also the reason more unofficial events surrounding the inaugural haven't been announced yet. hundreds of thousands are expected for the inauguration and thousands more expected to come to washington to protest. he says the fear of violence or terror attack isn't keeping people away on either side. >> we're not getting a lot of calls saying, issa

world where these things happen on a regular basis. >> we do this every four years. the interest of people change from year to year. but our department of homeland security, our police department has been working with federal officials for months, even before the winner of the election was determined. so we'll be ready. >> reporter: like every four years d.c. will be ready for this inauguration celebration and for the protesters, d.c. officials noted that when president barack obama was inaugurated and they set record crowds of nearly 2 million people, there were very few protests, very few arrests that day. in fact, there were no major incidents at all. they're hoping for the same this time around. it is a story you'll see only on news4. a baggage handler gets stuck in the cargo hold of a plane

there until the plane lands at dulles airport. today we're learning more about what happened. >> reporter: with this nasty weather, flight 6060 from charlotte was delayed today. but yesterday when it arrived at around 4:15 there were two big worries. first off, was the person who got locked in the cargo hold really a baggage handler and had he survive the hour plus flight in cargo without serious injuries? dulles rescue crews on a run this afternoon. yesterday they handled one of their most unusual calls ever when a united airlines express jet landed with someone accidentally locked inside a pressurized cargo hold. >> it's going to be an apparent baggage handler that got locked in the baggage compartment. unknown injuries at this ti

express another concern, for security. >> officer called. they want to make sure the person involved is an employee and not a stowaway. >> reporter: the flight reached an altitude of 27,000 feet before it landed in dulles an hour and 24 minutes later. we're still working to find out when someone realized there was a man in the cargo hold. they discovered the man is okay but there are still questions about whether he truly is a baggage handler. >> he's refusing medical attention. we're going to work it as a security incident until we can get some confirmation as to who he was even though he's dressed z a ramper in charlotte. >> reporter: another complication, the man is missing key identification. >> he does have a valid company

>> reporter: the man was detained while representatives from the tsa, faa and united airlines joined the investigation. it's not the first time something like this has happened in recent years. in april of 2015 a baggage handler made a frantic 911 call. that plane made an emergency landing. united airlines has not revealed whether the man had a cell phone. their statement reads once at the gate an employee of the airline's ground handling venn tor was found unharmed in the aircraft cargo hold. we are looking into what happened. the baggage handler works for g 2 sere staff. i e-mailed that company for comment on the incident but i have not yet heard back. got up this morning to go out and get the paper.

doug, what's my reaction going to be tomorrow morning? >> same. >> same thing? >> yeah. exactly the same thing. we saw rain most of the day today. we'll see rain most of the day again tomorrow. take a look at the last six hours on the radar. you'll see we had the rain in here around noon. then we saw another burst of rain now, light showers and drizzle across our region and fog out there as well. we're watching storm number one get out of here. here's storm number two. this one's got a lot of rain, thunderstorm activity, even a couple of tornados in mississippi and alabama and parts of georgia. we're going to see a lot of rain tomorrow. and behind that here comes the cold and i mean some extended cold. that helps our snow chances a little bit. we are tracking, of course, our next storms. there's a

there. people in other parts of the country dealing with some rough weather as they head home from the long holiday weekend. everything from snow in the north to some severe storms in the south. nbc's sarah r. >> reporter: overnight severe storms moving through texas brought damaging winds, hail, even a tornado. a lightning strike at this houston area home burned a huge hole in the roof causing a fire. kevin was saved by a neighbor who woke him up. meantime in the not many arthwee digging out of feet of snow.

the slick surfaces and dangerous driving conditions also impacting air travel, causing delays. more of the same is expects in the upper midwest. it's all umbrellas in new orleans where torrential rain put a damper on fans headed to the sugar bowl today. thankfully the game is played inside the superdome, so no rain delays there. that system leaving a trail of damage through louisiana and mississippi. it's not what anyone needs, as many prepare to head back to work and a messy start to 2017. a virginia man who fell 10 stories down a hotel boiler shaft was apparently trying to take in the view from the hotel's roof on new year's eve. d.c. police say 23-year-old john leonard was a guest at the dupont circle hotel. he and a woman went to the roof just after ringing in the new year. police say he fell down the boiler shaft and died. investigators are calling the fall accidental. but it's

two made it onto the roof or why leonard fell into the boiler shaft. something very similar happened on new year's eve a few years ago in 2013. a maryland man was found dead in an apartment building's ventilation shaft after he'd been out celebrating. he was last seen at a bar on 18th street. he disappeared on his way home and was found two days later 50 feet down the shaft just blocks away from the entertainment district. cops were called to an area off 38th street in southeast k d.c. this afternoon. they say they found a u-haul truck with several atms in the back. nobody's been arrested so far. at this point police say they do not know if there's any money inside those atm machines, nor do they know where the machines came from. still ahead, the manhunt for terrorist behind a

we'll hear from an american survivor as he recounts what he did to stay alive. a local musician shot and killed in maryland. tonight reaction from his friends and family amid questions about the circumstances of his death. plus a local yu

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isis is claiming responsibility in the deadly nightclub attack in istanbul. the group refers to the attacker as a heroic soldier. the language suggests he may have been trained by isis rather than simply inspired by them, according to terror analysts. the gunman disappeared into the chaos. turkish police have tightened security while they hunt for him. he killed 39 people and wounded dozens of others in the new year's attack. richard engel caught up with an american survivor at the hospital. >> reporter: american survivor jake raak is recovering from a gunshot wound. >> i was shot in the hip. i was probably the luckiest person in the whole thing. i do find myself very fortunate. i was with dying people. seven of us were shot. >> reporter: raak was among hundreds at the club, popular with foreign tourists and the tushish jet set crowd when a

1:00 a.m. >> somebody said there were shots fired. i initially did not believe it until i saw the gunman and he started shooting up the whole place. >> reporter: as the gunman moved from victim to victim, raak says he dove under a bench. he pretended to be dead as the terrorist stood above him. >> he was walking on the bench above my head where my head was you should beneat underneath. when he shot me i didn't move. >> reporter: raak says he struggled not to flinch so the gunan wouldn't shoot him again. a manhunt is underway in turkey to find the gunman. >> that was richard engel reporting. the state department says raak was the only u.s. citizen injured in the attack. the rampage lasted less than ten minutes. as for the gunman, police believe he made his escape in a taxi. tomorrow the sentencing phase begins for the

charleston church shooter. he's 22 years old. he's going to represent himself as federal prosecutors seek the death penalty. last month a jury found dylann roof guilty of shooting and killing nine black parishioners at the emanuel ame church in south carolina back in june of 2015. roof confessed to those murders, said he intended to spark a race war. the first family is back in the white house for the final weeks of president obama's term. the washington weather was less than welcoming just before noon today when obamas returns from their holiday break in hawaii. one major item on the president's agenda, he will deliver a farewell address in chicago next week. he told supporters he plans to express his gratitude and offer thoughts on where we all go from here. this new year brings some new worries for the local d.c. government. while the city is growing and it is financial

the new conservative republican congress and white house may interfere with or even over turn some of the city's more liberal laws. >> reporter: lots of local enthusiasm today at the d.c. council inauguration. balanced budgets, growing population. but there's also fear. the new republican congress and donald trump's white house may intervene in gun control, crime and other city issues. the reverend joseph daniels. >> lord, if we've ever needed you, we need you now. >> reporter: long time d.c. el ga delegate a bit more worldly. mayor muriel bowser noted d.c. has had more than 20 years of balanced budgets. >> our approach is to see

white house and in the congress. >> reporter: bowser met briefly with president-elect trump in new york last month, but neither has released details. ward six council men charles allen, a new member of the hot seat judiciary committee said the city has lost one big advantage. >> i think we're going to have to be on guard for this. we've had a hostile senate and congress towards the district. we've always had president obama as the backstop. we don't have that anymore. >> reporter: civic leaders say local politicians have to put aside political differences at home to withstand congress. >> they're going to have to stand strong and support the residents of the city and not let us get run over by the new administration. >> reporter: even if they stick together, it could be a tough 2017 for d.c. city leaders. >> could be tough for the former mayor too, vincent gray, speculated this is just preparation for another run

mayor. any evidence for that? >> yes. >> did he say something? >> i talked to him. vince gray wants to be mayor again. he makes no bones about that. first he recognizes he has to be a good ward seven council member. then he can survey the field a little bit later this year and see what's happening. can he beat muriel bowser. if somebody else gets in carl racine, i asked him recently about this and he won't rule it out. he says he'll decide later this year whether he'll run or not for mayor or run for reelection or maybe go back to private practice. the 2018 mayor's race has started in 2017. >> vince still figures he was robbed. >> he thinks he was terribly mistreated by the 2010 scandal investigation. it lasts for many years. he was never charged with any kind of im

decided he got mistreated and he's back. still ahead, a brazen crime and a call for more security in one d.c. neighborhood. cops working a shooting here in gaithersburg, the victim, a woman in her 20s. the suspecttill at large. s

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all day, hasn't it? >> yuck. >> hey guys, just nasty out there, damp and dreary across the region all day long. that's going to be the case right on through the night and into the day tomorrow too. another storm system moving our way. this is o city camera. it just looks nasty. here we have just after 6:00. dealing with a little bit in the way of fog out there, still some drizzle in parts of the area. temperatures right around where they are now, if not a little bit warmer by around 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. right now 30s and 40s. not only is it nasty, it's a cold nasty rain. the only type of weather i hate. everything es lse i love, but cd rain is not one of them. on the radar now, not picking up anything on the radar but still seeing drizzle in parts of the region. the main storm system is now well off toward our north

east. new york still seeing some of that rain. now we're looking down to the south. this is a very potent storm right now, bringing a lot of severe weather to parts of the southeast. that's the storm that will move our direction. once again, we're not going to see any severe weather here, but we are going to see some rain. some of that rain will be on the heavy side tomorrow. we'll also see warmer temperatures. 60s out ahead of that system. that's some of the warmer air that will move on in. temperatures tomorrow about ten degrees warmer than they are right now. yeah it's rain, but maybe not as cold rain but still kind of dreary for sure. by 5:00 a.m. we start to see some rain, some of it heavy at times. a lot of rain in through northern virginia. everybody see it cing the rain here early tomorrow morning. by 11:00 if heavy stuthe heavy of here. we're not goto

the rain all day tomorrow. heads up for that. rain, some heavy tomorrow, mild, temperature around 53 degrees. as we move on through the next couple of days, 54 on wednesday. but wednesday afternoon cold front moves through and it gets a lot colder here. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, all in the 30s. even the low 30s here as we end the weekend. a very cold weekend for sure. talking about our snow chances, it's there, but not much. we're talking late thursday night into early friday morning. could be a little system that passes through, not much in the way of accumulation. don't be surprised if on friday morning you wake up to some snow on the rooftops here. we're going to talk about that next storm, that saturday storm. could be a big one along the coast. i'll show you what i mean by that. i'll see you back here at 6:45. a controversial statue on a local college campus is going to be removed.

>> reporter: what led to three masked gunmen shooting and killing a man considered a music legend within d.c.'s hip hop underground. prince george's county police are searching for suspect zbloos . a dramatic chain of events as a young girl is shot and

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you're watching news4 at 6:00. now at 6:30 police in prince george's county are looking for three men in connection with the murder of a local rapper. >> the victim shot and killed inside his home in capitol heights last week as friends and family tell us, the victim was an accomplished musician to broke barriers. >> reporter: it's hard to make it as a rapper if you're from the d.c. area but kalil wiggins did just that in the '90s. now police are searching for his killers. ♪ also known as big lil was considered to be a rap music legend in washington, d.c. he and his rap group were signed to a major deal in the90

it was all something most unusual for d.c., known more for its go go music seen than rap music. >> they had a big tour bus. this was in the '90s so i was away at school in michigan. you know, i remember one day sitting in my dorm watching b.e.t. and the video came on. >> reporter: kalil was shot dead inside his home by three masked gunmen. the gunmen never made it inside of the house. they shot from the outside, killing kalil, who was inside of the home at the time. police are looking for suspects and a motive in this case. >> there were three masked suspects that were involved in this incident. so again, we're asking for the public's help. if they have any information, you can remain anonymous. >> reporter: his family and friends say they are reeling from his violent loss. >> his spirit was so uplifting that he will make you feel like you can conquer

it's a terrible situation. >> reporter: also a devout muslim. witnesses tell his brother after he was shot he went into prayer. >> his last words were something as a muslim that we believe. if those are your last words, you're promised paradise, promised heaven. >> reporter: he hosted open mikes at tacoma station. next thursday they're going to pay honor to his memory. a tough return to class today for students at howard high school in maryland. they're in mourning over the loss of a teenage girl who was shot in the bedroom of her home on

l police say the 15-year-old was shot and killed by a teenaged boy. investigators say charlotte's mother heard a scuffle in the room about 2:00 this morning. when the mother walked in, police say the boy shot the mother and the daughter and then shot himself. the school says it is providing support for the students. >> the message went home to parents yesterday to tell them of the sad news but also to tell them the school system will have a team of counselors here today to support students and staff. >> the mother survived the shooting. the teenaged suspect is in critical condition now at a hospital. he has not been identified yet. now to a shooting that left a woman wounded in montgomery county. police are searching for whoever pulled the trigger. pat collins is live at the scene along lamont lane in gaithersburg. pat? >> reporter: the cops are here now. the

out what happened at that house across the street. on this holiday, on this quiet gaithersburg street, a shooting in the middle of the afternoon. for people who live on lamont lane, this is not how they planned to start the new year. >> it's surprising for sure. this neighborhood is really quiet. it's a really nice neighborhood so it's surprising. >> reporter: the victim a woman in her 20s taken by medics out the back door of her townhouse. she has a gunshot wound to the leg. they say she's expected to be okay. neighbors say this is a group house and that the victim has several roommates. the gunman, the suspect, described as a short man with a dark jacket, he is still at large. and people on lamont lane, still uneasy. >> really scary. of

you know, for that to happen in your neighborhood, you don't want people to be involved in situations like that. >> reporter: at this point it's unclear what the motive is here or whether or not the victim knew the shooter. again, at this hour police still working that scene. the suspect still at large. back to you. there was a brief demonstration by black lives matter protesters during the d.c. council inauguration ceremonies today. mayor muriel bowser wez spoas sg as three protesters silently held up the names of three people recently shot by d.c. police. there were no arrest. officials at american university are responding to complaints about a controversial statue on campus. it's a depiction of the native american activist named leonard

killing two fbi agents on the pine ridge reservation in south dakota back in 1975. his supporters say he was framed and that he did not get a fair trial. they have asked president obama to grant him clemency. but some members of the law enforcement community say peltier is a killer and the statue is an insult. yesterday school officials said the statue would be removed but it is not clear whether it will be relocated or taken down. a close call for a state trooper. what we're learning about the police chase, the fiery crash that followed. >> reporter: her message to the community tonight on news4 at 6:00. it was a wet one today. it's going to be a wet one

a woman who lives in vienna, virginia, has been locked up. police say she rammed her sufficient into a state trooper's patrol car. these are pictures of the aftermath of that incident. police say the trooper pulled the woman over for speeding. the driver then sped away and led police on a chase with speeds clocking in at over 110 miles an hour. as the officers closed in, we're told the driver slammed into trooper hoy's patrol car and then took off again along route 1 in alexandria as her car caught fire. that's her mug shot. she's charged with reckless driving and i leading police. the trooper, we're told, suffered a minor shoulder injury. >>

a weekend schedule, meaning fewer trains. tomorrow things get back to normal as many of you return to work for the first time in the new year. trains run on a normal schedule opening at 5:00 a.m. remember, there will be no scheduled track work during rush hour. the safe track program is on hold until february as leaders decide which part of the system they'll work on next. homeowners in arlington county in virginia can now legally rent out a room or a house to short-term renters through the online company such as air bnb. homeowners can now apply and get approved for a license with some restrictions. the room or the house has to be owner occupied for at least half the year. visitors can stay for more than 30 days. county board approved the measure last month. there will be no cost for the year-long county license at first. but that will probably change this summer. residents

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a brazen crime this morning in the district. now hours later a community activist is remining neighbors about the district's security camera program in an effort to help curb the violence. kristin wright as the story. >> if you do commit crimes, we're going to capture you on video. w

>> reporter: cathy henderson vows to keep fighting crime in 2017 tonight by spreading the word about d.c.'s security camera rebate program. >> i'm going do to door to make sure people know about the program. >> reporter: a man walks out of his house in her district was shot and robbed this morning. >> they clipped the whole door off the hinges. they invoaded my home and my property. >> reporter: someone broke into her home in northeast a few years ago. >> and took what i worked hard to pay for. i was really hurt by that. >> i think it would help if neighbors actually had the opportunity to put cameras on at a lower cost. it probably would help them feel a little more secure. >> reporter: it reimbursed

homeowners up to $500 to put up security cameras. >> we have the power to make 2017 one of the best years with the lowest crime rate on record. that's our goal. >> reporter: the man who was shot on 21st is expected to recover. for more information on the city's security camera rebate program look inside the nbc washington app. the new year, bringing dozens of new laws all over the country. the minimum wage is going up here in d.c. and in 20 other states. the increase varies from state to state, of course. in california, there's now a ban on holding a cell phone while driving. phones must be mounted and they can only be used for functions that require a single tap or a swipe like answers a call for example. might want to be careful if you go to missouri. anybody 19 or older there who owns a gun can now carry it in public, concealed with no training and no pe

there's a new law in colorado that makes it a crime to misrepresentatimi misrepresent a pet as a service animal. you can find details on many of the new laws going into effect around the country on our nbc august app. just search new laws. nbc 4 is working for you in the community. our 24th annual health an fitness expo is now just five days away. it is saturday and sunday at the washington convention center. there will be medical tests and screenings and a few celebrity guests and of course your favorite news4 reporters and anchors. the best part, it's all free. we have all the details in the nbc washington app, search health and fitness expo. the expo is a great place to give that new year's resolution a kick start. we want to know if you are planning to hit the gym in week. it is our nbc washington flash survey today. so far a lot of you say nope, you're skipping the gym.

gym but you do it all year long. you can weigh in on the nbc washington facebook page. >> for many of those who are going to the gym yesterday and today, those of us who already have memberships, just wait a couple of weeks. we'll have the gym back. they'll all be gone. >> crowded right now. doug s doug, it's a good weekend to be indoors, right? >> this weekend you're talking about that cold air that's going to be there. if you are coming down to see us at the health and fitness expo, you're going to be bundled up for sure. we've got some really cold air moving in later this week. out there right now, just a damp, dreary, chilly 44 degrees. winds out of the northeast at nine miles an hour. classic cold air damming situation. you've got cold air all the way down to the south. but back to the west of the

degrees. rain today movinged on out of h. just really light showers and sprinkles out there . that's all from that first system that came through. second system to the south and west of us. thunderstorm watches in effect, tornados have been spawned out of the tomorrows. this who -- storms. we're not going to see any severe weather but we are going to see a good deal of rain. that morning rush definitely going to be a problem. 4 4 degrees at that time. 52 by noon. i think we're going to have rain most of the day off and on. by the afternoon it's a little bit lighter. the workweek checklist, you need the umbrellas tomorrow. i'm thinking up to an inch

rain tomorrow. much colder later this week. get the hats, the coats, the gloves. you'll need them all because the cold air sticks around. this one's five days with temperatures into the 30s. 54 on wednesday but then crashing temperatures. 36 on thursday. a sliekt chance of snow late thursday night into friday morning. the pattern is ripe for a storm but it looks to me like it's going to stay just down to the south. the cold air builds down to the south. that looks like it's going to be a southern slider. raleigh actually has a better chance of snow than we do here in the d.c. area. we're still five days out, though. once again, we will continue to track it. but the cold air remains all the way into next week. the warmest temperature next thursday at 46 after the cool air moves on in. remember back in the day when our guys used

late into january? cherish those memories, folks. it's been a long time since that happened. jay gruden trying to make sense of this nonsense. >> but first here's kate snow with a look at what's ahead on nbc nightly news. ahead for us tonight the manhunt for the gunman in the new year's attack on a nightclub in turkey as isis claims responsibility. midair horror. new details on two planes that collided over texas. what nbc news has learned. and with so many kids getting new phones over the holidays, new apps for parents to make sure they're

okay. so here's the deal. during the commercial break you should have heard it. the back and forth and back and forth about the game and about the interceptions. >> killing me, the skins. >> i'm sitting here going please. i am sick of them. for so many years, wait until next year, wait until next year. i'm going to be dead before these guys ever go places in the playoffs again. >> you've seen this story play out. >> yeah, for about 30 years now. >> well, there was that jordan reed touchdown that sort of gave hope there. then you had the redskins vi

then you have to say there was maybe even a sliver of hope that when the skins had the ball late in the fourth quarter driving that maybe they could have done it. then we have this. kirk cousins throwing an interception. at this moment what were you thinking when you saw this? >> dagger. >> i was worried about the feast that i had in the oven. i wasn't even watching. >> come on! >> i'm serious. i heard it and i heard you know a friend of mine say, oh man. i'm thinking, are you surprised? i sound like a real wet rag up in here, don't i? >> you do. >> i apologize. i have been the biggest fan for so many years and i'm so sick and tooired of being let downt.e i'm done with them. >> no, you're not. we're going to come back next season. >> we

we're going to root for the skins. >> they're lrds thi ee're alrea about next year. they had to clean out their lockers today. all these extra cheleats, everything, it gets donated. head coach jay gruden taking a moment to reflect on the season. >> 8-7-1 is barely above average. we had some good situations, some good games, some fun times, some not so fun times. any time you end the season after your 17th week, there's a lot of work to do and it's not good enough. >> and for more on what went wrong and what is next, former redskins tight end chris cool,

coolescooley do cooldown. >> it's disappointing that you're this far into the season and there's so much that needs cleaned up. they didn't get truly out played by the giants. to me there was a lack of preparation or a lack of understanding of the game plan. the opportunity presented at the end of the game for the quarterback that everyone wants so badly to believe in. that was not achieved. he had a shot. he didn't lose the football game for them, kirk cousins, but he didn't win the football game for them. he has the middle of the field open. >> he admitted in hindsight he should have run. >> so many things i could do better in life in hindsight. i don't think it made as much progress as you would have hoped. the progress that everyone wanted was to take that next step, to win a playoff game in year. the most fru

in the playoffs. they could have won two games in the playoffs. the parity in the league this year is so close that i don't know the players truly realize the potential that they have this year had they found a way to come together and make something happen at the end of the year. that is extremely frustrating, but at least to me the direction seemed right. >> after something like that, the only direction you can go is up. but another question this off season, will the redskins sign quarterback kirk cousins to a long-term deal, put the franchise tag on him for a second straight season or maybe let him go? today circumstance addressing the contract situation. >> i'm not trying to suck out every dollar possible. i mean, that's just not the kind of guy i am or the way i'm going to approach it. it's not so much a dollar amount as it is a percentage of the cap. regardless of the dollar amount that it is, so that percentage is what my agent has always and

negotiate off of. >> a win certainly would have helped in that negotiation. >> first thing you've got to learn, the first time you work together, you've got to learn how to shut me up. cut me off

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