we are live where police are invest gaitsing a double stabbing on asoccer field. >> supporters rally in the area and aarp the country, but the new administration has other plans. and it is the end of an era. the curtain is closing for good on the greatest show on earth. news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news, a double stabbing at a soccer game in fairfax county. if you got our app, you got that break k news alert. we are live to tell us what the news is in the latest

investigation. >> reporter: well, we are right here where it happened earlier this afternoon. you can see the soccer field here behind me. this is right behind south lakes high school here in the restin area of fairfax county. police just left the scene, but they were here all afternoon collecting evidence. let's show you the video of when the scene was very active, again, just a short time ago. police tell me two men when their 20s were stabbed during an argument that escalated, aparentally, during a fixup soccer game. that happened right around 2:30 this afternoon. the man they are looking for was apparently a bystandinger to the game, and there were dozens of people here, and the perpetrator got away. one victim stabbed in the leg. another man was stabbed in the upper body. the good news is both of them are expected to be okay. now, police say the victims may have known their attacker. >> helicopter responded,

immediately and tried to develop information with some of the witnesses that were at the scene in order to apprehended suspect. >> i wouldn't expect a double stabbing to evolve from a soccer match, a neighborhood soccer match, and a great deal of concern. we are here with your son having learned about this, and what are you thinking now? >> go somewhere else. >> reporter: we spoke to parents here after the fact for various soccer games with the kids, many expressing concern there would be a double stabbing right here on the field this afternoon. again, police have not made an arrest. anyone with information asked to call fairfax county police. back to you. >> thank you. now we're going to put up two pictures for you. please, take a look. d.c. police say these two girls di appeared last night, a 10-year-old on the left, and police say she was last seen with her

is on the right. the girls were on madison street around 10:30 last night. if you have seen them, if you recognize them, police need your help. there's more information about the girls in our nbc washington app. search missing cousins to help. the curtain is coming down on the greatest show on earth. ringling brothers calling it quits after 146-year run. this story is getting mixed emotions, mixed reaction on our nbc washington facebook page. dan explains the reasons behind the move. >> reporter: the big top will come down for good after 146 years of performances, the ringling brothers circus closes in may. the company that operates the circus says ticket sales, which have been in decline for years, dropped dramatically after elephants were removed from the show. the decision followed legal battles with animal

is long overdue. >> more than 14 decades of abusing and killing animal performers. we are so glad this is ending. >> reporter: changing tastes hurt the circus. nick, who comes from a long line of performers, said ringling brothers did not keep up with the times. >> the circus world continues on. i believe that ringling did not adjust to keep it alive. >> reporter: fans say it marks the end of the era. in miami, parents and children lined up for a final trip to the circus. >> i have great memories going with me family, and it's just another thing they don't get to experience that is something from our childhood that we did. >> reporter: the greatest show on earth will not go on. nbc news. >> you can catch the last shows when the circus comes to our area in a couple months. tickets on sale for shows in late march and april at the verizon center and eagle bank arena in early april.

during a crash killing a passenger in the car. this happened at 3:00 in the morning on sandy spring road near i-95 in laurel. police found the cherokee overturned in the woods, and the driver, thompson, and the passenger treated for minor injuries, but another passenger was partially thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. police don't think any other cars were involved in the invest gags that's ongoing tonight. local democratic leaders and supporters of the affordable care act making voices heard today. they gathered for a rally in prince george's county. the mission? preserve and save obamacare at the rally, sporters talk about what this law has accomplished. >> as we gather here at this moment, there are 22 million of our fellow americans who have access to affordable care act who would not otherwise have it.

>> participants also voicing opposition to any cuts to medicare and planned parenthood. national day of action rallies for help today all across the country. friday, house republicans took the first step towards repealing the affordable care act. president-elect donald trump says the repeal and replacement of the health care law should happen at the same time. already disappointed, you can imagine the head of d.c.'s national guard is upset. the general said no to a request from the trump transition team that he stay on days after the inaugurati inauguration. you may remember a couple days ago we learned that transition officials asked schwartz to step down. that attracted criticism. schwartz says he thinks the trump team asked him to stay on because of the backlash. d.c. council member told us friday, schwartz was very disapointed by his dismissal.

news 4 has you covered on inauguration day and with you on your phone. download our app to join the inauguration cafe. special guests discuss many topics. dramatic video shows the moment a roof collapses. the athletes in the arena running for cover. >> reporter: big drills before the big day. what it's about coming up on news 4. and after a beautiful day today, tomorrow will be cooler with mostly cloudy skies, but how about any rain chances? i'll be updating the outlook for the martin luther

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frightening moments for players inside a sports arena saturday night. seconds to run before that happened. the rooch staf started to cave . it's captured on surveillance cameras. it happened in the czech republic, 80 people inside, and took seconds for the roof to crash down. lucki luckily, nobody was seriously hurt. the cause is still under investigation. now, there were about ten inches of snow on the roof at the time of the collapse, but authorities don't think that is to blame. megachurch

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demonstrators are opposing president-elect donald trump and promoting immigrants, minoriti s minorities, and people of different faiths. hundreds of thousands of people are expected at saturday's rally. for a look at the road closures, open our nbc washington app and search women's march closures. inauguration week is here. today, members of the military law enforcement held an inauguration dress rehearsal for the first and second families. we have the sights and sounds and reactions from tourists ahead of the swearing in ceremony and parade. >> reporter: some stood at attention. army sergeant major agree lowry and sarah cory stood in for the completing and first lady. this dress rehearsal for the inauguration previews the pageantly associated with a transfer of power, a hall p mark of the republic, so practice makes perfect, and some of the final touches were put on the arn

for tourists. >> very motivatmotivating, spir proud to be an american, very awesome. >> watched the music playing, an i loved that. >> reporter: along pennsylvania avenue, they put out the welcome signs and sprucing up a bit for what is yet to come. there was a dress rehearsal for the parade. while it looking ahead to this week's transition, it made everyone nostalgic. >> came here because it's the last days from, like, with obama here, so i'm happy that i'm here still. >> reporter: by the end of the day, the people behind the ceremony will be confident in the immediate future, that is the actual inauguration, but one of the tourist friends is undecided what comes after that. >> this party has to give him a chance, but if i have faith in it, no, and not a lot of faith in it, no. >> reporter: at the u.s. capitol, news 4. join news 4 for live coverage of the

heads from pennsylvania avenue to the white house. jim and doreen will be there every step of the way, and we'll have special guests including former long time parade announcer charlie bratman. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> it was a beautiful day out there, high at reagan was 49 degrees. now, tomorrow, not bad, just not as gorgeous as it was today. mainly dry and have plenty of clouds around, a few degrees cooler. back to work and school tuesday, have the umbrella handy. showers likely at times, but for the workweek, on into next weekend, feels more like spring than winter out there. wait until you see you the numbers in the ten-day forecast. 37 to 44 in washington, and 43 down in fredericksburg, cloudy skies tonight and patchy drizzle south and west, but by tomorrow morning, we are dry, and right around 34 degrees, so most of us e

again, throughout the day, more clouds than sun. lunchtime, in the low 40s, and afternoon is 44, maybe an isolated shower around tomorrow, but for most of us, it's a dry day. it is, though, going to be 5 degrees cooler. here's the small shower chance with future weather. 8:00 a.m. in the morning, notice showers in the mountains, but here in the d.c. metro area and everywhere else, just tracking clouds continuing to build in. by 2:00, notice showers still well west around petersburg in the area, and otherwise overcast skies, and then 5:00 p.m., a spotty shower in frederick and montgomery county into the evening hours and you see scattered showers as well. the chance of a shower tomorrow is 10%. the weather having a pretty low impact on your monday, martin luther king, jr. day. travel looking good for the most part dry roads, and if you're headed to liberty, whitestale looking good there. headed back to work, well, you could be dealing

freezing rain out that way. going to the mlkj walk and parade, you'll want the warm jacket outside for a few hours tomorrow. with not a lot of sunshine, it's going to feel chilly. dinner out, well, maybe a shower potentially, but, again, i think you'll be just fine. have the small umbrella handy. some occasional showers throughout the day, but it's warmer. we're in the 50s. the mid-50s tuesday. wednesday, we keep the trend going with the high of 57 degrees. rain coming to an end in the morning hours, and breezy throughout the day. thursday looking really nice. mid-50s in case you're wondering. normal high in the low to mid-40s, running a good ten degrees above normal for the workweek. friday's inauguration, looking like there could be light showers around in the afternoon and evening hours, but something we're going to continue to keep a very close eye on, but mild, 55 and then, next weekend, still in the 50s and maybe rain da

snow. >> i was going to say, incredible to think we'll have an inauguration day that's not 20 degrees. >> could be the warmest on record. >> unbelievable. thank you so much. still ahead, a dominant final period helped the capitals reclaim the top spot.

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well, what do you know? the capitals on a hot streak. >> yeah. you could say that. they are actually the best right now in the nhl. >> all right, we'll take that. >> yeah, right? they're riding the longest win streak in the league, first in the metropolitan division, leading the nhl with 63 points. today, caps had the next hurdle taking on the philadelphia fliers. honored by the capitals before the game, and for his 500th career assist. his baby son there not impressed with dad's milestone, but picking up in the second period, fliers turn over the puck, and andrew buries it. a bad turnover from michael, and social security 1-0. in the third period, red light, behind the net, settings up williams

mojo. beautiful feed. williams makes it 2-0. no less than two minutes later, another bad turnover. the caps set nicholas looking here, and you see it setting up, and looking like he's going to nail it, but, instead, passes over for the goal, and everyone thinking they are waiting for the one-timer seen, but they may get 3-0 capitals lease. after the netted the second, 4-0 caps, and back behind william for another easy one. the pass between the legs, and two goals in this game, and williams capitals score 4 inç seven minutes winning their ninth straight game 5-0. >> everybody seems to be doing their job at a high level right now, and that's why we're successful. when there's a breakdown, someone helps you out, and when there's total breakdown, the goaltenders shut the door. it's going well, but you want to keep the times going well, working hard. >> playing to the

think, and i think we feel like we can be a good team when we play a certain way, and have a good shot to win every single night, and guys have been bringing it, so it's been fun. >> the capitals not the only team that's hot right now. the washington wizards have won 7-10 games. last night against the sixers, they won the 11th straight home game, longest in the league, but most impressive is the home streak since 1989. wizards moved to a game over 500. they have a chance for their 12th straight home win tomorrow at 2:00 against the portland tra trailblazers. speaking of streaks, the no. 3 team in the country, the maryland women, are 5-0 to start off big 10 play including saturday's win over iowa. the hawkeye state, home to brenda freeze, meaning a special trip to the house she grew up in and a chat with fellow iowa native, carol maloney. >> youdo

the picture? >> i know when they get there, they take a lot of pictures on their phone. a lot of throwback thursday type of pictures. >> i don't think it's fair because, like, i wouldn't ask the coach, but how do you do it? you know what i mean? people say that to me too. coming up on "sports final," a candid conversation from carol and coach from being a working mom to how iowans sustain the honking of horns. that's coming up. college hoops, on the road at lasalle. colonials would be down ten, but here they come. knocking down the three, and gw trails by ten at the break. second half winding down on the shot clock, and one second left, they drain the triple. now within five, but right now, late in the game, colonials trailing by double digits.

skipping ahead final seconds of the third quarter. g.w. down four, shannon knocking it down, and gw down one in the fourth, colonials now with the one point lead, pass inside to kelly, making a move, and gets it to go. 12 points, and g.w. beats davidson 76-62. well, kansas city and pittsburgh fans still waiting for kickoff. the afc divisional playoff game against pittsburgh delayed because of ice. right now in the nfc divisional playoff game, packers lead the cowboys at the half, 21-13. the cowboys, the no. 1 seed in the nfc, but aaron rodgers could be playing his best football of his career right now. not many people wanting to see his face, they are on fire, and a fun fact here, the green bay packers, he's the city chief played in super bowl 150

ago today. both teams are playing today, and i had a chance, last year, to meet a player in super bowl i and he had no idea it would be as big as it has now and excited to see where it's at. >> incredible. >> thank you so much. it's shaping up to be a mild week. >> yes, overall. tomorrow's going to be the coolest day. we're only in the 40s, but after that, there you see the numbers. we're in the 50s. tomorrow, though, not too bad. a little cooler than today. >> all right. thank you, ma'am. nightly news is next, and we'll see you after sunday night football. good night, everybody.

. with only five days to go to inauguration, president-elect trump says in a new interview he'll keep his twitter handle and won't tweet any less as president. obamacare battle as republicans move full speed ahead to repeal the affordable care act. our visit with senator bernie sanders and his plans to protect the law. and the final act after 146 years, the ringling brothers circus is set to close. tonight a look back at the greatest show on