because they get the home game instead of dallas. ryan could very well be the mvp and rodgers could be the mvp any given year of course so a spectacular matchup. >> it really will be. so many times we talk about it and it's the quarterbacks. follow the quarterbacks. and the guys that had the great years at the quarterback position, but in the afc, i think you have to pay a little bit of attention to the fact that pittsburgh steelers defense was tremendous out here tonight. they have been on a great run. and the new england patriots defense may be the most underrated group in all of the national football league. they have been sensational all season long. so we will see how that great game comes out. >> a lot of hot teams play next week. and we will be watching on television. we thank you our crews and what a great year it has been. you, partner, i'll miss you, kid. sunday night, thursday night, tuesday morning. it's been quite a season. 18-16 is the final score as pittsburgh wins it and that will

do it from kansas city. al michaels and cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and heather cox and our entire gang at nbc. we will see you next season and it's knight from kansas city. you've been watching nbc's divisional playoffs. .

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starts now. now at 11:00, counting down to the inauguration of donald trump. thanks for staying with us after the game. the ceremony is friday, but you'll start to see the impact days before. news4's darcy spencer is live on the national mall with what's being done to get ready. darcy? >> reporter: well, erika, it looks like there has been a total transformation down here on the national mall. you know, they have spent years restoring the grass here on the mall, and they don't want to get it destroyed in the next several days with all the people coming here. so you take a look here. they have put down this protective decking to make sure it doesn't get trampled by the thousands attending the inauguration. construction crews building the stage at the lincoln memorial where the voices of the people concert. it will be held here on thursday. they're working around the clock to make sure everything is ready in time for the inaul

workers are taking care not to damage the granite or marble on the memorial. >> national park service has monitors out there working with the contractors to make sure that when all is said and done, the lincoln memorial is in just as good of shape when it's finished as it was before. >> reporter: gates will open at 10:30 in the morning. many roads around the memorial will be closed starting 4:00 thursday morning. the teddy roosevelt bridge will close at 10:00 in the morning. some of the memorials will also be shut down until after the event, which runs from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. >> it is going to be tricky to get around, especially the downtown area. so plan accordingly. check those lists. give yourself some extra time if you're moving downtown wednesday, thursday, or friday. >> reporter: with the inauguration just five days away, a dress rehearsal was held at the capitol. there were stand-ins for the president-elect and first lady. it's a preview to make sure everything goesig

swearing in of the 45th president on friday. >> very motivated, very spiritual. make you proud to be an american. very awesome. >> reporter: now, if do you plan to come down for any of those opening ceremonies, you want to make sure you come early, allow yourself extra time because of all those road closures, and you are going to have to go through security. we're live here on the national mall. darcy spencer, news4. >> darcy, thank you so very much. as she just mentioned, there are in fact a lot of road closures for the welcome celebration and all the other inauguration-related events, but we've got you covered. to find out if you need to use a different route, open the nbc washington app and search road closures. and join news4 for live coverage of the inaugural parade when the president's motorcade heads from pennsylvania avenue to the white house. jim vance and doreen gentzler will be there every step of the day. we'll have special guest

brotman. new tonight, a driver clipped a police officer's cruiser as he was responding to a call on marlborough. prince george's county police said one of their officers had their lights and sirens on when this accident happened. the other driver clipped the back of the police officer's cruiser. the officer and all four passengers of the other car had to go to the hospital with some minor injuries. that crash is now under investigation. a soccer game led to a stabbing in fairfax county today. if you've got our app, you got the breaking news alert this afternoon. police tell us two young men were hurt. officers say there was an argument during a game on the field at south lakes high school in reston, and then one person pulled out a knife. one dad says he will not be bringing his son to this same area the next time they go out as a family. >> i wouldn't expect a double stabbing to evolve from a soccer match, a neighborhood

match. a great deal of concern. >> officers say the victims are 22 and 23 years old. neither of them are seriously hurt. the police believe the incident is isolated, that there's no threat to the community. they believe the suspect may be driving a blue subaru sti. it's curtains for the most famous circus of them all, ringling bros. and barnum & bailey deciding to close after a 146-year run. the circus is calling it quits for good at the end of may. the company that operates it says ticket sales have been on the decline for years and dramatically dropped when the elephants were taken out of the show. ringling has been embroiled in long and costly legal battles with animal rights activists. fans of the circus sad to see it go. but activists say it's long overdue. >> we are so glad that this is finally coming to an end. >> it's just another thing that they don't get to experience, something from our childhood that we did.

to our area for one last time. tickets will soon go on sale for shows in late march and early april at the verizon center and then again at eagle bank arena in fairfax in early april. right now on storm team4 radar, we're mainly dry across the area. a few sprinkles down around fredericksburg, but elsewhere, dry and we're going to stay that way through the overnight hours and the day tomorrow. we're at 40 degrees right now and 36 by 6:00 a.m. hopefully, though, you're sleeping in a little bit longer tomorrow if you have the day off. 8:00 a.m. we're around 37, and by 10:00 a.m., plenty of clouds. today, beautiful. picture perfect. our high near 50. we are going to be cooler tomorrow afternoon. i'll let you know by how much coming up in my forecast and the next time you'll need to grab the umbrella. it's been more than 24 hours since these two girls disappeared. d.c. police say they were last seen on madison street in

night. officers tell us the girls are cousins, 10-year-old timyea callaway is on the left, and 16-year-old mi'easha callaway is on the right. police call police if you can help officers find these two girls. we've got some breaking news for you tonight. insurance for everybody. that's a quote from president-elect donald trump. in an interview with "the washington post" this weekend, trump said he's close to completing a plan to replace the affordable care act. trump wants to cover everyone. he didn't get into specifics, but his plan is likely to run into opposition from republicans who are against the expansion of government in the health care system. before we learned about trump's interview with "the washington post," nbc's kate snow talked to senator bernie sanders about the future of the health care law. >> president-elect trump has said that he wants to repeal it and replace it pretty much simultaneously. speaker ryan has said the same thing. can they do that, do you think? >> well, the devil is going to

right now as it stands, if you repeal the affordable care act, you're throwing over 20 million people off of health insurance. >> so what do you do as democrats? do you oppose whatever replacement plan they come up? >> no. >> do you see a scenario where -- >> kate, this is not a difficult proposition. what sane people will do is sit together and say, okay. are there problems with the affordable care act? yes. how do we address those problems and work together. what you don't do is say, we are going to repeal the entire affordable care act, and we got nothing to replace it. but i think there are some republicans who are getting a little bit nervous understanding you can't throw 20 million people off of health insurance without having some type of replacement plan. >> do you essentially think donald trump is overpromising here? >> i don't know. i mean, look, let's be honest and say that mr. trump is a very unusual president-elect. i frankly don't know what he talks about. when he talks about we're going to have -- what is it? a terrific health care plan

wonderful. what does it mean? >> and it's those big questions that brought thousands to rallies today. he will be our president on friday. what do you think of him? >> he makes me very nervous. i think that he told the american people one thing and that he was going to stand up for working families and the elderly. but since the election, i haven't heard too much talk from him about the campaign promises that he made that he will not cut social security, not cut medicare, not cut medicaid. >> as we continued our conversation in downtown burlington -- >> we can transform this country. >> -- it was clear sanders still has a fan base. >> nice to meet you. >> but he's uncomfortable when people ask if he'll run for president again. he wants to focus on the issues, not the fame he garnered running for the nation's top office. >> what media does is focus on personalities, and u

they're not. what serious politicians are supposed to be doing is addressing the problems facing the american people. i'm not an entertainer. i don't sing very well. i don't dance very well. i try to represent my state as best i can. >> that was nbc's kate snow reporting. local democratic leaders and supporters of the affordable care act gathering for a national day of action sunday. they rallied at bowie state university in prince george's county. their mission to preserve and save obamacare. participants also voicing opposition to any cuts to medicare and planned parenthood. the cameras rolling as a semi skates off a road and heads straight for a state trooper's cruiser. plus a little boy can't wait to unwrap this gift, and this is one that he is definitely not going to forget. stay with us. no school tomorrow, so you've got permission to stay up with us tonight on "sports final." after a dazzling day of divisional action, we're

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terrifying dash cam video. a trooper has to drive off the road to avoid a semi truck sliding across the highway, nearly missing him. thankfully nobody was hurt. kansas highway patrol ce

way too fast on the icy roads this weekend. they've been dealing with freezing rain for days near wichita, and the roads are very slippery. frightening moments for players inside a sports arena saturday night. they had just seconds to run before this happened. the roof starts to cave in. the whole thing captured on surveillance cameras. this happened at the sports complex in the czech republic. there were about 80 people inside that arena, and it only took a couple of seconds for the roof to come crashing down. luckily nobody was seriously hurt. the cause is still under investigatio investigation. there was about 10 inches of snow on the roof at the time of the collapse. three big smiles as a family met for the first time in 18 years. kamiyah mobley is in the middle, and she was hours old when a woman posing as a nurse kidnapped her from a hospital in florida. that woman raised kamiyah as her own for nearly two decades, and a rece t

to the home where they lived in south carolina. police arrested the fake mother and returned kamiyah to her biological parents. ♪ organizers of the women's march on washington posted this video on their facebook page. the demonstrators are opposing president-elect donald trump and promoting immigrants, 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." the president-elect says his tweeting isn't going to stop, and that wasn't his original plan. nbc's kelly o'donnell explains that as the vice president-elect comes to donald trump's defense. >> reporter: practicing the pomp. hail to the dress rehearsal stand-in chief. an inauguration run-through

capitol. military bands on review as out of uniform service members played. while today the real vice president-elect defended donald trump after his twitter counterstrike against georgia democratic congressman john lewis, who said russian hacking undermines the validity of trump's win. >> i was deeply disappointed to see someone of his stature question the legitimacy of donald trump's election as president. >> reporter: trump whipped up angry reaction with his series of tweets, where he knocked conditions in lewis' atlanta district and accused the civil rights leader of being all talk, no action. today trump adjusted his approach, tweeting, our country has been divided, angry, and untrusting. it will change with exclamations points. late today, new video of trump was released as part of an interview he did with britain's times of london. >> my mother loved the queen. >> reporter: behind his trump to

and memorabilia. trump riffed on a range of international issues but also said his own plan for presidential tweeting and social media has changed. >> when you think that there are 46 million there, i'd rather just let that build up and just keep it @real donald trump. the tweeting, i thought i'd do less of it. but i'm covered so dishonestly by the press. >> news4 has you covered on inauguration, and we'll be with you on your phone. download the nbc washington app to join our inauguration cafe we'll discuss the hot topics from the cafe on capitol hill. and now your storm team4 forecast. >> after a beautiful day today, pretty nice tomorrow but not as spectacular. it is going to be mainly dry throughout the day. only a sprinkle or two is possible, mainly back around the mountains.

around. make sure you have the umbrella on tuesday as we get back into the regular routine. some showers are looking likely, especially later in the day. and tuesday on into next weekend, it's going to be feeling like spring. the numbers on the ten-day pretty much in the 50s after tomorrow. currently we're in the 30s and 40s. you can see areas to the north significantly cooler than areas to the south. culpeper, fredericksburg, 40 degrees. gathers burg, frederick and haguerstown coming in right around 41. tomorrow we start off at 34 across the area. we keep cloudy skies throughout the day. with the increasing cloud cover, it is going to be about five degrees cooler than today, and it's going to feel even chillier than that just because the sun isn't out there. by lunch time we're in the low 40s. this is pretty normal for this time of year. 7:00 in the evening, we're at 42 degrees. i want to show you future weather tomorrow. it was looking like maybe a sprinkle or a light shower

area, but with new information coming in, the good news, the forecast improving. it's continuing to look completely dry just about everywhere. you can see clouds, though, plenty of clouds around during the afternoon hours even as we get into the evening hours. still mainly dry. then as we head on into tuesday, well, we'll be tracking showers around, especially for the second half of the day. so travel tomorrow looking great. dry roads. if you're heading to ski liberty or round top tomorrow, it's looking great there, and you don't have to worry about the sun glare either. if you're heading out to wisp, there is the chance for some light showers, maybe a bit of freezing rain out that way. if you're heading to martin luther king jr. day, a walk or parade, you'll definitely want the warm jacket. and dinner out, may be a sprinkle or two. but new information coming in, continuing to keep it dry for the most part throughout the day tomorrow. on tuesday, though, we're significantly warmer. so tomorrow, again, we're in the 40s. tuesday we're in the 50s. a high

likely. get out and enjoy the weather on wednesday. maybe a shower around early in the morning, but most of the day is looking dry. highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. some late-day sunshine. it will be a little bit breezy for the second half of the day as we dry out. on thursday, really nice. a mix of clouds and sun, mid-50s. the inauguration on friday, there's the chance for some showers during the afternoon and evening hours with highs in the mid-50s. we're going to continue to track and update this forecast. sheena is in tomorrow morning with the latest information. then as we look to the weekend, kind of a 50/50 split. dry on saturday. the chance for some showers on sunday. but erika, we're still in the low to mid-50s. this time of year, we should be in the low mid-40s for our average high. >> unbelievable. thanks, mel. the pressure is building to change metro all the way at the top. two local members of congress say within weeks, they'll have bills aimed at fundamentally changing the agenc

comstock tells "the washington post" these changes have to be big. the republican and maryland democrat john delaney are considering a ban on metro board members who hold elected positions. they feel there's too much of a struggle between the politicians' constituents and the needs of metro. the congressional members disagree on how to secure funding, whether to change metro's labor policy and whether to strengthen oversight. ♪ new tonight, a musical tribute to honor the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. this event held sunday evening at the church of saint clement in alexander rhea. this is the 44th year the city of alexandria has hosted its program in honor of dr. king. still ahead, some wild finishes in the nfl, right? plus a monster game for the caps puts them back onop. sports t i

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. after all that talk, tony romo -- no, it's dak. no, it's tony romo. and now nothing. >> finally the redskins can maybe -- it's going to be a cowboy-free zone this week. the redskins are celebrating this a little bit. it was a crazy game, a divisional game between the packers and cowboys. it comes down to the ugliest game-winning field goal you may ever see, but it still counts. quarterbacks at work first. aaron rodgers was taking on the confident rookie dak prescott. heard a lot about him.

rodgers looks ready to go. dak's confident. thumbs up. the cowboys trailed by 18 points but mounted a comeback. the only problem, 35 seconds and two time-outs for aaron rodgers. on third and 20, rolling out. plenty of time. fires to jared cook on the sidelines. this one reviewed, but cook doing a great job of keeping both feet in. gain of 36. green bay in business. dallas iced mason crosby, but he has ice in his veins. this is his second 51-yard attempt. it does. it didn't look pretty, but it counts. packers win a wild one. redskins fans can celebrate. cowboys are eliminated from the playoffs. you can tell i'm happy just saying those words. to kansas city. chiefs hosting the steelers. this game moved later because of weather. a wild finish in this one. late fourth quarter, chiefs down eight. after a converted fourth down, spencer ware finds the end zone from a

they're going to go for it. on the two-point conversion, alex smith finds demetrius harris in the back of the end zone, and this game tied up at 18. but wait a second. eric fisher flagged for holding james harrison. chiefs moving back for a retry. then on the second attempt, missed. cannot convert this. steelers hold on. they win it 18-16. they're going to take on the patriots in the afc championship game. alex ovechkin and the caps, they should not be hanging their heads at all. they're on fire. eight isn't enough. looking for their ninth win in a row, hosting the flyers today. second period, off the turnover, buries it. it's like a gift. and makes them pay. caps up 1-0. in the third period, caps wear out the red light. marcus johansson behind the net. williams makes it 2

less than two minutes later, another bad turnover, and here come the caps. nicklas backstrom. going to do a one-timer. no, he's going to assist. he's going to assist. what a pass. and matt for the goal. o.v. makes the smart play and capitals take a 3-0 lead. caps scored four goals in seven minutes. caps win it 5-0, their ninth straight w. the caps right now the best league in the team with 63 points. don't gulp. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. don't gulp. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record

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a little boy gets the surprise of his life when he unwraps a present left outside the family home in fort bragg, north carolina. [ speaking spanish ] >> what is that? >> his dad was waiting for him inside the big gift. dad is stationed at fort bragg, and he just got home from a long deployment. his 5-year-old son breaking down in tears as he gave his dad a big hug and told him that he missed him so much. all the feels tonight. that's our broadcast. thanks for joining us. "sports final" is coming up next.