>> you told me coming into this game, you knew fans were proud and excited getting into this team. you said just don't geo excited yet. after tonight what would you tell the fans? >> we are on the road, man. we got to keep stacking these wins and playing great offense, defense, and special teams. hopefully we make that push down the stretch. >> akiem hicks? >> big boy. >> great night for him? >> yes. >> what's it like with inside presence. >> it's amazing. stopping the run and getting off of blocks and making plays on screens. it's a hell of a job and the back end. everybody working together. >> congratulations. >> thank you, michele. >> cody parkey.is after the fours last week, you had a chance early to get up and line up for the first field goal attempt. what was going through your mind? >> not a l. coach sent me out there because he is confident in me. he didn't hesita that was big for me. i went in.

my snapper and holder incredible job. you know, we made it.s so therelot of highs and a lot of lows in this game. for me it's important to stay in the middle and take it one day at a time. >> they showed that confidence in you at the enwhen they let you kick that field goal to ice this thing. what did that mean? >> awesome. i was waiting on the sidelines. leey sent me out there. you know, every sine of the players was like, you got this, you know. my teammates are amazing. my copes are amazing. like i said, one game at a time. i know it's only one game, but i will continue to tryy best and do what i do. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> big night for parkey. tomorrow check out football me morning inrica on nbcsports.com. peter has unprecedented access n the most dominant team right now, the saints, who spent three hours in the saints saturday night meetings. an inside look how drew brees and sean payton determine the game plan throughout the night.

plus, catch mike florio on pft live from tomorrow morning 7:00 to 9:00 eastern. all of the latest football newsr is there fou on pro football talk dot-com. that does it for us. final score from chigo, bears inn it 25-20. bears fans certaly this week hanks for khalil mack. al and cris will wrap it up after this. door! [ heavy breathing ] aww, there's bees in the car. bees! bees! the volkswagen atlas. with easy-access 3rd row. life's as big as you make it.

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you can't be hotter than the saint right now. i mean, nine straight wins after a shocking loss on opening day. >> cris: yeah, and drew brees has never won anvp. that kind of surprises me. he is certainly in the running now. one of the fal three at the very least. >> al: only four more touchdown passes today. a week from tonight we go to minnesota. the way things are shaping up, a game and a half lead f bears. it's the packers and the vikings. it's almost an elimination game right now. >> cris: not even aaron rodgerss aying relax anymore. and a special little birthday wish to reese gideli out there. sweet 16. >> al: you betcha. our producer fd, our director and crew down in theruck, as you look at soldier field in chicago. mitch trubiskynd the gang pull off the win by a score of 25-20. so thanksgiving night from new orleans. we will see you next week from minneapolis. until then, al michaels, cris sworth, michele tafoya,

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hard to watch. >> it's really unfortunate. terrible. >> we know the play is violent. we never wanto see that happen. >> players have to quickly regroup for a thanksgiving day showdown with the hated dallas cowboys. we have live team coverage. a short time ago we learn that family is ready to sue mgm national harbor after a little girl was shocked and nearly killed. >> "news4 at 11"s sta now. >> good evening. i'm erika gonzalez. the redskins willlay in four days without quarterback alex smith after one of theso most gr injuries we have seen on a football field. we have team coverage, incacding reon from teammates and from bns, but wein this evening with kerry chow who is live atd the . kerry, talk to me. if smith is out for the season, where d the redskins go from here? >> erika, what's next is mcessentially coly is now the starting quarterback for the first place .redski because washington only had two quarterbacks on heirroster,

they need to find a backup quarterback immediately. but as you said, it was a gruesome injury that willake for challenging road toco rery for the 34-year-old smith, a 13-year veteran. smith led theo redskins a 6-3 record in his first year with he team, but that season is over. third quarter, kareem jackson and j.j. watt take smith down. we're not gng to show you a close-up of the injury. head coach jay gruden confirming that smith suffered a broken fibula and tibb la in his right leg ande will h immediate surgery. a tough day for everyone on the redskins. >> you have an injury like that, it's more heartbreaking than it is physical, you know. it just breaks your heart because this is what he loves to do. he loves to lead this football wam. he loves tith guys, and now the season is over, and a long way back.ll physically he'e fine. mentally, he'll be fine. it's just hard to watch that happen to any athlete on this football team. >> and the redskins' need for a quarterback is pression. espn's adam schechter is

reporting the team will bring in several quarterbacks to work oww tomo including former first round picks mark sanchez and e.j. manuel. >> thank you so much. e'll check back in a little while. news4's sherree burruss was at fedexfield. she continues coverage on how plith's teammates are responding and what p in the press box said when they saw the injury. w >> i wasching the game as alex smith went down. well needily knew w sometas wrong they showed a replay. everyone in the press box ed gasp we saw those run out to tend to him. the players from both sides c goming toonsole alex, other players tak knee in prayer after the game. we talked to some of the guys. and they said yes, they praying and just knowing that they have to move forward, that alex smith is no longer going to be the starting quarterback, which interestingly enough once colt mccoy came in, they played with moreintensity, something they're going to have to do when

dallas comes up on thursday. more coming up later. erica, back to you. >> thank you. much morex on a smith a little later in the broadcast. darcy spencer spoke with fans about the team's play-off hopes, and we sent you an alert when smith wentdown. for continuing coverage on the qb and a photo gallery of smith and joe theismann's injuries, openhi our nbc wton app. switching gears. tonight mgm national hasher is responding to a lawsuit it expects from the family of a girl who was critically injured after being shocked this past summer. that 6-year-old touched a handrail at an outdoor plaza. prince george's officials say an investigation revealed improper installati numerous code violations. mgm sentews4 statement in part, quote, we are committed to continue working withe families representatives to reach a resolution. in the meantime we willsespond to t lawsuit in the appropriate venue, which is in court. they also say the companies they hire are licensed and perform

work that meets or exceeds state and local building codes. a k horrific crashls a woman in woodbridge this morning, and police say she was riding with a drunk iver. take look at what's left with the mini cooper. and news4 sending us these pictures of the crash on dale boulevard. prince william county police say the car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. that car was parked on the shoulder without lights or hazard signals. olice arrested the driver of the minicooper, charging him with drunk driving. they also cited the driver of thengractor-trailer for faili to use emergency equipment. now your storm team 4 forecast. so we take a look at the weather now. we caught a bunch of folks bundled up in penn quarter in northwest d.c. on this chilly night. we are looking ahead to a big liday week. storm team 4 samarra joins us with what you c >> this week a few subtle

changes, but they could make a subtle impact. i'm going to break it downyon full forecast. let's get a look at the headlines. a few things think is pertinent you know about. a small rain chance monday evening. we'll time that out in just a moment. 20-degree dip, folks. it's to be get downright cold on thanksgiving day. and then as far as the weekendh followingsgiving day, when a lot of us may be traveling back home or out of town we are tr another system that could bring more rain to the region. so i will have all this and. mo i prepared a great forecast for you guys so we can run through this weekend and be extremely prepared. back to you. >> somara, thank you. meanwhile, fire crews scramble to find victims from the deadly california wildfires. rains are forecast for later this week. fire official says the rain could turn the ash into a pastei coting the search and recovery effort they've got gog on there. 79 people have been killed.

76 were found in e north. many victims are living in tents. volunteers are using a cadaver dog to check burned homes. they're focusing vehicles, springs and mattress that would indicate a charred bed. president trump did an exclusive intervi with fox news sunday's chris wallace. the president said he didn't plan on stopping the special counsel investigation, but he said that it's awitch-hunt, that actually started when he announced his white house run, he says. >> these people are looking at me. they wanted an insurance policy just in case i won or hillary lost, and this was the insurance policy. it's a scam. there was no collusi. whatsoever >> the president also rtoponded reports that the cia have concluded that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the assassinaon of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> did mbs lie to you, sir? >> i don't -- i don't know. who can really know? but i can say this, he's got

many people now that say he had no knowledge. >> mr.arump cause stir when he slammed retired admiral bill mcraven, the navy s.e.a.l. that led the 2011 raid that killed bin laden. last year mcraven said the president's attacks on the press may be the greatest threat to democracy in his lifetime. >> he is a hillary clinton backer a an obama backer, and -- >> he is a navy s.e.a.l. >> it would have been nice if we bt osa laden a lot sooner than that. >> the president didn't explain how bin laden could have been captured sooner. todaycravenold cnn he didn't support hillary clinton in the election. the retired admiral said he is a fan oformer president george w. bush, former president obama, and all presidents who uphold the dignity of the office. come january, florida will have a new u.s. senator.

today democratic incumbent senator bill nelson conceded the race to outgoing republican governor rick scott. scott won a tight race after a manual recount. senator nelson talked about his hopes for the future. >>e have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat buto destroy where truth is treated as disposable, whereou falsehoods and that the free press is assaulted as the enemy of the people. >> president trump congratulated scott on twitter today. back here at home, a hocide at a gas station in virginia, and now police need help catching the killer. take a look at this picture.ff the sd county sheriff's office says this man shot and killed somebody athe exxon and mr. b's market and deli on warrenton otroad. they the call just before 12:30 this morning. deputies found the victim near the gas pump.

the sheriff's office says the gunman took off in that black nissan that we just showed picture of. now we go to a group that is honoring lives lost and hoping to make a difference. alexandria families for safe streets holding this march through old town today. they want to raise awareness for pedestrian and cyclists'safety. among the crowd today, people who have lost family members in crashes or survived crashes themselves. >> i didn'tnow whether was going to be able to work or walk. doctors couldn't tell me. i thought i wouldn't wishen thi expe on my worst enemy. and something had to be done. >> the group is based in alexandria, but advocatfe for saty all over the d.c. area. one of the best universities in the country getting a commitment like we have never seen. whose givining johns hopkins

nearly $2 billion and how some of the money will benefit the most deserving students. coach condi? buzzing over rice going from foggy bottom to the nfl sidelines? i'm darcy spencer at fedexfield, talking to fans about alex smith's season-ending injury. >> it was really hd because w were fighting to win. >> fans are refusing to give up hope that this t ea

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reds alex smith breaks his leg, knocking him out for the season. news4' dcy spencer continues our team coverage tonight. she spoke with fans who are optimistic about backup colt mccoy. >> you might think that fans wereta devd leaving the stadium tonight, but not the ones we spoke to. they were optimistic and feeling like this team can still make it to the play-offs. >> play-offs, baby! all day. hail to the redskins! refusing er: fans are to give up on the redskins, even with the loss of quarterback alex smith, who suffered a season-ending injury and a loss at home. >> i'm feelingsehopeful, becau i'm a die-hard redskins fan, to the ouend, yknow. >> reporter: fans told me their hope is coming from backup quarterback colt mccoy. many were pleased to see him get a shot on the field. >> i feel for alex smith's injues, but colt mccoy, i think we still got a chance to do what we need to do.

>> he shouldn't be riding the bench, and bringing so many quarterbacks in and don't give them a chance. give him a chance. h i thine deserves a chance. as sidelter: smith during his first year with the redskins after leading the team to first place in their division. >> it's bad. but colt's got to step u and hopefully he'll do a good job. >> he knows offense. he's the perfect backup, the perfect backup. colt mccoy, we n you. >> reporter: and he needs to rack up the wins to keep those play-off dreams alive. darcy spencer, news4. the cleveland browns deny that former secretaco of state oleezza rice was a candidate for their next head coach. espn's adam schechter reported the story this morning.s the broay she's not being considered. rice would have been the first woman to interview for an nfl head coachingjo rice is a life-long browns fan. she tweeted that she' not ready

to coach but wishes the league would conwoder morn in coaching roles. its he masonic temple wit distinct architecture is among the most recognizable buildings here in the adistrict. no planned construction project behin h the buildingas some residents saying not in our backyard. neighbors protesting outside the buding on6th and r streets today. they say the proposed luxury high-rise apartments will overwhelm that neighborhood. one resident we talked to today who is for the construction says the neighborhood doesn't need a vacant lot, and the city could use more housing options. johns hopkins university in baltimore is receivi the largest contribution ever to any u.s. university. former new york city mayor and hopkin grad michael bloomberg is making the $1.8 billion donation. the university will eliminate udent loans in financial aidin packages bng next fall.

the university will instead offer scholarships that don't have to be repaid. we are working for you. news4 first alerted you to a story about a local business accused of deceiving seniors out of thousands of dollars. well, now more accusations and outrage. reporterinvestigative susan hogan is working for you on a story that you'll see only on news4.e >> reporter:irst told you about this virginia business about two years ago. the ownerasccused of taking thousands of dollars from seniors from medical equipment like stair lifts and wheelchair ramps but never delivering them. after our first stories aired, we started getting other customers. so we decided to bring these people together. perfect strangers. was not n imagine, it easy for them to make this trip, but they were on a mission. veey want to make sure other families don'thave to deal with the frustration they went through.>> he could tell lies, it's

almost chilling when you think about it, the way he could tell lies and with no >>conscience. ut all of these complaints may have finally caught up with the owner. tomorrow on "news4 at 5," see what our investigation uncovered. back to you. all right. we take a look at the weather now. another nice cool, crisp evening. chilly out there y. but at least, again, no rain. no snow. >> no snow. >> leading into the thanksgiving week. >> and it's not a bad ek we have a decent week ahead of us, folks. i'm excited about this work there are a few things that i have to bring you up to date on and let you know the latest changes in the forecast. but overall you should be good. t's take a look at the current temperatures and see what we're dealing with. woo, a little bite to t air. 44 degrees inside the district. 38 in gaithersburg. hey, how are you doing? 37. 38 down in culpeper. so we're in the 30s and we're going to continue to fall to the

mid-30s. for a lot of us, low 40s overnight in som warmer spots. let's start with tomorrow. monday's commute, because weo still got go to work tomorrow, don't we. temperatures starting off in the low 40s. it's going to be a dry start. why am i out of breath from that little walk might even see a little sunshine before the all the clouds move in aroundlu htime, and then around 5:00 p.m., we could start looking for rain to the west of 'sus. th going to be moving in. that rain chance 30, 40%. some of us may end up staying dry. let's moveo tuesday. some of us are going to be leaving after work, maybe hitting the road. if you are, dryal g i-95 that system moves out of here. so iyou are leaving after work on tuesday squlourks be good. calm because tuesday will be a bit breezy. if you are going to do air p traveling bne we should start to see things really coupling down towards a afternoon, evening. m the systeing off the eastern seaboard. here we look to the morning

fill-up for the tank. temperatures around 42 degrees we could see a shower in the area. by the afternoon, evening drive looking great. let's move into thanksgiving thursday. temperatures on thanksgiving, that's going to be t talker. so make sure you are wearing the ugly sweaters, the jackets, the layers as you're going from car tou house. n't want to get sick. temperatures will be in the mid-30s. most portantly, do not forget the tupperware, okay? you want to make sure you're s able tock up as you're going from house to house. ngack friday morning, temperatures are go be in the upper 20s. downright cold standing in line. maybe grab some hot chocolate in a to go cup. by 8:00 a.m. we're get some sunshine. look at the temperature around 8:00 a.m. still taking their ime warming up. we'll be in the low 40s by the end of the day on friday. all right. storm team 4 ten-day outlook shows that we do have that rain chanceds i s monday into tuesday. not really dominating the top of the wednesday, for all you last-minute food shoppers,

including myself, you are looking at a good ride in.'t i c tell you about the lines, though. those are probably pretty d, right, erika? >> i'm going to wait until last night, per usual. >> we wish everybody good luck out there tomorrow. thank you so very much. still ahead, more on the redskins' devastating loss to the tens. plus, one of the wildest finishes to the high school finishes to the high school football game you'll finishes to the high school football game you'll (music throughout)

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> i don't think there was one person that was watching that game that didn't gasp or look

away, you know. and as much asot think a of people want to look forward to what happens next, i think also, really, the focus at least for tonight, come on, o alex smith. but what happened? >> a terrible and a crazy coincidence as, because 33 years ago to the date, rgeskins joe theismann suffered one of the most gruesome injuries in nfl history after lawrence taylor tackled hi ended the 35-year-old's career. today in a cruel twist of fate, alex smith at 34 years old i isn danger to the same predicament. high hopes for jay gruden heading into this game. a chance to improve to 7-3. but the redskins devastated in the third quarter. alex smithd trying to lea him back, gets hit by kareem jackson and j.j. watt. break his tibia aa fib in his right leg. the team played on. deseanrops back. pass, tips and then picked off

by preston smith. amazing play. classic concentration toake the pi now the redskins take over.n colt mccoyt quarterback. his second play of the gam an absolute rope toordan reed. nine-yard touchdown. the redskins back within three. in the third quarter, adrian , peterson seven-yard touchdown, his second of the day. the redskins take a -20 lead. get this. thd's the first lea change for the redskins all season. final seconds, houston is up. mccoy trying toet the redskins in range, up top. look for josh doctson. a lot of contact. av flags. should there h been? well, we'll never know. it's now fourth down. so dustin hawkins from 63 yards, career high is 65 yards. short.ls the texans hold.

washington 6-4 on the season. what's cominok at up on "redskins final," here is sherree burruss. >> so many tough bresis to diagnoon "redskins final." fe biggest, alex smith, emotional reactiorom eammates on what looked like a season ending injury. f tasonoster on a defense t takes bal away but still seeks improvement in what would have changed on the final drive that fell short. l that and more in minutes on "redskins final." we'll see you then. >> thanks, sherree. one of the wildest games you'll see, gonzaga taking on the wcac title. the final seconds of the game, gonzaga just took the lead. dominic logan nlyur ret the kick and look at logango neely , down the sidelines. he's got blockers all the way to the house. stay