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>> al: right after the it's the volkswagen postgame report. michele on the field.he stars ofield. liam breaks down the playoff picture. cris and i will preview next sunday night's eagles/rams matchup after the game. the victory fore mags here. yoknow what's happened silently tonight? rdan howard's gained 100 yards. >> cris: he break off some big ones. he is impressive. >> al: nagy joins this club. head coaches with a winning record in their first seas with the chicago bears. george halas of course founding

the team. 19his first year as coach 20 and talked about the two bright young coaches. one of them will be 11-2 after the game. and the man you just saw will be 9-4. >> cris: you realize they can't run the clock all the way down so they still have to punt this football. >> al: not sure that's a good thing for the rams tonight.>> cris: well -- >>y.l: it's stunning in a wa you come in herend the whole thing -- the bears score enough points to beat the rams. et cris: you think about how important that swas. >> al: yes. >> cris: that took it out of being a one-score game and the pressure that would have been on this bears defensive teawould have been even greater but i'm sure they would have buckled underneath it.

for the bears, they're going to 9-0 now holding opponents under 24 points. 0-4 when they score more than 24 so they call it the mendoza line or something like that. whatever it is in football. that's what it is for the bears am. >> al: 200 or better. meanwhile, the beirs, look at defense. 25 interceptions this season. four tonight. over the last three years in co, total, 24 picks. they'll punt here. o'donnell. back for the rams.or called falf a fair catch.an d the bears down the ball inside the two yard line. >>ris: of course. >> al: cris, at the beginning of

the show tonight, one of the things you said was what kind of -- we'll find out if the bears are for real. so? >> cris: the question was, okay, we know this defense has been ally good this year. but can ey stop an offense like this? and the answer has been yes just like we saw the dallasowboys do. and oh by the way, give jerry jones credit. do you want to >> al: sure! t >> cris:hey sign amar'e cooper whenhey look like they're de in the water.ou cooper three tdowns. they have been all over them in the course when he's not a good general manager. he got it done and with a good move and cooper put on a show today. >> al: that's justin davis out of usc second year. he's the backup now that malcom browis hurt. not a bad run for m. 19 yards. but that will do it. the m icago bears face the tea with the best record in the league. and beat them by a score of

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>> the bears impose their style. proved they belong in the top tooer and lock up the first winning season since 2012. final score they beat the rams 15-6. welcome back. so, the rams got a taste of decemb football in chicago. and it definitely did not suit them. this is a teamhat averages 35 points per game. 440 yards offfense per game. tonight, season lows in both. six points, justver 200 yards of total offense. on the flip side for the bears, th ran the ball effectivel they were smothering on defense. they added four more takeaways to the league lead and got a bit of creativity of nagy at the goal line.ci that is for a win. we get to give out game balls. we want to focus on the offensive line and defensive line. specifically, though, on that offensive line, the most ec unlikely of tdtions, that's bradley snell.

-- sowell, excuse me. .kiem hicks, eddie goldm each with a sack. three sacks for the defensive line. right now with michele, sowell and hicks. >> thanks. akiem, what a defensive rf peormance by this team tonight. what is it about vick fangio? >> he has our mind right and focus on the goal to be playing late into the season and as long as we keep doing what we're doing and follow the lead, we'll be a good >> grr. that's all you can say. we want more. >> all right. let's go to the play aft game now. last week it was freezer left. tonight it was santa's sleigh. the fake to you. how did you sell it? >> oh! i sold my .art out. list mitchell was on me all week. snatch it like in new york. we got in there. it was caught over the top! >> congratulations.

let's turn to bradley sowell. all right. so they were paying so much attention to akiem and all the defenders on the field. ydon't think they noticed. what was it like to score a touchdown on your first career catch? >> i mean, surreal. it really was. hats off to akiem and we had to report coming in the game and it was an operation to make it happen. it was just surreal. i couldn't belve it. i said put it high. it was neat. >> the post celebration dance was executed qte well. was that spontaneous? >> i credit that to my wife and daughts. they love to dance and they got me right for that one. .we worked on it last nig i said i may score. i need help with the dance. my daughters showed me the dance i should do. t to say hi to them? >> love you! >>ongratulations you guys. big, big win. >> awesome. thank you. >>hahank you. >> you. >> he's a big man.

he has the big hands and moves. saints won today to clinch consecutive division titles for the first time. huge win for the cowboys in overtime over the eagles. they take a commanding lead in the east. seahawks and vikings tomorrow. panthers, eagles and redskins in the hunt. we move on to the afc. top two teams reside in the west. chiefs won in overtime for the fourth straight playoff birth. chargers 10-3. kc can clinch and a win over thr chargers on ay. division leaders, new england, houston and pittsburgh all lost today. big bounce back game for the colts today and the dolphins th right back ithick of it and for that wild ending in the win over the patriot those are the standings. difor a little bit deeper , don't forget "football in

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or smart tv to stream all the action. sign up now for free! is it really free? si. stream dazn across all your devices. welcome back to the volkswagen suvw stgame report. ow al michaels and cris collinsworth. >> we have eagles/rams next sunday night from the coliseum. eagles last year with stood the injuries. they have to run the table now and get help. >> yeah. one of the games of the year last season, though, when thesem two got together so the eagles now hanging by a few threads, right? they have to win out at the very

least to stay in it. >> i'm intested in how the rams respond because the rams ave not lost a game like th in two years. >> it was stunning and i realize that chicago bears defense, the cold, all that kind of stuff, having said all that, it was stunning to watch this high-flying rams offense play like that. this is really two weeks in a row now they have done this. the midwest is not kind to the rams. >> gurley? >> they have to get back to that balance. that's who they are. look at chicago. lake shore. what a ni at shfloldier field as the bears win it. see you next week from l.a..th until , al, cris, michele, the whole crew, saying good night from chicago. . s

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right now on news4, team coverage on the winter storm that pounded parts of our area. hool closings and doug kammerer on what you need know for tomorrow. the moner storm ripped through a big chunk of the country, leaving aeoleast foure dead. and as the nfl deals with blistering criticism over its

handling of two recent domestic abuse cases, new sits down with the league's head of security. former d.c. polief cathy lanier tackles the controversy head-on. >>ews4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> all right. storm team 4 chief meteorologist dougs kammerer leading our coverage tonight on the winter storm. we're going to take you across our region to show you how people are dealing with the conditions. parts ofirginia were slammed. take a live look at the roanoke airport. up tot a f of snow falling in some areas. and we begin tonight right here in the storm team 4 weather center. i'm erika gonzalez. thanks for joining us this evening. we're starting with our chief meteorologist. we're going get to thein graphi ust a second. we've got to talk to you about school closures. we've already had those cining his evening in virginia. prince william county, stafford, fauquier and spots veilian.

maryland, calvert county and st. mary's county schools are closeo ow. we've got the full list of scosings scrolling at the bottom of your en, and you can also find those in the nbc app. what is prompting t closures and what folks in the areas are seeing in terms of total. >> it's azing. you look at county likes that, prince william and stanford county fairfax count we had a trace of snow there. nothing in washington, d.c. if you live north of 66, you really didn't see any snow at all. res and t school clo we've got people that are going to wake up tomorrow with nothing. >> feast or famine. >> incredible, incredible totals. take a look. we've got this storm coming on through the area. this did cause some damage around the danville area. all across parts of north carolina and into parts of virginia as well, where not only was the sw lling, but also some sleet and freezing rain, freesat caused a lot of and a lot of power lines to come down. pas of north carolina aswell. here is the storm. over the last 12 hours, and you

notice, this look at the leading edge moving up towds washington, d.c., and putting on the brakes big time. look at that line right there. uth of that line we got the snow. north of it, nothing. in montgomery cnty today, no snow at all. not even a couple of flakes out there. but this is what we're talking about right now. this storm is finally making its way out of the area now and will continue to do so. not much in our region now. stale few flakes around fredericksburg, but that's about it. take a look a the totals. wintergreen ski resort. you want some snow? 21 inches. fredericksburg 6 inches. prince frederick at 2. dale city, .7 much more on what to expect the next couple of days. i've got your forecast. >> all right, doug. thank you so much. if we're talking about that much snow you i have togine that the roads have been pretty nasty in parts of our region. darcy spencer live in temple hills wit more on th situation there in maryland.

ey, darcy. >> there, erika. just like doug was saying, ave different story here in maryland depending on where you are. here in temple hills, you see the roads are completely dry. matter of fact, a man walked up hoto me a time ago and said when is the snowstorm coming? i said i'm sorry, r, it's already past. but if you go ten miles south of here, a totally different story. blast of winter weather hit southern maryland from prince george's to charles to calvert to st. mary's county. here on route 5 in the brandywine area of prince george's, the snow didn't stick on the road, but it did on grassy areas. >> it was very heavy, flushing. it was covering the cars realqu ick. but the road seemed to be fine. i think they were already treated. >> reporter: these roadan conditionse tough on your car too. we foundeo lots ofe like this man putti air in their tires. what are the conditions like out

here? >> it's coiled, peick. le need to be careful while they're driving. but like i sa, i'm trying to get out here before it gets even >> reporter: even though snow was in the forecast, not everyone was prepared. this woman just got here from e sunshine state. >> pretty shocking to come in lorida and have snow? >> absolutely. i don' feet.have sox on my >> reporter: but you're happy about it? yes, i am. i'm ready for it. and it's closer to christmas. so it kind of put glous t spirit. >> reporter: but the falling snow didn't put everyone in the spirit. do you like it? >> no. i'm done. 110 days before spring. come on. >> reporter: you're already counting? >> i'm counting, yes. >> reporter: some a doing a different countdown to christmas, and the snow has them doing a littledreaming. >> it would be nice to have a little snows for christmas, especially a white christmas. >> reporter:tehere is a ial for a white christmas? .e'll have to ask doug kammerer

about th there have been some schools that announced a delay in cancellation here in maryland, but so far here in george's county, no announcements. so it look likes the kids are heading to schoolt on time least at this point. back to you, erika. >> all right, darcy. thank you so very much there are more road problem in virginia, in fact, v-dot is asking people to stay home overnight if you can new news4's aimee cho continues our coverage from fredericksburg. >> reporter: a winter wonderland in downtown for example burk tonight, setting the scene for .the holidays we've seen about 4ownches of sntonight. a pretty good buildup. it is very fluffy snow. so unfortunately, not the best for making snowballs. but this snow is making the roads very slippery ander das to drive on. earlier tonight along i-95, we passed a car that appeared to have spun out.e on of many car crashes reported today. and while did spot one plow along the highway, much of i-95 looked like it hadn't been plowed.

virginia department of transportation saying the snow came down faster than their crews could keep up. with they t encouraged peopl stay indoors tonight if possible and throughout fredericeoburg, moste appearing to follow that advice. but a few college students from mary washington did brave the cold just for a little while. >> this is the best night ever. love life, and i love snow and i love winter. all the things. it's a good night. >> really cool.ea didn'ty plan on being out in the snow. and they all made fune of for wanting to go get my snow stuff. soy just went oroutside. >> rr: and temperatures likely staying below freezing overnight. so this snow i not goi anywhere any time soon. ovdot says if you do haveead out you should use extreut caion tonight and tomorrow. reporting in fredericksburg, aimee cho, news4. the same system that hit us has been deadly in otherstates. look at the winter storm's national impact in about eight minutes, and for e-minute local updat on the storm you open our nbc washington app.

all right. well switc gears. now one of the worst ever home losses atex fed field.ar chow joins us with more. >> it was a rough day. let me be positive. the team did not have a starting quarterback lead w injury today. that's a big one.s but santa claus only at fedexfield that was the only win. mark sanchez gets picked off early. that makes a0 7-lead. and that would balloon to 40-0. sanchezineffective in the third quarter. the guy they just signed this week, josh johnson comes. in hectually provided a spark. he ran for a eight-yard score and heream connects wiison crowder who breaks free for a 79-yard touchdown. too little, too late as the redskins dro theirourth straight 40-16 the final. now we'll have plenty more o

the aftermath of today's lock, coming up in sports and on "redskins final" immediately after the news. erika? ry.l right, thank you so very much. the nfl is taking a big hit over its handling of domestic abuse allegations by its players. in 20, the league hired former d.c. police chief cathy lanier to address the issue. news4's jackie bensen joins me now with her exclusive sit-down interview with lanier. is is a very candid interview that she sat down with you for. >> it is. i've covered saberc ecathy lanir two decade i've watch herd bring transparency and compassion to her job in's the nati capital. she brought those qualities to the nfl at a time when it wasri reeling fromcism of its handling of domestic violence by players. now we discussed fprward ress and some high profile yardage losses that look all too familiar. tmz obtained hotel surity joyed of then baltimore ravens star running back rayice

punching his now wife in a hotel elevator in 2014. and tmz obtained cell phone video of kansas city chiefs running back kareem hunt kicking a woman in a hotel lobby last february are shocking andr. simi in between the rice case, an investigative case by robert mueller and the kareem hunt case comes former d.c. police chief cathy lanier. in 16she was hired at vice president of nfl security. >> theen was eve reforms that we put in place post robert mueller's report from ray rice. and that is detailed investigative protocol that we follow. >> it is a perception that seeing this, that the nfl n learnedhing from the ray rice incident that they are again finding out about a domestic case from tmz. >> what we don't donough is talk about it openly and tell people what we're doing. i think to some extent tha perception is correct, and that's why i wanted today to get

on to the recordnd talk about all the things that the nfl does, because it's not getting out there the way it should. >> kareem hunt was released by the chief after tmz sports published that cell phone video. no charges have been filed against him. hunt has still not been questioned by league instigators in what lanier describes as an investigation that has beencender way s february. the victim has refused to talk to investigators. >> so you want to speak to the victim. yt to speak to all your witnesses. you want to gather all the physical evidence before you go and to the alleged perpetrator in that case. the reason you do that is so that you go t in wit best opportunity to gain the truth. >> we knew there was video that we had to get our hands on to get the real story. >> reporter: lanier notes with frustration that in spite its efforts, the nfl was not able to obtain the hunt video until it was published by tmz. the 2015 mueller report on the ray riceideo noted the league would likely to continue to face such situations because of its

lack of subpoena powers. some sports writers and other t believ nfl should adopt tmz's controversial tactic for obtaining the images. >> they provided to members of the press they have first amendment protection. we nt do that, nor do we want to get into the business of paying people to stealrom their employer. >> reporter: i mentioned forward progess. tomorrowill talk to chief lanier about some successes she says the nfl is on parer to have a historic reduction in the number of playe arrested this year, including arrests for domestic violence. we will also talk about the controversialase of reuben foster, recently claimed offe waiver h in washington. will he ever suit up in the burgundy and gold? >> that's ahe good question are a lot of headlines to cover. again, jackie has this two-part exclusive interview with former d.c. police chief cathy lanier. thank you so much. a mtgomeryounty woman was minding her business and walking her dog.

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and get a year of amazon prime on us. tonight a takoma park woman is sharing her story, after she was attacked by a police dog. it happened early tuesday morning near the intersection of rol andaple streets. ayana brooks was walking her dog neptune when she saw a lot of police cars. moments later, a k-9 latched on

to her left leg. >> i mean, i was terrified, hnestly. i nevere had a baden count were a dog ever. >> brooks couldn't free herself uffered serious cuts to her hands, trying to pry the dog's jaws open. eventually it let engo. brooks to the hospital. she got 21 stitches. takoma park policeell us the dog has been taken out of active service as aprecautionhile they investigate. storm team 4 following that massive wter storm. snow, ice, freezing rain have blanketed much of the southeast. the storm has knocked out power to thousands of customers and is ouing blamed for at least four deaths. team coverage continues now with nbc's dan schenamen. >> reporter: the snow-covered south. >> arounde here get some snow every year, but this is a big one. >> reporter: winter storm diego dumping agerous blend of all, ice, and freezing ra over the region. travel is tricky.

>> i'm a littlenervous, iin't going to lie. >> i absolutely worse than i thought. >> reporr: everyone in the storm's path has been warned, stay put. >> roads are plowed and secondary roads are going to be stuck at home. >> reporter: north carolina's governor has declared an emergency. >> already some areas have seen more than a foot of snow and sleet, a we still have hours and inches of snow and ice yet to come in places. >> reporter: across the state hundreds of thousands of customers are expected to lose power. charlotte's airport is open, but flhave been canceled or delayed while in greensboro, most of the city has shut down. >> we have not had a snow like this in recent memory. it's an early snow. we are get mortgage snow in one day than theyhe normally get entire year. >> reporter: and the winter weather is not over yet. forecasters say it could