going toalk away with the nfl come back player of the year award.rg andrew luck's y cost him all of last season. many thought he would never be the same. he is back playing at an elite level and taking the team from a 1-5 start all the way to a playoff.e luck, lts, they are heading to houston and doing so as arguably the hottest team in football. they won 9 nine of the last 10 gas. before we get into the postseason talk, let's give out game balls. on the ground, 25 carries. 119 yards and a touchdown. quenton nelson is heading to the pro bowl and getting the game ball and andrew luck is 24-35. 285 yards and three touchdowns. he is standing by with michelle. >> liam, thank you. andrew, a year ago you were not even playing and now you are heading to the playoffs.

would you say this year lived up to what you imagined it could be so far? >> it has been a lot of fun. has been a journey. that's for sure. i think whathis team is doing is enjoying the journey. yi's a great group of guys. i can say i love p on this team and love the guys in the locker room. >> the offsive line has been critical and not only the tessing game, but the run game. how would you charze what they have done? >> they have been eat. hardworking tough guys. they are fun and mean and nasty. wouldn't want to play anybody else. you are heading to your hometown of houston and beat the texans this season. what makes you most confident for what will be the third match up. >> certainly what's happened

previously doesn't matter. each game is the cycle and we know it's a great cycle. we are preparing and see what we can do. >> congratulations. >> andrew luck is smiling and the tournaments set. the colts are going to houston next week to face the division rivals. they snapped the winning streake in the p. baltimore after hanging on to beatleveland is the north champion and host the chargers and the chiefs and the patriots await the winners as they have the byes in the afc. the road to the super bowl could be going through the super dome as the saints are the top seat.h rams have the bye. seattle won six of the last seven and they play in dlas and here we will have the final game of the second. chicago hosts a playoff game fod the first timehey welcome in the champion eagles with the quarteack that won three

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remember this? from the early training camp meeting.

remember the slide that was put up? that's where they had us ranked. now we are one in five. we were one in five.ri s the. what people didn, right? what they didn't see from the outside is whawe saw. the trust and the toughness getting better every drk and the team unselfish and getting after it. they didn't see that. the men did something only two teams have done and that's make the playoffs. congratulations. great audibles of all time. josh mcdanielsaid i'm not coming and you picked this guy. that was a good speech.he coordinator ineam win the super bowl as a consolation prize. not bad at all. n >> ot game is philadelphia

against chicago. 30 years ago they played in the fog. we don't know what the weather will be like next sunday, but what could have figured this. philadelphia against chicago. >> arguably the two besttories in the nfl. what chicago has been able to do to turn that thing around and philadelphia just counted out and ultimately ended up that it was chicago that had to win to get philadelphia in the playoffs and now they meet in what is going to be a chilly night in chicago. j t sounds good. >> it does. b eagles andrs. we will see you next sunday night from chicago. we will look at downtown nashville on this suay night. tennessee. indianapolis off to houston as the colts wiby a score of 33-17. untiwe see you next weekend,ou r whole gang is headed downstairs. ssod night from the music city, nashville, tenneee.

1 "news4 begins with breaking news. >> breaking tonight on news4, a heartbreaking tragedy in oxon hill. three children are dead after a multivehicle crash on indianhead highway. you're looking at live pictures from the scene. the highway closed ioth directions. good evening. i'm erika gonzalez.

the vehiclesnt slammed each other on indian head highway at wilson bridge drive. three children were killed, two adults jured. news4's nicole jacobs just arrived on the scene. nicole what do we know? tonight? we learned >> reporter: erika, unfortunately, the deadly o dangers indian head highway have sadly and tragically suck yet again, this time children, three of them have died. you can s her behind me both directions of indian head highway are shut down as emergency crews continue to work this very intense and eensive sce scene. just beyond those emergency vehicles are theth vehicle were actually involved in this crash. again, the prince georgeme fire depart confirming three children have died. two adults wereed transpoo a trauma center. we don't know the ages of those involved in ts crash. based on social media updates,

from the fire partment, those three children were trapped in the vehicle. the two adults were also trapped was extricated. the pio from the fire departmens tweetingrt time ago there are no wds to describe this crh except to say it is a tragedy. again, the cause is still unknown aswell. i want to bring you back to live pictures here on indian head highway, just to give you a perspective of exact where we are located. this is route 210n oxon hill drive. unfortunately, tragically three children have been killed, two adults taken to a local trauma center. o the exact cau this crash unknown. the ages of those unknown. of course, when we learn more, we'll certainly bring it to you. erik >> nicole jacobs live in oxon hill.

nicole, thank you. more details on this awful tragedy. indian head highway, as you know is one of the most dangetcus sts of roadways in our region, and we've given you these statistics before.he according to maryland state highway administration, more inn 60 people have died crashes over the last 11 years. to address the issue, transportation leaders installed a speed camera back in october, and they also started enforcing speeding fines. stay with news4 and our nbc a washingt for the latest developments on this deadly crash. news4 today will bring you the latest information starting at 4:00 a.m., and we'll get a live update from nicole a little later in thibroadcast. stay with us for that. meanwhile, also breaking in oxon hill toni a man found shot to death outside a home. officers found the mando gunned here on mystic avenue. it's unclear if heid lived ie that home. we're told he died at the scene. right now offics are combing through evidence, trying to figure out why someone opened fire. so far no arrests have been

made. we go on with more with more breaking news this evening, this time inin aon county, a man has been shot and police say his injuries are life-threatening. he was found near arlington ridge road just after 7:00 tonight. lice working to find witnesses, figure out who is behind this shooting. all right.g switchears now. the government shutdown is nearing day ten, and appears it won't reopen any timesoop. we're not seeing lawmakers meeting. instead, we're seeg a lot of finger-pointing, but there is some signs of progress. senator lindsey graham left to lunch with the president today, saying he is willing to strike a deal. the senate's top republican and a senior democrat sayee talks to get serious. >> thi is unacceptable. >> if we blame each other, this could last a long, long time. >> the smithsonian says if the government isn't reopened, it fll beced to close its museums and the zoo by

wednesday. zoo officials say keepers will still show up to make sure the animals are cared for. an exit interview that m not fit well with president trump. outgoing chief of staff john kelly c htradicting soon to be ex-boss about building a southern borr wall. jeff bennett with what kelly did and did not do for the president over the past 17 months. >> reporter: tonight john kelly talking candidly about histeocky re as white house chief of staff. in an interview with "the los angeles times," general kelly says president trump's long promised southern border wall is not what he portrayed. to be honest, it's not a wall. general kelly admits, and he blames former jeff sessions for the policy separating undocumented immigrants f at the border.en kelly saying the move took him by surprise.it as just one of the many controversies he weathered during his 17 months in the white house, something he called

a bone-crushing hard >> the last thing i wanted to do was walk away from one of the grea honors of my life, being the secretaryho of meland security, but i did something wrong, and god punished me, guess. >> reporter: hired to instrl orde in a free-wheeling west k wing,ly was dogged by constant rumors of his firing. >> i'm n quitting today. i don't believe, and i just talked to the president, i don't think i'm being firedtoday. >> reporter: the retired marine general says while mr. trump often pressed the boundaries of his legal authority, the president never ordered him to do anything illegal. and kelly argues his legacy is best measured by what the president did not do, such as pulling u.s. forces out o south korea or withdrawing from nato. the white house dmen't cnt on the interview, and when asked why he stayed on the job, kelly told the paper military people don't walk away. >> that was nbc's jeff bennett reporting. key's last day is this

wednesday. he'll be replaced by office of management a budgets director mick mulvaney will w.h.o. will serve as acting chief of staff. >>ew tonight, fairfax county police say they are focusing on whether a tn was in the crosswalk when a car hit and hild him in reston.-y the r-old was trying to cross south lakes drive towards castle rock square last night. this is a makeshift memorial for the victim whose first name we learned is daniel. the sedan hit the teen and kept going. a driver has not been found. investigators are not about the color of the car, buthey sa the vehicle would have heavy ont end damage. now your storm team 4 forecast. >> well, the good ne is that we have enjoyed dry weather both saturday and t aay we go into tomorrow and close out 2018, it looks like we're go run out of some good luck if you dry new year's eve. and the reason for that, a storm system is slowly but surely making i way from the

mississippi valley. it will move up our area into tomorrow and clouds thicken overnight tonight. for new year's, it does look like it will be soggy throughout the period. what should you wear? bring the umbredaa new year's it will be warmer. the complete forecast and the start of 2019 in just aew moments. >> all right, clay. thank you. it's probably a god thing the redskins season has come t an end, because there much more to say about the teen's downward spiral. joins uave johns from the newsroom in search of. more to sayft today's do we even have to remind everybody 24-0 loss the eagles. ll, at least you put international flavor on that surrounded by green, redskins fans at fedexfield must have en seeing red. eagles fans in green jerseys made theirresence felt while their team, the defending super bowl champions fighting for at play-off s dominated on the field. the undermanned redskins were

overwhelmed by the eagles it was a fade to black on a season that once sned so ly bright. could this be the last time we see adrian peterson in the burgundy and gold? he is a free ant after this year. in for nick foles who left with a chest injury. fourth quarter, a short p s to nelson agholor, and 22 yds for a touchdown. first career touchdown for udfeld, but gives it to an eagles fan. the boy was nice and gave sudfeld the ball back. they hold the redskins to 89 total yards. shut out the red, ins 24-0. yekeyed.ck >> just it's just tough f l meike in the end to basically feel like i let a l people down. >> we took hell today. we really did.

took it on the chin. you know, yeah, i think that sums up pretty much the year. >> look, the redskins held to 100 yards offense. the first time since 1961. we have more coming upn sports. we also look ahead in "redskins final," because i guess there im alwayshing to say. erika? >> well, you better hope so, sir. i think your paycheck depends on it. i got to come up with something. >> i'll see you late redskins fans had hoped for a win. instead, they got a whole bunch of uncertainty for the off-season. there were some empty seats about an hour before but fans eventually filed in, according to "the washington post." regular seasonttdance is down 24%, and game day revenue is down by $18 million. buttons reading "thank you fans" could be seen throughout the stadium today. >> i'm kind of indifferent. i'm still here to suppo team and have fun, but other than that it's kind of normal.

>> we need new ownerlyip, complete. complete overhaul. >> "the new yorkimes" is reporting dysfunction from a business standpoint as well as team dismissals, addition and trades. much more on news4. developing tonight, a horrifying situation in north carolina. zoo officials tell us what led up to an escaped lion killing a dedid intern who loved animals. and breaking news. three children killed in a crash on one of the most dangerous highways in our region. coming e live pictures from the scene in oxon hill. we've got another live report we've got another live report coming up straight ahead.

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we go back to that breaking news in oxon hill, whe children are dead after a crash. this happened on indian head highway and wilson bridge drive. news4's nicole jacobs live once again from the scene with an update for us. nicole? >> reporter: erika, just tragedy here on oxon hill highway. of course we know how notoriously dangerous this stretch of road is, and we see th yet again night. you can take a look here behind me and see the extensive scene.e have not been able to get an update from police at this point, although we're told that could come or n it may come. they're still trying to gather as much information as they can well. you can see both sides of indian head highway s completelyt down as emergency crews continue to work the scene. if you're still taking a a look live pictures here, you can see

some of those vehicles involved just there in the distance. i c tell you the fire department confirming three children have died. two adults were transpotred to a ma center. we don't know the ages of those involved, and we don't know what caused this terrible crash, but based on social media updates from the fire department, those three children were trapped in the vehicle. the two adults were as well, but were extricated and then again taken to the trauma center, the pio for the fire department twting just a sho time ago, "there are no wordso describe this crash, except to say it is a trdedy." ou can see the remnants of those vehicles left behind here. you can see just how horrible it was. we'll continue to keep you updated here on the scene. as soon ase get more information. erika? >> it really is an awful scene. you can barely make out the vehicles there behind you. just a mangled mess of metal.

nicole jacobs live fors in oxon hill for us tonight, nicole, thank you. meanwhile, an escaped lion has killed an intern at a north carolina zoo. th 22-year-old recent college grad from indiana was cleaningt animal enclosure this afternoon. she had been on j the jobt ten days. the conservator's center said one of the lions somehowoc escad ad space in burlington. this is about an hour outside of raleigh. apparently the l entered the area where the intern was and it quickly killed her. >> i think it was instantaneous. i think -- if i remember right, yeah, as soon as he got out of the enclosure, he went straight toward her. >> the lion had to be p down. family members say alex was beautiful, intelligent, nd passionate,hey know that she died following her passion, carrying for animals, and that this was just a terrible

accident. after six people were hurt at bwi from a jet bridge failure, the airport says it's replacing several other tobridg. day crews inspected all of the airpt's bridges whi attach the airporterminal to t plane, and they determined that a defective metal bracket prompted last night's incident. at the time of the equipment failure, paramedics were responding to a sick passenger on board a flight. the six people, who had minor injuries,roere released f the hospital this morning. two big concerns for tomorrow night's ball drop in times square, weather and tcurity. it's probably goinbe raining at midnight for the first time in 24 years. so that's not going to be fun. and for the first time, new york city police will be using drones for new year's eve. police are pairing the drones with the more than one thousand surveillance cameras citywide, and the drones are going to help monitor the more than 100,000 people that will squeeze into

times square. which the drone, that's the first time we're going to be using it at a large scale event. the bottom line is this, people will be safe on monday, and they should feel safe too. it's going to be one of the most well policed, best protected events at one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> n york city police wil have more than 200 patrol cars and sand trucks blocking streets arou times square. now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and as we talk about the weather here in the washington capital region, we're starting out with 40 degreescurrently. winds from the southeast and calm winds. the key of course is southeasterly winds, because that will usher in not only the tein, but also warmer than average eratures. temperatures right now are seasonal. it's always warmer here in the district of columbia, 40 degrees. but cooler as you go out to the north and west, with tempelatures at or freezing. now with that, we're showing you the radar.sh no raiers to speak of. north and south or east or to

the west. but the storm system we'll show you in just a moment where that will be coming from. and here it isight now. take a look as the rain showers are coming in now from themiid issippi valley. they will be inching their way up across our region. so over the overnight, i should y into tomorrow,e will start to see those clouds and the rain showers moving with that. here we are for a future weather. we'llshow you the clo in place. here comes the first of several waves of rain showers that will move across the area noon to about 1:00 p.m. around 1:00. now will that rain every moment the day f tomorrow, but another round 11:00 right around dnight, and then another area of rain showers will sweep across the region as well. so we're going to keepn eyen the sky throughout the day and evening tomorrow as those rain showers move into the area. so for the next several days, unfortunately, the key is new year's eve monday when we do expect the m rain to be moving across the area. with that,s the new yeae forecast. a dry start tomorrow, but then noon, 4:00, 8:00 p.m.

periods of rain and temperatures will be rather constant in t low 50s. here is another look as you're going out. particularlyrye'reg to nail down for the evening hours. 7:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., and at midnight, the key with the raindrop, umbrellas, make sure you're safe when you go out tomorrow night. with rethat, here is the st, everyone. well already talked about the rain for tomorrow. itilill be new year's day. temperatures, that's right, in the low 60s. after that seasonal wednesday into thursday, high temperatures into the mid-40s. lows in the mid-30s. maybe a sprinkle on thursday. but otherwise, saturday and sunday, again, as we start 2019, high temperatures into the 40s to near 50. low temperatures, erica, in the >> all right. thank you, sir. coming up in sports, while the redskins season comes to a disappointing end, a former member of theur bgundy and gold helped lead h t

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this is the xfinity sports desk >>ll right. dave johnson back with us. we've given you ample time to come up with something witty. do youe something? or have the redskins rendered you speechless? >> rendered me speechless. back to you. >>no, buddy, you're on! you're on. >> the first time a sports t anchor wan give away his time. okay. >> you take it. i'm always gting thrown under a bus around this place. i can smell the fumes. oncemepon a and not in a land far, far away, but just a few weeks ago, week 11, the edskins were alone in first

plac but that was the week the redskins lost alex smith to a broken leg. two weeks later, his replacement colt mccoy went out with a broken leg. now it all seems broken. before the redskins can start fixing their future, the eagles with a gain in the season finale. legend joe gibbs one of my few red sox fans. but ely on, things ain't looking oka for the redskins,af r josh johnson interception, nick foles returns the favor. starting with dj swearing eragon, comes away with the pick, his second career interception. but the redskins, yes,his is a theme, could not turn it into. points later in the and a half, foles rolling out. is going to find alshon jeffery. touchdown pass frofoles. eagles a 10 lead. a little dance there. in the third, foles to nelson agholo and he goes across. he crossed the plane after the eagle