in the third week of this partial government shutdown democrats and republicans are not only not making progress, n they're sti even having the same conversation. >> the white house wants to secure the border a fulfill a campaign promise, democrats want to open the government nowtind nee later. >> the trump administration is trying to pick up the slack as it becomes clear the shutdown will last longer. it wants to bring back irs workers to process income tax returns. though it's not clear o how if those workers will be paid. it'i using national park fees to pay for trash clean up, something critics say may be illegal. torrow the president will deliver a national address on border security before going to the southern border on thursday. >> reporter: we're now tied for the second longest shutdown in

sign y, and there's no this will end any time soon. the partial government shutdown now stretching into week three r the bordeomise o wall apparently not even close. both sides only digging iner de president trump announcing he will address the nation tomorrow night on border security. >> i will tell you this, if we don'tind alution, it's going to go on for a long time. there's not going to be any bend right r:re. >> reporn fact, the white house says the president is traveling to the southern border himsel thishursday after threatening to go around congress and declare a national emergency reallocating military funds to bllld the an idea rejected by some democrat >> probabl the worst public policy idea i've heard in ten years. >> reporter: senate democrats threatening to block asl leion until there's a vote to reopen the government. >> don't shut down the

government, open it up >>quick. eporter: for the 17th day, it's federal employees who aret caught i middle. now facing the very real threat of missing their first paycheck this friday unless there's a deal by tomorrow. >> i think they'll make an adjust. >> reporter: emplo say it is not that easy. >> still -- the uncertainty, it's hard. >> reporter: hoping for a solution with none in sight. and something that's on a lot of people's minds tonight tax returns, wondering if theirs will be held, if it will go out ontime. the white house promising despite the shutdown and the fact that a nber of irs workers are not on the job, the tax returns will go out as planned. >> thank you for that. let's move to maryland where we heard from a lot o federal workers who are impacted by this. aimee cho has their stories.

aimee. >> reporter:do ne, this friday marks the first time federal workers will miss a paycheck since the shutdown started and while their paychecks have stopped, they say their bills have not. >> what am i going to do every day. >> reporter: these are the faces of federal workers unsure paych. he said hed ser for over 20 years but now it's tough to stay positive. >> you have to eat, live and pay >>ter: several others like bills. him sharing their stories today at a round table. >> a government shutdown is a slap in the face to e country, nd to hardworking federal employees. >> reporter: the shutdown started on december 22nd, the lastay of a pay period. workers did get their ccks then but won't be paid from december 23rd to january 5th,

this friday woulde the first time they don't get a paycheck. one option they have is to file for unemployment. she's t director of the d.c. department of human shrvices. said they've seen almost 2,000 unemployment claims. >> i'mad sned to see people coming in, but it feels great to know there is an army of people ready to help. >> reporter: hill is one of the people thatlans to file for unemployment but says he's rather work. >> this is the norm of the federal government. i feel that federal employees are being held hostage. >> reporter: and while federal workers are eligible for unployment, they d have to give the money back once the shutdown ends, butac conrs get to keep the money because they won't be getting any back pay. dorene. >> aimee cho reporting. a lot of difficults f a lot of people. we have a lot of angle to cover on the shutdown. from po oholes to lost revenue

from metro, airport security, and school lunches. we have team coverage all the way through. let's turn tthe weather now. the week off to a chilly start today, bit of a roller coaster we're heading into now. >>ots of them, big tperature swings, rain, maybe even snow on tap over the next few days. amelia draper is here with a forecastur >> some snow chances in the forecast for the weekend. until we hit saturday and suwe,ndat'rur e roller coaster, shower andindy conditions. scattered showers will be impacting the are tonight, mainly between tonight and 4:00 a.m., most of us dry for the evening hours. we're going to be mild tomorrow and then the bottom falls out wednesday int thursday as oeally cold air and windy conditions move ihe area with the cold air still here for saturday and sunday, i'm tracking the chance for sw

over theweekend. right now on storm team 4 radar, we're dry across the area. i'm tracking plentys of clo out there. as we move toward midnight, that's whennc rain c become more likely. high we fall to about 37. then we see our temperatures warm as we move toward midnight. and then the rain moves in. m're really mild tomorrow and cold aires back in on wednesday and thursday. i'll let you know how warm your tuesday and how cold it's going to feel when you factor in the winds if rest of the work week. now to n information about a deadly fire that police say appears to be a double murder. firefighters found a man and woman inside a home in southeast d.c. saturday morning and now investigators say they believe someone set the fire to cover up the crimes. ws4 pat collins talked to the

victims' h relatives and joins us now live from the scene. >> reporter: look at this crime scene tape. cops have had it sealed off for two days. you see, cops want to get bac into the house and look into the troubling murder. balloons and flowershe brought today by a mystery man. he brought flowers and some balloons to the scene today. he wouldn't reveal his name, but he shared the feelings in his heart. you see, h he said used to be in a relationship with regina . bowm regina bowman, the woman murdered here on ely place. that girl don't bother nobody. she was a sweet lady. >> reporter: for her to die this way? >> it was petty, man. it was petty. it was wrong they did that to her, whoever did it.

thor good gonna take care of that. >> reporter: also killed in this house, 60-year-old joseph burgess, a retired civilian employee with the d.c police department. today i talked by phone to his brother, >>lawrence. e never hurt anybody, never did anything illegal, no record. nothing like that. >> joe burgess, regina bowman, beaten andd cho to death, found in separate rooms of this house. thisnouse set fire to cover up the crime. now, on the same block, at abo the same time, another set fire at a house nearby.ve igators are calling it suspicious. they say the's a lot of police work still to be >> a lot of that case is going to require some pretty significant forensic work. so thatay take us a bit.

but we have made some pretty good progress. >> reporter: this is juary the th. so far we've had seven murders in our city. this is not the way you want to start e new year. dorene, back to you. >> no, it's not, pat. and it was a deadly weekend in d.c. police aga invesng a total of five homicides and we just learned the name of one of the victims. police say 28-year-old jane stuart of capital heights died the hospital. no arrest in the case yet. police also investigating a rage t incident of roa this morning. just after 1:00 a.m. someone shot at a car driving on i-295. a woman in the pasnger seat s hurt but the driver was able to take her to the hospital.

police can only say they're looking for a man in a dark blue four door sedan. fairfaxic county p are trying to find a man who groped a young girl and then tried to after her sister in an nondale. dorothy spencer has been coveringhis story forus. >> reporter: this disturbing crime happened in this apartment complex over the weekend. what we learned today, these two little girls a sisters. they were walng to take out the trash. their ms s she regrets ever letting them leave the house alone. poce say they were taking out the trash when a stranger stddenly walked up to the 11 and 13-year-old sis. he grabbed and inappropriatelyd touche younger girl and tried to assault the older one. in an exclusive interview with our spanish language news

partner, the girls' mother and step father said the man wanted to take the girls. they had never seen him before. it happened a atut 6:30 on charles thompson lane. detectives say the m was scared off by the older sister. >> the fighting and the noima from both girls kind of scared and alarmed him and made him runaway. >> reporter: police searched the area but so far no sign of the attacker. >> the community can expect, if everything goes to plan, a sketch to be released and t major crimes burro to do a search of the area to see if anogne can recze the suspect for us. >> reporter: detectives say the girls did everything right to stop the attack fro gng further. what those girls were able to do, they screamed, they yelled, and again that scared off the guy. so fortunately it did not g any worse than what it was. fairfax county police are hoping be able to get the composite

sketch and canvas the neighborhood sometime tomorrow. we're told the girls were able to go to school today. that is good news. but they are still very shaken up. back to you. >> that's understandable. >> if they release the sketch we' we'll, of course, share it with you. pothole complaints are on the rise on roads that are supposed to be maintained and monitored by federal workss. adam ts up next. for the first time since her appointment justice ruth gader ginsrg was not at the supreme court. the search for vicms of a shopping mall voyeur is

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the holidays are over and as we head into the third week of this government shutdown you may be noticing more empty seats on met metro trains. a lot of workers are staying home and that's led to fears of metro's bottom lihe. on roads there's concern potholes may not be getting filled. adam tuss is live tonight with a closer look at all this adam. >> reporter: the longe this goes on, the more metro has to worry about the revenue it is losing. and the longer this has to go on we all have to wry about the road maintenance that may not be getting do. empty trains, and bumpy roads. a bit of a metaphor for this shutdown's effect on transportation. >> i don't know. it seems like nobody is here.

reporter: take a look. middle of the day on metro, usually you'd have a lot more people on these. trains this rail car is empty, the next one is empty, the one after that is empty. definitely slow going on the rails. they need a few more days to measure the effect but for example, when the 16 day shutdown happe13d in 20 they lost about $5.7 million. in the meantime government workers could be losing money. lydia's daughters furloughed. she works nor theional history museum and is no longer e'on the train because staying home. >> she wouldn't mind a vacation so much but not knowi one day to the other doesn't make her happy. > reporter: on the roads, concerns that patches aren't made in me. look at this pothole along the gw parkway.

some have been complaining about it for days. the park service tells us they are stillin m emergency repairs for potholes. when it comes t some of those road fixes you are still being encouraged to report them, but unless they are deemed an emergency, i may take a while for them to get fixed. back to yo >> thanks, adam. new details about the teenager accused in the drunk driving death of a woman. 19-year-old zachary frye confessed to police he was drinking at a friend's house that morning. he's accused of hitting lauren mcdarby while she was watchinge alongs the road. frye appeared in court today for the first time his defen torney spoke briefly after that hearing. >> the situation is one that's a very sad, unfortunate one a our prayers are with the family. thank you.

>> fr now being held without bond. lauren mcdarby had just retired from blue ridge middle school tc ol l for 14 years. justice ruth bader ginsburg has been on the sreme court since 1993. today marks the first time she missed oral argument. >> reporter: in 25 years on the supreme court she has never missed day of oral arguments for health reasons p. doctors at a hospital in new york removed part of her lung on ich three cancerous spots were found, that was on december 21st. she was released on christmas day and she's been recuperating ever since.e' 85 years old and doctors said recup ration from this kind of surgery usually takes four to six weeks. i suppose we should not be surprised she wasn't here. she will continue to participate

in the cases that are argued. there are five coming up this week. she'll do that by reading the legal brie and transcripts of the oral arguments. no word yet on whe she'll be back. >> pete williams reporting. d.c. public school said it's following through with changes prevent hundredsover middle schoolers fall short on science classes. this came after at report t they were not providing science lessons to kids. >> our investigation found four middle schools in which d.c. public schools were not providing the required amount of science instruction, an average of 45 minutes a day. itncludes elliott hine brookland kelly miller and car doe a. a memo listed several reasons why, budget short falls and

difficulty hiring sciencers teac they're telling the i team they're looking to make up for e short falls with a series of science only days. one parent told news4 s satisfied with the proposed fix. >> i think it's actually good. i think it allows for an intense look at a particular topic. >> reporter: the science only days begin this month at elliott hine middle. we keep you posted on the changes at the other schools. now an update to another news4 i-team investigation, thousands of maryland commuters who ride the m.a.r.c. train will have to wait a little longer for a safety system that was supposed to be finished by8.he end of 2 the i-team learned that m.a.r.c. train is one of 33 hoping to

extend the deadline for positive train technology. m.a.r.c. says the safety system is up and running on the camden and burns wick line but the popular penn line from myland to d.c. is still undergoing testing to make sure it works with amtrak's technology. amtrak told news4 the system should be operational by this spring. virginia governor ralph northam wants to make itr eas to vote. he's proposing a t billt will allow absentee voting for any reason. ut> lawmakers in virginia and maryland are abo to get to work, the genal assembly o sessions beg wednesday. coming up at 6:30, one school dtrict considers offering free lunches to families affected by the

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just talking aboutre how the weather was yesterday, and then this morning, what happened? >> bottomell out. >> our high yesterday, 57 degrees. today we had a high around only abou 40. tomorrow we're talking about high temperatures again near 60 >> go figure. >> i know, right. talking about roller curster temper that's what i mean. we're going to be mild tomorrow, wednesday is going to be a transition day to cold air, and then it is blustery and downride

co out there thursday and friday. 38 in washington, 36 infr erick, 40 in annapolis. cloudy and mainly dry 24 hour temperature change. this time last night we wet ab 10 degrees warmer across the area. now overnight tonight we'll have ne steady temperatures with clouds in place acting as a blankee and then s scattered showers moving through the area about miight and 4:00 a.m. here's future weather at midnight. still keeping us mainly dry. check out 1:00 a.m. in the morning we see scattered showers tharughout the . and that's why we're so mild out there tomorrow. but c plenty ofuds throughout the day. despite theud c yr tuesday of 60 degrees. we'r d drying the day but during the evening and overnight hours tomorrow showers are in the forecast. at's whywe're colder wednesday into the upcoming weekend.

re's your four day forecast. i'll have youren day forecast plus more on the chance for snow this weekend coming up at 6:50. tomorrow a highround 60 degrees. wednesday with windy conditions it'll feel like temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. we see more sunshine on wednesda mostly sunny skies in the forecast on thursday and friday, but highemperatures only in the upper 30s. about five degrees now bel normal. with the winds we'll have wind chills on thursday and f in the teens and 20s. and then potwtially some s over the weekend. >> here we go. >> bring on the sunshine. >> thank you. federal workers worried about paychecks, mortgage payments and other bil. coming up at 6:30, that's nmt the only bill g. ov

>>h shutdown, doest make sense to offe free school lunches in ? i'm tracee wilkins coming uppr news4, something the school board is considering. also ahead, new scrutiny for clergy accused of sexual abuse. protecting you and yourm family fe flu. which really works better, the vaccine or the

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bigger and better border wall. he's planning a national address omorrow night and a trip to the border onthursday. he says it's a crisis situation. >> democrats want government reopened now so they can negotiateeral border weeks and they're submitting bills to do that piece by piece but the bills are going nowhere at the moment. the president's plan to visit the border thursday could mean a kepaycheck for w is off the table. >> many of the workers live in prince george's county tonight there's a push for schools to ease the burden for those families. >>racee wilkins has that story. >> i think that this county, being such a strong i arm this region can lend a helping hand. >> reporter: school board members want the school board to offer free meals to student until the end of a government shutdown. as son of two former federal employees he knows how hard shutdowns were.

>> when we were living through those shutdowns budts wer tight. >> for me it doesn't start with free lunch for studts. it starts with government being responsible to its citizenry ani ma sure that children are not harmed because of politics. >> reporter: the school board chair and vice chair say the problem is biggere and m expensive than the school board can handle alone. but the board will consider the proposal. >> we're going to do our best.or we'll with our board members, our ceo to try to idurtify the n of the impact on our babies and we will present that quickly to the community, to our leadership and work with them to make sure that our children have adequate food that they need and families are supported. >> it would cost millions. we'll g a full analysis on thursday to look at the options. but this is not a bill the school system would have to foot by itse p. >> reporteents we spoke to, support the extra help. >> regardless of where you a politically, the kids don't

deserve to suffer. i guess we have to find the money somewhere, but it's well spent to take care of the kids. >> reporr: charles county decided to offer $50 to their students u until month after the shutdown ends. here at prince george's county they'll consider their own this thursday. four major d.c. area courthouses are expected to scale bac operations a week from friday because of the government shutdown.es the united stourt system says its u.s. district courts here have only enough funding to remainully operational through january 18th. that includes the courthouses in d.c., green belt, alexandria a baltimore. because of the shutdown, they've been ung court fees to pay the bills but next friday staffing levels have to drop further. key prosecutorial staff is already on furlough.

some virnia lawmakers are hoping to close a loophole that allows clergy to remain quiet about child abuse and neglect. we spoke with some young women who saw the o consequences silence firsthand. reporter: august of 201 sexual abuse allegations hit the news. the son's pastor was charged and eventually convicted of indecent liberty for an impropon errelaip with an underage girl.bu when some church members asked questions, a troubling discovary. when allegations were first reported, the church conducted their ownga inveson for a month. >> through my convertion, i realized, unfortunately there is no mandate for clergy to report. >> frazier, a teacher is among

those virginia law considers mandatory reporters. she must report suspected child abuse or neglect. she and hudson say giving clergy a pass creates a dangerous situation f victims. >> if they bring it forward they're rebullied, harassed ortioned. we're seeing it time and time again. >> reporter: the two joined b forces aan to look for a fix. a way to close the loophole to make cler gy members mandated reporters. >> she had already left the church, i left the church, so we came back together and started to dig deep into this. that when we went down to richmond. >> they found lawmakers in both house and senate to bring forward bills. >> the scandals that have been capturing national headlines caught atttion and people give a thought of what should happen. >> the bill has one exception

for disclosures during confession back at the life first he said when his son was accused they didn't go to police right away because they were aware of only a texting allegation. we're watching the vatican for news on the fate of archbishop theodore mccarrick. church leaders are investigating claims of sexual abuse. the investigation will lead to a trial. the wall street journal is reporting therial could happen this week. ba in july after some allegations came to light. mccarrick became the first catholic leader to lose his bishopship. if he's found guilty at ldtrial he ce removed from the priesthood altogether. the fairfaxounty parkway,

the five mile stretch from lee highway to ox road will grow to six lanes. pope's head road will have interchanges and trails in the area will be improved. a presentation is it taking hours or the next couple at robinson secondary school. construction is expected to begin later this year. it was heavily criticized for a bizarre you tube video responding to sexual assault allegations while in character as frank underwind. today kpacey answered one of those allegations in court. we'relocussing on the r world impact of the partial federal government shutdown.or tsars talking about sickouts and the impact of ing without pay. tomorrow is the warmest day of the work week with the high temperature around. after that we're in the 4 on wednesday. and in the 30s, thursday, friday and saturday. us the chance for snow on

saturday. i'll have more on the timing and

flu season is here. d when it comings to vaccinating yourself and your children against the flu, there are two options. the nasal spray or the traditional flu shot. new research from the centers for disease control and prevention confirm that the nasal spray was only about 20% effective against two strains of the virus in recent flu seasons. compared to the flu shot, which was 67% effective in childreng duhe same period. if you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, it's not too late. the season usually peaks in late january or february, so we can expect to see more cases. 19 ates, including virginia, all highlig here, are already reporting widespread flu activity. there are minimal cases so far in maryland andow flu activity

in the district. although it's not 100% effective. the shot can help decreas your symptoms if you get the flu and shorten the duration of the illness. there will belu shots available at the news4 telndundo health fitness expo this weekend at the washington convention center. best of all, it's free for you and your family. a quiet and subdued kevin spacey entered a nantucket, massachusetts courtroom this a morning forn arraignment hearing. his lawyers entered a not guilty plea on his behalf and thect aor didn't speak to reporters. he's accused of groping an 18-year-old busboy back in 26. that teen's mother went public 2017.the accusations in >> july of016, actor kevin spacey sexually assaued my son. >> during the hearing defense

lawyers questdened the ence against spacey. th judge also granted a defense request to preserve the young man's cell phone data. another hearing is set for march 4th. new tonight, detectives looking for more information about aase of dressing room hiddencameras. they're expanding their search for victims at a local shopping mall before christmas. amelia draper is using the s word. our ten day

on day 17 of the partial government shutdown white house officials insist tax refunds will go out. bu critics say that may not be legal since the treasury department is one of the fu

ed agencies. the stalemate continues to center on president trump's $5 billion in funding for abo er wall. he plans to plead his case in an address from the oval office tomorrow night and po ns to travele nation's southern border on thursday. federal workers will start feeling the shutdown pai this week as they won't get paid friday if cgress andresident trump can't strike a deal. senator chris h van hollend a round table talking to federal workers and many say they feel likens in this political battle. > on the roads concerns that repairs aren't being made because of the shutdown.s driver have been complaining about this potle for days. it still hasn't been fixed but the park service said they are stillcy making emerg repairs. if theength of this utdown stretches out the bill is coming in for federal workers for those who have no idea when

they'll see the next paycheck. kiwe're t about the 800,000 jobs across the country afnmcted by the govt shutdown. these are federal jobs. these employees have either been furloughed or are working without a paycheck and the expectation they will be paidhe onceovernment reopens, whenever that is, but the workers are saying they cannot afford to go without a paycheck or two. aransportation security officer, screeners, their paycheck is expected on friday, but if the government remainsy closed ton't get a paycheck. >> we are a paycheck-to-paycheck family. we have mortgage, car payments, credit card, utilities, and child car. with half of our income gone, it's very concerning. there is going to have to be a time wherehi we have difficult conversation about what do we do now? we need to ha an income, provide for our families. we love what we do, but we have to get paid for it. >> this is t starting have a

profound impact across the weuntry. l hear from people affected oming up on nbc "nightly news." >> more tom costello's reporting just ahead on nbc "nightly news." dectives working voyeur case in fairfax county say they've been so busy fielding calls from potential viims, they're providing new ways to contact them. you can e-mail and text them if you have erns. theorr alec saxandria bartender ised acc of videotaping women in dressing oms. go to our nbc washington appar d fair oaks for details. a a quick reminder about special election for tomorrow about filli a state senate

seat in virginia's 33rd district. current delegate jennifer boysko is on the ballot, she is a progress i've and joe may is aa republ moderate. now the winner will replace jennif jennifer wexton who is representing virginia's tth district in congress she won in the midterm elections. sounds like good weather for the special election tomorrow. >> hi temperatures near 60 degrees, dry during the day. not soerad out >> picked the best day of the week. >> yes. then the bottom falls out. windy out there wednesday, thursday, friday as colder air moves into the area. that cold air is still in by the weekend when a storm system moves in. what that means, cold enough for snow. here's stormeam 4 radar where we're dry across the area. looking back, the radar picking

up some sprinkle oright freezing rain, but i'm not seeing at this point any concernsinor fre rain in our area overnight. temperatures not cold enoughilut therebe scattered showers moving through overnight tonight. mainly through midnight and 4:00 a.m. as we look to tomorrow, it's dry during the day, but moret showes here at night. now toni front, that's why we're warmer. tomorrow's rain with a whyr air moves in wednesday. we do stay dry wednesday, thursday and friday out there. startingff tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. we're at 43 degrees, not that bad out there. 43 is our average high for this time of year. around lunchtime we're at 53 despite plenty of clouds. 60 degrees at 4:00 p.m. by 7:00 p.m. temperatures still comfortable for january, 57. but some scattered showersly liimpacting the area.

for the most part the weather hang a low impact on the school day tomorrow, at the bus stop it's dry and cool, definitely outdoors. after school it's going to be mild for january. coat.dnesday they want the on thursday, friday,at the puff scarf, hat and gloves. as we track temperatures into th teens and 20s. over the weekend, cold both days in the upper 30s. we start out dry surday but snow is possible saturday afternoon into early sunday morning. ere are snow chances in the forecast. but right now this is looking like a low impact event. if i had to put a number of it right now, i would say a dusting to 2 inches. but it's only monday and we have a ways to get to orsunday. theast changing, even if we're just refining the time and cong out with our snow fall map on thursday. rightow thereill definitely

be school on monday. here's your ten day forecast. look at the numbers, tomorrow. the warmest on the ten day there. we're at 45 on wednesday. when you factor in windy conditions wednesday, we'll have wind chill temperatures in the 30s during the first half of the day and 20s forte your oon. thursday and friday we only feel like we're in the 20s during the afternoon hours as s well track blustery conditions out there. and next week, right now it's looking mainly dry and seasonal with temperatures generally in the low 40s. amia, thank yo coming up, low oneocal star is now a step closer to fulfilling his dream. sher is up next with sports. who are's lester holt with a look ahead at " nghtly news." >> more and more americans feeling the pinch of the government shutdown, not just government employee. plus kevin spacey makes a came in court what we learned

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this is the xfinity sports desk. e> we about to see a local boyme making out big ere? >> ohio state fans and local fans hope to see that. f it is theal night of college football. and this time of year ishen the eligible players decide if they're going tleave school and try their hand in the nfl. dwayne haskins is one of those players and he has ties to our area. he put o this statement on twitter today. they say that dreams come true and when they do that there's a beautiful thing,caet and gray forever. he became the sixthck quarterba to throw0 5touchdown passes in just a single season. one of the rher, f redskins qb colt brennan.

and before ohio state haskins was a stand out in bollos high school. he's believed t to be a t prospect. red skin kns, they p 15th. there is one game left this season, the third inallment of alabama versuslemson for the national championship. the tide won the two run ins with the tige. santa clara, california is the sight for tonight's gamefo the three men driving the clemson equipment truck it was 2,700 miles, a totalf 43 straight hours on the road. the last game for alabama offensivee coordinator m locksley. he's the new head coach at university of maryland. game time tonight, though, 8:00 p.m. for the firste ever the college football hall of fame inducting something that's not a

player or coach. it's the good year blimp. the blimp entering the hall as an honorary member for revolutionizing the way fans experience sporting events on the ground below it. the good year blimp made its debut at the 1955 rose bowl, covering more than 2,000 college football games sin then. one of the newest members of the class landon smekter, a stand out at john carl colleg the rainly stanley cup champion capitals sit atop the division. the first half of the season in okthe bos. the caps snapping a three game losing skid against t red wings in troit yesterday. the capitals in a familia spot, 41 games in 2018, the caps won 25 games. through 41 this season they've

won 25 games. they led the metro b division two points, and we know how last seasonfinished. if they want to live up to the back-to-back declaration consistency is key. >> we found how we want to play and have to play. it's a matte of keeping that level up there.ar it'sd to do consistently for a full2 game season. we'll keep working t a it, gearing up and adding things to r game so come playoff time we're rolling on all cylinders. >> we know playing good hoctoy, we have ake sure we're doing that every night. the second half of the year is huge, it's crunchtime. when the hockey gets important. you need to make sure you're doing the rht things. >> can't wait to get to a game. if you want to get to a gamen audi field in year two, listen up, d.c. unite released their schedule today. the home opener on march 3rd

against atlanta united. the back and red team that knocked them out of the playoffs. the columbus crew, may 4th.ax the l.a. g comes in august 11th. and on the regular season finale against the league's newest team,sc cincinnati. finally, one local sports team acknowledging the affect of the government shutdown to. its fa the nats' season ticket holders can reach o to the team and they'll have monthly ticket payments, verify that they will get -- you know, they can alter the payment. so they can also do that. also, the capital city go go they will have two free tickets for the next two gamf you're a federal employee. >> is that yourms alabama c tide? >> no. this is more of pink e.

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