medical school yearbook showing two men, one in black face, the other in a kkk hood. >> that photograph first surfaced this afternoon on big league politics just a couple hours ago. nbc has confirm it is from the yearbook. have not confirmed who's in the photo. >> still rtonight, noponse at all from the governor. we have team coverage this hour. starting with erika gonzalez and the latest on this story from our news room. eri erika? >> the virginia gop says governor northa must resign if he appeared in the photo. and the virginia medical school irming that is from their yearbook. we do not know w is in the photo in question. news4 and nbc news have bot reached out to the governor for comment and we are waiting to

hear back. as you can see the yearbook page itlabeled ralph northam, and has photoshat appear to be him wearing a jacket and tie on the far left side of thesc en. state republicans want him to step down. if he does, democrat lieutenant gof justin fairfax would step into the seat. mr. fairfa is african american, we have noteard from him. we reached out to mark warner and tim kaine. warnernt said he would not com at this time. we are waiting to hear back from tim kaine. developing story back t you. we are still working the story and nbc news political director chuck todd joins us at w15 on the set. we'll ask him tgh in as well. va you inlaney been wo've be phones in richmond, what do we

know about where the governor is d what he's saying. >> i have not heard back from anyone. they are going o voicemail. then i reached out to sources close with the governor. they tell me as ofnow, the governor is in a huddle mode. they're trying to work out how to respond with this photo having come forward. the issue here is he has not said whether or not that's him in that picture. we know how he's carefully how to respond. that says something aut the level of ser vverity they're looking at this. and the lieutenant governor, if the governor resigns, would take that position. i know lieutenant governor fairfax was heade to northern virginia, session has wrapped up for the week, they usually go adhome. he has a u-turn on 95 and is headed back to richmond. no comment from kaine and waer. the democratic leadership is taking this carefully.

they don't wt to say anything until governor northam says his remarks. they are a beyond, politics is concerd, friends. governor northam has a reputation as a decent man. he's seen a somebody who has served his life not only in politics but before that, as a doctor. this has been a tough weha. yo to put it in context because we know what happegod a few dayshen it came to the issue of abortion cominge forwd and vernor saying things were taken out of context. prat dealt with a whole response that was still continuing today until the latest. >>mm noiate response, which is what a lot of people are wondering about. every minute that goes by, this is t hanging outre and people are wondering the worst. >> that's right. they know ethat. of the questions that's come up, i've talked to a l of

people who are close friends with the governor, is how did this not comp during the campaign? >> he's been threcgh several ons. >> exactly. you had people running against him, did tir teaot find it, how did it not come up if it is, in fact, him? these are queioning surfacing amongst folks close with the governor and those on the other side ofth gs. the republican party is not calling for the resignation yet they want an explanation. i think a lot of people would position themselves inhat same place. >> we appreciate your perspective and hearing from your sources. we'll continue to share the latest details we get on this story throughout this hour. we'll be talking with chuck todd in a little bit. >> we'll keep working the phones. >> the snow is out of here but the roads could be tricky against tonight. >>ith ice left underneath the snow that fell. doug and ame iathe weather

center. what can you tell us now? >> i can tell you there is he. we are about to the end of the tunnel here. when we get out of it, the sun is going to comout, the snow is going to melt ovehe next couple days. >> we're going to see temperatures tonight in the 2teens and lows. a lot of rock salt has been put on the road. temperatures aroun 20 or below, that's when the salt starts to lose effectiveness. >> a lot of areas are around 18, 19 degrees, especially in the ow, s that saw the most hagerstown, parts of the panhandle of west virginia, winchester. ill some snow around the area but most of us getting out of it, some flurry activity back towards frederick and towards the baltimore area. but for the most part we arne ith the snow for now. here it was, the clipper that ca through the area, moving through fairly quickly but it snowed most of the day today. some locations picking up more than 2 inches here.

we went 1 to 2 inches in this area. f 3 derick. wheaton, maryland coming close to 2, and.c. 1.1. a lot of snow close to the areaf an imp event in our area. we'll have more on what the weekend holds and when we could see more maps like this next week. >> let's get m thisted first. >> i agree. a fairfax county kidnapper who tortured a girl and triggered a nationwide man hunt is soon to be a free man and he'll be allowed to live just minutes from h victim's family. >> sounds unbelievable. scott macfarlaneeports the victim herself calls it an injustice. scott. >> she does. scott tyree from hernden kidnapped and abused a 13-year-old girl and shared ages of itonline. 16 years later the feds are

releasing him from priso and it's where he's headed next that trages his victim. scott tyree will be a free man in april. but he does not appear to be returning here to his old neighborhood in hernden. instead transferredo a halfway house in pittsburgh a few miles from where h abducted 13-year-old alicia kozakiewicz. 4 miles from whereer family still lives. >> this is unreal. this is something that should not ever have happened. >> reporter: she sai the feds never notified her. she didn't learn he is staying near her parents now until we told her. >> i'm scare to return home. that my home has been hijacked. >> reporter: this is the neighborhood in which scott tyree held alicia hostage. he not only abused her but he broadcas that abuse online. it was somebody watching that online feed, out of state, who recognized her picture from the

fbi's missing posters. and called police to come here and rescue her. >> reporter: in the years since he's become a safety advocate. lobbying to prove laws. >> working on getting it passed everywhere. >> reporter: the bureau of prisons refused to say why they placed him in a halfway house so close to her family, and when asked why he only 16 years. they said inmate release dates include projected time for good conduct and prior credit time received for iarceration prior to a sentencing date. but for alicia who spent 16 years fighting for laws to make kids feel safer, life now feels much less safe. >>he system can victimize you. you can be putight back. and the world feels different now. >> reporter: he spent the last 16de years in a l prison in

north carolina. news4 learned he was transherred to halfway house in pittsburgh a month ago. his full release expected in april.>> his one is hard to understand. thank you, scott. it's been nearly four years but tonig there's closure in the high pro file d.c. mansions murder case. a judgeanding down a life sentence today to the man convicted of killing fouran peoe setting their home on fire to cover up the crime. megan fitzgerald reports on an i emotional d court. >> for the last time friends and family of the victims walked out of the courthouse still grieving an unimaginableloss. but today they received some peace. >> we can't bring them ck. that's hat's what - what would make them whole.fu hopelly this gives them a small measure of orosure. >> rr: the savopoulos family didn't want to speak after court today but behind the lead prosecutor moments after a judge sentenced

jit to fo daron wint to four consecutive life sentences. it's been a long and painful journey for the family but end.lly it's come to an more than three and a half years ago he held hostage,tu tord and murdered, savvas savopoulos, amy savopoulos, their son phillip and housekeeper, veraliciz figueroa before thejudge's ruling, their daughter, abigail with her fiance by her side spoke for the first time about her unimaginable grief.to she before the court and said, quote, on july 24th, the man of my dreams proposed to me. at that moment, i realized my parents wouldn't be there. my family will never meet my fiance. her words didn' seem to phase daron wint who satti eless throughout the morning. even when a l bter written abigail's younger sister was read in court, quote, thinking about my brother being e sernlly

10 hurts like hell. in the daysfter the murder we my sister we planned a funeral in twoweeks. we toured funeral homes instead of colles. we looked at caskets prom dresses. most people never got a changs to meet amy and sa va, but the prosecutor saysgt their str and kindness live on in their s. daught we are staying on top of breaking news involving virginia's governor we have confirmed this is the yearbook page that appears in bovernor ralph northam's 1984 medical school ye. we're still trying to get a response from the governor tonight and confirmation -- a man in black face and a kkk hood in that far right picture. virginia repubcans are demanding the governor resign. chuck todd joins us live with

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anothintense week in politics. we're tracking the government funding talks and another democrat in the 2020 presidential race. but -- >> we ar also following that breaking news this evening about virginia g ernor ralph northam and an inflammatory yearbook photograph that shows two men in a picture. one in black face. the other in a ku klux klan hood. we have not confirmed the photograph but the governor has yet to respond. >> which is raising a kind of questions, the lack of response. chuck todd, the moderator of

"meet the press." you just sharedhe with usews there's another yearbook photo out there. >> there has been somethinglse on twitter and nbc news obtained a yearbook page from his days at vni, where there is a rationally charged nickname that he had undernth the photo. at this point i would want to check with standards before i know whether we should say that but it's a rationally charged nickname he had. the only way he survives this is if it's not him in these pictures and some explanation how it happened. >> if it's not him, he would have said so by now, >> probably would have said so. in this environment, in this state, just in fairfax, the sitting lieutenant governorwa ed out of a commemorative ceremony on robert e. lee. >> first day of black history month. >> the leaders of the party in virginia are going to struggle to find a way to stand behind

him if these photos are what they appear to be. >> weot just a statement from governor ralph northam which readsn part, i am deeply sorry for the decision i made to appear a i d in this photo. nd for the hurt that it caused then and now. that coming from the governor, an apology, deeply sorry he says. this is something certainly not going to go away. that doesn't sound like it's enough, what do you think? >> i don't think it's going to be enough. again, this 1984, this is medical school. to play the youthful indiscretion or something like that, i think it's going to be very hard to accept in these timeo again i back, 1984. it was well established that the ku klux klan was a terrorist organization, that black face was essentiallyy racia- a racial attack, if you will.

it's, again, look at the presidential race. l youk at the me too movement with al franken. i think the democrats want to hold a lot of people accountable -- a lot of people want tod more people accountable for treatment of minorities, wome i think there's a zero tolerance. there was an appointed secretary of state in the state of florida a couple days ago whenhad to re a black face photo surfaced. i think we're at a time where -- an apology, i don't know if they chose to stand by governor ralph northam,ldf it we enough to save him politically. the presidential candidates may in on this as well. >> if they haven't already. >> and they will have to. i think they'reoing to struggle at all to -- governor northam needs to find perhaps

some way of seeking forgiveness here. david culved something i think is important. he's well liked personally. does that help him get through this -- >> he'sdi a rician. >> it's hard to find anybody before today to say a negative word, i'm saying republican or democrat. so it is so un -- that's what makes this so shocking, because it's so opposite of who he seems to be. the person we've a met or covered. so i think there is a little bit of that shock that's hitting virginia democrats right now. but i'll tell you, just -- in the 21st century, i just don't know how he survives this politically. >> we know we'll be all over this throughout the evening. >> i image it's a story that pops up sunday. we hav a lot of other stuff, but this is something that may find its way. >> can we talk about the government funding issues, it seems they're not making any

progress. >> yes and no. they're not making progress but there's no way they're shutting down the government. the president talking about the national emergency id. >> we thought there's no way the thing would go for 35 days. >> fair enough. fair enough. but mitch mcconnell, he used to say there's no chance in getting education after the second kick, he amended this by calling this there's nothing to learn from the third kick of the mule.ey e not going to stand by this president and shutdown the government again. i think we are heading president to basically say, whatever, i'll sign whatever. i'm going my o thing. it feels like that's where we're headed. i think he kno senate republicans don't have the stomach and he can't risk publically dividing with the party that badly. >> let's talk about anothig topic in the news, that's the divide between the president and his intelligence community.

we want to put things up and lay it out this week. innongressional testimony tuesday, those intelligence officers contradicted the president o iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, on whether isis is whether russia is interfering with u.s.olitics, and whether north korea pes a nuclear threat. the next day the president tweeted they should go back to school. and the day after that he sd they're all on the same page. you got whiplash from this. >> you did. here's the larger question it raises for me. he has this meeting with thel in chiefs, he wanted to bring them in and lecture them whatever. he said, they didn't say that -- >> they were misquoted. >> misquoted. >> out ofnt t. >> that's not -- the concern i think that is raised by all of this is, is the president not getting briefed with straight lk? are they massaging briefse for resident in order to not

raise his ire? in order to notake him mad? i'm not saying they're misleading him but maybe they're ssaging it a little bit because it seemed under oath they said one thing, the president is implying they told him something else. so either the president is mischaractering what they said to him or maybe not getting honest briefings or briefings from his own chiefs. there have been rumors that a lot of people don't wante to m him mad, so avoid the tough stuff. are they doing th? "meet the press" on sunday morning. your guest list may be evolving. >> it could t evolve,t's for sure. but we'll do the intel stuff with john brennan. >> good luck. >> you might get late news here. >> a quick reminderhat chuck will be back here on sunday morning moderating "meet the 4.ss" on nbc of course we are staying on top of that breaking news. an apology from governor northam tonight about the photograp

that appears in his 1984 medical school yearbook quote i am deeply sorry to appear for the way i did in this photo. continuing, this behavior is not in keeping with who i am today and the values i have fought for throughout my career in the military and medicine and in publicservice. >> more to come on this breaking news at

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seemed like it was snowing wall all day, doug. >> it was. >> and it was. >> so that wasth little more the dusting, at least where

i was. >> we said ating to an inch. most areas fell around that point. we knewhi once came through it would stick on the roadways, we told you, we might have some school delays or closures tomorrow because of that. kind ofinteresting, though, what actually happened today. take a look. this is the snowfall in the last couple hours. really staiging to wain now. the clipper moving towards the east, nhing behind it. this is what happened across the area today. prince frederick about 1 inch. 1.9n wheaton, inches in frederick. and hagerstown. 1.3 in leesburg. this was yesterday, a coating on to an inch in d.c., towards baltimore. 1 to 2 to the north and 3 to 6 or more back to the west. this was good here. what we should have done is brought this down right into the d.c. area, 1 to 2 probably

should have been 1 to 3. we did see some areas around 2. so not too bad. but bring that down by about 30 miles and we would have hit it on the button. if i was perfect everyday, you wouldn't need me anymore. >> we need yo doug. >> you're our guy, doug. >> glad somebody does. 23 right now, winds out of the east 7 miles per hour. here's the current temperatures, this is significant. the reason why,yeah, it's cold, but below 20 degrees,ock salt does not work as efficiently as it doesme in the w temperatures. so 19 in gaithersburg, baltimore, and martinsburg. you'll see more in the way o ice in these regions. i don't expect temperatures to tonight but this is still going to be an issue. so what is wet will become ice in many areas. lots of slick spots through the

morning hours. and then a nice day tomorrow. look at the numbers, i was going to say no negatives today but thanks a lot buffalo, negative three. look at raleigh, 53 degrees.t nashville53. 60 in atlanta. now we get the push of warm air and gt'sng to be a lot warmer. tomorrow 45 degrees, sun and clouds, much warmer and lots of melting of that s out there. there.ly nice day out but super bowl sunday looking great, high of 53.n 57monday. look at tuesday, 64. i guess you need me to tell y that. 64. 64. >> say it again. >> we can't hea that enough to get through the last night of the cold. thank you, doug. we have more of governor ralph northam's apology thatju came into news 4. >> the governor apologizior a yearbook photograph here which hes acknowlede appears in a

costume that is, quote, racist and offensive. >> the governor goes on to say, i recognize that it will a take ti serious effort to heal the damage this conduct has caused. i am ready to do that important work. the first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my commitment to living upo the expectations virginians set for me when they elected me to>>

back to that breaking news rocking virginia politics. governor ralph northam's political future in doubt after

he acknowledges that it was him in a racist pto in his medical school yearbook. >> david culver has been working the phone down in richmond. what are you hearing now? >> reporter: let's first bring you up to speed with the statement. we're hearing from the governor's officer, ralph northam, let me readou to what he said regarding this photo published earlier today. he said a website published a photograph of me fromy 1984 medical school yearbook. that's the photo that surfaced, and that's the one he's referring to here. he said in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive. i am sorry for the decision i made to appears i did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then andnow. this behavior is not in keeping with who i am today and the values i have fought for throughout my career in the initary, in medicine, and public service but i want to be

clear, i understand how this virginians'es faith in that commitment. i recognize that it will take timeer andus effort to heal the damage this caused, a i ready to do that. the first step is to offer mol y and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations when i was elected to be governor. this was the medical school that governor ralph northam attended, there you see the photo to the right. that thene that originally surfaced on a right-wing website and has caused the governor throughout the day t go into huddle mode trying to figure out how to respond to this. we know he acknowlged this is him in the photohe has yet to say what he's going to do from here on out. i've been speaking with sources

close to the governor, who are down in richmond. we know that the lieutenant governor who would likely take over that position should the governor decide to resign, it would be justin fairfax, we know he returnedic toond tonight, a lot of the democratic leadership are talking, trying to figure out how toome rward from this. the difficulty goes beyond politics. it has to do with something deeper, friendship for a lot of these democratic leaders with w ralph northa was seen as a decent human being. someone who they like as a human. for them to have to figure out how o deal with this on political level is difficult, they have to separate the two. so it's something we're goingo follow to figure out what are the next steps. we know the republicans have been asking for an explanation. they seem to have gotten part of statement.that some have said if it is, in fact, hi this according to

virginia's gop, he would have to step down. these are things that are going to shake out over the coming hours. i asked if there is going to be a statement in front of cameras, and not yet. >> you have to wonder when kaine and warner willpeak now that there's word from them. >> and i you imagi puts the lieutenant governor in a weird position. >> accordie to sources they separate right now but in touch. there's friendship here, so it's difficult for sure. >> david culver, thank you for the update. we take a live look at mperatures outside right now. we are done with the snow, but the cold is sticking around and that means roads could still be a problem. >> we saw plows and salt trucks treating the roads thisllorning and afternoon, but most covered. were the bitter cold of the last few days s makinge the snow that

fell did stick. one car went into an icyhi pond afternoon. firefighters say no one was hurt here. those tricky conditions on the roads led some schools to close early today but many in maryland opt today start or end their days earlier. >> in some cases theyid both. tracee wilkins is live with the impact the snow had todayin in george's county. hi, tracee. >> reporter: our forecast was dead on and the schools were looking at an inch to a half inch ofw. s what they couldn't predict was how all of this was going to impa the roads. if you look at route 1, you can see how wet iis. normally around this time ofda y, one of the last schools buould be out here on the roadways, they did not want that to happen with the possibility of black ice. that's why this county and a number of others decided to close early. >> i thought it would be a sprinkle, but ts is not a

sprinkle. >> reporter: the cold made the beginning of todanos sall a little difficult to manage. rock saldoesn't help with pretreatment in extreme temperatures. crews had to tackle this one as it came. what do you think of the roads coming over? >> icy. they laid down sand but they're not thebest. >> reporter: primary and secondary roads were treated right away in prince george's county.or neigods were trickier. >> slip and slide a little bit. >> reporter: a few hours after school started a kids got taste of a snow day. prince george's county school hs a two-hour. early dismiss some parents we talked to questioned that decision. >> they should havet called last night because they knew the weather was coming. it's fine they nt kids to go home early, iten makes they want buses off the road during rush hour. but calling it at the last minute is hard for parents. >> it's snowing, so i guess

they're trying to be safe. i'm sure parents are scrambling who don't have grandparents nearby. ye>> reporter: now all are on the evening commute and the black iceex cted. >> tricky travel out there. >> hopefully try to get in before they freeze over because i think that' going to be a problem. >>eporter: it's 19 degrees here now so, of course, we are worried about the blackce on e red roadways. department of publll works g me they have finished the primary and secondary roads and they're getting to the neighborhoods now. tracee wilkins, where wee still getting precipitaeoon in princee's county. the apology tonight from governor northam, we're told he wentak again. growing concern as we hit two weeks before another possible shutdown.

>> it shouldn't be a question as to you're working but you're not being paid. that is so unconstitutional. >> one local leader trying to ange laws to protect federal contractors.n >> reporter: uber driver picks up a passenger and then disappears. now his family is looking for er an i'm cory smith, we'll have the latest on ts case coming up. as tracee was saying there are s going to beck spots tonight especially on untreated roads. but if roads are treated with rock salt, that's onlyec eve to about 20 degrees. what does that mean for the rest of the weekend? dougnd i break it down

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breaking news tonight, virginia governor ralph aortham nowlogizing for what he calls a clearly racist and offensive costume pictured on this page from his 1984 medical school yearbook. the governor's office said he will not speak about this on camera tonight. nothing beyond the statement he released, which you can read in full on our nbc washington app. we know lieutenant governor justin fairfax was headed home from richmond tonight to be with his family. he has t tned around go back to richmond. >> more on the quot

i'm deeply sorry for the decision i made to appear as i did in this photo and hurt that decision caused then and now. mhis behavior is not in keeping with who i today and the values i have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service. more to come, of course, on this, and reaction to00n news4 at 1 there is growing concern tonight for an uber driver who picked up a fair in d.c. and disappeared. that was two weeks ago. >> his friends and family haven't heard from him since. cory smith talks to his loved ones. > reporter: the was an urgency at the friday plrayers today. friends coming together to pray for his safe return. >> we're meeting every day in our house, try to find could we possibly do. >> reporter: these are the

people he would speak to daily. usually before his regulate night shift driving for uber. so when the call stopped, the worrying started. >> we knew we couldn't find him. so w t to reach out to people. >> reporter: he was last seen here in the 1300 block of w street innorthwest. he picked up a passenger somewhere in d.c. around 3:00 m. and just disappeared. i spoke to his brother who said it's notike him to up and drive out without letting someone know where he was going. despite his best efforts to stay positive, his brother-in-law can't help but feel the same way. >> that is the sad truth. his car is not found anywhere. >> reporter: with each passing day the situation is more dire, but friends and famil aren't giving up on him. are you optimistic he's going to be found okay? utare you holding o that hope? >> yes, i am. i have to. >> repter: cor smith, news4. doug is back with more about

our weather tonight g and thed news about the warmer temps ahead. >> i don't think there's anybody that doesn't think that's good news. i was thinking, some people -- >> ty better not. >> especially after what we've been through. >> the snow you wanto melt the sheets of ice. >> maybe get the car washed on >> really?nesday. >> that's the warm air we have before the next storm moves in. we have a report on that up at 6:42. we have shower activities out there and snow flurries making their way through here. parts of montgomery county, howard county, dow aroundhe clinton, maryland area, along 301, you might continue to see a few off and on flurries but for the most part, there's nocu lating snow anywhere. i was expecting about a coating to an inch in thisea and we have 1.5 in the gaithersburg area, backn towards louunty region as well. expecting 1 to 2 inches in fred

and they got about 2inches. there goes the system making its way towards the ocean, and behind it we get warmer. a lot of times behind storms we get cooler not this time. in the south it's in the 50s. no us. dulles coming in at 12 degrees. it's another cold night. watch out for ice overnight tonight. tomorrow, amelia draper, weekend starts to get r and maybe wash the coats and get rid of the gloves for a while, p away the hats. >> you must be reading my iind becaus said this weekend we're having a puffy coat washing in our house because of the salt. >> i was reading your calendar earlier, i apologize. >> i'll make sure to lock it upo ght. in all sincerity, this weekend is looking nice with a highur temper tomorrow of 45.

like doug was saying, it is going to be bitterly cold start tomorrow morning with temperatures in the teens in the suburbs and low 20s in washington. we're warmer on sunday,ll the snow melts. a high temperature of 53. we will have some clouds out there, especially sunday but teekend looking completely dry. that's exactly what we want. the second dry weekend in a row. it's the perfect weekend to go skiing ow boarding, white tail, round top and liberty goin to be awesome. especially with how cold it's been. they've been able to make snow, get snow as well. and withth temperatures i forecast, next weekend might not be looking great at the ski resorts. outdooexercise, going to be comfortable for february. maybe light running gloves. travel heading to the super bowl parties, no weather ousissue ou althere at our temperature trend is looking good. getting a break from the dangerously cold air, 44 is now

our high. we're not only above normal for the weekend but monday, wednesday, as well. the temperatures continue for thursday andid . but next weekend we track a wintery mix hitting the area. >> when you were sing about the capitals were you looking at my calendar? >> yeaht >> that's w i thought. i will be there on sunday for that game. oing down early, 12:30 sta time, righ just want to make sure. 53 on sunday, looking great for the super bowl parties. 57 monday. 64 tuesday. wow, you talk about melting snow, we'll be able to melt it through tuesday. but then watching late next week. we get into the 60s, i think but we'll watch itclosely. watching this whole period. will be wintery weather we make our way to the second weekend of february. >> a lot of things to be happy about in that weather forecast. thank you, doug. up next, joe gibbs in

atlanta for the big game sunday. a> first here's lester holt with a look what's ahead on nbc "nightly news." >> ahead we te a deeper look at the u.s. decision to withdraw from a nuclear arms treaty with russia, sparking fears af arm's race. and jussie smollett, breaking h

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. dave joins us now, talking about j gibbs. >> something about joe gibbs he makes you feel like there are better days ahead no matter what the circumstances are. faith and phenomenal, they've played enormous rolls in joe gibbs' life. that's why he's at the super bowl. that but with gibbs, faith is first. three weeks ago a denerative neurological disease claimed the life of his oldest sonj.d. at

the age of 49. forth gibbs ftill wins. >> the biggest thing i would love for people to see. last friday we had a service, that service, if there's anythingin hon the lord, it wasfe j.d.'s nd that service the way it went i want people to go see that. i had people walking up to me that thing changed my life or i need to be a better person. so j.d. gibbs legacy.com. we started a fund. j.d.'s dream was to have young life in inner city -- inner city kids that couldn't afford to leaderung life so we started a fund with that. the biggest thing is go see tha service. it's what i'd love for people to do. >> coach, i would be remiss if i didn't ask you abouthe current redskins. i saw you there week 17. i imagine you tked about how they can get better, what fixes they need. what do you think they need to

winningt back to a footballul cture? >> i actually thinkr last -- i really felt like they made -- it was obviously they were going to hcke a problem at quarter and they got alex, i thought that was a good move. i thought he could give them leadership, give them three years and get him back going. so they made a good move. for the last two years they have been decimated with injuries. i don't remember us going through that big in our day. >> no. >> i think jay and the guys -- i think they made good moves. bruce and everybody. i felt like we were going to be in the playos last year, but i think with the injuries it took away. >> see,ibbs makes you feel better in so many ways. the summer was short for the catals, the nhlta all break was longer. they h the break with a sev

game losing streak. the capitalsoiave beenng the wrong way, outscored 36-18 in the losing streak. eightosameing streak in 2010, the last time they had that streak. alex ovechkin serving a one game suspension, ending his strk of 214 consecutive games straight. but tj oshie and company have to find a way to prevail. >> he'sur captain, leader, leads our team in goals. we have to pick up the slack. he cretues so many mom with his offensive ability and orility to draw people to him. there's an onity for guys to step up. maryland plays wisconsin in madison, temperatus 10 degrees. >> keep the nbc app close tonight for any updates out of

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