stafford down at the 34. one thing about jim schwartz, he was a young kid when bill belichick brought him in. got a shot from jeff fisher. there's brandon fisher, he's jeff fisher's son. long-time head coach of the titans. i would expect jeff would be back at some point as head coach again. this kid is really, really good. that's going to take the lions back home. and the saints to a mark of the 9-3. and that's even more room between the saints and the falcons. who lost today. as the falcons trail by two. the saints have already won head to head. 31-17 with the post game report from wendys coming up next. >> bob: drew brees is 26-36, 342 yards, three touchdowns. didn't throw a pick. he's now thrown at least one touchdown pass in 39 consecutive games. johnny uuunitas' record is 47. michele? >> michele: bob, thank you. jimmy, early fourth quarter, you needed to put space between you and the lions on the scoring drive. drew brees found you four times. why were you cooking at that time. >> we were talking about o

stafford down at the 34. one thing about jim schwartz, he was a young kid when bill belichick brought him in. got a shot from jeff fisher. there's brandon fisher, he's jeff fisher's son. long-time head coach of the titans. i would expect jeff would be back at some point as head coach again. this kid is really, really good. that's going to take the lions back home. and the saints to a mark of the 9-3. and that's even more room between the saints and the falcons. who lost today. as the falcons trail by two. the saints have already won head to head. 31-17 with the post game report from wendys coming up next. at bank of america we're lending and investing in communities across the country from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods

but matthew stafford trying to drive the lions down the field. just outside of a minute to go in that one. stafford has thrown for three touchdowns today. you can see bunkley walking to the sidelines. >> phil: and i think tom brady sneaks it again. if you run it, you think they have to go outside because this defense, they're playing for the inside run. >> jim: going to hand it off. they have the touchdown to

but matthew stafford trying to drive the lions down the field. just outside of a minute to go in that one. stafford has thrown for three touchdowns today. you can see bunkley walking to the sidelines. >> phil: and i think tom brady sneaks it again. if you run it, you think they have to go outside because this defense, they're playing for the inside run. >> jim: going to hand it off. they have the touchdown to green-ellis. >> phil: that's where you go. go off tackle. tom brady, i'll tell you, just -- little things that go unnoticed. he quick snaps them. look at the blocks. how about that? on the left side. mankins again. i've said his name a lot today. seals it. all the little things that this offense does. how important they are in today's game because it's so hard to get that extra yard for the first down to fourth down. >> jim: it's 41-23 off of the gostkowski extra point. robert kraft heading to the locker room to greet the team. mr. kraft the head of the nfl broadcasting committee. the new deal inked this week with cbs and fox and nbc. we're s

half-mile visibility, quantico down toward stafford, all dealing with some of that fog. down in leonardtown, southern maryland over to cambridge still dealing with some of the areas visibilities are less than one half-mile this morning. temperatures down south in the middle 50s. even upper 50s at the tappahannock airport. off to the west, low 40s now. culpepper up toward winchester and oakland. 39. how are they going to make snow when it is 39? they're not! that's the problem. scott broom reporting. we've got to get some consistent cold weather so the snow guns can blow. give us some cold and we can get back on the ski slopes. 50 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. that's not cold or dry enough to help any of the ski operators in the barometer right now, 30.03. there is some cold across the country out west. northern plains. in the rockies, even in the southwest. in albuquerque this morning, 23. dallas, it is colder in dallas than it is here this morning. we sit at 50 and that's just wrong for the first day of winter. snow showers, you see them and some snow from the rockie

down around stafford, 43 degrees. maybe you got by without the coat today. you won't be able to get by without a coat for the evening. we'll look at the weekend forecast. could be a busy weekend coming our way. i'll tell you why in a couple minutes. >> all right. thanks, veronica. >>> after a blockbuster thursday on wall street, stocks didn't do a whole lot today. the dow was basically unchanged. the nasdaq basically unchanged. up less than a point. the s&p closed down less tan a point. friday ended on a flat note after positive gains through most of the week. investors chose not to rally despite the good economic news that unemployment fell to 8.6%, which is the lowest rate its been in two and a half years. >>> according to that report, many of the new jobs are coming from small businesses. here's steve with more on that. >> reporter: gearing up for dinner at boundary stone in d.c. it's a new place. 24 new jobs for cooks and waiters. the boss is excited. >> obviously, a good, healthy national economy is beneficial for big business, small business, any busin

right now, raining moderately to heavy, prince george's county and right down interstate 95 through fairfax, prince william, stafford and spotsylvania, all the way down to charlottesville and richmond. that is a long area of moderate to heavy rain. there's lgs another batch of moderate to heavy rain and parts of the northern panhandle of west virginia. the temperatures are mild from the blue ridge to the bay and the eastern shore. it's around 60. blue ridge west, low to mid-50s now. these counties in green under a flood watch, includes shenandoah valley and parts of west virginia as well as the nearby suburbs in washington, northern virginia, and in maryland. all those areas could get up to two inches of rain that may cause creeks and streams to come out of their banks. also, the winter weather advisory, all these counties in lavender, including montgomery county, loudoun, northern fauquier, points west and north. that area could get one to three inches of snow overnight. temperatures throughout the day will slowly drop down into the 40s later this afternoon with occasional rain and changing to snow tonight. a look

down the river here fort belvoir, quantico, fredericksburg, stafford up toward culpepper. many areas at a quarter mile or less. over to the tappahannock airport is where we're seeing the fog. the rest of us have some clouds and breaks and some cool temperatures west in the low 40s. 39 in manassas. gaithersburg, 47. 54 in tappahannock. in d.c., we're at 49 degrees right now with light winds. pretty comfortable. dew point at 44. texas storm developing quickly. look how fast the rains in the last 12 hours have really expanded. now, the energy responsible for tornado watch, across parts of louisiana and in ispy until 1:00. not out of the question with the rains tonight we may get a couple of rumbles of thunder to mix in as temperatures tonight will dip into the 40s and tomorrow only recover to the 50s but the rain, the clouds by noon. the rain after dark tonight will be heavy at times. here is a look at the next three days. 61 today. rain tonight. gets out of here probably before dawn tomorrow. 53 on friday. partly sunny conditions. saturday, cooler. mid-40s. for christmas day

and farther to the south from near burke, virginia, and western fairfax county down through prince william county, stafford, and spotsylvania, southern fauquier and eastern culpeper getting a few sprinkles there. this is heading off to the east. so the metro area, immediate area around the beltway is going to be getting a little bit wet over the next hour or so. may be a little dampness on some of the roads. allow yourself extra time and slow down if the road looks wet. just take it easy. right now near 40 in the shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge, farther east it's in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. sunrise at 7:23 today. we'll have light rain off and on this morning through the middle of the day. highs reaching near 60 by midafternoon. the rain may pick up in intensity later this afternoon. actually this evening maybe a little thunder and lightning with downpours by mid to late evening. tomorrow, cloudy in the morning, might get rain after sunset thursday night into friday morning. a little sun back friday afternoon. still mild. saturday turning chilly, partly sunny. and for christmas eve it's

raiders for all the health downs on sunday they could still make the playoffs. stafford in trouble.loose ball. score as touchdown. the raiders score twice in 30 second. they let let and they bring it back. second touchdown of the day. they led by one. 28-27. he blocks it. lions hold on, 28-27. >> very demoralizing. you know, we had chances to chose them out and, you know a chance to put them away there and didn't make enough plays. >> obviously to say disappointed is an understatement. 2098 yards and found a way to win. we had a chance to win the game. we didn't make the play late in the game. they found a way to make it. >> raiders dropped to 7-7. something you don't see every day. monkey rides a dog. got to love it. in the middle of a game yesterday. broncos' patriots game. good night now.

then we have upper 40s down to the south from culpeper, virginia, to fredericksburg and around stafford. even pax river. upper 40s, 49 degrees. i think these areas down to the south and off to the east will see slightly higher readings today topping out in the low 50s. now, we had that wind around since early this morning, weak weather system came through. picked up the wind. i have seen winds gusting as high as 30 right near the bay. but those subsided a bit. up to 30, though. right now inside the beltway for d.c. 29 miles per hour gusts being reported in hagerstown. breezy day for us. winds subsided. later on, during the evening hours we will drop down to 46 degrees by 5:00. sunset at 4:52. we will be look at scattered clouds and picking up more clouds as we get -- to the midnight hour. 38 degrees, though, i think by around 11:00 p.m. or midnight. it will not be all terribly cold, you know, tonight with the wind still stirring atmosphere around. you can see the white. those are the clouds. those are the high clouds. lot of spots down to the south around charles county and st. mary's c

of chainsaws this morning, crews cutting up the trees brought down by near-hurricane-force winds, one of them it landing in rob stafford's backyard. >> it was pretty scary. the winds were howling pretty good and the house was whistling. and then when it crashed. >> reporter: across the west, the unusually high winds that started wednesday night have left a trail of destruction in their wake. trees tumbling into homes, parts of roofs ripped off, power lines downed affecting hundreds of thousands of customers. the question on the minds of a lot of people in these neighborhoods is, when will this mess be cleaned up? that's a hard one to answer, especially because there's more high wind in the forecast. and that's the last thing they need around here. one big concern is the risk of brush fires whipped up by the winds. to head off problems, extra crews have been moved into fire-prone areas. >> as we head into late sunday overnight monday, we'll find another round of some strong gusty winds coming right back on into southern california, nevada, even into portions of arizona. >> reporter: on the california/nevada border, these

during the afternoon and evening highs ranging from upper 50s to low 60s down to our south, places like frederiksburg, stafford that, you could see temperatures low to mid-60s enjoy the day down there. >> that means humidity will be all crazy. >> not really. >> okay good. >>> you know i am always thinking about humidity. >> 70% range or so. >> bring on the day. >> let's check with julie wright. >> you guys know, if it is a bad humid day outside my hair goes ... >> mine goes the other way. i feel yeah. >> tony what does your hair do. >> i take it off. >> all right guys, asking about the traffic here it is outer loop of the belt way, at a crawl at this point as you travel montgomery county fairfax, wall to wall traffic headed around the curve to the dulles toll road. tieing up the left side of the roadway this explains the delay as you travel from the outer loop. it is backing up here as you pass montgomery mall, as you merge into the outer loop towards the dulles toll road. no problems across the 14th street bridge. heavy volume out towards seminary road the pentagon crossing over the bridge headed into downtow

stafford at 54 degrees. where do we go from here? straight on down, folks. probably hitting 40 degrees by 11:00 p.m. a nice starry sky for us. we'll look at the upcoming weekend and what to expect next week. i don't think you are going to like it. jim? >> that means cold. that means cold. all right veronica, thanks for the warning. >> you bet. >>> federal workers can expect changes in their schedules the next time there's a snow emergency. new policies were rolled out to mitigate traffic during snowstorms. the changes include a staggered early departure option that allows workers to leave early on different timetables. agencies can decide all workers must be out of the office by a certain time. as a last resort immediate departures can be ordered. they are lessons learned from traffic jams we have seen over the last year. >> we sought to learn from last year's heavy traffic that many d.c. commuters experienced during last year's snow season as well as the issues that occurred during this summer's earthquake. >> they said when snow policy decisions are made, they should be in place no later than 4:00

they're down two scores, and they need somebody to step up. it was their leaders, matthew staffordvin johnson, really making the big plays. they needed two scores. they got a big one to calvin johnson that gave him a chance, then stafford took them 98 yards and won the game with this throw to calvin johnson here. and the thing that that did for them, now, they can clinch their playoff spot next week at home against san diego rather than having to go to green bay on the last day of the year. so this was a huge, huge win for the lions. >> tony, as always, thanks. we'll turn to mike of profootballtalk.com who will have all of the big news tomorrow afternoon. mike, a number of injuries today, but first, what's the latest on ben roethlisberger's status for tomorrow night? >> well, bob, officially, roethlisberger is questionable, which means he's 50/50 with that sprained ankle, but the thinking is now that the ravens have lost and the steelers have chance to take control of the division and get the number one seed, roethlisberger is more likely to play despite that injury. and green bay,

down a little. they should have that moved by the time you get there. -- leaving stafford.ruck went off the road near andrews air force base. they are sweeping that out of the way. -- that is the outer loop. traffic is moving freely onto 70th montrose road. -- on 270. >>> 30 degrees on this monday. >> present that santa claus could not get under the tree. " he brought three young children for christmas. >> and gop [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> checking our top stories the virginia tech police officer killed in a line of duty will be laid to rest today. thousands are expected to attend officer deriek crouse's funeral. 22-year-old ross ashley shot and killed him as he made a traffic

babbitt stepped down over his drunk driving arrest this weekend. >>> right now, deputies in stafford county looking for a man suspected of abducting a 22-year-old woman. take a look of the sketch of the suspect, the man forced the woman into a wooded area nearby shasta place. the man punched and choked her and tried to sexually assault her, and she was able to break free when the suspect's phone started to ring. if you recognize this man, you are asked to call deputies. >>> and then there's a string of sexual assaults that a man did not commit is now a freeman. he was exonerated of all the charges yesterday. he was convicted on attacks in the richmond area dating back to '84. >> for 27 years, i never gave up hope, and i kept pushing, and i kept, you know, going to law library and covering my cases, you know, and i just did not give up hope. i was innocent from day one. >> haynesworth's exoneration means he will no longer have to register as a sex offender and his record has been expunged. >>> and now a possible hate crime after hate flyers were found in some neighborhoods. they turne

new england all the way down to florida, and closer to washington, right now just getting light rain in the areas of green. and there's somewhat heavier rain just moving into staffordnorth and east. and getting rain in montgomery, and throughout much of maryland, the eastern shore and west virginia, and temperatures showing a wide variety, haguers down, 43, while it's 61 in fredericksbu fredericksburg. and in the district of columbia, it's near 60 degrees and will stay this way the rest of the day. occasional showers and maybe downpours this evening with thunder and lightning. tomorrow morning, we could get rain. still mild on thursday and friday and then colder for the weekend, saturday, increasing clouds, and then the trend is for rain on christmas day, but if we have cold air coming down we could have it change to snow. >> i am not sure which way to cross my fingers for, snow or no snow. >>> i know danella, you don't like snow, do you, on the roadways? >> not on the roadways, but when i am at home near a fireplace, yeah, i'm all about snow. now, delays around i-66 due to roadwork, taking away the left lane there. you can see at little river turnpike, you are at

down near hurricane force winds. one of them landing in rob stafford's back yard. >> it was scary. the winds were howling. then when it crashed. >> the unusually high winds left a trail of destruction in their wake. power lines downed, affecting hundreds of thousands of customers. the question on the minds of a lot of these people is when will these trees be cleaned up? and that's the last thing they need around here. one big concern is the risk of brush fires. >> as you head into late sunday night, monday, you will find another gust coming into southern california and nevada even into portions of the southwest. >> these surfers took a chance to ride the waves in normally palacity -- placid lake tahoe. in the midst of the destruction, many are counting their blessings. >> trees could have easily come down on the house. >> as around the clock clean-up continues. george lewis, nbc news. >> you can see the sun peeking over the horizon. winds are mostly come. winds are mostly calm. temperatures are chilly. even 39 in annapolis. as you step outside the morning, many temperatures are at or below freezing. we are

stafford at 42 degrees. your day planner forecast. that sun will be up at 7:26. it sets today at 4:24. definitely chilly with that wind. we'll see temperatures dip down before rising back up. mid-40s generally through the area. tonight it starts getting really cold. the wind is going to stop. the temperatures will get a chance to really drop as the warmth radiates back out. 34 degrees by 9:00. and below freezing, i think, in most neighborhoods by 11:00 p.m. and by midnight. early look at your four-day forecast here. we get a chance to climb into the 50s as we ring in the new year. wait till you see the cold that awaits us for next week. carol? >> at least it's not cold now. >>> clara barton parkway closed, folks, in both direction. we had an earlier overturned vehicle. police investigation is ongoing. please avoid that area in potomac if at all possible. in maryland eastbound 50 at route 2/450, earlier tractor trailer fire blocking the right lane. two left lanes get you by. southbound 270 at montgomery village avenue, an accident reported on the right shoulder. all lanes get you by, but you may see police on the scene if you're coming down 270 from c

stafford and spotsylvania advancing north into the metro area. temperatures are mild. most locations in the mid and upper 50s. 59 at reagan national. later today, we'll have a gradually cooling trend, then back downe 40s getting colder quickly by late afternoon. occasional showers through the day may cause flooding as well. then this evening, the rain changing over to sleet and wet snow by around 7:00 or 8:00 this evening in the metro area. that would be earlier in the day farther west and north. i'll show you my snow accumulation map coming up in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling 395 southbound, have an accident on the left side of the roadway. also seeing delays on 395, this time traveling northbound at duke. having an accident on the right side of the roadway. at least it's kind of on the right side. your delays continue on the 14th street bridge. 18 miles per hour, not good at all. if you're traveling i-270 south at father hurley, very slow bumper to bumper as you make your way towards the spur. those delays continue. joe and eun, back to you. >> 6:42. 59 degrees. >>> ahea[ baby coughing ]on [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ]

in virginiand broken down and dump truck at the occoquan river bridge and but lookbeen removed everybody and upstream to get to the pentagon. that is the pace coming through stafforde pentagon. of -- inring you video county of a water main break. this is 7 block road closed. -- seven locks road. those water main gets this cool. only 18 degrees in frederick and downtown but 19 degrees in manassas. on our way to the mid- 40's with partly cloudy skies and warming up through thursday into the 50's with a chance of showers. >> will have another update at 8:56. ♪ >>> hello, everybody out there. closing in on christmas right now. holidays a big time for baking. we have the cake boss here, buddy valastro. he's going to put us to the test. there he is. i was going say something. sitting next to me and he decides to start -- >> just getting comfortable. >> i'm playing the part of robin. >> teasing me as you come in. >> i love it. it's like lara's angels. >>> no, sam. no, sam. all right, so it's a great time of year for holiday entertainment. billy ray is here with his new tv movie. there he is, looking so dapper. it's perfect viewing for this holiday season. we can't wait t