. > brook even when stars likee alex ovechkin come to town. whet it comes to attendance in 12,000 the caps next in line.ne. tonight back in action for the first time since friday's shutiy off with a loft empty seats.ats. the caps trail 2-1. justin williams with the shot. it's stopped. but alex ovechkin hands him the rebound. it's tied up 2 all. four minutes later the caps down 3 policyholder 2. anders three on the break away. the aisles.le the caps lose 4-3. they have dropped three of their last four. the turgeons ready for the start of big ten play, maryland hosting illinois.ois. love it, that's it they all dressed up as coach mark turgeon the terps off to a 15 a halflf point lead. jay line brandtly.andt a nice ball fake. the three pointer to beat the busker, maryland up break. second half check out melo trimble. takes it down court.t. 20 points team high, terps crews 84-59.84 a little bowl action locally we're talking about the military bowel, temple who won the american athletic conference on this very field facing wake forest. big hit, but

jay beagle his sixth makes it 2-0. 3-1 in the third and alex ovechkin. signature shot. his 17th.n 5-1. >> swrir sir tech hosting sduk without -- virginia tech hosting grayson allen. virginia tech up by 15. sethal tone streak on that hill streaking with his clothes on for a dunk. hokies take 17 point lead and second half hokies up 14 over duke. zach allen with the bucket and foul. virginia tech up 1. still 17 in the second. off the steal. watch this asle dazzle just putting it on. off the glass for dunk. yeah, virginia tech upsets duke 89-75. >> with a win tomorrow the redskins could make the playoffs in back-to-back years for the first time in over two decades franchise quarterback and young talent all over the field have skins hoping it's not a two year affair. they hope they're entering a golden age. >> he wants to look back at the lens. >> we control it. >> but great sglaij at home let's get done put everybody on notice again. >> i promise to -- >> one, two, three. >> slide out♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ clap your hands♪ you think your soul is free♪ >> to the end zone♪ ♪ touchdown [ ♪ jack pot ja

last night the power went out at alex ovechkin's house. without power the gate would not open. the star was trapped outside of his property. they had to hold a ladder while ovechkin in full suit scaled the wall. pretty funny there. lifestyles of the rich and famous. all right. we will be coming right back. >> after this nice weekend, a little rain monday and more tuesday. at the end of the week and into next weekend, snow. very favorable pattern. maybe significant snow. >> dry this weekend for sure. thank you so much for watching. up next nbc nightly news. tabernacle. >>> tonight, praising putin. president-elect trump calls russia's leader, quote, very smart, for defying calls to retaliate against the u.s., shrugging off punishments from president obama. >>> and inside the secretive russian compound shut down today by u.s. authorities. >>> breaking news, after three years of freedom, will knedy cousin michael skakel be sent back to prison for a four-decade-old murder? >>> snow emergency. as much as two feet of snow, across a wide swath of the country. will it impact new year's

john carlson, the first of two goals on the night for him for stop in the second, dmitry orlov to alex ovechkindunk for the great 8, his 15th goal of the season. caps win 4-0. the armed forces bowl, navy battling louisiana tech. navy behind 45-38. malcolm harry at quarterback after the other quarterback went down with a in injury. touchdown, game tied. la-tech marches down the field. three seconds left, the game-winning 32 yard field goal. navy loses a heart record, 48-45, at 9-5. the wizards on the road taking on milwaukee. otto porter jr., 4-4 from three-point range, but the wiz down 15 at intermission. parker off the glass. 123-96.blown out, less than 24 hours until the redskins invade soldier field. redskins have ruled out su'a cravens. jordan reed is questionable. it is a must win game for the skins to remain in the playoff hunt. every game that we play, you should not have to wait until week 16 to say we play hard. the majority of our guys have from monday night. school sportsgh final comes your way on news channel eight. a big high school show coming your way. steve: here is the forecast

the great eight, alex ovechkin is therefore the rebound. his 17th of the season. caps win 6-2.ollege hoops, before today, the hoyas had won six of their last seven. facing 17th-ranked xavier this time, a dog fight throughout. caleb johnson, transition down low, and one. peak had 24. less than five minutes to go, georgetown trailing 67-64, bernard launches the three. xavier wins . acc, florida state and uva, closing seconds of the game. a good look, from three, hits. virginia up one after that. but you have to pick up your man in transition. is anybody going to pick up wayne baker? i don't think so. he hit his sixth three of the game for stopped virginia falls in this one. duke and virginia tech. hokies on fire the whole game, especially justin bibb. a 47-31ped out to halftime lead. second half, more of the same. a little showtime. off the glass, chris clark, smash. hokies with a convincing win over the blue devils. the hokies are now 12-1. less than 24 hours away from the the giants at fedex field. if theywin and they are income up there is a hitch. if green bay and detroit pla

crossing center ice, shot on goal, deflected right here but there's alex ovechkin, 540th career goal.nswer. takes the lead and not look back. they will squeeze in another goal. caps lost. they have dropped 3 of their last 4 games. lebron james heading another medal to his shelf. voted the male athlete of 2016. ending sports heart ache in cleveland. if only he could have played for the indians as u.s. olympic gymnast similar own biles was -- afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ ♪ >> hello! hey, up here, up here! hey! all right, merry christmas. season's greetings and all that. whatever. yeah, i love-- i

in the second, 1-0 hurricanes, nicklas backstrom leaves it for alex ovechkin, his 14th this heads toin it end lights the lamp. the capitals win their sixth in a row, 4-3. at the verizon center, the wizards hosting detroit. the passingonoring of tnt broadcaster craig sager. ther the game, -- as for game, bradley beal was on fire. the wizards scored a season-high 65 points at intermission. john wall, from long range, draining four threes, leading all scorers with 23. wiz win. and watch monday's redskins-panthers game right here on abc 7. coverage begins at 7:30. madison football team, upsetting north dakota state, 27-17. the dukes advance to the championship game in texas on january 7. i know there is a happy director at mason, congratulations. have a huge newsroom and you could hear them screaming from across th did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet spe

alex ovechkin four games without a goal. john carlson let's it fly, marcus johansson deflected past, tied at 2-2. right place, right time. in overtime, the caps on the attack, dmitry orlov finds marcus johansson again. one-timer. caps win 4-2. hoops, out a road trip in brooklyn. john wall, otto porter running the floor. wiz up two. later in the fourth, john wall, he finished with 25. wizards win and are now 7-12 on the season. closing in on a trade that would bring chris sale to d.c. last season he finished with a record of 17-10. ann bryce harper has reportedly jonathan: before the final forecast, which is a happy birthday to this guy. alison: steve: happy birthday, robert. we are getting some rain tomorrow, belated birthday gift. a lot of it on the way, especially midday and afternoon. about 50 and sunshine wednesday, cold front late thursday. that will bring in the coldest air of the season friday and saturday, highs only in the upper 30's. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to sl

in the first, the caps on the power, the past two alex ovechkin, the wrister. 1-0 caps. in the third, washington on the attack. justin williams lights the lamp, giving the caps insurance. 3-0 the final, caps win. after the news come it is abc 7 "sports sunday." danny will join me in studio and robert burton has a report from philadelphia. he wears his army hat, he gets awalks aroundliments. with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. we live in a pick and choose world. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime why settle for this? enter sleep number, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep

it's time for the great eight, 14th goal of the year, alex ovechkin, game tied at 1-1.liams has scored four goals in his last four games. make that five out of five. the streak gives the caps the 2-1 lead. it's 2-2 at the two. third period, caps once again down a goal. the glue by comes back to bring it together. oshie sends it into other over time. ot strikes in the net zone. caps get their sixth straight, 4-3 the final. >>> wizards played their best game of the season tonight. of course john wall a big part of that. into the first quarter, check him out. wall star looking like himself. three for three from three point range in the first half. home team up by seven. bradley beal also connecting from long range. wall and beale combined for 54 points this the game. wizard score season high 55 in the first two quarters. second half. wizards jump ahead by 15. might be the holiday season but clearly morris is not planning morris easy lay ups for christmas. which is which. they could switch jerseys. they get win over detroit and have now won four out of five. >> we are havin

. >> well, wells fargo center should be rocking when alex ovechkin and washington capitols come to south philadelphia. both teams are one and two in the wild card race and both teams hot. flyers won eight out of ten while caps won six of seven. how about hoops? big, big man match up last night at well with joel embiid facing anthony davis and new orleans pelicans. sixers down six. ad, takes the feed from tim frazier, right there for stuff pelicans out scored innings is ers 42-21. that is nerlens noel he enters he had just four points and three rebound in seven minutes too much ad, 31 points, 16 rebound, pelicans would beat up on the sixers as we see right here, with that jumper 108-93. sixers will finish out on a four game trip out west, playing in phoenix on friday night. >>> been a to weeks on vacation and takes a while to get back in the grew for lane johnson he has no choice but to shake cobwebs right away because he is starting tomorrow night against giant. johnson served his ten game suspension for pest continuing positive for a banned substance. he wasn't even allowed to visit nov

alex ovechkin.3-0. >>> state title weekend in high school football in maryland and virginia. coming up on game on overtime we go around the region with the highlights. lots of exciting games at the prep level. that's all come up next. >> game on overtime always the highlight of the week. >> thank you. >>> talk to us about what we got to do tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow morning looks wet, especially early, some ice well north and west. temperatures by the afternoon are not bad, 50 to 55, probably the nicest day of the week when you consider we'll have mostly dy snow shower tuesday of wednesday that system looks weaker now. i've updated our story on www.wusa9.com and the wusa9 app, but arctic air thursday and friday, snow showers thursday, less wind friday and potentially a mess saturday morning changing to rain as warmer air returns, so lots going on weatherwise and, of course, we'll have updates on the wusa9 app. >> absolutely. it looks a little rough for next weekend. keep warm, everybody. thank yo

. >> the caps not the only team on the ice t they joined alex ovechkin for a a skating session this afternoonhe's done this quite a bit. they are the oldest ram in history u. and to play and watch a superstar in action, that takes the cake. >> having a great day u. one of the greatest hockey players. >> every year it's more fun. of course, sometimes you get tired. you can see the kids. it's unbelievable. >> i think they have the best christmas present today. i'm going to have to work real hard for the next couple days to top this. i doubt i can can, but i'm going to try. >> that was one of the coaches who had two sons on the team today. my favorite part, one of the kids, he said so are you and crosby he said we're best friends. we hang out and sleep over at each other's houses. >> the kids say i'm not feeling it. >> he probably did on the inside. >> >>> tonight, new arms race. donald trump says the u.s. should strengthen and expand its nuclear capability, on the same day vladimir putin calls for an escalation in russia. >>> and tense moments for ivanka trump aboard a plane. >>> moment of terr

great alex ovechkin and nate schmidt were some of the players that turned out.d with kids and districted gifts and painted arch work auctioned off december 9 and tha will benefit treacy's kids a pediatric art therapy organization. >> some of the players also picked up a paint brush and tried their luck as well. >> even up to the kids. >> yes. >> the choice for awad of the year sulz up 2016. you can guess what it is. >> the word of the year. >> there's a few with election and all there's so many possibilities. answer when the news at 5 returns. (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >> a big celebration at stewart hopson in washington that's where news conference captured awarding of 2017 d.c. teacher of year. gcps officials interrupted her class and surprised reading intervention teacher elizabeth

. >>> alex ovechkin will bechn wi hitting the ice with dozen ofen children's fort tottenen's dupont cannonskey program in north in no america. tonight other capitals willtherc host a skating party forit nearly 130 military childreny ce and adults all part of thear tragedy assistance program for survivors which is also known ko as caps. as it's a kickoff to the courage cu caps campaign.caampa proceeds from the courage capsoe january 11th will benefiten caps. great to see caps in theaps in e community doing a good thing.itn >>g > wizards in chicago against the bulls.e b scott brooks trying bounce back from that two-point lossm p in indiana close down to the final shot. s burke driving to the lane fordrv the lay in plus one.ine y in wizards up four.ou another good game for john wall. 23 points that's a game high and the wizards win 107-97 and0 that's good because it's only oy their third road win of theadino season so good to pick up a a win in chicago. c >>> college hoops now.>>> this got ugly.ot calls for grayson allen to be b suspended.susp he received a technical foulhnil for in right ther

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