his roommates, brad and aaron were there, along with aaron's close friend, heather and jason's girlfriend. we'll call her h.g. she had come over with her dog, nicky. both aaron and heather were interested in the church. heather taught sunday school and loved to sing sacred music. ♪ they once dated but their relationship had since become platonic while aaron tried to decide whether to study for the priesthood. heather was thinking of becoming a nun. on this night aaron and heather were in the kitchen and shared a late dinner and a bottle of wine. >> down in the base. brad, a finance specialist, turned in. while upstairs, jason prepared his gym bag for the next day's practice and switched off the lights. in the bathroom, h.g. washed her face and pinned her hair up with a plastic clip. outside, there were 6 inches of fresh snow on the ground and a cutting north wind. inside, the five friends were warm, oblivious the change a knock on the door would bring. >>> coming up -- hey... there's mom! hey, let mom try. ready, go! ♪ yeah, rock on, mom! [ male announcer ] sometimes a hint is all the wra

they gave aaron rodgers great protection. did a great job on julius peppers.pepper you didn't notice the starters being out and i think he's got to be happy about that. i wouldn't push my luck. i would take rodgers out, maybe play him a half. but i would stoort rest those guys and try to minimize my chance of injuries next week. >> bob: you don't want several weeks off before the fwlof playoffs begin for them. i definitely would not play those guys the whole game. >> al: what's your take on the cowboys and giants? >> tony: these game games have always been close. they've been high scoring. it came down to which quarterback does well in the fourth quarter. i expect it to be that way again. they were down two scores, had the big touchdown to get it close. and then another throw to ballard to really set up the game-winning touchdown. he was the difference in the first game. i think tony romo has to step up and make some of those fourth quarter plays as dallas wants to win it this time around. >> bob: thanks, tony. we now turn to

melanie and aaron step out of the camera's view just feet away from the car. and as you can see, an unidentified person steps into view. it takes only nine seconds from the time melanie and aaron step away from the car until the unidentified person is opening their car door. and five more seconds before he pulls away with little 6-month-old samantha in the back seat. >> my mom yelled, that guy is trying to steal your car. your child is in it. >> so melanie acts as fast as she can. she takes only one step and then launches her body at her passenger side window as the car backs up toward her. >> well, once i realized somebody was taking my car and my baby was inside of it, it is human instinct. you do what you got to do. there's no planning. there's no thinking. you are taking my child. you're going to die. or get hurt in the long run. i took my elbow and bashed out my side window as hard as i could. >> as soon as she broke the glass with her elbow, i immediately jumped into the passenger side of the car. >> as the car speeds away with aaron now in the front sea

we were talking to he and aaron murray, ben joins and aron white. we kept asking questions and mitchell didn't say a word. we looked at him and said do you talk? referee: two fouls on the play. pass interference, defense, number 2. that penalty will be enforced at the spot of the foul, automatic first down. following the play, unsportsmanlike conduct, number one of georgia. 15-yard penalty, first down. verne: well, you have to -- you got a sense, just talking with various people in and around the football program at georgia that there's a little unhappiness with isaiah crowell. gary: mark keeps saying he's young and had everything come easy to him at the high school level. he's got to learn to play at this level. some guys it takes another year. verne: and after both of those infractions, it's first down and 10 at the 23. murray. across the middle. caught by orson charles. brandon taylor was up on top and hatcher. gary: as they go no-huddle. you know, alabama lost a game and everybody says why should they get the shot and a lot of arguments either w

we were talking to he and aaron murray, ben joins and aron white. we kept asking questions and mitchell didn't say a word. we looked at him and said do you talk? referee: two fouls on the play. pass interference, defense, number 2. that penalty will be enforced at the spot of the foul, automatic first down. following the play, unsportsmanlike conduct, number one of georgia. 15-yard penalty, first down. verne: well, you have to -- you got a sense, just talking with various people in and around the football program at georgia that there's a little unhappiness with isaiah crowell. gary: mark keeps saying he's young and had everything come easy to him at the high school level. he's got to learn to play at this level. some guys it takes another year. verne: and after both of those infractions, it's first down and 10 at the 23. murray. across the middle. caught by orson charles. brandon taylor was up on top and hatcher. gary: as they go no-huddle. you know, alabama lost a game and everybody says why should they get the shot and a lot of arguments either w

in the car, aaron is upside down.ut turns out he's in a good position to use his feet. >> i didn't care if he had a gun. i wasn't caring about what kind of harm was going to come to me. i kind of twisted my body who i'm basically laying on the foot of the passenger seat and just start kicking the crap out of him out of the right side of his face screaming and yelling my bay's in the car. >> aaron knows he's fighting for his daughter's life and suddenly, as quickly as it started, it's over. the thief jumps out as the car rolls up slowly on to an embankment. >> i jumped into that driver's seat and immediately put it in park and then got out the driver's seat and, you know, lifted the seat back just to see if sam was okay. and she was screaming her head off. >> screaming her head off but okay. at the same time, about 100 yards away, melanie is coming to. >> and i didn't know where i was for a second. i didn't know anything until i just looked up. and saw him talking to my brother and that was my chance to run after him a

aaron, it's your generation. millennials, ages 18 to 30. how do they feel about this shifting, this shifting situation for education? it costs more. you're not guaranteed a job but you know you need it. >> there's tremendous concern out there. we know that as young americans that we need that education to get ahead. there's huge benefits from getting a college degree, but as you mentioned, the price of going to college is going up faster than inflation. it's going up faster than even health care, and unfortunately, the policy we're putting in place, like slashing aid to higher institutions at the state level and cutting pell grants are exactly the wrong policies that are going to make it more affordable to get an education. >> bring you in. the ability to go to college was a milestone for an individual and for a family. you know, has that milestone, the price of that milestone, changed, and how do we convince kids that, yes, it really is worth it to get a college degree? i'm real sorry it's going to cost you so much? >> it's true for kids t

♪ aaron ♪ aaron ♪ we all sing your glory >> this is the band known as sleeping berry's three. packers' fans, and these guys have a lot to sing about. the packers are 12-0. right this minute we have the lead singer in this song joining us. was it just playing on the field that inspired you? >> figured why not give back. he has given so much to us. >> do you sing praise and worship in church? i honestly felt like i was at the beginning of my church service. >> i don't often sing songs like this. i'm going to try to start suggesting that some of the parishes do a little aaron rogers. ♪ ♪ >> the big dream, the biggest goal obviously would be if we got the chance to maybe be on the packers for one, two, three seasons. beyond that, maybe sing the song at a game. that would be great. >> ♪ ♪ >> what would iphone games look like if they came to life? a video that answers the what ifs coming up. bottom of the tent. >> electric toothbrush. >> this is why the u.s. postal service is going out of business because of jarred foster and his family. they don't send out christmas cards, they mak

aaron? >> all right. dan hellie, thanks. >>> still to come tonight, how the occupy movement has spurred a collecting frenzy here in washington and across the country. >>> plus, he has no tree, no presents, we'll tell you why it's the perfect christmas for one prince george's county man. >>> before santa gets into his sleigh, he's taking to the water for an annual christ get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. and video chat with up to 9 of your friends with the galaxy nexus by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >>> like it or not, the occupy movement may have earned a place in history. more than a half dozen major mimes and historical organization also including the smithsonian have started archiving protest materials. staffers are being sent to parks and other sites to collect discarded posters, signs, buttons and documents. >>> a prince george's county man won't be able to spend christmas with his famil

i'm aaron gilchrist. we'll get to those stories in just a moment. first, though, we begin with some breaking news. a police chase ended with two officers injured and suspectsri. this is all happening not far from north capitol street. news 4's darcy spencer live there. darcy, brings up to speed. >> there have been some developments here just within the last several minutes. if we can go to some video we shot about 15 minutes ago, you can see that s.w.a.t. team officers entered a home here in the unit block of gallatin street in northwest washington. again, about 5:45, four hours into this barricade situation. that is where we are told possibly two suspects have been barricaded for the last several hours. it's unclear whether those suspects have been taken into custody, but all along, police say they want to resolve the situation peacefully. it started as a routine traffic stop by two u.s. park police officers in northwest d.c. at 1:45 this afternoon. and it turned into a crash, a lengthy standoff, police surrounding a house with weapons drawn, and h

i'm aaron gilchrist. in many parts of the world it is already christmas day and millions are celebrating the birth of jesus christ. that includes the christian faithful at the basilica of the shrine at the emaculate conception at d.c. the service tonight will be led by the vatican's ambassador to the u.s. that's not the person that you see there. cardinal whirl will lead the christmas mass at noon tomorrow. >>> held its traditional midnight mass. pope benedict xvi presided that service at a packed st. peters basilica. to look past the superficial glitter of christmas and discover the child in the stable in bethlehem. >>> and thens gathered in the town believed to be the birthplace of jesus on this christmas eve. mass was held at the church of the nativity in bethlehem. palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among the officials there. some 40,000 to 50,000 people expected to celebrate the season in the west bank town this year. palestinians say they're praying the celebrations will bring them closer to in

that's especially true for aaron brown. tomorrow, he's due to become a father, of sorts. >> i am getting a cat. the prison has a program set up with a no-kill shelter, and we're allowed to adopt cats. i've been waiting for about a month since i was told that i'm getting a cat. and i've actually wanted one since i got here in 2002. >> why? >> i've always liked cats. i think sometimes i like cats better than i like people. >> while a kitten might provide a sense of family, brown knows he will never see his own parents again. >> on the night of february 5th, 1994, i waited for my mom and my stepdad to get home. and just after midnight, i -- when they arrived, i killed them both. >> how? >> i shot them with a 12-gauge. i wish i had a good reason why i did what i did because at least then there might be some way of justifying it. but there's not. there's no way of justifying what i did. >> what was so wrong that they had to be murdered? what was so wrong in your family? >> i have no idea. >> the night weighs heavily on billy gro

good evening i'm in for aaron gilchrest.ble used to remove protestors from a building. darcy spencer has the the latest on the story developing at m mcpherson square darcy? >> reporter: quite an ordeal. took a lot of resources. this emteam space where the structure was erected this morning. gone now. dismandated. carted away. after a 9 1/2 hour standoff that ended with dozens of arrests. the u.s. park service tonight tore down a structure built by occupy d.c. protestors at m mcpherson square. the structure built for homeless people was erected in the overnight hours and sparked a showdown with police that lasted for hours and ended in 31 arrest arrests. >> what were you charged with? crossing a police line. don't see how you are crossing a police line when they formed around you. it's confusing. basically, i mean not going to pay it. >> the police decided to usurp nigh rights as an american sit isn't to be able to assemble. i got take any way for it. >> d.c. building engineer declared the building unsafe. when protestors rea

aaron rodgers led green bay to a field goal.llas, they have one game with washington and then a road game in a matter of speaking against the jets. it's in their stadium so at least they control their own fate. >> cris: that's going to be a great one, too. it looks like both of those teams are probably going to have to win that one or go away. >> al: see you deep in the heart of next week. in new orleans tonight, penalties do in detroit. 31-17, the final score. until next week, for our entire crew, al michaels, cris collingsworth, michele tafoya. good night from new orleans. drexel live, local, late breaking, this is wbal news tonight. >>> good news. or witnesses are expected to take the stand tomorrow in the trial against the key adviser to the former governor. the adviser is charged with using illegal rabat calls. we have more. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the defense plans to call two more witnesses to the stand. as the trial ente

>> reporter: aaron, i spoke to his family members, as well as his boss late this afternoon. they all describe him as a very hard-working man. he would get up early every morning to go to work. and that's what he was doing this morning, when the tragedy happened. if you take a look at this tree here behind me in this yard, this is where that out-of-control car finally came to a stop. 59-year-old rolando martinez was struck and killed while on his way to work early this morning. he was standing at a bus stop on veersmill road at 5:00 a.m. not far from home when police say he was hit by this mercury millan. >> he worked from 5:00 to dark every single day. even saturdays and sundays. >> why did he do that? >> he worked to support his family. >> reporter: police are investigating to see why the mercury left the roadway. traveled up a grassy em bankment and hit grande. the driver identified as 24-year-old tasfay of rockville then slammed into this red toyota pickup parked in a driveway before crashing into a tree in the same yard. grande's family describes him as a loving husband,

aaron rodgers playing great.he other big story, tim tebow and what they have done out here in denver. >> jim: you know, jim, just the fact that they lost this way today, you know, kind of like when we saw the denver broncos play early in the year. hard to judge a lot of things. we saw them lose to the green bay packers. well, how many offenses out there can go up and down the field and score like this new england patriots time has done today? not many. >> jim: and ridley down to the 27. let's send it back to james brown one more time. >> a 65-yard attempt by sebastian janikowski. >> gets through. blocks it. last play and the detroit lions, 28-27. nine wins and oakland raiders fail to take advantage of an opportunity. >> jim: so suh makes the big play. you know janikowski had the leg to do it. we were speculating stafford. ridley into traffic. gets back a yard. remember, if the broncos win the last two games, they can win the division. they have buffalo, home at kansas city. if new england finishes 13-3 and baltim

the packers visiting the giants and adding to the legend of aaron rodgers.ourth quarter, a one-point game, aaron rogers in the red zone. a bullet to donald driver. rodgers' fourth touchdown pass of the game. he had 369, did rodgers. green bay takes an eight-point lead. next possession. give eli manning credit. he drives 69 yards, tops it with a touchdown pass to hakeem nicks. get this. he'll hand off to dj ware, sneaks in for 35. all aaron rodgers needed was the 58 seconds he had left to drive his team down the field. three passes, almost immediately for 69 yards, including this 27-yard pass. nice catch by jordy nelson. lines this up for green bay, mason crosby knocks it home from 30 yards out. packers 12-0. and clinch a spot in the playoffs. what a drive by rodgers. the lions drying to keep pace with the packers in the nfc north. taking on the saints in new orleans, drew brees, too much for the detroit defense. and the second, brees threatens the needle between two lion defenders, lance moores is the target. brees, 342 and three touchdowns. in the fourth qu

dozens of officers combing hundreds of square miles all in the search for aaron bassler. 35 and unemployed, he had vanished into the woods after allegedly shooting and killing two men. he was elusive. he was dangerous. he was, his father believes, mentally ill. >> people just don't understand what a family goes through with that type of illness. >> reporter: james says his son's descend began 16 years ago as a teenager. airplane bassler's condition got worse over the past year. >> he went really downhill. it was pretty obvious to me that he was becoming very dangerous. >> reporter: the father eventually wrote letters to the

i'm aaron gilchrist in for jim handly. we start with the wind, 30-mile-an-hour winds in some parts of the area. >> kim is in the storm center to tell us more about this. it's chilly. >> it is. coming off the heels of what was a lot of rain, now the next thing in line, the crazy, gusty winds. we don't have a wind advisory. the winds are strong, blowing around what may be old christmas trees you have put outside. we have wind gusts outside reagan national at 26 miles per hour. gusting to almost 36 miles per hour in hagerstown and annapolis. 24 in camp springs. now, the temperatures this afternoon have been pretty good. we are at 43 right now and 44 at la playda. look what happens when i factor in the wind with the temperatures. 24 in hagerstown. the 40s go away and feel like 35 degrees. the windchill a big factor. we don't have to worry about snow. we are going to stay dry. we deal with the windy weather through 9:00. temperatures easing back from 37 down to 36 by 11:00. chilly overnight. the bright, silver lining is we will

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i'm aaron gilchrist. it is the record 15th police shooting in prince george's county this year, and tonight there are two very different versions of what happened. this all centers on a deadly confrontation last late last night in the 7500 block of greenleaf road in palmer park. nbc's derrick ward explains. >> reporter: 34-year-old rodney edwards was shot saturday evening. he was shot several times in front of his home in greenleaf park. family members want to know why a police officer opened fire on edwards. they heard the shots. >> i walked to the door. when i opened the door, there was a blue van, cargo dan, dark tinted windows and an undercover police with a 9 millimeter and he looks like he was laying back. he had been shot. >> reporter: they say edwards had just been dropped off by a friend. >> he got out of her car and sat down on the curb, said that he had been drinking, you know, he was going to sit down here for a minute, and then turn around, and then within five minutes, five shots rang out. >

boyd back in prison for the rest of his life. >> elizabeth aarons advice for others? >> tell someone and tell someone that they trust. tell a loved one or a coworker. >> until this week, many documents in this court case were under seal in order to protect the wife. now that richard bernard boyd has been put away for many years, elizabeth aaron says she is speaking out in order to encourage other abused spousings to seek help. in the newsroom, john hanrahan, fox 5 news. >> lady gaga is in d.c. the serious reason. the pop star was seen downtown this afternoon. plus, it's usually dimes and quarters dropped into the kettle bells this time of year. but something worth thousands showed up this week. meet the man who put it there next. >> and tonight on the news edge, a community on edge after messages of hate and intolerance appear on doorsteps. the posters and reaction from neighbors at 11:00. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up

. >>> coming up, aaron rodgers spreads christmas cheer throughout green bay.'re watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. police in texas are investigating the shooting of a gathering in ft. worth. authorities believe four women, three men, age 18 to 60 are related and that the shooter is among the dead. >>> in stanford, connecticut, a fire killed three members of a family including two chirp. two people were able to make it out of the burning victorian home. it took dozens of firefighters to get the fire under control. >>> a south korean polling ship has been reached a vessel that's been stuck in the frigid waters that's been stuck near antarctica that's been stuck for three days. >>> in england, prince phillip remains hospitalized after having surgery for a blocked artery. he had said to be in good spirits. >>> well, the u.s. military has now left iraq. tens of thousand oefs american service members remain in afghanistan for the 10th christmas in a r

. >>> coming up, aaron rodgers spreads christmas cheer throughout green bay.'re watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. police in texas are investigating the shooting of a gathering in ft. worth. authorities believe four women, three men, age 18 to 60 are related and that the shooter is among the dead. >>> in stanford, connecticut, a fire killed three members of a family including two chirp. two people were able to make it out of the burning victorian home. it took dozens of firefighters to get the fire under control. >>> a south korean polling ship has been reached a vessel that's been stuck in the frigid waters that's been stuck near antarctica that's been stuck for three days. >>> in england, prince phillip remains hospitalized after having surgery for a blocked artery. he had said to be in good spirits. >>> well, the u.s. military has now left iraq. tens of thousand oefs american service members remain in afghanistan for the 10th christmas in a r

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aaron rodgers looking to improve his mvp stats. carson palmer not improving his, one of four picks on the day. packers first official play from scrimmage. on the board. ryan grant. see ya. 47 yards, 7-0 pack. second quarter now, 17-0 green bay. rodgers to nelson. 37 yards, franchise record 39th t.d. pass for rodgers on the season. 24-0. gets worse. woodson, the former raider, picks off palmer. the pick turns into points. ryan grant. packers set a franchise record for points on the season. 466. blowing out the raiders. they're now 13-0. >> they wanted to run michael bush early. we did a nice job slowing him down a little bit. and forcing turnovers like we did tonight, cashing them in. >> the kind of game you want to play going into the playoffs. >> the thing is we expect those guys to be good, so for us to come up with turnovers and get the ball back in their hand, we feel good about what they're going to do. >> that loss and the broncos win, tim tebow led the bronxs to a win over the bears. tebow to thomas. ten yards. broncos withi

. >>> aaron rogers is the man, according to associated press.named today as the ap male athlete of the year. he was the super bowl mvp. and the packers to that terrific start. finally losing a game to the chiefs last weekend. aaron rogers, a run-away winner for the mayo athlete of the year. college football, let's go bowling. san diego, snapdragon stadium they're calling? okay. texas christian against louisiana tech. and 41-yard touchdown. and it is tcu winning. a final of 31-24. >>> boxing, floyd mayweather junior sentenced behind bars. a vegas judge sensed him to 90 days in jail after the boxer's guilty plea to reduced battery and harassment charges. the deal avoids trial on allegations that he hit his exgirlfriend and threatened two of their children during an argument at her home in september, 2010. >>> auto racing, las gatos native aj almondinger has a new team. he was driving for richard petty last night. and he's taking over the position left by kirk busch. the native will be driving the 22-car when the spring cup season rolls around, sta

packers and bears, aaron rodgers spreading christmas cheer all over the field. threw 5 touchdowns.him the mvp award right now. packers improved with a 35-21 win. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> three new films suffer from silent nights at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, the story of college friends, baked goods and a holiday tradition that spanned more than a quarter century. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday morning. hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. weatherwise, we'll see, unfortunately, a change to a more damp, wet weather pattern in the pacific northwest. numerous frontal systems and the jet stream will thrive the moisture into the pacific northwest. 44 today and showers, seattle, much of the coastal areas, best chance for damp weather. san francisco, l.a., no problems at all. arizona, finally warming it up ever so slightly. and as we look toward tomorrow, not a lot changes, except the northwest. we'll keep youing so ooechl watching

that and much more when we come back. ,, aaron, you're all set. great, thanks. mike, thanks for doing that discount double check. you saved us hundreds. what was that? the discount double check? it's when we comb through your policies and make sure that you're getting all the discounts you deserve. no, i get that part, but you guys are doing my move. the discount double check move? that's my touchdown dance. so you're a dancer? no, i'm a quarterback. oh, a quarterback. mrr. i'm a robot. mm, mm. ee, er, ee, er. get out of here. [ male announcer ] aaron rodgers got his. how about you? rodgers! discount double check! [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. well... there's an a >>> well, do you want to keep track of santa this christmas, guys? >> i have been tracking him for years. >> i know you have. now there's an app for that. >> an app? >> what about me? >> we don't need you anymore. because norad tracks santa claus on christmas eve. >> what? >> norad is now response for the defense of north america. last year it set a record with 7,000 e-mails and

and they are there are no delays reported at monetta /san josi aaron. >> thousands took part in the tradition prime rib lunch at glide memorial church. the free lunch serves the homeless and hungry living in the city of it's made possible by the owner of the house of prime rib joe betz who has donated the meat for the past 19 years. also at glide, veterans were busy preparing for tomorrow's big christmas dinner. they sliced and diced and chopped and mixed for the thousands expected to be there tomorrow. on the menu, ham, turkey, stuffing and a lot dessert. >> the holidays will be a little brighter for those forced out of their homes in alameda by a fast-moving blaze. ktvu's mike mibach talked to firefighters who are lending a helping hand. >> excellent, thank you very much. >> perfect, thank you. we greatly appreciate it. >> reporter: alameda a's fire station one. >> looks like we have old navy and kohls. >> reporter: today the gift cards and goods kept coming, not just toys, but shoes, bedding and much more. alameda residents arza ralph. >> we're all here on earth to help each other, and i h

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my kid is aaron and he is a 10th grader. he is a comedian. i want to tell you that i have a volunteer of the ptsa. i do my volunteer what every friday. i just come along the school a lot to see how things are going. one day, a couple of parents came up to me and wanted to see what john o'connell was like. they ask me if it is not an alternative school. i said no, it is a high school. i decided, this is not -- when i was talking to this apparent, a couple of parents had come up to me already and that is the time of was volunteering. i did not like the way alternative meant for the school. it is not a continual school. it is just a high school. children are brought in to learn and the teachers are awesome. they are really, really good. we have a great and support -- a great principal. we want to bring in the kids at john o'connell high school, not an alternative. i am hoping when my son graduates, he has one more year to go, i am hoping that this school will change to john o'connell high school. i will tie it into my computer and said, high sch

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aaron aaron rodgers is having an mvp season. the defense has been shaky.ogers is not that worried about it. >> i believe the two worst defenses as far as yardage and i think we are both doing well this year. >> it is not like it is the number one in the league. but it is a very good defense. they know how to play within their own game. and when you add the offense -- >> as for the 49ers they are basking in the glow of the first playoff appearance since 2002. they head to arizona on sunday as division champions. it is all locked up. they have a 10 and 2 record. they could coast from here. do they relax a little bit with the title secure? no way. >> going into arizona and they won four of the last five. we all recognize that and see that. they just beat a good tall dahl team. >> a little different, but there is no less pressure. >> college sports and the money grabbed by all of the conence froms-- conferences is so out of control. it includes san diego state and boise state who will travel thousands of miles to play their new conference foes. the big east is

i'm going to stop there and i'll have more in 20 minutes. >> aaron, thanks. i want to take you straight over to baghdad, because the moment, the formal withdrawal of u.s. troops from baghdad, from iraq, after eight years and nine months, is now upon us, as you can see there. it will be the lowering of the flag which signals the end of combat. it doesn't actually mean every last american soldier will have left the country in the course of today or even tomorrow, but by the end of the year, that is intended to be the case, as president obama described this extraordinary achievement, as he called it, of american forces, 4,500 of whom have lost their lives over the course of those nearly nine years since the american-led invasion of iraq began. the removal of saddam hussein taking place, seems so very long ago new, doesn't it, and ultimately, with elections, a view that the americans feel they can withdraw from iraq and leave what president obama described as a sovereign, stable, self-reliant country to get on with his own business with a government elected by it

first quarter, aaron murray to aaron white, georgia in10-0. same score second quarter.eps up on the punt return. he's gone. 59 yards. watch this. at the goal line, tosses the ball to the official before he crossed the plane. nobody caught it. 10-7 georgia at the half. tigers take over the in the third. hilliard bowls through. lsu leads 35-10 late in the fourth quarter. looks like they're on their way to the bcs title game. >> houston case keenum hoping to lock up a bowl game but davis stole the show. davis, 279 yards, four t.d. passes, golden eagles at the half. things got no better for ken numb and company. keenum, through two picks today, and southern miss stuns houston 49-28. >> baylor quarterback robert griffin iii trying to steal heisman votes from luck. griffin accounts for 291 yards passing two tds and two rushing tss. coming up here, oklahoma and oklahoma state, kansas state gets a share of the big 12 if oklahoma beats oklahoma state. and join us on "after the game" around 8:30. >> nfl. raiders linebacker rolando mcclain has and 'splaining to do. he was arrested

aaron rodgers and the packers in kansas city. historically arrowhead, a tough place to win a road game. green bay, down 6-0 in the third. rodgers to donald driver. the pack takes a 7-6 lead. but the chiefs would re-take the lead, and dpo don't go away. battles plows away for a touchdown run. kansas city now up 19-7, and that means the gatorade shower for interim coach romeo crennel. the packers lose 19-14, ending their perfect season. they are now 13-1. >>> the colts announced that the injured peyton manning will not play this season. still doesn't want andrew lock. they may not need him. they have donald brown. stopped behind the line of scrimmage, escapes, gets a block, and what can brown do for you? how about an 80-yard touchdown, career high 161 yards today. the colts won't go winless, beating the titans 27-13. >>> the saints drew brees didn't notice the ball was snapped until he was making the call from the shotgun formation. minnesota would recover the fumble and kick a field goal. but that was about the only miscue for the

get out of here. [ male announcer ] aaron rodgers got his. how about you? rodgers! discount double check! [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. g plan to >>> stocks are starting out the week on a positive note. on high hopes for an emerging plan to save the euro. the dow was up well over 100 points in an earlier period but now up 52 settling in on this monday. a crucial week for the european debt crisis and leaders are now working overtime to keep it from spreading. french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angola merckle are in crunch talks amid a highly anticipated summit in brussels, working on a master plan to avert another crisis by imposing greater fiscal discipline on member countries. they say they will try to push it through even if not all of the eu countries agree. >>> with herman cain out, republican presidential candidates are scrambling to win over his supporters. newt gingrich seems to be gaining momentum right now. the former house speaker is leading the polls ahead of the iowa caucuses. but the polls for the nation's fir

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aaron rodgers and the packers in kansas city.istorically arrowhead has been a tough place to win a road game. green bay down 6-0 in the third. rodgers to driver, pack take a lead. battle plows ahead for a touchdown run. kansas city is now up 19-7, and that means a gatorade shower for interim coach romeo crennel. packers lose 19-7, ending their perfect season. they are now 13-1. >>> that's the packers' first loss in over a calendar year, snapping their 19-game winning streak. it came two shy of the patriots' record for the longest winning streak in nfl history. they won 21 in a row back in 2003 and 2004, and the 49ers once won 18 straight. >>> the colts announced that the injured peyton manning will not play this season. they may not need lock. they have donald brown stopped by the line of scrimmage, get the block from the quarterback, and what can brown do for you? how about an 80-yard touchdown, a career high 161 yards today. colts won't go winless, beating the titans 27-13. >>> the saints drew brees didn't notice the ball was s

aaron aaron rodgers is having an mvp season. the defense has been shaky.is not that worried about it. >> i believe the two worst defenses as far as yardage and i think we are both doing well this year. >> it is not like it is the number one in the league. but it is a very good defense. they know how to play within their own game. and when you add the offense -- >> as for the 49ers they are basking in the glow of the first playoff appearance since 2002. they head to arizona on sunday as division champions. it is all locked up. they have a 10 and 2 record. they could coast from here. do they relax a little bit with the title secure? no way. >> going into arizona and they won four of the last five. we all recognize that and see that. they just beat a good tall dahl team. >> a little different, but there is no less pressure. >> college sports and the money grabbed by all of the conence froms-- conferences is so out of control. it includes san diego state and boise state who will travel thousands of miles to play their new conference foes. the big east is fight

i'm aaron gilchrist. this news still unfolding. darcy spencer joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: aaron, let me set the scene where we are right now. we're in prince george's county. this is rigs road. you see the intersection with metsorat road. there is a vehicle obviously involved in a crash. we're told that vehicle is belonging to a suspect who was shot and wounded here on the scene by a tacoma park police officer. apparently that suspect was involved in an attempted carjacking at a sunoco gas station. we have video of that. that happened earlier this afternoon in the 6900 block of new hampshire avenue in tacoma park. we're told that there was someone there who attempted to car jack a person, who had a porsche there at the gas station. and a witness told us that he saw the whole thing. let's listen to what that witness had to say. what happened? >> i saw pretty much everything. >> reporter: it was a stabbing? >> it was an attempted carjacking. the guy was actually stand at the pump. >> reporter: awe you saw it? >> the w

my kid is aaron and he is a 10th grader. he is a comedian. i want to tell you that i have a volunteer of the ptsa. i do my volunteer what every friday. i just come along the school a lot to see how things are going. one day, a couple of parents came up

aaron, best of luck to you and may god bless you and your family. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: i ask for -- unanimous consent to vitiate the call of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coats: mr. president, what is the current status -- are we in morning business? the presiding officer: we are in morning business. mr. coats: i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coats: mr. president, thank you. this is a holiday season coming upon us, a period of celebration and joy, but as we prepare to spend times with our friends and our families in the coming weeks it's important to remember there are many families out there that are hurting across this country. as i visit with hoosiers, people from indiana, i hear concern in the voices of parents trying to make the mortgage payment, the manufacturer tr

. >> that's the claim of the terror group's leader who says they won't release aaron weinstein until demands are met. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, sunny. aaron weinstein is the first american kidnapped in pakistan since danny pearl was executed in 2002. it's come as a shock to people here. weinstein was a development expert over 70 years old. his work was uncontroversial. he worked with people like furniture sellers and dairy farmers, which makes al qaeda's demands all that more extraordinary. ayman al zawahiri, listing nine demands, including nato end air strikes in pakistan and afghanistan. and release of taliban prisoners from everywhere, including guantanamo bay. u.s. officials dismissing those demands as a bit out landish. >> is kidnapping a new tactic being used by al qaeda? >> reporter: it hasn't been used in pakistan since pearl was kidnapped in 2002. but u.s. officials say it's not really a surprise. when navy s.e.a.l.s came into pakistan to kill bin laden in may, they found documents that showed that al qaeda wanted to get back into the kidnapping business

i'm jim andly, in tonight for aaron gilchrist. it's a developing story at mcpherson square. the standoff began early this afternoon, and it is still unfolding as we speak. news 4's darcy spencer joins us now live from mcpherson square with more on what's going on now. darcy? >> reporter: jim, a lot's been going on, just here in the last 20 minutes. police gave another warning that arrests would be made and they went into the structure here and made several arrests here, just again within the last 20 minutes. you can see that police have that structure surrounded. they've told people that they need to come down from the roof of the building. obviously, they're not complying with those requests and it's unclear at this point how police are going to get them down. >> that's an iraq secrvet! >> reporter: a dozen d.c. occupy protesters were arrested sunday over this, a wooden structure put up at mcpherson square. a building inspector came out and posted these "danger" signs on the building. >> a peaceful protest! >> reporter: police surrounded the structure and set a deadline for