back here live, it is all alex ovechkin. the signs are all over the place. alex ovechkin, goal number 500. they will celebrate him tonight. guys, back to you. we will have a full wrapup coming up tonight at 11:00. >> it is great giving the caps some love. they are doing so well. they have been overshadowed. >> the best team in the league. >> when you look at alex ovechkin's stats, they are crazy,. >> they are. warm tomorrow. dry until about evening. get ready for rain and showers tomorrow. tomorrow night. early on saturday, arctic air. boom in the 20s monday and tuesday. >> that is refreshing. >> today is pretty sweet. >> that is wusa9 news at 6:00. the cbs evening news is next. >> we will be back at 7: ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the great escape. thanks to virtual wallet by pnc. ♪ >> pelley: round six for seven republicans. >> i don't think harry truman

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alex ovechkin, with the wrister, the 500th goal of his career. he is the 43rd player in nhl history to get there. he gets mobbed at center ice. his family was in the stands to see it. he gives the crowd a way. the caps also win, 7-1. women's hoops, the terps women beat iowa. a good day in sports, except for the redskins. however, bittersweet, a lot of good to take away from the season. kimberly: the building blocks have been laid. you've convinced me. robert: yes! kimberly: coming up, gas prices keep dropping. kimberly: aaa says gasoline prices could fall to about one dollar per gallon in some areas. that has not happened since 1999. today is national average for a gases of regular $1.96. gases of regular $1.96. thank tumbling oil prices wow. the internet is crazy fast here. i know, right? it's so nice to have everyone over. hi hey. mmm. i just laid an egg. does anybody want it? joey, you want some gasoline? yes, please. mom, guess what? i married a clown and we're having tiny little clown babies. mhm. i just bought a hammer. with internet fast e

and then watch what alex ovechkin does. he's going coast to coast.m one end of the rink to the other. slicing past everybody. that is 499 and it's a game winner. the caps 4-3 over their arch rivals. >> obviously a huge save. but it's over. and just full speed on nash. i stay my speed and just make a move and put it in. >> you don't see maybe a highlight goal every game, but it's moments like this that you can't really do anything about it, i guess. just amazing. >> so alex ovechkin and the caps will go for that number 500 tomorrow against ottawa, 7:00 p.m. here on csn. that is a little bit of history. the redskins also looking to make history. in fact they haven't won a home playoff game at fedex field since 1999. how long ago was it? real long ago. kirk cousins was just ten years old. boy, he's been playing like anned adult ever since, though. since thanksgiving, just one interception. 17 combined touchdowns. and he's not just a redskins quarterback. he is this team's leader. >> he's doing everything you expect or you ask your quarterback to. he's g

. >> $1.5 billion is too tempting for everybody, including alex ovechkin. kristin berset explains why she joining power ball mania. >> caramel owe anthony makes 24 million a year. alex, 10 million. but they all want to get in on the fun and try their luck. now, this photo which tweeted out of alex ovechkin buying a power ball ticket in virginia with his dad looking on was for saturday's jackpot. he didn't win because nobody did. he scored his 500th goal which is a major milestone. so perhaps he is feeling a little lucky this time around. [ laughter ] >> i think it was funny. who is going to take a picture? it's crazy. people are crazy. >> how many tickets are you going to buy? >> i don't know. like maybe one, maybe two. we will see. >> he is rich but he doesn't have $1.3 billion. i bought one too. yeah. i'm going to buy one today too. heck yeah. i have house payments man. [ laughter ] >> good point. you may be rich, but 1.5 billion is a totally different level. >> and ovechkin is so cute. who would take a picture of me? anyone who knows who you are. [ laught

not the least of them is alex ovechkin. >> we caught up with him in a gas station in virginia.more on that in a second. not everyone is able to shovel out. some people have physical disabilities where they can't do it. we will check in with debra alfarone on how you can volunteer and help others. >> reporter: i'm debra alfarone in southwest dc. the snow is on its way and you may need help. with me now, joseph, lead organizer of snowcrew.org. walk us through how this can help people. >> sure, so the first thing people will want to do is go to snowcrew.org. click on request assistance. if you want to shovel, click volunteer to shovel. if you need help and you click request assistance, it will load that page. we have instructions on the left hand side to make it easier for people to learn how to use the system. but you put in your address, you tell people what you need and it gets plotted to the map. >> reporter: okay, so show us what it looks like if i want to help people. i'm standing right here. does it tell me people around here who need help? >> absolutely. when you go to sno

it was alex ovechkin providing the offense. and then the entertainment.st period, caps down a goal. they were on the power play. you know what that means, just give to it ove. he knows what to do with it. his 27th goal of the season. we're knotted up at 1. bizarre moment in the second period, caps up two, oshie took himself out of the game. was having trouble staying hydrated. caps lead it 4-2. if you wore one of your favorite hats to this game i feel sorry for you. it belongs to the capitals', who threw it on the ice. the second hat trick of his career and they travel to columbus on tuesday. >>> a little college basketball, anthony gill, number 13 uva on the road to ssu. nice steal, beautiful passes. hall on the finish. uva up three at halftime. florida state, they were hungry. maybe they had too much bacon, dwayne bacon, the drive. stay with me, erika. bacon with a team high 18 points. seminoles knock off, va 61-62, bacon fan club loving it. >>> college park. maryland women hosting number 24, northwestern. christian convoy had herself a game. all about

there is no one in the national hockey league right now like alex ovechkin. he is on his way to become one of the greatest goal scorers ever. he had his 500th goal. he is an olympic gold medalist. league mvp. top player by his colleagues. as the captain of the league leading capitals. he was recently asked to look to the future and see perhaps what that holds for him. needless to say, he has probably not given it much thought. >> i want to play hockey or do something else. or, uh, how healthy i'm going to be. still, it is six years left right? six years? six years left on my contract. so, we will see what is going to happen. >> so he is focused on the now. we are all caught up in powerball fever right? we can all dream what we would do if we won. it appears even millionaire athletes do too. why not right? someone tweeted this picture of alex ovechkin buying a power ball ticket alongside his dad. of course he didn't win, but the next night, he got his 500th goal. so maybe he is feeling lucky and he plans to press his luck weain. asked him about it today. >> i

alex ovechkin going for career goal number 500. that's a lot of goals if you ask me. i'm not a hockey player. kimberly: if you watched him last night -- >> two of them. two on one. kimberly: it was like, is anyone going to challenge him? redskins. come onk, let's go, buddy. redskins. come onk, let's go, buddy. >> -- soly: stoves stately stately, so elegant. should you be allowed to wear a hawaiian shirt inside? that would be quite a change from the current rule that requires full business attire. representative, a hawaii democrat, send a letter to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. his office observes a low have fridays by wearing hawaiian shirts. no word yet. what would you guys think? we could do a twitter poll on that. i like that washington still has some formality and to corum, especially on the hill. >> casual fridays on the hill? maybe like a couple of times. in the midwest you just wear anything plain. kimberly: tomorrow morning you will be wearing gloves.

alex ovechkin charges down the ice. that is the game-winner.aps pick up the point with a win. 4-3. countdown to kick off for the redskins-packers. sunday at 4:40 will be the moment of truth. we have seen much improvement with the defense this season. nose with aghton super bowl feels like, and whatever is challenging him better understand that. >> i always feel like whatever's in front of me is in for a long day. that is just the mentality we have on the defensive line. we really believe that we can do something this year and we believe in each other. we had a team meeting earlier in the urine that is what we talked about, bling for each other and the guy next to you. robert: texans-chiefs. the opening kickoff come how about the start. 106-yard up the gap, return. i was an indication of things to come. they blowout the texans, 30-0. terps andranked wisconsin, undefeated in the big ten before today. if you are watching this, you were not on the edge of your seat. closing seconds of the game, time. it is melo the answer is yes, the long three. wi

alex ovechkin received a bit of a backlash for skipping out on the all-star game again.is absence opens the door for other caps to head to nashville. the 23-year-old will play in his first all-star game. >> the veteran head coach has a message for all of them. >> have fun. we're going to have a couple philosophical discussions on just things that we want to accomplish out there so that we're on the same page. >> it's a graets experience, i think. i mean, it's a specialty event and so much going on around the whole city now. so it's fun to be a part of it. >> georgetown is going to have their hands full against one of the best players in the country tomorrow. win, loss, win, loss, win. that's how the last five games have gone for georgetown. back-to-back wins for a change. they have to stop 6-4 point guard who has been compared to john walsh. these are all facts that j.t. 3 is fully aware of. >> when you talk about chris dunn, you're talking about one of the, if not the best player in the country. he does everything at an elite level. he makes everyone on the team so much

alex ovechkin has been selected to be one of the four captains for the all-star game in nashville. the caps are on the road tonight in columbus after their new year's eve lost to carolina. the redskins wrapped up their final full practice yesterday before heading to dallas to take on the cowboy sunday. trent williams did not practice yesterday and is listed as questionable sunday. if you does not play sunday, do not expect kirk cousins to stay in the game very long. coaches talk about sitting a guys, let's take a break, but if you have a hot hand, keep going, don't stop. there will be a point in the time were you get your legs back, get your body back, get your mind back. following the game, penn state's quarterback declared for the nfl draft. kimberly: i agree about keeping the momentum going. robert: cannot relax right now. kimberly: a pair of twins born in san diego, minutes apart, in different years. one was born a minute before midnight new year's eve, her brother born two minutes after midnight new year's day. healthy.happy and their parents were not expecting them for anothe

citizen would. >>> even though alex ovechkin makes over $10 million a year playing for the capitals, or this big humongous jackpot. a photo appeared on social media with ovechkin and these dad buying power ball tickets in virginia. >>> and time now to see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering. >> gayle king is in new york with a preview. >> ahead on cbs this morning, we'll talk with vice president joe biden, presidential candidate hillary clinton and south carolina governor nikki mailly about the state of the -- haley about the state of the union and we're inside the studio where the power ball will be drawn tonight. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00 on the dot. >> thank you, gayle. >>> this is funny. david bowie never had a number one album in the u.s. until now. >> note noatd look up here -- ♪ look up here, i'm in heaven ♪ >> the late star is headed for his first number one album on the billboard 200 charts with "black star" the new album released on his 69th birthday and to days before he passed away. it was the top selling album on itunes in the u

playconds into the power in the second, alex ovechkin finds the back of the net, 3-1 caps.later, nicklas backstrom camps out in front. makes it look easy. caps up 4-1 and they go on to win 6-3. arthwestern gave the terps big scare tonight, but maryland approved how good they are. there down two late in second, but not for long. trimble, heelo absolutely took over. first, the drive, then the dish to robert carter junior maryland up 1. work so well, why not again. melo trimble to diamond stone. maryland avoids the upset with the overtime win. yas upset number five xavier on the road tonight. hoyas turning on the defense, back to back, the one-man fastbreak. nice job, fellas. later, smith-rivera shows off his range. from nba range. hoyas win 81-72. 13th-ranked virginia hosting clemson. steps back and drains the three. he finished with 20. later, the cavaliers showing off nice ball movement. mike tobey with the jam. cavs win 69-62. tissue ready for the patriots-broncos afc championship game. with tom brady and the patriots set to visit denver, antonio called tom brady a crybaby

it was pretty cool. >> reporter: a great night for alex ovechkin and the capitals.hletes here in the d.c. sports market. another top athlete, robert griffin iii the former franchise quarterback of the redskins team, possibly his last day here at redskins park cleaning out his locker and griffin was here earlier today any griffin was here doing just that. >> do you mind if we ask a few questions? >> one statement? >> i don't have anything for you. >> you see griffin cleaning out his locker right there. he did not talk to the media today, but he did leave behind an inspirational poem. we'll see over the next few weeks where he is. and that will do it for us at redskins park. >> i hear jerry jones want >>> tonight, inside the takedown of el chapo. new images from the bloody raid and his hideout, and the hollywood connection. how actor sean penn interviewed him in secret with help of a mexican actress. >>> campaign crunch-time. three weeks until iowa. growing anxiety for hillary clinton. her polls slipping to bernie sanders and she's been trailing in new hampshire. >>>

der alex ovechkin needed one more minute for the final blow. through his legs and passed lundquist, his 499th career goal. his 800th career game. 20 of those goals on hendrick, more than any other goalie he has faced. >>> islanders in philadelphia, couldn't get the offense going and couldn't slow the flyers, second period and philly takes a 2-0 lead on this strike from medvedev. the islanders managed only 20 shots on goal. a 4-0 win. >>> the knicks have the night off and the nets visit the seton hall hosting creighton in newark. creighton went on a 15-5 run to start the second half. that was maurice watson jr., coast to coast for the lay in. and johnson, hits the lee and a foul to go with it. that's four the hard way. the big man jeffrey blazell had 20 for the blue jays. the hall has now lost two in a row. next up eighth ranked providence. st. johns on to the road taking on marquette. less than five minutes to play, they trail by three, when ron lavuka hits the goal. but marquette would go on a 10-20 run, and they led 17-55 with ten seconds to

more specifically alex ovechkin and his 500 goals.e scored his 500th goal last night against ottawa and he is on pace to surpass wayne gretzky as the best nhl scorer ever. the redskins fullback jarrell young joins me at 7:00 for the weekly show at newschannel8. join us. we will put a bow on the redskins season and take your calls. leon: if gretzky was smart he would have -- not gretzky. he would have waited till tonight, ovechkin. erin: yeah. hold back. alison: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: see you at welcome. how you doin'? good how are you? so today you're gonna choose a mobile office. you can choose this chevy silverado which offers built in 4g lte wi-fi. or you can choose this ford f-150, which doesn't offer wi-fi. but to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. hey fellas! (group laughter) what? so, which one do you want? i pick the chevy. definitely. or, get this dependable silverado all star edition with a total value of seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. find new ro

the nhl all-star game roster has been adjusted, alex ovechkin out because of a lower body injury. barry trotz is coaching the metropolitan team come and according to him we should expect good stuff. hish: i will tell you this, replacement is one of the brightest young stars in the league. he will be fantastic at this event. he has a big personality. he may be a little shy, but yes has tremendous personality and he is a tremendous talent. sticking with hockey, the calgary flames defenseman suspended for bad behavior. hedid not like his hit, so ref,checked the suspended indefinitely. the ref would be ok, but you never want to see that. and gw-richmond are tied right now at the smith center with seconds left to go in overtime. leon: good win for mark turgeon. you need one like that before march madness. robert: with all the hype that is around this team. it.: they stood up to those throwback uniforms, what did you think? robert: hideous. i'm not the only one, right? alison: i don't think that is what they were hoping for. robert: not a good look. this is much better to look at. that'

alex ovechkin, his 21st goal this season. caps pull within one. close as they get. and hurricanes with another empty net goal. 4-2 your final score. capitals continue their five-game road trip up to columbus this saturday night. in the nfl, redskins haven't been in this position in quite some time. playoffs are locked up. there's still one game left on the regular season. what do you do? rest your players for the post-season or just go out and play. head coach, jay gruden. >> right now, we're approaching it, they're dressed and playing. kirk is getting ready and jordan is getting ready and how i substitute during the course of the game depends how we are doing. >> we need to finish with a hot hand and that's usually the team that end up in the super bowl. they're the same team that beat us in our stadium in the center stage. we need to line up and play redskin football and see what the results are the end of the day. >> college football, clemson taking on number 4 seed, oklahoma sooners, all tigers, especially in the second half. clemson up six, d

hockey news -- alex ovechkin has been selected to be one of the four captains at the nhl all-star game in nashville. the caps on the road in columbus. in the third, the game tied at three have in three, the caps pushing the puck. his 12th goal of the year, however the3 caps, blue jackets would tie the score in the final minute. the shootout, nicklas backstrom, stoned. caps lose 5-4. the last big ten matchup for the terps a little too close for comfort, only beating penn state by six point. northwestern tonight, different story. melot carter jr. finds trimble who finishes with the double clutch. maryland lead at the half. the second half, more melo. fourth threee, his pointer of the game. maryland wins big. chi-town hosting marquette -- g-town hosting marquette. the freshman finishes strong with the foul. he led the hoyas with 16. second half, not as smooth, the lead wendell's to 6. steps back, the hoyas improved to 2- in conference play with a win. -- they improve to 2-0 in conference play with a win. anthony finishes strong. the at 13 in the first half. second half, the cavs up. 77-66

. >>> in hockey, a milestone goal for washington's alex ovechkin. he notched his 500th and 500 and first career goal as the caps pounded ottawa 7-is. ovechkin is the 43rd player and fifth fastest to reach the 500 goal mark in history. >>> four teenagers are in custody in new york for we all want to be healthier, but lets just get real, we also want to loose weight. what's great about the smartpoints program is you do both, it's not counting calories it's counting points. which actually is like kind of a game. having the points literally gives you accountability. when you realize that you don't have to give up anything, that's when you can really >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> here is another look at this legendary singer david bowie died sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer. his five decade career was marked by innovation and a string of hits, like "fame" "heroes" and "let's dance." bowie was 69. >>> mexico was begun extraditing king ping el chapo to the united states. the process could take month

if the stars align tomorrow, washington sports fans mightness and a win and alex ovechkin's 500th careeron the same day? oh, my gosh. [laughter] cue up 498, as easy as it's ever going to be 1-0, caps. and rangers take the lead. oh, mickey, you are so fine, ties it with 5 to go. >> start spreading the news. >> heading to overtime. holtby goes straight rubber man there with the saves, and this is not fair. cue the russian rocket and number 499. the caps, 31-7 and win 4-3. >>> think that was good? this one is better. maryland at wisconsin. diamont stone's parents there. and he's from there. he signed with maryland saying "dunk" you very much but i'm going with maryland. it's tied with 25 to go, and then melo from about 25 feet, game over. terps win, 63-60. >>> the hoyas off the loss at creighton hosting depaul. this is peak from the corner. highway as on a 6-2 run and second half, a hostile takeover. rivera tie its at 17-and georgetown back on the winning track. >>> austin price leading all scorers with 16 and the mountain hawks roll 65-50 over american university. so great stuff going on t

now alex ovechkin part of an elite club. >> oh, he is, after scoring his 500th nhl gel this past month and the caps are celebrating that milestone and carol maloney joins us live and you talked one-on-one with ovi this week. what did he share with you? >> he was as honest and open as ever and ovi sharing that he's relieved it's over and the countdown to 500 and now it's on to the ultimate goal. >>>. >> just play the game. >> alex ovechkin's life is a game and he knows how to play it. >> rips and he scores! in a flash! welcome to the club number 500 for the great! >> coming off a huge milestone on sunday. career goals number 500 and 501. ovi shelved this moment and moves on. >> it's in the basement. >> you have a basement. >> all of my pucks and pictures. >> is there a big hole or is it just in your heart? >> it's in my heart. >> that hole is for lord stanley's cup. milestones are nice, but it's a ring the great eight seeks and you can forget about the all-time gold mark by wayne gretzky. >> 334 more goals and we're talking on eye know, you're talking, like, oh, it's a lot. are you on t

robert: the caps hosting vancouver at the phone boots and, alex ovechkin being honored player inng thed nhl history to score 500 calls. in the second, the caps on the attack. smooth as silk. 1-0 caps. later in the third, the caps up 2-0, the no look pass. caps win 4-1. breakoutrk cousins' season, seems like the redskins have found their franchise quarterback. one problem, he is a free agent. what is he worth? joe theismann said he thinks kirk cousins deserves an $80 million to 100 million dollar deal. that's a lot of cash. it was rgk cousins, iii, before his redskins career derailed because of injuries and ineffectiveness. we caught up with mark rypien in his thoughts. >> i think he is an opportunity somewhere else. we are hoping it's not the nfc east. and he was good, when he was healthy, he was better. i think this year of rest, an opportunity to re-energize, when he is pulling at a high level, he is fun to watch. we just hope it's not against us and snakebite us in the years ahead. robert: we will see. the terps women on the road, in michigan. second half, tori walker-kimbrough, the

late in the period alex ovechkin brings the capitals back. the amazing goal scorer fires a rocket for his 27th tally of the season. it's now 3-1 caps, midway through the second period. and congratulations to our colleague john chandler and his wife amanda on the birth of their second child. last night at 9:47 the couple welcomed james william chandler to the world weighing in at 7 pounds and 9 ounces. his big brother is thrill nd and so is the parents and he watched the cardinals against the packers. john did the 6:00 p.m. news last night and raced home to brooklyn and took his wife to the victory. we wish all the chandlers well. >> we are so happy for them. >> great story. >> amazing. that kid may never see another game that good.

alex ovechkin, will have plenty of company at the nhl all-star game later this month.strom and were also selected. barry trotz will be a head coach. melo trimble and the terps, trimble sidelined with hamstring tightness, but they did not need him. c the terpsruise past records -- the terps cruise past rutgers. g.w. taking on the bell against tonight. -- taking on the pelicans tonight. takes on michael crawford, knocks down the open three. and win,a few more 69-62 was the final. and george mason falls to saint bonaventure tonight. howard loses a close one to cornell, 84-81. a rough night tonight in college hoops. leon: which team to they want to face if they get past green bay, are they saying? either way, carolina, arizona, both teams are ridiculous. i would go with arizona. i just don't to see cam newton. that's my thing. leon: we will see what happens. ifson: coming up -- hoverboards were not high-tech enough, now they may come fully equipped with a robot. ndp you've upgraded all your old technology... so what about this? it's time to get into the new with ford ♪ co

alex ovechkin needs 10 seconds to deliver the final blow. through mcdonough, past lundqvist, his 499th career goal in his 800th career game. it's not crushing. the rangers earn a point in a 4-3 overtime loss. >>> islanders in philadelphia. in a bit of a funk. couldn't get any offense going, couldn't slow the flyers. philly 2-0 on this strike from yevgeny med 87, they added two in the third. islanders managed 20 shots on goal. steve mason in a 4 -0 flyers win. >>> college hoops, rutgers blown out at home by nebraska 90-56. seton hall's in the teeth of its big east schedule right now. pirates hosting creighton. they had won eight straight at home but trailed by eight at the break did the hall. creighton opened the second half on a 15-5 run. maurice watson jr. coast to coast. the big man jeffrey grizzle had 20 points for the blue jays. creighton wins 82-67. >>> st. john's taking on marquette. the five minutes to play, trail by three, when ron mavuka ties the game at 63. marquette won on a 10-2 run. luke fisher had 18 for the eagles, they win 81-75. the johnnys have lost seven straight inc

alex ovechkin on the brink of history. entered saturday just three goals shy of 500, and he would get closer real quick. first period, played out from behind his own net. plays it right to ovechkin. caps up. tied at two. victor stall berg and the rangers redirect a shot past holtby and the rangers go up two after being down. caps come back. less than ten seconds to play. nicklas backstrom pokes home the rebound. we're going to overtime tied at three. holtby denies and somehow. got some help from the defenseman. ovechkin is going to do the rest from there. coast to coast, 499, it's a beauty. the caps take it 4-3. holtby just one go o.v. just one goal away from that historic 500. >> i'm going to take it game by game. if i score, i score. if not, still have a game left. so i'm still going to score one goal sooner or later. >> all right. o.v. goes for 500 tomorrow night. another local superstar, melo trimble and the terps on the road at wisconsin. nice assist here. 9.6 rebounds for the junior. tight contest throughout. they're

we're learning alex ovechkin will not be playing this weekend after sufficienting a lower body injury. caps are on the ice for the first time against flyers and they made team history playing in breaking record he shared with bobby carpenter. they rallied him. app dray risks past former goa goalie. how about that in the third bringing it in off the post that's second of game tied it and forces over time three all. he spins around behind the net. caps lose-3 first home loss since november 19. >> redskins rolling into the off season with two big questions. will kirk cousins resign with the team and for how much. scott mcluen says they want to keep cuz ainz round and they will need the franchise if they need to. cousins will got a one year dpeel worth 20 million and did signing today on a new contract and signing autografts for skins fans with the washington auto show and if skins decide to tag cousins he losses option to talk with other teams and that in term harms his efforts to get a deal. >> it is a possibility. i don't know i mean the team has that option the ball is in their court

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coming up, alex ovechkin with a >>> final game of the nfl weekend going on right now at fedex field.edskins versus packers, so far the home team haven't fared too well. no home team has won a game this weekend. winner of this contest travels to arizona to face the kartd nalz, still early but the skins looking good so far. the burgundy and gold on top, 5-0. the first quascore by presten smith. his sixth sack in the last four games, playing well this year. after that jackson scoring 14 yard touchdown pass and goal didn't cross the goal line. we stand 5-0 redskins, carol maloney is at fedex field and will have live reports after game on news 4 at 11:00 and tonight and redskins final. be sure to tune in. elsewhere, seahawks and vikings, minus 6 in minneapolis, third coldest playoff game in nfl history. disaster here for seattle but russell wilson making the best of a bad situation, how about that, tyler, that is a 35 yard pickup. huge play by the seahawks offense because a few plays later they do this. wilson to boldin for the touchdown, 9-7 game after peterson fumbles, seattle finds the

the caps down a goal, alex ovechkin heads up the left side and he finds t oschie, the first of two goalson the. the game is tied 1-1. marcus joe hanson. one timer, boom, finds the back of the net. itself 2-1 caps. the third period, theç caps on the power play. ovechkin once again, rips itit home for his 28th season. he missed a penalty shot, it didn't matter, though, becauseea the caps won this one 6-3. in college hoops, maryland hosting. mellow trouble takes the lastube shot. the buzzer sounds, 40 minutes on up to the side so guess what, time for over time. trimble takes over. the foul, he falls down. that's a three-point play forlay the sophomore.opho robert carter, diamond stone for another lay in plus the foul, maryland holds on 52-56 in overr time. john thompson and gw on theon road.ro in the first half, smith rivera with an excellent pass. the hoyas ended the run to take a 6 point lead. lj peak, smith rivera throws it ahead to peak. he heads down, the hoyas of their biggest win of the year, upset number five, xavier 81-72. pierre garcon from fan dual.com and it hamilton health car

alex ovechkin getting his smile stone and he will cap in the all-star team. it is one of his long time teammates that he is even more excited for. niklas backstrom. one of the best players in the league to have never played in an all-star game. he led the league in assists last season and leads the capitals in pounds, more than ov. he will play in his first all- star game this year. his teammates say it is about darn time. >> i have said it for year. he is the quietest superstar in the league. you get to see him everyday, the things he does. he is extremely talented not only offensively. everybody knows that. with his passing. he has an underrated start. as smart defensively as there is in the league. a real good buddy of mine. >> and of course he will be joined by first time all-star brian holtby as well. >>> the georgetown jollas have had quite a season. now jt3's team has a chance to provide an exclamation point. they are long time nemesis with the red storm. chris mullen, a big time east player of the year quite disliked by them will once again be on the

. >> alex ovechkin of the washington capitals spent his evening filling up gas cans. he is from russia and says he is used this kind of weather. ovechkin decided to use his free time to help out a few neighbors. >> we are going to clean up for our neighborhoods. nothing to do anyway. >> so your plan is you want to since you are not playing tonight? >> yeah. maybe, many people. our home. >> the gas station is apparently a favorite stopping place for ovechkin. our sister station there in that area found him last week there buying a ticket for the billion dollar power ball jackpot. >>> a little friendly competition going on between the broncos and the patriots fans. before the game sunday, we and our sister stations on the east coast have posted photos of each team and opened up voting for who has the best one. it is unscientific and 9news.com has a lot of broncos fans clearly. they are winning with more than 1900 of the 3100 votes cast. we will announce the winner sunday morning around 7:00 so if you want to play, get your votes in before then. >>> love the hundreds of

. >>> in hockey, a milestone goal for washington's alex ovechkin. he notched his 500th and 500 and first career goal as the caps pounded ottawa 7-is. ovechkin is the 43rd player and fifth fastest to reach the 500 goal mark in history. >>> four teenagers are in custody in new york for woman in a park. we all want to be healthier, but lets just get real, we also want to loose weight. what's great about the smartpoints program is you do both, it's not counting calories it's counting points. which actually is like kind of a game. having the points literally gives you accountability. when you realize that you don't have to give up anything, that's when you can really manage everything. my brother brian was my best friend, but when he went to college and struggled with depression, he felt alone. he thought he was to blame and no one would understand. when he finally told me he was hurting, i didn't know what to do. a few months later, my brother took his life. if someone you know is struggling like brian did, find out how to help. comes to you? learn more

watch this here, he's going to get it over to alex ovechkin. that's a career goal 497.the caps win 4-#. he is getting to number 500 quicker than we thought. daniel murphy officially introduced today as the nats new second base man after spending seven mets or metropolitans he kept saying. his big incentive you thought was plage with bruce harper. you had to hear murphy. get the calculators ready. i think i made almost $18 million before we signed this deal. that's a whole bunch of money. this is a whole bunch more money and i'm really excited to be able to work with washington and what i think -- the foundation that has been laid here for 2016. but yeah, what a blessing. i mean, that's so much money. it's tough to describe. i couldn't spend it in 30 live times. a whole bunch of more money. you don't really hear players say that very often. very honest about it. just imagine how he described the power ball. > thank you, jim. >> you go it. > actress alyssa milano has become an advocate for breast feeding rights and she became very heated with wendy williams when she visit

isles -- for alex ovechkin. aisles make it a one one goal games. question. are there fewer fights in hockey? >> i just show fewer because i know how it grates on your nerves. [ laughter ] apparently the engineers who designed the ford f-150 have been burning the candle at all ends. cuz' check out their latest brainstorm: pro trailer backup assist. just turn this little knob on the dash and it helps steer your trailer exactly where you want it to go. it's just one more bit of brilliance you can't get on any other truck. freakish. this is the ford f-150. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. >>> join the conversation tonight. we're talking about weather, lee, right? 20 years ago. >> blizzard of naep -- of 1996. >> i was coming and it was an amazing storm. eyewitness news begins tomorrow morning at 4:30. you tomorrow.

. >>> in hockey, a milestone goal for washington's alex ovechkin. he notched his 500th and 501 career goal as the caps pounded ottawa 7-is. ovechkin is the 43rd player and fifth fastest to reach the 500 goal mark in nhl history. >>> ahead on the morning newsstand, four teenagers in new york are in police custody for woman in a park. we all want to be healthier, but lets just get real, we also want to loose weight. what's great about the smartpoints program is you do both, it's not counting calories it's counting points. which actually is like kind of a game. having the points literally gives you accountability. when you realize that you don't have to give up anything, that's when you can really manage everything. in the middle of a time when senior poverty is increasing. republicans and some democrats came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living adjustments for social security. we said, "it will be over our dead bodies if you cut social security." as president, i will do everything i can to extend the solvency of social security i'm bern

. >>> no alex ovechkin at the all-star game but the caps were well represented this weekend in nashville. niklas backstrom making his all-star game debut. well deserved for backy. three-on-three hockey this year. first the metro versus the atlantic. the metro got on the board first. then you see the old guy, hall of famer here jaromir jagr on the break away. holtby let's him have that out of respect i think. metro team is up 2-1. later on in the period, puck up the ice again, and how about this move. evgeni malkin, a 360 spin there. this game -- the all-star game is still going on right now. the metro team eliminated from the tournament as of right now. and before we let you go, we do want to let you know the wizards have made an announcement. head coach randy whitman will miss the next two games after the passing of his older brother. he will be back with the team on february 5th when they take on the philadelphia 76ers. so best of luck or we wish his family all the best as they get ready for this and recover from this. >> thank you so much, jason pugh. grab the umbrellas for tomorrow.