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alex ovechkin has been spectacular.0th goal and assisted on another tenant as the caps most of the sharks. in the second, the caps up is the ovie show, breakaway, backhand, scores. he moves up to 20th on the all-time goals list. in the third, the caps up 3-1. caps win 4-1. the wizards in utah. there was nothing good about this game for the wizards, just being honest. the jazz up 13. it gets worse. bradley beal's lazy passes stolen come in this is how you pass, for the alley-opp. the jazz were as impressive as the wizards were embarrassing, 116-69. ugh, forget about that one. knicks- pacers, or you could call this the lance stephenson show. doing his best globetrotter impression, through the legs, drives, spins, and the scoop shot. fancy skills. taking them to school. n.cers win, 115 and rob gronkowski has been suspended one game for a late hit. michelle: hopefully the wizards got that out of their system. alison: what is in store tomorrow? josh: dry tomorrow morning, but the rain will move in late in the afternoon and t

alex ovechkin and the caps win yet another one.'s jimmy fallon. >>> we have gary "what if" more of the came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." dominion energy. >>> george is talking caps. did they put it together now? >> they finally have. they just need to come home. >> they were just gone for christmas break. capitols return home after a four-day road trip, one in which they went 1-3. losing the last three, though. in the last game with the rangers, they were shut out on the night. the boston bruins game the caps won the 11th straight. bruins had no problems early. first period puck along the boards, pass to david buckus. two goals in the first 2 minutes 12 seconds in this one. second period, then on the play, alex ovechkin breaks his home.

alex ovechkin looking for his 22nd of the season. tom wilson adds another. 4-2 the final.hort trip for the george washington women's basketball team they made it over to college park to play maryland. not exactly kind hosts. five maryland players scoringed. they had 14 points, nine rebounds, they improve to 8-2. >>> fcs playoffs, top defeated james madison, just over two minutes to go. that's right where they want to be, ryan shore to riley stap stapleton. they get the back back in the final minutes with a chance to your game winner. 31-28 the final. and not good for the redskins. sac brown is questionable. three other players ruled out. jordan reis the most note able on that list. he has not played since october. on pace for career lows. at this point jay gruden has adjusted to not having one of his most talented pass catchers. >> what do you want me to say. it is just unfortunate that jordan is a big time player for us and when he is not out there it has a big impact on what we do. >> both the wizards and the redskins in l.a. this weekend. they take the court at 3:30 tom

in the extra period, alex ovechkin with the slap shot, and the great 8 scores the game-winner, number 23 on the season. eir 6th street at home, 3-2. college passed ball special. when georgetown and syracuse meet all the basketball court, all bets are off. these teams have had some battles over the years. today another chapter was written inside the capital one arena. two of the men who founded the rivalry, syracuse head coach jim boeheim and georgetown's ewing. the hoyas adding to their lead with the slain. georgetown would lead by as many as 13 points with 10 minutes left in the game. about a minute left, the orange only down two. grad stealing the bucket. tied. over time, syracuse turns to the big-time three-pointer. georgetown drops their first game of the season, falling to rival syracuse 86-79 in overtime. , if youetown-syracuse were there, you know what i'm talking about. it has always been something. this was a great game today. it was like a firecracker compared to a bomb with those games. no way was at the same, not even the same neighborhood, not even the same country, not e

late in the third, tied at 2-2, alex ovechkin throws it in front, tom wilson keeps it alive and the go-ahead scored a. capitals keep winning, 4-2 the final. the virginia high school football championship has been postponed until sunday because of the snow. that means the 5-a state title game will kickoff sunday at noon. westfield will play oscar smith in the 6-a state championship game starting sunday at 4:30. ncaa quarterfinals, james madison hosting we first date. j,u with the two-point conversion, the game is tied. one second on the clock, from 46 yards out. let the celebration begin. james madison advances to the semifinals, 31-28. in college basketball, the maryland women take care of george washington, 80-54. the turks have n bill: winter is here. nancy: let it snow, let it snow. bill: tonight, a little snow here and there, to the east and south already seeing quite a bit, but most of it will be mid to late morning, early afternoon. very cold with the windchill come and another front tuesday. jonathan: we end with the glass half-full. >>> you can do this. you're confident. you have eve

alex ovechkin denied. the caps get a point but leave with a 1-0 loss.itary bowl will have the spotlight tomorrow in annapolis, navy battling virginia, ki jonathan: you were just reminiscing about the polar plunge. bill: we were talking about when itas it, it was about 8 like is right now, but when i jumped into the water, it was 32. it was noticeably tonight, it will be nice. >>> guillermo? i think this is unnecessary. seems like a bit much. >> don't be silly, trees sea ellis ross, everyone who hosts gets a pedicure. >> even jimmy? >> every day. he likes me to do this little piggi went to market. >> he likes that? >> yes. do you want me to do this little piggy went to market? >> no. >> i like to go all the way home. [ laughter ] >> yes, i definitely don't want you to do it. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." with special guest host

alex ovechkin could not do it last night, but he was unreal tonight, off the bar and in for the game-winnerin 4-3. devastating news for the maryland men's basketball team. head coach mark turgeon announced sophomore justin jackson will undergo shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum and he will miss the season. he averaged almost 10 points per game and had a team-high eight rebounds per contest. virginia tech taking on oklahoma state in the camping world ball in orlando. hokies trailing, tech down 20-1 4. rudolph with the strike to james washington, 65 yards for the score. oklahoma state tops virginia tech, 30-21. and the navy absolutely demolished virginia this afternoon in the military bowl. jonathan: that was rough. erin: yeah, you don't want to be virginia right now. nancy: it is perfect cuddle wea ther. erin: what are you trying to say? nancy: it is very cold. bill: you are thinking positive. we are barely above freezing friday and saturday. snow potential late tomorrow night into saturday morning. we will watch that. but it will just be cold. jo jimmy kimmel's next. nancy: had a grea

erin: alex ovechkin has been unreal this season.o tonight, ovie led the nhl with 20 goals, and he got more tonight at capital one arena. scoreless in the first, the caps fighting for possession. tom wilson gets the steal, the pass to ovie, nicklas backstrom, 1-0 washington. fantastic teamwork to get the caps on the board. still in the first, wilson again. this time he turns and fires and it gets passed forsberg on the short side. wilson got two goals and assists on the night. the caps win big, 6-2. redskins tight end jordan reed did not participate in practice today and it appears unlikely he will play against the chargers sunday. this has been a lost season four reed. he has now played in as many games as he has missed the season, six, and he is on pace for career lows in just about every category. challenging. definitely challenging right now. it is one of the hardest times in my life right now i'm dealing with. i think i can get through this and just keep doing what i've been doing. erin: and 53-year-old rafael wants to ma bill:

alex ovechkin and the caps going for their third straight win. first period scoreless. backstrom scores, first score this cuts a goalless drought. more from the top line off the face-off pass to wilson. he turns, shoots and scores. tom wilson put it on net and finds the back of the net. that puts the caps up 2-0. and still we're just in the first period. ovechkin's line again, wilson bringing it up. his shot is stopped, but the great eight is there to clean it up. lead leaguing 21st of the season for ovi. third period caps up, ovechkin with the puck. and he gets the back of the net. who had three goals -- he had a goal and three assists. the caps win it 6-2. their next game will be friday back at home. >>> the playoffs pretty much out of reach for the redskins. the last two seasons the team has been able to accomplish they're back to .500. the redskins back on the field at practice today. zach brown not participating. he's dealing with a hamstring and achilles injury. morgan moses also sitting it out with an ankle injury. but trent, one of the many redskins players batt

alex ovechkin. the winner. they've won six of seven overall and lead the metropolitan division. that is getting it done. >>> college basketball. first real test for georgetown. patrick ewing against syracuse. can change conference but not intensity. the dunk put the hoyas up 57-47. he got it done. this is how it works. the defense getting tighter. frank howard the swipe. then the georgetown turkeys go into overtime, imagine that. unfortunately, hoyas in deep trouble. battle from deep. syracuse survives. first loss for patrick ewing as a head coach. >>> to charlottesville, virginia and hosting davidson. go for a better shot -- nigel johnson lay-up ties it at 18. cavaliers looking to take off from there and able to do that. they found devin hall. how about that -- three. puts uva up by ten. and more from distance. this time the other corner. kyle guy, three late. that puts uva up 17. virginia deeds davidson 80-60. >>> the journey continues for head coach mike houston and the james madison dukes at home at south dakota state. the semifinals second half. marcus marshall, 65-yard run

alex ovechkin, he's looking like him out there as he scores.orcement with the golden knights and the there is will tie the game. no quit for the caps. brett conley fires and scores. he was a feed for oily and he eases the game. >> over time! >> burr kosky, they call him burkei. caps take it 4-3 in overtime. >>> the nfl announced the pro bowl roster tonight. the redskins have three named and two more as alternates. the headliner for the burgundy and gold. the guy playing with one leg, trent williams. not one, not two, three or four, the sixth straight pro bowl selection for captain trent williams. he's a dominating force despite injury. we'll see if he plays in this game. trent voted as one of the league's best. joining trent, you see the third year player out of iowa making a second trip to the pro bowl. he's named a reserved. the third and final red kin, the showstopper, ryan kerrigan. nine sacks ranked ten in the nfc seas season. >>> so much more fun talking about it than watching the game. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ use an over-pronou

washington scored three goals in three and a half minutes capping a rebound and score by alex ovechkinst the rangers at 7:00 p.m. >> all right, good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> we appreciate your time this morning. today is thursday, december 7th. erin como watching all that activity taking place on route 50. big rig spill and mike thomas talking about what else but cold weather. >> of course. good morning. erin is going to be the busier one of the two of us today that's for sure. >> right. >> you're rocking the red for the caps. >> exactly that's my plan. >> i believe it's the fourth game in a row with four. we got clouds out there for now but dry air trying to push in from the north and west. there it is. so, hopefully a little bit more sunshine coming our way today versus yesterday. temperatures are chilly. 37 cumberland 38 martinsburg, 39 dulles. d.c. 44. winds while not as bad as yesterday still a little bit breezy. because of that current wind chill values down into the 30's and even 20's for everybody across the region. feels like 37 in d.c., 27 winchester 26 ma

alex ovechkin. he was getting it done on the ice tonight as the caps sink the sharks. >>> sports is next. but first here's jimmy fallon. >> keegan michael key is my guest tonight. plus person of the mom,on my car insurance of money by switching to geico. i should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico can help you save money on your homeowners insurance too? great! geico can help insure our mountain chalet! how long have we been sawing this log? man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. i'm not even sure this is real wood. there's no butter in this churn. do my tris look okay? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. what if we could keep more amof what we earn?d. trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. who could possibly be against that? well, the national debt is $20 trillion. as we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill? him. and her. and her. congress, we should grow the economy. not the debt. ♪ >> announcer: this is t

. >> is that -- >> that is alex ovechkin. that is ovie. that is the dude who scores all the goals for the washington capitals holding a little stuffed animal lion. >> the little lion king lion. >> he's got the bowl cut. >> should we ask you about you know who? >> redskins now 0-10. kirk cousins is 0-10 on weekday games. playoffs? out. by ♪ [orchestr♪ uning up] ♪ ♪ take on your retirement, with a medicare supplemental plan from carefirst medplus, the name you know and trust. here for today, and whatever comes next. medicare supplemental plans from carefirst medplus. live fearless. find a medicare plan for you at carefirst.com/gomedplus >>> redskins lose in dallas 38- 14, a live shot from arlington. there it is, live picture just coming in postgame. >> you think kirk cousins' pick and fumble are in there, too? >> only thing i can say the beginning of the season we didn't have them at .500. they were never going to be awesome. >>> 57 tomorrow, ni

. >>> alex ovechkin and the caps hosting the kings tonight. 105 game home stand tonight.ringing it up. stop on a dime. fires and scores. second goal of the night. caps take a 2-1 lead later in the second. l.a. ties it at two. nice passing up hice. the caps lose, 5-2 to the kings. they have four more home games in front of them. >> all right. carol, thank you. >>> let's try to come back mom,on my car insurance of money by switching to geico. i should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico can help you save money great! geico can help insure our mountain chalet! how long have we been sawing this log? um, one hundred and fourteen years. man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. i'm not even sure this is real wood. there's no butter in this churn. do my tris look okay? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. what if we could keep more amof what we earn?d. trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. who could possibly be against that? as we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill? him. and her. and her.

after the rangers score another, it's up to alex ovechkin to keep this one going for the cap ovie comes win it 1-0 after a shootout. they have a quick turnaround. they're back against the bruins tomorrow, and i guess looking forward, right? military bowl. uva navy. >> it's going to be cold out there. >> cold. >> going to be cold out there. >> tomorrow hopefully it will be a bright sunshiny day for d.c. sports. cold b --ut my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it "the wish house." people visit national parks from all over the world. food tastes better when you don't have to cook it. he was just supposed to be my dog. i don't know why. (vo) we're proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen million dollars in just ten years. get 0% financing for 63 months on select models. plus we'll donate $250 to charity. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it's round, it's sparkly, and it soon i feet above times square. this year's new year's eve ball was unveiled today. this one features 288 waterford crystal triangles with a new design called the gift of

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he turns it over and gives to capital great alex ovechkin. 20th goat of the season. dc wins 4-1.'m dennis. i'll see you tonight. >>> dennis, thank you. time now 6:26. this morning wine country working to recover following devastating wild fires. santa rosa working to rebuild and honor plan today for the first responders. >>> plus, house and senate republicans racing to reconcile different tax bills. a washington insider mark breaks down how long it'll take to get a final proposal passed. (lighthearted music) - hi, i'm joan lunden. diabetes is a chronic disease which can be managed by keeping close tabs on glucose levels. what many people don't know is that two of the most harmful complications of diabetes are heart disease and stroke, both deadly conditions. joining me now is dr. ann albright, director of the cdc's division of diabetes translation and dr. valentin fuster, the director of mount sinai heart and physician in chief of the mount sinai hospital in new york city. it's good to have both of you here. i want to know about this connection. how does diabetes lead to heart di

san jose already behind 1-0 in the second period and then the league's leading scorer alex ovechkin gets breakaway. martin jones does not have a chance and it's 2-0. the sharks did get on the board later in the period. justin braun's pass will go off pavelski's skate to meyer. 2-1, caps. in the final seconds of the third with washington on a power play, ovechkin assist to brett connelly. this at first ruled not a goal, but then ruled a goal. caps added one more in the third for a 4-1 win and the sharks back home on thursday to host carolina. players from stanford have been here before, but it's still a great hopper no matter how it turns out. running back bryce love has been invited to new york as a finalist for this saturday's heisman trophy ceremony. also attending along with love will be oklahoma quarterback mayfield and reigning heisman winner of louisville. one stanford player plunkett has won the heisman maccalfry has been sit righted to find out they were runners up. the sample size was small, but 49ers have to be happy with what they saw yesterday. he made his first tart? a 49er

alex ovechkin missed the shoot out goal, tough loss to new york. the great equalizing second.winning goal in the shootout, caps 12 straight wins over boston, dating way back to 2014. it's ovechkin's 24th of the season which ties him for the most in the nhl. caps host new jersey on saturday night. to end the calendar year heading in the right direction. >> when you're a hard team to play against, a hard team to play, and we just tried to play simple. again, i think tonight we'll feel more comfortable than previous games, but it's nice coming back and hope we can get the points. >> wizards host a team with the second best record in the them considering washington has the best record in the eastern conference against teams with the winning record. the problem? ten of their 16 losses have come to teams with losing records. on wednesday the wizards lost by 14 to the hawks, 4, 9 and 25. that's a steep fall back to earth after beating the team with the best record in the east on christmas day. after the game, john wall said they played for stats against losing team. bradley beale? we

scoring eight times, owe yeah, alex ovechkin leading with goals on the season. speaking of scoring a lot. bradley beale has 85 points in his last two games. he scorched the sun by scoring 30 points in the first 30 minutes of thursday night's win. bill was actually cold from three-point range, but again, the wizards got the wi >>> skins kickoff in l.a. on sunday at 4:00. guys, at least there is no snow out there for them. >> okay. chris ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> tonight, new fires exploding here in california. an army of firefighters attacking flames on the ground and from the air. thousands fearing for their homes. and this is growing as we're speaking. >> yes, it is. this is going to get worse. >> also the race to save hundreds of horses from the inferno. >>> the first big snowstorm slams the deep south all the way up to new england. >>> president trump giving another boost to roy moore despite allegations of sexual misconduct with teens. tonight the new firestorm over what moore said about slavery. >>> caught on body cam. police fatally shoot a

alex ovechkin putting the caps on top. final score four to three. >> 5:05 is the time right now.ime to talk weather and traffic. mike thomas is here. good morning to you. good to see you. >> good morning. happy friday. happy last can you believe it last friday of 2017. >> no complaints. >> boom its gone. >> yeah. >> 2018. >> here we come. >> hopefully it's better. all right. >> we always hope it gets better. every day is better than the last. >> hoping this year's better. satellite and radar -- when will we ever be satisfied? satellite and radar. >> it's perspective, man. >> it's true, it's true. >> yeah. >> satellite and radar, lots of clouds out there this morning. not a whole lot coming down from the sky, which is good news 'cause it's really cold. anything that falls would have fallen would have stuck but again, we'll get the snow away for today. different story tomorrow. 21 now in d.c. so temperatures actually came up a degree. 16 degrees in gaithersburg though. 18 at dulles. 18 at frederick. yeah, it's not the single digits and the lower teens that we had yesterday but litt

on thursday alex ovechkin scored in regulation and the tie break outs to help the capitals for four three victory over the boston bruins in fact that the capitals twelfth consecutive game win over those three. now it's early season long wait for a podium place in skins world cup series has been ended on home slopes dominic paris won the latest downhill event in bottom rio beating noise axel and spindle by just for hundreds of a second but heavy snowfall early in the day caused a few problems for other skiers three suffered high speed crashes none of whom were seriously injured. spit like my ski had that i was poor now but you say oh yes ouch thanks. that was the lower call is up next with a full half hour to stay with us that's what you observe. carcinogen. january. african heads of state and governments will gather. for the stage at the same the african union where the goals set out in twenty seventeen minutes rewind return with brand new episodes updating some of the best al-jazeera documentaries from over the years the biggest names in politics in business will meet in the swiss alps f

alex ovechkin schoolies nineteenth goal of the season as the washington capitals defeated the columbus blue jackets four three meanwhile the boston bruins kept their playoff hopes alive with a three no winner of the for example your flyers but not before wayne simmons and kevin miller got to know each other a little better that was before the goals were scored a lot of work to do three wins is behind the capitals and new york islanders. kept themselves in early play of contention as well in the western conference but they needed overtime to defeat the st louis blues to one. from the ice to the snow now where a limb pick and world champion slalom skier michela shifrin claimed her first ever world cup downhill skiing victory on friday just a day after achieving her first downhill podium in only four favor a c. in the discipline the twenty two year old completed the course in one hundred twenty seven point five five seconds from now at least the women's overall world cup standings as well as the downhill standings. over in germany snowboarding zbig in a world cup continued this is one of

is metropolitan division they grabbed two first period goals and alex ovechkin had three assists in a five two victory over the new jersey devils. ski jumping four hills tournament is one of the sport's marquee events taking place over the next week across four venues in germany and austria and such as i saw the defending champion coming star of poland come from fall in the standings offers first jump with the opening leg at overstock the double olympic gold medalist a massive one hundred thirty seven meters in the second round. when two thousand and seventeen there was no football world cup or lympics but as always sport was making plenty of headlines our sports correspondent lee wellings takes a look back. in recent years has been tainted by the twin problems of doping and corruption and twenty seven saints suffered from the fallout the international olympic committee bans of the russian flag from the winter olympics because of institutional doping their russian competitors will be in pyongyang in february under a neutral flag the new york football was in the dark after faces meltdo

on thursday alex ovechkin schooled in regulation and the tiebreaker capitals all three victory over the boston bruins in fact that state capitols twelve consecutive game win over those. eastern leading tampa bay lightning also picked up a win on thursday it was their tenth in eleven games steven stamkos scored twice as the lightning beat the montreal canadiens three one in florida. and that is the sport for now we'll have more feel a bit later thanks very much to you have been watching the al-jazeera news are abducted more news on the other side of the break here from jeremy thanks for your time. that's what we're talking about all the sunday talk about shooting people are not enough pressure to turn themselves and their other countries have managed to solve this problem but you worry that this conflict could erupt into an outright open war that the city general security issue will the people who paid the price clearly the right top been prejudiced setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. the new era in television news. look. at those in space it's a t

their own in our nation's capitaland when you think washington capitals you think alex ovechkin2nd period/ 1-0 caps ovechkine breakaway scores his nhl-leading 20th goal 2-0 capslater in the 2nd a scary momentjoe thornton looks like he is trying to stop but puts his hip into the head of t.j. oshie sandwiching oshie's head against the boards oshie left the ice under his own power with what was described as an "upper body injury" final: 4-1 capitalsthe caps beat the sharks for only thr 4th time in 18 games since ovechkin came into the league sharks back at home thursday against carolina ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ (pam) for parents that uncomforatable with their kids using social media. facebook has announced a new stand-alone app called 'messenger kids'.(steve) it's designed for children under 13-years old. pre-teens can use the app to chat with their friends, make face-time calls with kid- friendly photo filters and send age-appropriate images. parents must set up accounts f