. >> moments ago, the thing that bill belichick's friday press conference, first time we have learned of the surgery. live in foxboro. >>reporter: coach belichick did not provide any additional information about his injury but he called it an unfortunate situation for the tight and. >> obviously, we are all surgery today. coach bill belichick is hoping for the best. >> nobody has worked harder than rob, hopefully things will work out positively. as possible with them. >>reporter: he has been dealing with injury after injury the season. he was it hard during the game in seattle in mid-november suffering a pulmonary contusion to his long. last week he was forced to eat -- leave the field early in the game against the new york jets. the patriots and his family say he will have surgery for a rest of the season. >> it is upsetting, but hopefully bennett will be able to pull through. he's done well already the season. >>reporter: well fans believe the team will be able to stay on top, they say the season won't be the same without number 87. >> i am so used to his little dances in all the ex

sera: getting your information was not easy with the usually tightlipped bill belichick. but in his own way, the coach did express optimism. coach belichick: hopefully things will work out positively. sera: positive thoughts for patriots tight end rob gronkowski, who is uer herniated disc. it's an injury that will likely sideline the popular player for thseason. >> obviously we're all disappointed. nobody's worked harder than rob, had a better teammate and all that. sera: it was during the first quarter of sunday's game against the jets. gronk was hit during a play and slow to get up, walking gingerly off the field. the team says he had significant back and leg pain. they say it's in his best long loss last night. tom brady we have a lot of good : players who can step in, big loss with a spectacular player like gronk. sera: coach belichick would not discuss the impact of the loss on the team's prospect's. -- prospects. coach belichick we'll do the : best we can every week. sera: in a joint statement from the team and the gronkowski family, they said -- we do not expect th

at his press conference during his opening stateme, bill belichick raised one member of the opponent. he was talking about their punter who aveges 47 yards per punt. he conrs >> there kicking game, a tremendous weapon. this guy is as good a player as i have ever seen at that position. he is a tremendous weapon in his ability to punt the ball inside the 20. >> are we reaching for something here? >> normay tom brady has spoken a punter is your most dangerous weapon? what does that say about the rest of the team not much. anchor: just before holiday travel, a new feature from netflix could make your trip easier. anchor:d news for netflix users. you can watch it shows when you are not actually connected to -fi. anchor the key is you are not using your data plan. you can download content to your devices you can watch them when you are not online. original series molder movies are available right now. more content will be added in the future. anchor: american icon has died. michaelames, he invented the big mac. it was born in pittsburgh 50 years ago. it became the best known fast food sandw

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as bill belichick might say. >> seattle, seattle, seattle. >> the rams are having a terrible year.ut they have seattle's number. they've beaten them three times in a row. n they do it on thursday night? >> you have to wonder what's going on. the one thing i really enjoyed watching this year in the league, though, not only dak prescott and the performance that he's been putting on, but jameis winston, noas team on a hot streak, right? with tampa bay. marcus mariota. the young quarterbacks are coming in here, now, and making a difference in winning football games. i think the league's in good hands for a few years to come. >> who knew we would be flexing into the tampa bay buccaneers against the cowboys on sunday night? >> especially we saw them on the thursday night broadcast. thane didn't do much of anything against atlanta that night. and from that night on, they've been terrific. >> we jinxed them. >> we'll get them general. we can redeem it next week. that's the action next week. here on nbc thursday. and sunday, there's your final score from the meadowlands. the giants beat the

as bill belichick might say. >> seattle, seattle, seattle. >> the rams are having a terrible year. but they have seattle's number. they've beaten them three times in a row. can they do it on thursday night? >> you have to wonder what's going on. the one thing i really enjoyed watching this year in the league, though, not only dak prescott and the performance jameis winston, now, has his team on a hot streak, right? with tampa bay. marcus mariota. the young quarterbacks are coming in here, now, and making a difference in winning football games. i think the league's in good hands for a few years to come. >> who knew we would be flexing into the tampa bay buccaneers against the cowboys on sunday night? >> especially we saw them on the thursday night broadcast. thane didn't do much of anything against atlanta that night. and from that night on, they've been terrific. >> we jinxed them. >> we'll get them general. we can redeem it next week. that's the action next week. here on nbc thursday. and sunday, there's your final score from the meadowlands. the giants beat the dallas cowboys, fi

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questions surrounding the health of tom brady and rob gronkowski who both missed practice today but bill belichick was with quick about the talent level with the rams coming to down. >> that's the rams punter, punter as weapon. but i digress. an emotional game for chris long who spent his first eight seasons in the rams organization. >> i had good years there. but at the end of the day this is where i play football right now. you know, so -- >> reporter: a quick look at the records you would think this is an automatic mismatch but where you should really look is the calendar december 4th . these games in the final month of the season ultra critical. most notably when there are teams in the afc nipping at your heels. >> this is when football really begins. keep on trying to get in the playoffs people are trying it to keep their spot that's when real football starts. gets played. >> but at the end of the day like no one's look anywhere else but at the rams this week. we're not looking behind us we're just looking forward. >> at gillette stadium with with the patriots, tom leyden, fox 25 sports. >> t

as bill belichick might say. >> seattle, seattle, seattle. >> the rams are having a terrible year.ut they have seattle's number. they've beaten them three times in a row. can they do it on thursday night? >> you have to wonder what's going on. the one thing i really enjoyed watching this year in the league, though, not only dak prescott and the performance that he's been putting on, but jameis winston, now, has his team on a hot streak, right? with tampa bay. marcus mariota. the young quarterbacks are coming in here, now, and making a difference in winning football games. i think the league's in good hands for a few years to come. >> who knew we would be flexing into the tampa bay buccaneers against the cowboys on sunday night? >> especially we saw them on the thursday night broadcast. thane didn't do much of anything against atlanta that night. and from that night on, they've been terrific. >> we jinxed them. >> we'll get them general. we can redeem it next week. that's the action next week. here on nbc thursday. and sunday, there's your final score from the meadowlands. the giant

, no matter where you're from, we have a message from an unlikely source, patriots headcoach, bill belichick. enjoy. >> little christmas, heart be light. from now on, our troubles will be out of sight. and have yourself a merry little christmas now. >> people have too much hand on their hands, it was from fox right now. >>> this is fox 5 local news at 11:00. >>> an internet conspiracy theory leads to gunfire inside a dc restaurant. new details about what happened and the suspect. >>> where is caitlin aikens? her family's plea for answers one year after the virginia teenager's mysterious disappearance. ? ? >>> and vegas comes to the banks of the potomac. our first look inside the mgm national harbor casino from the games to the restaurants. your news starts right now. >>> we begin with an update to a developing story in northwest dc. a sinkhole has been causing major traffic trouble for hours near the verizon center.

and go live to bill belichick talking about this week's match-up with the rams. let's listen in. they are all important. [inaudible question] >> we will do what we feel the best for the football team. [inaudible] we'll do the best we can every week. that's what we do. i would say this is situation with the team and player it was the best they could do. there might have been something concern about his back. >> this statement is i have nothing to add to [inaudible] i just said it. [inaudible] i don't know. the statement said doesn't expect him to be to plea for the remainder of 2016 season. as well? >> just read the whole thing. there's obviously more information coming. right now we have what we have. when more information comes then there may be another decision to be made. i don't know. the [inaudible] >> i have nothing to add. that's the statement there. >> how much more in a situation like this do you sit down with josh. you do have options. how much more of this stage of the season and news like this do you sit down with josh? >> we do it every day. we do it every week. >> d

>>reporter: fans know that no challenge is too big for bill belichick. >> i'm sure that bill will figure it out. >>reporter: the family and the patriots released a statement saying they will wait for the results of the surgery before making a final determination about the rest of the season. pats fans say they're hopeful gronk could make a return for the super bowl, but that isn't likely. reporting live from gillette stadium, anna meiler, wbz this morning. >>> police are searching for three maskerred men tying up an elderly man in his brockton home and demanding gold. police say 71-year-old michael acavati was tied up with his own suspenders and tased several times. those men then demanded he turn over the gold. friends say they don't believe he has gold, but describe him as a coin collector and an antique enthusiast. >> they took his wallet, his license, his army picture, you know, all that type of stuff. whatever he had in his wallet, his keys to his proper, the guy is pettreyifyed to go home now. >> acavati was eventually able to free himself and call police. he's in the hospital unde

here's a happy bill belichick. >> definitely something to be proud of. something we accomplished.e can, as i said, we can reset. you know. try to accomplish more this year. >> is he excited or what? >>> dallas excited about their rookie running back ezekiel elliott. ran for a career high 159 yards against the buccaneers. then donated himself to charity. cowboys win the nfc east. >>> giants still control their own destiny. at 10-4 they defeated detroit. odell beckham jr. with the great one-handed grab. and those are your "plays of the day." >>> women's hoops. 10th ranked stanford taking on tennessee. erika mccall had 13 for the cardinal. nice feed, carli samuelsson also had 13. downtown three-ball. stanford trailed by one at the half. tennessee went on an 8-0 run to end the third, middleton with the three. deshields 13 points, three assists, dishing to mercedes russell. 59-51 the final. >>> this sports report brought to you by river rock casino. and i for one am excited the raiders are back in the playoffs. 2002 is the last time they lost to the bucs in the super bowl in san diego.

. >> reporter: he reminds me a lot of bill belichick, i played in the nfl for nine seasons and i hadgainst him two times every year and there is something different every time. he has the same demeanor. that kicks off at 3:00 p.m. eastern, followed by the game, the fiesta bale, this place is going to be packed as you mentioned. i'm getting goosebumps thinking about what is going to happen. >> i know, you are reminiscenting on your nfl days and being at the college bowls also makes you think about your college ball playing at stanford, too, doesn't it? >> reporter: absolutely, fred can't wait. it's surreal. i'm the lucky guy at cnn, get to go cover all the sports, i know you love sports, too, i apologize, but i will not take it for granted. >> don't apologize. i appreciate it. you are bringing it there, we're living vicariously through you. happy new year. >> coming up next, counting down to 2017, the fun is already starting and so is the tight security. next why police are using sand as part of the security plan this year. we're live in times square next. healthy, free, the world bef

anything, no fear and runs real well and hurts a lot and 2 teams most teams don't have, brady and bill belichick. >> >> belichick at great at putting things in and distributing to the ball that's open, even though may not be gronkowski. hurts a lot but team very resilient. >> always great to see you. let's get this man in the hall of fame? >> problem is i left buffalo. i didn't burn the bridge, i nuked it. radiation dying. let's check the roadways right now with julie grauert, see what's going on with friday morning commute. >> i like the quote. i will use that now to never nuke a bring, that's not good either. taking look at route 3 south of town, moving along fine, 228 in rockland past route 18 and up to the split. new accident, it is on 24 northbound right as you approach 128. we have been seeing relatively light conditions today though as people -- you know, staying home maybe a little bit later, scheduled a little mixed wide open as approach 128. i'm shocked it is orange right now as far as the traffic flow concerned. usually -- thick of the morning rush hour at this time and overall things

bill belichick will address the media on friday morning. we, of course, will be there for you. >> the patriots it's always the next man up, right? that man is martellus bennett. they signed bennett in the off-season, and that's a great, great move. the 6'6" and touchdowns. bennett was back at practice today after missing practice yesterday, which is good news because the pats need him. >>> the sun is setting on some sad fans in patriot nation. coming up at 6:00, we bring you team coverage of gronk's injury and srj tomorrow. plus, we hear from patriots fans about this devastating blow to the team. >>> so the pats are without their star on sunday when they play the rams, and you can watch that game right here on fox 25. you want to tune in earlier butch sterns and matt light will host an hour-long special called "dawn of a dynasty" to look at the 2001 super bowl championship team honored at halftime of sunday's game. you hear from robert kraft and several stars that played on the team. it starts at 10:00 a.m. >>> new information on the breaki

to the patriot, bill belichick's squad was back on the field yesterday getting missing three players to injuries. bennett also didn't practice, but he was out there riding a stationary bike. the good news, slater took part after missing all of last week with a foot injury. now for more on the pats/rams matchup, you should check out the patriots tomorrow night at 7:00 on wbz. as for sunday, wbz starts you off patriots game day 11:30, immediately followed by the game. be sure to tune in to my tv 38 for show. that's it for sports for now, i'm steve burton. >>> a former olympian helping to usher in the holiday season at the boston children's museum. >> figure skating star nancy kerrigan and kids turned out for the snow-mazing ice skating event yesterday where kids can skate indoors wearing just their socks which i love because putting on ice skates is the hardest part of ice skating. >> yeah, lacing them up. >> yeah. >>> still to come in our next half hour, an 11-year-old coming to the rescue of her helped her save the day. >>reporter: this is jon keller. what's the best way to deter peo

had to reinvent the offense before, and if anyone can do it successfully, hopefully it will be bill belichick. reporting live outside gillette stadium, fox 25 news. >> the pats are without their star sunday against the rams. you'll see that on fox 25, but tune in a bit earlier. tom lied done and butch stearns and matt light host an hour-long special called "dawn of the there is an in depth look at the sunday game. you hear from robert kraft and several stars on the team. dawn of a dynasty starts at 10:00 a.m. on sunday. >>> let's turn to the forecast now. the wind blowing through the weeds here on signal hill in canton. it's a sign of more to come. we're watching the wind come back for tomorrow. sarah, it will affect the temperatures. >> yeah, we will see a drop in temperatures thankses to the the breeze 50s and 60s and well above the average. the current winds are better than earlier today. 10 to 20 miles per hour with a few stronger gusts out there. we continue to see mainly dry conditions out there, although the clouds have moved on in and we're reporting a shower just west of worcester. w

today he picked up by bill belichick and patriots.ttle bit baggage. released by the cardinals two days after after arrested on driving under the influence charges and failing to obey a police officer. patriots follow the rules all the time so michael node will fit in just fine. >>> sad news tonight from the nba on the death legendary broadcaster craig skegger. he was perhaps best known for flamboyant outfits you see over here and witty blend of humor and information on nba side lines. craig lost his battle with cancer today. he was 65 years old. >>> if a statement tonight the 76ers to say he was a valued friend and inspiration would under state the impact he had on so many people within the nba and far beyond. phillies will a herrara in phillies uniform for five more years. they ripped up his contract give him new new one through the 2021. $30.5 million of it is guaranteed. he was picked up as a rule five player turned out to be a nice player. championship teams need like him. he'll be here through 2021. >> nice to be thinking basebal

i'm waiting for trump to suggest like omarosa and bill belichick.on't know what he's really going for because the people he assum seems to be pointing out for secretary of state are very different and don't have any universal idealogical theme. the other issue is this. trump has a right to pick any generals he wants. i as a philosophy think the president should be able to put together their cabinet, the senate has to approve who those people are. the people we need to be more concerned about are people like steve bannon, reince priebus and michael flynn, who are the people who are really as the other guest mentioned, who control what information donald trump gets. if michael flynn decides he doesn't want to take the text messages from mattis because he really does want to continue with torture, that's more of my concern. i think president-elect trump has a right to put together as much of his administration he wants, whether it's executives or generals or anybody. >> barbara, just a last question because it's not just the generals, right, because mr

bill belichick, he'll keep an eye on him. 7:12. >> just about everyone talks about heading home for the holidays. will this and year when many would just rather skip out? new fox news poll shows just how politically divided we've become, and, it could extract a heavy toll over christmas. >> well, if you don't want to get into an argument with your loved ones, and your family members, maybe just stay home. >> or don't bring up politics? >> no wine. >> except it just keeps coming up. doesn't it? >> it does. >> people have couple of drinks, all the sudden that's what they want to talk b obviously still fresh in people's minted, i think all familiar with people that have deep friended someone, based on their political views. over the holidays, people like that all come together under the same roof, and sometimes, it isn't pretty. >> you could be this woman over christmas. stale harbor genuine anger after a bruising election. even if you don't go that far you would be in plenty of company in you're that unhappy and showing it new fox news poll shows exactly half of us, 51%, report having had

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. >>> and patriots head coach bill belichick addressing the loss of rob gronkowski who will undergo back surgery today and will likely be out for the rest of the season. >> obviously, we are all disappointed. nobody has worked harder than rob and been a better teammate and all of that. hopefully things will work out positively as possible with him. >> we wish him the best of luck. that is the cnbc update this hour. >> thanks so much, sue. appreciate it. smith&wesson tumbling. reported better than expected second quarter earnings but the company guided current results below consensus. shipments of fire arms could begin to slow in light of inventory stocking ahead of the election which incorrectly assumed a clinton victory and people expected it would be harder to obtain a fire arm so there was spurring of activity. >> that is a group that turned on a dime right after the election. >>> we are going into the last half hour of trading. the dow is down 18 points just off the lows of the session. a leading trader will tell us what he is watching to the close when we come back. >> we will bring

the going up against bill belichick, going up against big tech companies because you have a great strategyean you beat the patriots. the people put in place for media was the wrong people. the billion hack won't affect the deal. it may get a significant haircut. i'm not sure why verizon foes after this deal. seems like small change compared to at&t going after time warner. stuart: you might rethink that predict shun of 20,000 on the dow. we're up 145ents. we're getting very, very close, john. 60 points away from dow 20,000, historic day. you want to amend your forecast. >> i'm in the market. i'm only 15% cash right now. i'm all for dow 20,000. i'm cautiously optimistic. i'm not buying new stock. i am getting into home depot. i you will see builders come back. i'm not buying a lot of new stock right now. stuart: john, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. we're up 150 points on dow industrials. this thing is moving. video alert moments ago, pete hegseth arriving at trump tower. last hour fox news reported that he was the top contender to lead the veterans administration. our own pete heg

bill we trust. fans say they have faith in coach belichick to come up with a solution to keep the season going strong. reporting live from gillette stadium, anna meiler, wbz this morning. >> just seems like the madden curse is alive and well. anna, we appreciate that. >>> the patriots and gronkowski family released a joint statement overnight, saying in part we are committed to assisting rob throughout his recovery and look forward to for the new england patriots. the pats fans, as you just heard, though, they know that gronk's loss is a big blow to the team. >> hopefully martel can step up and take on some of that role. but anytime you lose a player like gronk, best tight end in football, it's definitely go to have an impact on the team. >> we got plenty of weapons, brady throw-through, although gronk was a great blocker as well as a great receiver. it's going to be tough, but we got enough weapons i think we can make it through. >> we shall see. a quick look at the numbers entered the league. in those games, the team just 15-7. >>> today you can help families displaced by a bad fire in lawrence thi