. >> in austin, texas, 30-year-old carrie packer is driving home during a mid-day storm when his cars swept up by a flash flood. >> it was raining intensely, so it was extremely difficult to see. and the next thing i know, i kind of crash into a wall of water. it comes up over the hood of my car. i had no control of the vehicle. the floodwater was taking me wherever it wanted to go. >> it's flooding here. but the good news is that although my car almost tipped over on its top it didn't. >> normally, i take that route every day, probably been there 100 times. there's no standing water, creeks or rivers or anything like that, so normally, it's just a dry area. >> so you can see, i'm floating down some sort of creek. >> true or false? it takes at least four feet of rushing water to carry away most vehicles. the answer is false. according to fema, it takes just two feet of rushing water to move even the biggest suvs and pickups. just six inches can knock you off your feet. >> most everybody's been in the ocean and been pounded by a huge wave, and they feel that force, they can get up unt

packers. >> it made my day to see him carry the ball like that, after such a hard road to do it. >> reporter: a three-yard road that was filled with pride and ended with pure happiness. >> i felt young, i felt >> reporter: a few years ago, joe senior went back to school to pursue a degree and a dream. >> it's all about doing what you need to do. a lot of people don't follow up. >> you always try to outcompete me, so i knew he had it in him. back in the day, he used to be a body builder and stuff like that. he always took care of his body. >> reporter: but in that uniform -- >> he was a little he had no swag, no gloves, no nothing. he was old school. i told him the field was pretty quick, but after that, he started tiptoeing. i said drive your feet, drive your feet, lower your shoulder a little bit. >> reporter: at his age will you be doing what he's doing? >> i don't know, but i hope i'm in the shape he is. his dad? >>> here are tonight's megamillions numbers. >>> we're looking at a very winter-like weekend. saturday is your okay day, 36, typical, little bit of sun maybe if we're lucky. then

number five, watch the helmet of bears contact deem carry when he's hit by the packers joe thomas.ou see it, the c on his helmet, the logo goes flyinges off. that's how hard the hit was. that happened, i guess you could see he got the credits knocked out of him. i would blame the glue. number four behind quest gets balled over by former cap now star cody aiken.n you could say he got his crown knocked off, but the kink did return to the game and aiken was suddenly suspended, subsequently suspended. i see his mom gasp over there. number three, this is great, holiday delivery gone bad, the toronto rafters trying to deliver a flat screen tv. >> did it fall out? >> yep. one for the blooper real.real hope a fan got another one. you would hope so. they apparently don't know how to seal up books that well in canada. number one, 52 year old for the lightweight title. hopkins title would come to an end, smith knocking him throu that's where he was counted out. on the ground out there in. >> yes. rub it in?e to >> not good. 51 years old and thats ' how the career ends.s. a bit of a shame. but

the plane carrying the minnesota vikings to their game with the packers sliding off an icy wisconsinway. the team posting video of players being evacuated. all this frightful weather playing havoc with holiday travel plans. in southern california drivers attempting to get around a closed highway, instead getting stuck in the mud. abc's eva pilgrim is leading us off tonight with the messy getaway. >> reporter: the final rush home for the holidays and tonight drivers are battling snow, ice and even the threat of a blizzard. winter alerts from michigan all the way to california. >> a lot of weather. a lot of accidents. >> reporter: north of los angeles, blinding snow and icy roads slamming the grapevine mountain pass, eventually closing the interstate for several hours today. that's the northbound/southbound lanes of the i-5 here on the grapevine shutdown. frustrated drivers detouring down a muddy road, finding more problems. car after car stuck, spinning out. one man tried to dig out his tires, but no luck. >> it's been a rough drive. >> reporter: in arizona 40 mile-per-hour wind gusts

is still able to fight today, but if pettis wins, 20% of his packers host the seahawks tomorrow at lambeau field without key players. carrie has been ruled out. aaron rodgers is also limited in practice but is also expected to play. the forecast is expected to be similar to last week. nice and smelly. the packers are prepared. kickoff is at -- nice and snow we -- and snowy. jeremy: i would recommend leaving early. take your time, get there, and tailgate and have a bite to eat. driving home might be better. a little better because most of the snow will wrap up by sunday evening. we have a lot to talk about. let's get started. we have been talking about traveling. . try to wrap up your travel plans this evening. if you have a holiday party after 7:00 or 8:00 you will encounter snowy roadways on your trip home. tonight, we have a red stoplight meaning snowy conditions and slippery conditions. here are the winter storm impacts from tonight into sunday. 5-8 inches of snow for most of so the wind will pick up sunday afternoon near the lakefront at 8-18 miles per hour. inland, not a lot of wind. slippery conditions continuing int

carries the ball on the blitz. "well he's no kuhn, but aaron ripkowski's roll has sure grown for the packers as of late. in fact, monday night in philadelphia he scored green bay's first rushing touchdown by a running back all season." "he's earned these opportunities, especially as a one back. he's a good inside runner. he's very instinctive. in some ways he reminds you of john, in the short time this year and the limited amount of carries that he's good with the ball in his hand, he's tough to tackle and he's catching the ball as well." "ripkowski approaches things like he runs, straight ahead." "i'm more of a realist so i really don't think about the outside noise and what i can extra, what i can do this, this and that. i do what i'm told to do every day and i try to do and improve on other stuff and develop my range." "aaron ripkowski now on the rodgers who says it would be nice if somebody other than aaron can join them. at lambeau field tim van vooren fox 6 sports." the seniors at wisconsin still have work to do to make their terrific season truly special. the adversity they've faced has only made

carry and check this out. the decal on his helmet, the c for chicago goes flying off. that's how cold it was. the packers win 30-27. jaguars visiting the houston text is ans. it's been horrible this season, he got benched. in sums delaware county's they don't mean afterwards, jags head coach gunshot bradley. >>> time for the final break, when we return, it's the top three plays >>> top three on 3. ♪ >> thanks for watching the sports zone. i'm don bell. have a great night. not fair you guys! waffles are my favorite! ah! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. the new olay eyesrise. fultimate eye cream. for instant results of the number one prestige eye cream, without paying twice the price. show your amazement, not your age. with new olay eyes. ageless. how are you doing?nne. hi, evelyn. i know it's been a difficult time since your mom passed away. yeah. i miss her a lot, but i'm okay. wow. that was fast. this is the check i've been waiting for. mom had a guaranteed acceptance life insurance policy through the colonia

packers still in the hunt for a playoff. a very warm day. just about everyone and everything. check this out. second quarter. carrie with an innocent looking one-yard run, wu look closer. joe thomas' hit. it sent the -- off his helmet flyinging. his decal. honestly, this doesn't happen. i think it was the cold when it hit. safe skip ahead less than a minute, left in the game tied at 27, rodgers, he's going for it. he got it to jordy nelson. hauled it in. gain of 60. that set up mason kroz bi, who's like let's get out of here. i'm cold. 32 yarder. got it. and that ends it. packers win it. 30-27. meantime, the wizards, one of their toughest tests of the season facing the clippers. you see paul pierce, he came back from that one. all smiles though. fourth quarter, wisconszards do. highlight reel everywhere tonight, ties the game at 89. the monster game later in the quarter. moves down three. knocks it down. 41 points for bradley. ties it at 102. later on, ties at 104, guarding -- throws up. make him pay if they leave you open. little over a minute left to play and moving on a four-point lead. knocks it down. 23 points

carries, including touchdown runs of nine and one yard. here's one of them right here.e. the redskins win 4 to 2 #. they're a half game behind the packers in the wild card spot. afterwards, talk with captaintan kirk. the story is that my wife always backs my suit. i just grabbed the back. i opened it up just now and saw this. it comes with pants and a matching tie, but i thought thag was over kill. we won and it was christmas eves i thought why not.. more importantly tony okayed it. merry christmas and thanks for being here and a little early gift for you tonight. a saturday edition of the fox5 top five.ive. we're going to start with number five. vikings center nick easton this is quarterback sam bradford is in the center,.nter santa does a about it of a better job tonight.ight ouch. play four, bills and dolphins,ls watch dan carpenter make the tacking on the returner. and the role of the grip much daunting the downed dolphin and that starts a little bit of as fight.a that is kicker who was not necessarily in the christmasistm spirit. there you have it. of course the dolphins had a decent day. number three and you can see its for an hou