the clarendon bears high school football team.he bears are in the playoffs to win a fourth straight state championship and their winning streak of 61 games is the best in america. >> we're making history, we're making a name for ourselves. >> reporter: one of the team's stars, tarish webb says the secret is the team's seniors. they've played together since they were 6 years old in midget football and grew up determined to win for themselves and for the town. >> if we lose that's actually letting them down so we owe to it the town. >> somebody might be inclined to ask you hey, son, it's just football. >> i think it's more than football. this football has taken us to college, helping us on the right path so we think football is life. people may argue in the streets but on friday night everybody here is chanting for the bears. >> reporter: part of the team's motivation is escaping the violence on the streets of clarendon, one of their coaches was killed four years ago. webb's father was murdered when he was 11. >> do you think about

clarendon, virginia, current temperature 27 degrees. 29 by 6:00 this morning. we'll hit about 33 at 9:00 a.m. clouds will be on the increase today. so you'll notice more cloud cover as the day unfolds. 45 degrees your high temperature there. pretty indicative of elsewhere. by the time we get to the stroke of midnight, it's going to be dry and fairly mild. not as cold as last night. let's get a look at first 4 traffic now. >>> good morning, veronica. still no incidents on the beltway. the accident still in chantilly. blocking three northbound lanes on sully road. you can get by to the left. the three right lanes are blocked. the topside of the beltway, no incidents reported as you travel on the inner or outer roops. live look now at connecticut avenue on the inner loop. 10-minute drive time. veronica and richard. >>> 4:42. still to come, action after the tragedy at sandy hook. president obama's message on gun control heading into the new career. >>> the [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing chri

clarendon, pennsylvania has a throat cheer about. evening news on thursday night and on friday night they beat port allegheny 44-12 for it's 62nd consecutive win. that's the longest winning streak in the nation for a high school football team and if clarendon wins the state championship it will be their fourth consecutive title. >>> and it's about four after the hour. time for another check of the weather. is. >>> thank you so much. now things are really heating up. we're looking at a closer look at the northeast and the midwest. it's been crazy all throughout. as you can see highlighted in blue snow across the great lakes. we're more concerned with rain the wet stuff across much of the area from maine down in towards little rock. you can see highlighted in green that's what we expect this weekend. in term of rainfall totals about a quarter of an inch to half an inch. isolated areas one to two inches. that's a look at your national forecast. here's a look at the weather closer to your area for this weekend. >>> this weather segment s