another steal, hollis thompson and finger roll. georgetown pulls away, 81-65. >>> tough news for alight athlete, jeff green will miss the entire season with the celtics after doctors finds an aneurysm during a routine physical. the good news is they found it. he'll have surgery and resume playing next season. lazy, selfish, disappointing, that's how flip saunders felt about his teaming's perform angst last night. it was only a preseason game but a 25-point butt kicking, enough to send the coke on a diatribe in the press conference. here's why. checkouts all the easy buckets. wizards gave up to guys line spencer hawes. who? he nearly had a career night and on the offensive end washington built a lot of houses with bricks. 33%. here's more of coach's post- game description. >> how hard we played in practice for the six or seven days of how we competed, that didn't translate over and that's the one thing i was waying to hoping i would see. we came out almost too cool like. >> not work. cal making their first trip to denver to face the

nifty pass to hollis thompson. they call him "hollywood", he's from l.a.rgetown win it is 70-59. this win all about the d. >> we focused on that all week, playing them hard, just helping each other. i think our pressure caused them to turn the ball over more and i think we were just in the right places at the right time doing what we were supposed do. >> i think for most of tonight our defense was very, very good. we didn't have careless turnovers. i thought our defense was pretty good, was very good actually for large, large stretches of tonight's game. >> all right. liking it. gmu and gw going at it. tony taylor with the ball. we kind of lose him in the crowd here but trust us, he made it. taylor led the colonials with 12 points in the game. first half, a.j. davis to kitchens. that's good for three. kitchens had 23 for jmu. later, davis again. this time he shows he's not just a passer. 22 points for davis as jmu beats george washington 52-7. >> baseball's biggest news today courtesy of the nationals. they finally got that front of the rotation starter th

hollis thompson hit that three-pointer with just under two seconds left to lead the hoyas to a 57-55 victory. that ended alabama's 24-game home winning streak. georgetown is now 6-1 on this young season. >> all right. sweet win. >>> a town made entirely of sweets is serving an even sweeter purpose today. today engineers will dismantle ginger town. an entire city made up of gingerbread, reese's pieces, and other sweets went up earlier this week. now crews will break down elf vegas and the other buildings and donate hundreds of pounds of candy to local charities. other ginger towns will be built in nashville and dallas and will serve the same purpose. >> that's cruel. where are those people going to live now? they tear down that whole town? that's unbelievable. that is a shame. >> i'm glad i'm not working there. all of a sudden, where did all the candy go? where's the leftovers? >> look at those gum drops. >>> 4:56 is the time. coming up, software found on millions of cell phones. why some are concerned the information it's gathering about you could be an invasion of ♪ [ female announc

>> hollis thompson nailed a long three-pointer with less than two seconds remaining to beat alabama 57-55. it snapped alabama's 24-game home winning streak that spanned nearly two years. >>> the washington caps remain winless under their new head coach, dale hunter. they lost to the pittsburgh penguins last night 2-1. jason chimera scored the only goal for the caps. >>> the eagles in seattle to face the seahawks. philly turned into a dreadful performance. lip. ran for 148 yards and two touchdowned for seattle. they win this one 31-14. >>> the writing was on the wall. the minnesota vikings released former redskin donovan mcnabb. he went 1-5 as the starter before being benched. there are reports that dallas, chicago and houston could put in a claim to sign mcnabb. we still have plenty ahead. fox 5 morning news continues right now. now. >>> straight up 5:00 now on this friday morning. the washington monument front and center. it is december 2nd now, 2011. good morning. thank you for waking up early with us. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's say

and it was a big day for hoya junior hollis thompson who put on a log-distance shooting clinic and sems to thompson and drains the attempt. two minutes later, thompson with another rainbow 3-pointer and nothing but net there and if you were wondering, the same results. he would make 6 of 7 from downtown and finishing with the game high 20 points and nearly played 19 minutes. later in the first half, the freshman on the field and he goes the distance. 84-44, the hoyas are 7-1. >>> and to the acc, the cavaliers hosting him, and also from downtown. he would drill one of the 4-3 pointers and had 14 points. virginia up by 12. later in the first half, evans with the steal and nice in the giving spirit, and gives to mike scott. had a game high 20. the cavs up 19 at the half. the second half, joe harris known for his shooting, decides this time he will take it in for the dunk and contributes 13 as virginia cruises past longwood, 86-53 and they're 7- 1. >>> 'tiz the season for the bb&t classic, celebrating the 17th year and games starting at 2:15 tomorrow afternoon. gw plays bcu in game 1 and th

clark hands it off to hollis-thompson. needs to make a shot, and he does. buries it. check out the bench. calm down, guys. last chance for alabama. levi randolph from half court. good if it goes. off the rim, and georgetown upsets number 12 alabama 57-55. the hoyas have two wins over top 15 teams this season. georgetown improves to 6-1. hometown hockey. after the penguins outshot the capitals 5-17 last night, alex ovechkin told us that it wasn't frustrating, but shouldn't it be? consider this not so fun fact. while bruce boudreau was head coach, the caps failed to record 20 shots on goal in the regular season just four times. under dale hunter, the caps have had less than 20 shots in back-to-back games. sidney crosby and alex ovechkin facing off for the first time since the winter classic. unfortunately, they didn't factor in last night. first period, john erskine gets into it. second period. jason chimera goes backhand. scores. nifty move. game tied at one. third period now. same score. loose puck here. erskine falls down. good look on net. oh, man. bounces off and i

hollis thompson did a long three-pointer with just under two seconds left to lead the hoyas to a 57-55 victory that ended alabama's 24-game winning streak. georgetown is now 6-1 on the season. >>> today our fandemonium prize is cold hard cash. four of our facebook fans will win $1,000 each. then on december 16th, we'll put even more in the pot with one person winning $4,000. sign up on nbc washington's facebook page to enter. >> cold hard cash. got to like it. here's tom to take a look at our forecast at 6:11. >> just hold your wallet out the window. >>> this morning, yes, it is a cold start to this friday morning. right now at reagan national, 35 degrees. now at 6:11, mercifully we've got a cold wind. mars is up in the southern sky. saturn up in the southeastern sky. we've got it down into the 20s from capitol hill to district heights, herndon and bethesda. out in west virginia and parts of the shenandoah valley, only the low 20s. a frosty cold start. a lot of frost around this morning. clouds drifting in from the west will be with us off and on through the day. there is the first blo

>> hollis thompson nailed a long three-pointer to beat alabama 57-55.t snapped alabama's 4-game home winning streak that spanned nearly two years. 24-game home winning streak that spanned near will you two years. its. >>> the caps lost their second game with dale hunter as coach. >>> let's talk a little redskins football. dave ross with me right now. good to see you on this friday morning. you were hobnobbing at the caps game last night. i was sitting at home in front of my tv doing a little bit of your research for you watching the eagles in seattle last night. if anybody has complained about the redskins being a nightmare so far, what happened to the dream team in fly now with the same record as the redskins and getting crushed by a team that the redskin beat. >> 4-8 now. ask philadelphia how hard it is to go out there and win. >> ask baltimore. >> : we've talked about this. any win you can get on the road in the nfl is a good win. >> yeah. >> you got to get the running game going. i think roy helu will be a big part of that this week. i think we toas

hollis thompson hitting a three-pointer with just under two seconds left to lead the hoyas to the 57-55 victory. that ended alabama's 24-game home winning streak. georgetown is now 6-1 on the season. >> and that shot was just like he dreamt it. >> and that's why -- >> that happens only in your dreams. >> exactly. we dreamt about it all night. >> congratulations to him. >>> our time 5:26. coming up, police are asking for your help to put a stop to a crime spree that's targeting postal workers. >>> a major milestone overnight for u.s. forces in iraq as they get ready to leave that country. >>> plus a vote in congress could prove costly for you. why the failure to reach a deal could soon take a bite out of your paycheck. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm joe krebs. welcome back to "news 4 today." it is friday, the 2nd day of december. still cold out there. still in december. still in meteorological winter. feels like it too. >> it certainly does. >> but it's astronomical autumn. >> where are the leaves? >> the leaves are down, and they're brown, and they're covered with frost

hollis thomas buries the three ball, clark had ten points, georgetown up 42-28 at the break. second half, more hoyas, henry sims outside of thompson so smooth. thompson finished with a career high six three pointers. the hoyas crush the highlanders 84-44. georgetown improves to 7-1. elsewhere, virginia defeats longwood 86-53. tomorrow redskins jets, huge game. let's get it on. can't wait. >> we're ready. >>> that's our news for tonight. "saturday night live" is next. have a great weekend. [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> the following is a message from the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> good evening. i hope you all had a safe and happy thanksgiving and enjoyed your shopping on blac