from the verizon center, i'm kristen berset, 9 sports. >> thank you very much. george washington hosted bmi. love those cadets. what can brown do for you? that a 3. they were 9 of 21 from downtown. good ball moving here. colonials win 76-67. george mason on the road at richmond. great ballgame here. big old derrick williams got a lot of junk in his trunk. 270 pounds he can still get up and flush. spiders up by 12. serious rally by the patriots. there goes my hero at the buzzer. >> patriots win. down in richmond, barnett, his only triple of the game, it's a good one from downtown. the monarchs hanging in. painter following that loose rock, picks it up and scores. old dominion 63-61. >>> some redskins football now. the doctors cleared rg3 to play. in 14 hours we will see him fly up in philly. probably a good thing they held him out last week, gave him an extra week to get ready. now he faces that eagles defense that's been swiss cheese this season. but it's a tough division game and they like nothing better than to derail rg3 and the redskins. >> techniques, they'

sip and now 9 sports with kristen berset -- >>> and now 9 sports with kristen berset. >> it's a bit of a short week for the redskins, but they're hoping to ride the momentum after monday's big win. the battle beltway, the baltimore ravens make the short trip to landover, first the fifth time these two teams have met for the season. >> reporter: the 6-since redskins are on the bubble something of big in the nfc east. with a 3-1 division record this game is just one more step on the way to their playoff hopes. the 9-3 baltimore ravens are coming off staging loss to their rivals, the steelers, and they have an injury plagued defense. so this i-95 match-up is shaping up to be something fun and the players know it. >> we know it's one of those teams that share the same area almost and the fans you have split, half ravens half redskins. so it's one of those things that the fans probably get up for more than the players. >> we've got enough rivalries. we're definitely not taking any more applications for rivalries. they got a whole conference over there when i was with them. pittsburgh is one

i'm kristen berset.eat day. >>> a local congressman insists his side will compromise when it comes to the fiscal cliff. more on that story coming up. >> plus, we have proof that even the professionals can make mistakes when it comes to holiday decoration and fire safety. we'll be right back. at 5:25, you're watching 9news. >>> hello. welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:29 this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> friday is almost here. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika. hi, howard. >> when did you take the picture with the two ladies yesterday? go to his facebook page and you'll see a nice picture of mike and these two ladies. it's on his facebook page. >> it's -- it wasn't my idea but i obliged. >> i'm kind of jealous. >> there was mistle toe involved. put it that way. >> weather wise, on a cold morning like this, good to have some friends to keep warm. down to the 20s and 30s this morning. here's a look at your day planner. get ready for sunshine, lighter winds but much colder temperatures. yester

kristen berset, and me and a whole crew will be here. we're going to talk about rg3. how dangerous with the eagles. credit for kyle shanahan and what's the latest on the ravens and why all of a sudden they can't seem to win a football game. a lot of stuff going on here as we get into the weekend. big game up in philly. >> quickly your thoughts on joe flacco. why hasn't he emerged as the star quarterback? >> i don't think it was ever in his dna to be the star quarterback and then you get cam cameron that likes to check it down a lot. that's a bad recipe for the football team. when the defense was playing well it was all good. but now no. >> okay. all right. want to recap for us? >> sure, seven day forecast looks good tomorrow. good weather for the ravens game. mostly sunny and 50 degrees and then some showers moving in on christmas eve and looks like mostly the activity waits until at least the late afternoon for the d.c. metro area. no snow on christmas for us unfortunately. >> thank you for watching. you can get updates anytime online. wusa9.com. "game on" is next. k

. >>> and now 9 sports with kristen berset. >> for only the fifth time ever the ravens and redskins face off in the regular season. you can see that game right here on wusa9 at 1:00 on sunday. the battle of the beltways is a big game for both teams that are deep in the playoff hunt. the ravens defense has its sights set on robert griffin, iii. he wasn't sacked at all monday night and right now the rookie is tied for fewest interceptions on the season, but he's facing one of the most dynamic safeties in the league, a ravens game without an ed reed interception almost like turkey without thanksgiving. >> ed reed, he's the top of that defense. with ray lewis being out he is the leader of that defense. so he does a good job with everything. he covers a lot of ground. he tackles well. he's got good ball skills. >> he's a guy that's in the film room every day. he knows what's going to happen before it happens. usually the great players are not only great athletes, but they're great students of the game. >> today rg3 has a place in the pro football hall of game. monday night griffin set the nfl

kristen berset is here with the top story. >> hey, it was bitter sweetening to an epic game. robert griffin ii stages a comeback and his backup closes out the game in dramatic fashion. let's look at how it went down this afternoon at fed ex field. rg3 coming out of the tunnel for his first beltway battle. here's play you will see over and over and over again. rgiii scrambling trying to make a play when he is hit in the knee. he was knocked out of the game and he was unable a finish the drive despite trying. but this is why the redskins drafted kirk cousins. cousins finishing off the drive with a touchdown pass to pierre. and fresh off the bench that forces overtime and mr. automatic after a long punt return this kid is special. forebath 11 for 11 on field goal attempts. redskins stun the ravens 31-28. dave owens has been out at fed ex field all day and joins us now live from landover. dave, i bet that crowd was rocking out there this afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, kb, 81,000 plus here at fed ex field they were almost going to blow the roof off a this place no doubt about that.

we head straight over to kristen berset on "game on." >>> coming up next it's "game on overtime" presented by jim coleman infiniti. after six straight victories it all comes down to this. >> unbelievable. >> redskins-cowboys, winner takes all. >> we want to control our own destiny. >> can the skins punch their ticket for the first time in seven years? whose star will shine brightest in prime time? game on o.t. starts right now. >> morris exploits a hole, there he goes. morris to the end zone, touchdown! >> what an exciting night. good evening, everyone. we appreciate you staying up with us for a jam packed "game on overtime," a redskins jam packed, that's for sure. who would have thought seven weeks ago that a 3-6 redskins team would be the nfc east champs playing their first home playoff game since 1999. let's check out how it all played out tonight. for the second straight week, redskins' quarterback rgiii sporting the knee brace for that sprained knee. on the first drive the skins' offense looked out of sorts. josh morgan, the drop on 3rd down. the burgundy and goldman acknowledge just

i'm kristen berset. have a great day. >>> more area counties are now eligible to get federal money as they recover from sandy. that story is coming up. >>> plus, democrats who have backed the second amendment, some of them are now admitting it's time to rethink their positions on gun control. >>> good morning. welcome book to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. happy tuesday. >>> i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika samtani. how are you in. >> i'm great. >> the fog has lifted for the most part. it was something yesterday morning. >> some areas like in culpeper, down that way, catlett, chalking to charlie out there, he said the fog never went away. >> we went out for an afternoon shoot at a cool school story. it was 4:00 in the afternoon and i still couldn't see a hundred feet in front of the car. >> thankfully for most of us, the fopg has lifted. for -- fog has lifted. the winds are going to kick out of the southwest, northwest as the front pushes through. that will scour out the fog. you will see the sunshine