jo: let's look at the latest from the world of sports big minnesota vikings put the hammer down on the. adrian peterson taking 22 carries for 104 yards and then a touchdown for the vikings game against the packers next week as the two will battle for the nfc north title. the new york jets beat the patriots 26-20 in overtime or new england and get themselves a chance during the coin toss at the beginning of a time from the patriots captain matthew slater won the toss but elected to kick the ball. listen to this. >> enhances the call. heads is the call. which way do you want to receive? where do you want to receive out? just like this. new england wins the toss. they elected to kick. jo: afterwards, the patriots confirmed they did want to kick off. the confusion was that they got to choose the direction to take. the win for the jets means they can make the playoffs with a win against buffalo next week. the cardinals with the packers against a 38-8 victory with the first time playoff in the nfc. if the cardinals can win next week against the seahawks, the panthers as to the buccaneers. ar

john mccain's arizona cardinals or al franken's minnesota vikings. came down to the wire. also in sports it was a big night for one alabama running back. we'll have highlights for you. stock index futures a pretty flat break. watching "fbn:am" and first look at your morning markets and breaking news. 9m >> we've heard this kind of rhetoric before from my very close friend but where has it gotten arizona fans to win super bowl which they lost? >> how many times have the vikings lost? four times. >> exactly, four times. we got to the super bowl four times, bob. >> i tell you one thing, my esteemed colleague, you will not get there this year. look at embarrassing loss you suffered at hands of seahawk. successful football team is like successful government, you have to spend money on defense. >> overspend on defense we've heard that before from my very food friend. he is a very good friend. you know we vacation together. nicole: i would like to hear more of these debates. senator al franken and john mccain facing off in mock debate ahead of "thursday night football" game. it w

take the minnesota vikings new u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis, minnesota, the cost is slated to be $1.1 billion, with taxpayers shouldering almost 50%. much needed economic boost to minneapolis. >> already $1 billion being constructed, around the stadium, bringing all these major events, and the people in the economic, people stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants, shop in our stores. that never would happen if you don't have this kind of facility available. >> but sports economists like craig depkin who have studied the issue come to a different conclusion. >> so economists have contemplatewhether the benefits outweigh the cost of publicly build stadiums and in general find that the benefits do not outway the costs. these are not good deals for cities. >> and the minnesota vikings that cost versus benefits debate dates back to 1999. back then governor jesse ventura had a meeting with red mechanic mccombs. >> red mechanic combs came in an mccombs came in andsaid governow stadium. i said, red, you don't need my appr

career receptions -- just the 11th player to reach that mark -- arizona moves to 10 and 2 with a minnesota vikings -- first place in the nfc north -- but things got ugly today against seattle -- russell wilson -- finds his way to the zone -- 14, nothing seahawks -- nothing going right for minnesota -- wilson will hit doug baldwin for the score -- it was a laugher in the end -- seattle rolls 38, 7 -- and it was about as ugly for bears fans -- late against the 49ers -- with a chance to win it -- robbie gould and in the o-t -- san francisco needed just a single play -- blaine gabbert deep to torrey smith -- ballgame -- bears fall 26, 20 -- mostly sunny skies on tuesday and wednesday, with the wind picking up on thursday and through the area, but it looks updates throughout the week on that. kwwl news at five. we hope to see you tonight -- thanks. >>> on this sunday night, trail of terror. from family and friends, new insights about the san bernardino shooters, his father in california saying his son shared isis' ideology. her family in pakistan describing an innocent girl who was always smiling. and

vikings 3rd and goal.teddy bridgewater passes to mike wallace for the 7-yard touchdown.and minnesota ard to 13-seconds left in the game.arizona up by 3. vikings looking for the go ahead score.but bridgewater fumbles and the cardinals recover the ball to win the game. arizona improves to 11-2. >> catherine : good night if you haven't checked out covered california in a while, we've got some new options that might interest you. like adult dental coverage. great news for you. and your sweet tooth. to find free local, in-person help visit coveredca.com find out if you could get help paying for health insurance with just your age, income, zip code, and the number of people in your household. information you probably know off the top of your head. enroll by december 15th to be covered by january 1st >>> from russia with love. the sister-in-law of the san bernardino terrorist. >> what we've learned about her background. >>> then -- >> he's a traitor, a no-good traitor. >> trump versus the accused army desserter. >> you know, in the old day, boom, firing squad. no, it's true. >> what he's say

minnesota vikings are suing wells fargo. he vikings claim the bank is trying to photo bomb their new u.s. bank stadium by putting large wells fargo signs on a new office tower nearby. they claim the rooftop signs will be bigger and brighter than previously agreed upon. meaning when the blimp flies over on game day, wells fargo will get lots of publicity. great to have both of you on the real story. whitney, apparently there was an agreement the vikings had with wells fargo, correct? they signed this agreement about specific size of advertising. who is in the right? who is in the wrong here? >> wells fargo is in the wrong. it's the usbank stadium not the wells fargo stadium. it's a little out of control. i don't understand why they'd be doing this other than to get the free publicity out of it. if they entered an agreement and are in breach of this agreement, it's a simple law. it hurts the vikings image. they have an agreement with usbank who sponsored the stadium. wells fargo can't come in and usurp all the attention and exp

and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire crew saying good night from minneapolis. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the national football league. announcer

minnesota vikings running back adriaia peterson reached the endd zone and reached a milestone on the same run last night at arizona. it was his 1- hundredth career touchdown. that's not it: he also surpassed 12- hundred rushing yards for the season...it's the seventh time his career e reached 12-hundred yards in a season. the holiday spirit was alive and well last night in waverly for the annual "christmas greetis on ain" event. area businesses along bremer avenue utting out wiiow displays --ranging from carolers to charlie brown and company to the grinch himself. saint nick also making an appearance with kids waiting over an hour in line for their "well i really like the music were also someeof the biggess hits. santa needs helping knowing who's naughty and nice -- and so does the iowa state patrol. for the last few days, a trooper with the iowa state e atrol would tweet what the trooper's elf on the shelf is up to. his name is trooper elf -- and as you can see he wears a state patrol bomber and fits pretty well in a pocket. trooper elf is alsls a big fan of holiday donuts... you ca

playoff positioning on the line in "thursday night football's" matchup between arizona and minnesota. vikings running back adrian peterson reaches a career milestone early in the game. zone for his 100th career touchdown. the cardinals go ahead after a pair of long carson palmer rallies. minnesota falls short. dwight freeney strips the ball from teddy bridgewater for the arizona to head to 23-20 win over the vikings. arturito soup! okay, okay. arturito soup! follow me. campbell's new star wars inspired soups. arturito soup! yaaa! made for real, real life. fact you won't find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. advil cold & sinus is only behind the pharmacy counter. ask your pharmacist for fast, powerful advil cold & sinus. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> when it comes to our endangered species, and i mean this very seriously. appearance last night on "the late show." he brought his campaign to extend congress to a program that pays for health benefits for 9/11 first responders conspired and it's running out of

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he will not play against the minnesota vikings on sunday night. this stemming from the conduct between him and josh norman who was the panthers quarterback. they felt that beckham's he got at least thrne penalties for conduct during the game. he appealed the suspension. we're getting word that that suspension has been upheld. beckham will not play this weekend. >> john chandler will have more on that as the night progressed. still to come, santa's early arrival. th se controversy at one school at brought chris kriss kringle to brooklyn. >>> rolling through the area right now. it cou d impact yourotravel. we'll talk record high temperatures as we roll into ch ristmas eve and christmas day. st ay tuned. meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call now. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. the wifi in this house is amazing. so is my guacamole. hi grandma and gr

and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michrils, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire crew saying good night from minneapolis. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special thousands of people came ou

he cannot play sunday night, in the game against the minnesota vikings. this is the scene around noon time today. remember tom brady came in the same entrance on lexington avenue. tom game in a suv. beckham gets out in a yellow cab. here's the incident against the carolina panthers on sundays afternoon. he was penalized three times for personal foul and james -- you heard the appeal, said his acts jeopardized the safety of players. beckham apologized and sent out this tweet as well. sportsmanship and respecting the game are as important as blocking, running routes and catching the football. i dropped the ball on sportsmanship on sunday. it looks like beckham is ready to move on and so is everybody else. now, to the patriots. belichick was baited by a santa lure but he did not bite. >> if santa wrote you a letter -- [inaudible] >> i'll leave santa claus and his list to the elves. >> ho-ho-ho. >> yesterday, we showed you new patriots rung back stephen jackson pulling into port. today practicing with his team. patriots going for experience and today we heard

. >> arizona and minnesota. vikings, they rol with adrian peterson. vikings won four in a row on the road coming into this game. this is late fourth quarter. chandler catanzaro, knocks it through. time to work with. check out teddy bridgewater. sacked. and stripped by dwight freeney it, 23-20. >>> kevinurant gave $35,000 to a local school there and the video of the kids when he came to the classroom wasbsolutely memorable. was that shot. durant, by the way, he was >> i'm familiar with that. >> now playing -- >> now in oklahoma city. >> westbrook too. >> triple-double. >> he did. he had a triple-double.e. >> we hahave so much we can talk about, jessica has been in our ear all night. now when we need her to count us good-bye. >>'d rather they kept talking but thank you. >>> the boston red sox by the way are making amends to a fan who was seriously injured this pa s summer at fenway park. >> we're talking about stefanie wo wopenski when smacked in the head by a line drive foul ball. now noquite fully recovered she's marrying her fiance at fenway park nex

and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire crew saying good night from minneapolis. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special football league.good eveni

the giants take on the minnesota vikings. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. for all of us here at night. does prism tv have all the channels we watch? that's a great question. prism tv has all the channels i watch, and lots of hd. and i like hd. get over 140 of your favorite channels with the prism essential tv package from centurylink. [ ding! ] [ ding! ] get prism tv and internet from centurylink at our lowest price of the year. just $70 a month for one year with autopay enrollment. >>> at 9-5, teddy bridgewater has the vikings in pure suit of their first nfc north title in six years. minnesota. the giants have been eliminated another razor thin loss last

thanks a lot, jillll >>>>playoff positioning on the football's" matchup between arizona and minnesota. vikings running back adrian peterson reaches a career milestone early in the game. he danced his way into the end zone for his 100th career touchdown. the cardinals go ahead after a pair of long carson palmer touchdown passes. after a late game rally, nnesota falls short. arizona's dwight freeney strips the ball from teddy bridgewater to put the finishing touches on >>> still ahead, mystery story. an overdue library book is later. with the money for the fee. arturito soup! okay, okay. arturito soup! hi! arturito soup? follow me. campbell's new star wars inspired soups. arturito soup! yaaa! made for real, real life. fact you won't find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. ask your pharmacist for fast, powerful advil cold & sinus. relief doesn't get any better than this. my brother brian was my best friend, but when he went to college and struggled with depression, he felt alone. he thought he was to blame and no one would understand. when he finally told m

and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here toght. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're goingngo green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. po you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire crew saying good night from minneapolis. -hey. something new has arrived. and it works in the middle of anywhere. the ipho

> at 9-5, teddy bridgewater has the vikings in pure suit of their first nfc north title in six years. tonight they face eli manning and the giants in frosty minnesotathe giants have been eliminated from playoff contention after another razor thin loss last week. and tonight, they'll be without their superstar receiver. meanwhile, the vikings will have

and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire crew saying good night from minneapolis. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special football league. anchor 1:

>> who's hot is the way i always and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire minneapolis. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special presentation of the nat

the giants take on the minnesota vikings. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. night. >>> at 9-5, teddy bridgewater has the vikings in pure suit of their first nfc north title in six years.

specifically how the injury occurred except to say it was while playing arizona cardinals taking on the minnesota vikings. the battle of two first-place teams. palmer finds john brown and he does the rest. a 65 yard touchdown, arizona would win with the late field goal and they moved to 11-2 on the season. a night off for both the bruins and celtics. bruins will host the florida panthers on saturday afternoon. the celtics host the golden state warriors tomorrow night. the warriors practice that emerson college today. it' s the best start in in ba history. >> the level of play, it' s like a playoff atmosphere every night. we are handling it well. good preparation is be go through the season just to know what that' s going to be like and what to expect. we have to be at our best to get wins and we are keeping that special this year. jason college hockey tonight, : saint anselm college hosting new england college. pilgrims in the red, first period, bryce neilsen stuffs home the rebound, 1-0 nec. still in the first, andreas zollner shoots a wrister from the far circle and scores. the pilgrims knockoff the ha

the minnesota vikings, how upset are they? the big thing is staying in place to win the division. now this keeps them one game behind minnesota. jim: we'll see minnesota at arizona next thursday night, only only nfl network and that should be a great game. they're currently two and three in the n.f.c. playoff picture. there's a big difference. when you're the two, you get the bye and the pass all the way to the divisional round. that could have a lot to do with that in the end. but i have a feeling after tonight green bay is going to have something to say about that too. coming up next on cbs, your local news except on the west coast and don't miss "the late show" with stephen colbert followed by "the late late show" with james corden tonight, only cbs. for more football, "the mazda network. for phil, tracy, mike and all the crew, jim nantz saying so long from detroit. a finish you'll never forget, the packers take it here on a hail mary. thanks for watching "the mazda postgame show." phil! oh no... (under his breath) hey man! hey peter. (unenthusiastic) oh... ha ha ha! joanne? is

and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight.y get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle comi in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya and our entire crew saying good night from minneapolis. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special pr

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giants' receiver odell beckham junior was upheld, sunday night's meeting between new york and the minnesota vikings was perhapsthe biggest game on the slate this weekend. win and the vikings clinch a playoff spot -- and make their next game in green bay a de facto division title game. it's a bit trickier for the giants, but for both teams s e message e om the top is the same: whether it's beckham or one of the vikings' injured "i think it's good for this football team when they see guys that haven't played a lot step in and perform.... i think they have confidence in really what 're trying to do defensively so i think all those thgs -- i think it's good for the team.:" team.:""we'll be fine. you know we got guys. great opportunity for other guys to step up ... guys know what they're doing, guys know about the routes. and we'll just go about it and make plays." the packers looking tokeep pace with the vikings against the second best team in the n-n-c, the arizona cardinals. and while mike mccarthy admits david johnson and company may just be their toughest task yet, his players are up for the challe

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the minnesota vikings building a new multibillion dollar stadium set to open next season. prime naming rights to broad. but knowing how much they love the fly-over aerial shots one of the competitors wells fargo bought signage right next door. the minnesota vikings now suing wells fargo saying the bank is trying to photo bomb its new stadium. does the team have a case here in erin, help me understand what wells fargo is doing wrong here. >> well, i think the vikings are trying to show that wells fargo is basically infringing on its property rights by putting up a sign right in the vantage point of where the stadium will be built. usurping the vikings rights to be able to advertise as it wants. and to have the right of publicity. >> are they? wells fargo is paying for their space. >> but they are are right next door. they are not -- you're not allowed to infringe on another person's property rights even though you happen to be right next door to them. >> erin, i will read a quote from the vikings complaint saying wells fargo recently started installing mounted and illuminat