alex ovechkin is there to score. his fifth goal this season. capitols up 3-0, but the jets aren't going away quietly. they scored two goals this the third period on tuesday night to tie the game. they scored three tonight to send it to overtime. the great eight, ovechkin in his 12th snn the spot again. the capitols win in overtime, 4-3. the guys still not pleased with their performance. >> we were not hooting and hollering in here. we were let down that we didn't play the way we wanted to. but glad we found a way to get a win. we'll take this as a learning experience. and move on. and hopefully we can be better from it. >> the capitols will be back on the ice this saturday hosting the florida panthers. >>> meanwhile, the wizards still searching for their first win of nba. now last year players admitted to taking some games during the regular season for granted. that cost randy wittman his job. new head coach scott brooks is remaining positive despite the slow start to the season. >> myself and our staff and our team are not going to be judging

ovechkins, and washington down by one until ovechkin redirects the shot and tying the game at two and the caps with the momentum. oshie gets behind the defense and pushes it past, and the fifth straight for washington, 4-2, the final. >> i liked their response, and once they made it 2-1, they stayed with it and said, hey, keep playing the way we have the lineup, and goals, and guys in front of the net, and didn't give up too much after the first period. >> wizards taking on the magic without the services of john. jeff green looking like a jump shooting machine. not the last time we have seen him. green pain to fournier, and he is open for three. magic within one now. green continues to have the green light. this three-pointer gives orlando a six-point lead. 10 points in the quarter for the georgetown product. wizards with chances to answer. 30 seconds left, and the huge rebound, but, misses the easy layup. wizards get another wide open look, and marquis flores, and wizards blow a double digits fourth quarter lead. >> we had a good look. cannot complain about having a chance to win the

danny out to ovechkin to the glove of hundredton. ove slap ergos and back to obe and makes no mistake on second attempt. just like that-0 advantage. and then in the third period. now,-1, caps with the face-off. obi takes offer into the blue zone. there 6th of caps surrendered two late goals we don't care because they win 4-3. >> that means i have jt 3 and georgetown facing owe be oklahoma state in the third. cowboys took over long three pointer from here, no good. jeff in with the follow up jam 20 points offer the bep. today final second first half cowboys evans races to the line buzzer" line. dominated -- they dropped to 2-4 on the season. redskins have a lot to be thankful for and so do the players. brody logan went to get hot takes of thanksgiving dinner. >> just being around all my family. i like peace calvert. >> m i met her and we gotten gauged this is my first thanks giving with her and obviously she was put to the test. and i think i moved sooner. >> i hope she brings me a plate. >> when we eat it's like our brothers try to s

second period, a power play to l alex ovechkin to buries his ninth of the ninth of the year.r the caps are up just like that 2-1. it is calls forth penalty. alexander between ^berg beating weinberg, the caps lose. hosting the blues on wednesday night.ni > hoops, maryland facing towson. down by 2 going deshawn mormon for the drunk r dunk. tied up 64 all. kevin hearder who retreats, who fade away jumper, the terps win 71-66. they now improve to 4-06789 wee should point this out the redskins are still up 29-24. nothing change thed.noth if watch this entire sports cast, nothing changed. all you know is that the other pieces of the nfc changed, the game is still the game. we'll be right back. we live in a pick and choose world. calm or bright? but at bedtime why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the ultimate sleep number week, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! give the gift of amazing sleep. only at a sleep number store, right now

carlton, the great 8, and that's his first career winner for ovechkin. tieing him with wayne the caps win it. >>> tournament time for the fall college sports. rutgers and step one, a success. the terps score two early goals, and they are causing to -- cruising to win the conference semis. baltimore with a big game against the rival, and the ravens come in stumbling and they have lost 4 in a row, and the steelers have lost 2 north standings, 4-3 record, and the great chance for the ravens to get right bang in the mix with the win against him. >> i'm talking to our young guys, and i'm like these games will define you. you know what i'm saying? hate or not, and you know, it was a time here we couldn't get over that, you know what i'm saying, and you had to become a different kind of player when you played that, and it was just like, i love this game. >> we love to talk about this game, and sunday morning for recap the skins' first half of the season. >> big weekend here on wusa 9. we got you started early. the men looking to pull off the upset against the s

t-j oshi also had a pair of goals and alex ovechkin finally snapped his four game scoreless streak in the 7 to one blow out. there is much more coming up. coming up at the top of the hour.. the presiden fill out his cabinet. but some of those names are causing controversy. alexandria seven eleven. the robbery investigation happening right now in old town. plus - a major meeting for the president-elect. the new name on the list for secretary of state, heading to new york today. a montgomery county teen beaten during an anti-trump pr the message to students from the school superintendent. good morning washington. toss to eileen - warming temperatures through saturday - potent cold front slides through late saturday - windy & cold sunday (20+ degrees colder) - cool with a few showers for thanksgiving today: mostly sunny. chilly start, mild afternoon.

alec ovechkin got his and then capped it with sevktd season. caps improve to 7-2-1 with 4-2 on as long as there's sourcery. wizards versus magic. 1st quarter wiz up 8. i just wanted to say businessknack biambo it's so much to say. brady beihl. will drive down and find marquise morris for the scram. magic came back to take the lead and final seconds 8/10 oftic left wiz down to morris, ah, doesn't get to to fall. mavs beat the wizards for the first time in 13 tries, 88-86. >> kevin durant didn't join in but still bivz back to frem his home no one prince george county. he featured a local kid james in a recent commercial. check it out. >> i just don't want to get married i want my life to be >> especially my mommy want her life to be better, amen? >> what's up man? >> kevin durant? >> james was on "fox news morning" this week to talk about his big moment with kd. >> don't worry about them haters that think that she should have never wept to golden state warriors and that should have been i don't think he should think about that. >> he should not.

they are expecting a big game for alex ovechkin. he has had a good career against the red wings. five-game home stand. the puck drops at 7:00. playoffs in high school. week two. scott abraham is there for it. what do we have this week? scott: i can't wait for the high school football game tonight. this is a rivalry slowdown. two schools are separated by a couple of miles. stone bridge ready to face broad run in the 5a north they knew it in bulldog country. every player gets their own poster on the fence line. look at this. we are 30 minutes away until opening kickoff. in the student section is already absolutely packed. they are ready to go to they are handing out the dog bones. it's coming to your desk. robert: thank you. i feel special. you never want to see someone get carted off the field in any sport. but last night was tough to watch. kansas linebacker luke kuechly and afterwards he tears up. he is going through the concussion protocol and he wants everyone to know he is final note, the redskins receiverer desean jackson is listed as questionable against green bay. shoulder

alex ovechkin with "toby" -- a retriever mix rescued from thailand. and "chewy" there is a lab mix. and holt-beast! here's the goalie with his friend -- "lil bit" -- a coonhound mix. t.j. oshie posing here with his dog "charlie" -- an australian shepherd. there are a ton of other players and pups in the calendar too. they sell for 20 dollars with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting homeward trails -- a rescue organization that helps abandoned pups find holidays with some country music cheer. the two new names performing at this year's christmas tree lighting. and our first taste of wintry weather, on the way. the stormwatch seven team is tracking a major mild 2nd half: rain, wind, and rapidly falling temperatures - unseasonably cold sunday & monday - showers by thanksgiving today: mostly sunny. chilly start, unseasonably warm afternoon. highs: 66-71 winds: s 5 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 38-47 saturday: sunny, breezy, and mild through lunchtime. late day showers, windy, rapidly falling temperatures. highs: 63-69 winds: sw 10-15 to nw 15-25 g 40 mph drivers. why you may

in the second, tied at 1-1, caps with the power play, nicklas backstrom passes to alex ovechkin, his night goal of the season. caps take the lead. one minute left in the game, tied at 2-2, jackets with th the caps drop this one, 3-2. college hoops, maryland battling towson. check out the is by justin jackson, the great say. terps on the run, melo trimble had 27. two minutes to go in the game, tied at 64-64. terps make it out alive, 71-66. and maryland's men's soccer game gives up a late lead against providence in the ncaa tournament and lose 5-4. they were the number one team of. the country. that is a shock to all of us kimberly: 5-4. robert: painful. kimberly: thanksgiving i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. ha

williams and ovechkin rounding out the night. that was a 7-1 win. >>> john wall and the wizards in philly. if you were busy watching the caps' game, you county miss much. 8 of 19 scored from shooting from the field he wizards lose to the sixers 109- 102. >>> and sunday night's game with the packers and the skins could have playoff implications. green bay is chasing washington for the second wild card spot, and diane roberts with more on that from redskins park. >> reporter: if the season was to end today, the packers would not be in the playoffs thatry a game and a half behind the burgundy and gold for the second spot. washington knows sunday night's game is of the utmost importance. we know it's going to be tough, but as long as we go out there and practice, practicing good this week and execute, we have a at winning. >> as long as you're winning -- >> i don't care about the playoffs right now. they are next week. we just have to go out there and execute, and we have to be fundamentally sound against the team. >> i know they wil

coach berry and alex ovechkin calling it maintenance bay day. they hit the road back-to-back games friday and saturday in chicago and carolina. >> patriots head coach bill belichick is man of few words but enough for donald trump he wrote a letter of support before a last minerally in new hampshire and when reporters asked him about it today he had a statement and want nod part of questions. this is belichick listen. >> we have a huge game this week and it's a great football team and organization and forward on seattle. all right. >> coach, were you happy or annoyed that trump read the letter. >> yeah. >> your team has always been good as keeping outside disstraks on outsideive giving nature of presidential race. >> yes. >> did you find it helpful -- >> seattle. >> and any players talk to you about this. >> seattle. >> and about any room rank or about this. >> here's the thing i can not tell if he was laughing. at this point he knows what he's doing. >> a little marshawn lynch there. >> i'm here so i won't get find. >> see at. >> seattle. >> rig

the fans are thankful for ovechkin. that's a 2-0 lead, and he wasn't done in the 3rd. on the rush, and that's a hat trick for the captain. 16th of his career, most by active players, and some people throwing their well-paid for hats on the ice, and i don't get it. >>> in maui, oh, that's beautiful. a mostly forgettable trip for georgetown. they are blown out tonight, 97- 70. >>> the ki rivalry is one of the best in the nfl because of the emotions and it stirs up when it's mentioned. tomorrow could be another one of the memorable moments. diane roberts caught up with the redskins greats to get their take. >> reporter: the washington-cal dallas rivalry is one of the biggest in sports. >> certainly during my era of playing, this was a classic. >> reporter: between 1982 and to dallas' 10, and the wins have been lopsided as of late with the cowboys winning 13 of the last 21 meetings, and the two will play again for the 114th time thanksgiving day in dallas. >> they are going to go down there and i think that this is going to really start renewing this rivalry. >> welcome to

the pocked freckles out -- the overtime, alex ovechkin unleashes the one-timer. was the reverend he doubt? -- was there ever any doubt? the capitals win 4-3 in overtime. georgetown men's basketball team held their annual media day today. they finished fourth in the preseason poll. john thompson and company hope to rebound from a finished last season. >> last year was very difficult. but i think from top to bottom, it was a learning experience. the guys have been beating each other up a little in practice, so we are ready to get going. erin: meanwhile, the howard men and women's teams kicked off their season tonight. the howard men are predicted by this year. their first game is november 11 at michigan. tomorrow should be a fun high school football friday. we will be live tomorrow i georgetown prep. alison: cold tomorrow? steve: we were 83 today, breaking the record at reagan national. tomorrow, early on we will be in the 40's, warming to about 60's. daylight savings time ends early sunday morning where we fall back one hour. you get a next her hour of sleep. 65 d

the great 8, alex ovechkin gets a goal. eighth of the season. the caps are up six. backstrom fires and scores for his second goal of the game. final score is 7-1. >>> wizards taking on the 76ers, the worst team in the nba. scott brooks all smiles before this one. not so much during the game. 76ers led by as many as 20 points in this game. nice play by john wall who was on a minutes restriction. another good take from wall. he scored 21 points in the point. trying to find some life. shawn holmes. knocks down the three pointer there. a big bucket for the 76ers. they beat the wizards. your final score 109-102. >>> this is what pure joy looks like, people. max scherzer, the moment it was announced he won the national league cy young award. scherzer take home his first cy young award in nashls national's history. just the sixth player to win if award in both the person that and the national league. in 2013 with the tigers. 20-7 record. 284 strikeouts, and a 20-strikeout game back in the month of may. >> it is a unbelievable. i'm speechless. you know, just to be a part of

alex ovechkin, in the third, his third goal of the night. guess what, hat trick. the cap sold off the blues and win 4-3. ovie has 12 goals on the season. feast your eyes on this. those are not turkeys, that is a youth hockey team. the southern maryland sabres took the ice and gobbl opportunity to showcase. the shot of the night made by gabriel waggoner. they should dress them up for the games. and the hoyas fall to oklahoma state. they are having a rough start to the season. jonathan: skins were cowboys? robert: 27-20 redskins. jonathan: they z26ndz zi0z y26ney yi0y jonathan: another look at the forecast? molly: a lot of people making their plans, and we will have wet weather early thursday morning. give 5, 10 next or minutes to your travel pl another chance friday, isolated shower chance for the black friday shopping. into the weekend, cooler, breezy saturday. a nice warm up into the next week. it looks like we could definitely use the heavy rain. maybe wednesday, some of the models pushing in the heavy rain. others just bringing nothing. we will keep you up-to-d

the caps hosting the winnipeg the first period, alex ovechkine to nick i back tram. back of watch this with the lege back. a little pi nag. the caps lead 1-0. tj oshie. the would state out to a 3-0 lead. that brings on t and over time is ov time amd how about a one timer. right there, skate off. game winner. nfl ratings are down 11 1 # percent across the board thiss season with prime time gamesme getting hurt the hardest. monday night and sunday night are down 20 percent respectively. there's a lot of speculation as to why the ratings are down. and today the seahawks richard sherman gave his. the league isn't funny more. every other league you ' the the players have a good time.me. it's a game. this isn't politics.liti this is entertainment andand they're no longer allowing the players to entertain. they're no longer allowing the players to show any kind of personality, uniqueness in the individual quality because theyi want to control thety product,c, control the messaging, etsa cetera. i wanted to ask you guys what you think.you i mean you're viewers of the nfl, wh

then we'll see upper 30 ovechkin closer to the lake. window nation's 7-day forecast showing you that steady warmup as we head toward the second half of next week. actually being conservative for friday, saying 65 degrees. again, some of our forecast models going to 69, 70 to for next friday into next weekend. it's still quite a bit away, but as of this point, i mean, mid-50s, then in the mid-60s by late november. no complaints from your weather man. >> so it's funny how yesterday everybody had their coats on, and people i was talking to were going, oh, it's you know, it's only 50s, so you get spoiled. >> here in northeast ohio, it can be much colder as we all know. >> that's right. thanks so much, mike. snap well, live fish could get -- >> well, live fish could get students excited about science. it's call beadio eyes. after one week, they found that students knowledge of science improved significantly, especially ahe month elementary school children. they hope that bio eyes can get children interested in becoming science majors. >>> wh

alex ovechkin finally snapped his four-game scoreless streak. they will meet again in january. autria: sticking with sports, talk abo - announcer: thousands of washington, d.c. families depend on home sharing to make ends meet. here at airbnb, we're committed to working with the city to develop new common-sense home sharing rules. we helped the city collect millions in taxes last year from our community. ds. working together, we can make sure autria: order for nationals pitcher max scherzer, an award winner -- a cy young award winner for best pitcher in the league. he is a happy young man this morning. he is also the strikeout king in all of baseball, with an incredible 284 batters. he is the first nats pitcher to win the award. and we have got him. larry: congratulations. veronica: we have some fantastic weather on tap for today, in fact for the rest of the work week. even saturday. i am so thrilled about the weekend, saturday. we have mostly clear skies, 34 to 45. 30's in the outlying suburbs, 45 closer to d.c.. watched and today, we should hit 60 degrees. around 1:00, as we

here's your team captain, alex ovechkin, with toby and chewy. here's another picture, the goalie striking a pose a little bit. there's only one of these -- there's only a limited n homeward trails. here's another photo of number 77. here he is with his dog, charlie. they will be selling the calendars tonight at the verizon center. you can also get them at the team store in arlington as well as washington cap.com. shout out to the women behind the calendar. the brains of the operation, manny, and the photographer that winick. the team has a tonight, by the way. first, detroit. v.j. has the weather for anyone headed to the game. veronica: it's one of the nicest evenings of the work week. temperatures a little bit higher than what we have seen them for the last few. dropping into the 50's later this evening. coming out of the 30's to the low 40's, 50 degrees by 9:00 a.m.. and eight degree temperature mp temperatures jumping very quickly. bus stop forecast, graded all the way through for recess and dismissal time at area schools. temperatures are as

into overtime we go, alex ovechkin with his second goal of right now the capital tree is headed to its new home. cut down in idaho on wednesday, chosen from among four finalists, decorated with 18,000 handmade ornaments. september 6, the grand finale, this idaho resident lighting things up. larry: the lighting of the tree next weekend, we want you to make the s call right now, color number seven wins for tickets to the capital wheel. vip tickets to the tree lighting and then later on as well. >> they will get a chance to spend $200 in an area restaurant. nice gift cards. i like that they cut the trees with a gas chainsaw. the old-fashioned way, nice. around the area today, i don't know, we will be looking at the weekend, enjoying the fall color around the area. next weekend we will be flipping the switch, 57 degrees on sunday with a little bit of rain next saturday. a full forecast for you on the , clouds getting out of fear by the time we get to late morning. the 50's we have got across the area, the wind picking up throughout the day. it will be a breezy day for us. wind gusting, loo

backstrom was there to is the fourth goal in threeee games for backstrom.stro backstrom passed to alex ovechkin. he buries his ninth of the year. the caps are up 2-1. backstrom tries to lift -- watch h this. you see that happened.ned. he's called for a penalty. that sets this up. the blue jackets takingblue advantage of j the power play. the caps lose 3-2 and they host the blues on wednesday night.gh a little now. maryland hosts towson and the tigers came to play building 13-point lead. deshawn mor mom for the dunk.m o with two minutes to go, justin jackson to freshman kevin hearder. the terps pull away with three throws down the stretch. they win 71-66. the terps are now 4-0. virginia ate ranked hosting theg yale bull dogs. the steel, watch the cavalier defense. i say a wilkins, gets the rebound. they try again, watch this. this time their turn for a massive block.. the calves up by eleven. they continue to pull away. a steel takes it a distance for the lay all the way down court. makes it look easy, virginiagi wins to improve to jimmy johnson one of the four finals along with joey la gone owe

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ovechkin watch that's goalgo number one.nuer o >> yeah. >> then seconds period right now so that was the end of thech first period. period. he is going take a shot miss it carlson back to him there's e that's goal two. one in the first, onthe in theie second. company possibly get a third in the ssib third? at this point thisn don't even pass the puck ovie. i just shoot it. there's your hat trick. tri caps rain down on the ice 16th career hat trick. trick. they hold on to win four-three. there are the caps being b tossed onto the ice.ssedo th >> hats. >> hats. .tric's a hat trick >> people just have the hats? t must case. >> they do. it's a hockey thing. also a tradi's ation now to havv the night before thanksgivingnkv game aint home for turns out to be very popular.. >> that dude for detroit diddeod it then all through octopusesct out. >> yes, that was weird.es, th >>> you don't want yourt you octopus back after you throwftor it on the ice. i >> is the plural of octopus. >> octupi. let's leave there alone.leav >>> good time to talk about basketball.skball. thanks tuck. hoyas with an