torrey smith and the ravens have the lead!d. ♪ >> coming up, the sunday sports report. currently on nbcsn. mike tomlin at the night said hyperextension for le'veon bell and see whether he can play. the extent to which he will be effective in six days. also he addressed the reggie nelson situation. said the hit was not illegal. the guys right there on the set will have all of the information for you on the sunday sports report. meanwhile, we are back here on saturday night next week. the wildcard round beginning. a short week of rest for the baltimore ravens who won today, while san diego loses to kansas city so baltimore gets into the playoffs. afc north puts three teams in the postseason play. pittsburgh and baltimore, one of the great rivalries in the league this year. week two this year, it was a turnover early by pittsburgh that led to a long baltimore touchdown march. the ravens rolled over pittsburgh that night by a score of 26-6. never trailing. but then the teams met back here on a sunday night on november 2nd and ben

at some point, you're going have to sit raven down and tell her this story. it. >> yes. >> i don't think i'll ever be prepared until that moment. we're going to be honest with her. you know, we're going tell her what happened. let her know things like this are not okay. it's not something that she should tolerate. let her know people make mistakes and how you learn from them. >> janay rice opened up about the ordeal with espn. i slapped him again and then he hit me. i i remember nothing else from inside the elevator. terri o'neal joining me now the president of national organization of women. thank you so much for being with me here. and putting perspective in the story. let's start off here. a lot to cover. you were the first to interview janay on november 5th. the interview was the three hour interview. and in that time, did you get the sense she was eager to get a lot off her chest and perhaps set the record straight on how much the nfl knew prior to the release of the full video? >> well, i think she was eager to get a lot off her chest. we realized the i

ravens need a win to stay alive.the fourth, joe flacco over the top to torry smith. 16-yard pitch and catch, ravens 13-10. four minutes later flacco hits aiken in the end zone, ravens one. with a charger loss baltimore graves the final playoff in the afc. so seattle some new england have home need advantage throughout the playoff. we'll hear from the 49ers on the head coach's future coming up at 6:00 p.m. here on abc7 and, jed, 1:00 press conference tomorrow. i'm a little surprised both are willing to talk about it. it will be interesting tomorrow. >> very, thank you shu. >>> coming up at 6:00, can he have an update on a deadly bicycle crash in the east bay that claimed the life of a popular assistant plan. >> the once toxic san francisco bay is showing signs of an incredible recovery. join us for abc7 news at 6:00. >>> that's going to do for us abc7 news at 5:00. thanks so much for joining us. see you at 6:00. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, the frantic search for missing air asia flight 8501. an

torrey smith and the ravens have the lead! seed. ♪ >> coming up, the sunday sports report. currently on nbcsn. mike tomlin at the night said hyperextension for le'veon bell and see whether he can play. the extent to which he will be effective in six days. also he addressed the reggie nelson situation. said the hit was not illegal. the guys right there on the set will have all of the information for you on the sunday sports report. meanwhile, we are back here on saturday night next week. the wildcard round beginning. a short week of rest for the baltimore ravens who won today, while san diego loses to kansas city so baltimore gets into the playoffs. afc north puts three teams in the postseason play. pittsburgh and baltimore, one of the great rivalries in the league this year. week two this year, it was a turnover early by pittsburgh that led to a long baltimore touchdown march. the ravens rolled over pittsburgh that night by a score of 26-6. never trailing. but then the teams met back here on a sunday night on november 2nd and

ravens a scripted much of her comments.through it all, she maintained that what happened in the elevator was the only domestic violence incident in their relationship. >> you would think we lived in a country of people who never made a mistake, who never since. four teams have shown interest in ray rice, including the saints, and a few other teams are not identifying themselves publicly. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> thank you, suzanne. is staffer elizabeth lauten resigning after her comments about sasha and the leo obama. afterme under fire criticizing the obama girls on thursday about their behavior at the annual white house turkey pardoning. she quickly apologized and admitted she judged the girls and away she would never want to be judged as a teenager. she made her resignation this morning after continued backlash about her comments. an estimated 35 million people are living with hiv and aids worldwide, and there is a ribbon hanging in front of the white house in honor of world aids day. the number has fallen from 13

if i go back, i am giving my computer to raven. she is cool. this is -- i like this part, too, okay. i have been talking to her on the phone, this is my daughter, i love her so much. i love her little baby. she is a good kid, brother, and by god, you -- he gets on my ass. that's a trip. he's getting on my ass and he's on his way back. he says -- let's see. my god, brother, you do right by her. don't drink, dog. i love you, brother. [ bleep ]. it will get better, roy. oh, my goodness, i ain't going to lie now. after i read it and i laid down, i started practically having a panic attack. like, man, am i going to make it? >> it was really interesting for me to hear ray slip into the mindset of what i assume roy must have been going through. it kind of showed me what goes through someone's mind when they're on parole. >> i already got in my mind if i didn't have my daughter, i would tell that [ bleep ] parole board, let me self-invoke right now and let me stay here. and i wouldn't get out at all. if i could just revoke and if it wasn't for raven, b

remember what he did against the baltimore ravens. not too long ago.an: that was san diego's last win, back-to-back losses to new england and denver the last two weeks. rivers too high. for inman. a matchup with cromartie. stops the clock. :40 to play in the fourth. dan: chargers really feeling the absence of keenan allen. allen was 77 catches this season. broke his collar bone last week. you can see that rivers is a little bit off when he's throwing to ajirotutu or inman. ian: san diego, only team in the nfl to have four players with at least 589 receiving yards and four touchdowns. but the absence of allen has been evident. rivers, a strike. inman coming upstairs for a 19-yard reception and they are n san francisco territory. keenan allen, the numbers in his second year, allen had a terrific rookie season with 71 catches, 1,046 yards and eight touchdowns. the cal product, third-round pick. and he actually dropped in the draft because of various injuries. broken collar bone for allen. ankle trouble keeping him out of this one. inside the 40. rivers, t

the ravens say that's not true. the team said it gave rice talking points which he accepted. when asked if he wanted coaching, he said she's good, she knows what to say. >>> michael grant goes by the name philly jesus. he's the one in the white performing a baptism in love park fountain. police arrested him in love park last month and charged him with disorderly conduct and failure to disperse. grant pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. >>> syracuse families are out of their homes in home in bucks county. investigators believe the fire in levittown started a gas explosion. but they're still trying to figure out what caused yesterday's blast. we talked to several residents who said they had heard the explosion and alerted their neighbors. >> a big bang happened. we ran over here. saw the entire smoke, blasted out. we were knocking on everyone's doors. >> fortunately, no one was hurt. >>> dwindling enrollment forced two schools at jersey school to close next summer. the two are lakewood and stst. st. denis school. the diocese oversees catholic schools in the area. enrollment

the support system that i thought we had in the ravens, that made me angry.he fact that i knew we wouldn't be here anymore made me angry. >> the nationals and their star outfielder at bryce harper at odds regarding a contract issue. the two sides could be heading to a grievance hearing. this dates back to august 2010 when harper signed his deal. basically harper wants to opt out of his current deal, enter arbitration process to be able to negotiate a higher salary. the nats say there's no written clause in the contract that allows him to do that. he's under contract for four more years with the team. if the two sides can't come to any kind of agreement, the dispute will have to be settled at a grievance hearing. >>> the terrapins men's basketball team is off to the program's best start in seven years after going undefeated to start the season, the terps have made their way in to the top 25. terps are ranked 21st in the ap poll. their first time being ranked since 2010. melo trimble snagged two honors today. co-big 10 player of the week and freshman of the wee

in the afc the ravens visit the steelers.great game and then of course what could be a defensive battle cincinnati has a great defense and andrew luck with the colts that could be entertaining on sunday. in the afc, in the nfc the panthers are going to host -- who had that one? the arizona cardinals and the carolina panthers and the game of twnd in the big d the detroit lions visit tony romo and the dallas cowboys. entertaining stuff. let's get back to our missing flight and the weather implications because the line of thunderstorms will probably be a big piece of the missing puzzle to what happened to the air asia flight. the thunderstorms in the path the blue line was the flight path. there was a line of storms east to west that the flight had to go through. it couldn't go over so the pilot using the radar on the plane had to pick a path through the storms. that's what we know happened. he requested a change in course and altitude and that's when the plane went missing somewhere between 32 and 38,000 feet. the area where th

plus, what the future holds for both the redskins and the ravens. so one team going on, one team going home. >> and where do you begin with fixing this team, right? >> that's the perfect question. where do you begin. >> you will break it down on "game on overtime." >> absolutely. >>> seven-day looking cold. >> looking cold for the new year. we are going to see the last lingering shower for the morning, then most of your monday will be dry. >> thank you both. and thanks for watching. don't forget you can catch all the updates any time on wusa how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40 $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ ♪ >>> coming up. just when you thought it couldn't get any uglier, it does. washington steam-rolled in the season finale by their hated rival. did robert griffin give

jimmy: come in the hot tub, ray. >> steve: forget about it. >> jimmy: next up from the baltimore ravens. he was voted "most likely to get an erection after drinking a pumpkin spice latte." [ laughter and applause ] next up, is justin brown from the steelers. he was voted "human ring pop." [ laughter ] >> steve: they don't give that award often. >> jimmy: uh, they -- it's a a rare award. next up from the steelers is marcus gilbert who was voted "most likely to say, "get your fine ass over here' to a slice of cake." [ laughter and applause ] next up from the ravens is starting quarter back joe flacco. he was voted "metrosexual frankenstein." [ laughter and applause ] they give these awards out during the season. >> steve: yeah, during the season. give 'em out all season long. >> jimmy: next from the steelers is vince williams. [ laughter ] he was voted "most likely to have just sat down the wrong way on his junk." [ laughter and applause ] [ popping noises ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: next up from the ravens is steve smith. he was voted "ll not-quite-as-cool j." [ cheers and applause ] and fi

. >> he says, dave, that he was given what to say by the ravens. janay says the same thing. you think he has done enough to be given another chance to play, dave? >> well, in the nfl it's like you can look at a line graph and frankly are where the line meets where the rubber hits the road is his ability to play. he had a very poor season last year by his own standards and whether an nfl team wants to weather the publicity. that is a question that we will see. i mean, time will tell whether he gets that chance. i do have to say this, though, he made reference to it, you asked about it. to me the most horrific thing that i've heard in this whole episode, the number one most horrific thing, of course, is what we see on the videotape. number two is the idea of the ravens actually spoon feeding lines particularly to janay rice to say that she took responsibility for what happened. she says they told her to say that. that is criminal in and of itself, and the ravens kept that on their twitter feed until just a couple of months ago. they kept it on their twitter feed all summer. ja

the ravens, tool penitentia man. >>> next to buffalo.veland's johnny manziel in for brian hoyer. early in the fourth after the browns go down 20-3, look at that impressive manziel rushes for his first nfl touchdown. it can't change the game's outcome. buffalo remains in the playoff picture after a win over cleveland. >>> texans leading the titans. tennessee quarterback jake locker is stripped by the texans j.j. watt who scoops the loose ball, makes a nice 14-yard return. two plays later, watt in on offense, catches a one-yard touchdown pass. his fifth of the season. they win 45-21. look at that guy, that's huge. huge. >>> to jacksonville. the giants hang on to a depleting lead. tight end larry donnell fumbles the reception which is picked up by the jags, returned for a touchdown, jacksonville lead. a final shot, less than 30 seconds to play, quarterback eli manning was sacked, fumbles the ball. yeah. they hang on to win that one, a tough one, 25-24, giants loss there. >>> to st. louis, raiders coming off their first win in over a year. b

. >> reporter: as the ravens took on the chargers, it was baltimore's former running back, ray rice, just reinstated into the nfl, who was the big topic of conversation off the field. >> everybody deserves a second chance in life. >> i think, yeah, it's right.

the former running back for the baltimore ravens spoke about his uncertainty future with matt lauer. >> what would you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind and say we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> one thing i think that, you know, they will have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am and realize that, you know, me and my wife had one bad night, and i took full responsibility for it. and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happened is that i've accepted it. i've went fully forward with it. i never complained. i never did anything like that. i took full responsibility for everything that i did. the only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> reporter: but signing rice now is complicated. >> a team's going to have to weigh the sort of pr if they're going to take in signing ray rice against what he might contribute on the field. >> reporter: in july nfl commissioner roger goodell originally suspended the running back for two games after

smith. 16 yards ravens win 20-10. with the chargers' loss they grab the final playoff spot in the afc. who is next for the 49er head coaching job? we will talk about that at 11:00. >> to know your coach is done, not to play in the final game, emotional for everybody. glad to see him get a win. >> you have ideas of what is coming next? >> i do. >> show up at 11:00. i like my job. >> next, the interview, nearly didn't make it to the theaters, after a >> tonight at 11:00 a mother who gave birth to her baby while in a comma is back home. and an iconic bay area restaurant is closing it's doors, we will take you inside as customers say farel at 11:00. >> the final move net hobbit trilogy held on "the battle of the five armies" earned $41 million in north america this weekend. "unbroken" about a u.s. olympian earned $21 eded "into the woods." the interview, the movie that caused an international incident with north korea opened christmas day, it is available for rental and purchase on line. the only movie i have seen is "the

ryan smith at the ravens game today. >> reporter: with big games playing out across the nfl with the playoffs on the line, tonight, the former all-pro ray rice is still a man without a team -- for now. eligible to sign with any club after winning his case against the nfl friday, espn now reporting four teams have shown interest in the super bowl-winning running back. but none are likely to pick him up this season. this weekend, rice's wife, janay, standing by her husband, speaking out about that brutal attack in the elevator. >> in my heart in knew that our relationship wouldn't be over. because i know that this isn't us, and it's not him. >> reporter: at the ravens game today, sprinkling of fans wearing his jersey. many split on whether or not he should come back. >> he knocks her out and he is reinstated. i don't agree with that. >> i don't agree with what he did. and he got punished and let him make his money. >> reporter: he wouldn't be the first star to come back. dante stallworth was convicted of manslaughter and came back. michael vick served 21 months for dog fighting and sti

i thought the ravens weren't that hard on them. i think the ravens were pretty quiet.lamed everybody except her husband and i would like to hear from ray rice. thaup, janay, enough. we know you're doing a media tour. ray rice, you want your job back? get on tv and tell us why you should get it back. >> whether or not he gets a second chance with his wife, that's up to her. in football, that's a disgrace. i watch young people look up to these people. young people look up to the guy after what he did. i think it's horrible. >> as we've seen in past nfl scandals, lou is laughing, the memories of the fans have been very short. >> doesn't make it right z. we've seen d.u.i. manslaughter cases and they're back on the field. we've seen dog malling cases, they're back on the field. people are wearing their jerseys. >> he needs to speak, ask for forgiveness and then we'll go down that road. in the meantime, in the wake of scandals in the nfl, senate committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on domestic violence in all professional sports. they'll look at future policies under consi

the former running back for the ravens spoke about his uncertain future with matt lauer. >> what would you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind them and say, we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> one thing i think that, you know, they will have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am and realize that, you know, me and my wife had one bad night and i took full responsibility for it and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happens is that i've accepted it, i went fully forward with it. i never complained. i never did anything like that. i took full responsibility for everything that i did, and only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> reporter: but signing rice now is complicated. >> a team's going to have to weigh the sort of pr hits that they're going to take in signing ray rice versus what he may contribute on the field. >> reporter: in july nfl commissioner roger goodell originally suspended him for two games but in september after tmz sp

ravens won, 26-10 and mat playoff. >>> packers, and lie opens scary stuff for aaron rodgers he injured a calf and he as fighter, he returned, and strike to cobb for 13-yard touchdown and he would later run in for another score, packers win, 30-20. >>> panthers, and falcons, the panthers' defense came up big against atlanta, they had a couple of pick sixes, by boston he takes it down the sidelines for an 84-yard score and carolina wins the south. they do so with a losing record. >>> howard on the road, against fordham, only by two, and they could not stop christian, he gets that is pass, in the lane and, puts up the floater, and 19 points. fordham beats howard. >>> it's official, the redskins will get the fifth-pick in the nfl draft. so hope if licks we can make do you. >>> last year, three victories and, four. >>> let's stay on the bright side. >>> that's sad. yes? she'd like to speak at the conference. fresh thinking is kinda my thing. i designed this chaise at havertys. what are you presenting? my ideas on design and personal style. this is a conference for visionaries. that's her. i

. >> yes. >> and ravens fans.our mind, it's obvious. he apologized to me more than once. countless amount of times. i'm sitting next to him. i wouldn't be sitting next to him if i wasn't the first person to get an apology. there is no way. but the whole thing was, you know -- >> yeah, the whole thing was just uncomfortable. >> awkward. yeah, so he was -- we were just doing what we had to do to get it over and done with. >> how much of those efforts were geared at protecting ray and his career and the baltimore ravens versus putting the pieces of your relationship back together? >> honestly, our biggest thing was this -- the legal process that went along with it. we were both terrified. we didn't know what to expect. and that was really the hardest part in the beginning. >> let me read you some of the things that people started to say. either at that moment or in weeks that followed. robin givens. you know robin givens. she was in an abusive marriage. and after one particular incident of abuse, she said this. she w

john, running the show for the ravens. now, down in the goal line. it sets up a touchdown. the browns led 10-3. but the 4th belonged to baltimore. now, flacco, now, 17 unanswered on this one. aik can en. they put it away. they win it. it they grab the final afc playoff spot. speaking of playoffs this is what it looks like. a lot depends on the steelers tonight. in terms of the seeding. but the ravens, playing the bengles. >> now, rodgers returns, they get it. clinching the nfc north. the match ups are set. sea hawks and packers they are off next weekend. the lion will face the cowboys and the cardinals will get the panthers. oddly enough that is how ann penciled it in when she did her preseason pick. you are -- you are great. >> i am going to go with that. i will stay silent. >> just say you are right, vern. >> yes. i have a question. a quick one. i would think that it would be a step, i know it is all about the money but a step down to go from the n fl to college football, no? >> he has 49 million. >> so it is all about the monstphe. >> all mon-- so it is all about the mon

ravens security director darren sanders was charged with fourth degree sexual offense. court records did not say why, but i charge like this is often related to someone in position of authority. the incident happened earlier this month. sanders is due in court for a hearing in february. >>> 4:31 right now. we'll be cg down to the new year tonight and watching temperatures drop as well. >> yeah. if you want to go out there and party, amelia siegel says you better be prepared because it is going to be cold. >> you definitely need multiple layers if you're going to be out and about. especially if you're standing ine spot for a period of time as we welcome in 2015. it's cold already this morning. look at these temperatures in the 20s and 30s. washington the only spot coming in at 30. 27 in rockville. 21 in gaithersburg. and, again, 18 in manassas and warren ton. the best part about today's forecast plenty of sunshine. sunny to mostly sunny skies the entire day the. no rain or snow in the forecast. 5 degrees cooler than yesterday. n frederick, leesburg and culpepper. 40 in f

they're playing at the ravens stadium in baltimore.into tomorrow, cloudy, temperatures in the 4. rain looking likely on friday night and saturday late morning, into the afternoon. looks like the new timing on the rain. upper 40s on sunday. sunday now looking dry. dry into next week as well. afternoon highs into the low and mid-50s mid week. >> good morning, tom. breaking news on the roadway. 95 in virginia we are seeing very heavy from dale city to lorton due to two accidents this morning. the first in woodbridge in the hov lanes. it is still there. police are still on the scene. the other was in lorton. it has been moved to the shoulder. 66 minutes from quantico to the bet way. give yourself extra time traveling this morng. in virginia, this is a look at 66 at the fairfax county parkway. no reports of incidents in the area. 270 southbound traveling out of frederick. an accident at hammonds w. eun? >> three, two, one. >> oo! >> you remember that scene from last year. we are counting down to the national christmas tr lighting. it is les

. >>> ravens need a win wednesday the browns to stay alive. bruns with the lead o this west two-yard scour in the fourth, fact co to smith, touchdown puts the ravens up. they win 20-10. with the chargers logs baltimore grands the final playoff spot in the afc of. this sports record brought to you by orchard supply hardware. jed york and trent baalke with a press conference tomorrow. >> next at 6:00, "the interview" nearly didn't make it to theaters after a cyber attack and threats to moviegoers, but on christmas day it opened. we'll tell you how >>> join us tonight f abc7 news on kofy tv 20. a shack attack on the central coast. we'll tell you what happened when a great white encounted a group of people in the water. >>> then at 11:00, a mother who gave birth to her child while in a coma is finally back home. how she is doing, and what her family is saying tonight at 11:00. >>> the final movie in the hobbit trilogyeld on to the top spot at the box office despite two strong new debuts. "the battle of the five armies" wraps up the series. earning

. >>> in sports the baltimore ravens are back in the nfl playoffs.co threw a pair of touchdown passes as they rally to beat them 20-10. the win and a san diego loss gave the ravens the final afc wild-card spot. >>> the defending super bowl champions seahawks wrapped up the home field advantage through the playoffs. marshawn lynch scored on a nine-yard run. >>> in green bay aaron rodgers was hobbling on an injured calf but still managed to throw two touchdown passes. eddie lacy ran for 100 yards as the packers earned their fourth afc title. >>> in atlanta roman haerper and tray boston returned interception for touchdowns as the panthers beat the falcons 34-3. with the win south carolina captured the nfc south crown. >>> san francisco beat arizona, 20-17. harbaugh and the team reached a mutual agreement to part ways. it's expected that harbaugh will become the next coach at the university of michigan. >>> and an upset in college basketball. new york's stony brook university shocked 13th ranked washington last night. jim l. warny banked in a jumper givi

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. >>> ravens need a win wednesday the browns to stay alive.e lead on this west two-yard scour in the fourth, fact co to smith, touchdown puts the ravens up. they win 20-10. with the chargers logs baltimore grands the final playoff spot in the afc of. this sports record brought to you by orchard supply hardware. jed york and trent baalke with a press conference tomorrow. >> next at 6:00, "the interview" nearly didn't make it to theaters after a cyber attack and threats to moviegoers, but on christmas day it opened. we'll tell you how it stacked up at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and why with our partner in brazil, we are producing a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane to fuel cars. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. >>> join us tonight for abc7 news on kofy tv 20. a shack attack on the central coast. we'll tell you what happened when a great white encountered a group of peo

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the former running back for the baltimore ravens spoke about his uncertain future with matt lauer. >> wha>> what do you think it w take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind and say, we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> one thing i think that, you know, they would have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am and realize that me and my wife had one bad night. and i took full responsibility for it. and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happened is that i've accepted it. i went fully forward with it. i've never complained. i never did anything like that. i took full responsibility for everything that i did. only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> reporter: but signing rice now is complicated. >> teams are going to have to weigh the sort of pr hit that they'll take in signing ray rice, against what he might contribute on the field. >> reporter: in july commissioner roger goodell originally suspended the running back for two games, after learning rice assault

. >>> in >>> in sports, the baltimore ravens are back in the nfl playoffs.co threw a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes as baltimore rallied to beat the cleveland browns, 20-10. baltimore missed playoff last year, but the win and a san diego loss gave the ravens the final acafc wild-card spot. >>> the defending super bowl champions seahawks wrapped up the home field advantage through the playoffs. marshawn lynch scored on a nine-yard run. bruce irvin intercepted for a touchdown. >>> in green bay aaron rodgers was hobbling on an injured calf but still managed to throw two touchdown passes. eddie lacy ran for 100 yards as the packers earned their fourth sfrat nfc north title. they beat the lions 30-20. >>> in atlanta roman harper and tre boston returned interception for touchdowns as the panthers beat the falcons, 34-3. with the win south carolina captured the nfc south crown. >>> and the 49ers were winners in jim harbaugh's last game as coach. san francisco beat arizona, 20-17. harbaugh and the team reached a mutual agreement to part ways. it's expected

wild card bengals and ravens.ssed the playoffs but justin hue ston finished strong with four sacks against the chargers. he had 22 sacks on the season half a sack short of michael strahan's nfl record. and no one was more excited than houston's son who cheered loud from the stands. how cute is he? >>> jim harbaugh and the 49ers have muchaltually agreed to part ways. and about his future? >> jim, do you expect to be the next coach of michigan? >> there will be announcements made concerning those things. >> leaving you hanging. the niners will hold a media conference at 1:00 p.m. pacific. >>> and these two texan fans turned tailgating into a ceremony. they tied the knot outside the stadium before the game with the jaguars. the texans won but fell short of making the playoffs. they promised to stick by each other through the team's ups and downs, living happily ever after in tailgate heaven. >>> just ahead, they look so happy. the surprise hollywood couple now calling it quits. >>> plus more movie trouble, the film p

it was wrong. >> the ravens tweeted out that portion of the statement, your apology.n they quickly took it down. they understood very fast the reaction to that apology. do you think the reaction was warranted? >> i completely understand. the whole thing was just outrageous. >> had it not been for the ravens urging you, you would never have apologized. >> no. >> what janay rice has to say now and what ray rice has to say about it next. >>> tomorrow, the "today" show will broadcast part of that interview with ray rice. here's part of that exchange. >> what do you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the image behind you and say who would take a chance on ray rice. >> i would think that they would have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am. abds realize that me and my wife had one bad night. i've accepted it. i went fully forward with it. i never complained or did anything like that. i took full responsibility for what i did. >> janay rice basically agrees with her husband ahead. >>> what's it going to take in

the ravens say it's not true. they gave ray rice talking points which he accepted.hen asked if his wife wanted coaching, rice said, she's good. she knows what to say. so far, neither ray or janay have commented on the ravens' statement. >>> a connecticut town where the sandy hook school shootings took place owns the house where the gunman murdered his mother. this is where he lived with his mother before the killings in 2012. the bank that owned home deeded it to the town. last night the town council voted to accept ownership. some have suggested it be turned into a park or a nature preserve. >>> wind gusts and a sticky valve forced the nasa launch team to call off today's attempt to send orion into space. >> the launch has been put on hold for at least one more day. >> we are extending the hold at this time. >> first it was a boat that drifted into the launch zone. then ground winds just above the threshold for liftoff. then a pressure issue that ultimately canceled today's launch. >> we are scabbed for today. proceed into operation 80, scrub detank operations. >>

. >>> the baltimore ravens are denying allegations made by janay rice, the wife of ray rice. in an interview with nbc, she said the ravens provided her with a script where she would apologize for her role in a domestic dispute with her husband. but a spokesman says at no time did the ravens, quote, recommend or suggest to ray or janay that she apologize in any way. >>> people in california are dealing with two days of torrential rains. major damage has been averted despite the huge amount of rainfall. flooding brought relief to depleted reservoirs and parched crops but also prompted evacuations. >>> we have a little bit of relief for some ugly, dreary weather but not a whole lot. >> it's not drizzly. it's not lousy. it's just normal cold for december. so we'll take that. we do have some clouds around. this morning we'll see some sun with those clouds and this afternoon the include will thicken up. it will mean not the prettiest day. our day planner is showing you as we look at our michael & son weather camera, showing a little bit of a break in the cloud cover. sunrise 50 min

he's filed a grievance against the baltimore ravens, trying to recover $3 million in lost salary. their owner said months ago, ray rice will not be back with the team. >> ryan, thank you. >>> around the world tonight and to dramatic images out of hong kong. thousands of protesters clashing with riot police. protest tomorrows guarding against tear gas with masks. student leaders vowing to fight on. >>> back here at home tonight to that firestorm over this image of sasha and malia obama. a republican aide sparking a firestorm when she posted criticism of the first daughters, writing, i get yourself both in those awful teenage-year-olds, but you're apart of the first family. try to show a little class. elizabeth lauten apologized, and tonight, she has resigned. republican party officials saying children are off-limits. >>> now, to that emotional image of a moerl and son, a boy missing for four years, now reunited with his mother there. discovered in a home in georgia, hidden behind a wall. this evening, what the neighbors said they saw and the one thing that boy did that may have set

right now on "first look," the wife of former baltimore ravens running back ray rice opens up about the night he punched her in an atlantic city elevator. >>> tragic story in ohio, an osu football player blood been missing five days found dead. >>> chaotic scenes in hong kong as pro-democracy protests reach a violent new high. >>> why the black friday shopping weekend may be losing its mojo. >>> who's behind a massive hack attack at sony pictures, and the girl scouts are about to go digital. >>> new fallout from the ray rice ruling after being cleared to play in the nfl again. questions are now swirling about rice's possible return to the field. at the same time, his wife janay rice is speaking out denying claims her husband was vague when he told the nfl with the elevator incident that led to his suspension. kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: as the ravens took on the chargers, it was baltimore's former running back, ray rice, just reinstated into the nfl, who was the big topic of conversation off the field. >> everybody deserves a second chance in life. >> i think, yeah, it's

coming up on "early today," the wife of former baltimore ravens running back ray rice opens up about the night that he punched her in an atlantic city elevator. >>> a tragic story in ohio, an osu football player who had been missing for five days has been found dead. >>> chaotic scenes in hong kong as premocracy protests reach a violent new high. >>> why the black friday shopping weekend may be losing its mojo. who is behind a massive hack attack at sony pictures? and the girl scouts are about to go digital. it is monday, december 1st. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm milissa rehberger. there is new fallout from the ray rice ruling after being cleared to play in the nfl again, questions are swirling about his possible return to the field. at the same time, his wife janay rice is speaking out. she is denying claims that her husband was vague when he told the nfl about the elevator incident that led to his suspension. nbc's kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: as the ravens took on the charmgers, it was baltimore's former running back ray rice just reinstated

it was wrong. >> the ravens tweeted out that portion of the statement, your apology.ok it down. they understood very fast the reaction to that apology. do you think the reaction was warranted? >> i completely understand. the whole thing was just outrageous. >> had it not been for the ra h ravens urging you, you would never have apologized. >> no. >> what janay rice has to say now and what ray rice has to say about it next. when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards, even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. >>> tomorrow, the "today" show will broadcast part of that interview with ray rice. here's part of that exchange. >> what do you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the image behind you and say who would take a chance on ray rice. >> i would think that they

today former ravens' running back ray rice broke his long public silence with an exclusive interviewith matt lauer. >> he talked about the valentines night elevator assault on his then fiancee and now wife, janay rice, and the soul searching that followed. barbara harrison is here with details. >> pat, jim, ray rice says he's been to counseling where he did not find a sympathetic ear. standing in his in-law's kitchen with his wife janay and mother-in-law and father-in-law, rice said counseling, in his words, ripped him apart and put him back together. >> my wife is an angel. she can do no wrong. i take full responsibility for my actions. this is something, you know, as a man, you have to own and, you know, we're horribly sorry. and i'm horribly sorry for everything that, you know, i have to put my family through. i still have got to live every day, go take my daughter to school, she's going to grow up and the way the internetworks now, she is going to google her father's name and the first that is going to come up is -- you know, we know what's going to come up. no relationship is pe

the support system that i thought we had in the ravens, that made me angry. the fact that i knew we wouldn't be here anymore. >> janay rice says she has not watched the second tape of the elevator fight. you can see her explain why on nbcwashington.com. and tomorrow morning on "today," she explains why she apologized at that news conference that seemed to only make things worse back in may. you can see that tomorrow morning on the "today" show. jim, pat? >> barbara, thank you. >>> you could be waiting even longer for a metro train if a new budget plan falls through. metro is asking eight cities and counties to give 10% more in subsidies. now, that would bring in up to $15 million. metro tells us without that money, they would have to cut back on service. wait times could be about eight minutes longer on weekends, and platforms could be more crowded during rush hour. metro has not said if they will raise fares. >>> there is some good news for metro riders for the holidays. most weekend track work will be put on hold. that means nearly all trains should be runn

the support system that i thought we had in the ravens, that made me angry. >> reporter: janay rice, sharing her story as her husband's comeback stalls. espn reports only four teams have shown interest in the all-pro and two of those teams have dropped their pursuit. but if an nfl team takes a chance on rice for a full season next year, he could make at least $855,000. ray rice's nfl-related battles aren't over. he's filed a grievance against his former team, the baltimore ravens, trying to recover over $3 million in lost salary from his suspension. their owner said months ago, ray rice will not be back with the team, david. >> all right, ryan smith, thank you. >>> around the world tonight and to dramatic images out of hong kong. thousands of pro democracy protesters clashing with riot police. the worst violence so far. protesters guarding against tear gas with masks. student leaders vowing to fight on. >>> back here at home tonight to that firestorm over this image of sasha and malia obama there at the annual turkey pardon. a republican aide sparking a firestorm when she posted crit