. >> the caps beat the winnipeg jets 1-0. we love hearing that. >>> plenty ahead, weather, traffic, all your top stories. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starting right now. now. >>> wakey-wakey this friday morning. it is shaping up to be a beautiful day today. good morning, everyone. i'm maureen umeh. welcome to fox 5 morning news. we are going to get a quick look at our weather with mr. tucker barnes who is sliding up into the seat. >> some people are getting up, some people haven't gone to bed yet. >> i was in that latter category. really. >> you know when you have a late event at night, you can't quite get going. >> my late event ended about 7:30. >> it was for a good cause though. >> lots of wind and maybe a few more showers late today. check out your current temperatures. it will feel much cooler later today so don't be fooled by the current mild air out there. 61 in washington. 63 in fredericksburg. there is your colder air working in. hagerstown is 46 degrees. we'll be in the 40s and low 50s for much of the day. looking at

today against the winnipeg jets that theory was put to the test. winnipeg, a victim of alex ovechkin who scored 64 points against the jets, more than any other team in the nhl. scoreless 2nd, jets on the power play, bryan little shot, open but deflected at the last second by dennis wideman. over a minute left in regulation, no score. nick backstrom comes up, passes to marcus johansson, leaves it for ovie who blasts in his 10th goal of the season and gives the caps a 1-0 shutout over winnipeg. >>> to hoops the wizards begin the nba season the day after christmas when the new jersey nets come to verizon center. the preseason begins tomorrow with philly in town, flip saunders preparing his third season as the head coach. the team resigned guard roger mason a local product. he'll be a long range shooting threat. mason played from the team earlier from '06 to '08. andray blatche returns after averaging 17 a game last year and john wall comes back. the known 1 overall pick last season -- no. 1 overall pick last season says the abbreviated 66-game schedul

minus 7 in winnipeg. 5 in vancouver with 6 in seattle. warm day in l.a. 19. and down towards mexico and mexico city, 23. let's now go do europe. things looking very messy across much of the west. we have storms moving in right across from portugal, spain, through france and low countries. coming in scandinavia as well. new system coming in from the atlantic, too. it is going to meet another round of storms here in the british isles for friday afternoon. here are your temperatures. looking into the single digits now across london, paris, vienna, 4 degrees for you. still the freezing point for the high in moscow. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching, bye-bye.

. >>> so they're playing in winnipeg, what do you call them gu guys?e jets. >> how'd they do is. >> i'm the bearer of good news. caps up in winnipeg tonight just informed that 1,500 miles away michael got the start in goal for the caps and didn't allow a goal the entire game. and alex ovechkin did what he gets paid to do. he scored a goal in a crucial situation just what the doctor ordered for the capitals. let's go north of the border. micha michael neuvirth. he had 26 saves in the game. the odd man rush. shot blocked by dennis wideman. wideman makes a great save here, really helping neuvy out. markus johansson leaves it for alex ovechkin. he rips and t and he scores. his tenth goal of the season. ovie, that little wrister goes in. neuvy gets his fifth career shutout. it was the ovie and neuvy show. one of the best all around games the team has played this season. and coach hunt are likes it a lot. >> michael kept us in the game early and gave us some confidence and we played well in the third and a few penalties, you know, in the third so both of us

for the capitals, the fliers come to town the nthe capsen the caps go to winnipeg.ot of frequent flier miles. it looks like his life story is coming from theto the screen. marion berry is the focus of a new film. ♪ lookin for love ♪ >> eddie murphy as marion berry. it is kind of funny. >> the former snl star became famous by impersonating famous characters. he will have lots to work with taking on the role of marion berry. he was thrust into the spotlight after being shot, and was busted in 1990 for smoking crack cocaine. he has played a politician with questionable ethics. >> you have somethimgng important to say about poultry. >> the casting of murphy as berry has some people scratching their heads. >> not someone i would have thought of, but he's a talented actor. >> as for if people would want to see this? >> oh yeah. i'd go see it. >> berry would not talk about his thoughts on eddie murphy portraying him but he did meet with hbao representatives. we don't know if this is for tv or the big screen. abc 7 news. >> maybe jamie foxx was busy. spike lee is linked. ne

even winnipeg -- their opponents -- they are ahead of them now. >> it is early but we're in a dogfight. we have to find a way to rise above it. >> chicago, minnesota. look at this. the score, he did set, patrick kaine with the shot of the night. the next game of the season will be december 26 against the nats. keep in mind, most of these guys are 23 years old or younger. they have to sit back and evaluate. >> is not a one game, one season arec narrative they are on. this is the second step in a long journey, second season with new ownership and a new strategy. >> this point is if fans are a little bit impatient right now the bottom line is eight guys under the age of 23. so impatience is the key thing they are looking at. they want more patients as they go along. >> watched them grow. >> >> just one more day to win $700 in free groceries. >> that is right. like our facebook page if you have not already. the winner gets a $700 prize from peabody. >> and right now you can never freed forecast, no charge. >> that is what i am here for. >>> we have the current temperature superimposed. loo

winnipeg 1-0.eat that is the best play. let's go to minnesota. chicago. one of the most unique the shootout. patient, be slow, and come on, man. the game winner. that is incredible. you have to be young to do that. the best move of the week. pregame, they called moses. there it goes. those of the plays of the week. to like that. did you like those moves? >> that is cool. >>> a local company has a new giving back to the less fortunate. will show you how when we fortunate. will show you how when we at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's wororkforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can helpake opportunity possible. [ male announcer ] it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. ♪ that's why we created

the kind of mall rage that marred christmas shopping across america hit a winnipeg shopping center. a group of teenagers sprayed pepper spray into a crowd in one of the largest mall. the violence started during a knife fight. no serious injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made. >> organs from a merchant marine saved another life tonight. charles butler was shot to death. he was preparing to head to sea for the first time. one received a liver, one also received a pancreas and kidney. >> it's hard to put into words how grateful that me and my family are for what this young man could do for us. i pretty much feel like i got a second chance on life. i just wanted to thank them from the bottom of my heart. >> dan: charles butler has now given the gift of life to four transplant patients. the investigation into his murder continues. >>> in the east bay a stunning revelation for parents. they just found out a custodian arrested on child molestation charges worked at several schools. here a alan wang. >> reporter: this parent instantly recognized the man in the photo as th

we are expecting minus 15 degrees in winnipeg and minus 3 in denver about 10 degrees lower than average and out east, dipping down into the single digits in new york and washington, d.c. finally let's go to europe. it's wet and windy again across most of the countries and a new powerful system is sweeping into the british isles. windy across the northern uk. gusts could top 140 kilometers per hour. the stormy conditions are moving eastward and account affect the southern portions of the scandinavian peninsula and northern sections of germany and france by late thursday. showers are guardually easing over eastern europe, but most of continental europe will be windy and that will continue throughout thursday. as for temperatures, 6 degrees in berlin and 5 in vienna and zero in moscow and 2 in kiev. out west 12 degrees in london and the same for paris. i willeave you now with the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

when the atlanta thrashers became the winnipeg jets it not only put another team in canada it created a geographical problem with the league's six divisions. problem solved. nhl approved a new four-conference format that will go into effect next season. jet will be in a division with the red wings and others. last night they were taking on the bruins. andrew ladd but them on the board in the first period and jets were up 1-0. to the third, game tied 1-1, brian little with a big goal, that's the eventual winner. >>> now in toronto, the devils and maple leafs needed overtime. david clarkson ended it with his second goal of the game. new jersey snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime win. >>> blue jackets and canadiens, rick nash, one of the best in the league, this is why. take the goalie to his right, went to his left, columbus just won their eighth of the year 3-2. >>> islanders aren't much better. they have nine wins but undefeated when they score five goals. they hit that mark last night against lightning. david ulstrom scored his first of his career. islanders cruise

just in double figures in new york at 11. 5 in toronto and a warm day in winnipeg at. 2 in denver and low 20s in houston as well as mexico city. okay. now to europe. storm after storm keeps coming through the british isles. and during your day on friday, you can see there is a very well-developed system just about to move into the british isles and you can just tell how strong that wind is going to be. so gaels continuing since last week, really, right across the north. as for the precipitation in the baltic states, rain changing over to snow by the time it hits western russia, and down to the southeast, not too bad here actually. a little warmer than it has been in the past weeks. athens up to 18 degrees on your saturday. 17 for rome, and 12 in paris. 12 in london as well. and vienna, meanwhile, looking a lot cooler. 69 in berlin and 5 for the high in stockholm. here is your extended forecast. >> that's our broadcast for this hour of "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

behind it the temperatures are just going to drop off very quickly. 1 degree for the high in winnipeg and 7 in seattle. okay let's go europe now. still very windy here. we're seeing continued wet weather here for much of the west. maybe that will be a few snow showers up towards the north of the uk and norway. most of this is going to be just wet rain. cold rain, i should say, with the exception of some snow flurries. out towards the east it's a lot drier. the southeast we might see snow and ice in parts of serbia. generally starting to look a little drier for you. here is your ix tended forecast. >> once again the top story at this hour. an independent panel has released a damning report on the cover-up at olympus. investigators looked into investment losses at the company in the late 1990s. the report accuses former top executives, including two ceos and the chairman, of being deeply involved. the report says the senior accounting executives set up overseas funds in 1998 to conceal enormous losses when olympus bet on the markets. senior executives transferred those losses overseas v

the kind of mall rage that marred christmas shopping across america hit a winnipeg shopping center. a group of teenagers sprayed pepper spray into a crowd in one of the largest mall. the violence started during a knife fight. no serious injuries have been reported and no arrests have been made. >> organs from a merchant marine saved another life tonight. charles butler was shot to death. he was preparing to head to sea for the first time. one received a liver, one also received a pancreas and kidney. >> it's hard to put into words how grateful that me and my family are for what this young man could do for us. i pretty much feel like i got a second chance on life. i just wanted to thank them from the bottom of my heart. >> dan: charles butler has now given the gift of life to four transplant patients. the investigation into his murder continues. >>> in the east bay a stunning revelation for parents. they just found out a custodian arrested on child molestation charges worked at several schools. here a alan wang. >> reporter: this parent instantly recognized the man in the photo as th

someone discharged pepper spray in winnipeg. witnesses say the spray was used after an argument between two people, one had a knife. is suspects ran away, and the lis are searching for -- police are searching for them. no one was hurt. >>> one of the poorest neighborhoods got a new addition, a gigantic escalator. authorities say it's the same as going up a 28 story building. it shortens the 35 minute hike to 6. the project cost a little under $7 million to wrap up. >>> two tiger cubs at park in china will be kept warm at a warm house during the winter. look at these guys. they are the youngest, barely two months old. the cubs could suffer if they stayed with parents out in the open air throughout the winter. the warm house which has its own air conditioner and humidifier has been kept at 59 degrees , the perfect temperature for the cubs. >>> closer to knowing who won the jackpot. i'm linda so. we talked to someone who thinks he knows who it is. >> race is on and heating up, gop candidates have a week before the iowa caucuses. >>

temperature wise, minus 2348 winnipeg and 2 in chicago. in denver cooler than average but warmer than tuesday. and in california, strong santa ana winds are winding down overnight. we are expecting 20 degrees in los angeles. >>> finally in europe it's wet and windy again across most of the european countries. a new atlantic system is producing wet and windy conditions in the british isles. heavy snowfall warnings in effect across the area and wind can across the northern portion of ireland. meanwhile most of continental europe is staying very windy. winds over 60 kilometers per hour were recorded in a wide area. in southern germany winds could hit 150. those windy conditions could persist throughout wednesday. rain and snow showers will continue across europe and down to the south a mix of rain and snow is -- i should say heavy rain is moving across the balkan peninsula and turkey. we are expecting 0 degrees in moscow and 2 in warsaw. and 17 in lisbon. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. ♪ i will leave you now with you >>> th

highs on tuesday looking at 3 in winnipeg and same in denver. 2 only in oklahoma city. that's going to be a big drop compared to monday. then east coast, 7 in new york. 9 in d.c. and reaching 17 degrees in atlanta. lastly, a look at europe. it is going to be a largely unsettled picture across the region. we do have scattered showers and thunderstorms for areas in the southern italy as well as the balkan peninsula while this long frontal system is looking to set into continental europe. it is bringing a round of showers and snow for upper elevations. the alpine area in particular will want to watch out for the possibility of heavy snowfall. for the british isles, once again new showers coming in off the west. so ireland then scotland, too, looking at icy weather. highs on tuesday 8 for london. same also in paris. 2 only in vienna. things looking colder here. not above freezing in moscow. here's a look at your three-day outlook. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

just in double figures in new york at 11. 5 in toronto and a warm day in winnipeg at. 2 in denver and low 20s in houston as well as mexico city. okay. now to europe. storm after storm keeps coming through the british isles. and during your day on friday, you can see there is a very well-developed system just about to move into the british isles and you can just tell how strong that wind is going to be. so gaels continuing since last week, really, right across the north. as for the precipitation in the baltic states, rain changing over to snow by the time it hits western russia, and down to the southeast, not too bad here actually. a little warmer than it has been in the past weeks. athens up to 18 degrees on your saturday. 17 for rome, and 12 in paris. 12 in london as well. and vienna, meanwhile, looking a lot cooler. 69 in berlin and 5 for the high in stockholm. here is your extended forecast. >> that's our broadcast for this hour of "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

tonight they played winnipeg hard. you back to canada and we will pick it up late in a scoreless game. caps on the attack. they beat the jets, 1-0. dale hunter is now 4 and 4. let's go to football. ron landrieu was placed on injured reserve, which means he is done for the season. he will have surgery on his achilles' heel. you have to wonder about his future. he is a free agent. he may be done here in washington. lamott peterson is the newest light welterweight champion of the world. he went from homeless to world champ, a great story. appealing the scoring from saturday's fight in the d.c. convention center. president darrell peoples has confirmed he is looking at referee joseph cooper's decision to deduct points. i ask lamott peterson about it to >> i am no referee but even i know that pushing and pulling on someone's neck is illegal. i was in the ring. i heard the referee warned him several times but he continued to do it,. >> are those things ever overturned? >> when they need to be, but in this case, it was a joke

the capitals, mean whole, were in winnipeg and that was a defensive battle for most of the game. it was scoreless with over a minute left in regulation until ovechkin lit the lamp with his 10th goal of the season and that was the game ender. the capitals hit out the jet -- shut out the jets 1-0. >>> and in baseball news, the federal judge sentenced barry bonds to 30 days of house arrest. two years probation and community service for his obstruction of justice conviction in a grand jury appearance eight years ago. here's the news. the sentence has been delayed pending an appeal that will take a year or more. and in maryland, 9 football news. four players, including the linebacker have been approved for medical hardship waivers. this means all four of the players will get an extra year to play for the terps. the wizards and sixers tipping off at 7:00 and we'll have the highlights at 11. brian, back to you. >> and lindsay, the game. back over to sue palka with a last look at the forecast. >> we thought we would check out radar. not a lot or areas are getting the rain and to southern

we expect minus 15 in winnipeg, 6 in vancouver, with plenty of sunshine and 4 in seattle, and acrosshe south, 16 in houston, 27 in miami. finally let's go over to europe. a winter storm is battering northern europe again. you can see the pressure gradient is tight, meaning very strong winds are blowing over the northern british isles, southern scandinavian peninsula and northern sections of central europe. the system is proving eastward, and as it does so, it should weaken gradually. however, those strong winds will likely continue here over the weekend. and about precipitation, heavy snow is moving northward over the scandinavian peninsula, and a mix of snow around the north and east. heavy showers continue until friday, friday morning here, but another round of snowy weather will likely effect the same areas starting saturday. temperature wise, we are expecting 7 degrees in london, and 11 in paris, and 10 degrees in vienna. rome up to 18 degrees. i will leave you with the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for

they are at winnipeg on thursday. >>> a scary sight at verizon center just before the caps game.izards players rolling in for practice and andre blatche wearing the biggest pair of uggs i have ever seen. but the young guards could be the strength of the team. >> working out together each and every day on the court at the practice. and we hang playing video games off the court. the chemistry is well together. >> we are seeing each other's weaknesses. pressuring each other trying to get better bringing the ball up. that will work for the game time situations. >> most of us play together most of the time. sometimes me and jordan and sheldon getting the chemistry down and mostly after every practice or shoot around we try to get shots up together and talking the whole time. >> i'm serious about the uggs. and ♪ [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable, and in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bou

very cold in winnipeg.us 15 degrees, and minus three in denver, which is about ten degrees lower than average, and the east coast, we are looking at a significant drop. six degrees in new york, and seven degrees expected in washington d.c. finally, let's go over to europe. it's wet and windy again across most of the european countries. a new powerful low pressure system is sweeping into the british isles bringing heavy snow and high wind. gusts could top 140 kilometers per hour. the stormy conditions will move eastward and could affect the southern scandinavian peninsula as well as the northern sections of germany, the low countries, as well as france by late thursday. as for continental europe, light showers will gradually ease across eastern europe, but the rest of the region will continue to see very wet -- very wet -- sorry. very windy conditions throughout thursday. temperatures are looking like this. we're expecting 6 degrees in berlin, and 5 in vienna, but warming up to 12 degrees in london. all righ

minus 3 in denver, minus 5 in winnipeg and 14 for you in los angeles. all right now north america, no, we've done that. let's go into europe instead. looking pretty good for the time being out west. but there is yet another round of precipitation coming in. you can see the cloud there. it's going to translate to more snow across parts of scotland, certainly upper elevations of france, as well as germany. we have a weakening system towards the northeast. that will be settling down for you. but this mess down here in the southeast could be again quite problematic. snow for parts of the northern balkans, croatia, you could see about 25 centimeters. parts of ukraine really seeing the totals. snow totals piling up as well. and then storms down towards the coast. you could even see thunder and hail with that as well. so looking pretty unsettled for the southeastern quarter of the continent. temperatures are going to be shaping up like this. we have 8 in london, paris, as well as madrid. just about the freezing point in stockholm, moscow and warsaw. it is cons

when the atlanta thrashers became the winnipeg jets it not only put another team in canada it createdoblem with the league's six divisions. problem solved. the nhl approved a new four-conference format that will go into effect next season. so the jets will be in a division with the red wings, blackhawks and others but last night they were taking on the bruins. andrew ladd but them on the board in the first period and jets were up 1-0. we go ahead to the third. the game was tied at 1. brian little with a big goal, there's the eventually game winner. the jets handed the champs their first regulation loss since october, 2-1. >>> now in toronto, the devils and maple leafs needed overtime. david clarkson ended it with his second goal of the game. new jersey snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime win. >>> from overtime to a shootout. blue jackets and canadiens, rick nash, one of the best in the league, and this is why. take the goalie to his right, then went to his left. columbus just won their eighth of the year, 3-2. >>> islanders aren't much better. they have just nine win

the bruins haven't lost a game in regulation since october 29th. 15-straight, playing the jets in winnipeghere's a goal for the jets. andrew ladd makes it 1-0. third period, same score. and boston gets it to go in. shawn thornton, deflecting it in, as seen here. so, 1-1. about 1:30 later. four-on-four, bryan little, coming up big. jets win it, 2-1. and the bruins' 15-game points streak comes to an end. >>> for all the day's news and highlights, there's only one place to go. espn news. i'm todd grisham. please, have a good day. >>> and coming up next, a date night for william and kate. and a new photo causing those pregnancy rumors to come back yet again. we'll show it for you. >>> an oscar buzz for uggy. we'll explain in "the pulse. ." i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it's as easy as 1... -2... -3... [ male annou

minus 10 degrees in winnipeg and 7 in seattle, but across the east lots of warm areas coming in, pushingp temperatures. we're expecting 12 in toronto, which is about ten degrees higher than average and 19 in atlanta. finally, let's go over to europe. it's wet and windy again across most of the european countries. several atlantic systems will continue to bring heave veriy rain as well as snow and strong winds. particularly windy in the areas like france, germany, as well as poland. in northern germany winds could hit 115 kilometers per hour and strong winds are creating high waves along the coast off the iberian peninsula. waves could reach seven meters on the west coast. as for precipitation, a mix of rain and snow. mix of rain and snow will develop over a wide area of the british isles as well as the scandinavian peninsula. and much of continental europe. and heavy snow is expected in the northern uk. and heavy rain in southern sweden. and severe thunderstorms are possible in northern germany. temperatures are looking like this. we're expecting 9 degrees in paris and 7 in vienna. and w

here are your temperatures on tuesday. 8 degrees in vancouver. 8 in seattle. 2 in winnipeg. 3 in chicago. not doing too badly in l.a., another warm day at 19 degrees. and 17 in atlanta. now, just 7 degrees in new york city, but actually as that rain hits the east it's going to be bringing with it warmer air to the back. so your temperature goes up to about 11 degrees. up by about three degrees between tuesday and wednesday. then into europe we go. still seeing snow across the west. it's not going to be anything compared to the kind of storms you've been seeing over the last several week. in fact, high pressure moves in across the iberian peninsula. western france, up into england as well. maybe wales affected by that, too, which means it's going to be a bit drier and the temperatures will be on the rise up into maybe the low teens for your wednesday and thursday. as we have this precipitation here in central locations, this is actually going to be a lot colder and snow for the alpine region. many of you looking forward to starting the winter sports. this is a bit of a potent storm system

so tonight we get the start hoping to change that against winnipeg in the second still no score.rying to change that but a nice save there. they remain scoreless until the final two minutes until alex ovechkin gets one to go in. they get a win. the redskins announce today that landry will be placed on season ending injury reserved. he has been plagued by an achilles injury and surgery is the best option. the skins look to sweep the giants this sunday. >> i know we shook that confidence by being the way we beat them. and we've been fighting and competetive and i think they know they're going to have say fight on their hands. >> and our weekly double coverage segment has been moved to friday this week. they will join me tomorrow night to discuss the loss of landry and give us their pre game pick. the wizards hit the court tomorrow night for the first pre-season game against the 76ers. at media day today, the theme was about continuing to rebuild this team around second year point guard john wall. wall is the youngest player on the wizards roster, but that hasn't kept him or his tea

. -- his other team player the jets in winnipeg last night. the capitals on the attack.go. dale hunter and is now 4-4. have a great day, everybody. tgif. >>> it is 55 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> ahead, the final republican debate in iowa. and the crucial endorsement mitt romney is expected to get. >> and the army private accused of leaking government documents to a web site go to court today. if we will have a preview. >> tracking changing temperatures in the weather center. warm but now with temperatures dropping. >> a live look at this beautiful holiday display at the national zoo. the display features thousands of lights. that runs through new year's stay with us. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play but his nose was raw and sore. achoo! [ male annoumaer ] co and common tissue made it burn even more. ♪ ♪ puffs plus lotion n more soothing than common tissue, and it delivers our most soothing lotion for every nose issue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus lotion indeed. to give your cold a comforting scent try puffs plus lotion with the scent of

and the capitals are at winnipeg. have a great day everybody. >>> 45 degrees.at 5:30. >> still ahead in the next half- hour latest in vote 2012, a preview of the next debate. >> a new campaign is being introduced to find the alleged potomac river rapist. live outside the u.s. attorney's office. the story coming up in a live report. >> a warm start today, 45 in the nation's capital. we also have areas >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead a but a new campaign to find a man known as the potomac river rapist. how investigators of internet will help them find new leads. >> good morning, washington. 5:30 on this thursday, december 15. i am cynne simpson. >> i am pamela brown. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes, as always. adam caskey has a check of the forecast. a mild day. >> near 60 later this afternoon. you don't need to go up a bus stop this morning. widespread 40's, well above freezing. 44 in olney. 45 in bristow. brazil is normally one of the coldest readings on this map. 45 in oxon hill. we wil

under two minutes to play against winnipeg, watch him at pitt -- pick it. 1-0 washington.oal. we'll see how they play in colorado but it is great to see him with that goal, his 10th of the year. >>> of the next on abc7 news at 5, the spirit of the season is coming down all over the country. >> a ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. ♪ ♪ that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. ♪ ♪ with your help, we can reach 20 million dollars by the end of this our fourth year. [ female announcer ] get 0 percent apr financing on select models for thirty-six months and we'll donate two-hundred and fifty dollars to your choice of five charities. now through january 3rd. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are g getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy.y. and we can reduce the deficit... with mo

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another mall, winnipeg mall was crowded because of boxing day sales, what is boxing day, it is equivalent to black friday here. one pulled a knife and others discharged pepper spray. the two suspects ran away but others nearby were hit with the pepper spray. >>> it was a much more pleasant experience for bay area shoppers, there were early indications showing it will exceed many analysts projections. retail analysts are expecting to ring up nearly $407 billion through the holiday season. we had projected a sales increase and they have upgrade the forecast to 3.7%. it was a holiday for many americans and it was expected to jump 60% compared to next year. >>> deadly helicopter crash, the reason it caused a medical crisis at a hospital miles away. coming up on mornings on 2 at 7:15. >>> it is the golden gate audubon christmas bird count and it is meant to assess the bay area's bird life. they will count birds in 17 different bay area locations including spanning the bay. last year 1,700 different species were counted. >>> and many are celebrating a holiday, the week long holiday began yester

. >>> things got out of control at winnipeg's largest shopping center.ple were rushed to the hospital when police say a group of teenagers sprayed pepper spray into a crowd. witnesses say the violence started during a knife night. -- knife fight. no serious injuries, no one was's arrested. >>> conditions in the sierra not what we expect in time of year. there has just been so little snow it has been cold so the resources have been making a lot of snow. while that can't completely compensate for the real thing, john alston found vacationers are liking what they see. >> reporter: this romp in the snow was a last minute plan for the family on the busiest holiday week of the year they booked a hotel room yesterday afternoon. >> it wasn't hard we called they said the better rates were on the internet we found good rates. plenty of hotels available. >> reporter: they found a $65 room in south lake tahoe. >> love it. it has been great. enjoying the family time and the weather is nice. the snow is here, the kids are enjoying themselves it is fun. we are having a

i was feeling more confident each game and, you know, i think that helped me in winnipeg.feeling good in practice so it's been good so far. >> when he's making those saves x we can be at ease and know that if we give up a shot, he's there to make a big save for us. sometimes breakdowns do happen. just having that confidence. he has that ability to make the big save. >> if you are playing good, your energy is up in the room. you know, we are happy he's doing that well. you can see it when he's on the ice, when he makes the saves and stops the puck and plays it. it's very, very positive. he can play in the playoffs if he wants to. >> you can see the game on cok m comcast sports net. roy helu is questionable in the game tomorrow. brown is trying to recover from a groin injury. meanwhile, if the indianapolis colts keep on winning, they might lose the number one overall draft pick. here is the scenario. they are guaranteed to have the top pick, if they lose their final game of the season. last night, the injured peyton manning hosting the texans. going for the second straight w

. >>> things got out of control at winnipeg's largest shopping center three were rushed to the hospitalwhen police say a group of teenagers sprayed pepper spray into a crowd. witnesses say the violence started during a knife fight no injuries were reported, no arrests made. >>> today police will be lining up across the country hoping to hit tonight's 206 million dollar mega millions jackpot. eric get back here you have to wait until the end of the show. estimated cash option of nearly 152 million. nobody was able to get all six numbers friday night when it was worth 173 million dollars. it is a multi-state game played in 41 other states besides california. and the draw tonight is at 8 p.m.. >> and you can't win if you don't play marzullo. >> wise words. did you though that frances? >> yeah, i still don't play much. i think we had an office pool last week. we didn't win anything. >> she can do the math. she is the -- what are the odds of fog in the bay area? >> i'd say 100%. thick fog in the north bay and 100% chance of low clouds over san francisco bay. in fact, sfo now reporting one ho

it looks like two starters done for the year now and tiger woods gets over the hum winnipeg a win.ave ross here to play monday morning quarterback. the skins owe bad yesterday, we're not even going to dedicate the whole segment to them. what happened jed. >> the game was right for the taking to the redskins. they had a fourth quarter lead. we have aseen the last couple of week was much more competitive. i thought they could have won. the jets were very average for the majority of the ball game but they didn't make enough plays late. they had many ample opportunities to take control of this game at several different points and they just didn't do it. we'll take a look at the highlights here. the redskins haven't had back- to-back wins since week one and two. that is what they were trying to do yesterday. >> what a great first drive. >> they came out the box, got the opening kickoff. here goes fred davis, six catches, 99 yards. there goes roy helu. we were just talking about him. he looks so good and where does he go? he did have 23 carries for 100 yards. here is a must-punt that the

in sports alex ovechkin would like to see the winnipeg jets a little more often. >> ovi had 65 careers against that lone franchise. the most against any other team in the nhl. >> there was just one goal last night between the caps and jets and guess who scored it? yep. ovi. break it can tie with just 7 # -- breaking the tie with just 75 seconds left in regulation. neuvirth blocked all shots he faced. >>> this sunday the redskins hope to get back on the winning side visiting the giants. d. c. is trying to knock new york out of the first place in the nfc east but la ron landry was placed on injured reserve last thursday. he was toad surgery is the -- told surgery is the best option to get better. >>> thursday night football last night with the dirty bird falcons hosting the jaguars, matt ryan had three touchdown passes for atlanta. two of them to roddy white. atlanta tops jacksonville 414614. the falcons improve -- 41-14. the falcons improve to 9-5. >> jacksonville just let go of the coach. matt ryan is a really nice guy. i know you don't like atlanta but it is what it is. >>> up next a

the caps beat the winnipeg jets 1-10 -- i mean 1-0. >> emergency -- imagine if that happened. >> it wasf. we need the caps to be the caps. >> especially now. >> redskins still sliding but a couple of games left to try to safeling face. what are the odds of doing that this week against the team they've already beat this season. >> not good. i think we heard tony perkins before we went to break when you read the tease. no! it doesn't look good for them going to beat the giants. they were terrible. but let's get back to week one. the hot tub time machine. week one, tony, remember this? ryan kerrigan there. it is going tobacco great year! everybody is happy. everybody is wearing short sleeves. it's beautiful day at fedex field. >> it will be this way forever, dave. tell me things will never change. >> things have gone south in a hurry. 4-9, only winning three times since that day. >> here is the thing. back then -- now, you mentioned the giants have been slipping lately. good win last week. they have a quarterback who has come into his own. >> you can't spell elite without eli. >> how long

alex ovechkin, the captain got one to go in caps shut out winnipeg on the road 1-0. >>> the redskins announced yesterday that safety laron landry will be placed on season ending injured reserve. he has been plagued by a lingering achilles injury and has been told surgery is his best option. d. j. gomes will get the start for the rest of the season. >>> at media day yesterday for the wizards, the theme was about continuing to rebuild this team around second year point guard john wall. wall is the youngest player on the wizards' roster but that hasn't kept him or his teammates from embracing that role. >>> to the college game. second half, tony taylor with the three puts the colonials up but bradley fought their way back. ties the game at 59 and bradley squeaks by george washington 67- 66. >>> that's going to do it for your morning sports, i'm kristen berset, have a great friday. >>> it is 5:24 and barring any last-minute complications capitol hill lawmakers have struck a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown tonight at midnight. that story coming up. >>> and still ahead in today

. >> they take on second place team tonight, the winnipeg jets. the puck drops at 8:30 tonight. >> in college basketball, maryland hosted florida international last night. the terps weren't taking their opponent seriously in the first half. jeremy allen hit a three- pointer for fyu with 90 seconds left. that put the terps behind by 11. maryland was able to stage a second half rally. fyu went cold late in the game. terps win a close one, 65-61. maryland hosts radford next friday. >>> so, just what does $27 billion buy you in the world of sports these days? >> it gets. >> nine-year television contract with the nfl. the league announced a deal with cbs, fox and nbc, each one will pay a billion dollars to extend their deals with the nfl through 2022. that's a $27 billion total deal. still see most asc games right here on channel 9 as well as a few super bowls. the deal could include more thursday night games, too. >>> our time is 6:25. still ahead, marion barry and the i.r.s. the new developments in the d.c. councilman's on-going tax troubles. >>> san

. >> they have fallen behind florida and winnipeg in the southeast division standings. caps hosted the flyers. philadelphia exploded for three goals over ten minutes in the second period. talbot gave the visitors a 4-0 lead. caps scored once. capitals lose 5-1. it is d.c.'s first regulation loss to philly in ten games. owe our kristen berset sat down with the capitals new coach and asked dale hunter about his relationship with the superstar, alexander ovechkin after his reported rocky relationship with bruce boudreau. >> it is good. he had ten hits one game, seven hits. he's a different player. usually goal scorers don't play so physical. but he does. that's what makes him a special player. >> since hunter took over the team last month, the caps have gone 3-4. >>> today, we'll find out if the nationals really are serious about signing japanese pitcher darvish. the deadline is 5:00 tonight. they make blind offers. his japanese team says they'll take the highest bid. that's just to buy the rights to negotiate with him, not to sign him. the 25-year-old darvish is seen as j