To the helmet of the quarterback. Enough force weve seen those called. And sam bradford calling for it. Tony corrente did not see it. It was to the shoulder pads. It was not. Al not at all. That was cedric thornton, getting away with it. Corrente doesnt see the shoulder pad as we see. And they get away the it. Cris the arm on the shoulder pad blocked the arm on the face mask, from the view of corrente, back off of the quarterbacks right. Al we know a lot of you joined us late. Mike zimmer underwent emergency eye surgery. Not here. Has to be at home. If this game will go on or not. And witten hasnt caught a ball tonight. But he makes the catch there. So, the streak will be over. But the Dallas Cowboys are going to be on their way to another win. I just want to quickly acknowledge graham tinker passing at the age of 90. He was instrumental of building nbc into a tremendous network during his tenure. A beloved man by everybody who worked for him and a o our sympathies to the family. He was a special human being. Cris got a chance to meet him, thanks to you. It was great. Al he was something else. The Dallas Cowboys will get the weekend off. Their next game is a week from sunday night, against the giants on sunday night football. So, we will be there for that the giants are 83. Pittsburgh coming up on sunday, to try to keep pace with them. Only loss this season for the cowboys was to the giants, by one point on opening day. So, find out about mike zimmer and minnesotas next game is a week from sunday. They two to jacksonville. Whether mike can make it or not, we dont know. Bradford trying to lead that comeback, comes up short. But coming up next, the we asked a group of young people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. Then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. This gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us arent prepared for retirement. Just start as early as you can. Its going to pay off in the future. If we all start saving a little more today, well all be better prepared tomorrow. Prudential. Bring your challenges. See holiday tradition in a whole new light. Join in the joy of Christmas Town at busch gardens. New this year, meet rudolph the red nosed reindeer and friends. Celebrate with special Holiday Shopping and shows in our Winter Wonderland. With over 8 million twinkling lights. Welcome to the folks volkswagen gulf alltrack game report. The Minnesota Vikings hold zeke elliott to less than 90 yards rushing since week two. And yet, the Dallas Cowboys emerge with their 11thconsecutive victory here on thursday night football. Winning a football game. A tight one, 1715, here in minnesota. Heather cox, moments ago, with dak prescott. You came into a hostile environment, on the road against a top two defense. What went right tonight . We stuck together. We played a great defense. Happen. Things didnt go our way. But we stayed together. 11consecutive wins. And we talked yesterday. Theres no stage too big. Whats the key to you staying so composed and so confident during this run . My teammates and coaches. We have a great group of veterans that have been here that have done this. Just keep us all under control, just allow us to go out and have fun. Congratulations. Lets go upstairs to al. A year that starts with tony romo in preseason. And openingday loss to the giants. Theyre a team you can see it now. And they figure out different ways to win the game. And they certainly did tonight. Lets say this. That was an ugly game tonight, for the Dallas Cowboys. They did it in an atypical fashion tonight because the time of possession, much more in favor of the Minnesota Vikings. They found a way to win. And as much as anything tonight, they went on special teams. It was the big turnover down there, that led to the go ahead touchdown. Special teams, a big difference all night tonight. The irony in that, was zimmer not able to coach. And priefer the interim head coach. The one special teams guy that works with everybody. And the thielen play, that was really close, was the play of the game, though. And sam bradford hung in this is an offense that is struggling to put something together. They did on occasion. And did it on the twopoint conversion and get the penalty. And dont catch a break on the officials from the last one. Dallas, 111. And minnesota at. 500 after the great start. They are 66. Well have more of the postgame report when we come back to minneapolis after this. Ey swim out of the path . . And the seagulls theyll be smilin . . And the rocks on the sand . Its so peaceful out here. Yeah. Introducing the new turbocharged volkswagen alltrack with 4motion . Allwheel drive. Soon to be everywhere. Thank you for watching the volkswagen gulf all you know track postgame report. Its on to sunday night football. We go to seattle, which means carolina against seat. 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Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. . . Eeeeohmumohweh . . Hush my darling dont fear my darling . . The lion sleeps tonight. . woman snoring take the roar out of snore. Of its kind police unit patrolling our streets pour the first time and were riding along on their first overnight latest cabinet pick while taking a victory lap after the election. A special event tonight for the children of Fallen Service members in our area. One organization making their holidays a little brighter. Announcer news4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. That breaking news right now on the outer loop of the beltway at i95 and springfield, those outer loop lanes are closed because of a serious crash. One of the cars involved caught fire. There are reports one person was thrown from a vehicle. All outer loop traffic right now is getting forced onto the back lick road exit ramp. Fairfax county police rolled out a brandnew unit tonight onto the streets, the first in our area dedicated to enforcing dui laws. This unit works year round, not just on the holidays. Jackie bensen got to ride along on their first reporter Fairfax CountyPolice Officers prepare for a Evening Shift different than many he has done before. He and the other eight officers in the new squad will focus on getting impaired drivers off the road. Its not okay to drive bile intoxicated. The driving while intoxicated have trended down ward, but were seeing an uptick in drugs. Reporter the effect of drugs can differ from alcohol detection. A drug recognition experts can often tell you just by evaluating a person through a series similar to field so bright test thes, can determine what type of drug they are on, often how much theyve used. Im going to stop and let him know whats going on. Reporter out on patrol, this officer makes a traffic stop. The money for thi from a grant administered by the department of motor vehicles. Fairfax has the largest county police force in the state. As a Pilot Project we have to put something here in virginia. They have done an excellent job. Reporter statistics from this unit will be gathered every year and compared to see if the mission as this grant is doing what the plenty wants it to do, reduce the number of impaired new tonight a man accused of setting his girlfriend on fire is behind bars now. Police arrested louis reader in richmond this evening. He was caught just hours after Delores Williams died from burns suffered inside their Fairfax County home here last month. Police tell us the couple got into a argument and reader set williams on firedfire. He had been on the run. Police tell us a tip helped we have word that the man killed in alexandria last night was on the run after escaping from a prison in california. He was found behind the town house where he used to live years ago. This is the seventh homicide in alexandria this year, the third in this section thats north of old town since june. Alexandrias acting police chief says various outreach groups are working to find solutions to the housing issues because we understand that even though weve seen a few acts of violence that have led to homicides, we know this just isnt a police matter. Police do not believe that mclennons murder was random. But they also say it is not connected to the other homicide inside that area either. A surprise announcement from donald trump tonight as he began his thank you tour with a campaignstyle rally in he ohio. In what seemed like an o revealed his pick for secretary of defense. And he pledged to unify the country while also continuing to take shots at his doubters. News4s brian moor has our report. In his First Official trip since the election he went to ohio stop one in his victory tour. The people of this the great state answered. Indiana, where he celebrated carrier airs decision not to export a thousand jobs to mexico. These companies arent going to be leaving anymore, they are not going to be taking peoples hearts out. Great news. Reporter it is a holiday gift for workers who had been bracing for unemployment. But cnbc confirmed carrier is closing another indiana plant, exporting. 00 jobs to mexico, that includes the one held by this trump supporter. Looking ahead, Elections Officials in wisconsin are looking back to election day. They are recounting every vote arc task that will keep them busy around the clock for the next two weeks. Brian moor, nbc news, washington. Three, two, one woo president obama and the first family lit the National Christmas tree for the fin taking place at the ellipse near the white house earlier tonight. The ceremony filled with musical performances, kelly clarkson, mark anthony, james taylor, garth brooks, trisha yearwood. Doug was there too, and he has a look at our forecast. A cool night tonight. It definitely feels cool. Now we have gotten cloud cover making its way in and that has put a cap on ourp atmosphere, a temperatures to get all that cool yet. 48 in derek c. 43 in haguerstown. Normally this time of year we should be in the 30s everywhere. Even though it feels quite Cool Temperatures right now are above average. I think well be at or above average tomorrow. 39 for the overnight low. 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow its still cold. 47 by noon. 53 by 4 00. Coming up in just a second well talk about the weekend forecast and the first air. Its in the tenday forecast. Ill have it for you in about ten minutes. The death toll from those wildfires in tennessee now climbed to 11. The states governor declaring a state of emergency tonight to speed up aid to the victims. Hurricaneforce winds fueled those wildfires monday, forced more than 14,000 residents to evacuate the city of gatt land burr. Federal investigators believe metro knew about track defects summer a. Train came to have the tracks to us east falls station in july. 63 people were on board. No one was seriously hurt. The ntsb says the spacing between the rails was too the wide because of deteriorated wooden cross ties a. Report blames metros ineffective inspection and maintenance practices. Now it seems a showdown over metros service is inevitable. Because today a two years that vote is preliminary. Now, dc leaders can decide if them veto this. From the sounds of it, that just might happen during a tense the meeting today. Metro board chair and dc Council Board member evan said dc only would sign off on the changes for one year. Its not a threat, mr. Goldman, district of columbia. We believe we have compromised enormously. For someone to say that we need to compromise more is not a realistic approach to this problem. The full board will vote in two weeks. The proposed cuts would end service at 11 30 we can nights, 1 00 a. M. On friday and saturday, and 11 p. M. On sunday. And that will start in july. The safeway in adams morgan is back open now after it was shutwn found Improper Food storage, a leaking refrigerator, and mouse droppings. All this in the deli section. Safeway says a followup npg was solve. It also told us tonight store cleanliness is of the utmost importance. And the issues found wednesday did not meet company standards. Vandals have struck twice in montgomery this week leaving yesterday a family in burtonville found three of their cars spray painted with the words swastika and the words trump and racist. Thursday, a swastika on a wall in a high school. No matter where it is, whether it is placed in a school or again to represent a condemnation of a person upholding one political view, its ab hornet and should be rejected by everybody. There have been other instances of hate based vandalism in the county. Officials say they have noticed a uptick in the crimes since this election. Its said a Police Officer used Excessive Force when he hit a suspect with his police cruiser. A grand jury indicted the officer on charges of assault and misconduct in office. A suspect was running from him. Prosecutors believe it was intentional and unwarranted. Hernandez has been suspended since that incident in june. Child protective services investigating how a toddler was allowed to walk ow the front door of a Daycare Center in gainesville three weeks ago. Police say a 3yearold walked out of the Kiddie Academy after dark and wandered at least 200 feet to a papa johns. Employees at the pizza place first tried to the day cares director is charged with child neglect. One of the greatest explorers of his generation apparently not done exploring. Former astronaut buzz auld drin, 86 years old, rescued from a competition to the south pole. An update on his condition. We have got santa. We have got kids. We have hugs. We have toys. And everyone is honoring the children of fallen u. S. Service members. Tree or a fake one . What if you are celebrating check that out a. Massive red ribbon hanging from the white house northport port coto mark world aid day. People around the globe use december 1st to remind people about the fight begins hiv aids and remember those who lost their lives to it. The mayor today vowed to end the more than 18,000 people are living with the disease in dc. That qualifies as an epidemic. The plan calls for 90 of residents to know their hiv status by 2020, and a 50 decrease in new info fixes. We took a look at who is being asking diagnosed and which parts of the district are being hit the hardest. Search d cnbc on the nbc washington app. Former drin, the second man to walk on the moon is recovering in a hospital after a dramatic Emergency Rescue to the south pole. The 86yearold traveled to the bottom of the world with a luxury tour the. At 90 though feet above sea level his condition deteriorated. He was meddy vacced to new zealand. He is described as stable with fluid in his lungs but responding well to antibiotics moon with kneel armstrong following him down the ladder to the lunar surface. A white house spokesperson says it is logical now that previous barriers to women in military service are being removed. The Administration Says it remains committed to an all volunteer military. It could take an ability of congress to add women to the treated to special cheer tonight in arlington. This time of year can be bitter sweet for their families. They have all lost parents who served our country in the military. News4s shomari stone now on the organization bringing them a little Winter Wonderland. Its incredible. Its really its so much fun. Reporter mickey and her sixyearold son christopher are happy. Its overwhelming but like a good overwhelming. And Winter Wonderland for survivors. Toys for totd provided governments. Its fun to see other people who lost their parents. Reporter to show their peeshs for more than 100 kids and wives who lost their parents. Her husband was killed in afghanistan in we are here for a sad reason but people want to make us feel good. Reporter the joy of the Holiday Season is sometimes overshadowed by the loss but the organizers say the gifts and the love shown here tonight help the families with their grieving. The most parn part of the night is that the kids are together. Reporter christopher received his gift and showed respect for the marines. You can never forget this night. Never forget this night. Reporter in arlington, shomari stone, news4. Doug had a lot of christmas cheer in his evening as well. He was down at the tree lighting. That was so cool. It is a great event every year. This year not as cold as in past years. Youve done it a few times. You know what im talking about. This time we were in the 40s, the wind chill felt like the 30s. It was definitely cold out and i wore the wrong shoes. Other than that, temperatures right now sitting in the 40s. 48 at the airport. Thats well above average. Two witnesses for that. One, wind out of the west at ten miles an hour, that helps to keep the warmer weather at the surface. The other thing is the cloud cover keeps that blanket on top of the atmosphere here keeping us warm. This is fairly mild for this time of year even though it feels chilly. 41 in manassas. 32 in gaithersburg. Even that has come up a degree over the last hour, once again because of the cloud cover moving in. You can see it on the radar, no rain to talk b. Heres what is happening. Storm system from yesterday is moving out. We have got another storm system up towards the great lakes. You see it bringing in lake effect rain around the buffalo area, over towards parts of michigan and you can see the clouds inching down across your region. If those clouds stick around we are going to be on the cool side tonight. Freezing. Do you know who is getting snow in the next couple of ways . Hawaii. In the volcanos, above 12,000 feet but they could see 6 to 12 inches of snow. Hawaii might get snow first this season. Not your forecast. 39 tomorrow morning. 50 at noon. 53 by 3 00 in the afternoon. Not a bad day tomorrow. Its going to be quite nice for this time of year. The actual average high is be chilly. Upper 40s toward the west, low 50s in and around the city and the metro area. Sunshine, a little bit of a breeze, cool, not bad. Friday, 53 degrees. Quite cool. If you are going out friday night take the coat. Look at these numbers, 7 00, 46, 42 by 11 00. With a little bit of wind. That puts the wind chill in the 30s. Speaking of that, its going to be really struggle to hit 50 degrees here. A lot of people getting out there getting their Christmas Trees on sunday. Yes 40 degrees 9 00. More clouds at noon. Temperatures around 46. Chilly at 3 00. Increasing cloud cover on sunday keeps things cool as well. Make sure you have the coats on. Next week chilly air. Notice next weekend. Next saturday and sunday we are going for highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Air comes in next week and it look like it wants to stick around for a while. We call that winter . Yes. I think some people around here call it that. Coming up, the cavs cant beat the clock while an old friend turns foe. Sports is up next. First heres jimmy fallon. Emma stone is my guest. Jeff redean morgan. . . .