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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 7pm January 7, 2016

As usual today. Kristen is live at redskins park after hearing from the team today. What did they say . Hey guys. This is how theyre approaching this game, business as usual. Getsing down to work. They were focused today. They have little playoff experience. But its the mind set theyre going into. Not to get too ahead of themselves. Dan snider was on the practice field today checking out the teams progress. They maybe nervous. But the players didnt show it. They were focused. All 52 players for the first time in weeks were practicing in some capacity. They keep reminding us, and perhaps themselves, this is part of their job, its just another game. Everybodys got to do their part for us to win the game. Everybody has to play with great effort, great energy, and do their job, and not worry about anybody else or what theyre doing. We have to continue to focus on what we do as the Washington Redskins and make it about us and well be fine. On the field, i dont know that its much different. Weeks 1 through 17 the guys on the field are playing for everything. Its their livelihood, its how they feed their families. I dont know that desire changes a lot come the playoffs. I think its a way to feed your family. And youll get the best from everybody out there. Im joined by former nfl receiver donte. Youve been in this position before. They keep saying just another game. Just another week. But how hard is that to have that mind set . Its hard. Especially for the guys who havent been in the playoffs. I can remember my first time in the playoffs. All i could think about when preparing was its the playoffs. But i think at the end of the day, what you try to do is you try to continue to prepare the way youve done all year. You dont want to change anything. You dont want to out smart yourself or out think yourself. You want to take it as business as usual and go into the game. And once the game starts then you can start. Still enjoy the ride for a little bit at the same time. You saw at the beginning of the show the fans will have that you like that towel. So its doing to be hard to say its just another game with these things waving around. Well have much more. Im breaking down this game. For donte, im kristen. Back to you. we inch closer to game day fan hype is inching critical mass. A super fan wears his fandon on his sleeve, literally. Ive covered this team for 15 years. Ive seen all sorts of super fans. Kevin mccarthy is right up there. Kevin mccarthy showed me around his washington man cave. Look over to your left. I think this is the first time you interviewed me. Right here on the stage with joe gibbs. He saw you and pulled you up on stage. Yes, he was like get that guy on stage. He saw all of kevins tattoos he has the name of every hall of famer in franchise history tattooed on his back. Most valuable players are on his arm. He pleads for indian gold. Personalized custom, redskins chrome helmet. Now thats very nice. How much did that cost you . 450. 450. Kevin who makes his living in security estimates everything in the room is worth about 50,000 but to him, its priceless. This table is a redskins from the super bowls weve won. These are card collections, patches, this is a picture of rg iii. My favorite. Holding the gatorade bottle with the three super bowl trophies and my redskins hall of fame tattoo back. Kevin says hes not a fair weather fan. I believe if youre a fan, represent. If you get a tattoo, you love your team. Theres no denying mccarthys feelings. The tattoos on his back and arm cost between 1500 up to 2,000. His wife helps him brainstorm ideas for the man cave and the tattoos. I met him at fedex field. The tattoos catch your attention but he bleeds burgundy and gold. His wife is making us look bad. Shes such a huge supporter of this. There are a lot of fans out there. Theres a lot of love for the team. But i mean come on. Theres love of the team and then theres extra love. I have to ask, do you think dan will do an interview at some point . If i had to guess, i would say no. But he should. Diane, thanks a lot. Most fans say they would do anything for their team but would they fly 10,000 miles. One fan has done just that. Chad ryan lives in australia, hes nuts about the redskins. Hes flown in to see the team several times. Hes been a fan for years. And it all started on a whim. Back about eight years ago now they started showing more nfl games in australia on cable tv. At the time i was looking for a new, young team. He found it. Sundays game airs at 8 00 a. M. On monday down under. Chad says he plans to take off work so he can watch. Dcs top official has her own prediction for sundays game. We caught up with the mayor to ask if shes placed any friendly bets with greenbay leaders. I havent laid any wagers. But i think we deserve a big win. I think we deserve a big win. Were going to. I think we will. I think we will. Come on madame mayor. You have to come up with something. The county executive baker announced hes willing to throw down for a washington win and bets dont get friendlier than this. Bakers betting a package of 8 00 coffee from land over maryland in exchange for the county executive and packers territory whos wagering some root beer. We have everything you need to know about the burgundy and gold on wusa. Com. And more stories from super fans on our free app. Heres a little trivia for you, washington hasnt played one game in the rain this season. The question though, will that streak continue . Chief meteorologist is tracking whether showers will clear out before kick off . I think the streak is safe. The forecast has been improving day by day. The rain will be out of here by maybe noon or 1 00. If youre going to tailgate early, youll have showers. But after 1 00 or noon, you should be fine. Temps in the 50s to start. Falling into the 40s. Winds will pick up northwesterly at 10 to 15. That could be the only weather factor. Occasionally 10 to 25 miles per hour. Okay. Back to us. 6 00 tomorrow morning. Cold but not as cold as its been. Mid 20s. 25 in gathersburg. By 8 00, some clouds around. Temperatures still a little south of the freezing mark. Well come back to see if the clouds will produce precipitation and well look ahead to a stronger storm before the big game on sunday. Right now deputies are searching for a killer in waldorf maryland. They say the suspect got into a confrontation with a man about 2 00 this afternoon in a parking lot along rooks head place. The suspect pulled out a gun and shot that man. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Detect ivestonight canvassing the neighborhood. He was not on the clock but this man got a big pay off from a local walmart. How police say he managed to rob the store with witnesses and workers all around him. And somebody could become a multimillionaire before the night is over. 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Investigators dont know who the attacker is and theyre warning everyone, especially food Delivery Drivers to keep their eyes peeled for anything suspicious. New tonight, Fairfax County police have released surveillance photos of a man who robbed a walmart by posing as an employee. It happened december 15th at the fair lake shopping center. Police say the man wore what looked like a genuine walmart employees vest. He told the cashier that he was needed in the office then. When the cashier stepped away, the man stepped behind the register and rang up a customer. After that he grabbed the cash and headed for the door. Police believe he pulled the same scam at other walmarts. Staring down a 5 spike in robberies in dc the mayor announced a Multiagency Task force of cops that will focus on the issue the mayor says the task force will target spree robbers and repeat offenders and it will use Realtime Data and Rapid Communications to get those crooks off the streets the police chief says the task force launched in december has all ready captured some bad guys. However the announcement was marred by a bad photo op. Thieves broke into an abc 7 news vehicle feet away from where the mayor and police chief were talking. The crooks broke a window and made off with thousands of dollars in equipment. The Powerball Jackpot is sitting at a half billion dollars. Making it one of the top prizes in all of game history. The drawing is tonight. And experts say Computer Generated tickets almost always win jackpots but some numbers pop up more than others. If you want to put a little strategy into your ticket, these are the seven most common numbers, 26, 41, 22, 16, 42, 35, and 39. The drawing is tonight at 11 00. We will share the winning numbers during our evening news cast. And again, why are we giving away that information . We should be buying tickets. If you get the number, share your winnings with us. Remember where you got that info. Its one that got away. But these fishermen lived to tell their tale. High temperatures tomorrow, cold, but were spot on in terms of average. 42 downtown. Maybe 43 in gathersburg. And 43 in fairfax. Well come back and talk about clouds were tracking tomorrow. And well talk about the best chance of rain and first alert weather. 100 accurate for the last three weeks. Talk about high anxiety on the high seas. A fisherman was nearly impaled when a 200pound marlin jumped into his boat. This happened yesterday off the coast of australia. Conner says he and his mates caught the fish and were trying to pull it in when the marlin lunged with his bill aimed at his chest. It left hearts pounding and a shocking video behind. Always watching, always tracking, dcs most accurate weather. Lets talk about the 3 degree guarantee. 25 of the last 26 days. We feel good about the forecast high of 40 today. Which is a little below average. But close. The average is 42, 43. Not a bad january day. A live look outside, down to 35. The dew points arent in the Single Digits like yesterday, around 20, 10 degrees warmer tonight. Still cold. But not as bitterly cold. Bus stop temperature, 18 to 34. Dallas was 9 this morning. Almost 10 degrees above what it was this morning. A lot of clouds tomorrow. And kind of chilly. Then cool on friday with afternoon showers. Also not a bad day. But friday temperatures will be a little bit above average. 10 00 tonight on future cast, we have a few clouds. 25 monassus. But no windchills to worry about. By 6 00 a. M. , fair amount of clouds, kind of hugging either side of i95. 25 gathersburg. 26 in silver spring. 24 in fairfax. By midmorning, still a fair amount of clouds. Certainly fredericksburg south to st. Marys city, youll have clouds much of the day. Out toward hagers town, youll be 39 in hagerstown. 43 in winchester. And generally low 40s across the immediate metro area with clouds hanging tough. 35 in gathersburg. Down to 35 in dale city. And also 3 in laplada with mostly cloudy skies. For tonight, well stay clear to partly cloudy. Not quite as cold. More clouds to the south. Lows, 18. To about 30 with the light winds. Day planner, clouds kind of increase as we go through the day, by 1 00, 41. Under mostly cloudy skies. Friday, not a bad day, cool, but warmer than tomorrow. 48 some afternoon showers. Nice on saturday, 54. But rain at night. I mean, quite a bit of rain at night on saturday night. Good news is that rain ends early on sunday. Should be fine for the game. 4 40 kick off. Then we get into monday, tuesday, wednesday, much colder. Temperatures in the upper 30s. Maybe a snow flurry tuesday night. Im kristen burrset live at redskins park. Day one of packers preps are over. Well take a look at how theyre approaching this game. Sports is next. Also two broke girls airs tonight on cbs. But how about two broke college guys . This photo was tweeted from centerville virginia, they braved the cold weather at redskins park to watch their favorite players. We want to see your it mall fan photos. Ultimate fan wow. The internet is crazy fast here. I know, right . Its so nice to have everyone over. Hi hey. Mmm. I just laid an egg. Does anybody want it . Joey, you want some gasoline . Yes, please. Mom, guess what . I married a clown and were having tiny little clown babies. Mhm. I just bought a hammer. With internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. Get out of the past. Get fios. Welcome back. We are live at redskins park. Day one of practice in the books as this team prepares for the greenbay packers. Which of course no easy task when youre going up against a perennial playoff team. But the redskins have momentum. Theyre looking to ride the momentum from their fourgame winning streak to end the season. It was an intense practice out to here today. Plenty of smiles to go around. But no messing around out here on the practice field. This team is focused. Theyve overcome so much this season from the doubters to adversity, injuries theyve dealt with that they arent ready for it all to end just yet. I think well come out the way we need to on sunday, period. You know. Its not a win for us just being in the playoffs. You know. For us, its winning the game. You either win or you lose. Theres no moral victories in football. Joined now by former receiver donte, hes saying its not a win just to be in the playoffs. You like that mentality. I like that. I do. It gives you a sense of the mentality of not only him but of what hes trying to get the message hes trying to get across to his team. Every teams goal is to first win the division, you win the division, you get a home game in january. And then the next goal is to win the super bowl. Thats been their goal. He said thats not enough. We want more. This defense has to find a way to stop aaron rogers. A future hall of famer. Theyre a perennial playoff team mostly because of aaron rogers. And amazingly, the packers with all their playoff success come to town on sunday as under dogs to the redskins. The skins defense knows if they want to advance, they have to limit mr. Rogers. The way he elude the pocket. The way he able to prolong plays. With his legs and make deep balls. And just the chemistry that they got as an offense. As a quarterback hes a great athlete. He can make the throws and move well in the pocket. And hes real smart. He can stay in the pocket, fall, trip, and hell still throw an accurate pass down field 70yards, 30yards it doesnt matter. Hes a good quarterback. But any quarterback is great when theyre comfortable. Our job is to make him get uncomfortable. Redskins have had a mixed bag this season when facing elite quarterbacks. They lost to cam newton and the panthers. Lost to tom brady and the new england patriots. But they did beat drew brees when the redskins defense got a lot of pressure on brees. That will be key sunday against rogers. Back to you. Thanks so much. Speaking of quarterbacks, before we get out of here, we have video from donte today at practice. You were out there practicing with the guys. We saw you chatting with rg iii. What was that moment all about . It was good to see him but i think more importantly, i wanted him to know from my standpoint of being a veteran in the nfl, that i really appreciated the way he handled everything. Things could have been much worse for him than they have been. But hes really shown a lot of professionalism. And thats the position that hes been in, thats not easy for a lot of people to do. It was a cool moment out there. We wish him the best of luck. Hes always there cheering on the team. Well be out there sunday morning. Remember to join us, we have dexter and terrell, thats right, dexter manly and darrell green. Two former redskins greats joining us sunday morning and of course donte and i will be there like we are every sunday. Even though you dont really care. You care more about darrell and dexter i know. I know. A quick question for donte. I was talking to a former redskins player today who predicted we havent seen the last of rg. He thinks he has an incredible future ahead of him, what do you think . What do you think about rg iiis future. For sure. That 2012 season was not a fluke. You dont have fluke seasons in the nfl. Especially at the quarterback position. I think hell be fine if he gets to the right place. You heard it bruce, weal see what happens. But now the focus is on greenbay. As long as he stays healthy. Thats the key factor there. It looks dry for the game on sunday. All right. Thats all for our news at 7 00. Leslie foster and adam will be back at 11 00. Make it a great night everybody. Were about to show you an incredibly low fare. Like all our fares, you get two free bags and zero change fees. Because whats the point of an incredibly low fare if youre just going to stack fees on top of it . Low fares. Nothing to hide. Thats transfarency. Sfx clap, clap, ding did Bristol Palin lie about her daughters birth to cover up who the real dad is . What talhe parins e telling us. Plus amy schumers new man. What we uncovered about the guy who already met her family. He has to be funny. He has to be nice. Schumers younger new boyfriend, their vacation together, his shirtless pullup. Hes already joking that shes pregnant. 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