now, griffin came out and didn't show much rust. every time the redskins would score and take the lead, the defense would allow the vikings to come right back. all in all, some poor play on both sides of the ball. afterwards, jay gruden wasn't one to hold back his disappointment. >> he did some good things offensively. offensively we weren't good enough. defensively we weren't good enough. but robert made some great throws, obviously made some poor throws. we'll have to have look at the tape. >>> d.c. united in new york for game one of the eastern conference fines. they have knocked new york out every time they have faced them in the post season. this time the red bulls making it difficult. they shut out d.c. united 2- nil. >>> washington capitals looking to snap a three-game skid. they get their captain back on the scoring side of things. ovie got the third goal for the first time in six games but in the third, sam gagne gives the coyotes the lead. the caps have lost four in a row. i just realized i gave you three losing teams so i

griffin, skins jump out to a 10-0 lead. the vikings come back. griffin going long for desean jackson. finds him. the skins are up 26-21. later in the quarter, the vikings drive down the field, the skins with no answer today from matt aziada, he scores a career-high. his third touchdown of the game. the final score, 29-26. the vikings beat the redski we do that today. i have to play better for that to happen, regardless of any box score or any stats. i know that i can play better. i know we can play better, and we'll do that after this bye week. >> the redskins fall to 3- off with the bye. we'll have a look at how the rest of the division fared today. >>> we're going to take a turn to weather. it's been cold and blustery all day. that wind may finally be starting to die down but not before doing some real damage. this is what it looked like this morning in district heights, maryland. 40-mile-per-hour winds blew a tree over on top of a car. and knocked ou electricity in the area, but it didn't take long for crews to get the power back on. >>> chuck

griffin brought five laptops with him. >> griffin locked all his laptops with chains, to the pipes, it was really awkward to my dad when my bloart came in and he was like -- when my brother came in and was, you know you have doubts that this guy is an agent or working with the government? doesn't matter if i do or not, i'm not doing anything wrong. >> it's extraordinary to me your brother new he was recording with an fbi informant and continued to spend time with him? it strikes me as playing with fire doesn't it? >> exactly. that's what he was doing. he had fights with my mom and my family but always in hi opinion he didn't do anything wrong. >> late one evening griffin called phone. >> do you know when you're going to hear about the serial? >> i'm trying to find out about that now. we it was a long night, we didn't sleep at all last night. i had to wrestle the strongest guy last night. >> ha ha ha. are you okay? >> ain't no place for no punk. >> you are my new hero. >> yeah, i'm a lot of people's heros now. >> in jordan, griffin and amawi based lie tourists, even enjoyed a bode boat

go ahead. >> call me general griffin. >> ms. griffin. i don't thing i can. and then, of course i knew that night i had to bring a general on stage with me. and demand on ape microphone h call me general griffin. i was not stop until he did. i brock doke down one of the commanding officers, they made be a uniform. my official name in afghanistan was general foxy lady. go ahead, get it. i am proud. >> thisuniform. yeah, they surprised me. after having to call me general foxy lady. they gave me this as a parting gift. now, look. >> i deon't see rank, general o this. >> pretty sure i am the general. i didn't hatch the pve the pape. there is a honor system. if an one told me i am general foxy lady. i am. >> do you think people have felt disconnected wum the war in afghanistan and iraq. soldiers say, don't forget about us. you had a personal, your dad was a vet. >> my dad was in world war ii. i had many conversations about this. it was a different era. you didn't talk about the -- you know, emotionally -- really, really, horrible and challenging things on the batt

. >> call me general griffin. ms. griffin, i don't think i can. and of course i knew that night i had to bring a general on stage with me and demand on a microphone that he call me general griffin, and i would not stop until he did. and finally i broke down one of the commanding officers so much that they actually made me a uniform. and my official name in afghanistan was general foxy lady. >> let me get this. >> go ahead. get it. i'm proud. >> this is your uniform? >> yeah. they actually surprised me with this. but after having to call me general foxy lady for two weeks, they gave me this as a parting gift. now, look -- >> i don't see any actual rank saying general on this though. >> i'm pretty sure i'm a general. i mean, i don't have the paperwork. you know. there's something called the honor system. and i think if anyone ever told me i was general foxy lady, i am. >> do you think, you know, there's a lot of people who have felt disconnected from the wars in afghanistan and the wars in iraq. probably why the soldiers you talk to say, look, don't

redskins backed up, griffin's pass intercepted by jonathan banks, takes a hit from griffin but gets in for the touchdown, one of two interceptions in the game for rg3. tampa bay is up 10-0. let's go to the fourth quarter though. bucs up by 13, josh mccown back to pass and he goes up to pass. mike evans, 56-yard touchdown for him. evans had two touchdowns today, career high 209 yards receiving. bucs beat the redskins 27-7. the skins are now 3-7. rg3 knows that the blame is just on everyone. >> you can't sit at your locker and be oven the field and say it's not my fault. i'm a baller, i'm an all pro, a pro bowl player. right now we have no pro bowl players. we don't. we're not playing that way. i'm not playing that way. the line is not playing that way. the receivers aren't playing that way, our special teams isn't playing that way. we all know that. guys have to accept that, accept that we have a long way to go, accept that we have to get better. >> this team has a long way to go and rg3 has a long way to go. head coach jay gruden had strong words after the game. you'll hear from him in

linebacker ryan kerrigan says he didn't think griffin threw his teammates under the bus. he is there is solidarity in the locker room. >> reporter: the sheriff in calvert county doesn't want to talk anymore about his role in a controversial music video. >> if you want to pat me down, i will gladly turn around. >> sheriff mike evans and one of his deputies shake their heads as singer lindsey owens zips past them. the deputy even climbs in bed and pats her down in a suggestive way in another part of the video. the singer said it was all in fun and some agreed, but some thought it was inappropriate and improper use of county vehicles. >> that's embarrassing. ridiculous. >> reporter: you don't think he should have participated in it? >> no. >> definitely not. >> if you're going to do something like that, that's not right. >> the publicity, even bad publicity, has been great for her. the video just came out and it already has more than 13,000 views on youtube. >>> while you're out shopping, see who is maybe scheming. up next the three scams you could encounter in a parking lot

coach jay gruden apologized for criziticing griffin on monday and as for griffin himself, he didn't say much. >> they just want me to focus on me. i'm going to do that the best of my ability. i'm a quarterback, man. i got to help this team win. >> we just want what's best for our football team moving forward, going to try to squash all the twitter and media and things that got twisted around. whatever happened happened. >> here's your chance to win a redskins jersey signed by linebacker ryan kerrigan. go to our facebook page and click sign kerrigan jersey give- away. you have until sunday, november 23rd to enter. the buffalo bills don't want to reschedule their game sunday against the jets, but the bills are offering folks $10 an hour and tickets to the game for anyone who wants to shovel that. the bills estimate they will have to clear 220,000 tons of snow. hey, a good workout. >>> washington wizards are continuing their success from last season. now they're 7-0, their best start ever since 1974/'75 season. they are undefeated at home and look to extend that tonight when they host the

some fans are glad it is not griffin. >> i'm sorry. i love you man, but i'm sorry. >> the drama just continues. head coach jay gruden will be addressing the media after the 1:00 practice. you can watch that live on our sister station. still ahead, doug is back with an updated look at the snow totals and how much following breaking news. we have learned of a partial wall collapse of a two-story commercial building in upper marlboro. you can see this picture that was tweeted out by officials. thebuilding was located in 14,600 block of main street. we have a crew headed to the scene to speak with prince george's county fire officials. we are trying to get some more information for you. the building inspector is on the scene. make sure to stay with us for updates. a white house tradition will take place about two hours from now. president obama will pardon to turkeys. cheese/you have until 2:00 to vote for who gets the spotlight. the turkeys will live out their days in leesburg no matter who wins. let's head over to doug hill for a final c

griffin goes to jackson who hangs on to the score. 17-14 skins. if i can -- the vikings take a rg iii goes to jackpot jackson -- that is his new name. a secondthe drive, rushing touchdown and the redskins go for two. -- the vikings drive down the field again. is 29, make two, so it 26 minnesota was just over a minute to go. griffin scrambling around and incomplete. losing 29-26. >> not good enough to win. we lost the game. fault -- the guys fought really hard but we did not do it today. any box score. >> it bothers me. lead and came back down to get the lead. go back down and take the lead and they come back down and take the lead again. that.ickening by d.c. united in action against the red bulls coming off of today's rest but united has yet to drop a playoff series. check out the behind the kick bradley wright phillips gets the score and take game one. the redskins can still bounce the cats are back in action taking on the coyotes will stop that kicks off in about 10 minutes. >> there is some time to catch up. >> temperatures below freezing. you

griffin not surprised. he was upset with the choice as you could get the sense of that from him in the locker room, but after going 0-3 since returning from the ankle injury, he was forced to make a change. he was asked why not let griffin play the rest of the season? and he said well you could make a case for that, but you could also make a stronger case for mccoy being 2-0 and wanted to give this team a spark. >> we're searching for that spark and he was 2-0 as a starter and came in relief of the second half of the titans game. i thought i would change it up. >> yeah, i've talked to robert. that's a hard decision. and it is just a hard thing. and the fact that he has handled great, is a great teammate, but i did not expect anything less from him. >> reporter: and now griffin, he chose not to spoke to reporters today, but as he was leaving the locker room, he said i'm fine, i'll be strong. he is now the backup and kurt cousins is the number three quarterback. we'll have the reactions from the teammates com

griffin has been sacked 16 times in the last three games. ouch. >>> the baltimore ravens return from their bye week to take the national stage tonight in new orleans. they face drew brees and the saints on monday night football. ravens are 6-4 but last in their division. they need this win tonight to stay in the thick of things in the afc north. >> every game is important and in game against new orleans is the most important game this year. >> we'd probably like to be in a little bit better position, but that's the name of the national football league. we've got to keep it going. >>> before the terrapins hit the court this week they got a chance to witness history. former coach garry williams was inducted into the collegiate hall of fame last night in kansas city. perhaps they can drop him that inspiration while playing in this week's hall of fame classic. the terps play four games this week starting tonight with arizona state. that means less traditional practice time, the real thing and where they're going to have to learn. >> if we approa

luck has played in 31, griffin 41. luck has two times as many pass passes griffin's number slightly number thanks to the remarkable rookie season. looking at these numbers side by side and try not to think every time you watch andrew luck play. i think they're a nightmare side by side, but really a win -- i didn't put that in there. 29 wins for andrew luck. for griffin, not counting jacksonville, since he only played a little bit, 12. >> which takes away everything that everybody has to say, by the way, if they just win. he wins, all this stuff about locker room crap and all the other things people talk -- all goes away. >> i just want to say thanks, because i love when i'm reporting and you're just shaking your head the whole time. i'm like, thanks. that helps. >>> meantime big night at verizon center as the caps host the flames. tonight, it's a big night, because alex ovechkin has a shot at history. his net point a goal or assist will make him all-time points leader. right now o.v. is tied with peter vondra with 829

robert griffin was very sore but his ankle held up fine. the rest of the team is thanking their lucky stars the bus accident wasn't worse. that's good. they need that bye week to rest and recover. as for robert griffin, though, first game back in six weeks. he talks about being sore because of this. sacked five times. some of them brutal. his pocket presence is a weakness. coach jay gruden says that's something that comes with time. >> you have to have a clock in your head as a quarterback. sometimes he gets locked in somewhere. by the time he comes off to a secondary receiver he feels a pocket closing in on him. sometimes that comes naturally. sometimes it doesn't. something he'll have to fight through and abort mission when he has to and step and throw it away when he has to. >> time for the cooley report. >> i get to ask the questions. >> you have to know when to fold them, know when to fold them. >> how did griffin play yesterday? >> i thought he played well. started off consistent. he sat in the pocket and became a pocket passer. he di

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aaron lynch nails griffin for a big sack. but -- he's called for a helmet to helmet hit. 15-yard penalty enabling the game tying field goal. so fourth quarter. and for the second straight week, frank gore will lose the football as he's hit by the former stanford man trent murphy. the redskins recover in san francisco territory and kick a field goal for the 13-10 lead. gore's second fumble in two weeks. but the 9ers put together the eight play, 75-yard drive. capped off by the four yard carlos hyde touchdown run. 17-13 san francisco. same score, under a minute to go. griffin in desperation mode is hit by justin smith and ahmad brooks has the football. the 49ers take over and hold on for the slim 17-13 win. they are 7-4. >> this -- big time stuff. a team that good team doing what it has to do to win the football game. defense -- you know i thought they played another outstanding football game. so yeah there's things, and you know there always is. it's never going to be perfect. valiant effort and individual effort and team effo

jay gruden might want to stamp handle with care on griffin's shoulder pads. i've got another suggestion for griffin in a second. >>> finally the human turnstile award goes to tyler polumbus because like a turnstile the offensive tackle just keeps letting them go right on in. this is a tape i think on how to back pedal. that's what this training tape is. tyler polumbus winning the infamous turnstile award. speaking of wrap, bubble wrap for robert griffin, iii. >> that will help. >> he's a pop star. >> we're back after this. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. that's why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. some say your health is the luck of the draw. but inova's groundbreaking genomic research is working to change that. we're studying the genetic make-up of infants to detect if, when and how disease may occur, so we can learn to tailor the best care for each patien

get the start and griffin would be benched. this morning, the team was told as a group that they're going forward this sunday against the colts with colt mccoy under center and robert griffin on the bench. >> what does this mean for rg3 and the rg3 era? what does this mean? >> well, right now, we don't really know what it means. i mean, just based on the fact that they are deciding to bench and now here the second half of the season, is definitely very telling of what the redskins think about griffin. that he may not be the guy. and there's also a really good chance this is the last season that we'll see griffin in a washington redskins jersey. so right now with colt mccoy being the starter, it looks like this organization has lost faith and confidence in number 10. >> i guess we'll all be watching to see how it goes. and our live -- thank you, again, diana. have a great thanksgiving if i don't see you before then. >> thank you, barbara, you too. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is on the road and will bring us the la

robert griffin iii is being benched. robert burton [indiscernible] just wrapping up a press conference. what's the story there? >> they have finally shaken up here at redskins park. let's talk about this guy, colt mccoy. he is going to be taking the snaps against indianapolis on monday. big winlk about that against the titans, his first start, 19-17. also following that, the cowboys in dallas in overtime. 20-17. as far as rg iii, his last one as a starter, over a year ago. november 3 against the chargers. the final for that 1, 30-20 two. jay gruden today says he does not wanted it to get twisted. it's not on all -- it's not all on rg iii. >> i'm not concerned about the way he works. anyone who has questioned his work ethic is off base. he works extremely hard. it's not me against robert. this is about as trying to win football games and for whatever been very have not good offensively when he has been the quarterback. we have got to figure out why. to make myg my best focus, my approach one day at a time. world, anding i

until then, griffin remains focused on san francisco. from redskins park, i'm jason pugh, news for sports. >>> and the commissioner says anchors and reporters should be able to call the name redskins. public officials should not let their own views stand in the way of tv stations reporting the news. he also says restricting the redskins name on air would be violating the first amendment. he did not give his opinion whether the team should change the name, redskins. >>> a subway murder suspect captured in new york. new details coming in about his crimina past and another rush hour assault. >>> 5 plus 3 equals 8 but not always that simple in schools. >> the national pta helping parents understand common core. >>> a new location for bus boys and poets east of the anti-costa, how they're hoping to b new business to southeast d.c. >>> cold air across most of the country. look at miami. only 62 degrees. wouldn't it be nice if we had this air coming our way, 50s and 60s. but, no, no, we have 20s and 30s coming back into our region. >>> if you h

. >>> and robert griffin's time in washington come to an end? >> that's a lot of redskins fans are thinking about after head coach, jay gruden, decided to bench the guy that was going to lead the team back to the promise land. more from redskins park. >> colt mccoy was the only quarterback this season to win a game from start to finish. he's the team's best quarterback right now. gruden looked at game films, griffin, and mccoy, and decided to go with mccoy against indianapolis. today was mccoy's first practice back with the first team since dallas week. he said it was a bit rough because the offense needs to get used to his style of play again, but his teammates are supportive of the change. this was all about productivity, griffin wasn't working. >> doesn't mean he isn't going to be a great quarterback one day, he needs more time to go through this. >> at this level, professional level, you know, anything can happen and i wouldn't say that it's something that shocks us or surprises us, because in the pros, it's a business and tough decisions ha

the head coach has really seen griffin play two full games. as for rg3, he said today he understands the criticism and knows he has to prove he is the guy.>> when it comes to the franchise guy that is what it is. i believe that i am, i believe this organization knows that i am and there's no doubt there. so, i don't ever step on to the field trying to make a claim saying, i'm the guy. it's not like that. this is my team and i'm going to lead it. >> the redskins held a closed practice this afternoon for profootball talk is reporting the skins worked out former raiders qb. he hasn't been with the team since seattle cut him in the preseason. why are the redskins looking at him? we really don't know why considering they have three healthy qb's. the skins did activate receiver today from the physicalically unable to perform list. he hasn't played in a year since tearing his acl. he returned to practice october 15. skins waived chase to make room for hankerson. and get a look at roy's new do. all those beautiful locks are gone. the runningback cut h

as for griffin, he will be the number two. gruden says it wasn't a decision rg-3 was happy about, but that he hoped it will help to work out later in his future. he also talked about what it all means for griffin's actual future in washington. >> i think has a man and competitor, he has a future in the nfl. i'm not going to predict it. i'm not going to sit up here and say we're going to sign him to a 15-year contract or trade him. i'm coaching the quarterbacks i have in the best way that i know how. and that's all i can do. >> now all three quarterbacks were called in to hear redskins park last night and told by jay gruden that colts will get the start. we tried talking to robert griffin iii today but he declined to speak. i'm at redskin park, back to you. >> thanks, diana. >> do you think rg-3's time in washington is over? that is our survey of the day. call or text to vote or cast your vote on facebook or twitter. >>> rushed to the hospital, we'll tell you about the new health concerns for supreme court justice right here if

griffin deep to jackson hits him in stride for a 56 yard gain. that led to a touchdown. but the vikings drive the field again. it's 29-26 vikings. just over a minute to go. fourth down for the skivens. griffin scrambling around. his throw is incomplete. they lose 29-26. >> it's not about me, man. i know everybody wants to ask me questions because i'm the one sitting up here with the mic in front of me. at the end of the day the only thing i attribute to me is the loss. >> i think robert competed and gave us a good chance to win. took some sacks he probably shouldn't have taken. >> it's frustrating to know lost. p 10-0 and hopefully we can do some things to turn things around. we'll see what happens in the division. >> there is more drama concerning rg iii. the decision to start robert came from the owner instead of jay. that report says some players didn't agree with rg iii starting and in fact spr support for rg iii is waivering in the locker room. and they said several players causing ruck cuss making it impossible to hear robert speak. he said that was inaccurate. >>

next chief of the pent govenlt jennifer griffin is live now. what are we learning about the president's decision? >> reporter: heather, the decision to remove chuck hagel was connected to the midterm election. it is not uncommon for the president to make changes. hagel was the sacrificial lamb for the white house which is struggling. hagel was the easiest time of the staff to remove. he but theed heads with susan rice, and they are regarding gitmo releases and rear admiral john kirby insists that hagel was not fired. >> secretary hagel accomplished things. he issued dozen reforms and managed the rebalance to the asian positive pacific and draw down the mission afghanistan and

robert griffin iii had a bad game and a not so good post game press conference. and because of that, everyone seems to be taking shots at rg3. hall-of-famer steve young who was coached by mike shanahan during his time with the 49ers had this to say about griffin and is on the field issues. >> i've talked to previous coaches, people i trust and admire, no quarterbacks, he dot put the time in. >> here's the thing. that's completely the opposite of what we have heard about griffin during h entire time here with the redskins. when it comes to his work ethic, that has never been in question. however, his cd coach, jay gruden, did make it clear that griffin needs to improve dramatically after sunday's pe >> robert had some fundamental flaws. he did. his footwork was below average. you know, he took three-step drops when he should have taken five. he took one-step drop when he should have taken three. on a couple occasions. and that can't happen. he stepped up when he didn't have to step up. and stepped into pressure. he read the wrong side of the field a couple times.

to 19, green, 4-3, small forward has a message for griffin as well. how does a career high of 21 points sound. warriors win big. >> we want to protect our home court, we want to stay undefeated here as long as possible. >> a win is a win, especially with the opponent on your home court you got to enjoy that. and i understand, not to be cocky or anything, just understand we can get better. but we're playing well right now. >> dominating tonight. yesterday jerry rice made his thoughts known on jim harbaugh's future. today, joe montana offered his thoughts on sirius xm radio. >> because you know how that happens, bang, somebody is gone, and sometimes not even for a good reason. i think everybody expected jim walsh to come back and not retire. whether jim moves on, i don't know, if there is something going on i would say he is not coming back, but if there isn't, i don't see why not. he has a great nucleus there, i don't see why he would move on. >> on sunday, there will be help against the new york giants, smith's nine-game suspension will be fully serve

griffin prepared to be his backup. gruden says he knows rg-3 did play better and that signature hymn down right now may help him in the long term. but he added, right now mccoy gives the skins a better chance to win a game and that as long as he's productive, the job is his. >> i'm prepared to give colt every opportunity to keep the job, yes. that's not an issue for me. if he zshgs he'll be the quarterback next week. if he does, he'll be the quarterback the following week. but he's an experienced quarterback. he's got, you know, some games under his belt in the nfl. he has a little bit more experience than the other two guys have here. and, you know, he plays like it. >> gruden said that he made the switch because rg 3 just isn't producing enough. so lots more to this though. how does the rest of the team feel about the quarterback change? we'll talk to them in about 30 minutes. >> thanks, diana. >> arrested for impersonating a first responder and it's not the first time he's pretended to be somebody he's not. >> forme

griffin is yet to win a game he finishes this season. colt mccoy has led the skins to a pair of victory, including one over dallas. griffin's future with the skins is uncertain now following his benching. >>> a series of memorial events have been set for marion barry. vincent gray and other officials plan to announce details of the services at a news conference this afternoon. a public viewing at the wilson building is expected to be among the plans. barry known to many as washington's mayor for life died sunday at age 78. he served four terms as mayor and three terms as a city council member. >>> today's big snowstorm is expected to have a huge impact on holiday travel. craig boswell is at union station with more. >> reporter: airports are seeing long lines of holiday travelers watching the weather and the flight status board. a winter storm is hitting the northeast with rain turning to snow. >> 1 to 2-inch snowfall rates per hour. the rain-snow line hugging the coast of 'massachusetts. >> reporter: the large crowds and bad weather are

robert griffin the iii, he didn't say much to the media but we got his message loud and clear and >>> some complain rg3 didn't say very much today. there are some who complain he still said too much. which side did you come down on like i didn't know? >> i thought he handled the situation perfectly. with all the chaos and noise surroung rg3, he and his head coach, jay, are trying to leave it in the past. the only way to end this nonsense is to not talk about it. do you need to make changes to corre some of the fundamenta? jay wants me to play better, 29th play better. we're focused on san francisco. like said, we're focused on san francisco. have another one coming up. that's all we're promised. focused on sanrancisco doing what i can to help this team win. >> other than answering question with focusing on san francisco, are you doing anything different to prepare than you would have done before? >> just preparing for san francisco, man, that's all i can all right. both griff in and his head coach, jay gruden trying to put everythi behind him. griffin did have one comment saying he ta

. >>> and more trouble for griffin, it's like a game of tips here. >>> taking it back 18 yards, and, we're not done with the turnovers yet,. >>> griffin goes, to roy junior, and, he turns the up the field, and fumbles and, tampa bay recovers. >>> despite all the problems, the skins would get into the end zone, and it's another screen-pass, and goes untouched, 30-yard touchdown. >>> redskins down, 13-7 at the half. >>> third-quarter, the bucs showed some live, mccowan fires one deep to, evans, and, makes the catch for the touchdown. and, now, 20-7 and then, mccowan connects was evan again, and, he gets torched, and he has two scores and, they go down, 27-7, an embarrassing loss. >>> anytime you lose a game like this, and you play like this it, you're embarrassed,. >>> i feel like, we are at a disadvantage. >>> get over the top and, give us another chance and, say that's what football is all about. >>> the great quarterback, the peyton -- and rodgers, and, they play if their guys don't play well. >>> i promise that it, i'll be there for them. i love my teammates. >>> all right. stickin

it was all that, the lack of productivity, that got robert griffin, iii benched for the second straight season. it's a surprising fall from grace for griffin, who burst into the league with a rookie of the year season, leading the skins to the nfc east title but since then he's 4-14 over the last two years. gruden says he hopes this helps toughen up griffin and lights a fire in his belly. >> he's a very smart guy, bright guy, willing to learn, willing to work but for whatever reason when he started here with me, we haven't been very productive on offense and we're looking for more production out of position. >> i know they're confident in me. i just have to go out there and play smart football, do what i'm supposed to do, hopefully get the run game going early and i'm taking it one day at a time. >> remember that thanksgiving night two years ago when robert threw four touchdowns, dominated the cowboys on their own turf? dallas owner jerry jones remembers that and he still thinks rg3 could be a star qb. he said i'm a fan of rg3, he put on a game that just flood me two years ago. once you

he also has a lot to say about robert griffin iii's performance on the field. and boy, is it not good. we're going to have that coming up in sports. i'm dianna russini live in redskins park. back to you. >> it's a tough room. >>> the nfl says it cooperated when federal agents with the dea surprised players yesterday. >> they were with medical staffers for the 49ers, buccaneers and seahawks. those surprise inspections came amid suspicions some teams are issuing pain killers to keep the players on the field. this was alleged by former players in a lawsuit year. the its knowledge there were no irregularities found during yesterday's inspections. >> so what's the next step for bill cosby? >> at 5:00 tonight, some people are glad the comedian is staying silent. more than a dozen women saying they were sexually assaulted by the comic. find out what could be his next move. >>> and the difference between life and death. dore dore dore again gentzler explains who american cases with ebola ended in tragedy. >>> a man assaulted in university. not the first that happened.

he's reporting that robert griffin iii has been benched. even though the redskins have not even started practice. the indianapolis colts -- he is reporting the decision has been made. this has not been confirmed by us. you certainly have heard jay gruden on his conference call yesterday, he reiterated that his intent was to start robert griffin iii on sunday. tonight, we are hearing that colt mccoy will start against the colts. the washington wizards played host to the hawks at the verizon center. wizards 9-3, first place in the southeast division. john wall doing what john wall does, to the bucket. forces the action. and-one. the game was close until the fourth quarter. the hawks went on a 12-0 run. jeff t to mike scott. atlanta with a lead. but then jeff teague took it over, ending with 28 points. the wizards made a close, but the final was 106-102, atlanta over washington. terps beat arizona state to go to 4-0 last night. tonight they took on 13th-ranked iowa state. several freshmen played big roles. 23-16 terps. iowa state helped them a

robert griffin was there. both guys looked a little uneasy. >> yeah, you want to talk about being awkward -- i think every ,ingle sentence for rg iii was we are just trying to be focused on san francisco. how is your footwork? we are trying to be focused on san francisco. >> how about jay gruden? >we are trying to stay focused n san francisco. himselfen was hard on being hard on rg iii to the media. both of them seemed focused on san francisco. >> is there anything you would like to clear up>> from sunday? it. already said there is no point of me saying it again here. i said what i had to say. i addressed it with the team. we've got to make sure we talk , us as ans a group and not make this so much about one person. we are on the same page right now. here is one question that was not asked in the press conference --are you focused on san francisco? robert burton, abc seven sports. >> i'm glad to see you are focused. for basketball fans, the wizards are 7-2. when you look at the opponents, nobody is really that

ashburn dave owens, wusa9 sports. >> dave also said griffin spoke with his teammates monday. linebacker ryan kerrigan said he didn't think griffin threw his teammates under the bus and said there is solidarity in the locker room. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> i was outside today shooting a story and for a good portion after that i couldn't quite feel my fingers. it was cold. >> that would be cold by january standards. we're 20, 25 degrees below average. the good news, we'll be 10 degrees below average tomorrow and back to 20 degrees below average on friday. high temperatures today, only 37 at national so far, again the average 57, 34 in leesburg, 36 in manassas. even in the dead of winter our average high is 41. this would be below average no matter what time of day or night in the winter. even 36 in annapolis for a high, 35 in andrews, 39 in fredericksburg. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, still standing at 37. look at that dew point 9, relative humidity 31%. we talked about that dew point this ti

gruden assesses griffin's performance. we'll have that coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> thanks, carol. >>> her hoop dreams inspired a movement and raised a lot of money to fight pediatric cancer. >> lauryn hill realized a dream of her own and is getting the attention of big names. lebron james instagrammed this picture of her playing her first college game. she has inoperable brain cancer and doctors say she only has a few months to live. the ncaa moved up the home opener at her school in cincinnati so she could play. she scored the first shot of the game helping lead her team to victory. >> i'm so happy that people know about it now and we can get some research going and fund that home run cure for cancer. even though i might not -- i'm probably not going to be around to see it, but it's going to help a lot of people. >> lauren is the inspiration behind the layup for lauren challenge. thousands of people, including professional athletes have done it. they've raised more than $25,000 to fight pediatric cancer. >>> right now

for griffin. this weekend would have been the time that he faced the man that was taken one spot ahead of him in the 2012 nfl draft, andrew luck. griffin did speak for the first time since being benched while leaving the practice field today saying "you know, it's coach's decision, i'm here to help this team win." now, yesterday routen explained why he decided to bench the team's franchise quarterback. >> when you're preaching production, you're preaching accountability and all that stuff and it's important that you hold everybody to the same standard. and like i said, i know robert can play better, i know we can coach him better but the bottom line is we didn't get much production from the offense with him as a starter and that's why we had to make a change. it's not all him. it's offensive line sometimes and sometimes we turn the ball over and poor field position. ultimately it's the responsibility we have to put the best player in at that position and now that's colt. >>> else in where in detro

drew griffin, thanks so much. so the winner of the louisiana race will not be known for weeks, neither of the republican challengers got more than 50% of the vote needed to win outright. so it that race will be decided in a two-candidate runoff, mary landrieu, democrat, bill cassidy, the republican, suzanne malveaux live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, when they call this the jungle primary, clearly, there's going to be 32 days to actually determine who's going to win, who coming out on top of this. i had spoken to senator land drew earlier in the day. she was calm that she had that 51.1 plus percent. she came out very forceful in the evening talking about this is not going to be a race about the president, whether or not he was competent back then or now or who he'll become. that was something she stressed. cassidy, on the other hand, immediately, when he took to the stage compared her to the president. and that 60% of louisiana voters had voted for change. there's a very clear difference between these

robert griffin the third. and the number four thing you want to watch for in today's game, you guessed it, robert griffin iii. rg3 playing his first game since dislocating his ankle in week two of the season i expect him to be a us and nervous as well. what he has going for him has to be the play of his teammates, desean jackson, pierre garcon, alfred morris, these guys have stepped up the last two weeks and griffin must remember he doesn't have to do it all by himself. trust and believe in your teammates. those are your four things to watch for. enjoy today's ball game. go red skins. >>> today you can watch d.c. united start its play-off run. turn on comcastsportsnet at 4:00 this afternoon. they play the new york red bulls in new york today. then the teams will play at rfk stadium next weekend. >>> in the wk ahead you can let the gaithersburg city council know what you think about parking. the city planning commission will have a public meeting about two amo designed to update street parking and loading zones

robert griffin iii did not perform well yesterday in san francisco. will he start this sunday against the colts? as head coach jay gruden has the answer, coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. start your new orleans holiday at followyournola.com. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> jason, i've got to tell you something. i've never seen in 45 years in this town -- i was in home depot during a game. it was loaded with guys, and women, who had given up. >> you used to be able to plan your errands around -- >> anything you want at home tea party owe during the game. between 4:00 and whatever. they were giving up. this is a bad situation. >> reporter: you can't blame them after that performance you saw from robert griffin iii. he was not very good in san francisco yesterday. today, though, his head coach did give a conference call to the media and i want to share some important notes from that conference call. when it comes to robert griffin ii

and second-quarter, skins get a little rhythm, and griffin goes to guarantee son, and he takes it, 25 yards and, washington is driving. a few plays later,. >>> powers it in, from a yard out, and he got 100 yards today, and, they led, 10-7 at the half and, skins defense steps up and, kaeperneck goes deep and, picked off. first action of the season after filling in for porter and, we go to the fourth-quarter and, it's another san francisco turnover, gore fumbles it. and it is recovered by thomas and, force 3 turnovers in the game. and, with two, and defense couldn't hold it. late fourth, and, hyde, runs it in, and niners regain the lead, 17-13. so, move on, and, griffin, is leveled, and check this out. >>> smith, he fumbles right into the hands of brooks, to seal the deal and, 11-19. and sacked five times, and redskins, go down, 17-13. >>> we had a great opportunity to win the game and, we just, didn't do a good enough job, with our protection, and, we just let them hang it on there and it's not one thing, and we're not going to quit. >>> no matter how grim it might look, and we'll stay

. >> reporter: george griffin is the director of montgomery county liquor control. >> it appears from this that two of our -- two county employees are consuming alcohol while they're operating a county vehicle. which is obviously against all administrative procedures in the county. that's a slam dunk. >> reporter: griffin says he immediately pulled both men off the street and put them on administrative leave pending an investigation. he says while he can't comment specifically on personnel actions against specific employees, he did tell us that drinking on the job is widely seen as grounds for dismissal without fail. this is just one of several stories in our beer-bust investigation where we have uncovered a complicated scheme to hide stolen cases of beer from the county. we made a special website to show you how the scheme goes down. go to investigations tab on nbcwashington.com. >>> it's been a main stay in d.c. through some tough financial times. how a local bank is celebrating a huge milestone. >>> plus, meeting teens where they are. how one mom is changing minds by taking her son

it's his job to worry about his job at it's my job to worry about everybody else. >> griffin did take to social media saying, it's unfortunate that anyone would take a piece of my press conference and say i threw my teamm these men are my f he went on to say, i would never throw my teammates under the bus. i take responsibility for my play and will play better. i didn't think his commen w. he said, we have no pro bowlers in that locker room, i thought that was over the line. didn't need to say that. >> taken as a whole, i don't think any of it was taken out of context. it didn't sound good -- >> when you're losing and playing bad, people are going to pick apart everything you're saying. >>> moving on to college basketball, maryland was at home facinghe blue de looking for win number two at the xfinity center. check out the pass. later on in the hal. lehman keeps it in. little circus shot h gets it to go. .he second half, terps starting dez driving, monst he had a game-high 27 poin. terps beat central connecticut state university. >>> also, american university, they beat san francis 49

if you think jay gruden was hard on griffin monday in public, you did not hear anything that the coach did not already tell the quarterback. jay gruden regrets saying publicly -- they kept their comments short and to the point in front of the microphones today. >> like i said, we are focused on san francisco. that's all we got. >> going back and looking at the tape, the game, see anything in particular you want to be working on this week? >> everything, man. jay wants me to play better. >> i have made this too much about one guy. it's about this team in this franchise, this organization. moving forward we have got to make sure we talk about us as a group. offense, defense, special teams, and not make it so much about one person. although we are on the same page right now -- >> i think that look says it all. all this trauma is gray television. -- drama is great television. regressing,ack is the team is underachieving, the coaches are being outcoached. all of that would change if the organization started to win consistently. this is washington. the focus, instead, is on the drama. >> the

we'll get her wired up, and then we'll go to griffin in a moment here. hagel has long served in the u.s. government, u.s. military. two purple hearts, an infantry leader during the vietnam war, returned home to start careers in business and politics, born in nebraska, served that state in the u.s. senate, first elected, in fact, elected, rather, u.s. senate 1996, reelected in 2002, then retired in 2008 before then serving the current commander in chief, president barack obama. martha: all right. let's get to our national security correspondent for more on this, jennifer griffin joins us. good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, martha. senior u.s. defense official tells us that secretary hagel tendered his resignation to the president this morning, it is something that had been discussed between the president and secretary hagel for several weeks, we're told. the indication is, however, that he left -- officially they're saying by mutual agreement, but behind the scenes the word for weeks has been that he was under pressure to step down. rememb