and sources now say it all centers around mike shanahan's son. new details about the potential shake-upcoming up next. >>> but we begin with the weather. that winter storm has moved out but the threat isn't over yet. dangerous black ice could create problems, especially onside roads and still haven't been plowed. >> as temperatures tumble into the teens, utility crews are working around clock. hundreds spend a third night in the dark and in the cold. >> we have team coverage for you tonight from the roads to the race to restore power and even some school delays already. let's start with chief meteorologist doug kammerer in storm center 4. >> very early in this winter season. we are seeing that winter like area across the area. the snow, the ice on sunday. the snow across the area today. look, this is the storm team 4 radar as it moved across the area bringing with it bands of early snow early this morning. just as fast as it began, it went out of here very, very quickly. behind it now, we are seeing those very cold temperatures. so that everythin

tonight mike shanahan is still head coach of the redskins team. for the last 48 hours questions have been surrounding the redskins organization about his future. strong sources within the organization have shared with the news 4 sports department that there's reason to believe that kyle shanahan's future with the redskins is what is driving mike shanahan to want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his own job. we have reached out to head coach mike shanahan and have yet to hear back from him tonight. we also confirmed with the redskins today that dan snyder will not be involved in any player decisions and will allow coac mike shanahan to make the call as to whether robert griffin iii or kurt cousins starts as quarterback this sunday against the atlanta falcons. we know coach shanahan is not being fired today and is expected to be at practice tomorrow. >>> the one thing that everyone has in their homes that

as mike shanahan made clear today, nobody's job is safe. it might be a scenario where mike stays and kyle goes, going to be really interesting to see what happens. >> i would believe there's a group out there saying hurry up and get the season over with. >> get the circus over and move on to next season. we've got mike weiss from the washington post to join me later and give me his always entertaining thoughts and ideas. >> love mike, thanks. >>> council members pushing for answers about reports of sex assaults and late night parties at a d.c. pool facility, the focus on the multimillion dollar wilson aquatic center last month. three women, two of them teens, say they were assaulted during after hours pool parties. at a hearing today we learned there have been no arrests and council member mary cheh says not enough accountability. >> what have you done about this incident about who may be involved, who knew or should have known what was going on at the pool? >> cheh also pointed to a d.c. inspector general's report suggesting facility worke

. >> i think mike shanahan took control of this ballclub. and a very animated, emotional, outspoken meeting he made it known this is his ballclub until dan snyder tells him otherwise. inactive for the final three meetings out the reason is to keep the franchise quarterback healthy to prepare in the off-season to get ready to play next year. kirk cousins will start against atlanta and even he said that this is his ballclub but griffin seemed down and only agreed begrudgingly. end of the day, the coaches decision is what we go with and that's what it's always been. to do that. >> i know he won't understand. he won't. at the end, i'm hoping maybe in a year or two he will. >> mike shanahan giving his reasons why rg3 will not play anymore this year. more on the redskins later and sports. >> quite a big story today. accusations of domestic violence against george zimmerman. why he won't be charged. coming up next, why federal officials fear avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2

and today, mike shanahan was asked this question. what's the long-term stainability of an offense where there seems to be more sideways options than down field pitches. >> this year, we're not there. we're moving the ball fairly well on the ground. we're not where we want to be in the passing game. we are working to improve that, and we have fallen short to the last two or three games. >> late in the game, griffin decides to run, get sacked. >> have to make plays and we weren't doing that in the second half, and that's why some of our drives stalled. >> eli manning who won't win many foot races stands in the pocket with the defender draped all over him, delivers a strike, moves the chains, and the decisions of mike shanahan are being dissected. why did alfred morris disappear? why, why, why? >> questions, questions, questions. that's life of an nfl coach where you are 12 games under 500 overall. mike shanahan better win one soon or those questions are going to continue. from redskins park, dave owens, wusa9 sports. >> but that's okay

there is a lot of buzz that mike shanahan's days here in washington could be coming to an end very soon. robert griffin iii has a lot to say about this. we will have that coming up in sports. >>> mourning continues in south africa. how nelson mandela was honored today. >>> we see rain and snow continuing to make the way across. sleet and freezing rain will pose big problems for early tomorrow morning. we will have the latest on our for all those who sleep too hot or too cool, and struggle to sleep comfortably together, now there's a solution. the company that individualized your comfort with the sleep number bed brings you sleep number dual temp, the revolutionary temperature-balancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress brand, including yours. whether you sleep hot or cool, sleep number dual temp allows each of you to select your ideal temperature. so you can both sleep exactly the way you like, at your own perfect temperature. and there's only one ld you'll : a sleep number store, where this holiday season, the hottest sleep innovations make the coolest gifts,

so why not just say that, mike? here's why. because mike shanahan has a problem. he doesn't really like to tell the truth. tuesday heed to reporters, "i'm not normally honest with -- he told reporters, "i'm not normally honest with you guys because i don't think it's anybody's business." he actually said that. that's okay if you're bill belichick and winning but when you're 13-27 in two seasons overall, you don't get that pass. the man we brought here for stability seems to be wobbling out of town. every other week there seems to be a leaked story, then a weird explanation. i was in the navy. you know what happens when you keep getting leaks, guys? the ship sinks. that's my opinion. >>> finally time to announce our high school sports game of the week. it's a good one, ch flowers bladensburg basketball, 16,000 total vote. we'll have highlights tomorrow on our 11:00 newscast. when you get leaks, the ship sinks. that's what you know. take it from me. >> thank you for serving our country, by the way. i'm kind of tired of talking redskins by this point. >> they're goin

and 10.eader, he is 3 mike shanahan is probably getting fired. a sitdown know until with dan and we will find out what i think and i will give him my opinions and he will give me his. maybe we hit it off and i get that 15-year contract. maybe three-year. >> mike shanahan went through a kaleidoscope of emotions -- anger, humor, but for more it ever reason -- but for whatever >> the short term it's going to get even colder. take a look at what you will wake up to in the morning. cold, breezy, temperatures theeen 18 and 26 with windchill even lower. we might get to 30. but the breeze feeling colder, saturday another storm system could bring us some rain, maybe a went to remix and then we will have more on what to expect when you join me at 11:00. >> join us for 11:00. have a good night.

you see espn released a report this morning around 11:00 that stated that coach mike shanahan wanted to quit this redskins team last season and cleaned out his office before their game against seattle. the report said shanahan could not stand the relationship between rg 3 and owner dan snyder. the report said coach was tired of snyder empowering griffin. some believe this was leaked out by coach shanahan so he could try to get snyder to fire him so he could get his $7 million next season without having to coach here in washington. shanahan was asked aboutt it after today's loss. >> it is not the right time or place to talkt about my relationship with dan snyder or thought the right time and place to talk about something that happened a year ago. i will get a chance to talk with dan at the end of the season. and i will give him view points from me and he will give me his thoughts and what direction we will go. we will communicate that at the proper time. >> you heard coach right there not denying the report. there is a lot of buzz that mike shanahan's days here in washington could be

shanahan was grooming mike shanahan to become a coach. regardless whether or not you believe all these reports. it's another week. it's another leak, and more anonymous sources coming out of that building at redskins park, which for a lot of people signifies things are not harmonious. people would be keeping their mouths shut and these reports would not be leaking out. mike shanahan has been taking heat for allowing this situation to occur under his watch. today i asked him once again, why all these loose lips in his organization? >> i can't do anything about those reports. i can guess where they come from. i know there's a lot of people, in my past, or coach hazel's past. i know not everybody is happy. it can be tough. a lot of things do come out as part of this business. >> would it be fair to say that as an owner, looking up high, down low, these distractions are a major detriment to bringing you back. would that be a fair thing to say? >> you'd have to talk to dan schneider about that. he'd give you a better answer. >> better answer.

mike shanahan was also talking after the game. in his press conference, he addressed reports about his relationship with dan snyder. those reports say he had clued out his office before the playoff loss to seattle last january. he was going to leave. withs extremely upset snyder over the way he ran the franchise. here is mike shanahan. talking about my relationship with dan snyder. this is not the right time or place to talk about something that happened a year ago. we don't know what direction it will go. he pulled the bull by the horns. he was not asked any questions. he walked right up to the podium. >> i want to talk about football. that was this rest conference. we have not heard anything. it will be interesting. >> all right. let's talk about the situation now. leesburg. , we know it is rough getting out there. what is the situation like now? >> hi, guys. how are you doing? the good news is the precipitation has stopped in the area. and he thing that is outside is encased in ice. it might've been the's folks coming out right

and robert griffin iii. >> his offensive coordinator kyle shanahan, who is mike shanahan's son. look at that dynamic who has developed there, the owner who is tight with his quarterback who doesn't like his offensive coordinator, whose father is the head coach. it's gotten ugly. there's a lot of drama that's going on behind the scenes. i do not see mike shanahan coaching the washington redskins going into 2014. who wants that job? who knows because dan schneider is a very hands-on owner. i don't see a guy like john gruden who just recently reupped with espn or bill cower, those high prow file guys that teams want, i do not see mike shanahan there after this season. >> reporting from new york, just some interesting drama going on in d.c., tony. >> an interesting quarterback that means the coaches are going to go first. no? >> they don't want to replace the quarterback. >>> a storm threatening the east coast, dave warren will have it, back in just a moment. in. >> meteorologist dave warren. another round of winter weather is what we are expecting. starting to see that first off in

is what is driving mike shanahan to want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his job. we have reached out to head coach mike shanahan and we have yet to hear back from him. we also confirmed with the redskins tonight that dan snyder won't be involved in any player decisions and will allow coach mike shanahan to make the call as to who starts as quarterback this sunday against the atlanta falcons. we know coach shanahan is not being fired today and is expected to be at practice tomorrow. we'll continue following this story and we'll bring you the latest coming up at "news 4 at 6:00" and we'll continue to reach out to coach shanahan and perhaps get more information from the redskins. that's the latest out of redskins park tonight. >> a lot of tension over there. >> and it continues. >>> our storm team 4 coverage continues. >> we have a team of meteorologists working to break down the latest on what else we can expect in

dan snyder, mike shanahan, how shanahan. it was the play of kirk cousins that blew up. interceptions, it seemed like everybody wanted to talk about his first half and his entire game. he had three touchdowns. it was just a great change of pace. the team needed a spark in he gave it to them. mike shanahan says easy, to not go crazy. >> let's not get carried away about one-game. that's all it is. we saw what robert did last year. acl, rehab thean whole year. he put up some good numbers this year. maybe not in comparison to the first year but let's not get carried away. >> our play of the day comes from the football championship subdivision in new hampshire. look at this. the scramble, slip to defend her, finds his receiver in the end zone for the touchdown. new hampshire would come back to win it anyway. holy cow. how about the scramble, the throw, and a touchdown. the caps were down in philadelphia tonight. the caps now have won six of their last eight games. we will see what they do against the flyers tomorrow night in philly. >> a christmas tradition at the medical cen

mike shanahan says it's about his health. i think we always know sports and politics have a lot in common. we always know what people are saying is not always exactly what's going on. my guess is we have not heard the last of this. and kirk cousins, former michigan state great, will be starting on sunday. >> all right. chris cillizza, i think i hear espn calling. >> is that what that is? >> all right. thanks, chris. well, that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." ann dree is back with you tomorrow. among her guests, democratic party chair debbie wasserman schultz and hunter biden. remember to follow the show online and on twitter @mitchellreports. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> hey, there. thank you so much. several developing stories in the next hour. right now the former chief of staff to senator lamar alexander is in court charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. we'll have the latest, including new details on what investigators say happened when

what do you think about mike shanahan going out the door at redskins park? obviously it was expected. but really, are i mean, the skins have to start from scratch now it seems. >> yeah, i grew up in the d.c. area, as well. it is a lot different than it was in our clengttive childhoods. you of all people know that in washington, d.c. and that whole mid-atlantic area of the country just how deep the roots run, fan dom of the redskins. the old expression in washington is the two most important people in town are the president of the united states and the quarterback of the washington redskins and not necessarily in that order. and it has been such a difficult season. right? eight straight losses to end this season. that's the worst in the redskins have had in more than 50 years just a gut punch to people in town after last season, justifies such an optimistic high, the feeling finally teams were starting to turn around. the excitement of the young quarterback robert griffin iii. in between, injuries, shifting allegian allegiances. it i want to give you a pictur

should mike shanahan be fired, which of the free agents should they keep? game on starts at 7:00. >>> it was an ugly loss last night. the timberwolves crushed the wizards 22 points, but a scary moment in the game could have spelled serious trouble for the rest of the season. with about 4 minutes left, bradley beal collapsed to the court after banging his knee with another player. he had trouble getting back up. eventually he had to be helped off the court. good news today, however, the mri on beal's knee was negative. he merely suffered a bone bruise and could even be back on the court tonight against detroit. beal has already missed 35 of the 99 games he played in his career. this is his second season. beal is the team's second leading scorer, so without him, the wizards lose an average 15.2 points a game. >>> hoyas taking on fiu at the verizon center today. devonta smith rivera for three of his 15 points this afternoon. georgetown opened the game on a 30-4 run. later in the first, georgetown still cruising. lieu beck, 7 of 9, also had 15 points, as did st

and a lot of fans are invested in mike shanahan's future. if they willknow play the young guys. mike shanahan dealt with those questions. >> the players know when you are playing for the future. they know your job is to play and get the best chance to win. turnu want to see a team on you, start playing for the future. >> let's go to canada. when the home team scores the come and goal, 25,000 fans out of the stands. this is incredible video and all se were giving to charity. a great idea. the teddy bear toss in calgary. 25,000 of those things. aeir head coach had disappointing record. maryland will play in the ball on december 27. >> so many differences. how many teddy bears they could get. >> this isderful! incredible. there's something on amazon. you can get it that day. thehe president announced $100 million initiative to find a cure for aids. that story is on our website and rate hikes could be on the way for metro riders. you can get the forecast on wjla.com. you've heard about amazon prime. they are getting ready for a and other -- another upgrade. they are getting ready to

the number one question i hear is about mike shanahan, his contract, will he and his staff be back next year for the final year of the contract. rg iii was asked if he endorses mike shanahan. >> everyone is going to have an opinion and it is an outside opinion. only the people inside, us, coaches, everybody else in the organization knows what goes on around here. >> what is your opinion? >> my opinion of? >> the future. >> i think these guys have a great feature and i love having them here, and that is all i can say. we are focused on kansas city, they are focused on kansas city, that is all we can control. >> so rg iii does not endorse mike shanahan. he just say anything about mike shanahan. >> thank you very much. >> "scandal" is all new and abc 7 prime time. silas realizes he may have gone too far, while the team is getting closer to the truth. at 10:00,w "scandal" followed by abc seven news at 11:00. >> up next -- >> a sharp decline across montgomery county, but nobody knows why. a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids

it's another week and mike shanahan is addressing rumors and not football. namely, that his son, kyle, wants to part ways with him. at today's press conference, i asked him about rumors and why there seems to be so many loose lips in his organization. >> i can guess where they come from. i know there's a lot of people in my past or the coach's past, or gary kubiak, hey, not everybody is happy. >> coach shanahan also addressing kirk cousins and his solid performance in atlanta. saying robert griffin is still the starter, but every player on the team has to understand. no matter where they were drafted, the best players will play. >> just because you drafted them in the first round or the sixth round or the seventh round, and you're going to keep them there just because you drafted them or sign a guy with a big signing bonus, you lose respect by your football team. >> and so the drama continues here at redskins park and i missed all that, it's dallas week. from redskins park, dave owens, wusa9 sports. >> i'm topper shutt. we have more flakes in the forecast. w

we put together some of the best of mike shanahan. give a listen. >> i talked to dan schneider about a week ago. talking about the hits robert has had. and any time you're hit, as many times as he's been hit, i thought it was in his best interest, the organization to talk about if we should continue playing robert if he hit as many times as he has been hit. what we have to do, as least as an organization, what is in the best interest of robert? what's the best thing going forward for him? to have those next three games? the experience of going through those reps or having him healthy in the offseason? i'm honestly trying to tell you, man to man, we made a decision that i think, i think is the best for robert. somebody said hey, you know, the reason why you're going with kirk is you are trying to get fired and a year left on your contract. i am not trying to get fired. i'm not going to call up dan schneider and ask his opinion on a player i don't have to. if he says no, i'm not going to go that direction. that's the reason i share some

rg 3 benched by mike shanahan. >> dave owens, these guys have been giving shanahan grief. you know i got questions. if you are gonna bench the guy, why didn't you do it at the beginning of the season? >> why did you play him in the snow season, all of those things. it's an embarrassment. this looks like, smells like a disaster. shanahan said reps were the most important thing for griffin. but now he's changed his mind. references health and the big picture -- referencing health and the big picture. shanahan said the bench was the best play for him. not an easy move to describe but he tried. >> i thought his hits were piling up on him. giving his a toll. i was afraid we would set him back. >> he explained to me his reasoning and at the end of the day, the coach's decision is what we go with and that's what it has always been. >> now, griffin ran scout team today. think about that. he wasn't in the huddle with the starters trying to learn, get better, develop, he ran scout team. any of you have been weighing in throughout the day, you will hear from a redskins individual in

i doubt mike shanahan does it. does he walk away from the one year, $7 million deal if dan schneider asks him to fire his son, the offensive coordinator. it will be interesting. i hardly doubt the shanahan family will condition to coach the washington redskins. >> there was a 49ers clinch. willie mase out there, montana. >> the game is over. >> 49ers. >> beat the fal cans. >> thank you. >> good news for pregnant women who say it's okay to eat nuts. mums that ate months five times a month during pregnancy are less likely to have allergies. women were advised to avoid eating nuts. the research conducted on more than 8,000 children. snapshots - a look at the best pictures of the year. every year hundreds of thousands of children in this country write letters to santa with christmas hopes and dreams. there's a team of u.s. postal workers and community volunteers helping to make the wishes come true. brian rooney explains. >> this is operation santa. for the last several weeks people have come to the central post office

-- everyone else this evening, most expecting mike shanahan to be fired. the question is when? tonight or tomorrow, the end of the season? we'll have to wait and see, but after today's debacle at the snow something needs to change at the top and this team needs more talent on the field, an overall change. i understand the weather was bad and footing wasn't ideal, but when you look back at the game, that didn't seem to bother the kansas city chiefs one bit. they were dead set on stopping a three game losing streak. the redskins looked like they really wanted no part of the weather elements or competing. kansas city threaded washington especially on special teams nearly 300 yards on kick returns. the redskins had no answer for dexter mccluster who accounted for 177 return yards and the tackling efforts were just bad. the frustration is getting to the team and any glimmer of hope is quickly disappearing. >> we can't keep going out there and not getting it right and then come up here and say hey, we got to get it right. i know it gets old, but something has to

will mike shanahan be the head coach of the redskins next season? the jury is still out on that topec but a decision being come monday after their final game of the season. mike shanahan says he expects the decision, whatever it is to be, to be made quickly. >> you'll have to ask dan to make sure. i can't answer that. i'm looking forward to building this football team, but like i said, i'll sit down with dan at the end of the season and we'll go from there. >>> a touching moment before yesterday's game, the hunters thought they were being honored for their son. they hadn't seen him in over a year, and he comes running out of the tunnel. momma is proud and happy to see her son. such an emotional moment. we see these happen a lot at games, and that sight just never gets old. >> i'm a sucker for that. ♪ checkin' target off my list, ♪ ♪ last minute deals on toys and gifts. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday, ♪ that's my kind of holiday. ♪wr ap it up, pop, lock and shop, ♪ ♪ buyin' presents that i forgot. ♪ ♪ that's my holiday. ♪ thank you gra

if you are mike shanahan, you embrace the team, your locker room, your meeting room and say it's us. endorse the idea that you are going to be here next season and so what do you need to do to get your team ready to play football? you don't say i have to show something in terms of wins and losses for dan snyder, get ready for a team. >> reporter: you mentioned dan snyder. you are the owner of the redskins. what do you do? >> i have to decide how much i buy into the penalty hurting the team, if it's coaching or personnel. if the right personnel has been brought in, and if i see a growth going forward toward next season. if i look at it in wins and losses and say you have not done your job, he would be out. if i have the belief continuity is what it takes and there's the continuity to win nex you, if y someone else this entire time, coach, player, owner, but if you are chris cooley, would you get back on this redskins roaster if they asked you to join the team? >> since i played coach, player, owner, i don't know if i'd be accepted in the locker room. it was the time of my life playing

mike shanahan is staying, but his coordinators are getting fired or mike shanahan is leaving to be replaced by robert griffin, iii's college coach, but 1 thing that is true is the redskins have the opportunity to spoil the playoff chances of their biggest rival if everybody can get over all the talk. >> i don't think there's as much noise as you think there is. i think our players are really concentrating on their job. they know their jobs are determined if they play well. >> reporter: does it even feel like dallas week with all the rumors and london retiring and all the other stuff going on? >> it of it's still dallas. we -- it's still dallas. we know there's a big rivalry game. they're playing for something. we have to go out there with the same intensity and mindset. >> i really do believe that it's about our fan base and our fans want nothing more than for to us beat dallas. that game means so much to them, especially at home. dallas has a lot on the line. >> reporter: if washington beats dallas sunday, it would stick in the craw of the cowboys because then their playoff scenario would

redskins coach mike shanahan is going to shut down robert griffin iii inactive. kirk cousins will start this week in atlanta. shanahan noted the potential risk for injury as a major concern when it came to benching griffin. >> the quarterback needs an off season program. it's important to him. when you take a look at quarterback who is your franchise quarterback, he's your future if you miss two off seasons in a roerks it will be the hardest thing to do is recover from that. i take a look at the next three games. i'd like him to have that experience. but at the risk of setting him back where he doesn't go into off season, i think that would be devastating to him. >> i expressed my desire to play. of course i want to be out there and finish the season with my guys, see it through. and he explained to me his reasoning and at the end of the day, coach -- coach's decision is what we go with. >> as you can imagine it was a very wild day at redskins park. coming up later we'll hear from kirk cousins. he'll make his second start of the nfl career this weekend. from the

head coach, mike shanahan named curt cousins the starter. rex grossman will be his backup. shanahan says benching rg3 will keep him healthy, but there's speculation that owner, dan schneider, could fire shanahan at the end of the season. >>> and it was an emotional day for tens of thousands of south africans who lined up for hours. the former south african president will lie in state for the next two days. he will be buried on sunday. >>> meanwhile, hundreds came to pay tribute to the late nelson mandela at a memorial service right here at the washington national cathedral today. >> vice president joe biden, other lawmakers and entertainers attended the service to remember mandela and surae chinn brings us more. >> . >> nelson mandela taught us trust is possible, reconciliation is possible. justice is possible. >> vice president joe biden, secretary of state, john kerry, and other dignitaries came to honor the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> nelson mandela's values are eternal in time. universal in space, and enduring in every circumstance. >> lawmakers, actors, act

the latest rumor claims head coach mike shanahan is trying to get owner daniel snyder to fire him. one report claims coach shanahan will start kurt cousins sunday against atlanta instead of robert griffin, iii to force that firing issue. also thought to be true that, shanahan will have to choose between his son offensive coordinator kyle shanahan and his job. stay tuned. >>> what's happening now got us to thinking shanahan is the seventh burgundy and gold coach since snyder owned the team. none have finished their contract and only one had a winning record, the first one, norv turner during the '99/2000 season. he was fired with three games left in the season. >>> the capitals lost four straight before taking five of their last six. they were 16-2-2 entering tonight's game against the tampa bay lightning, a team they usually dominate at home and one that's banged up. keep your eye on that guy, the great 8. despite the injuries of lightning they shot out to a fast start 3-0 on the caps in the 1st period. looking bad, but then alexander ovechkin took charge, a mere hat trick, the 13t

i doubt mike shanahan does it. does he walk away from the one year, $7 million deal if dan schneider asks him to fire his son, the offensive coordinator. it will be interesting. i hardly doubt the shanahan family will condition to coach the washington every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and >>> if you have an idea for a new product or service but don't know how to turn your idea sgu a business, there's a new start-up company that may help calmed quirky. the company welcomes invention or product ideas and lets internet users pick the best one and develops and markets three ideas every month. the company has become known for the speed and success rates so much so that it has caught the attention of general electric, which is now partnering with quirky. it's good news for quirky and better news for inventors who get quirky's help. patricia has the story. >> this red light means not open the door. yeah, i'm probably going to open it up. it smells like [ bleep ]. >> 27-year-old entrepreneur ben kaufmann

is what is driving mike shanahan to want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his job. we also just confirmed with the redskins that dan snyder will not be involved in any player decisions and will allow coach mike shanahan to make the call as to whether robert griffin iii or kurt cousins starts this sunday at quarterback against the atlanta falcons. >>> caught on camera, a 40-car pileup in wisconsin. cars crashing one after the other on a snow-covered highway. >>> plus in prince george's county how a slushy wet mix right now could spell serious trouble for the evening right home. we have a live report from largo straight ahead. plus this -- >> this is the official pat collins snow stick, and you can have one of your very own. it's the snowman challenge. details coming up. news 4. >>> boy, oh, boy, what melted today will refreeze tonight. we're cold, folks, for the next two days. along with that, storm team 4 already tr

we'll see what comes of it. >>> the jury still out on whether mike shanahan will be back next season but a decision could come as early as next monday, the day after their final game of the season in new york often referred to as black monday. when asked about it yesterday afternoon, shanahan said he expects a decision, wheratev it is, to be made quickly. >> i'm sure it will but you'll have to ask dan to make sure. i'm looking forward to building this football team but like i said, it's a situation i'll get a chance to sit down with dan and we'll go from there. >> that will do it for your morning sports. redskins are practicing today. we'll have full coverage from ashburn coming up this evening. i'm kristen berset. have a great tuesday. >>> if you tried to sign up for insurance yesterday on obamacare and you forgot, most of you still have a one-day extension so that's good. >> that is good. plus, this morning nasa astronauts head out on to a space walk hoping to finish repairs to an important system on the international space station. 5:24. how is traffic? is it light? >> it's very l

four coaches were fired, including mike shanahan and the lions, buccaneers and cleveland browns head coach was fired late sunday night. the theme? teams want more wins. past success is not a guarantee of future results. mike shanahan one two super bowl for the denver broncos in the 1990s, but after four seasons with the redskins, that was the last role. washington it with a $36 million salary cap penalty going into his third year. >> what i thought something that we had to do was get defensive players. when we got the $36 million hit, we were not able to get the players we were wanting to get. we had a lot of people targeted in the third year. we were still able to win the nfc east. i was proud. anytime you are the 20th ranked defense in third in special teams, you usually do not do it. we were able to overcome battles and find a way to win. we had debt in the special teams and dept in defense. tim schwartz has a 29-51. -- jim schwartz. >> we have fallen short of the expert nations of the ownership. those expectations are simple, and a very strongly want to bring a consistently winni

we assume mike shanahan is going to coach against atlanta. has a clause in his contract the gives him all decisions on personnel. a coachlook at it as who simply has a 3-10 team, looking to get a spark in his team. the quarterback who just got his six times, sacked and a coach who wants to find a new spark. topics, college basketball has taken a dramatic turn. the best team in washington is george washington. once again, he was nothing but net. sunday night, george washington amir bloomberg tied in the final seconds. as the clock wound down, he knew it was his time. >> i wanted to go. they got it to me. >> he beat the buzzer. >> it was great. it was what i have dreamed of since i was a little kid. i finally got to do that. >> marie's is a student athlete. he is a graduate student. he feels right at home at gw. >> it is a match made in heaven. prove he had a lot left. now we are 8-1. we are a great team to watch. graduated,d indiana, now plays a gw. >> roads were cleared to drive early in the day. >> with people not going to work because of th

several head coaches have gotten the ax in recent weeks, including mike shanahan. who is on this list? it's a sight to behold, rachel. >> we have it laid out before you. it's kind of like murderers'' row. one was fired last night. they gave hem two hours. gary kubiak a few weeks ago, but still a pretty crazy group. leslie frazier had some of his players crying in the locker room, he but they couldn't win. so in each one of these cities, there's something a bit different going on, but 20 teams that woke up this morning that hadn't made the playoffs. six of them now have vacancies. we still don't know what's going on in tennessee. we don't know what's going on with dennis allen in oak len. jason garrett's job is safe, and jerry jones the owner has guaranteed that again, even though last night they had another heartbreaking loss. i think there's fans watching this show that might not be so happy to hear that, but in fact his job is safe, and tom coughlin is also going to cityic around, the owner john mara said he is welcome back next year. somebody else asked if every

will mike shanahan be back? and the bigger question now is just how solid is the relationship between coach's franchise quarterback? that was one of the main topics at today's press conference in ashburn. there was very little chat about their upcoming game against kansas city and more about the state of the team. however, both griffin and shanahan of course say their relationship is just fine. >> i haven't spent a lot of time here obviously. i haven't spent a lot of time in the league and it takes time to build that trust over time. with a coach anytime. >> i think it's always been good. yeah. i know -- some of the things i read it's not always that good. but i've always felt it's been good. >> and the state of the redskins is a national conversation. most of the attention is on the ownership. if mike shanahan were not to come back next season, could the redskins even get a high quality coach to replace him? according to former super bowl winning coach tony dungy the answer is no. here's what he had to say on t

whether it's mike shanahan or anyone else there, so they will have number eight. i think there's a question, do the redskins have the money to be able with the salary cap as well as being able to have the talent and evaluation for the draft. i think those things have been hurting the franchise as much as the coach. >> karen, i want to get your take. there was so much drama behind the scenes that led up to this moment. what do you make of it? >> it has been a can this marriage be saved all along between the owner dan snyder and the coach mike shanahan. again, we are once again coming into january with everybody in washington repeating our favorite joke here, which is what do you call a bunch of millionaires sitting around the tv watching the super bowl? it's the washington redskins. >> jonathan, why don't you have the final word on this point. are the redskins stronger moving forward without shanahan? >> look, you're asking the wrong guy here. i don't know anything about football, i don't know anything about shanahan. i saw him for the first time now. this much i d

mike shanahan puts this loss on his shoulders. >> [indiscernible] >> all we can do is keep working. i'm not going to tell you that it is something easy to do. i understand the fans frustrations. the ravens and vikings, all of the action was at the end of the game. end.un at the there we go. 10 seconds left. joe flacco, touchdown. room.t have much the ravens win 29-26. washington.orge a bit of separation, just before the buzzer. george washington beats maryland , 77-75. george mason also in action. 66.on loses 81- >> a great night last night. >> let's take another look outside. a live look at fedex field. >> pictures from arlington outside our studio. when i was making my way into work, it was rain. over.oes not mean it is >> when do we expect to get the next round of precipitation? >> probably 10:00. if the rain gets heavier, it will bring warmer air from up above. way. two is coming our .ome current temperatures those are the areas that will warm up sooner. the dew point is 31 so the air is saturated. areas away from water, not so lucky. 29 in arlington. 26 in leesburg. these tempe

head coach mike shanahan. there are reports he is planning to leave the team after the season. d.c. s is washington a love drama here. talk radio thrives on it. between kirk cousins' informants, the town is buzzing today. he so-called experts are also talking about kyle shanahan's job. they say he is not endeared himself to the staff and that he is the main problem. he complains about everything and his father has to fix it. despite they are eighth in total offense out of 32 teams, another report says sally -- kyle shanahan would like to work for someone other than his father. the address these issues with broad spa road -- broad strokes. is concentrateo on the dallas cowboys portland the faction -- falcons. there always people in the past. a lot of things to come out. it is part of this business. we have to work through it and i think our organization is tough enough to work through it. >> i go back to this is washington and redskins are going to the football. now they are debating mark shanahan, the cornerba

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mike shanahan may have to choose between keeping his job and keeping his son on the staff. we are following several big stories here. a d.c. police officer will be in court this afternoon after he was arrested in a prostitution case. officer linwood barn hill is charged with two counts of papdering a minor. investigators searched his apartment and he was found with a teenage girl who had been reported missing. humans of people are at a special memorial for nelson mandela at the national cathedral. joe biden is speaking right now. it's in conjunction with the south african embassy. time for a final check on the forecast. amelia segal is here to tell us what we can expect into tomorrow. >> cold today and tomorrow and we will jump into the weekend. people are starting to ask what's going on this weekend. snow and rain are likely for saturday. the exact timing we still need to iron out. we will update the forecast, but right now it looks like the system will begin as snow and transition over to maybe a wintry mix ending as rain overnight saturday or sunday. sunshine returns and

big name there on the left, mike shanahan. fired by the redskins. and now there are three more among them, leslie frasier of the lions. in all, five coaches fired thus far on black monday. one more earlier this year. rachel nichols joins me now from new york. host of "unguarded." so you have out of d.c., big disappointment in mike shanahan. >> yeah, people say in washington, d.c., if you don't have an idea of how important football is in that part of the country, that the two most important people in town are the president of the united states, and the quarterback of the washington redskins, and not necessarily in that order. that's how seriously people take their football, and it has been hard. it has been gut-crushing, because this is a town that hadn't had a lot of good news in that department in a long time. and then last season, things finally started to feel like they were turning around. they won seven straight. they won the division. the new young quarterback, robert griffin iii energized the whole city, and then it all came crashing down th

he hasn't spoken about mike shanahan this year. it is somewhat of an indictment. his probable fiery is the most talked about topic in the media. perception is reality. is all this coming from, and why all this talk? >> that is what happens. they can't talk about the playoffs. we can't talk about our draft choice. we don't have a first one draft choice. we are going to talk about something. that occurs after a winning season. i am sure something like this has happened in different markets across the country when you have those expectations. lex let me take you back to chicago. minus nine degrees. water bottles freezing. this game has are catch of the week. the leaping catch between two defenders. watch this. he makeshe grab. 20 4-14. chicago beats up dallas. the catch of the week. it is time to rock the red. capitals are playing much better hog-tie -- much better hockey. since they are losing four in a row, they have now run four of their last five games and are looking for their 15th win they are in second place in the metro division. they are nine points behind p

mike shanahan was shown the door by washington. 24 and 40. all right. the season marchs on. the alamo bowl and the final game with the longhorns. 4th quarter 23-7, oregon. the back up quarterback is picked off by derek malone. he and his wife walk off the field. final is 30-7 oregon wins. that's it. >>> see you tomorrow, everybody. >>> robin roberts ends her dramatic year with big news. she comes out on facebook, what we know about her girlfriend of ten years. >>> then, superstar beyonce under fire, she just used audio from the space shuttle disaster in her new song. >> obviously a major malfunction. >> now the victims' families are calling it inappropriate and insensitive. >>> plus, britney spears launches her big vegas show, did she lip sync? some fans left furious. >>> and, first video of embattled "duck dynasty" patriarch phil robertson, but the family is not talking about his suspension being lifted. >> don't worry about

mike shanahan is trying to get fired with his reputation intact. he gets to show the world that drafting kurt cousins is not idiocy, because he knows quarterback. it's a last big you know what to dan schneider of the team and shapa han is repulsed how close the relationship is between dan schneider and mike griffin the iii >> trying to lose his job. >> panelling e -- pageantry and pain. the long and colourful history of selfies. >>> boeing is trying to hammer out a deal to build its newest airline. he's hoping the company stays put. >> these machinists are making it clear. they want their team to build boeing's commercial aircraft the 777 s. >> i wanted to get something started, try to keep it here at the factory. >> last month the machinist union rejected an offer from boeing. a contract would have cut health contracts and ellimb nated pensions. union members wants negotiations to begin again. 85-00 jobs are at stake. the company has gone shopping. soliciting bids to land the commercial line. boeing is asking for any new location to replicate what

the main topic is rg iii and mike shanahan. the skins are a touchdown underdog. it has made a dramatic change for kirk cousins, taking over the wraps with the team. he is getting all the attention. he understands the opportunity he has. >> it is a great opportunity to say what i am capable of. i'm only as good as the guys around me. these guys will do everything they have to help me. this is about the redskins and doing the best i can >> i got a ,nique perspective on the skins he says the offensive line problems, half of the sex could be about reading the defense and adjusting protection. -- hen pickup blitzes does not pickup blitzes. the cousin does that, he should be fine. let's go to college basketball. one of these teams will remain .nbeaten until the new year this is the first acc game. straight of lost two in the midst of programs. , maryland is not takeover the ball. they are turning over one every five possessions. go get them. getting big air. he uses dixon for the booze. hammer high, slamdunk. that is the play of the day. the maryland football game is g