got that on nick young. kind of handchecked him i think. he is trying to close out on him. they move the ball so well. this team also not a lot of contact coming. >> steve: west at the line. 10-day contract. played over the course of a few years with atlanta. played last year with the team. spent some time in the d league. but he and jeff teague have been terrific tonight coming in off the bench. >> phil: steve, i don't know what you saw in that play. it looked to me -- maybe i caught the second end of it.

look to me like brendan pushed off but brendan is going to the line for a couple free throws. >> steve: we will take another look at it hayewood makes the free throw. >> phil: you can see the right arm, right hand as horford goes down. >> steve: talk about a guy that has been all over. west came over and blocked that shot. haywood gets both free throws. >> phil: when you're hungry you can do a lot of things. >> steve: that's right. he is fighting for a job. will have some decisions to make after this year. they really would like to improve on the season even though they had a terrific year winning 47 games their first winning season in a decade but joe johnson will be a free

agent. he turned down a $60 million offer this past summer. so we will see what's on his mind. >> phil: earlier this season when we first came here for the second game, i read system of the local papers to say that he wasn't really all that happy. didn't know what direction the team was going. of course he didn't realize that the team would have the kind of success they have had so far through the first 30, 40 games. >> steve: you would like to think that the guy would stay on a winning team, one that has been improving every year. caron butler is the jumper. >> phil: in the right direction. >> steve: and yet if somebody comes up and throws more money at him and he could make the maximum if he -- >> phil: welsh let's face it. no team can offer him as much. >> steve: correct. >> phil: as atlanta. as the home team. but i agree with you, buck, you've got to think that having success and the last two years they have lost the first round.

that has to factor into the decision. >> steve: nice defensive play by antawn jamison. randy foye takes the jumper and hits. eight points for randy foye. that was a three-pointer. so he has nine points in the game. here is joe johnson. pulls up on the jumper. no good. loose ball foul called on washington. and ed says it is on brendan haywood. that will be his third personal foul. so right away flip saunders shows he has the best. andray blatche in for brendan haywood. >> phil: he just got 28 seconds left. certainly doesn't want to lose him. give him a chance to pick up another personal. but going back to last play it is also about the front line here an even though you have collins in there. collins was in there.

but josh smith. those guys are really active. very difficult to box them out. not to say that you still don't put that effort to do that. but very active. >> steve: wizards very quietly on a 7-0 run. they have cut the lead to 14. michael bibby pulls up over andray blatche. short. butler has it. comes the other way. flip saunders calling an offensive play. shot winding down. butler is short. jumper is good with is.6 seconds to play in the half. williams long shot. not good. and the wizards end on a 9-0 joe johnson. an

blach blap. >> steve: wizards trail the hawks 45-33 after atlanta led by as many as 22 but washington closes out that first half on a 9-0 run and they are back in this game after shooting just 32% from the field for the half. steve buckhantz with phil chenier and we take a look at news and notes from around the nba. i don't know if you saw any of these highlights last night. steven jackson was unbelievable for the bobcats with a career high 43 points. he didn't miss many shots. >> phil: he can get on a roll like that. how about kobe bryant leaving last night's game with back spasms? he already has the finger

injury. but last i har he still plans on playing in the next game. >> steve: he was unable to return to that game after leaving against the spurs. bad luck if it weren't for that. griffin. the team announcing he will undergo knee surgery and this will end the season for him. been a tough short career. >> phil: people looking forward to seeing him get into nba action. number 1 draft pick but looking like he will miss the first year. >> steve: here in atlanta with caron butler's last field goal the wizards avoid their lowest scoring half of the season with 33 points now and they e hawks by 12.

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to-back for washington after losing by 9 to detroit last night. interesting stat. brendan haywood had 13 rebounds in a half in a game against orlando. he was the first wizard to do that since antawn jamison did it back in 2005. tonight antawn jamison has 13 rebounds in the first half of this game. >> phil: well, there were a lot of rebounds to be had tonight. folks shooting well under 40%. but it is good to see. the guys say after i guess jamison didn't want to have brendan have one up on him. >> steve: well, the wizards coming back into this game. we will take a look at first half highlights. hawks able to get out to a big lead. >> phil: little impatient at first. their first field goal of the game. nice pass from butler to hayewood. haywood. right here andray blatche.

first in the second quarter after six minutes of play washington did kind of find the range after that. but this team, again, they are one of the top teams because they have great balance, great versatility. they have really got to it on the defensive side and that defense triggered a very fast break particularly in the second quarter. they had 13 fast break points in that second quarter. and we look at our ones to watch. said the inside play. pretty even. washington brendan haywood with a slight advantage. 6.6 rebounds. five points, five rebounds. >> steve: hawks had four steals. they ran 15 total fast break points and 22 points in the paint. so they are very talented young team. we noticed this last year, even the year before you can see it coming year by year building by some of these layers led by joe johnson. now pick up jamal crawford. so they are very dangerous

inside and out. >> phil: one thing i noticed looking at their numbers. they have only two changes in their starting lineup. of that one game against the nets. marvin williams was out with the flu. i believe that maurice evans came in for him. certainly right now really lends itself. >> steve: it helps. wizards have had about 16 different starting lineups. antawn jamison has been one f the constants for washington. he has 13 rebounds in the first half. wizards trail the hawks by 12.

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set to start the third quarter from atlanta. we will get the first half stats after washington scored just 13 points in the first quarter scoring 20 in the second. >> phil: not really a shooter clinic right here. both teams under 40% shooting. not shooting that well from three-point range. rebounds have been even. washington doing a much better job in the second. look at that. 21-2. much more production off their bench and mario west against jamal crawford who leads all scorers off the bench having a good night. >> steve: randy foye getting another start tonight. had nine points. four assists. in that first half play for washington? led the team in scoring with nine. jamison. butler and haywood had six a

piece. atlanta led by joe johnson with 11. williams 8. crawford 8. five a piece. mario west coming to this team on a 10-day contract today but atlanta with 22 points in the paint in that first half. >> phil: their outside shot. they made some very good passes. they have 13 assists and they delivered and been able to take advantage. that should have been a foul. clearly over the back of jamison. can't get anything but he dumps it off to his cutting teammate marvin williams. and again, crawford with the pass. joe smith came in off the bench doing a nice job for them. good production off the bench but also good production in the paint. >> steve: joe had four points and four rebounds and the second half is underway. stevenson starting the third

quarter for washington. buttly, jamison, haywood. wizards looking to even the series one a piece. three-point shot. tipped away by stevenson to foye. and he runs one on two and will bring it back out. >> phil: flip going with stevensson instead of nick young to start this second half. >> steve: young had two points on one of six shooting in the first half. here is jamison. nice move. flips it up. missed the short jumper. haywood is there. he will bring it back out. >> phil: missed a number of shots that we almost know they are going in. shot by stevenson. he has played well in his career against atlanta averaging just under 11 points in the games of these plays. knocked down that shot and maybe that will give him a little bit more confidence with that shooting. >> steve: most importantly it gets the wizards into single

digits trailing by nine. a 12-0 washington play. trailing as many as 22. >> steve: first points in the game for smith. 12-2 in the last three minutes for washington. started the game just 2-14. smith lost it off his foot. and stevenson comes the other way looking for help. travel. reset with foye. here is jamison back out to foye for a long three-point shot that's good. randy foye with 12 points in the game on five of eight shooting. he is so productive in that starting role. >> phil: he really has been.

wizards cut it to 8. >> steve: joe johnson's launch is no good. washington can climb even closer. wizards will have tomorrow off. leave tonight. fly up to chicago. play the bulls friday night. first time this season against chicago. foye again. and he hits another one. this one a two-point field goal. randy foye has been outstanding. six of nine from the field. 15 points. wizards cut it to 6. smith turns on haywood. short jumper no good. jamison the rebound. foye. jamison baseline. backing in. had it knock out by williams

and out-of-bounds. randy foye with a three-point field goal. cut the wizards lead to 6. >> phil: did the same thing the other night in that second quarter i believe with detroit. scored nine points. >> steve: wizards outscoring this team 17-2 on a run that started with 1:00 # 5 left in the second quarter. two more there from joe johnson. 13 points in the game for johnson. played 3.5 minutes here in the third quarter. butler has got the open jumper. takes it and misses. >> steve: johnson baseline to get some help from haywood. atlanta looks to swing it.

butler. al horford in his third year from florida averaging about 14 points a game and that pushes the atlanta lead back to 10 after the wizards cut it to 6 and washington turns it over. >> steve: jamison pointing to himself. >> phil: he should have had that pass. got to get back. >> steve: flip saunders wants time. >> phil: the wizards cut it to 6. 47-41 but that was short lived. >> steve: and atlanta on joe johnso for randy fo time and werhanger a...

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>> steve: hawks back up to a 12-point lead after the wizards cut it down to 6. 47-41. but atlanta converting a couple shots by joe johnson. dc lottery best record on wednesday. portland is 6-0. the hawks 8-2. so they enjoy the middle of the week. hump day. >> phil: fridays aren't much worse there. i think they are 7 and 3 on friday. don't like that weekend i guess. you know. >> steve: they will take whatever they can get i'm sure whether it is wednesday or

saturday or sunday. they have done pretty well so far this year. 24-13. wizards 3-3 on wednesdays. jamison's short jumper off the glass no good. the wizards with a 17-2 run cut a 22-point lead to 6. 47-41 atlanta outscoring them 6-0 since then. back up by 12. bibby off the screen. >> steve: first two points of the game for mike. >> phil: he is one of those players that has seen his scoring average take a real dip. he is the only one under 10 points a game. right at 9.8, 9.9. >> steve: he had just five points and two assists in 18 minutes of play against boston the other night as antawn jamison cans a jumper. he has got a double-double now.

13th of the year with 10 points and 14 rebounds. bibby left alone in the corner. misses a three. here comes randy foye. butler. fade away jumper not there. and the rebound to horford. his eighth rebound. >> steve: butler inside to haywood. nice pass. scoring a field goal. left-handed shot is good. >> phil: left-hand finish.

caron butler with a nice pass. dumped it right down. saw that brendan had perfect position. pick and roll. called for it. to show you what working can do. working over and over again. comes out before every game and works on the offensive moves. banks works with him religiously. >> steve: he has made five free throws tonight. nine points and eight rebounds. >> phil: waited until he made it. >> steve: something to say for patience which the wizards had on that last possession which enabled butler to make the pass to haywood. >> phil: good point. >> steve: something flip saunders would see a little more from his team. just patience and passing the ball getting that extra pass. giving the guy an open jumper

like that. antawn jamison with 12 points now. and the wizards cut it to 7. johnson in the paint. short jumper good. >> reporter: joe johnson. >> steve: atlanta had 22 points in the paint at half time. they have got 32 points in the paint now. jamison looking for a quick move. gets it. gets the rebound. puts it back up. scores the field goal and antawn jamison who has 15 rebounds in the game is going to the line for his 15th point. >> phil: boy,

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>> steve: 61-56. trailing by 5 with 2:26 to play in the third quarter. wizards had 13 field goals in the first half making nine here in the third quarter. here is how the hawks got off and running the in this game. >> phil: in the second quarter they really took off and united their fast break much have got a couple of guards that pushed

the ball up quickly but they also had some big name that love to run the floor. josh smith. power forward. able to get down there for the long pass and easy two. >> steve: atlanta led. wizards went on a 32-16 run since there was 1:55 left in the first half and they are back in this game. last play the foul was called on nick young. tough call because he was battling with marvin williams. called nick for the foul. williams at the free-throw line. played one year at carolina and his only season there was acc rookie of the year. all acc freshmen team. >> steve: atlanta lead back to 7 with 2:20 to play third

quarter. base lp. still with the basketball. tries it again. nowhere to go. now he has got to shoot a tough fade away that is no good. smith lost control. wizards rotate. that leaves marvin williams open. >> phil: one of the better passing teams in the league. ranked in the top 10 and averaging just under 22 assists per game. >> steve: they have got 19 tonight on 27 made field goals. lead back up to 9. butler has to take the jumper no good. jamison battling. gets it gone. kaare butt drives and scores. >> steve: antawn jamison with

16 rebounds. >> phil: kept that possession alive. resulted in the layup by caron butler. >> steve: atlanta leads by seven. >> steve: hawks with a technical foul shot. they will get the ball back. jamal crawford has the line. >> phil: you saw how quickly they moved the ball around and that's what we talked about before in terms of making the defense rotate. make the defense move around and that's what the hawks are doing right here. they moved i sideways.

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all the place. pick and roll doesn't give any room to drop that pass off. gives them room to get physical and picks up a foul. >> steve: eight-point atlanta lead. 7 on the shot clock. haywood the rebounder. goes up. and he will get to the line again where he hasn't missed tonight five for five. smith picks up his third personal. >> phil: one of those rebounds just popped over to him. he was right there to take advantage of it. josh smith. >> steve: brendan has the stroke down tonight from the free-throw line. six for six. 10 points and nine rebounds.

>> steve: very nicely done. >> phil: that's for sure. >> steve: the lead is 6. wizards have been as close as five when they cut it to 61-56. smith gets between two wizards and an offensive foul is called on josh smith. >> phil: i think he wrapped that right arm around antawn jamison. that enabled him to get into the middle. and he got the shot off. fouled by one of the other wizards but the first contact, wrap around with the right arm. he doesn't agree at right arm wrapped around jamison. right there. >> steve: very nice spot, phil. that's the fourth personal on smith. wizards have only one turnover in this quarter after nine in the first half. butler drives. draws contact.

he will go to the line. one of the league's better free throw shooters with a chance to cut it to four. crawford called for his first foul. butler shooting better than 86% from the line. did not shoot a free throw last night against detroit. and he makes that first. >> phil: he had a lot of success against the hawks last year. in fact, in three games he led the team averaging 25 points. also rebounding the ball well. had eight rebounds. eight plus rebounds per game in the three games that he has played. >> steve: so the wizards have come back to slice a 22-point lead down to 4. it is the closest they have been in a long time led by their captain

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>> steve: they have cut down a 22-point lead down to 4. morgan franklin pivotol plays. antawn jamison who has been spectacular tonight actually his 13th double-double on the season. >> phil: just saw him knock down his second three-pointer here. getting his own misshot. putting it in. five on the offensive layup. >> steve: two more points on that bucket. 20 points. 16 rebounds for jamison and the wizards have cut this lead to 2. stunned silence by the folks that are in attendance here

tonight. >> steve: 66-64 atlanta. crawford. >> phil: he is there go-to guy he along with joe johnson. and i think i mentioned this already but all league nba player. jamal crawford. >> steve: butler looking. fakes. shot is blocked by marvin williams. here comes the hawks. knocked away. stays inbounds. johnson for three. >> steve: 72-64 after

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been like a cannon. everywhere he goes he has been explosive. nearly pulls that rebound over andray blatche. ball was out-of-bounds? >> steve: i don't know. i don't think the ball ever went out-of-bounds but west did. i don't think he was touching it when he was out-of-bounds. jamison gets tangled up against west. antawn jamison. forcing the pass trying 0 get the foul. turned it over. he is waiting down at the other end. flip shot. no good. out-of-bounds. he wanted a foul. can't believe he didn't get it. looks at danny crawford and

they have some words. >> phil: he goes up underneath. gets the contact from west. >> steve: very difficult sometimes for the big man to handle a pass. that time stevenson tried to bounce it to haywood. he lost it out-of-bounds and wizards turned it over. just their third turnover of the second half got 12 in the game but it has led to 17 atlanta points so far. offensive foul on west. knocked stevenson to the ground. that's his second personal. >> phil: that's one of those things when you are trying to free somebody up on a weak side. the defender is following the pass. and then steps right in his pathway.

>> steve: wizards have just scored two points since they cut it to 66-64. blatche with a fake. drives inside. lays it up. no good. catches his own pass. and he is called for travelling. saunders saying the ball was deflected he should have been able to catch it. i don't think so. >> phil: i don't think it was deflected. i think he was fouled actually that forced him to lose it there. joe johnson got a piece of him i think. >> steve: instead they called traveling. washington turnover. and more importantly it gives atlanta the fall back. 74-66 hawks. they have possession when we

>> steve: antawn jamison playing more minutes than anybody in the game. 37 of them. 20 points and 16 rebounds tonight. he has been incredible. meantime joe johnson leads atlanta with 22 points. nine of 21 shooting. four rebounds for joe johnson. but the hawks have made 22 assists on 30 made field goals tonight. >> phil: and they have had a starting front lineup has been very active and kept balls alive giving themselves some second chance opportunities and

they haven't shot the ball particularly well all game but those points in the paint give you that advantage. >> steve: wizards at one point in this game trailed by 22. they cut that lead to 2 at 66- 64 on a jamison jumper to start the fourth quarter but the hawks have it back up to 8. tipped it away. >> phil: traveling violation. >> steve: williams covers an airball. caron butler has his ninth rebound so i is about to become the third wizard with a double- double in this game tonight with 12-9. haywood and jamison have double-doubles. blatche got fouled as he went to the glass. andray will go to the free- throw line. first personal

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missed it. williams keeping it alive. and butler pulls down the rebound. nice play. that's goaltending. give two points to antawn jamison who now has 23 in the game to go along with 17 of 9,695 tonight leads this team in blocked shots although tonight it is marvin williams who has that distinction. that one doesn't count. >> steve: hit the glass first. 85-78. wises ardz trail by as many as 22 in this game. crawford penetrates. penetrates. >> jamal crawford.

>> steve: jamal crawford with 20 points on the bench. 12 in the quarter. stevenson for jamison off the glass and in. 25-17 for a.j. seven-point atlanta lead with 2:53 to play in regulation. >> steve: time-out washington. he is big as you said. 6'7". he is quick and he a strong. >> phil: and can handle the ball. that was a nice dribble penetration with the left hand. got by randy foye who is a solid defender but able to work his way to the rim. >> steve: think about the addition of jamal crawford to this team, phil, and he has been a good player throughout his career but something about coming off the bench here in

atlanta has really enhanced his production. he is a very smart player. he has hit threes again like he always has in his career. >> phil: a lot of it is about accepting your role and as i said he leads the league in minutes in the fourth quarter. so he doesn't start the game but he certainly finishes the game. you talked about the 17 points he had at boston the other night. all 17 points came in the fourth quarter. >> steve: yes. >> phil: so to have that kind of production coming off the bench it is only going to make this team that much better and stronger. >> steve: 100 or more threes in each of the last six seasons. last year jamal crawford made 142. >> phil: you're adding another three-point shooter and this is a team that was blessed with him last year. so you are just adding to that. >> steve: up next for the wizards in chicago on friday night a game you'll see on comcast sportsnet plus.

8:00 p.m. tipoff. then washington comes home to play sacramento on saturday night. in fact, the wizards will come home for a while. as washington returns. and they will play sacramento, portland, dallas, miami. clippers. and the lakers. that's in one continuous homestretch that will go from january 16th to the 26th. wiz have won six games at home and six games on the road. wiz. record of 12-24 this time last year. they were 7-29. randy foye with another jumper. he is seven of 15 from the field. has 18 points tonight.

four rebounds. and eight assists. wizards cut it to seven with two minutes to play. a foul inside on washington called on blatche. that's his fourth. atlanta's bench has scored 33 points tonight. crawford has got 20 of them. wizards' bench has scored nine. six from blatche and three from stevenson. smith makes the free throw. 59% shooter. but tonight four of five from the line. he has got eight points and nine rebounds. >> phil: one of the things that i think has helped not only josh smith but this whole team the first couple of years in the league he wanted to be a three-point shooter. wasn't very good at it. and this year he has really cut

back on threes. has attempted only three this season. much more effective inside. >> steve: butler drives. wanted a foul. didn't get it. missed the layup. the last time the wizards played the hawks smith had 20 points. eight of 11 from the field in that game. eight rebounds and a couple of blocks now atlanta using some clock leading by 9. bibby kicks it out. for johnson. with earle boykins on. stolen by foye. randy up ahead of the pack. alley-oop for blatche. couldn't get it. failing on a transition opportunity. opportunity. >> phil: >> phil: he had to reach back for it and then again trying to dunk it they had to bring that thing all the way across off the offensive player. >> steve: big play with washington with a chance to cut

it back to seven but can't convert in transition. butler picked up another personal. into the corner crawford. smith and a loose ball foul will be called on washington. it is on blatche. that's number 5 on andray blatche. told you atlanta. the celtics to get anything off the glass. >> phil: keep in mind you're talking about guys that are very quick on their feet. very difficult to box out. they are quick in reacting to the ball. change of direction. you've got horford in there. capable of that. smith. and now joe johnson playing the three. so you've got some very capable rebounders that are very quick and solid inside. >> steve: smith finally misses one. this is atlanta's first of five straight home games. they will face them friday.

oklahoma city. sacramento and charlotte. before traveling to houston and san antonio. they get yet another rebound. that's 48 for the game. wizards have 46 rebounds. in fact, they have three players with double doubles. jamison with 25 and 18. butler with 15 and 10. and haywood with 13 and 10. this game is going to atlanta. the wizards made a valient comeback tonight. down 22 points after scoring just 13 points in the first quarter. 20 in the second. they trailed by 12 at the half. came back. cut it to two. that was as close as they got when it was 66-64 to start the fourth period but atlanta is going to hang on and beat the wizards for the seventh consecutive time. washington's last win against this team january 11th, 2008. season before last here in

atlanta. same two teams will play again february 6th in washington. this game goes to the hawks. you like that valient effort but we saw it in the detroit game, we saw it against new orleans. they have got a way of digging a deep hole so they keep falling up short and maybe keep themselves close enough to attack. >> steve: the wizards fall here tonight. and we take a look at our morgan franklin pivotol play.

three players with a double- double. randy foye with 18 points and 8 assists. washington falls here tonight 94-82. wizards post-game live is coming up next and i will join you during the show to recap tonight's game. for phil chenier, our entire comcast sportsnet crew, steve buckhantz reminding you to stay tuned as the wizards fall this evening 94-82 to the atlanta hawks. we head back to our comcast sportsnet studios with chris miller and ron thompson for wizards post >> this is wizards post-game live.

live from the comcast studios. >> one of the better scoring teams in the nba and doesn't help when you allow them to get easy buckets. wizards fall in atlanta losing to the hawks for a seventh consecutive time. 94-82 the final count. antawn jamison had his 12th double-double this season. the wizards trail by as many as 22 in this ballgame. they fought back, ron, but in the end too much hawks do you know the stretch. getting in the hole early, trying to fight yourself back then in the fourth quarter lafnt is just being atlanta. jamal crawford off the bench. we will talk about him more in this post-game show. 22. joe johnson scored 24. chris miller, ron thompson. wizards post-game live. wizards falling 94-82 to one of the better teams in the association. ams in the >> early. atlanta is a very athletic

team. they push the pace, come at you from a lot of different angles. a lot of slashers that fill the lanes and then you get joe johnson when the clock is winding down and that spells trouble. >> interesting atlanta's top two scorers, coming off the bench, both of them were leading scorers tonight. here is what is coming up tonight. flip saunders will come to the podium and get his thoughts on tonight's game as the wizards fall to a southeast division opponent. also be joined by steve buckhantz and phil chenier giving us their take courtside down in atlanta. plus, ron thompson will come back with ron's reality. this time he will examine the thoughts of one andray blatche and his one-game suspension. how did he play tonight after serving that one-game punishment. ron, take a look at the play from josh smith we showed you in the open. it is kind of a microcossism of how this season has gone. >> there is no way in the world that after the way the wizards

have been playing that you can give up totally wide open laps. have no idea where the ball is and throw it ahead. what i didn't understand is they were running towards the guy that was wide open. all facing that direction. but that is what has been going on as of late and that's something as a coach how do you change that? these are professional athletes. if you don't know how many baskets you need to get back. that's where flip saunders has got to be trying to figure out what do we have to do to stop these lulls we keep going through and nine times out of ten it is happening on the defensive end. >> this is the interesting thing about this and you're talking about the defensive end. these guys don't have a problem talking about offensive shots and opportunities that they are getting but you can't talk on the defensive end. my question to you then is you have been talking about this since training camp. training camp. >> talking on defense. >> right. these guys can't do it. >> seems like such a simple

prop position. >> defense is effort. you have to want to play defense. the team knows they have guys that can score the basketball. last year it was a problem. year before that the defensive end was a problem as well. this year again it is a problem. so they have to make the commitment to do it or you've got to find guys that want to do it. >> some guys may need to get shipped out to get a group of guys to commit to that end of the floor. >> 17-13 after 12 minutes. i thought peach baskets and short shorts were coming back it was so bad. as you know, they don't play four quarters of basketball they have spurts and then they make these unbelievable runs such as the case again tonight. >> the spurts, if they could bottle how they look in the spurts and continue on they would be in great shape. there in the second quarter there was that huge lull then antawn jamison just went nuts there in the third. i thought that single handedly

he was going to bring the guys back. you're right. they go threw ups and downs. sometimes they are doing well and then all of a sudden seems like the air is totally let out of it. i thought early on i thought the ball was moving but the shots just were not falling. i think a lot of that is coming on the heels of a back-to-back where fatigue factor will sink in. playing a team like the hawks they are a high energy team that likes to push the pace but i think they have to do a better job at getting to the baskets. i think those are the kind of shots that they need to try to take more of because it puts you in a situation where you force an official to make a call. the transition at the other end. you have to be able to get back and get stops. then tonight atlanta was able to knock down those open shots. they were able to do all the little things. they outworked the wizards i thought in terms of getting on the board but the wizards have to find a way to get consistent effort on the defensive end. if you're going to right this wrong. you're not going to shoot your

way out of this slump the wizards are in. it will happen through energy through the defensive end. >> let's check in with steve buckhantz and phil chenier joining us courtside at phillips arena. that quarter was probably as bad when steve was playing basketball in the ymca back in 1968. that was a struggle. once again when you start bad takes them awhile to get going. >> let me give you an inside bit of

of course that was a huge advantage.

:i:i:i:i:i:i:i randy foye had 18 points and 8 assists. >> goes back to what we just said. they have got to get more production off their bench. remember the stats we showed you. high scoring starting lineup. randy foye continues his strong shooting. 18 points. shot the ball we develop. eight assists. he seems very comfortable shooting a mid-range shot. i like the play he made in the fourth quarter where he drove in. took jamal crawford. foul. dropped in the two free throws. just not enough. again, you've got to stretch it out. that's what we saw from this atlanta team. they got 7, 8 men deep and they get good production there. >> i think one of the real frustrations for the wizards and especially in this slump has been lack of scoring in

this transition. 21 fast break points tonight. wizards only with three. they get in transition. they will either commit an offensive foul or not come away with any points. we saw that here tonight where they had opportunities, could not catch in. >> and that again goes back to not only the second quarter but the bench because that was when they had 13 of those fast break points and that's when mario west was in, jamal crawford was in. and they got that advantage. and those are high percentage shots. you push the ball up. you get numbers. even if you don't get the layup, you get an open shot from the outside like this here from joe johnson. so pushing the ball up quickly. putting a lot more pressure on the defense. they have got five players that can make things happen. joe johnson. players not getting back. not being aware of where the ball was and not being aware detroit the other night. 122-87.

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>> atlanta hawks winning over washington wizards now falling to 12-25 on the year. 6-14 on the road. back here on wizards post game live. turnovers now. one of the real keys was you knew hawks really love to run the floor. the last thing you want to do is turn the ball over to give them easier opportunities. >> exactly. hawks got after it defensively and forced a lot of turnovers. second half it was crazy. one turnover after another. one fast break after another. but you have to give a lot of credit to the lappet hawks in the job they did defensively. once they force a turnover they are off to the races. five guys on the floor. >> that's two on four. >> but two on four all night. again, you see the steal. this is just effort. outrunning pushing.

he beat four guys up the court. and joe johnson is wide open in the corner for the jump shot. then when they were missing the jump shot they were getting back on the board. they get the block. then here their reaction is quicker. you see a four on two, four on three break that ends up being a wide open jump shot in the corner for joe johnson. even late getting back into the picture and that is what the atlanta hawks do. pressure you defensively and then once they got the steal defensively they are off to the races because they have those guys that run and finish and then you have michael bibby who is orchestrating everything setting everybody up. but again, atlanta hawks they are a team that likes to play fast but to play fast sometimes it is harder than to play slowly because you have to be smart because the game is going faster and they only had seven turnovers so took care of the ball. >> as we saw on the video there were actually two on four break and also a man advantage for the wizards. what's the key when you're talking to players and when you are trying to guard a fast break like that?

what is the communication. >> first of all somebody has to stop the ball. then once you stop the ball the guy says i had the next pass and usually two guys that hold it down and the guys that are not in the play have to come into the play. they can't give up on the play an say it is a three on two or two on one it is going to be a layup. you have to keep busting your tail to get back in the play. and they didn't do that then you saw joe johnson in the corner hitting a wide open jump shot. >> joe johnson is quiet but his game speaks volumes, ron. all-star. he is somebody that is in that 2010 class that will be a free agent. you've got to keep your eye on him. why so good? >> because he does everything. not only can he score with the basketball he rebounds. not only does he do that he defends on the other end. not just a guy that plays on the offensive end. he has a nice mid-range game. he can post. he can hit the long ball if you give it to him and you can isolate him and he can go one on one. but joe johnson again is one of those guys that doesn't give

you a lot of frills and shimmies and shakes. he just comes at you all night long every single night and just a pro. >> he had five rebounds to go along with 24 points that's the stuff we were talking about. >> and that is what -- as we were talking about nick young at the time. a guy like joe johnson is not just doing one thing. he is not just trying to shoot the ball. he is passing the ball. rebounding. getting on the boards. you can score on the block. he plays a total game. >> what is interesting is this guy sometimes runs back uppoints when michael bibby is not in there. he is a ball handler at 6'7". >> also one of those guys, chris, that has put in his mind frame i have to do whatever it is i have to do in order to get a win. he is not one of those guys that says i like to shoot. i like isolations to run for me on the wing. >> we all do. anyone that plays isolation you want the coach to give you the ball say go to work.

he is getting it throughout the course of the offense and done a great job in atlanta. >> everyone would like that. jamal crawford is a guy that as you said earlier could play for pretty much any team in the nba. this is a guy that scored 50 points last year as a member of the golden state warios but his value to this basketball team is really amazing especially when you look at where he is. you look at these guys at how they contribute to their teams. >> is crawford your favorite for six man of the year? >> hands down. i think he is the sixth man of the year. and what i make thinks what he is doing all that more special is he is fairly new to this team. he is fairly group to this atlanta hawks team and they haven't skipped a beat. he hasn't demanded to start

which obviously he is talented enough and he could. he hasn't demanded that he get more shots. he is talented enough and he could. he has just become a piece of this atlanta hawks puzzle and fit in nicely. >> all right. there is some news concerning gilbert arenas. off the court developments in that case of gilbert arenas bringing four guns inside the team's locker room december 21st. the prosecution and attorneys for mr. arenas were in plea discussions this week. he could be in court as soon as next week. he was suspended for the past five games without pay for his pregame actions last tuesday in philly and subsequent post-game comments. the source speaking on condition of being anonymous he could face community service and probation or a combination of most. he has already lost $711,000 in

game checks. >> a lot of money. >> spare

>> only guy i had in 14 years. until it changes, those guys as players don't have a chance. and he said i department get a shot. if you're 6'10", 6'11" you can get a shot by getting an offensive rebound getting shots. >> that was flip saunders a couple days ago. welcome back to the comcast sportsnet studios. wizards falling to the hawks. chris miller and ron thompson. that was flip talking about andray blatche and why he had to suspends him for one game. he had a disagreement with the training staff about getting some treatment on sunday in the game against new orleans then the following day complaining about some opportunities to get some shots his way. so, ron, as i ask you to put that coach's hat do you agree with flip suspended andray blatche four games? >> total agreement with it. what i don't understand is how

a player as he touched on could even begin to complain about shots. i just do not understand that. there is no place for that. and as he said if you're 6'10" and you want more shots get on the board. get some steals. block shots. do some other things. the three guys on this team it was gil but now it will be caron butler, randy foye and antawn jamison. period. the other guys have to find a way to get incorporated into the game but you have too many other things to do than be whining and complaining about shots and then you don't want to get treatment. too many other distractions going on to have that type of thing take place especially for a guy that has been in the league for his fifth year. >> tonight was the first chance he got to go out there and improve himself after being suspended. andray was part of that bench. in 16 minutes he was one of seven from the field. >> tonight he wasn't totally in

sync. missed a few practices. didn't play in the last game. he had six points, five rebounds in 16 minutes. again, didn't get any touches. and for it to happy will have to go through the boards, he will have to try to do

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but tonight i thought in the third quarter he just said i'm not letting us lose i'll do all i can to try not to let this winning streak continue. he fell short. antawn jamison player of the game. >> friendly programming reminder. wizards will try to put an end to their losing skid. game time 8:00 p.m. game is on comcast sportsnet plus much action from around the association tonight. sixers hosting knicks first quarter al al harrington . nice jumper here. beating the shot clock. sixers up 37-34 leading by one at the half. fourth quarter now. a.i. to a.i. allen iverson to andre

iguodala. finding lee. and it is good. knicks win 93-92. eddie jordan's team continues to struggle. >> speaking of struggle. tonight's game? >> it was just what it was. a struggle but i don't think that you can take for granted -- you can forget the fact that the wizards have so many guys out. mike miller dying to get back in the fold. you want this stuff with gil to get pushed behind you so you can move on. guys are a little dinged up so have to hit some kind of stride. these games are coming. they are coming fast. coming quick but you've got to find a way to strap up defensively and get stops. >> no team feeling sorry for another team. reality is a game friday and bulls taking on the wizards. for ron thompson i'm chris miller. that will do it for this edition of wizards post-game live. next is geico "sportsnite." good night, everybody.

capt after knocking off one future hall of famer the ravens take their show to peyton manning's place looking to knock off mr. manning and company. beck bc. >> live from the comcast sportsnet studio, this is geico

"sportsnite." >> attorneys for gilbert arenas negotiating with prosecutors trying to come to a play agreement on gun charges. this according to the washington post. if successful the wizards guard could be in court as early as thursday. one source says negotiations would ensure that gilbert arenas does not go to jail. he was suspended indefinitely from the nba on jan 6th. however, no guns in this studio whatsoever that we know of. we will check around and see. welcome to geico "sportsnite." chick hernandez always packing the heat. i'm michael jenkins. >> good news. i'll just move on. thank you. >> i like to keep my job and not be suspend the. clinton portis had a face-to- face with his new head coach mike shanahan today renewing their working relationship but we begin though with the ending of one heck of a coaching career as boss hog calling it

quits today after a 32-year career in the business. offensive line coach making the announcement at a president conference unlike we have ever seen. he was with the cardinals and raid, but will be remembered most for spending 15 seasons in burgundy and gold. two super bowl titles to his credit. and, of course, the man who coined his own line the hogs. after a speech of passion, loyalty and friendship he spoke with kelli johnson. >> what is the toughest thing going to be about walking away? >> i thought it was going to be tough but i'm so happy that i'm able to retire as a washington redskin and puts the icing on the cake. i loved it here and being able to go nine years my first go around and come back and put six more years in here. i love the program. i love the people around here. we have superfans. i love this owner.

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keeping peyton manning off the field and the ravens could have an advantage there sporting the nfl's fifth best run game. >> my favorite thing to do is to look up at the clock and watch that clock go tick, tick, tick. so in answer to that question you know what, i can't be a real bad coach when i'm not out there calling defenses, right. so when cam is running that football i'm the most excited guy there is on that sidelines. >> we established we will run the football. we will pass when we want to pass. that's just the mentality. >> you give peyton manning any kind of chance. >> peyton manning won his fourth regular season most valuable player award this season but in the post season he is a below 500 quarterback. only 7 and 8 in the playoffs. in orange mission with the ravens brett harris , comcast

sportsnet. >> thank you, brent. colts receiver preparing for his first ever playoff game this weekend but his minds is a world away in haiti trying to contact his aunts, uncles, neices and nephews. there were perhaps more than 100,000 people killed. colts are asking their fans to donate to the american red cross. >> number 1 pick in the nba draft and he will not play one ounce of regular season basketball this year. news coming up. >> what's been done to help prevent concussions. jill sorenson explores that in part ii of her series after the hould ing co sav or m carance

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>> welcome back. edwards all alone underneath. trowing down the alley-oop. one-point lead into the break. he has done that all season. >> back within one. later in the half. green driving. swap. called for goaltending. taking the lead. gw with one last chance. travis king. for the three. and george washington falls too 1 and 2 in conference play. 65-64 the final. >> other scores for you. virginia tech break up the

hokies. win over miami. 81-66. tigers dropping to 3-13 overall 0-6 in conference play. >> nba news. never good if you're the laps l.a. clippers. griffin injuring his knee in the final preseason game of the preseason. sixers, knicks, and the center. heavy heart. his homeland haiti suffering the devastating earthquake. 17. second quarter. elton brand getting his shot blocked but willie green beats the shot clock. sixers up by 3. they would lead 48-47 at the half. fourth quarter. allen iverson finds andre iguodala. reverse slam. sixers lead 85-82.

13 seconds left now. working the two-man game. ends with lee. 24 points on the day or night for david. knicks. 93-92. >> serious issue. taking center stage in the nfl. concussions. find out about the condition that has put the whole sports world on notice. next on geico "sportsnite." >> reminder for you. get wizards scores sent directly to your cell phone free of charge. go to our website and enter the key word text. standard text messaging rates apply. we are coming right back.

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. >> take a breath. catch your breath after a wild one. let's take a look at the highlights. caps down in florida as seen on comcast sportsnet. this one had everything you would need. caps at the panthers tonight after having it handed to them last night by the lightening. sunrise. caps look for better luck in the sunshine state. it did not look good at the start. struggling continues. 1-0 panthers. caps break through in the second. jason. ahead of the pack makes a move. second goal as a capital. washington back in it. they are just down 2-1 but panthers not done. gregory campbell sneaking a

backhand past. first of the year. florida in front 4-1. >> giving up four goals in just 15 shots. panthers. late in the second. dropping gloves. giving the newest cap a gordie howe hat trick. a goal, assist and fight. well done. 27 seconds in. alex ovechkin going to fire and score. that's his 28th of the yore. washington within one an 4-3. later in the third. puff on net. and nicklas backstrom for the redirect. all tied at 4. o.t. florida with a chance. nathan horton. jose theodore making a huge save. shootout. that's right. >> first career shutout goal. caps tomorrow all the way back

to win it 5-4. >> 5-4 your final. alex ovechkin with his league leading 28 goal of the season. >> we will have bruce boudreau coming up later at 11:00 p.m. dc united goaltender troy perkins is returning to the black and red but he will not come without a price. united is sending fred its first round pick in tomorrow's super draft so the team can switch places in the allocation order. that will allow united to acquire him. he was named the league's goal keeper of the year with united in 2006. american footballs. concussions in the forefront in the nfl. hitting close to home a couple months ago when clinton portis suffered what amounted to a season ending concussion. jill sorenson joins us with more on this ever growing

issue. >> as we showed you in part 1 of our series on concussions in the nfl, due to the lack of concussion education the league has begun to respond to the need for more awareness and when it comes to more awareness the nfl p.a.'s brain injury committee led the charge. major strides have already been made. part 2 of our series examines what still needs to be done to ensure player

players i think do or even did before all this stuff has been coming out. >> london fletcher . one of those tragic injuries you sometimes see in this game. that's good news. he is walking off the field under his own power. >> i wouldn't have a high risk of getting a concussion if i come back after healing completely. that's the number 1 thing you have to heal completely before you come back. and i want to play football much that's what i love to do. that's what i have been doing for a listening time. >> but what about equipment? for example, chris cooley, mike sellers and todd yoder all wear

the same model which they say is a more effective prevention of head trauma. >> there are different helmets. if you requested a helmet, the new helmet that's more lighter and more padding inside. but we like the old helmets which is this thingee. blue thing this there. these helmets are real heavy. >> i knew it was available but it is like if you never tried you don't know what you are missing. if i wear an air head i will wear one no matter what happens. you've got to get a lot of older guys using them.

>> they have shock absorbers inside the helmet. what happens with an impact your made moves a little bit and your brain doesn't. >> you feel a little bit -- what we like to refer to as a thing. just for a second, a split second, you feel it. >> all these new technologies beg the question which is the best and why doesn't everyone wear it. unfortunately the testing data on all helmets is not out there yet. >> in fact, the players association and the league had all the helmet manufacturers submit their helmets to an independent testing agency and the results will be release in

march. congressional hearings on concussions will from occurring doesn't exist. >> optimism abounds thanks to technology. >> think about it like an air bag and that is if larry fitzgerald goes up and gets hit on the right front on the side those sensors will sense that there has been a change in the direction of the helmet and two things will happen. an air bag will pop up here and

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5-4 the final. capitals return home on friday as they host the toronto maple leafs. a game you can see on comcastsports net starting at 7:00 p.m. make sure you are with us at 6:30 p.m. for pregame coverage. >> monta ellis, pretty darn good. >> monta ellis one more look at this one. nothing but got him. i'm guessing wizards practices don't end that happily these days. >> no. >> not even close. >> no. >> that's it for this half hour on geico "sportsnite." thank you for watching comcast sports net. washington sports leader. >> jenkins and hernandez. for more check out csnwashington.com. 10:00 .m. horoalysis of the ls. ls. ionscapt we, co n, aot call hed,thei.

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putting my own views aside, last year i said what matters is that the incoming it administration should have the counter-terrorism strategy. houghland if you of the incoming the administration this terrorism advance the coulter is and what are those schools? how will the new administration seek to ensure terrorist is not achieve their goals? how will the new adminstration defang terrorism as a strategy and whether the new communications plans for terrorism generally and in the event heaven forbid that the terrorist attack? we did not give direct answers in the form of a public strategy but we got more than we wanted in terms of terrorism events. the silver lining of course is that our society can learn and grow more familiar with the problem of terrorism in that we hear today can develop some good indirect evidence at least abutt the administration's approach to counterterrorism is. our panel of experts who represented friday of perspectives that will help us

review your one of the obama administration in counter-terrorism. from your left to right we have clark ervin director of the aspen institute's homeland security program, michael german a former fbi agent now serving as policy council on immigration civil liberties union. priscilla lewis co-director of the u.s. world initiative, jacob schapiro assistant professor of politics and public affairs of princeton university's woodrow wilson school of international affairs in soon to be joining us, still in the middle of his commute is paul pillar former cia official now professor and director of studies of the security studies program a georgetown university. he will be here within the next five to minutes-- to ten minutes i do believe. it would take a lot of the morning to lay out all the credentials of this fine group so instead of doing that we have put together a bio sheet that many of you have picked up. you can take a look at it. essay said after a session this

morning, daniel benjamin will give as direct evidence of the administration plans, especially in light of the christmas bombing attempt and we are very appreciative he can join this. as an administrative note between our session and mr. benjamin's toka we will have a brief recess in order to reset the stage. you can use that to freshen up a bit but don't go very far because we will begin in short order with dan benjamin. what we started planning this event i can see-- conceived a simple-- look back on the year past look forward with their prescriptions for the next year and the rest of president obama's service and then go to q&a. obviously well christmas brought us and on wanted gift if you will. so we are going to start with the discussion of our top lines, what are takeaways are from the christmas bombing attempt and then look back at the first year of the obama administration, look ahead and go to q&a with you.

if i hurry up and stop talking we will have 25 minutes for each so let's turn to that first question and we will just go down the road and i will join the seeded panel. what free to do is to take away from the christmas attempt? >> thank you very much jim. i would begin this way. i think that's largely the administration's response to the christmas day incident is commendable. i would have preferred for the president to have come out sooner. it was three days as we know before the president made a statement. i think in times like this the american people want to see the commander in chief particularly one as analytical as president obama. that said once he did come out and i think there were four appearances subsequently both the tone and content it seems to me of everything the president said were exactly right. i am reminded of what william f. buckley once said that he would rather be governed by the first 100 people in the boston phone book than the fact-- faculty of

harvard in by that he meant there's a lot of wisdom that recites an ordinary americans. everything the president announced the signing a person in the intelligence community to be responsible for following up on all party leaders, more sharing of information within the intelligence and security community, checking the pisa status of known suspected terrorists and of course revoking visas when their activities is in place, tightening watch list procedures to make it easier when there are reasonable grounds to believe that someone is a terrorist or maybe a terrorist to put that person at least on this delicti list which would enhance greening and perhaps even under certain circumstances and i would argue those circumstances existed in the up the mattel case on the no-fly list and of course and hands screening protocols and the wider appointment of screening technology which we can talk about the whole body imaging and other such things later during the course of the problem.

all of it nate perfect sense. one needn't be a counter-terrorism expert. since it is so obvious in commonsensical why are they just now being instituted nine years almost after 9/11, eight years after the creation of tsa, seven years after the creation of the department of homeland security and became the national counter-terrorism center, initially the terrorist integration system in six years at the accretion of the director of national intelligence and if there is anything good it seems to me that comes out of the christmas day incident, aside from of course the abi is the fact that the plot was foiled, not of course through our own government but to the heroism of the passengers and the ineptitude of the terrorists, it is that, the incident has served began to concentrate the national mind on the urgency of the terrorist threat, and i would close with two additional

quick thoughts. one of the other good things that the administration did and there is no indication that they will change their mind about this as these investigations continue in these rekeys continue is the administration did not announce that there would be any further organizational changes. that is the typical response of government, when there are huge crises like this, it seems to me that we have the organizational structures that we need. what is lacking in the administration has been fake about this, misaccountability. the president commendably took responsibility and ultimately the president is responsible for everything that goes right and wrong and this government. it is the right thing to do morally and politically smart as well. president kennedy family took responsibility, but as a practical matter the president does not run his own government. his people lendee in tell us incent security beaurocracy youtube, ultimately it is they who should be held

accountable. the final thing i would say that leads to the top line is i acknowledge the potential danger of overreaction and the think there are times during the course of the year since 9/11 when our government has overreacted. a good example is the program when muslim men between 6945 or rounded up been incarcerated for a long period of time. gitmo is another example of that, but i am more concerned about the other reaction, which is under reaction and i think largely since 9/11, we have tended to think the fret as conaway. and again, this incident served to concentrate the mind and i hope and expect the obama administration will have new urgency to counterterrorism as a result of it. >> thank you very much to jim and cato for inviting me. i appreciate the opportunity to come. you know i think one of the things that the christmas incident shows is our intelligence community is

functional in ways that were far too similar to the dysfunction that provided the opportunity for 9/11 to occur and i think that is something that we should really focus on, that this is still a problem of correct management of information. after 9/11, the issue was originally that we were collecting the right information you have to remember after 9/11 it took a couple of years before with the government actually knew came out, so in those first couple of years what we did was unleased the collection capability of the government and allowed sis visionless collection and i think what this incident shows is that when you gather a lot of fun filtered they can't make the haystacks bigger it does not help to find this few needles that need to be found in the think that is really something that we should

take a real serious review of rather than sort of trying to create knee-jerk reactions. and, pretty much for the last almost year i guess, the obama administration has embraced this concept of suspicion lescallet shine. there was an opportunity to reform the patriot act and the administration pretty much stood behind having yet you know, put back in pretty much the way it is, pretty much any of the surveillance powers of not really been recalibrated and one of the most disappointing things that comes out of this is the statement that the terrorist watch list system works. if there is any better evidence of the terrorist watch list simply doesn't work the christmas incident should be it but you don't even have to look there. in may the department of justice inspector general issued a report indicating there were huge problems with the terrorist

center watch listing process that created error rates as high as 35%, that there were 1.1 million separate identities put on it and it is obviously a broken system and that needs to be completely repaired and to get to why that is a broken system i think is very important. and, you know i think part of the problem is i think what al qaeda has learned or what other terrorist groups have learned is they don't even have to succeed in a terrorist event any more. they can claim credit for a failed terrorist attempts and it gets the same reaction, and you know i think one of the things i think president obama tidwell was very quickly get the facts out which was different from 9/11 as far as what were the actual breakdowns that allowed this to occur, so that we can hopefully have an adult conversation about what these to be done to repair those problems

rather than sort of knee-jerk problems or solutions to problems that don't exist. but unfortunately, the statements that have come out of the intelligence community and sort of the options that were given for what to repair, don't reflect those problems. things like body scanning and things like adding more names to the terrorist watch list. if you look at what actually happened, those are not necessarily the best solutions or even adequate solutions for what the problem is, so you know i hope that we have an opportunity to completely reviewed-- review what is still wrong with the intelligence community so we can actually get the solutions that help us and don't help our enemies. and whether it is overreaction or under reaction, i think what we want to make sure is the reaction is correct to adjust the threat as it exists rather then as you