as a rabbi in d.c. heads back to courted on charges he secretly videotaped women in ritual baths. >> we learned the investigation is growing and now georgetown joining another university looking for potential victims. a website launched to find women who think they might have been recorded. all this as a couple revealed they were shunned from the rabbi's synagogue after they came forward with their claims. developments from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: orthodox rabbi barry friend dmendel is charged taking videotaped pictures of women taking a secret bath using a hidden clock and radio. a woman who used to work with the rabbi says she believes there are more victims at the synagogue and units where the rabbi taught. >> absolutely. not just georgetown and geor georgetown law and drew students from the university of maryland

and phd students. >> reporter: one of the students came to wocourt today. >> i knew he was very pompous and this was a big shock. >> reporter: prosecutors revealed in court they published a website on the rabbi's case so possible victims can contact investigators. emma and jeffrey reported her fears that she had been caught on camera and went public. as a result, they were shunned and made to feel like snitches at their synagogue in rockville. >> no one talks to us in that synagogue. >> the president did speak to us and said, don't expect an apology. >> reporter: this is how difficult this investigation is. detectives have about 10 years of video they have to review, women who wonder if they were potenti potent victims are told to submit a head shot and then the detectives go through the painstaking process reviewing the video looking for them.

that's the latest at the d.c. courthouse. family and friends of a high school student who's murdered will soon be gathering for a vigil in his honor. to the boy's name -- the boy's name was brenden wilson. and the mother is trying to come to grips with the tragedy and we are learning more about the men arrested in that crime. mark. >> reporter: this is where that candlelight vigil will take place in less than an hour. the path we're standing on is called "the cut" leading up to bridge wood heights. you can see the tribute to brenden heights where he was shot and killed. three men in custody and one more being searched for. the police say this was a drug related murder but the family and mother say that's not true. >> just because they were drug dealers does not mean this is a

drug related crime. i will not have my son's name go out like that. >> reporter: earlier today, neighbors were cleaning up the spot where 16-year-old brenden wilson was shot to death. they showed us makeshift pipes as an example of things that go on in the woods at woodbridge high school. brenden wilson's family and friends are still coming to grips with their loss. >> brenden was a good person and he was always there for us. >> reporter: wilson's mother hopes the school will learn a lesson from her son's murder. >> i would like woodbridge high school to start putting more drug assemblies in the school and bullying. make them equal not only for the bullying but for the drugs, too. help a lot of these kids. these kids need help. they need help. this cut here needs to be monitored. >> reporter: as for how she will remember his son. >> i want you to remember his smile, how amazing he was and the smile that he brought and happiness he brought to

everybody. that's the way i want my son to be remembered. >> reporter: now, police are already here to provide security for tonight's candlelight vigil that starts at 7:00. family and friends are expected to show up. as for the three suspects held in custody have a court date set for january 1, one charged with murder and two with conspiracy. police hope to have a fourth suspect in custody later tonight. >> thanks. tonight, we have a new look at jesse matthew, the man suspected in the death of uva student, hannah graham. earlier today he was transferred to a fairfax county jail. he was facing four felony charges including attempted murder and 2005 rape case in fairfax and charged in the abduction and disappearance of hannah graham. new at 6:00, a maryland

defendant was sentenced to jail. police say he went to his house in february and shot him in his sleep. they say he was upset and believed his mother had chosen her fiance over him. >> there was no confrontation or discussion. this was someone who shot someone in their sleep. it was born out of something but not love. it was born out of anger or perhaps jealousy. >> once he's out of prison, hunter will have five years of probation. fire affecting two families in maryland in waldorf this afteoon. the fire started in the balcony of a house there because somebody did not properly put out a cigarette. it spread to two other town homes and two families displaced, damage at $600,000. a popular mall is

demolishing a parking garage just as the holiday shopping season gears up. westfield mall in bethesda is making the change after a piece fell off. part of the side rail buckled in late september. nobody was hurt. the mall says it will have valet parking available while the mall is rebuilt and they're working on a $90 million renovation. they're saying it was a faulty brake cable that caused scaffolding to come loose in new york city. when that happened, two window washers were left dangling from one of the tallest buildings, stranded nearly two hours up there 68 floors up the world trade center. >> firefighters were able to cut through the windows. the men were tethered to a rig and the firefighters cut through the nearly inch thick window to get to them and get to them

inside. police also had an extra scaffold from the top for precautions. legislators back in session and making big changes. tonight, they're denouncing president obama's climate deal with china and slamming nuclear talks with iran. jay is live at the capitol with the latest. >> hi. clearly, there is a sense of change here but plenty of work that must be done before the new men and women move in here. >> we will come to order -- >> reporter: as the lame duck session began the outgoing senate majority leader called for compromise while his republican counter-part called for change. >> there's absolutely no reason why we can't work together. >> last week, the american people sent a strong message to washington. they voted for a new direction. >> newly elected gop senators visited the capitol today. republicans don't officially take control of both chambers of

congress until january. in the interim, there is work lawmakers must get done including the agreement of 1 trillion dollar plus spending bill that ends december 11th and tax breaks for individuals and businesses. president obama was an funding for the ongoing fight against isis, and battle the ebola crisis and deal with unaccompanied central american children who cross the u.s. border. >> those would be very constructive things to do in the next couple of months. i think they're doable. >> reporter: the divisions are undeniable as president obama announces an agreement with china to reduce emissions. >> we are in the effort to reduce climate change. >> they say the deal is too tough at home. >> it is creating havoc in my state and other states around the country. >> reporter: climate change, immigratin reform threaten to

widen the divide on capitol hill. jay gray, nbc news, at the capit capitol. in half an hour, a local college professor will become a congressman. the house speaker will swear in david pratt. he is a professor and upset house majority leader eric cantor in a primary election for virginia's 7th district. new fire trucks represent a turnaround for d.c. and ems and major gray brought out equipment to show the city is making changes and progress. breakdown and staff changes and personnel mistakes have haunted the department recently. the mayor says he has reformed his promise to update the department. two lawyers are in jail now. new at 6:00, how police zoomed in on those suspects. >> he admitted to drinking and driving a government car.

a woman ended up dead and questions why he's still on the job making sixfigures. record cold and snow. cold weather heading our way, huh, veronica? >> that's right. you will likely not like it. we've been talking the last couple of days, as cold edges closer, winter air and what's

now to the extreme weather blasting through parts of the country. this is time lapsed video of heavy snow at denver international airport. that's not the only challenge. joining us live from denver, temperatures hovered around zero today. hi. >> reporter: hi. >> is still falling in denver. the forecast is calling for drop below s tonight. in parts of the u.s. winter is here with record breaking cold. but for some- >> this is beautiful colorado. >> reporter: all this to be expected. >> we do. it's about time. >> reporter: still, for the second day in a row, the high temperature in denver was the lowest in close to 100 years. from the rockies to the plains,

temperatures are 20 to 40 degrees below normal with wyoming marking the coldest in the country. >> windchills are brutal outside, 25 below, 30 below, in some places across the state. >> reporter: icy snow packed conditions have forced truckers to chain up and use caution with blowing snow hampering visibility. >> slick, really slick. >> keeping an eye on the other guy. >> reporter: in michigan's upper peninsula along with the cold staggering snow total, 30 inches in 36 hours and it's not over. the arctic blast affecting people as far south as texas and louisiana is heading east. the cold will linger, a preview of the season ahead. >> flurries here in denver may warm tonight and the temperature may warm 20 degrees as the system moves east. >> thank you. after seeing that, i guess

that's supposed to make us feel better about the cold we're going to have? >> we can. i'm not. i'm not a fan of the cold, the fact it's coming so early. a lot of folks down already. we're talking about these temperatures way below average, january and november, now is the time to get the coats and sweaters out of the mothballs. friday it hits. your temperatures down 10-20 degrees across the area. so, again, the blast hits and you need to start preparing, as lee ann gregg said, those temperatures way low already throughout the northern plains, cheyenne and denver and 3 degrees in kansas city. dallas, just 37 degrees, current temperature, 20 degrees higher but won't be as extreme when the cold air gets here. nonetheless, it will have a bite and stay for a while.

we have the mostly clear sky. jupiter tonight, nice and starry, just below the moon and nice and bright. very cold again for the start tomorrow under that mostly clear sky. these are high clouds at 7:00 a.m. clouds will quickly be on the increase throughout the day. by lunchtime fairly overcast throughout the area starting at 4:00 or 5:00 p.m., showers starting to show up to our north. mainly hagerstown and frederick, maryland. same thing as western maryland. yes, the blue-and-white high spots for western maryland, light snow, just a little accumulation, trace, an inch of the high spots not be surprised if we see a flurry in some locations, winchester, the bulk of the night. and about 11:00 p.m. tomorrow and 10:00 p.m. some showers moving out. we have sunshine back on friday,

right? but it will be cold sunshine. on top of that, with the cold, it will be breezy behind this system. every time we get a system with this cold pattern, we get reinforcing cold. forecast low to moderate, cooler conditions, rain late and means wet roads for the drive home. it also means tomorrow morning as we switch things over for the balmy conditions and fog this morning, dry and colder conditions tomorrow morning. 34, frederick, 37 degrees around fredericksburg. what to wear? the kids will need a hat and umbrella if they're out late. warm jacket, too. preparation is everything, high temperature for tomorrow, 50 to 51 degrees and getting up to that, 51. the rain should be ending by sunrise friday. a good thing for us. look at the morning temperature on friday. 33 degrees. your weekend right now, 44-48 degrees, saturday and sunday. i like that our weekend right

now is looking dry. remember yesterday, we had rain showers posted for sunday? that rain now not there anymore. the rain, is expected to be on monday morning right now, showers will be with us. temperature going up to 50 degrees on monday. so any spots left with water on area roads might be a little slick, a little icy for tuesday morning right now. a cold pattern sets up. the trend, what's next after seven days, we'll show you that later in the newscast. >> thanks. you want to put all those clothes on those kids and hope they bring them back home again so you don't have too buy new ones for the next day. new numbers in for that concert last night for valor on the mall. the permit called for up to 800,000 people. the park service no longer does estimates on crowd numbers. but metro tells us its ridership on the rails was about 523,000 trips for the day.

on a normal work day, metro gets about 750,000 trips. the transit agency tells us only about 75,000 riders used the system after the concert. they also say everyone was able to get on a train by 10:45 last nigh night. a navy seal talking about the mission to kill bin laden. we'll tell you the things he did before that top secret raid and why he didn't think he'd make it out alive. nurses march to the white house. why your health could be on the line if you don't take action. >> reporter: what's the solution to fix i-66? a new plan is in

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low costs airlines are gaining an ever bigger footprint at airports. southwest gone from being non-existent not that long ago to flying about 44 daily round trip flights out of national. among the new service at dcar, flights to indianapolis and akron. today, the airport's authority approved an expansion plan at national that would move some security checkpoints to the ticketing level. they could would do that, they

say, to increase passenger flow and it would also bring more parking capacity at the airport. when it's finished, it will be one of the first of its kind. installation for a new smart road system could mean headaches for some drivers in our area. starting tomorrow, crews will begin overnight installation of new signs along i-66 between the beltway of route 29 in centerville. adam tuss is in vienna with more on the project. >> reporter: how do we fix exhibition 66, let's count the ways here. not enough road capacity or transportation. it's interesting because vdot wants to take what's already here and make better use of it. on i-66 the traffic rolls and crawls through every nook and cranny. what do you think about the traffic in this area? >> it's ridiculous, isn't it? >> reporter: things have gotten so bad, the plan is to make 66 smarter and more plans for

overhead electronic message boards that tell you what to expect way down the road. look at this design from vdot, called an active traffic management area only a handful in this country. shoulders closed during off peak hours could be opened up when needed. joan morris explains. >> if there's an accident ahead and you're five miles behind that accident you will get information telling you which lane to get in. >> reporter: a few dozen overhead gantrys will be installed tomorrow night lasting a couple months and display lots of info, most rising from the beltway to centerville. >> reporter: what comes to mind when i say exhibition i- slow, . >> reporter: rich moved out of our area for the traffic and says more than just signs are needed for 66. >> i think they need to accommodate the volume, that means wider roads, more lanes,

maybe alternate paths. >> reporter: for now a sliver of hope on this crawling road. while those overhead gantrys go up, vdot has to shut down parts of 66. that will happen at midnight to 2:00 a.m. vdot says they will give you plenty of heads-up when they do that. reporting from vienna, adam tuft, news4. >> i don't think there's another company that would have handled it this way. he is still in his government job after an accident and we learned why he's back on the payroll and why congress is looking for answers. two lawyers now behind bars after a stabbing inside a virginia home. why problems at their law firm may have led to their attack. plus, they're some of the plus, they're some of the world's most popular diets, why

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two lawyers charged with stabbing a couple in virginia. we will tell you what was revealed from that violent confrontation. >> from the hospital to the hill, d.c. nurses on strike. this is more than ebola, the quality of care that could be putting you at risk. and a government worker admitting to drinking and

driving before an accident that killed one of them. >> they should have never hired that guy back. >> new details tonight in a home invasion and stabbing that upset quite a few people in a certain neighborhood in mcclain, virginia. >> police say two attorneys were behind the attack and now we know how investigators were able to talk them down. dorothy has details. >> reporter: this attack was so brutal that it landed both victims who were 61 years old, in the icu. fortunately, they were able to provide police with some information about who their attackers were. police were able to track them down in their car within one hour. alicia schmuhl and her husband, both lawyers were charged in a home invasion and stabbing. it was not a random crime. even though the victims in their 60s were left critically wounded, they were able to give

police enough information about them to track down their attacker attackers. >> whate infor the officers were able to glean from the victims led them to put out a lookout for the suspect vehicle very quickly located, stopped, the occupants arrested. >> reporter: a law enforcement force tells news4 this all stemmed from alicia schmuhl losing her job. police saw the police searching the schmuhl's home on tuesday, two days after the crime. >> reporter: what was happening? >> lots of police and unmarked cars, un-uniformed police. the street was blocked for a little bit. >> reporter: police say the couple showed up at this house on spencer road sunday night. an attorney and his wife live in the home. he is listed as a partner in the law firm where alicia schmuhl worked. he was stabbed when answering the door and the second victim was stabbed when she went to see

what was happening. neighbors never thought it would lead detectives to their street. >> geez, i guess it happens everywhere. i just happen to live here. >> reporter: the schmuhls are charged with abduction and malicious wounding. both are being held without bond. >> reporter: alicia schmuhl is also being charged with eluding police and obstruction of justice. news4. >> thanks. the man accused of snatching a woman off a street in philadelphia was in federal court today. his name was delvin barnes. he was assign add public defender and bail hearing set for friday. they charged him with kidnapping a 22-year-old woman a week and a half ago. the attack was random and caught on camera. barnes is facing charges for an attack on a 16-year-old girl there. we're told he will be tried in the philadelphia case first. the man who says he fired the shot that killed onlisama bin laden is talking about the

mission for the first time. chris lawrence is here with the story. chris. >> earlier this week we learned a former seal team member was claiming to have fired the fatal shot and now he is talking about the mission to kill. o'neill told fox news he thought this mission would be his last. >> the more we trained on it we realized this is a one way mission. we will go and not come back. we will die when the house blows up, we will die when he blows up or be there too long and get arrested by the pakistanis and spend the rest of our short lives in pakistani prison. it's worth it to kill him because he dies with him. >> reporter: he said he even wrote good-bye letters to his kids and the first thing he did when he got home was tear those up. he now works as a motivational speaker. there is some question whether he is the one seal member who

killed osama bin laden. another person on that mission said at least three seals shot bin laden. >> thanks, chris. nurses in the district marched from providence hospital to the white house today. they're joining a 24 hour nationwide strike over what they say is inadequate ebola training. that's not the only thing about which they're voicing concern. zachary is near the white house now with why those striking nurses say your health could be at risk. >> reporter: vans, the nurses finished up at the white house just behind me not long ago, the focus today ebola. for a number of nurses at providence hospital i spoke to today, larger concerns about their ability to provide patients with the best possible care. >> nurses have been trying to talk to management but they have not been willing to discuss patient care concerns. >> reporter: the response to ebola has only further co complicated a messy contract

negotiations at providence hospital. it's affecting nurses like donna. >> when you have patients that tell you she had a horrible night because she's been complaining of pain and nobody has been answering the call bell and she's been sitting there two hours and there is nobody to help her c this is a shame. >> we're out here for health and safety and e is a concern and staffing is a big issue. >> reporter: the hospital said we continue to work to find a fair and equitable outcome in the best interest of our nurses and patients and insuring the future viability of our hospital. today, 20,000 nurses walked and rallied for health and safety. >> they're not concerned about your safety, they're not concerned about the patient's safety. the only thing they're concerned about is the money they put on the profit side of the books. >> reporter: here at providence, it's bigger than that. the nurses say they have low wages, high turnover and staff cuts all at the expense of

patient care. >> sometimes i want to go home and cry because i've done the best i possibly could but it wasn't good enough because i've had too many patients. >> reporter: despite their frustrations the nurses i talked to aren't willing to quit or look elsewhere for work. >> the definition should be to stand up and fight. >> reporter: donna couldn't hold back the tears. >> i have empathy and compassion for people especially my patients. >> reporter: the hospital brought in temporary nurses to help fill those gaps. the nurses that were on the picket lines are expected to return to work tomorrow. reporting live northwest d.c., zachary kiesch, news4. >> thank you. some of the most popular diets fall short. researchers looked at atkins, the zone, weight watchers and south beach diets. they found they do help people lose weight but the weight isn't likely to stay off. the best way to beat the bulge

is making broad overall lifestyle changes you can stick with over the long hall. and now what's coming up on "nightly news." >> hey, jim an doreen, good evening, just when we could use promi promising news they manage to land a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on a climate. and on earth, this climate deal reached between the u.s. and china, we'll take a look at that. up here in new york, an am track ride above new york, the drama at the new world trade center as scaffolding comes loose. we'll have all of it for you on nbc "nightly news" at 7:00. thanks. video just coming in of a violent confrontation including service members overseas. the holiday rush already under way. if you wait until black friday

for bargains, you might miss out. >> your afternoon temperatures cooler than our current reading of 57 degrees. it comes with an opportunity of maybe more than just rain.

breaking news now. we just learned of a lawsuit against metro following a deadly accident last year. chris lawrence. >> yes. they broke this on twitter minutes ago. the estate of harold ingram is suing metro for $10 million. in gram was killed in an explosion a year ago as he and other workers were doing work when hydraulic fluid caught fire. that caused an explosion and a large piece of rail hit ingram in the chest. we're still looking through documents filed today and we will bring you more on this suit

live at 11:00. chris lawrence. >> the u.s. embassy in turkey calls this attack on american sailors today appalling. the state department calls it deeply troubling. three u.s. sailors on a port visit in in stan bull were attacked by a group of about 20 nationalists from the turkish youth union. the americans were able to get away and return to their ship without injury. the sailors were signed to the uss ross. the unplacement rate for veterans from wars in iraq and afghanistan is way above average, one reason for hiring our heroes at today's job fair. >> i have my masters degree and now trying to get in my skilled position. >> this event is awesome. brings the employers to you. >> we hire veterans every

opportunity we can get to pay back their service and support. >> that program, hiring our heroes, has skuresulted in 369, confirmed hires since its enception in 2004. nbc sponsored this event today. i'm not ready for this and you might not be either. there is a suggestion you may not want to wait another minute to start your holiday shopping if you want to get the best deals. how that intercepted with black friday. here's tom costello. >> have you finished your christmas shopping yet? what do you mean you haven't started? >> the best deals may be right now. black friday was so last year. they're coming out with tremendous discounts with top selling items. where are the deals and what can you expect? sn>> i am brian costello and ben

with brian williams tonight on "nightly news." a woman hit and killed and the mother demanding justice. >> no criminal punishment or v.a. punishment and

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an investigation by the news4 i-team is raising new questions about a highly paid employee from the department of veterans affairs. >> the drove a government vehicle and a woman was killed.

they agree they botched his case and he's still on the job and taxpayers still paying his salary. >> emergency. i need some help big time. >> reporter: he admitted he was the one driving a truck after a night of bar hopping. >> did you have something to drink? >> yes, sir. i don't know exactly how much. >> reporter: while on official business at a government conference in dallas. two other department of veterans affairs employees went to the bars and bought a dozen drinks. some of the drinks bought for other patrons. one of those two companions was amy wheat, who somehow fell out of the moving truck. >> i looked back there where she was. she wasn't there. she wasn't there. where is she? >> the other man in the truck called 911. >> right now, we need big time help. >> amy wheat died from her injuries. >> she was the love of miy life

my only child. >> reporter: four years after losing her only daughter her mom s says he pain is still fresh. >> that's the hardest thing i'll never hear i love you momma, what you doing, momma? when are we going christmas shopping. >> reporter: police did arrest him that night but didn't give him a breathalyzer until six hours after the accident and blew a .43 and the feds found he was driving a government truck without an active driver's license, a few weeks after amy wheat's death he resigned his job in mississippi. then, months later he re-appeared even though he remained under investigation for misusing that truck a probe that showed he was intoxicated. he was rehired by the veterans administration paying him $103,000 a year. >> they should have fired him

and no criminal or v.a. punishment but making the same salary. >> after the i-team investigation they quickly realized they made a problem. and he was rehired with lawyers and the v.a. chief of staff trying to figure out how and why he managed to get back on the pay payroll. we showed that draft to the top administrator not involved in this specific case. >> they have a big problem because they don't get together unless there are big problems. >> reporter: the human resources administration who required him neglect ed neglec ask key questions about his past. and the dui was not a problem because there was not a nexus between that and the job he was applying and he failed to answer a key question on his application whether he resigned previously because of unfavorable circumstances, a problem they said would be very difficult to sply overlook.

>> by v.a.'s own standards and pride of who they hire, they should have never hired this guy back. they should have never done it. >> reporter: when we went to administrators with questions they declined to answer, instead saying the process jed was rehired is deeply regrettable. four years later he still works there. a congressional committee is formed to investigate why. >> to date, no reply. >> reporter: so far, they received no explanation. in a statement to the i-team the v.a. says it is working hard to hold employees accountable while providing appropriate due process and enforce better standards of acceptable performance. four years later, annette wants justice for the death of her daughter. >> i don't think he should get off scot-free which is what he has done. >> we asked jed about his reaction to all of this and he issued a written statement to the i-team "i followed all rules and requirements for federal employment in 2011.

i acknowledge having made mistakes in the past that i am deeply regretful of but i remain fully committed to the mission of the v.a. and the veterans we serve. >> surprising, scott mcfarland, thank you. to watch the i-team's original report detailing this case, head to our website and click on "investigation." >> cold out there. not yet but i guess -- >> dropping fast. >> wherever you put your coat, go get it out. >> back seat for me. i am a little closer for being ready. for sure, the cold, topic of conversation really over the next several days, and even with the cold, we're talking about conversational flurries, maybe a little conversational light snow. are we ever really ready for that first dose of winter cold that comes in? tomorrow morning we have a warm winter jacket and start at 38 degrees for the temperature and 47 in the afternoon and possible at 4:00 or 5 p.m. for showers

means wet roads. keep that in mind if you're exercising tomorrow. gi 50 degrees in the afternoon. the rain is coming up the coast and cold air is there and some areas could see light snow. a low impact for us. no local road impacts. i can't really see snow accumulating on area roads. whatever you've heard or seeing there in the app this is what it's like. we get to your weekend drive 44 degre degrees, 50 on monday and we stay in this cold pattern for several days after that. maybe a little bit of bump up on sunday. boom, it's back down again. 7-10 days at least. >> thanks. some good news to beef up that defense. >> yes. nice to hear. a boost for the redskins defense. all about how barry cofield is already helping out his

teammates on that side of the ball. plus- -- >> do you like everybody you work with? you don't have to point them out. >> i like you guys. >> robert griffin iii on

other than cleaning tony romo's clock a couple weeks ago,

the redskins defense has been less than spectacular. i think they'd have to be really happy about barry coming back. he's a player. >> we always talk about this leadership or lack of leadership in this redskins locker room. barry is a leader in and out of the locker room. people gravitate towards him. you know he's a good player. back to this leadership we're talking about. we all want to be liked and want everyone to think we're great. i know someone called beyonce talented and ugly. that's my point. he claims he's in a place right now in his head he just doesn't care what you have to say. the quarterback has been questioned by pretty much everyone in the organization and outside the organization as to whether or not he is the right guy for the job. reports have been circulating that a few players on this team just don't want him to start. he says he's not really worried about that and doesn't care what stories are out there.

>> certain networks push that stuff. some people have friends in high places, i don't. do you like everybody you work with? you don't have to point them out. >> it's not about being liked, it's about performing at a consistent high level at that position. i know there's great quarterbacks in the history of the nfl. if you look at them, i don't think everybody liked them in their locker room and they all respected them and knew come game time and crunch time he would make a play. that's what it boils down to. he has to get the most out of everybody around him. offensive line, wide receivers, quarterbacks have to play at their best. >> there was actually real football news at the park. barry cofield is back. he was placed on the short term injured reserve list after suffering a high ankle sprain in week one. activated today. the coaches are happy to have him back. he'll be eligible to play this sunday when they go against

tampa bay. he said he learn add lot on the sidelines. >> i want to start by saying, i missed you guys, there was no hello. my biggest thing is we're close and try to give guys that confidence and we had injuries and hope i can come back, a free agent off the streets, will lay it on the line and play as hard as possible and hopefully help get us over that hump. it will take a collective effort. >> what a great attitude, free and off the street to prove what he can do. >> i like you guys, i'm glad to be back with you again. >> really? >> the media core that covers the redskins we, we're pretty great. we all just want to be liked. the washington wizards are one win away from having the best start in 40 years. the wizards are coming off a tiring two weeks including five away games, the most of any nba

team in three back to backs. they will play four consecutive games at home and those games will be spread out in two weeks stretch. and they will work on one of their preseason goals, becoming dominant on the home court. >> coming here and respect our house we have to play the brand of basketball that permits that. it will be real important for our season and psyche for the team and teach us what type of team we will have throughout the season. >> the main thing is protecting the home court what we didn't last year. you have to win 30 games at home. we had a relatively good start at 2-0, and a stretch of games here. people know it will be a tough environment to play when they come visit the verizon center. >> you guys see this on sunday, this is the seattle seahawks mascot. she took a detour in the game

and landed on this fan's head. today she went out on twitter and apologized to the team. i'm em boards for this incident and those actions are not

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