tj maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you! good morning everyone. thank you for joining us. today is monday, january 4th. happy new year. by now we have all heard the news. the redskins is parted ways wit zoran. we have more perspective. we are live. sarah, good morning. this is coming as no surprise, but lets hear it.

>> the redskins do a lot of shocking things. this is not one of them. zoran firing has been a done deal for months. this morning it became official. i want to show you the scene this morning. around 2:15 the team returned from san diego. teams went into the building and jim zoran pulled out ending his 12-20 record. it marks the end to one of the most stunning promotions. he was named the offensive coordinator. 15 days later he was promoted to be this team's head coach. >> i am very excited about being the redskins head football coach. that is quite miraculous for me to even say. >> reporter: an that say the

coach famously fumbled his teams colors. >> they will be all colored up in maroon and black and yellow. >> let's have somebody break it down, man. >> hip, hip. >> that ray. >> washington fell into a 2-6 slide into the second half of that debut season. >> i just feel like the worst coach in america. >> reporter: the off season brought hope. 2009 began the way 2008 ended. >> we have high expectations and losing creates thoughts. >> reporter: the theory many believed is the second year of

the five year contract would be his last, despite unwaivering support from his players. >> it is definitely not one person. >> after an embarrassing loss management no longer believed his ability to run the offense. stripping him of the duties and hiring lewis who went to calling the plays. some of the guys weren't sure who he was. >> he accepted the decision but he never liked it. >> if it is really the play calling i'm ready to try it. >> they gave him an endorsement for the remainder of the season. new general manager was noncommittal about zoran's long- term prospect. >> we will discuss the future. >> reporter: but he no longer

had one here in washington. the first major decision became firing the head coach. >> reporter: so the era comes to an end. players will be coming here to clean out their locker, do their end of the season interviews. we'll talk to players at 11:30. allen will speak to the media, he is holding a press conference. we'll be out here all day long. i will be updating my blogs throughout the day. we'll be back live again at noon. when they make their next hire it will be the seventh coach in dan's tenure. we'll have much more coming up at noon. back to you in the studio. >> all right. thank you very much. joining us now is former

redskins great, ryan mitchell. ryan, when allen was first named in his position you were one of the first to talk about the future. what are you hearing now? >> still hearing the same thing, mike would be the coach. i think a lot of people may be a little concerned and are thinking he may try to shock us. if they don't hire him it would be a shock. >> and why should he be the number one on people's list? >> i guess he is number one because he has won two super bowls. he has the best resume out there. coming to this job, no one is going to allow them to go out and be the decision maker. dan is the reason for as much

as this off season as jim zoran is. if they allow the coach to do his job that coach can be successful. >> what was so interesting, whether he would be out today or even last night, looking at turner, another one of the coaches for the washington redskins, who doesn't have the kind of success he had in his previous job. >> i think zoran is say there is another side. turner has proven it and sitting out. he was given to do a job he has no experience at. he was a quarterback coach and never called a play in his life. they elevate him and they had him doing too many things.

he didn't have a good team. he was kind of set up in a way. >> and before i let you go, what's going to happen to some of the other people that were support staff. lewis was with brought in to call the plays. what about his defensive coordinator? who stays in the bruce allen area? >> i think shanahan brings in his own guys. simmer is a guy who has been a defensive coordinator. they tell me mitchell has accepted the head coaches job down in baton rouge. going back home to our hometown. >> that's right. >> and i think they will be out looking for a lot of jobs.

when the head coach goes normally the whole staff goes. with mike i think it will be different. >> all right. let's hope so. and within minutes of the story breaking fans began powing comments on our facebook page. here are a few of the comments. sharon wrote, will a new coach really make a difference? roy says how many more coaching changes will the redskins go through before they get the right one? and paulette. says he was not the man for our team. we don't need nice, but we need tough and strong. the firing of jim zoran, we want to know who you want to see. you can find out our poll and

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with the skins. and the terrorism issue is now front and center of the debate in congress. this is after health care reform dominated the agenda for months. we me is aaron. good morning and happy new year. >> reporter: to you as well. >> everyone talks about the president getting out of washington and getting away. this christmas bomber has turned things upside down when it comes to internet security. >> that's right. i think everybody thought we would get a little from the politics. the christmas day bomber created a new stir about our global security. the president was in hawaii and had to shift his focus. he is headed back to town. he has to push health care aside so he with deal with it. >> it seems he all comes down

to politics. national security was another reason for not closing guantanamo bay and not sending some back to where this plot was hatched. >> yes. this last year the president wanted to focus on the health care, climate change. this has pushed into the front burner. everyone wants to win. national security has been one of the top issues. it has proven favorable. they will try to capitalize on that. there is always a political opportunity here. >> and what is interesting is during the campaign the democrats as a party seem to answer everything the republicans threw at them.

now that the obama administration is in office the white house don't seem to have strong answers for everything that is at them. >> and as they have been so focused on health care reform i don't want to say they have lost focus, but i wouldn't say they have been talking a lot about it. it hasn't been on their top priority list in terms of congressional and white house action. >> uh-huh. >> that is going to change. i think you'll see when congress comes back to town and the house comes back the president is back, he will meet with his intelligence team tomorrow. we'll hear a lot more about it. i don't think the focus is lost for long. >> and a lot of members are influx in their difference. >> you bet. this will be a pretty important election. they are looking to pick up

seats in the house and senate. it will make it tough for president obama to get the rest of his agenda done. he wants to preserve as many seats as he possibly can. so this is going to be critical. >> thank you for being with us. >> you bet. and let's get an update on the forecast. >> it is cold enough for the earl b. wood middle school to close. they don't have heat. it is closed in rockdale because of that. maybe a snow shower. tomorrow 35 and wednesday perhaps 37. as we look at the forecast, partly to mostly cloudy. northwest winds 10 to 20. sunset at 5:00. not as cold feeling tonight. lows generally in the 20s. windchill will not be as

brutal. tuesday highs in the low to mid- 30s. west virginia and ohio trying to move into virginia. a couple of echoes here. we may see a couple of those. we have cloudy skies now. we were seeing a little bit of sunshine. it is 27 in fredericks. windchill of 9 above zero. a little bit warmer feeling down south of fredericksburgy windchill at 5. across arkansas and tennessee there is snow moving into alabama and down in montgomery seeing snow showers. along be us thanks to the big storm still spinning. the lake snows are cranking.

this could be enough to sweet out a snow shower or flurry. we do have a chance for snow again by friday with another shot of cold air. we'll see whether or not they can take advantage of the snow. friday 28. not sold on it yet. saturday and sunday we start to warm up with temperatures in the lower 30s. back to you. >> thanks. and many make the resolution to slim down each year. we have details on rebooting your body in two weeks. we are live with more on today's show. good morning. this is much more than just getting into the little bikini if. >> reporter: that's right. all this week we are covering the big ones. it is the number one resolution here. the wall cling is that we fail

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and they fired zorn. on the phone is andy. even if he had won the game last night, would we still be talking about zorn being fired today? >> yeah, i think he was fired probably in september. when they lost to the lions it was pretty much his run. it would take a miraculous turn around for him to keep his job. >> and the thing about it is we were talking about it earlier that this really was not his making just bad coaching, it was the circumstances that even put him into the head coaching position. >> yeah, the hiring itself was bizarre to begin with.

you have got to remember when the redskins hired jim zorn they hired him as an offensive coordinator. he made arrangements and for whatever reason decided, well, you know, maybe zorn can be ahead coach. it was clear after half of the season he couldn't be. >> and looking at this team and just how everything is made up in the management sense, whether it is shanahan or somebody else, what can make a coach successful here? turner was gone and now he is coaching the 13-3 san diego chargers. >> i don't know what can be expected. i think the big thing about this organization that they have done is they have done

great addition by subtraction. he made moves that snider wanted him to make. zorn was a pliable head coach. he wanted to have good strong football people and have the background to stand up. that will be the difference moving forward. >> when do you think we'll hear who the new head coach will be? >> it will be surprised if it's not shanahan and if it doesn't happen today. >> okay. thank you very much for being with us. we'll be right back.

tomorrow, wednesday and thursday relatively quiet. maybe relatively cold. friday we'll see if the storm develops or not. getting colder friday and

saturday. if the sun is out it doesn't feel that cold. >> it doesn't feel as bad. >> thanks. and we'll update our story, the firing of coach jim zorn and who could be next. see you then. >> bye. >> bye.

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