in a related story, john beck was passing out cookies in the locker room. >> amazing what the run game is to achieve this season. and the rookie sustained in earning 4 1/2 yards per carry and when he can not go last week, another got it and with some 19 carries and 432 yards. >> and have some extra competition. >> this is a roller coaster and some emotions were up and down. at the same time, i have to come and&workef week and pay it off. >> and that is impressive. >> you can't pass the ball unless you have a good running game and that is working hand- in-hand. >>> last night, the highest scoring regulation bowl game in history, robert griffin the third and baylor facing washington and that alamo bowl, on the way to a 24-yard touchdown and the teammates who stole the show, 200 yards, five touchdowns and baylor defeats washington, 67-56. >>> the capitals are hoping's new year will bring changes. they're in third place and december, a 6-6 record and luckily, the caps have three more months to move to the top. >> and first, they will host the sabers at thever, zon center and buff lows with

rex outclassed john beck.s the offense watchable. >> obviously the four picks in the philadelphia game got him benched. did he deserve to get benched? >> he deserved to get benched. he was playing terrible. i think they could have brought him back. most teams do that. when a guy is having a terrible game, they pull him out and they put him back. i always thought rex was better than beck. >> the experiment did not work. it was rumored that the redskins were a major player for mark sanchez. they didn't take him. they didn't trade up. they took brian aracpo. >> i think they needed a pass rusher opposite andre carter at that point. their defense needed to make something happen. i wasn't convinced that sanchez was going to be a superstar. they did seriously try to get him, talk about getting him. jay cutler was a guy on their radar screen. they gave up on donovan and that's where they are. >> david, who do you give to offense? >> either of them is very good. a tie. >> better receivers and they have better runningba

what if the skins never started john beck or lose to the cowboys twice by a combined five points. two more wins and they are in the thick of the playoff race. but they're not. >> but whatever. >> but he can't help but looking ahead. >> you always want to play well and you want your best players to step up and they play to their level. and you're talking about getting better or getting worse. you are always hoping your football team is improving even thoen you are not playing for anything but pride. we have a chance to evaluate those guys on a day-to-day basis. >> this story will make you happy. >> oh, yeah? >> the wizards open up the regular season one week from today and nick young is back in washington. signs a one-year contract worth 3.7 million. young expected to have several other teams bidding for his services but the market never developed. he says he is going to take it out on the league. now it's time to play. >> it was a tough decision. i wanted to be back with the wizards. we worked hard to get something done but we couldn't come to an agreement. so got the work harder

there's been speculation john beck will get some run against the eagles. but mike asishanahan shays that will only happen if rex grossman gets hurt. offensive coordinator kyle shanahan says the turnovers are the most disappointing thing for him. >> i don't think it's a system that takes a long time to learn. you can get better at it but everyone in the league runs similar plays but you're going to run what they're good at. the better they are, the more you keep doing. everybody's looking for a franchise quarterback. you want one of those guys that there's no question about. there's probably only about five of them, six of them in the league and there's a lot of guy who is can play and there are some guy who is need to be replaced. you're always trying to find that one and still work doing it. >> i have an idea who that one could be. we're going to talk about him right now, baylor trending on twitter tonight not because people wanted to know about the medium sized christian school in waco, texas but because they wasn't to see heisman trophy winner robert gr

play the what-if game had john beck not played the other three games.cker room, they like rex grossman. i know people at home will go -- ah! >> i don't know he will be the main quarterback next year but will be on the roster. that's my bold prediction. >> okay. >> and the win? >> winds is jets over the >> chris: i'm chris wallace. herman cain suspend happened his presidential campaign and a former front runner looks to win over some of his former supporters in iowa. he said barack obama will be a one-term president. but is she the one to beat him? we'll continue our 2012 interviews

injuries really decimated that offensive line this year and set them back and then there was the john becke for four weeks, that's -- >> don't bring that up. it's the holiday. >> that's 1/4 of your season and so, you know, there were some other things outside of roster development that set the team back this season. >> very good. let's talk about that quarterback situation because in this town we know they love a good quarterback controversy better than a political controversy. so rex grossman unrestricted. he they had this week he's never been more confident in this offense. is that a guy lobbying for a job or contract? >> you could make the argument he's a little too confident in this offense given some of his decision making but i think what a guy knows an offense, there's a market for him whether it's here in washington or back in houston where they could use a backup quarterback in -- >> to go back. >> yes, because he knows the offense. i suspect they will make a push for him to come back to washington next year. >> you think he will be here? >> i think a good chance he'll be back. >>

>> that's the big question, rex grossman, right, he's 4-4 as a starting quarterback, 0-3 with john beck. if they had started grossman this whole season, would this season still be salvageable? >> we might be .500 and we still have the toughest part of our schedule in front of us. again, i'm watching the seattle game like, who is this team out here, who are you guys? >> you saw the emergence of roy halu last week. >> the hurdle was awesome. 146 yards. write this stuff down because i can't memorize it total offense against san frank and last week 162 and his first touchdown and that great hurdle we've seen all week long. do you think this is legit? is this the guy we should have seen all season long? >> i can't complain about the draft. halu has been awesome. >> carrigan has been a beast. >> he's a monster. we have some pieces. >> send it to the patriots. good morning haynesworth. >> someone picked him up. >> this is going to be interesting. the guy that did the plaxico burress burress johnson, i can't believe he did that. he must have budgeted out the fine ahead of time. he had to. >> th

and 50 years before bruce springsteen brings back the ghost of john aldman and repeats the word ofstein beck and this comes from debs and is our conscience in a way. bernie sand serious right. the words he said literally echo through our time today. >> you mentioned warren harding earlier. why did warren harding invite him to the oval office after he left prison? he pardoned him. >> he pardoned him, and -- because warren harding, for all of his failings, was a decent, kindly human being. and i believe he felt that an injustice had been perpetuated on debs and he wanted him out of jail in time for christmas so he could spend it with his family. i think that tells you all you need to know. >> any comment on debs? >> a hero. and i think -- >> because you like him politically? >> for sure. and i don't like the fact that socialism has become an help that -- an epitaph that you hurl at people without any understanding of what it means and in simple terms it's the naturalization of production and distribution. it's a question of how far we're going to go. debs is to some extent written out of the h

an interview with conservative radio host glenn beck today, gingrich faced some toughest questioning yet, positions on globbal warming. >> you have johnkerry sticking up for the government sector. >> i think there has to be a green conservatism. >> his past support for requiring some americans to have health insurance. >> you're for individual mandate for health care and have been for some time. >> for mitt romney who is endorsed by dan quail today, there are several troubling trends in this poll. the former governor made his career in business the hallmark of his campaign but iowa isn't buying what romney is selling. 31% say they trust gingrich to handle the economy. romney is 11 points back, also thinking gingrich has a better chance of beating president obama in november. team romney has to calculate how to handle a surging gingrich. there are risks and rewards to all of the options, and the clock is ticking. abc news, washington. >> abc's diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos will moderate the debate this weekend and you can watch it saturday at 6:00 p.m. right here on abc 7. >> with newt gingrich gaining support mitt romney tryi

beck, president drug and alcohol service providers organization of pennsylvania; dr. richard frank, professor of health economics, department of healthcare policy, harvard medical school; patrick hendry, senior director of consumer advocacy, mental health america; john o'brien, senior advisor for behavioral health financing, substance abuse and mental health services administration, u.s. department of health and human services. john, healthcare reform, why was it necessary? what benefits are we going to see out of it? well, ivette, we have about 50 million individuals in this country who don't have any insurance at any given point in a year. a number of them use emergency rooms and/or hospitals and that has a very significant cost for both people who have insurance, as well as employers who pay for insurance. we spend about $17.2 billion dollars on uncompensated care for those individuals. we also know that there is a significant number of people with substance abuse disorders who have benefits and don't access care, but there are a significant number of individuals who can't access care because they don't have insurance benefits. and richard, what are the major ways the affordable care act will affect the behavioral health system? the affordable ca

beck. it's not dignified to completely change your character to be what the base wants. you're supposed to be a leader. how does that show leadership quality? >> johnt tax cuts for the rich create these outcomes they've been preaching all these years? what do you make of it. >> absolutely. ed, we have had redistribution of the wealth for a number of years. unfortunately, it's been redistribution upward. we've been taking money from working folks and moving it to the wealthiest people in this country. we did it with bank bailouts. we did it with tax breaks for the rich. even president obama just a year ago was forced to compromise and make estate tax changes that benefited millionaires and billionaires. this has hardly been a period where the wealthy have been suffering. you know, the problem with mitt romney making this line is, i think it just reemphasized his desperation as has been said before. he is trying to compete with newt gingrich to be the republican who's most likely to accuse barack obama of being a socialist. the problem is, it really is crazy on this stuff. >> i'm just amazed, though. the guy's lying. he's been lying for six months. h

john and chris, boast of you. >>> and chris matthews is the host of msnbc's "hardball" and on the best seller list. it's great to see you back. >> i'm fighting it out with glenn beck on that best seller. i think is it golden gate questions. primary voters as one of the two commentators just said they vote with their heart. but even they have to be asked a question. do you give someone who you acknowledge as bomb thrower a nuclear weapon? do you make him commander-in-chief? we worry about the i rainians having nuclear weapons imagine newt gingrich having them. a man whose temperament who is tuned to the primary voters. but we are talking about picking a president and the republicans who want to defeat this president have to confront the question themselves do you want newt in the white house? that is a big question to answer. >> republicans have voted him in as speaker and third in line or second in line. >> is it a knew week office where uniquely place the power of the military in the hands of an elected official, the commander-in-chief, the president. does this man pass the test? conservatives say he makes erratic statements and says things like the palestinians

conservative talk community, united against john mccain and he won the republican presidential nomination. what you saw from michael savidge, what you hear from glenn beck romney or gingrich on their issues, but those are the guys in saercenter stage right now a for mother republican voters at the moment they seem to be acceptable alternatives. gingrich, of course, is consolidating a lot of support on the right, despite the criticism from those, the people uphold the flag at the vanguard. so i don't think they're in a position now to have influence on the race. as for the million dollar offer running for president, if he doesn't win, worth a lot more than that for newt gingrich. >> we have breaking news, ron. stick right there. we're going to christine romans for a second. stay there. >>> we're watching live pictures, seeing sandusky's arrive until court. waiting for these pictures. the pool feed coming from -- is this tape or is this live? looks like it's live. live pictures. this is sandusky, arriving at the courthouse where he'll face his preliminary hearing we've been telling you about. some places, you do this preliminary hearing anymore. clearly -