. >>> considered a good news/bad news scenario for parents. the latest numbers on team use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. the numbers may surprise you. and former maryland governor robert ehrlich speaking out on his new book. how he says the country is to turn this car around. [ carrie ] i remember my very first year as a teacher, setting that goal to become a principal. but, i have to support my family, so how do i go back to school? university of phoenix made it doable. a lot of my instructors were principals in my district. i wouldn't be where i am without that degree. my name is dr. carrie buck. i helped turn an at-risk school into an award winning school, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu. and i am a phoenix. >>> news time 5:08. 46 degrees. an abc2 news exclusive, "good morning maryland" spoke with the former maryland governor bob ehrlich wednesday at a coffee shop in annapolis. >> the autobiography is a self-titled road map. for consumption during this very critical, national campaign. >> his new

more bad news for head football coach.'s leaving now and why fans are about to >> one is by far the most productive redskins player is fred davis. the other the anchor of the offensive line, trent. losing two players of that caliber is the last sthi shanahan needed needed but they will be suspended for violating the substance abuse policy at least three times. normally that means a year-long suspension. because of the lockout it's been reduced to four games. >> some people will make mistakes. we understand that along the way. that doesn't mean that we're going to just drop somebody because they make a mistake. >> sometimes you don't make the best decisions that we could make. that has nothing to do so much with your character as sometimes just a lapse in judgment. >> bad news there. bad news in college park. another player is leaving maryland football. junior offensive tackle r. j. duly has been granted his release. it's the second player in two weeks to leave. running back d. j. adams boltedlast week. >>> hockey caps on t

. >> bad news on the field. bad news off the field. we have the latest news coming out of the park. fred davis, trent williams, not talking today, but some of their teammates. john wall, remember him? are you ready to go? honor for his range. next. brad, where we going? just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't look up there. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car. ♪ are you ok? the... get in the car. get in the car! [ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. from spending time together, to spending your lives together, chevy runs deep. >>> and now, 9sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> quarterback controversy injuries, why not throw suspensions on top of this season of gloom and doom. if you believe in multiple sources and say bye bye to two of the redskins youngest, most promising players. those multiple sources are saying fred davis, trent williams are done for the season. substance abuse policy. recreational drugs. at least three times. once right after the lockout. now normally, that m

. ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: our top story, bad news for white house.mussen report has mitt romney with a six-point lead over president obama in a 2012 matchup. to make matters worse, obama is upside down in the gallup daily tracking poll, a couple of days after bob beckel was down right giddy. only 41% approve of obama. 50%, i don't think so. all right, andrea, what do you think about the numbers? >> andrea: he is in big trouble. he saw a very short-term bounce. democrats were starting to rally around him in payroll tax. the optics of that fight helped him because he stayed out of it. now, he has to deal with an economy he hasn't fixed. contrary to what democrats say, it's still in the gutter.

they couldn't bear that -- >> who wants bad news? it's absurd. who on the left wants bad news?greg: they love bad news. >> who? who right now? >> greg: i had to sit and endure these horrible people rooting for people putting their lives in danger. >> look how well you survived. who right now wants democrats to do -- wants the country to do badly? who in the democratic party wants that? >> one of yours. i want to ask m cath. do you think the reason obama's numbers doing well media loves him and just had the 60 minute interview that was just, you know, a love fest. i mean, do i think he gets anot. not something republicans can whine about need to move on and deal with i do think that the unemployment rate is over 8%. has been for quite some time. has not been closely followed by economic boom as it was in the 1970s and 1980s. he would be having more to be answer for if he were a republic. he had some resilience and that's something we need to remember. sure, no people have been reelected under 48% approval. the president has shown his ability to do things that are unlikely in the

more bad news for head football coach. who's leaving now and why fans are about to see a lot more crosby, next. ♪ [ female announcer ] during the holidays, there's a lot to get done. and safeway select appetizers help you rise to every occasion. ♪ from delectable to amazing. there are over 20 affordable safeway select appetizers ♪ to make all of your gatherings just as merry as can be. ♪ only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> one is by far the most productive redskins player is fred davis. the other the anchor of the offensive line, trent. losing two players of that caliber is the last sthi shanahan needed needed but they will be suspended for violating the substance abuse policy at least three times. normally that means a year-long suspension. because of the lockout it's been reduced to four games. >> some people will make mistakes. we understand that along the way. that doesn't mean that we're going to just drop somebody because they make a mistake. >> sometimes you don't make the best decisions that we could make. th

you know that bad news is coming ii the mail soon.... dy shhws these cameras could be bad news for cities too.joel d. smith is live downtown near one of he cameras now to explain. good morning joel d. good morning megan, this study looked at deals between municipalities and vendors of traffic cameras like these across the country... and it found in some cases, profits are a huge motivator for vendors basee on the contracts agree the need for safety is there, but some say cameras should be left to catching action like this: this: thess are crashes in missouri, caught by a company that makes red light cameras. but the study by marypirg finds that in many places across the country, safety is not at the heart of the contracts between vendors and cities. the group found many local governments tend to put profit over public safety - by hiring companies that get paid on a per-ticket basis. and in other situations, governments give up too much control... meaaing if politicians want to change the deal, or end a contract, they'll have to pay handso

. >> more bad news for the real- estate market in maryland. new data for assessed homes have been released. jennifer franciotti joins us from the newsroom to break down the numbers for us. >> for the third year in a row, residential property values have declined in maryland. the properties were last assessed three years ago. the biggest drop was 90% in baltimore county. realtors say the assessed value has nothing to do with the sales price of a home on the open market. homes are still selling, especially in desired neighborhoods. >> real-estate sales have been on somewhat of a decline the last couple of years. the volume and prices are starting to pick up. >> later today, the monthly report on pending home sales will be released. we will have a closer look at the numbers for baltimore city and surrounding counties. back to you. >> tragedy on the j.f.x. when a boy is killed. it happened wednesday afternoon on interstate 83. the driver of an suv rear ended a car and caused a chain reaction involving two other vehicles. two children were rushed to

give us the bad news now.times for a lot. >> yeah, well the bad news is that the 8.6% unemployment rate. that is just historically, extraordinarily high. i think one of the things we've missed is just how bad this set of circumstances is right now. that is, we -- this is not like an ordinary recession. this is not like an ordinary job market calamity. we forget that in the 15 years leading up to december of 2008, the unemployment rate never rose above 7%. and now we're at 8.6% and giving each other very soft and gentle high fives about how good things are. so we've got still got a long, long, long way to go. the other thing is that the pace of job recovery, which is now at about 110, 120,000 a month, it's going to take a long time to get those 30 million jobs that you just mentioned. so what we have in the 1980s, we had essentially a u-shaped or a v-shaped recovery where we sunk very quickly, rebounded very quickly. in the 1990s, we had something that might be a historical anomaly. we had very much what some c

. >> so, a doctor says to his patient, i have bad news and worse news. the bad news is that you only have 24 hours to live. that's terrible, said the patient. how can the news possibly be worse? i've been trying to contact you since yesterday. >> so i wanted to see a world where we actually have useful robots that positively impact our lives. >> my programmer designs my presentations, with the goal of driving innovation and social robotics, which is the integration of robot helpers into everyday life. so you might as well get used to this. >> something that is important is actually getting these machines out into the world with real people and so it's awesome that engineers know how to build stuff. we're really good at that. i think that we can also learn a lot from artists about making stuff that people really care about. >> something has gotten ahold of me. ♪ >> so when i make social robots i'm trying to think about new spaces of applications for technology in our everyday lives in ways that were never possible before, before you come up with some of t

. >> it is hard for a doctor to tell any patient really, really bad news. it is harder if you have to tell a friend and really, really bad news. >> somehow through the conversation, dr. howard says, ron made him feel better. >> sharing with us at work and all of the listeners the whole story of his illness, brief as it was, which are lot of people found amazing, a lot of people found very courageous, uplifting -- which are lot of people found amazing. -- which a lot of people find amazing -- found amazing. >> there is a way to try to raise money for the pancreatic research center at johns hopkins. reporting live from the studios in northwest baltimore, barry simms, wbal tv 11 news. >> thanks, barry. he was an all-around great guy. we want to thank the many of you who are leading condolence messages. -- leaving condolence messages. you can share your messages on wbaltv.com. click on "ron smith." the house has voted down the extension of the payroll tax cut. sally kidd is in our washington bureau with a look at what is next. >> president obama made a surprise

we take up the challenge that in times of bad news and economic hurt that we do things differently in our city. we bring our residents and visitors together closer. to declare this season of giving is important for us to send a different message as we're sensitive to messages that may not be about hope. i want to thank our religious leaders. i want to thank our wonderful social service providers, the intra-faith council, st. anthony's, and so many others, a salvation army, the united way of the bay area. all of them are coming together including the food bank. we will be working hard together. i started this week with our department heads. in the next few months, as we hear about what is going on around us, in san francisco, we will depend a lot more on ourselves and on our own spirit of unity and sacrifice. i am not going anywhere for the holidays. i am staying right here in our city. i want to join with all the wonderful agencies who have come together. they have been here every season to help and asked others to make donations and sacrifices. the season of giving starts now. i woul

this is not all bad news, especially for folks whose homes are under water. >> residential property values have declined in maryland with 2010 being the highest drop of about 22%. >> 24 last reassessed three years ago, they had already shown some decline. now you have less decline, but also the positive side is in part -- certain communities, the properties the bottom out. >> authorities say there is a part of the population that will actually benefit from the press fall. those who are under water. >> they will see direct tax savings in their bills if they were a recent purchaser during the height of the market. >> and around all dropped 14.5%, baltimore county 10%. baltimore county 19%. carroll county 19%. howard county about 12%. >> assessed value doesn't have anything to do with sales price of a pond. >> area retailers are rushing off the no. sitting property numbers are being driven by demand. homes are still selling, especially those in desired neighborhoods. >> retail sales have been on somewhat of a decline the last couple of years. i would say volume and the price is starting to pi

you knnw that bad news is coming in the mail soon.... but a new study shows theseecameras could be bad news for cities too.joel d. smith is live downtown near one of the ameras now to explain. good morning joel d. good morning megan, this study looked at deals between municipplities and vendors of traffic cameras likeethese 3 across the country... and it found in some cases, profits are a huge motivator for vendors based on the contracts with cities. they all agree the need for safety is there, buttsome say cameras should be left to catching action like this: this: (nats of crashes) these are crashes in missouri, &pcaught by a company that make red light cameras. but the study by marypirg finds that in many places across the country, safety is not at the heart of the contracts between vendors and cities. the group foond many local governments tend to put profit over public safety - by hiring companies that get paid on a per-ticket basis. and in other situations, governments give up too much control... meaning if politicians want to chang

more bad news for the real- estate market in maryland. the department of assessments and taxation released its data on new homes. lowel mesler has the story. >> out of about 750,000 homes that were assessed, they dropped an average of about 17.1% when they can to their value. however, this is not all bad news, especially for folks whose homes are under water. >> for a third year in a row, residential property values have declined with 2010 being the highest drop with an average of 22%. >> one of these properties were last reassessed three years ago, they had already shown some decline and we reflected in that assessment #three years ago. now, you have less decline but also the positive sign is there have been certain communities for the properties have bottomed out. >> officials with the department of assessments and taxation says there is a part of the population that will actually benefit from the price fall -- those who are under water. >> they are going to see direct tax savings in their property tax bills if they were a recent purchas

. >> but there are some bad news -- there is some bad news for some online shoppers. some orders from best buy will not be arriving on time. >> and howard county police are searching for this woman to night. >> is graduation day for the students at the maryland food bank. >> the baltimore city police is making it a little brighter for some today. the distributed 350 holiday baskets to local families in need. they were filled with everything from donated canned goods to children's toys to fresh bread. >> this is the fifth and largest class to date of shatz graduating -- chefs graduating. >> it had all the makings of graduation day, the proud families, the inspiring speeches, and the graduates during with excitement. the -- cheering with excitement. 13 students just completed the program at the merryl -- maryland food bank. the graduation marks the end of a rigorous 12 weeks of culinary training. they learned everything from basic my skills to work the machines in a commercial kitchen to the actual cooking techniques. they will use all of those skills to start a career

it seems like when it comes to bringing bad news, boy, they love bringing the bad news. hey don't like come, tell you, bringing you up for committee for good news, but only for bad news do they call you out. >> now, i -- i know it seems that way, but it really isn't. >> yeah, it is. you are not the one that has to sit in there, you know. i had all these plans of getting out. oh, damn. now i have to wait. >> okay. thank you. >>> coming up, joe gets his new release date, but there's more bad news for him. >> we are going to be advising him that his primary parole plan was denied. >> he is going to be upset. >>> and peaches maintains his innocence, even in the face of hard evidence. >> were you supervising the cleanup or what? >> no, i was just telling him that he shouldn't be doing that. follow the wings. progresso. it fits! fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. the newest droid armed with motoc

not bad news in south africa where -- and that is bad news is out of order were the government has madereation its current policy pledge. it has been buttressed to a certain degree as people have switched to gold. but the longer the trouble exist in europe, the more risk. that could affect the currency here, pushing up inflation be on the current level. -- beyond the current level. >> mexico was watching the crisis closely. most foreign investors come from the european union. spanish taylor's come here to seek out new customers. the market is the main source of revenue. we have to bear in mind that the u.s. is mexico's biggest commercial partner. the real effect here is the u.s. prices on the the side of the border. mexico has been warned about its dependency on the u.s. economy and has sought our trading partners in europe, but mexico may have to wait longer for those opportunities. >> the governor -- the former governor of illinois, rod blagojevich, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. prosecutors said uconn is used his powers of office from the moment -- said he misused his powers of

even more bad news, he says. he thinks that the economy will slow down in the first half of 2012. >> in other words it will get worse again? >> that's what he is saying. he's not alone. other economist are saying the same thing, unfortunately. >> all right, thank you for that. we'll go back to you in the studios. anita? >> okay, a bumpy road to recovery. >>> just when you think that the battle over raising the debt ceiling is over, here is a new headline. this week, they plan to ask congress to raise the nation's borrowing limits by $1.2 trillion. one of the three steps negotiated earlier this summer. congress can eject the increase. they can veto that ejection. for the first time in five months, more people approve of the job that the president. that's according to the latest gallup poll with 47% of those asked giving president obama a thumbs up right now. 45% disapprove of his performance. >>> today also marks one week until the first major vote heading into the campaign 2012. and as emily schmidt is telling us

the poll, although, has bad news or worse news for the d.c. council.has a 30% approval rating. >> the nation's capital is one of the nation's hottest cities. washington is the fastest growing city in the country according to the sensess bureau. the city grew by 2.7% between april of 2010 and july of this year. that's an increase of more than 16,000 residents. more than 617,000 people know just call washington home. demographers says d.c.'s job market is a major recent for the boom. >>> this blorng, d.c. school, tacoma education campus suffered severe damage when a roofer's blow torch cause add three alarm fire. sdoonts were forced to go to school this past year at meyer elementary school, which was closed in 2008. >>> and the help with a booming population growth is set to boom and replace four washington area schools. school leaders announced plans to announce the school in hyattsville. they plan to replace oxen hill high school and henry g. ferguson elementary school. the county received about $34 million from the state of maryland for those projects

bad news is that we need rain. >> that is good and bad news, but it will be clear and you'll be able to see fire works and so there we're expecting a terrific new year's weekend. there is a where you can see moisture there. skies beginning to clear and rain is history. taking a look at history one more time. you can see there is no rainfall being picked up on the screen at the moment. there is a look at readings around the bay area getting cool up in santa rosa. there are readings at 49 degrees and mainly mid-50s around the area. and this is some patchy fog, dry mild before we get a change in weather. there is a satellite image this frontal system sweeping through the bay area now with a rain maker today producing spotty drizzle and light mist chg is still going on. and there is a front pushing on through and is out of here we'll see gradual clearing behind the front then over the weekend mild afternoons and chilly nights. high temperatures into upper 60s to almost 70 tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow night, big night stroke of midnight we'll see mostly clear skies and fire works? n.san f

the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deductible.ible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day when you consider. that's great. >> lenny kravitz may be one of the coolest cats around. when i sat down with him recently he opened up about his life, his father's poignant last words. here than revealing interview. this is one of the coolest things i've seen. this is typical lenny kravitz. knit vinyl, which in itself is cool these days, right? secondly, amaing picture on the pront. and i turned over and there is your life in these extraordinary pictures. >> yeah. >> i just haven't seen an album cover or inside cover anything quite like this. and yet, you know, for the theme that you have of it, black and white america, there it is. there you are, lenny kravitz, the product of a black woman and a white man in america raised in the upper east of new

there's also bad news in the polls for the former house speaker. mitt romney is rubbing it in. steve handelsman has that story. >> reporter: no longer the front-runner in polls of republicans, mitt romney focused on the good news on fox. >> people are coming to the conclusion that i'm the person with the experience and the temperment and capacity to lead america and defeat president obama. >> reporter: it's true. newt gingrich surged to the business lead among republican primary voters, 40% to romney's 23. ron paul at 9 in the nbc wall street journal poll. in the match-up against president obama, it's romney who bea beats president obama. >> very close to newt in iowa to take the lead. >> reporter: ron paul is one point behind gingrich in iowa. three in new hampshire. paul was in new hampshire upbeat. >> it means we are peaking at the right time. >> reporter: a time when the 76-year-old libertarian's shrinked right rings right to many voters and paul is stealing gingrich report. romney shows newt team with nancy pelosi to fight climate change. >> zany is not what we need in a p

. >>> good news and bad news on the government shutdown.ad news is, congress is not going to get a deal done by tonight's deadline less than an hour away. the good news is, congress says that deadline really doesn't count anyway and all of that is going on as they are fighting over a plan to extend the payroll tax cuts. we gave gary a bottle of aspirin and said please explain this. gary. >> derek, government shutdown, extension of payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits. bottom line, we have a deal, it's just not official yet. >> there will be votes tomorrow. >> in the senate, the deadline we thought was at midnight. the house has passed the deal. >> it would not be a government shutdown. i think everybody should be reassured that's not going to happen. >> and in theory, there is an agreement to pass a two month extension of the payroll tax cut. >> this is a lifeline to many struggling families and it is a way to insert into our economy the spending power of 160 million families buying goods and services that plays out into even more eco

. >>> there is a lot of bad news today but we do have a good story. a homecoming for two local marines! [ cheering ] , that's lieutenant corporal scott motley from alexandria, virginia! and lieutenant corporal petey johnson from fort washington, maryland. they arrived at national airport last night after spending a tour of duty in afghanistan and they were glad to see so many welcoming faces! >> it didn't hit me until right before we were going to land. i got a text from my pastor that said i have 57 people waiting and i looked at johnson, i had no idea. >> i'm glad to be back. me and motley, me and scott are both glad to be back. it was a long seven months but we finally head back to d.c. we just want to be with our family and friends, have a good time. >> we're so glad you're back. one sign at the airport said the homecoming was the best christmas present ever! and the two marines say they agree! >>> still ahead, the one thing the government says not to do while you're baking cookies this holiday season. and president obama wants congress to extend

. >>> some good and bad news at the gas pump. cording to a new survey, the price at the pump has come down nine cents a gallon nationwide over the past two weeks. but the bay area still paying more than anybody else. in san francisco, it is still at the top of the list with the highest average price at 3.67 a gallon, according to triple a. oakland down to 3.65, and san jose at 3.63. >>> and tonight, five legendary artists honored tonight at the washington's kennedy center. they were honored in a reception at the white house, singer songwriter, neal diamond, and barbara cook, you can see more here at 9:00, on cbs 5. >>> all right, the windy week behind us, let's talk to barnard. >>> yeah, the weekics coming back, not out of the wind yet, we'll see it develop here tonight into tomorrow. we saw a cold start to the day here today with temperatures in the mid-to low 30 for most bay area locations. patchy frost out there as well. we'll be slightly warmer tonight, above the freezing mark for most locations as we look for upper 30, low 40

the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deductible.h vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day when you consider. that's great. >>> welcome back "outfront" for 2011. we start out the beginning of the year with amanda knox and the devastating tornado in joplin, missouri. now, number nine. this was watched live by 2 billion people on tv, and people including me and likely you. i remember watching princess diana's wedding. well, it was a love story with a lot of pomp and circumstance and everybody loved it. the beautiful day in may. we are talking of course of the royal wedding and the moment that kate became a real princess. here are the highlights of what was really an unforgettable day. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> i loved all of it especially at the end with the cheering and the little girl was doing tha

bad news out of redskins park. another player bites the dust.rinking the cool aid when it comes to his team, the wizards, next. >>> and now 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> what could have been. that's what they are saying at virginia tech. what could have been if we came to play the night of october 1. peggy, i'm sorry. 23-3. it's the only stain on virginia tech's record if the hokies had won, they would be playing for a spot in the bcs championship game. instead, acc title game is a rematch with clemson. so we asked frank about it. check out his answer. double fisting to make his point. >> how many times have you played on national tv for a conference championship? and so you know, this is a great experience and one that will always remember. i just want it remembered in a good way. >> should be a great game tomorrow night. bad news for redskins fans. not able to practice all week. he is out of sunday's game. it's his groin, which he injured against seattle in the first half of last week's game. it's been a frustrating seaso

bad news for at least a couple of candidates. the state republican party says newt gingerich and rick perry have not collected enough valid signatures to appear on the state's primary ballot. our athe theethena jones is her. this sounds like a pretty big oops. >> it is a pretty big oops. we're hearing from campaigns this morning. let me tell you quickly what perry said. they're going to be looking closely and reviewing the facts and the law to determine whether an appeal or challenge is warranted. a challenge to this decision to keep them off the ballot. let's listen to what newt gingerich had to say. his campaign called virginia's system a failed system, said voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates, and they say they're going to pursue an aggressive write-in campaign. that's interesting, of course, because the latest poll shows gingerich is in the lead in virginia with a five-point lead over romney. but if you're not on the ballot, then you can't really compete, can you, t.j.? >> you

. >> reporter: they're bad news. >> they're bad news, yes. >> reporter: and the response was?> the response-- we're going to rehabilitate. we're going to give them counseling. >> reporter: just 10 days before champion's death, white suspended 26 band members for suspected hazing and reported them to the university for rituals which included paddling. it was right before the band's biggest performance of the year. >> i think that the university could have not allowed the band to perform at the florida classic. >> reporter: had you recommended that? >> it was recommended, and i supported it. however, the decision was beyond those attending the meeting. >> reporter: in other words the top university officials said the band will perform. the show will go on. >> there was never any doubt. there was never any question that the band would not perform. >> reporter: robert champion was found lying on the band bus after that game. florida a&m officials declined our repeated requests for an interview, but said in a statement, "the university took appropriate action when it was notified o

plus more bad news for terps football. more players jumping ship. those stories and more coming up next in sports. >>> now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> the nfl today officially suspended redskins tight end fred davis and tackle trent williams after rumors they failed drug test. they are suspended without pay for four games is which all this season and will officially be removed from the 53 man roster. they cannot visit the practice facility or participate in any team activities. this comes another big blow to an already injury riddled offense. >> they're big contributors. we need everybody. it's a sad thing. >> you have to make the most of every opportunity and it's unfortunate how this happened. but i have to capitalize on it. >> the 112 army-navy game is this sunday and here is a little taste of what to expect. >> one team, one fight. but today for this team it's war. >> go navy. beat army. >> tune in to wusa friday night for a special feature. call for those who serve. count down to the grid iron battle. that's 9:00 t

it.it's bad news for avens kick returner david reed...how long he's going to miss with his knee injurynexttin sports. ((break 3)) punnnngham hhs fox 45 morning s. sports. comiig up in our 6 o'clock g-o-p presidential hopeful newt gingrich is doing damage control... right before the skeleton in his closet ... e that's haunting him now.

they were all -- give her the bad news by telephone and they're saying we're calling to give you horribleu. when it came to the point where i knew i was going to have to say something online i kind of took it upon myself to say how do i want to set the tone for this thing and how do i want to tell people what's going on. i sat down and wrote it in about an hour and it's been a whirlwind ever since. >> this is a tough topic. why did you choose to tackle it in this way? >> i think it's just part of my hippie-dippy life coachingness and my optimistic attitude and point of view. i'm all about semantics and i felt like even saying to people, i felt a lump in my breast or i have breast cancer, just those phrases invoke that fear and that panic. so i figured if i had to talk about this, this is how i wanted to approach it. i literally just got the phone call from my doctor, saying that they actually put me from stage ii cancer to stage i cancer, which i didn't even know could happen and that my lymph nodes are all clear and that there might not have to be any cmo involved, jus radiation and a pi

this is a bad news, good news, bad news situation.ad news, there is a cockroach can jump on you from across the room. good news, it was discovered in the grass lands of south africa, and sub cysts on grass hopper poop. if you stay anywhere that is not the grass lands of south africa or grass hoppers that poop, you are unlikely to be leaped on by one of these. dr. mike picker, who took the picture of the leap roach and wrote a study about it speculates there may be other leap roaches lurking out there in the world yet to be discovered. the best ew thing in the world. bill wolff back at the office,

either way, bad news for fred davis and trent williams. fred davis specifically may have saved his best for last. had an unbelievable game yesterday. he's the fourth year tight end and yesterday, led the team with six catches for 99 yards. this year, he has 59 catches for 796 yards and that total is the second most for a redskins tight end. trent williams is becoming the anchor of the redskins line. today, mike shanahan played the best game yesterday against the new york jets. williams and davis' fates could be deep the next 24 hours. this is the reaction of the spending loss of the team's top players for the rest of the season. >> i wouldn't call it anger. it's disappointing, you know, everyone is aware of the rules and how the nfl carries the drug policy and, you know, more than just yourself is at stake if you happen to get caught, you know. especially those two guys that are -- they paid and took the roles on the success of whether we win or lose games. >> some people will make mistakes, we understand that along the way and doesn't mea

this is bad news for the republican party, bad news for republican presidential candidates, and bad news for john boehner. >> really bad news for john boehner. remember earlier in the week, we saw the speaker standing with the entire conference behind him. remember they cheered at one point when the -- when someone asked him, well, when are you going to get to work? and he said we want the president to get to work. and everybody cheered with him. the leadership were behind him yesterday when he pushed back on senate minority leader mitch mcconnell's call for him to throw in the towel and get this done. last night when he announced that, okay, we're going to do the two-month extension, he was a man alone. he was alone at that podium, no one around him. it was painful to watch. >> yeah. >> but we've seen this before. we saw this during the debt ceiling debate, john boehner seems to be -- being wagged by his caucus, a man who doesn't seem like he's in control of his caucus, but a man who seems to want to do the right thing but can't. >> can i just say one thing? imagine if john boehner had

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the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deducble.ide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day whenou consider. that's great. >> eric holier will of it tomorrow and you can expect he will get grilled. we are joined by one asking the questions. and you brought some extra reading material? >> it's part of the document dump. having been a judge and lawyer involved in multi-district litigation, i know when people are just providing you with stacks of documents to waste your time. in fact, there's 92 pages of this, of grassley's letter asking for information. i mean this is the kind of games they are playing. something as serious as hundreds of lives being lost, 2,000 guns being pushed into mexico, and they have got the nerve to say things like, well, bush did it. i know with your legal experience you know the difference between a controlled delivery, what you get