. >>> acc, tim brant, uva-penn state. virginia wins the game, 70-62. >>> george mason looking for their fifth victory in the last seven, leading in the second half. george mason beats unc- wilmington. >>> howard drops to 2-14 with a loss. >>> four washington wizards have been fined $10,000, each for making light of watching gilbert arenas make light of shooting his gun. last night, the wizards tried to make a strong statement, antawn jamison apologize to the crowd. in reference to any merchandise with gilbert arenas' name was gone. playing orlando last night. the wizards cut the lead to 81- 74. now they are down by one. butler off the inbounds, the wizards take the lead, 84-83. then randy foye and hits a high art, the wizards win. they are home tomorrow against new orleans. >>> another award for peyton manning, winning the associated press award four times. manning and the colts have day bye in this week's playoffs after finishing 14-2. >>> pete carroll is allegedly going to become head coach of the seattle seahawks. afte

tim brant is live at redskins park with the latest >> >> jim zorn was fired as soon as they return from san diego this month. he was fired as soon as they cut back to redskin park at 1:30. this was one of the most tumultuous seasons in washington redskins football history. it was a situation that jim zorn and knew what was coming. the team lost to the detroit lions early in the season and it was downhill from there. sherman lewis was pulled out of retirement to call plays. the place had to be relayed to jason campbell. jim zorn was a lame-duck coach throughout the second half of the season. he handled the situation with class and dedication. he knew he was gone but despite the turmoil, he leaves as a popular coach among the players. >> he is a coach you wanted to play hard for. it will not be the same for him. i wish him luck. for the redskins, we are starting a new beginning. i appreciate that. he is a good guy. >> take a look at some numbers -- he started 6-2 with the washington redskins but has gone 6-18 cents, a 12-20 overall. there has been a new, -- news conference called for 12:3

. >>> tim brant calling the uva-nc state game. virginia wins 70-62. >> good george mason pulling away from unc-wilmington. george mason has won five of their last seven. >>> how or drops to 2-14 with their loss to morgan state. -- howard dropped to 2-14 with their loss to morgan state. >>> the redskins got to the nfl playoffs tonight, sort of. joe thighs men and joe gibbs were and the tv booth, could reminding us of the good old days at rfk stadium. mark sanchez, to dustin keller. the jets' lead 14-7, looking to pull the upset in cincinnati. the bengals got back in the game. fourth quarter, said rick benson, right side, finds a hole. 47 yards. the crowd back into it, the bengals back into it. cincinnati with a shot. not anymore, carson polymer is sacked. -- carson polymer is sacked. >>> peyton manning becomes the first player to win the associated press' nfl mvp honors for times. manning and the colts have a bye after finishing 14-2. >>> long time usc coach pete carroll is going back to the nfl to become head coach of the seattle

beijing tourism bure evenally decided to take dog off of menus during the mes, but thcontroversy spard a brantscussion abo me-eating in general. now a new bo further explores e issue by attemptinto answer the questio why do we love dogs, eat ps, and wear co? >> the easiest way for me to answer that question with an illustraon. so imagine that you are at a ncy dinner party. you're sitti at a beautiful table, you'renjoying the conversation, you're drinking the fine wine, you'reating a decious beef stew, andn fact, this stew is so decious at you ask youhost for the cipe. and flattered, she replies, "th secret ingdient is the meat. you usthree pounds of well-minated golden reriever." now, stop for a minute and think about ur thoughts and feelings upon hearing that. chances e, the meat on your plate iso longer food to you, b looks like a dead animal. your reaction an example of wh i call carnism. >> bonnie: psycholist melanie joy coined the tm carnism to explain amerins' love aair with dogs and haurgers. she says carnisms an invisible belief stem ingrained in us from birth. >> in order eat meat we

last year we introduced you to the held brants, a wisconsin family that managed to dig themselves out of a six-figure debt in less than five years. this year they're pledging to stay debt free. lights, presents, debt. for some, it's inevitable after the holiday season. but not for the held debrants. the family we first met last october after they climbed out of a whopping $123,000 of debt. >> this beautiful little victorian i got at a craft store. but on an after-christmas sale. i probably got it 65%, 70% off for her. >> reporter: this year they survived the holiday shopping debt free. the kids still got stocking stuffers but candy didn't spend more than $30 on each. one tip, thrift store shopping. how much would you pay for one of these turtlenecks? >> lowest price right now is $2.99 to $3.99. >> reporter: another cost, is baking cookies or singing christmas carols at a local nursing home instead of expensive 408 day entertainment. just one year ago russell hindbrant was working a second job as a night janitor, sleeping in his car to save on gas money. candy stretched their dollar wi

it's like smuggling in a rem brant, you can't only do half. it's a whole different kind of process to me. [inaudible question] >> the biology went through 14 revolutions. biological weapons still don't make much sense. same with chemistry. these are not new weapons. these are old weapons. biological weapons, and, you know, the british tried to use smallpox against american indians and things like that. the term warfare and so forth is not new. it doesn't seem to work very well or be sufficiently useful from a strictly military stand point, apart from a moral one. what's also happening is better ways to defend. there's certainly improvements in safety techniques for the securing these kinds of weapons. which is also part of technology . i don't think -- it's also something to keep an eye on. okay. thanks very much. [ala :

and finally, i think brant said it well in terms of the importance of political parties , what rule will abdulla play? he got a significant percentage of the vote. and will he use this to try to build a party? there are numerous attempts by different factions of opposition. that is a key part of any function of a political system. they did a very good job at the personal amount -- he got a lot of support that is unexpected. that would be one way to start building the party, so it is a good thing to watch. it is also an area where you can say, -- [unintelligible] there's definitely room to work on that. to start with these questions, from my perspective of having been in new york, i spent some time in afghanistan. > there are very public disagreements within the un about how to handle that. there is a lot of attention and energy, it made it more complicated for the u.n. to respond to those problems. i think is important to remember that the u.n. has to be and completely impartial and processes -- anything that puts unquestioned -- this impartiality in doubt, it makes it hard for us to do

and finally, i think brant said it well in terms of the importance of political parties , what rule willdulla play? he got a significant percentage of the vote. and will he use this to try to build a party? there are numerous attempts by different factions of opposition. that is a key part of any function of a political system. they did a very good job at the personal amount -- he got a lot of support that is unexpected. that would be one way to start building the party, so it is a good thing to watch. it is also an area where you can say, -- [unintelligible] there's definitely room to work on that. to start with these questions, from my perspective of having been in new york, i spent some time in afghanistan. @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impartiality in doubt, it makes it hard for us to do our job properly. what we are officially advocating throughout the process is to follow the process. i can't emphasize enough how exceptional institutions are. it gave a lot of power to some individuals to address the fraud that would of been very hard to prevent. that ties into something that a lo

government such as governance in the sense of functioning security and economic development, i think brant distinguished between it credible elections, free and fair elections. the sense i am getting from a number of the comments just now is that perhaps afghans have lower expectations then the international did, and it was something -- maybe there was international scapegoating of the election process for the frustrations with afghanistan policy. am i miss hearing that? ->> it is world wide node that the elections were fraught -- full of fraud. of course, the security -- my question is, what are the possibilities of having parliamentary elections coming soon? >> i am with the rand corporation and i have three questions trick is it clear that the district council and the municipal council elections are going to be held in addition to the legislative elections? secondly, i am under the impression after reading everything i can get my hands on that one of the reasons why the international community was so it insists on about the 2009 elections was because there was the fact that it 2005 elec