bruce boudreau is heading west. >> ♪ >> the nominees for music's highest honor and the front runner.> it is starting to feel more like winter outside. we have the first forecast we are the american association of pharmaceutical scientists in arlington, virginia and we are celebrating our 20th anniversary. good morning, washington. >>> bright sunshine when the sun comes up. high pressure is overhead and that will give us blue skies. there will be no clouds like yesterday. a cold front is off to our northwest and that will clear bus tomorrow and you will not notice the cold front moving through town. it will not change conditions that much. 38 degrees in the district in quantico is 40 degrees. manassas is 34 degrees. sonny and 52 this afternoon and that is average for this time of year and not as wendy as the past couple of days. the high pressure is moving directly overhead. continued sunny tomorrow and warmer in the mid 50's. the seven-day forecast is coming up. >>> have a report of an accident eastbound on 66 near 234 in manassas. after that, 66 will slow through centreville and not

bruce boudreau has a new job, anaheim ducks hired him to the head coach.s fired on monday, he led team to four division titles make a pass the the playoffs.f thousands of people are watch the first light the national christmas tree. the first lighting for the tree. >>> a donation drive will be tonight in prince george's for the relatives of in a family members killed house fire. out in a home in lewiston. killed.ar-old was his mother and aunt died as well. atund raiser will begin 6:00. a man is in custody after the tractor-trailer and on a chase.ce it began in baltimore and ended parkway. that is where the driver lost the vehicle and was arrested. officials say he is wanted in charges.pi on >>> authorities caught up with a suspected of carrying out spree. were overhead as police stephanie. you can see it happening. officer spotted her car after to rob a bank in mclean. it ended in bethesda. police believe she is for three robberies a carjacking -- carjacking. >>> investigators also captured suspected of carjacking. henry sanders was arrested yesterday. aut

etraffic. >>> first off this morning, former caps coach bruce boudreau has a new job already. ad coach of the anaheim ducks. they named him head coach last night. boudreau fired by the caps on monday after the team got offy to aslow start. the caps and ducks already played so they won't meet again unless both teams make the nhl finals. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is the first secretary of state since 1955 to visit burma, also called myanmar. clinton is there to see if there has been enough progress on human rights to lift u.s. sanctions after decades of isolation. >>> later this morning, montgomery county will hold a third session for a proposed curfew. the public safety commission expected to vote on the curfew at the 9:30 meeting and then the full council will take up the proposed curfew next week. >>> a group of students is suing howard university. they claim a school employee had a pattern of singling out young ladies and sexually assaulting and harassing them. the students say the university leaders did nothing to stop it. stacy cohan is live in northwest with m

bruce boudreau has a new job. the anaheim ducks hired him as their coach late last night. he was fired by the capitals on monday. the caps and ducks do not meet this season unless they both reach the nhl finals. >>> we continue to monitor metro for you here on fox 5. a major milestone for the transit agency to talk about. escalators at union station and foggy bottom are back in business after a big rehab project. this is just the beginning of metro's $150 million, six-year effort to fix the rundown escalators. >> reporter: surrounded by metro workers and with help from george washington, metro cut the ribbon on its newly completed escalators at union station and foggy bottom. >> then last week, i noticed all three were working and it was so incredible that i said i don't think i've ever seen that. >> reporter: back in february, steps on one of the foggy bottom escalators popped out leaving gaping hole. >> you stand on the escalator and it can carry you up. >> reporter: the rehabbed escalators are like new at union station. >> as someone who uses union station regularly and

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bruce boudreau has a job again and has taken the focus off of the marquee game of the night. the penguins in the capitals do not like it without the spotlight. "i will answer those questions tomorrow if you want. >> today conversation centered iran somebody who just left town. three days after the capitals let him goafterbruce boudreau was named anaheim's new head coach. >> i a dozen cars to get a job quickly. what's more, for the capitals. tonight they are pitted against the pittsburgh penguins. >> that is the way hockey should be pure >> speaking of revelries, sydney crosby will go up against the capitals in the first -- for the first time in almost a year. the >> now it is another dimension. >> the capitals have taken a out -- out of their last nine meetings and. -- in pittsburgh. it will suncor a message. >> what we are doing right now is working. it would just a little bit of time to iron out. >> thank you very much. the nba facilities were open today for the first time since the lockout. at the horizon center, the practice court has come down to squeaky shoes and physic

when the two teams met in october, the caps won it 3-2. >> it did not take long for bruce boudreau to get a new job. while you slept, he was hired by the anaheim ducks. the ducks canned coach carlisle after a win against montreal. that was the team's third win in 19 games. the caps and ducks don't play again this season. >> you don't want to mess with the george mason patriots at home. the men's basketball team is now a perfect 4-0 in fairfax this year. mason hosted bucknell last night. ryan pierson scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half. patriots win 61-37. >>> on the ladies side, sixth ranked maryland hosted michigan last night. both teams were undefeated going into the game. maryland's alyssa thomas made her team stayed perfect scoring 24. the lady terps win 74-55. >>> it is 6:24. this year's national christmas tree is an entirely new tree. but what else was new? we'll get a sneak peek. >> the d.c. public library is in the giving mood. learn when you can bring back severely overdue books without severe penalties. >> right now, monika has a quick check on traffic. monika? >>

we will start off with bruce boudreau.to get your thoughts on bruce and if this was the correct move to make that move at the time they did. >> i don't think they had a choice. when the players aren't listening to what the coach has to say. you have to make change. should they have done this before the season? probably. right now they are putting in a new system. it's like the redskins moving from the 4-3, to the 3-4 but the caps are doing it in the middle of the season. this is a move that they probably should have done before the season. but when your best players aren't performing and your best players aren't listening to your head coach, you got to make a move. >> no other recourse. >> and this team has very high expectations. a lot of people predicted them to win the stanley cup this year or be in that mix. you have to make a move when your players aren't responding. >> when you talk about the guy that was the fastest to win 200 in modern day hockey and briewtion biewtdro and guy who has won the southeast division he

part of their recent -- reason bruce boudreau got the ax. tonight, he was a dazzling star.ded pass. washington fell behind. third period, a capitol corruption. -- erution. that was a thing of beauty. lovely connection. 3.shington gets the win 4- stay with us. the droid razr by motorola. the first droid that becomes self-aware. it remembers what you do and does it faster. create shortcuts like automatically syncing while you sleep. instinctively shape-shifting from a music stream for your workout to newsfeed during breakfast, then a gps for your morning commute. powered by verizon 4g lte, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands. >> the snow had to happen sometime, so why not today? >> flooding rain for most of us. but it will all be gone by tomorrow. partly cloudy friday and saturday. great football weather on sunday. highs and 40's. >> we have a special program note. for the latest on whether and traffic, you can join us beginning tomorrow morning at half an hour early at 4:30. we hope to see you then. that is our news. thank you for joining us. have a good

bruce boudreau has a new gig. gabby has been hired by anaheim ducks after they fired randy carlyle. the ducks are off to a 7-13 start. >>> the caps and penguins aren't the only ones in the verizon center today. a little bit earlier we got our first look at the nba players. some former wizards and some local guys hit the practice court. guys like roger mason, jr., and andre black. now that the season looks like it's about to happen, black and gm ernie grunfeld talked about the expectations for this season. >> we want to see our young players get better. we want to see a fighting spirit on a nightly basis. and let the chips fall where they may. >> something we want to do. that's something that we will have on board with. >> also real quick in nfl news from bad in washington to worse in minnesota. donovan mcnabb is out. he was asked to be released. he was 1-5 as a starter. >>> perfect timing. they turned off the lights at the verizon center. the red is starting to rock. capitals and penguins. i'm live from the verizon center. back to you guys. >>> all right. hope they can pull it out t

dale hunter not able to get any more out of the capital's then bruce boudreau. all over the world, 3-0 buffalo. they change the goalie, power play, no difference. 4-0, buffalo hold on, 4-2. >>> the independence bowl, nice match up on paper in shreveport, with north carolina and missouri. pass, let it fly. he sold that wonderfully. tied at 7-7. in the second quarter, franklin, with time, over the middle, 8 yards and the touchdown. all games are funny. franklin, right up the middle, missouri destroys the tar heels, 41-24. >>> what is a ski resort without snow? normally the day after christmas, officials said, the slopes are packed, but the resort has been closed because of the mild temperatures and not enough snow. back in 2007, the resort to not open until january 12, but officials are hoping this weekend of cold weather will change that. >>> i am not the only one cheering for snow. there is no snow in this forecast, the next seven days, but there will be a cold rain tomorrow, temperatures in the 40's, rain likely. end sometimen will tomorrow evening, the adverti

meanwhile bruce boudreau making his ducks debut. the second man to coach two teams in one season. the ducks on the power play. koivu up with a goal here. anaheim takes the 1-0 lead. ducks score two in the period. anaheim leads philadelphia 3-0. it's safe to say that bruce will get a win in his first game with the ducks. >> he did the worst the first here. >> i think it could happen. >> impressive read on the names. >[ male announcer ] are youames. paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. this holiday deal is only for a limited time. so don't wait. get fios at this great price. act now and we'll add a special bonus -- $300 back. hurry, go to verizon.com/greatdeal. fios. a network ahead. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> a biker managed to survive a motorcycle stunt in brazil. two were performing. the bikers attempted to w

us would brew dough, unemployed about 48 -- bruce boudreau, unemployed about 48 hour before anaheim tappedhim. they'll host the flyers tomorrow night. coach planned doing some tv work as an analyst, but -- >> i think we should jump at this. i know it's only been, you know, a day basically since i got let go, but it was something i thought was a chance that i wouldn't get again. so i jumped at it and got in the plane yesterday and here i am. >> good for bruce. >>> to football now, laron landry did not practice today and isn't expected to go tomorrow when the redskins play the jets. he's got agrin injury. he'll be a game time -- a groin injury. he'll be a game time decision. meantime roy helu has impressed enough to get the starting job as a rookie combining for 146 yards of total offense against the 9ers with a franchise record 14 catches and 162 against seattle including his first touchdown and a leaping 28-yard score in the 4th quarter. helu remains humble despite all this quick success. >> it's a goal ever since i got drafted was to come and compete to play a lot, not really focusing too

. >> and bruce boudreau wasn't unemployed very long. three days after being fired by the capitals, he took over in anaheim. the ducks fired randy carlisle after a dismal 7-13-4 start. nba training camp doesn't officially start until december 9th, the facilities were open today for players and some current and former wizards along with some local product showed up at the verizon center this morning. they spent the day shooting around getting geared up for a shortened season. but with that comes a jam-packed schedule. current wizards andre black feels this movement will be their advantage. >> we have a lot of young guys and it's a short season. and i going to be situations where it's back-to-back, back-to-back, back-to-back. so they give us higher levering with young players -- levering with young players. >> jason clark gets the bucket here inside. hoyas led by seven at the break. but the second half was all tony mitchell. he gets the steel, takes it. open court and finishes with some authority. and then minutes later following up the ju

it didn't take long for former capitals coach bruce boudreau to find a new home. the anaheim ducks announced they hired boudreau moments after announcing they fired randy carlisle. they made the move after beating montreal. the win was the club's third victory in 19 games. carlisle coached the ducks to their only stanley cup title in 2007. boudreau was fired by the capitals on monday. he led washington to four consecutive division titles but no playoff success. >>> some university of maryland students are questioning the college plan to spend a million dollars renovating athletic fields at the same time severe cuts are taking place. the university will -- we'll have more on that story coming up. >> we're just a few days away from the 112th game in one of the nation's oldest football rivalries. the army/navy game will be played in washington, d.c. yesterday, captains and coaches from both army and navy gathered at the army navy club in arlington for a luncheon touting the big game next saturday, december 10th at fedex field. navy has won the last nine years but the

turned out to be the last game bruce boudreau would coach for washington as they fired him a couple of days later. the capitals are looking to rebound against a tough shootout loss on friday night. the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >>> retailers saw lots of shopping. and lots of buying means lots of returning. customers are expected to return $46 billion of merchandise this holiday season, up more than 4% from last year. today has its own nickname, mega monday, as shoppers hit the malls once more to return the unwanted gifts and get what they really want. this is the time to get real bargains too. >> major discount if you can hold off. if you have any money left. >> now we're broke, and we have no more money to spend. >> we are poor. >>> there are plenty of christmas traditions -- singing karl carols, decorating the tree, we've all done them. >> now many people gave back to the community with the annual day of service at the jewish community center. people helped out in a variety of ways, including serving meals to senior citizens, serving the homeless, and even donating blood. >> in the chr

former capital coach bruce boudreau has a new home. he has been hired as the coach the anaheim ducks after that team fired as coach. he was fired by the capitals a few days ago. >>> thousands will make their national tree ceremony this morning. we are there with a look ahead. >> 14,000 people are expected to here later on this evening. this is the 89 here of the tree lighting. somethingeen taken part ine with calvin coolidge. cat -- president obama will be help like this christmas tree. the other tree was toppled back during some high winds. going to be the first of -- unveiling for folks. a star-studded event, hosted by carson daly and william from the black eyed peas, kermit the frog and rodney atkins. he has that hit song "take the backrub." idea to avoid the area. starting at 4:15, police are going to shut down several roads end of the event. 15th street between e street and constitution avenue will be closed in both directions as well as 17th street between new york ave. if you did get a ticket and you come, using metro, and from

while bruce boudreau was head coach, the caps failed to record 20 shots on goal in the regular season just four times. under dale hunter, the caps have had less than 20 shots in back-to-back games. sidney crosby and alex ovechkin facing off for the first time since the winter classic. unfortunately, they didn't factor in last night. first period, john erskine gets into it. second period. jason chimera goes backhand. scores. nifty move. game tied at one. third period now. same score. loose puck here. erskine falls down. good look on net. oh, man. bounces off and if. see it again. he said he really should have made that save. the penguins win it 2-1. the caps have lost four in a row. tomorrow night, maybe they'll get a win for their head coach dale hunter. they host the ottowa senators. >> they'll come back. >> get them some skittles. the redskins too. >> that's a key ingredient. >> thanks, hakeem. >>> coming up, a d.c. neighborhood once known for crime and prostitution has been transformed into one of the city's hottest neighborhoods. >>> and for all your news, follow news 4 online. se

. >>> former washington capitals coach bruce boudreau with a new job. the anaheim duck hired him as their new head coach late last night after firing their coach. boudreau was fired by the caps on monday. the caps and ducks already met this year and they won't meet again until next season unless they both reach the nhl finals. >>> coming up next, it is world aids day and efforts continue to get more people tested. we'll tell you who is offering free tests today. >>> the u. k. 's embassy in iran attacked. diplomats ordered to leave. details on what is happening there today when fox 5 morning news continues. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> the diplomatic war between iran and the u. k. continues. brit i'm kicking out all iranian diplomats an ordering iran

. >> coming up at 6:00 we will talk more caps plus bruce boudreau has a new job.e will tell you where he landed in sports. from the verizon center, back to you guys in the studio. >> i want to say we did get the truck working. it's a little tricky but the truck does work. >> it does. great toy. sorry the demo didn't go well. >> happens sometimes. >>> coming up, why a group of parents is upset with the dim that otherwise is popular around here. >> new concerns tonight that your cell phone may be tracking your every mofn. but up next the nomination for this year's grammys. we've got them. >>> the stars and the snubs are the story. >> they were announced in a concert right here on crbs and lee has the list. >>> one night, one hour. this year's grammy galaxy was echecktic mix. everyone from lady gaga. to the bold moves of -- both in the running for the best album of the year. >> but it was can yeah west who got the most nods. seven in all. >> followed closely by bruno mars, the foo fighters and a british sensation adele. there were no winners of the nokia theater last

. >>> back behind the bench, bruce boudreau has a new job just two days after the capitals cut ties with him. good morning to you. >> welcome back to news 4 today on this thursday, the very first day of december. the first day of metrological winter, as well, and it sure feels like it out there, tom. >> good morning. i'm cold. it is a cold start this december morning. good morning. first day of december, that's a live picture from the city camera showing a clear sky over the washington monument. the jefferson memorial. and right now, we've had winds that were blustery earlier diminish. still 10-mile-an-hour winds to bring the windchills down into the 20s. it's 39 at reagan national. we've had our sky clear out overnight as high pressure has pushed in behind that low that came through yesterday with the clouds. but now it's all clear throughout most of west virginia and maryland and virginia and the eastern shore and the temperatures have plummeted. we're down near or below freezing throughout most of the region. now at 5:30 in the morning, it's down to the mid 30s in montgomery and fairf

relationship with the superstar, alexander ovechkin after his reported rocky relationship with bruce boudreau. >> it is good. he had ten hits one game, seven hits. he's a different player. usually goal scorers don't play so physical. but he does. that's what makes him a special player. >> since hunter took over the team last month, the caps have gone 3-4. >>> today, we'll find out if the nationals really are serious about signing japanese pitcher darvish. the deadline is 5:00 tonight. they make blind offers. his japanese team says they'll take the highest bid. that's just to buy the rights to negotiate with him, not to sign him. the 25-year-old darvish is seen as japan's top young pitchers. >> check out this record setting horse. his name is rapid redux. he won yesterday at laurel park in maryland. his 19th consecutive victory which tied the record set by citation in 1948. horses trainers considering retiring the animal at the end of the year. >>> coming up on 6:26, the traffic change coming to tysons corner today. but don't worry, this is a good thing. >> occupy d.c. protestors have been in

it turned out to be the last game bruce boudreau would coach for washington as they fired him a couplef days later. capitals are looking to rebound from a tough shootout loss against new jersey on friday night. the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >> go caps. >> that's right. >>> the time right now 5:48. more than 1,000 people participated in a very special tradition and gave back to the community. >> it was the annual christmas day of service at the d.c. jewish community center. participants helped out in a variety of ways, including serving meals to senior citizens, preparing food for the homeless, and even donating blood. volunteers say it's a great way to help build good relationships with those of different religions, all the while giving back to the community. >> the important aspect is that jews and others are coming together in service to help the less fortunate. it builds between our communities but with the express intent of helping those who are less fortunate. >> this is the 25th year of the annual christmas day of service. >>> with just a week left until the new year, there is stil

it turned out to be the last game bruce boudreau would coach for the caps as the team fired him just later. the capitals are looking to rebound from a tough shootout loss against new jersey on friday night. the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >>> christmas day saw the annual reenactment of george washington's trip across the delaware river. the reenactment commemorates washington's daring maneuver in 1776 that turned the tide of the revolutionary war. washington and 2,400 soldiers crossed the delaware river from pennsylvania into new jersey. they surprised and defeated hessian mercenaries right now j still ahead, celebrating the true meaning<(mas. >>> another round of violence in iraq overnight has some worried about the stability of the country this morning. >>> plus striking it rich. we're waiting for the area's newest multimillionaire to come forward after hitting the powerball jackpot. good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff in for joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. it is monday, december 26th, 2011. we're going to take a live look outside at 6:30. 44 degrees. for

a month ago buffalo destroyed washington 5-1 and turned out to be the last game for coach bruce boudreauld coach for the caps as a team fired him a couple days later. capitals are looking to rebound from the tough shoot-out loss against new jersey friday night. puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >>> today marks the first day of kwanzaa. the 7-day celebration encourages african-american families and other families to focus on a different principle each day. those include unity, self determination, collective work, and family and society purpose, creativity and faith. the word kwanzaa means first fruits in swahili. coming up on "news4 midday," we are helping you spot post-christmas day deals. first, wishing for a royal recovery for prince philip. >>> welcome back. 11:45. london shoppers are struggling to get around due to a strike by subway drivers. several lines on london's underground have been suspended and there's limited service on the entire network. the one-day strike is to demand extra pay for members working over the holidays. today is boxing day in britain and national holiday during which