gregg williams was with the redskins from 2004 to 2007. coach joe gibbs who was the coach at the time has been on the record he does not approved of this kind of activity around he says he didn't even know it was happening here. however, several redskins players have confirmed it indeed was a practice here at the time. the n.f.l. says williams paid up to 27 players on the new orleans saints to attack the opposition from 2009 to 2011. the n.f.l. says the program reached $50,000 at its height. the money could come from fines that williams imposed on players for being late to practice or making a mistake on the practice field. >> whether you get paid or not, i definitely think there's been players throughout the course of history that have gone out with the intent of trying to hurt anybody -- hurt someone. i don't think that is right. i don't think there's any place in our game for that. >> in a sport like football, the chase, the pursuit of the illusive lombardi trophy sometimes causes guys to lose their heads a bit. but that's what makes th

or was driven by gregg williams?hink gregg williams spurred a lot of it on, but i also think he had to have players on his defense who were very willing to cooperate. and very willing to let this culture exist. i mean, sean payton, the head coach, and mickey loomis, the general mampger, have admitted, and they're right. they lost institutional control of the defensive side of the ball. and so, you know, i think they're to blame. >> the saints' head hunting reached a fever pitch when one player, linebacker jonathan vilma bid $10,000 of his own money to take out brett favre in the 2010 nfc championship game against the minnesota vikings. >> is this far and above beyond anything you have heard of in the nfl? when it comes to the pay for performance? >> i have never heard of a team paying money, confirmed, to try to put a guy out of the game. >> while the saints' sweeping bounty system may be unheard of, former players we spoke to weren't shocked there was some sort of incentive program going on. was there a similar boun

>> i think gregg williams spurred a lot of it on.think he had to have players on his defense who were very willing to cooperate and very willing to let this culture exist. i mean, shaean payton, the head coach, and mickey loomis, the general manager, have admitted, and they're right, they lost constituti institutional control of the defensive side of the ball. >> reporter: the saints' head hunts reportedly reached a fever pitch when one player, linebacker jonathan vilma, bid $10,000 of his own money to take out brett favre in the 2010 nfc champi championship game against the minnesota vikings. is this far and above beyond anything you've ever heard of in the nfl. >> i'll be honest. i've never heard of a team paying money, confirmed, to put a -- try to put a guy out of the game. >> reporter: while the saints' sweeping bounty system might be unheard of, former players we spoke to weren't shocked that there was some incentive program going on. was there a similar bounty program with the buffalo bills while you were there under gregg wil

gregg williams met with nfl investigators up in new york city. williams admitted and apologized for running a bounty program when he was with the new orleans saints. he rewarded players with $1,000 playoffs for knocking targeted opponents out of game and dave owens joins us to talk more about this. is it an exaggeration to say the integrity of the whole league is at stake here? >> no, it's not because i think there's a tendency to believe that everybody does it, so it's not a big deal, but make no mistake about it. this is serious business. it's illegal and the redskins are smack dab in the middle of it. the stains left by the accusations that gregg williams ran a bounty system in washington isn't going away. today tone dungy stoked the fire saying he -- tony dungy stoked the fire saying he believes a bounty may have been put out on peyton manning and say that play may have been the beginning of his neck problems. mic wise who co-hosts the radio show on 106-7 the fan covered williams. >> some players thought he went a little too far of. >> report

payton's former defensive coordinator, gregg williams, who works for the st. louis rams has been banned indefinitely. >> we have a serious violation of existing rule that threatens the health and welfare of our players. >> program paid thousands of dollars to more than 20 players for hits on specific opponents. including quarterbacks, aaron rogers, cam newton, brett favre, and kurt warner. some included $1500 for a knockout. $1,000 for a cart off. that's a player unable to walk off the field on his own and those amounts were doubled or tripled during the playoffs. in the nfc championship game, saints defensive players were fined $30,000 for four separate illegal hits. a $10,000 bounty was offered to anyone who knocked favre out of the game. payton acknowledged the violations happened during his watch, but the nfl says he denied the program existed and ignored league instruction to end it. >> we were misled and there were denials throughout that period and meanwhile, there continue to be risks to our players and to the integrity of our game. >> ordered all nfl

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gregg williams and his 22-year n.f.l. career are under intense scrutiny after an investigation revealed he paid players on the saints teams to intentionally injure players on opposing players from 2009 to 2011. his, quote, pay for pain program reached 50 grand at its height. up to 27 players could also be involved and they could face some severe penalties up to fines and suspensions. the saints we're told could even forfeit draft shreks. -- draft selections. >> whether you get paid or not, i definitely think there's been players throughout the course of history that have gone out with the intent of trying to hurt someone. i don't think that is right. i don't think there's any place in our game for that. >> in a sport like football, the chase, the pursuit of the illusive lombardi trophy sometimes causes guys to lose their heads a bit. that's what makes this game exciting is the will to win and the guys who are willing to do anything to go out there and succeed. >> reporter: again, the n.f.l. has a long investigation under

was gregg williams' bounty system in effect during his time here? also the redskins are now being blamed for peyton manning's chronic neck problem. find out why coming up next in sports. >>> gregg williams has admitted to paying players to knock targeted opponents out of the game. the former defensive coordinator met with nfl investigators in new york today to discuss his mega money bounty system. he admitted rewarding his players with thousands of dollars in payoffs over the last three seasons for big hits. now his time with other teams including the redskins are under the microscope. earlier today we caught up with former redskin lavar arrington who played under williams and says these big hits are a part of football. >> whether there's bounties out there or not, i think it's clear that guys are going out there on defense to try to, you know, knock a guy out. i mean that's kind of the culture of the game. >> and the other teams williams coached for could come under investigation as well which includes tennessee and jacksonville as well as head coa

the redskins had a similar system when gregg williams was in washington. former redskin shawn springs was part of it. he says it was player driven but knows williams is going to suffer a stiff penalty. >> the example is going to be made out of greg, unfortunately, because he -- >> reporter: he was involved. >> he was involved. but i will say this. if you are going to hold greg accountable and make an example out of greg if you start unturning some things around the league some things might unfold and you might realize that it wasn't just the saints or redskins. everybody's like, greg, take the blame, but there might be other stories. well we did this too. >> reporter: you think a lot of people are hoping this goes away quietly and ends with greg? >> the league wants it to go away quietly because the bounty, it's not a good image for the league and not what the players were out doing. i think it's a misrepresentation of the whole situation. >> he did say that the players were never, ever asked to take another player out of the game or seriously injure them.

concerned they could get caught up in the scandal. >> there is some guilt, but it is pretty much gregg williamst does not look good. >> williams was the redskins' coordinator through 2007. officials have not commented so far. degrees this morning in woodbrige. >> still ahead, an update to a about nearly two weeks ago. who had the chicken that resembled george washington, you will once we defeat barack obama, will start turning around. >> voters in in 10 states including virginia will cast r tuesday athis supe few hours from now. it is the biggest contests yet the republican presidential race. scare at george washington university. what forced students to a library last night. and the most dangerous on the metro will system. good morning washington at 5:00 begins now. live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. us on this're with tuesday morning. it's march 6. i am steve chenevey. i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather. baden for look at the but first meteorologist adam caskey. it is still cold this morning. >> it is cold. take a look at the numbers on the wea

>> there was question, because gregg williams was here. so far, the nfl closed its investigation without finding evidence that the redskins or other teams that gregg williams was a part of were running a bounty system. this is according to the washington post. the league is leaving open the possibility that if they find more evidence, they'll review it. redskins did not run the bounty system. >> no statute of limitations. >> thank you, dave. >> the director of a viral video about an african lord has been diagnosed with something called brief reactive psychosis. jason russell was hospitalized after he was acting wildly. russell's group, invisible children, is trying to stop the lord's resistant army in central africa. introduced a resolution to condemn joseph kony for its rebel campaign in central africa that killed or kidnapped tens and thousands of people. >>> louisiana is up next in the presidential primary race after mitt romney scored a critical win in illinois last night. today, he spent time in maryland. this is an event in a suburb

he didn't get it it from gregg williams.ull year, which is unprecedented for i ahead coach in the national football league to sit on the sidelines and watch. >> you should add it is one year no pay and he makes $7.5 million. >> that is gone. that is a tough one to swallow for anybody. but certainly for gregg williams who has been suspended indefinitely by the league. who knows whether he will ever be allowed to coach again in the national football league. one other point, the commissioner found no wrongdoing as far as the bounty program being run when he was in d.c. to go back to that point, joe gibbs had said weeks ago he knew nothing about t sean peyton said the same thing. he knew plenty about it. that is the difference today and that is why sean peyton is out of work for a full year. it continued yesterday. there is dan snyder. there is mike shanahan. they are probably thinking don't have to talk about the saints for a while. they were watching the pro day of robert griffin iii. he looked great. this is what i call a dog

>> i think gregg williams spurred a lot of it on but i also think he had to have players on his defense very willing to cooperate and very willing to let this culture exist. i mean, sean payton, the head coach and mickey loomis, the general manager, have admitted and they're right, they lost institutional control of the defensive side of the ball. and so, you know, i think they're to blame. >> the saints' head hunting reportedly reached a fever pitch, when linebacker jonathan vilma bid $10,000 of his own money to take out brett favre in the 2010 nfc championship game against the minnesota vikings. >> is this far and above beyond anything you've ever heard of in the nfl when it comes for these pay for performance? >> i'll be honest, i've never heard of a team paying money, confirmed, to try to put a guy out of the game. >> while the saints' sweeps bounty system might be unheard of, former players say they weren't shocked there was an incentive player going on. was there a similar bounty program going on when you were there? >> it's different from what i experienced in buffalo. in buffalo

gregg williams was the redskins defensive coordinator from '04 to '07. er redskins matt bowen and philip daniels have said a bounty system did exist during williams' tenure with the burgundy and gold. today former colts' head coach tony dungy said he believes payton mannings of a victim of the bounty system. october 22nd, 2006 manning took a brutal help from fill dip daniels. the beginning of -- hit from philip daniels. the beginning of manning's neck problems. quarterback shawn springs played four years under gregg williams and said the incentive for cash program was more of a friendly wager thing among players and he said this defending his former defensive coach. >> i wouldn't necessarily say it was a bounty system. i think like i said before, a bounty is a shock to me. i think that's a negative connotation that everyone keeps saying a bounty system like bounty means like we were paid to go out and kill someone or maliciously hurt an opponent. i don't think that ever was the case. it was never really the case. >> bob barnard joins me now. i should add

gregg williams who now works for the st. louis rams has been banned indefinitely. >> we have a serious violation of existing rule that threatens the health and welfare of our players. >> reporter: the n.f.l. says the program paid thousands of dollars to more than 20 players for hits on specific opponents, including quarterbacks aaron rogers, cam newton, bret favre and kurt warner. some of the payments included $1500 for a player knockout, $100 for a cartout -- $1,000 for a cartout. saints defensive players were fined $30,000 for four separate illegal hits, including several on favre. the league says $10,000 bounty was offered to anyone who knocked favre out of the game. payton has acknowledged the violations happened during his watch, but the n.f.l. says he denied the program existed and ignored league instruction to end it. >> we were misled and there were denials throughout that period. meanwhile, there continued to be risks to our players and to the integrity of our game. >> reporter: goodell has ordered all n.f.l. teams

without finding any evidence that the redskins had a bounty system under former coordinator, gregg williams, and they said the investigation will continue. right now, nothing on the skins. today, heisman trophy winner, robert griffin iii participated in his pro day at baylor. he threw for scouts. mike shanahan and dan schneider, part of the redskins in attendance. he did not throw last month, was impressive during his 30 minute workout. showing off his footwork, and his accuracy. completed 74 of 78 passes. griffin had dinner with the redskins reps and had this to say after today's session. >> gave up a lot of picks and you know, to be able to move up to that spot to pick a player and if it happens to be me, then they showed me that i can definitely get along with them. keep it light, but when it's time to get serious, you get serious. >> peyton manning signing with the broncos made tim tebow expendable. fourth and sixth round picks. the deal hit a snag when the two teams disagreed about how much of the $5 million already paid to tebow would be recouped by new york. tonight, the trade was fi

there are somellegions about the titans when gregg williams was with tennessee.e redskins would not comment on the post report. joe gibbs who was the redskins' head coach when williams was defensive coordinator said he had no knowledge of a redskins bounty program. one former redskin, cornerback fred smoot who played under williams told a radio program that gregg williams never put a dime into the money pot, that the players did it themselves. wolf? >> it's shocking. i got to tell you, but getting back to the saints, was the head coach of the new orleans saints sean payton directly involved or knew about the program? >> the nfl says payton did not directly participate, was not involved in administering the program but knew about the allegations and failed to stop it. peter king also says mickey loomis, the saints general manager had been told at least once to stop the program and did not do it. you're going to see a lot of sanctions here. >> this story is not going away. john king is going to be speaking with a player who used to play under the coach, the assista

gregg williams last worked for the redskins during the '07 season. but man, oh, man, is his legacy casting a shadow over the franchise. they lost an investigation into williams and the saints two seasons ago. their findings today that williams had overseen a bounty system used to reward players for inflicting injury on opponents. now there is a link to the redskins. multiple players, most of them who wanted to remain anonymous, have admitted to a similar program existing for the burgundy and gold. one of those anonymous players told the washington post mike jones and jason reed that williams dolled out thousands of dollars for rugged play and "kill shots". i don't have to tell you such bounty programs are illegal, especially in this new era. coming up in sports, we'll hear from a former redskins player who did not remain anonymous as well as coach joe gibbs. >> so what you're saying with the attention to concussions and all of that. >> it's illegal. >> different world. >> all right. thanks a lot. >>> caught on tape, a pickup driver swevdz on to the s

have a great thursday. >>> it wasn't just gregg williams. the former redskins coach who now works for the rams. the n.f.l. handed down its biggest punishment ever. saints head coach sean payton has been suspended for the year without pay. the n.f.l. determined payton and some other saints officials didn't stop the bounty system despite being warned and then he lied about whether it was still in place. >> we were misled and there were denials throughout that period and meanwhile there continued to be risks to our players and to the integrity of our game. >> they'll also lose draft picks and have been fined half a million dollars. one former redskin claimed publicly a bounty system was under gregg williams of the redskins but the redskins have been cleared of any wrongdoing. >> you're doing okay. >> i'm doing just fine. >>> the new catch phrase in campaign 2012 is etch a sketch. >>> why mit toe's silver -- why metro's silver line may not get built past dulles as planned. >>> fog is a factor for your commute. we're taking a look at southern sid

. >>> gregg williams is asked whether or not he ran a bounty system when he was here in town as the redskins defensive coordinator. we'll be right back. >>> 9 after 5:00 on this tuesday morning. a cold one out there. need the gloves and jackets if you're going to be outside at all. thankfully the winds are aren't too strong. we're expecting plenty of sunshine. temperatures will be climbing into the mid-30s by 9:00 in washington. mid-40s this afternoon with a high near 50 degrees. sunshine all day long. >>> taking a look into downtown on the southeast southwest freeway and the sousa bridge, this is what it looks like coming in from the pennsylvania avenue. no problems to report. more on virginia roadways next time around at 5:17. back to you, mike. >>> making news now at a:10, thousands of tornado survivors are just getting started on trying to put their lives back together. weekend storms spawned nearly a hundred tornadoes across five states. the death toll is at 39. and in henryville, indiana snow has now fallen on all the debris. >>> a court has denied requests by lawyers to end jared loug

. >>> friday the nfl revealed gregg williams the former skins and saints defensive coordinator now with the rams ran an illegal bounty program with the saints financially rewarding players for knocking opponents out of the game. williams will meet with league security officials in new york tomorrow to discuss the ongoing investigation. ion. >>> final round of the honda classic, tiger woods began the day nine shots back of the leader rory mcilroy. on no. 3 he sinks the 27-foot eagle putt and carves a 4-under 31 on the front 9. he remains as hot on the back 9. here on 17 tiger sinks a long birdie putt to drop him to 8-under, four shots behind mcilroy. here's tilinger on the par 5 18th, his approach from 216 yards, i he stare -- he stares it down and it's pretty good, finishing with 8-under 62, his lowest closing round on the pga tour and trailed mcilroy by one stroke. the pressure is squarely on the 22-year-old, but mcilroy does not wilt. leading by two while in a bunk other 17 he blasts out beautifully, rolls within a couple feet and sets up a par putt which he would sink and on 18 mcilr

. >> a former defensive coordinator gregg williams is suspended indefinitely. the head coach for the rams addressed the news. >> he made a mistake. he admitted to that mistake. he is remorseful and regrets making the decisions that he made. and he has accepted the consequences. this organization including myself had no idea when we hired coach williams the potential for this to happen. >> a senior sports writer said the nfl is concerned about the possibility of being sued over the st. bounty program. >> penn state is offering free counseling to the alleged victims of former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he is under house arrest as he awaits trial on charges he sexually abused and boys over 15 years. he denies the allegations. counseling will be provided by a firm that is not linked to the school. the pentagon is disputing allegations made by afghans who live near the villages where a u.s. soldier killed 16 civilians. they said u.s. soldiers lined them up against a wall and told them that they would pay for attacks on the u.s. troops. but military say

gregg williams paid new orleans saints players to knock players out of the game. he said he had a similar scheme when he was with this team. williams has now apologized. >> it's getting a lot of attention. we'll stay on top of it. it is 28 degrees in falls church. a cool start to the monday morning. >> getting gouged at the gas pumps. how high the prices could surprise and where they stand right now. >> who was it that the got first interview with whitney houston's family? and from snowflakes to temperatures in the 70's. quite a range this week. adam as the >> hello. welcome to the animal welfare. where there is a pet waiting for everyone. make a friend today. >> "good morning washington"! >> it's a cold start to our day with a little brush with winterer this week and then temperatures climb by wednesday and thursday. beautiful picture from our rooftop camera. sun up at 6:34 a.m. setting the stage for a beautiful sunrise there. we'll have a few flurries in the metro area. it's some accumulating snow further south of town. temperatures around the cold side. right a

besides payton, gregg williams is suspended indefinitely.he team is fined a half million dollars and forfeits draft picks this year and next. >>> if you're sick of tebow mania now, just wait until you see the noise he's going to create this year. the broncos traded him to the new york jets for a 4th and 6th round pick in next month's draft. the former number 1 draft pick is officially a jet, and rex ryan may have to watch his potty mouth. >>> not everybody has tim- sanity. how about these kids watching the giants beat cleveland. the big shot was a home run by brett pail. the giants win, 5-3. remember, he was called up last september and homered in his first two games. the a's also losers today against kansas city. that's sports. >> i could look at those pick you ares of the kid -- pictures of the kids the ballpark. >> they wear their emotion on their sleeve. >> the ktvu morning team is here at 4:30 tomorrow. they'll be keeping an eye on the massive cargo ship, as it prepares to do a u turn and leave. never in my lifetime did i think i could

that doesn't necessarily hurt the saints because gregg williams now coaches for the st. rams so it hurts that team. the commissioner says he'll figure out at the end of the season what to do with him. all of this is coming at a time where the city of new orleans had visions of watching their saints play in the super bowl, which will be hosted here next year. many people in this city had this dream being able to watch saints win the super bowl in their hometown game. that is now very much in question. question about whether or not the saints will be able to rally from this punishment. we talked to many people, former players who played for gregg williams and the overwhelming question that everybody gets and everybody who is close to the nfl seems to be getting is they don't understand why this is such a big deal in a sport that is so violent and based on hard hits. we talked to "sports illustrated's" peter king about that. >> because the nfl players pride themselves on being such a fraternity and when we get together on sunday, boy, we go at each other's throats but we're

besides payton, gregg williams is suspended indefinitely.d a half million dollars and forfeits draft picks this year and next. >>> if you're sick of tebow mania now, just wait until you see the noise he's going to create this year. the broncos traded him to the new york jets for a 4th and 6th round pick in next month's draft. the former number 1 draft pick is officially a jet, and rex ryan may have to watch his potty mouth. >>> not everybody has tim- sanity. how about these kids watching the giants beat cleveland. the big shot was a home run by brett pail. look! here she comes! ♪ she'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes... ♪ ♪ when she comes. ♪ it'll be spinning new chrome wheels when it comes. ♪ ♪ when it comes. ♪ custom spoiler, race grade pistons, ♪ ♪ gt35 turbo charger. ♪ and they'll all know that it's kevin's awesome car. ♪ bought em!

the man who ran the bounty program, gregg williams, he is done indefinitely. after the nfl first made this public on march 2nd, williams admitted to and apologized for running the program from 2009 to 2011. goodell will review williams' status after the upcoming season and decide whether or not he can return to the league. he also said this about what happened yesterday. >> clearly, we were lied to. we investigated this back in 2010. we were told that it was not happening. it continued for another two years until we got credible evidence late in the 2011 season and we were able to obviously identify significant information that verifies from multiple sources that this was going on for a three-year period. >> do not cross the boss. >>> peyton manning signing with the brorveg hes made tim tebow expeppeddable and yes, he is gone out of denver to new york in exchange identify fourth round pick and a sixth round pick. the jets and the broncos have hit a nag late last night about the money. he was owed $5 million. those two teams have agreed to split that up. and tim

everybody pointing the finger at this man, saints defensive coordinator gregg williams, now with the he is the guy who said yep, he offered players extra money to knock somebody out. here is peter king talking about brett favre, 10 10 brand to knock him off. >> he offered $10,000 in cash to anyone who would put brett favre out of the game and they were -- there were three fines that came out of that game against members of the saints on brett favre, $25,000. >> story will go on a while. >> lenny dick struhit rock bottom. here he is behind it screen there in a southern california courtroom. pleading no contest to grand theft auto, providing a false financial statement. had a string of troubles. he is the guy who bought wayne gretzky's house, string of car washes, wiz on wall street, fraudulent. exhibition baseball. buster posey, jackie, if his name was steve -- >> he is still cute. >> you like buster? >> you know -- anyway. i like aubrey huff, he had a home run today. he says i got it. i got it. i got it. i got -- >> oh. >> what a -- i am not going to sleep tonight. brewers beat the g

now they're investigating defensive coordinator gregg williams who admitted to paying for bounties overthey're facing penalties and fines sh. >> i think it's very likely we'll not only see a suspension of gregg williams but suspensions and fives to saints players. >> reporter: in conjunction with the players union and others roger goodell has made player safety a paramount issue. >> really flies in the face of what the nfl has tried to do in the last couple of years, putting safety at the forefrond. >> reporter: they found that over two dozen players participated on the bounty. they were rewarded with cash for hard hits. $1,000 if an opponent was carted off the field and $1,500 for knockouts. investigators are look beyond the saints at every team he ever coached for including the titans, redskins, jaguars, and bills. >> the saints in this case are exhibit a, and if the league takes a firm stance here and is punitive enough, it will send a message to other teams to knock this off. >> and, charlie, as erica mentioned already, gregg williams did meet with nfl investigators yesterday about

fox 5's lindsay murphy is here with the details. >> gregg williams is now in st. louis with the rams, but before his stint with the saints we all remember him as a skins defensive coordinator under joe gibbs. today five unidentified redskins or former redskins told the washington post they were paid for their rough physical play. phillip daniels, the team anticipates director of team development said he received $1,500 for a four sack game against dallas in 2005. daniels said he believes williams is being painted in the wrong way. however, one of the unidentified players said williams was a coach who took it a little too far sometimes. today the nfl said it had found between 22 and 27 saints participated in the program over the last three seasons and that the players including quarterbacks kurt wane and brett favre were targeted. williams didn't try to deny the allegations. in fact, he offered an apology to the nfl, the saints owner, saints fans saying in part, "it was wrong while we were doing it instead of getting caught up in it, i should have stopped. i take f

♪ ♪ >> the gregg williams paid for a play about the scandal continues. h nfl security in new york, but he did not meet with commissioner roger goodell. it is said that the nfl is not investigating the redskins or the bills or the titans. all teams that williams coached for. a redskins linebacker recently had the chance to talk with williams. >> very remorseful about everything that happened with the new orleans situation. i was extremely shocked to hear his role in this whole bounty thing. at any point in time in my course of my relationship either as my head coach or defensive coordinator did he ever get in front of us and say "i am going to give you x amount of dollars to go out and injured a player." >> the nationals got their first win against the mets but it is really important not to read too much into these games because johnson is experimenting and evaluating. there is a fastball over the left-field wall. he went to high school in st. louis, so he had a lot of family and friends there tonight. his first home run of the spring. this is a hit i like

gregg williams is apologizing for that practice. the nfl says the saints maintained a bounty pool of up to 50,000 bucks but they are certainly not alone. and this investigation is far from over. maybe producing stiff penalties. >>> as it goes ♪ buy me some peanuts and -- >> you can sing. that's pretty good. some sections had to evacuate after the diamondbacks game after a swarm appeared there. they used lemonade and candy to disperse the bees. >>> all right, now, some hoop highlights. we get those from one of my favorite people at espn news, cassidy hubbarth. >> good morning. the nets taking on the bobcats. and in the third quarter, williams off the screen. williams with 22 points in the third quarter. later, shot clock winding down from way downtown and gets the foul. part of four triples for him. fourth quarter, williams is, it's a foul, and 21 of 21 from the line. 1:31 to play. nets up two. williams, bucket, 98-94, new jersey. and can't get it to go. and deron williams, a franchise record, 57 points as the nets win 104-101. >>> m

. >> more current and former redskins speaking up about bounty gate and whether gregg williams paid duringis time in washington. we heard plenty from both sides. joe gibbs saying he didn't know anything. george stark is saying that is completely false. but in an interview with the nba network, linebacker, london fletcher said what happened in new orleans didn't happen here. >> i play for greg in washington. he was my head coach in buffalo. my defensive coordinator in washington. i known him for over ten years. never did he get in front of us as a group and say i'm going to give you x amount of dollars to injury our player. >> and it seems peyton manning's 14 year career with the colts has come to an end. just moments ago, chris reported that the announcement will come at a news conference in indianapolis on wednesday with both manning and owner jim in attendance. manning is being released because he is due a $28 million roster bonus on friday. his release means the colts are off the hook for the cash and he will become a free agent. blash has been on the court, but fans are letting them kn

i am glad that gregg williams is out of the game, at least for the near future. >> senator byrd and -- planning to -- senator turban is planning a hearing -- >> the reason i do not like watching football is it is so brutal. there is no way people are going to survive these injuries. the nfl has a medical tea evaluating iurie >> these are incentives -- >> i know that, but when you watch a game, you can see -- >> my friends who played college football say it look, i guess a tough game. that is the nature of the dam. -- the game. >> i have to agree with nina that this is like the piano player in the cast house. -- cathouse. we did not know what was going on upstairs. [lghter] is there something we can praise it dan snyder for? this is it. >> i am not going there. >> i would like to know, the devoutly religious tim tebow -- is there a devoutly secularist quarterback? >> i finally found something on which my liberal colleagues are correct. they stumbled int the truth. this is about laers and lauits. the nfl is looking at billions of dollars of lawsuits for concussions in the past and this

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well, we did that, too. >> so clearly gregg williams wasn't the only coach involved in this. every single team has something like this but the nfl is going to have to come down hard because concussions are huge, a huge issue right now. williams could get suspended indefinitely. >> pretty bluntly, very honest there, dan. >> it is going to be very interesting to see what happens. the question is will any of that fall back on the redskins when williams was here? that's what we have to wait and see. draft picks are going to be lost. it's going to be bad. >> all right. dan hellie, thanks. >>> next at 5:30 tonight more scandal this time in d.c. politics. new details about that fbi raid over the weekend. >> a driver comes to a complete stop after a rough ride in the district. >> plus animal house was a classic movie. now get set for a toga infused food fight on stage. >>> a fast forward through the headlines. a campaign volunteer for ward 7 council candidate kevin chavous has been charged with second-degree murder. ellsworth colbert was arrested sunday for allegedly stabbing his neig

specifically when the man right there -- you see him on the screen gregg williams coached the team'sense between 2004 and 2007. a hit as you're about to see most certainly will be under review. many like it. a former skins coach and five players said friday that the team's defense under williams had a system that actually dolled out cash, sometimes several thousand for so called kill shots. joe gibbs, washington's head coach during the alleged timeframe, said he was unaware of any such program. it was senior day at the comcast center and maryland hosted u.v.a., a team making a strong case for the big dance for the first time since 2006. last time these two teams went head-to-head, the cavaliers embarrassed the terrapins, winning by 27 points. so today, our very own tim brant was there calling the game. check that out. a long two. and hits it. he racked up 20 points and six rebounds. but maryland comes right down the court. the a.c.c.'s leading scorer, why not? drains the three. we go to overtime now. this man, mike scott, just too much for the terps today. he sinks the jumper for two