hewitt is a nice guy.ore soft spoken than his predecessor, jim larranaga, huge baseball fan when he's not coaching basketball, likes to watch baseball, bought a nats package, watches nats games. he's also a yankees fan, mason tied for first right now with drexel. the patriots have two remaining season games remaining. they have the great final four run and last year bcu made it to the final four. >> wish them luck. >> thank you, feldy. >>> the countdown is on, just six days until hollywood's biggest night. we're looking at some of the films poised to walk away with the golden tay through. >>> at 11:00 cries for help coming from a home engulfed in flames. hear from the neighbor who came to the rescue on the news edge. '. >>> this fox 5 sports update is brought to you by acura, acura, advance.  people! look at you! texting...blogging.... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! get high yield free checking at capital one bank. why earn bupkis, when your checking cou

from athens, gavin hewitt has that story. >> in athens, a department store destroyed.refighters still inside. this had been a health food store. burned out. this was a fabric shop -- all ruined in hours of burning and rioting. >> it's a bunch of people who destroyed everything. they destroyed greece. >> this was one of the major department stores on one of the busiest stores -- streets in athens. it is one of nearly 40 buildings that were set alight during the disturbances. a protest or against parliament approving new spending cuts -- the protests were against parliament approving new spending caps. -- cuts. some believe the greek economy cannot stand any more austerity. these rights are the most serious in the years and they raise questions as to whether the latest round of cuts can be implemented, such is the level of resistance. government supporters insisted greece wants to stay in the wrote it has to go along with demands made by the eu -- in the euro, it has to go along with demands made by the eu and the imf. >> the disorder over the default of greece would be

gavin hewitt, bbc news, athens. >> and in the republican party search for a candidate, rick santorumhas won in the state of minnesota. he is also won a non-binding vote in missouri. results are still forthcoming from a third state. mitt romney was pushed into second place. newt gingrich did not take an active part in the campaign in these states. a resurgent rick santorum said conservatism is alive in missouri. >> tonight was not just a victory for us but a victory for the voices roll call our party, conservatives and tea party people, who are out there every single day, building the conservative movement in the country, building the base of the conservative party, and building the base in this country. thank you. [cheers and applause] . >> republican presidential candidate rick santorum. you are watching the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, a painting by numbers. an investment for many across asia. >> let's take a look at the coverage of the russian foreign minister trip to syria. -- the paper says the strong backing for the president there comes as

what has it been like with that change, to have coach hewitt come in? >> coach hewitt didn't miss a beat. he did a great job, got us running with his system. oufr record is still very strong. we all love him and we're win winning still, most importantly. not like he has a problem holding his job. it's been a smooth transition. coach l is very good and coach hewitt is doing a great job. >> at the patriots center you've only lost once this season, 13-1 on your home hardwood. what is it about this place that makes it so special to play? >> the fans. ed fans come in and they bring energy, you know. it's electric in here. you know, this is our student section right here, and when this thing gets packed and everybody's in here yelling and screaming, you know, gives us the energy we need. whenever you got the fachbs behind me, it's like that sixth man everybody needs. they fuel us. >> i'm just -- as you're speaking i'm just looking at that beard. it's a little unruly. do you ever tame that thing, run a comb through it? what do you do with it? >> i shave it up

we will hear from mason's head coach paul hewitt.lso, an update on mik >> announcer: you're watching "news4 at 6." >>> anytime dan gets to go to a basketball court or hockey rink or any place else he can instead of here, he goes! having a good time, rchbt you, dan? who's playing? >> reporter: yeah, guys, it's george mason and vcu. mason and vcu tied for first place in the caa. of course, vcu coming off that great final four run last year, and the interesting thing about these two teams, not only are they tied for the lead in the conference, but they haven't played all season. so they're going to play twice in the next 12 days. tonight going to be the first meeting. they'll tip off at 9:00 p.m. it is going to be a rocking patriots center. new head coach paul hewitt of mason have been in a lot of close games this year, but they are 13-1 here at the patriots center. no doubt they're going to be extra jacked-up for that rivalry game with vcu. ryan pierce and mike morrison are the leading scorers averaging a combined 27 points per game an

. >>> and paul hewitt and george mason on the road. the regular season finale against bcu. in the first half, corey edwards turns it over and there you see it with the steal and goes the distance for the lay- in. bcu on a 25-5 run and take a 20- point lead. in the second half, starting to chip away at the lead and brian allen misses. pearson on cleanup duty, cutting the deficit to single digits. bcu was out for revenge. late in the game, the touchdown pass for the dunk and falls 89- 77 and the rams earn the sec seed in the caa tournament. and au over lafayette, 76-59 and gw beats duquesne, 56-61, and howard, 63-46. >>> virginia hosting north carolina. late in the game, john tell evans a big steal and takes it all away. the cavaliers trail 52-50 and three minutes left in the game. the final seconds, tarholes lead by one. look at the ball fake and the pretty dunk. had a game high 20. north carolina beats virginia, 54-51. >>> and did you see this virginia tech and duke game? virginia tech struggling this year. the final secs and they're tied. eric green going for the win and h

it's where he met the reverend danielle hewitt from the temple of light. >> tell me about the templet. >> temple of light is a spiritual wellness center, a place to have a very personal relationship with the divine. >> how did you first come to meet michael lane? >> he came down here from ventura with my friend and said your website really isn't very good, let me redo it for you. >> lane told her he lived all over the world, describing himself as a seeker who had recently arrived in the united states. >> he professed to be associated with a buddhist monastery. >> the more she learned, the more suspicious she became. >> the fact he lived in a hotel, that he had a rental car, that he had very little physical possessions so he was really very transient, there was a lot more to him than met the eye. >> the reverend says she quickly sized up michael lane as a phony. >> your sense of his spirituality? >> nonexistent. it was something he was putting on and he was professing to have interest in. he put himself out as a seeker. >> six weeks after meeting lane, reverend hewitt fired him and th

vcu sitting atop the caa conference along with paul hewitt's patriots, just one loss at home this year, coming in for hugh wet in the second half, just over 3 1/2 to play, ryan pearson, the tough reverse layup, 24 points, 11 rebounds, under a minute and a half to go tied at 51. vcu's burgess, call him big shot brad for a reason, he had 13. vc off. three-point lead. back comes mason, under ten to play. vaughans in the corner, tough shot, drapes the three, mason within one. last chance for mason now. down by two with three seconds to go, here's how it sounded in fairfax. [ cheering ] sophomore wright with the game winner, the biggest shot of his career, look at him. did that really just happen? mason wins a thriller, 62-61 was the final. >> things that kids dream of, i dream every day hitting the big shot. i see kobe hit big shot, lebron, but for me to hit a big shot for my team to win, i can't explain the feeling now. >> i can't talk enough about that guy. he come through in clutch moments and that was the biggest shot right there that was just great. look on his face after that was jus

tom o'connor celebrates with the head coach paul hewitt and the patriots improve to 14-2 in ca apply and are tied for first with drexel. there is a rematch with bcu on february 25th. >>> and the redskins albert haines worth waved by the bucks. that is sports. back to you. >> and don't get enough airtime, i wanted to make sure i made a cameo. >> you're welcome. >> and thank you for sharing this with me. 

paul hewitt and george mason in the first half. corey edwards is going to go to the basket and the foul. second half, edwards goes inside to ryan pearson who powers up and under for the land, plus the foul. missed the free throw, but he has 16. his 20th win and the 11th time in programs history that they have gotten 21. a quick change in charlottesville. look at this guy. he's all suited up. virginia hosting wake forest. virginia up 29. malcolm brings it up. he had 10. the 19th ranked cavs dropped 71% in the first half and 68- 44. 10th ranked duke paying a visit to north carolina. duke down 2. final seconds, austin rushers, son of sock rivers. coach's son can do it. what a great finish. elsewhere, temple over george washington. 79-72. to the nba now, the wizards hosted the knicks. washington seeking back to back victories for the first time since april of 2011. jeremy lynn, from palo alto high school, and a 28 performance. third quarter, knicks up 7. jibing wall, steal, circus. made the free thrown. wizards tied it at 56. more wall

in fairfax, paul hewitt and george mason hosting hofstra. hofstra with the ball, down by 1.ejuan miller drives but he runs into pierson and turns it over. kory edwards gets it to wright and that gives the patriots a lead. they win 72-62. it's their 20th win of the year. >>> elsewhere gw falls to temple 79-72 and uva blows by wake forest 68-44. and on the college football front, quarterback back danny o'brien has told teammates he's not coming back to maryland. o'brien went from freshman of the year in the acc in 2010 to being benched last season. o'brien will likely finish out this semester and graduate this spring which would allow him to leave for another school and play football immediately. when we put that report out on twitter, he responded via twitter by saying, i am still at terp but did not say anything >>> there's a new rasmussen poll out of 1,000 people that finds 48% of them say a group randomly selected from the white pages would do better than the current congress. positive ratings for congress are at an all time low. a gallup puts professional ap so, this is d

there's a first head coach, paul hewitt. virtual bonds makes the three pointer brings mason within one. watch this, three seeks left so down two. scores his shot. >> wow. >> hits it and it was nothing but net for that one. george mason beats bcu 62-61. big win for them. tony bennett and virginia at clemson, they didn't have as much of a good time. tied at half time but clemson pulls away. young with the outlet to rod hall gets the flush and uva loses 60-48 and they've lost three of the last four. >> the wizards two and 10 on the road this season have yet to win back to back games not surprising statistics there but with the momentum they have after sundays route of detroit they might be able to get their second straight tonight. john wallin taking on the portland trailblazers and here he is taking it himself, getting it, well there he is, getting the drive and lay ups and wizards go up by nine and then jordon crawford finds the dunk, and pretty good at it too, wizards lead at half 58- 46. >> good news for caps fans, mike gre

. >>> paul hewitt and george mason in a three-way tie for first place in the caa.as many as 17, but then here comes lamar's mike jones. who? mike jones with the steal and the dunk. cardinals within two. but andre cornelius on senior day doing what seniors do, bailing out george mason. they win the bracket buster 75- 71. >>> good one at smith center today. c. w. down but making a run on st. joseph. tony tamer, tony the tiger to the cup. g. w. within four points. carl jones making the jumper to put the game out of reach. hawks holding on 73-66. getting the seven-point win. >>> blackout in blacksburg, virginia. georgia tech, over time. littlest man on the floor, playing big. making it 73-71. that's just enough time for virginia tech's lorenzo humidity son. there goes my hero at the buzzer. tech wins 74-73. >>> nba all-star weekend begins next friday. it's the rookie sophomore challenge on friday. this year a little twist, instead of all the rookies on all time and second year players on the other, they mixed the teams up this year. a little change. john wall is in the

the most anticipated by divans was simply inevitable in the final of the hewitt class for the place his younger brother four time rushed jan some of the men could also big respect in the global enemy arena some might have been looking to see a rumble. i was i left with just the seven seconds mustn't play. yes many expected an exciting fight at the two brothers who never fought against each other before but they came out and produced an elegant finale for the competition which the younger brother gave it into the elder one in a very dignified way. but he was. clever they then saw no end of tough action and here is the proof. well a hearts full of courage is often the competitive edge comes from martial arts and let's close with a solid example of that the super lightweight final. despite being exhausted by fluke and high temperature and having already won the title three times before anybody go dinner goes on to them to recruit through it commits the crime. the smell of it was a home even for me as i came from the famous some will seven training school based here in law school so i felt

just let me say this to take the word of hewitt able reporter with this kind of friendship syria needs no enemies it is very very clear that what happens in syria is breaking any law any international carter the carter of the united nations this grass interference if they talk about whether they should you know militarily act in syria or where they are doing that nato is doing that right now under the table with the help of some corrupt arab states unfortunately with the help of our dear nato friend turkey so that is a very bad situation we are lying our teeth out we are telling the people we are not engaged in military action but in fact we are doing that we are guiding them there's a german spy vessel after these syrian made it to mediterranean coast and they found turret of a syrian war ship pointed directly into their face because they were is the syrian sea guiding german forces on the ground secret forces of course but they are killing anyway and that is the situation. right now they are catching you know french spies british spies saudis buys turkish spies and soldiers regular s

nuclear weapon no if the arrhenius were working on a nuclear weapon they would have to kick out the hewitt inspectors he would know that and they don't want that at all they are not working on a nuclear weapon they have not yet decided to do so so the facts are the offense ministers both intelligence agencies and say the way they say it is they have not yet decided to nuclear weapons well that means that the i mean simple english means they're not working on a nuclear weapon going to war i mean if on a contrived synthetic you you have to take five steps back and say what is this whole about this is about a nuclear capability right now it was about regime change. well i thought forget it we've also got the world covered for you on our website and here are some of the items are standing by on line if you right now alex he thought it leaked nato report accuses pakistan's intelligence of assisting and protecting the taliban find out the details of that revelation and who it's upset the most dog also on line for you. imprisonment and deportation from america just for making a joke on twitter th

the museums going from the met, the guggenheim, the jewish museum, the design museum, the cooper-hewitt you know, you have all of those museums lined up, and so now, the city museum of new york, which is our neighbor, and then el museo del barrio has a home from which to really propel our culture. >> hinojosa: but the truth is is that there was a long time, once el museo kind of gets off and running, that el museo del barrio was kind of seen as, you know, as that kind of arts institution up there in spanish harlem. it was not necessarily taken seriouslas a true, artic museum, per se. i mean, what... there was that kind of feeling towards el museo del barrio, right? i mean, kind of like second... second-class citizen? >> well, i think... i think it's, again, a question of time, and i think it's so hard to develop an institution, and i think one has to give it to each of those board members, staff people, directors, that little by little, grew it. and it kind of had a life, and you know that also the crisis of the city in the '70s was not very helpful, and so the life of el museo has been

failed test was due to eating contaminated meat the spaniard would also now lose his twenty eleven hewitt italia title and will remain barred from the sport until august after receiving a backdated two year ban the case has taken months to resolve after various appeals something cycling chiefs have criticised. it is fundamental to be less time between sports justice and sports and media events it is comfortable and i'll bet it will come to over cape cycling for eighteen months he was cycling everywhere he was cycling in spain portugal italy when the giro he was cycling in belgium he was sailing in france he was cycling in argentina he won two stages just a few days ago the son louis two are in the future it is absolutely necessary. just as any type of justice need serenity and even the case was extremely complex come of that type of case comes sooner. current tour de france champion cadet leavens has defended cycling's recent record in tackling doping contador was the second ride to be stripped of the tour de france title following fraud landis in two thousand and six after he also failed

now it has free live help available parfum or chat in an effort to grab likebusiness from places hewittdays, an overhaul of company is needed reverse two years of profit declines. the company will release its results in a few so we may hear more plans later this morning. that is business news. law that google records in new -- , linda bell reporting at bloomberg news, linda reporting for abc 7 news. >> not filling the valentine's day love from the weather department? not really. there's a system that could affect us on sunday. something in the imagination of the computer models. something we will keep an eye on. otherwise a few snowflakes possible this morning, but not a big deal. that would amount to a few flurries. gettysburg and clipping northern california county week at a few their north of the most of thatbut ground.ing the moving into the shenandoah valley, from romney towards winchester and interstate 81. we will see action like this off throughout the day and thisbly a few sprinkles afternoon and evening. of actuallye any of that perception today. 399 california in the district

paul hewitt and george mason hosting bcu. nine seconds left.akes a big three-pointer, brings mason within 1. but with three seconds left, down 2, watch this. three-pointer at the buzzer. nothing but net. they're going nuts there. george mason beats bcu62-61. tony bennett in virginia at clemson. didn't have as much luck. tied at half time clemson ends up pulling away. nice flush. uva loses 60-48. they've lost three of the last four games. >>> good news for caps fans. mike green is on the fast track to getting back into the game. after a long workout on the ice yesterday, he said he felt good, hasn't felt this good in a long time. caps g.m. george mcphee says if everything goes well today and tomorrow green could return this weekend. >>> second night of the westminster dog show, look at those beauties. first up state dog of maryland a chesapeake bay retriever named coop. here's a local dog from leesburg, a russell terrier, a rhyme reiner from north of baltimore. beautiful coat. then the mop dog. imagine cleaning that thing. finally best of show g

paul hewitt athletic director tom o'connor embracing, lyndsey murphy sat down with him. >> i think itgame that is going to build our confidence if we keep fighting good things will happen it was the last thing we discussed before the game no matter what happens see what is core is at the end sure enough, picked every last second we hung in there. >> so much has been made about george mason's final four run, will you take them back to the final four? >> we will see. we will see if we can do it this year at some point we plan to hang another banner up there. >>> 11 seasons, trip to national championship game, 5 trips to the big dance with georgia tech any dispointment in the way things ended? >> the only dispointment is not winning an acc championship overall i had great memories, great friends still there, when you get into the coaching profession very few of us leave on our own terms, so you know entering but that is the only dispointment not winning a acc championship. >>> jim was the face of this program you couldn't talk about george mason without thinking about jim, are you the ki

kelsey grammer is 57, the ghost whisperer actress jennifer love hewitt is 33. and ellen paige turns 25 today. happy birthday if it's your birthday as well. >>> good morning. welcome back to the 9news now. for a lot of thu is the start of a -- of you this is a the start of a short week. >> occasion ago showers before friday. the temps will be way up there except this morning. they are down. >> thursday it looks like silly warm. >> like mid-60s. if we get enough sun thursday, we may make a run to 70 but i don't think it's going to happen. we have readings down in some cases down to 19 this morning. very cold morning out there with clear to partly cloudy skies. we're going to have a milder afternoon for sure. here we go. at the bus stop forecast bundle up. jackets, gloves. leave the ear must haves at home. there's no -- ear muffs at home. there's no wind. you can stand it. 5:52 on the sunset. with some luck we'll see the sun set. we'll definitely see the sunrise at 6:52. by noong, partly to -- by noon, partly to mostly cloudy. south winds will be picking up at 134

their taxes for free in collaboration with services like turbo tax, tax act, hr block and jackson hewitt. you can find more details on irs.gov. if you were an earlier filer this year, good for you but don't spend the tax refund all that fast. if you file before january 26, the refund check is going to be a little bit late. the i.r.s. says new safeguards were put in place to detect fraud and that is slowing refunds. if you filed after the 26th or on the 26th you are okay. >> sounds good. thanks, jess. >>> a deadly snowstorm with temperatures as low as negative 30 is tearing through parts of eastern europe. >>> a new campaign stepping up asking men to take a stand against domestic violence. we're also back with your weather first. that's two minutes away. stay with us. >>> 5:41. 51 degrees. we have some showers out there. we'll have scattered showers for the next several hours. midday things will get drier except south and east it will linger. this afternoon sun returns. i'll be back with the seven-day forecast in just a few. >>> on the inbound side of i- 66, things looking great out of ga

american panel, he a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, and partner at the lawmaker, hugh hewittumnist for fortune magazine, nina easton is here. he is an editor of the daily caller, jamie weinstein here. good to see you again. we just had pat buchanan on. he was just fired. this is on the heels of your, i guess we should call it the new media is doing that. that is this investigation in media matters. they wanted this for a long time. there are certain people we target. enemy's list. collaborate with the white house and they feed the info and picked up by main stream media. msnbc is shocked to find out that his views in the new book. >> he had the views forever. buckley wrote a book in 1990 that called pat cue can nan out on his views. the views have been consisten consistent. >> he has never been secretive of his views. >> always controversial. >> i've been the target of media matters. >> sean: you? they go after you? you are the nicest person in the world . i understand them coming after me. >> because i dayed to right about an f.b.i. protest. that spilled in our yard and neig

that said, you know, if people like ann colter, hugh hewitt, rush limbaugh has said nice things aboutomney. i think it's going to happen pretty quickly. and there are some people that held out hope that santorum might be the knight in shining armor, but he blew himself up with some stupid statements. and so i think they're going to start -- i think you're going to start seeing them move toward romney in the next couple of weeks. >> and the issue of money in this election and how it's dragging it out may ultimately be good for him. you know? to make him fight through it. >> well, exactly. you always hear that these long primary battles weaken the candidate, i think in this case, that may not be the case. >>> coming up, tom brokaw will be here onset. we'll talk to former national security adviser dr. brzezinski. also -- >> oh, look at dan. >> dan bartlett, he's smiling, well, he's next to my dad. also harold ford jr. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> we're tracking some very serious weather out there this morning. major winter storm, tornadoes overnight, a sn

check the neighbor and see how hewitt screwed up. [laughter] how did hewitt screw up? come on, check the neighbor. how many are saying, "it looked all right to me." [laughter] come on. how did i screw up? you actually turned it over. yeah. turned it over. well, you gotta- well, for television-- okay, it's got 24 times as much ea to feed itsf. but what's wro with that, gang? twenty-four times as much area is feeding how much more cell? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, eight times. oops. that was 24. yeah, it mixed up. yeah, eight times much. four times. oh, now, i mixed up, gang. i'm getting mixed up. it is four times as much total area, because 24 is four times six. four times six, that's why i screwed up. what i'm gonna do? what i'm gonna do? how do we start that? thanks for bailing me out again, lee. what are we talking about-- i'm self-conscious when this camera is on me. the cell is getting bigger and bigger. huh? the cell is getting bigger and bigger. oh, yeah. [laughter] you guys get freaked out with this thing looking at you -how about me, yeah? [laughter] the living cel