now hear this -- the maryland head coach in waiting, james franklin, is taking the head coach job at vanderbilt if a contract can be worked out. the head coach in waiting for maryland, he is going to vanderbilt. >> you can get by on that. >> it is so cold outside. >> current temperatures raising from the teens into the 20s. the big story is the wind chill. it feels like 4 degrees. we will at single-digit windchill temperatures. a better chance of snow showers on thursday as the storm's center goes to the south. on sunday, we will see a chance of snow. it depends -- one computer model says we will have snow and we it depends -- one computer model says we will have snow and we will i think there are eggnog people and non-eggnog people. and which are you? i'm a fish. on a tree. [ female announcer ] if it tastes like the holidays, we've got it. safeway. ingredients for life.

james franklin signed today as the head coach of vendor built brent kevin anderson would not address the future. anderson told ralph he could come back next season. mike leach is the leading candidate. let's go to college basketball. he had a couple of big time 3's. they have won four straight. mike scott is out with a bad ankle. that is a very quick look at sports. >> very interesting day to day. >> the same situation. i would go with donovan. mmm. you smell that? yeah, wait. what is that? love. smells like ham. [ female announcer ] serve a main course brimming with comfort and joy. safeway. ingredients for life. ♪ ten thousand watts of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ [ female announcer ] safeway talks holiday favorites. i love eggnog, i love gingerbread, i love pumpkin pie. i love everything but those blinking lights. oh yeah, right in my eye. [ female announcer ] if it tastes like the holidays, we've got it. safeway. ingredients for life. >> cold weekend coming up. nothing you

james franklin is the new head coach t vander built..e coordinator designated as coach in waiting in maryyand. this is first head coaching job and he beeomes the first minority door. they are coming off 2 consecutive 2 and 10 seeson -úand third head coach for them this year. and 2009 rival.com named franklin one of the top 25 recruiters in the counnry. former saint stalllworth takes a test on new orleans in this week making the grade and high sshool game of the week. all coming up tonight on sportss% unlimited. now back to you. >> thanks so much. it will bb inttresting to see if snow affect the gameeon sunday. >> that's ight. let's checc in with emily with a good or bad news. >> i think it is good news. in fact i think the storm will stay off the coast. time linee showwng us a few clouds during the day tomorrow and wwtching the moisture buildup from the we will stay dry ttis weekend just the slight chance f snow showers on the eastern shore. mostly cloudy for tomorrow. with igh of 35. 36 on sunday as we play sunday afternoon. we'll ave g

. >>> college football news, james franklin is reportedly in negotiations to accept the head coaching job at vanderbilt. but the report is not yet confirmed. franklin is in his third year as the terp's offensive coordinator. but appears poised to take the job at vanderbilt instead. >>> baseball news, the orioles add another relief pitcher, he's former toronto arcado. he gets a three year contract pending a physical exam. >>> in philadelphia they are already selling cliff lee jerseys. that's $30 million less than what the yankees offered. lee pitched for the rangers last season, was with the phillies for their world series run two years ago. >>> terps coach gary williams in the seats in dc to take the wizards take on the lakers lakers. and third quarter lamar odom back to bryant. scored 34 points to beat the wizards. >>> the ravens are back in ,,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway talks gift ideas. music makes a great gift. i like rock, hip-hop, country... and you are telling me this, why? i...uh...thought you might be my secret santa? no. i'm giving for skunk. uh, i can hear you. no. not

james franklin is the new head football coach at anderbilt.land offensive coordinator was designate as the coach innwaiting to ralph friedgen. this is franklin's first head coaching job and becomes the first minority coachhof the commodores. franklin s thiid headdcoach for vandy this year, coming off consecutive 2-10 seasons. ii 2209, rifles.com named franklinnone of the top 25 recruiters in he country. >> maryland plays east carolina in the military bowl on december 29. >> it look >> everyone needs a little help during he holiday season. >> even st. nick himself. and this is saint travis, in georgia, santa gets tons of thousands of letters, ss fay helps him out. >> i love santa claus letters and good to view chhistmas through the eyes offa chill. >> i wonder if she got 95 ine? >> she has been the helper for 15 years and doesn't plan to retire any time soon. >> what did you ask for? >> ercedes? beemer? >> diamond earrings. >> earrings. studs. >>>merry christmas. >> emily gracey is back with the seven day sky watch forecast. it pays to be good.

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two years ago james franklin was officially named the head coach in waiting at the university of maryland and apparently he has gotten sick and tired of waiting because today franklin pulled the rip cord up in college park because ralph friesen has been there he has accepted vanderbilt. he chooses to take the toughest job in the sec. >>> redskins punter hunter smith took the blame for that botched extra point on sunday and apparently the redskins agreed with him. mike shanahan cutting the 12- year veteran today and signed someone to take his place as punter and holder. average age of the nationals roster got older today signing 42-year-old matt stairs, veteran first baseman and outfielder major league's all- time leader with 23 pinch hit home runs. >>> if you see alex ovechkin and sidney crosby coming on down on "the price is right." the two rivals will be on the show to promote the upcoming nhl winter classic. alex and syd will be introducing a showcase probably not in the evening gowns that the models usually wear. that is it from here. kobe and lakers in town. john wallace and chris bl

how about sport >>> looks like offensive coordinator james franklin, currently at maryland, could be leaving college park. redskins, cowboys, not playing for much more than bragging rights. that rivalry, plus the wizards in new jersey desperately trying to win theirirst game on the road this year. we'll tell if you they can >>> in the next few cases, metro will begin randomly inspecting bags at entrances to the station. that is sed on similar programs in boston and new york city. searches will be done randomly, and metro said they will be quick. rider who's refuse to be inspected will not be al lilowe into the station. >>> and appointments announced to important public safety positions today. he nonated kathy lan year ier t remain as chief of police and ellerbee is chief of the fire department. he is currently the fire chief in sarasota, florida. mayor-elect's choice to keep lanier is supported by community and business leaders. >> we had two very lengthy onversations, both more than an hour, and i think through tho discussions, we both felt very comfortable this was a good fit. i kn

offensive coordinator james franklin installed as coach in wait ssin and tooo over when friedgen retiredthat's not going to happen now. espn and other outlets reporting that franklin is leaving college park to become coach at vanderbilt. he was the second choice behind@ coordinator mel sewen that ddcided to stay where he was. franklin due $1 million buyout if maryland did not hire him upon friedgen's departure. >> signed cliff lee, top pitcher in the free agent class. he was a philly until late in 2009 when ttey dealt him to seattle because thhy thought they could not sign him. turns out they could. and added this count. five yearr $120 million deal in philadelphia. that is some 28,000,000 less than the package offered him by3 the yankees. -> it looks like we will see clear skies tonight..3 tomo ♪ [ mom ] my son finally got a cell phone. we found a plan we could actually afford. ♪ he thinks it's for him, but it's probably more for me. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the new walmart family mobile plan, powered by t-mobile. where families of three pay only $95 a month for unlimited talk a

maryland head coach james franklin is said to be the next head coach at vanderbilt. there has been a hang up in the contract. vanderbilt says they are not ready to announce a new coach yet. >> as long as he is getting paid to wait. [ female announcer ] safeway talks made-for-you meals. when you don't have to cook, you have time for other things. yeah, like what? i don't know. fishing. fishing?! i, uh, i said wishing. [ female announcer ] when we do the cooking, you do the enjoying. safeway. ingredients for life. [ female announcer ] mmm. you smell that?main course. yeah, wait. what is that? love. smells like ham. [ female announcer ] serve a main course brimming with comfort and joy. safeway. ingredients for life. >> it will be a cold warming -- cold morning. the snow will be slippery. take a look at the temperatures tomorrow. here in washington, about 20 but near 10 in the suburbs. coming out of the driveway be careful. the next storm maybe late saturday. we will keep you posted. >> that is i ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find your

. >>> and james franklin is the front runner for the head coaching job at vanderbilt afa burn assistant malzone turned it down today. he is in line to replace ralph friedgen at maryland it's just friedgen isn't leaving any time soon. >>> and you've seen our coverage of high school football. including our very successful campus correspondence program. more than 50 students from area high school have shot and uploaded highlights throughout the season and today at luncheon we nailed our gold medal correspondent of the year and it was anabel lee russell from westlake high school in waldorf, maryland. she shot game highlights and interviews and up loaded more than 150 clips during the season. and we were proud to give anabel a $5,000 scholarship. >> it's a huge honor just to be nominated for the top three. i put a lot of hard work into it. but to win it is a great feeling. >> congratulations to her and our three finalists. >>> and if you can't tackle a guy, have one of your coaches tackle a guy. dolphins cornerback nolan carroll was running down the side line to cover a kick when their stren

. >>> to the college ranks, today former maryland offensive coordinator james franklin was formally introduced as the new head coach at vanderbilt, but franklin's departure is being trumped by the news of the head coach ralph friedgen. multiple reports say they're strongly considering asking fried again to it retire and accept a buyout. -- fried again to retire and accept a buy. >>> finally yahoo sports is reporting the -- buy out. >>> finally yahoo sports is discussing serious trade talks for gilbert arenas going to orlando. we'll keep you updated on that story. the edge will be right back. do >>> taking the edge off tonight, a growing world record. a large crowd gathered in sacramento, california, this week trying to break a world record for the longest continuous glow stick. that's right, the event coincided with the launch of tron3d at

offensive coordinator james franklin installed as coach in wait ssin and tooo over when friedgen retiredat's not going to happen now. espn and other outlets reporting that franklin is leaving college park to become coach at vanderbilt. he was the second choice behind@ coordinator mel sewen that ddcided to stay where he was. franklin due $1 million buyout if maryland did not hire him upon friedgen's departure. >> signed cliff lee, top pitcher in the free agent class. he was a philly until late in 2009 when ttey dealt him to seattle because thhy thought they could not sign him. turns out they could. and added this count. five yearr $120 million deal in philadelphia. that is some 28,000,000 less than the package offered him by3 the yankees. -> it looks like we will see clear skies tonight..3 mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep eve

down a level, maryland offensive coordinator james franklin is said to be the front runner for the coachingturned the job down. it doesn't seem frig is leaving. all right. remember last year's redskins with jim zorn being in over his head and the whole lewis play calling debacle and the rest of the chaos? that team was 4-9. this year's team is just one win better. a day after their latest misadventures that saw the redskins kicking unit, they saw a sure chance at overtime into a keystone's cops routine. fans and players were marvelling over the new ways the team has found to lose games. >> i have been a part of a lot of them in all my years in this league. yesterday ranks at the top. >> it doesn't come down to one game, even though it appears it could. everybody has to make plays. >> it has been a disappointing season. here we are now with three games left. i think the most important thing is how do you want to finish and be remembered. >> the season is over for landry placed on injury today. before the injury, 85 tackles in just nine games. well, for the last four months you have seen our

they were in a little bit of a pickle because they owed offensive coordinator james franklin $1 million, if he wasn't given a head coaching position by 2012. they don't have to worry about that. he became the head coach, introduced at the university of vanderbilt this afternoon. it is his first coaching job ever. he takes over a program that has only won one bowl game in 28 years. he said he's happy to be there. he explained why he left college park. >> i was in a situation where i didn't really have to take a job. it was going to take something really special to get me to jump on board we have a chance to do something here at vanderbilt generative that has never been done before. and that's what i am excited about. >> reporter: our game of the week, d.c. high school sports.net, basketball game of the week, yorktown at wakefield . log on to www.d.c .highschoolsports.net. that will do it here from redskins park. back to you in the studio. been a wild day here at redskins park. >>> oh, boy, lots of controversy. thank you, dave. that will do it for us for 9 news now at 6:00. have a great n

. >>> maryland football head coach in waiting james franklin expected to accept the head coaching job at vanderbilt. franklin was the terps offensive coordinator for the past three years. will is back to wrap up the edge right after this. i'm dave feldman. have a good night.  >>> taking the edge off tonight with a modern version of the

two years ago james franklin was named the head coach in waiting for maryland football, but apparentlyd of waiting with the school committing to another year he has pulled the cord. he would have been due a million dollar penalty if maryland had failed to make him the head coach in january of 2012. time for you to pick this week's high school sportsnet game of the week. some of the games on the menu, potomac and jordan mccain. st. mary's and saint johns. cast your vote at dc high school sports game. we'll tell you the winner on friday. do not engage in premature celebration. seahawks return on washington brilliant 86-yard celebration only to get caught. oh, the shame to get caught by the punter. but even moore shame after you show boated in the air just run down the field and he gets him right by the heel. >> barely. >> barely is enough. but they got him. don't celebrat

james franklin could be the new head coach at vanderbilt.t is expected to be announced later today. he would receive a $1 million bonus if he does not replace ralph friedgen as head coach. franklin is 38 years old and should be named vendor build's -- vanderbilt's head coach. it will be chilly out there. >> it will be cold. i cannot take another nail biter. >> i will pass that on. >> my bug pleasure -- my blood pressure and everything. to live. here's a look ahead. an investigation is underway into whether there is extra terrestrial life inside our own solar system. keith is laughing. a deer is rescued from icy waters. the dancing cop. >> this morning, temperatures running on the cold side. we'll detail as we continue. >> we have a bad accident reported in harford county. we will give the live look outside of the major roid ring ring. progresso. oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. s

the latest on offensive coordinator, james franklin. that and more on 50 minutes, on eyewitness news sports at 6:00. >>> in wjz's health watch report, personalized medicine. it's being used to fight. but how does it work? >>> just over a year ago, kyle madden was planning his wedding. >> i had zero symptoms, day 1. then the following day, i couldn't walk a flight of steps. >> hehe was so short of breath, the 39-year-old went to a doctor. shockingly, kyle, who had never smoked, was diagnosed with lung cancer. >> the outlook at that time was grim. >> reporter: he headed to cedars-sinai in los angeles, where doctors took a biopsy of his lungs. >> we're going into the tumor itself. >> researchers tested kyle's tumors for a mutation. when he tested positive, it gives the tumor something to stop the growth. >> this is the right drug, for the right patient, at the right dose. >> reporter: personalized medicine takes the genetics of a specific patient into account. >> the implications are incredible. it's almost like science fiction, but it's r

james franklin. no longer offensive coordinator. he was in line to inherit the head coach. he was named new head coach at vanderbilt. he becomes the first african american coach. it is his first head coaching job, by the way. >>> let's go to the nba. san antonio's manu ginobili, warming up. dunking over former towson star, gary neil. poor gary. later, ginobili off the glass. gives the spurs a lead. 4 seconds left now. baltimore's carmelo anthony. he was hit with an offensive foul on the play. and san antonio wins it, 113- 12. >>> finally, 8th race at laurel today. and the horse out in front is called kappa shabba. a 3-year-old gelding. kappa shabba with 103 wins. with forest boys board. kappa schauba wins it, being 620, 280 and 280. scheduled to ride in 8 of nine tomorrow. witch hunter was third. >> and urgt to is a woman -- and fourth is a woman, in case people don't know. >> she's a jockey. >>> thank you, stan. be right back. ,,,,,, ♪golden morning family's smiling♪ ♪gonna be a special day anncr: for the perfect start to the perfect day, i always choose land o'lakes all-n

in doubt after james franklin accepted the head job at vanderbilt, athletic director kevin anderson wasabout regent's future about the football team. anderson refused to speculate. it prompted speculation that he would ask regent to retire and accept a buyout. the top terp has one year left on his contract. he was recently named the 2010acc coach of the year. >>> if you have not hurt tomorrow's ravens games is supposed to be okay. >> i'm going to click right on into this. >> tomorrow's ravens' game should be okay. you can take the forecast if you like. the saints are in town, 1:00 kickoff. cold but no snow in the forecast. a little snow maybe that would help keep the hot liking saints from flying too high against our kind of hot flying birds. high flying, i don't know what you call them. i get an ehhh in the studio. they're flying. it's definitely going to be a cold day. dress for the temperature. the snow should not be a factor. the may junior system we were watching moving in from the gulf will continue to move out to sea, kind of clipping us in the process. not a direct hit. 27 the t

this nws comes the same day at james franklin was introduced as the new head coach at vanderbilt. new maryland kevin andersoning changed his mind about ralph friedgen when franklin took the vanderbilt job. reports are that maryland terms are interested in pursuing former texas tech coach mike leach for the position. tonight the wizards are back home at verizon center where they will try to snap their six game losing streak against lebron james and the miami heat. miami riding a streak of their own that began on november 29th against the wizards in miami. last night the heat were in new york to take on stoudamire and the knicks super fans spike lee and lebron had some chat time during the game. second quarter miami leading by 11, lebron showing off his game. keeps his dribble. behind the back to mpier. 32 points, assists, 10 rebounds for lebron. the knicks go away. nix knicnixoknicks on the break. the heat held the knicks to 34 points. wade takes his time. steps up. he and chris bosh had 26. miami rolls to a 113-91 victory over the knicks. the heat extend their winning streak they

founding fathers after george washington alongside of or ahead of thomas jefferson, james madison, and even ben franklin. without patrick henry, i don't believe there would have been a revolutionary war. or a united states of america. i believe we would have devolved into a country like canada. thomas jefferson himself and he was no friend of henrys, thomas jefferson himself insisted that patrick henry gave the first impulse of the ball of american revolution. those are jefferson's words. if we wish to be free, we must fight. patrick henry was the first american leader who dared utter those words. those were treasonness, enough to be hung, drawn, or quartered by the british. is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? forbid it, almighty god, i know that what course others may take. but as for me, everybody -- >> give me liberty or give me death. >> most americans know the seven last words of that speech. but few know that patrick henry really meant by those words. and even fewer know anything else about the man himself. as i said, i believe that patrick henr

founding fathers after george washington along side of or ahead of thomas jefferson, james madison and even ben franklin. without patrick henry, i don't believe there would have been a revolutionary war or united states of america. i believe we would have devolved into a country like canada. thomas jefferson himself, and he was no friend of henry, thomas jefferson himself insisted if patrick henry gave the first in polls to the ball of the american revolution and those are jefferson's words, if we wish to be free we must fight. patrick henry was the first american leader who dared to utter those words. they were treasonous, enough to be drawn and quartered by the british. is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of change and slavery for almighty god i know not what course others may take, but as for me, everybody, give me liberty or give me death. most americans know the seven last words of that speech. but few know of patrick henry meant by those words and even fewer know anything else about the man himself. he was the greatest of our founding fathers after george washington.

post master general james farly was on hand and handed edwin a letter from franklin roosevelt to be delivered to the president of the philippines. the load was so heavy that he lifted off from the bay waters. he thought he was not going to clear the bay bridge which was under construction at the time. so he flew under it, guiding the massive martin m-130 sea plane between construction cables dangle beneath the structure. the rest of the flight went without a hitch. a year before the china clipper would begin carrying passengers at a cost of $15,000 appease in today's money. and as ktvu's george watson told us in this report from 2000 it was to be the beginning of a glorious but short-lived aviation adventure for those who were part of the china clipper legacy. >> reporter: 1935 pan american airways looked to open the pacific to commercial air traffic. what routes would they take? where would they land? did they have the planes capable of flying such distances? did they have the pilots, men who would be pioneers. >> well, i was the only one that made the decision where to go, how to fly it and

james dean. >>> the queen of soul aretha franklin is doing better this morning after surgery.ing she is battling pancreatic cancer but her publicist won't confirm that. >>> daddy's little girl there to take a vow of chastity. >> a larkspur theater showing a documentary last night that had originally been pulled from the schedule called daddy, i do. it compares the success of abstinence only programs with comprehensive sex education. the producer says two lark theater board members had issues with story lines involving unmarried latina and african-american mothers. they apparently question the relevance of the film to marin families. well, the theater has since apologized. >>> it is 5:56. tracy is standing by with a look at the foggy start to this thursday. tracy, good morning. >> hey, good morning, robert. yeah, we have fog out there and we also still have some rainfall widespread across the north bay and parts of san francisco down to the peninsula finally getting in on the action. showers will be possible this morning and the afternoon. bear in mind most of it is light but t

following franklin's historical address, james madison moved, seconded by roger sherman of connecticut, that dr. franklin's appeal for prayer be enacted. edmund jennings randolph of virginia further moved with these words, quote, that aer is month be preached at the request -- that a sermon be preached at the request of the convention on the fourth of july, the anniversary of independence, and thenceforward, prayers be used in ye convention are every morning, unquote. the clergy of washington responded to this request -- actually, that was philadelphia. responded to this request and affected a profound change in the convention when they reconvened on july 2, 1787, and jonathan dayton, again records these words, quote, we re-- we assembled again and every unfriendly feeling had been expelled. in a spirit of conciliation had been cultivated, unquote. on july 4, the entire convention assembled in the reform calvinistic church according to the proposal by edmund jennings randolph of virginia, and heard a sermon by reverend william rogers. his prayer reflected the hearts of the delegates fo

franklin, tennessee. james, good morning. caller: i am not really a republican or democrat. there is only one party and that would be the money party. that is run by corporate which runs the media, using that to manipulate us and brainwash us. work, andurity don't etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, and the people go on in this. we all need to come together as a people so we can work together. they always pick us against each other one way or the other. they pit us against the american indians, the chinese, blacks. i am an irishman and a white person, but they use us to go against each other instead of helping each other. host: last call on earmarks, larry from illinois. caller: i see a lot about those earmarks, and maybe some are good, but i am unemployed, i have health problems, i cannot afford insurance and health care. a $30,000 bill for a night at the e r, and i tried to call to get help from agencies trying to help and there is no money. it bothers me. worried about the money we owe to other countries, the national debt. what about our own citizens? we are dying out here? so

that to paraphrase franklin roosevelt that in terms of thinking of a long-term china policy, the greatest fear we should fear is fear itself. >> thank you. >> thank you. so i'm james monthly." i've been a friend of joe nye's for a long time since he was a professor when i was a student in college long ago and my presentation which i'll also keep to seven minutes will be complimentary, reflecting mainly the difference in our professional backgrounds. i've been living in china for most of the three and a half of the last four years. i was there back in d.c. now. i've published my book about two years ago and another one i'm trying to finish now on this general contours of how to think about china's rise. let me suggest three ways to think about it, which match sort of match what joe was saying with some differences and emphasis. the first involves america's sense of its own problems, its own internal tensions, whether it is "in decline" or not which is always an issue in american politics, has been for centuries. i think the central thing here is that the issues that matter most to america's viability, to its success economically and socially and politically have al