i tip my cap to jim zorn.respect the guy gentleman somebody made the comment he is a great guy that you want to have a cup of coffee with and maybe not coach your nfl team. >> he might not have been the most qualified guy to be the head coach when he was given the job as we know two years ago. brought in to the offensive coordinator when he had never done up to that point. i think there are a lot of things against him. they said we'll give this guy a shot and if it doesn't work out, we cut him loose after two years. >> we'll talk more about the game yesterday next hour. >> okay. >> somebody said i would like to get paid $3 million not to work. >> ic a lot of people would like to get paid $3 million to keep their job as well. >> we'll see what happens with the redskins. mike shan man maybe? >> we'll find out soon. >> we've got cold conditions across the area this morning. temperatures only in the 20s. it feels even colder than that. currently, 4 degrees in washington, d.c. gaithersburg at 21 degrees. quantico,

jim zorn is gone. the redskins fired their coach hours after one more disappointing loss. >>> plus, tightening up in the wake of a failed terror attack. global airport security is about to jump to another level. >>> and a bitterly cold blast, many people heading back to work and school. >>> good morning. welcome back to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >>> i'm eun yang. it's monday, january 4, 2010. the bitter cold temperatures prompted some school delays this morning in virginia. clark county and frederick county schools are on a one hour delay. in west virginia the following school districts are on a two hour delay. they are berkeley, grant, harding, jefferson, mineral and morgan counties. we'll be running these delays at the bottom of your screen all morning long. >>> right now let's get our forecast from meteorologist tom kierein who joins us here in the studio. tom, it is cold out there. >> that wind machine has been blowing since saturday. this is the first day we have to be outside. bundle up and p

now today jim zorn being fired.ation has only gone to the playoffs twice in the past ten years. something had to be done. we will talk to players at eleven or 11:30. much more on the story as it develops throughout the day. >> we will actually put bruce allen's press conference here on fox 5. you can watch that at 12:30. >>> gilbert arenas and javaris chrisenton going to talk to the u.s. tore's -- u.s. attorney's office for the first time today after the incident of the two pulling guns on each other. gilbert arenas said there's misconceptions about the dispute. the nba also has it own investigation. >>> airport security is under the micro scope here in this country and around the world. yemen is suddenly getting a lot of attention. many from dallas airport on this. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: the president's counter terror chief said they locked up the american embassy after they founthat al qaeda has been planning to attack the personnel. he says the u.s. will still consider on a case by case basis releasing

eun and joe, back to you for now. >> thanks, jim, very much. >> thanks, jim. let's get a final check on the forecast. meteorologist tom kierein is in th storm center with the frigid forecast. >> how cold is it? cold enough for the potomac river to freeze over. it's frozen over for the first time this year. right now, 29 degrees in washington. still below freezing all around the region. mid-20s around t blue ridge and shenandoah valley. and in southern maryland, right near the bay, northern next of virginia, it's near the freezing mark. for the most part, most of the region, still sub-freezing. these are the latest windchills. they're in the mid-teens, feels like mid-teens with that wind whipping in out of the west-northwest. these are the latest wind gusts. we've had gusts near 30 miles an hour. and they're going to stay 25 to near 30 miles per hour gusts all the way into the noon hours. then it should diminish a bit overnight, but still a bit blustery. out in the mountains, in the mid-teens. a few passing snow showers there. eastern shore, now in the upper 20

it was a situation that jim zorn and knew what was coming. the team lost to the detroit lions early in the season and it was downhill from there. sherman lewis was pulled out of retirement to call plays. the place had to be relayed to jason campbell. jim zorn was a lame-duck coach throughout the second half of the season. he handled the situation with class and dedication. he knew he was gone but despite the turmoil, he leaves as a popular coach among the players. >> he is a coach you wanted to play hard for. it will not be the same for him. i wish him luck. for the redskins, we are starting a new beginning. i appreciate that. he is a good guy. >> take a look at some numbers -- he started 6-2 with the washington redskins but has gone 6-18 cents, a 12-20 overall. there has been a new, -- news conference called for 12:30. they will talk about the firing of jim zorn and will probably talk of that a new head coach. i got off the fun with the former general manager. he was telling me he thinks it will beat mike shanahan he thinks the odds already

of course on the web site, the firing of jim zorn is the subject of our 9 news now poll.o, we want to know and we want to hear from you who do you think the new head coach should be? should it be mike shanahan? john gruden, bill kower, or someone else or does it really matter to you? okay? and you can find out poll and more coverage of the jim zorn firing, again, on our web site, www.wusa9.com. and we will be streaming that elf 12:30 proffers. >>> washington wizards gilbert arenas is scheduled to meet with federal and local investigators today. they want to know more about the weapons that he brought into the locker room. arenas admits to bringing guns into the verizon center but he says there are misconceptions about a supposed dispute between him and his teammates, javaris crittendon. saturday arenas talks about what he expects to happen today. >> i have to put it in their hands and, you know, tell them the story, and then see what is there. >> what is the biggest misconception about all of this, gilbert? >> the whole story. so -- i mean, you know, bad judgment to have

jim nantz and phil simms on the call here. a 21-13 ravens lead. "60 minutes" will be seen in its entirety. it's been a big day for willis mcgahee, all three of the touchdowns. >> phil: grubb gets on it. and how about this, nine people to stop the run, mcgahee -- oh, boy, all the scores and touchdowns. grubbs is pulling -- >> jim: first down at the raiders defense. and mcgahee held to one yard by scott and others. so the raiders defense must make the play here. oakland with two timeouts. >> phil: for the people just joined us too, jim, the raiders, they have been all over this, they have had many opportunities to be closer or to be leading. but the ravens with a couple big turnovers, taking advantage of it, big play. that's why they're leading 21-13. >> jim: now if the scores hold up, if kansas city wins, baltimore winning here, the ravens would be in, pittsburgh would be out, and then it would be houston or the jets in the last spot. jets would claim it with a victory tonight. if they lost, theled go -- it would go to houston.

. >>> confirmation that jim zorn has been fired from the head coach. lindsey with the official statement. >> reporter: good morning. at 7:45 this morning. the redskins confirmed the news. saying he was informed when the team got back from san diego. they landed at 2:00 or 2:45 this morning. jim southern was leavingthe building. bruce allen has had the past four weeks -- okay, i'm frozing. he said the decision was clear. here's a quote from bruce allen. the status quo is not acceptable. i felt it was not necessary to waste a moment of time to build this team into a winner. zorn who was originally hired as the offensive coordinator lasted just woo '2seasons billion being nominated to the bench. this year they went 4-6. and then had the worst record in 15 years. he would finish his two years, 6-18. he spoke last night after the game. >> i want to thank all oaf our players publicly. even in the last effort, because they do play hard. they did play hard today, and our coaches work hard to put them in the blood test possible position. there was nothing that

i have to agree with you, jim. >> jon: all right.'re jumping a little bit ahead of us because we're going to get into that. ellis, your take on president obama and his year just completed. >> well, it reminds you that a really huge story one year can produce an almost as huge story the second year. you know, we're finding this out. it's too soon to have real perspective on it, but you do have to say from the noble to the war issues to the health care issue all of that goes back to january 2 and back to november as well. >> jon: cal? >> well, look, the expectations levels were so high coming in, i think he's coming down to earth. people are realizing even in the media he's a human being with if not feet of clay then certainly not feet of iron. >> jon: what about the white house handling of the press corps? has there been a major change since the obama administration took over. >> i don't think they've changed. i mean, robert gibbs is getting bad reviews, that's sort of astonishing to me they plain don't like him for what that's worth.

at this time tomorrow jim zorn will be out as redskins head coach. there are multiple reports his entire staff will be shown the door in the morning. it will be the final dagger in the season that saw zorn lose his play calling privileges and one that saw his own assistant jerry gray reportedly interview for zorn's job while zorn still had it. before blackmon there was one more game to play in san diego. philip rivers pass. hits fred smoot. that's got to be a pick. fred didn't hold on. the chargers kick a field goal. next possession. 4th and 1 at the redskins 19. rirs shot puts it to malcolm floyd. a wounded duck that somehow works. three plays later, he finds antonio gates 12 yards for the touchdown. chargers out to a 10-0 lead. more chargers. billy volek to malcolm floyd. a 50 yard gain sets up another field goal. chargers up 13-0. second quarter redskins offense comes alive, jason campbell up the left side. santana moss, bobble, catches it. 16 yard gain. campbell, play action, todd yoder. all he does is catch touchdowns. redskins trail 13-7. late

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head coach jim zorn has been fired. brett haber has been at the park all night working this story, joins us live from ash burn, virginia. boom. >> good morning to you. you have to admire jim zorn's optimism. as recently as ten hours ago at the press conference in san diego, he stood at the podium and answered questions saying yes, i expect to be the coach tomorrow and next year, and indefinitely into the future. and that turned out to be a bit of a cockeyed optimistic statement. 2:30 as they returned home from san diego, he was pulled into the front office and according to multiple sources close to the team fired. i watched him as he left the building about 4:45 this morning. flanked by security, escorted to his vehicle. and driving off the property with himself at the wheel presumably the last time. ending a tenure marked by failure and undignified end. he was repleased as play caller by certainly and lewis and left powerless as the head of the team. now he is gone, and most believe that mike shanahan, super bowl winni

sources close to the team reporting jim ñson hear fired.e left the property here about 20 minutes ago. this story is developing. we will be on it as we have been all night. back to you. >> and just one question before you go. there's usually -- you can read more about the redskins feeble final game and reaction to that losing season at wusa9.com. check out skins uncensored for stats, press conferences and blogs. morulation information becomes available. >>> 5 after the hour. time for the first living smart report. jessica doyle has a preview of the first trading day of the new year. good morning. >> happy new year to you. we have to see what kinds of resolutions investors came are for 2010. most asian markets started off with modest gains, not a ton of news to react to. biggest report of the week is friday with final jobs report for 2009. the dow begins today at 10,420 after losing 120 points in the latest session. nasdaq dropped 22 points, and s & p 500 fell 11 points. >>> gm moving forward with plans to shut down saab. the company says th

. >> that is was south carolina senator jim dimint preceded by janet that poll tan no, the director of homeland security. this was a very near miss. aside from the fact nobody spot add guy who paid $3,000 cash for one way ticket to detroit, carried no luggage and walked into an airport with explosives in his underpants, aside from that we have a major lapse in our intelligence eight years after 9/11. evan how did that happen? >> inconceivable after all this money spent, the national terror center couldn't connect the dots. i mean, most americans are used to google and twitter. and myriad of i was to connect the dots. isn't there any program that connects the dots for the federal government? >> good question. colby. >> this is really hard. i've worked in em bass says and i've had walk ins to talk to give us information. in this case you have a very prominent nigerian, chairman of the first bank into the american embassy, speaking with the c.i.a. representative and the state department representative and telling them about his son becoming radicalized and living in yemen. at that point t

more on the redskins and jim zorn coming up in sports. lindsay czarniak has a complete report. >> we'll be wack. >>> meanwhile the other big story. the bone-chilling cold. a dangerously low temperatures coupled with the strong winds are making it downright unbearable out ere. meteorologist chuck bell is standingy in the storm center with more on this. chuck, how cold is it going to get tonight, buddy? >> another night in the deep freeze. not as cold as last night but that will be a of very little consolation. temperatures down in the low to mid 20s across the area. 20 in martinsburg and 24 downtown and 23 in southern maryland. current wind chills back down into the single digits and low teens across the area. so, a very cold night. gusty winds gradually diminishing between now and daybreak. breeze in tomorrow but not as breezy. morning wind chills to get your day started in the single digits and the c isn't done. a complete check of the weeks ahead coming up. back to you. >> man, that's cold. thank you. >>> most of us try to stay inside w

and coached by jim larranaga. 22nd overall.nd time for the keys to the game. >> glenn: well, james madison billups have to defend the 3- point game of mason. they lead the caa in conference only games, the only team shooting over 40% from 3. they have to take good shots. important they take the shoots. jmu -- i mean they have to stop in the paint. they have to force the perimeter. >> al: it will be for the visiting dukes. this. there is denzel bowles with the first touch and first bucket. >> glenn: the ability of bowles, he can play with the back to the basket. elbow to box and more versatile as the season progresses. >> al: they are patient to shooter cornelius off the mark. rebound to bowles. here is freshman white. and flores had it for a moment. he drew back in bounds into the hands of cornelius. and cam long for 3. got it! >> glenn: that's the change that jim larranaga has made. you will see long instead of going back he is wide he can make those three point shots. and going from the 2 to the one spot has helped the game.

jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob.: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. [ dialing ] [ ringing ] >> welcome to the internal revenue service. >> neil: imagine telling your boss two out of three days you can depend on me big guy, promise. or suggest to him if i can't give you 100% will 71% do? don't laugh. the irs is actually making that a goal. promising to answer 71% of phone calls to the toll-free help line this year. which by the way is a big step up from last year when only 64% of calls got through. not that getting through means you're through. prepare to spend an average of 12 minutes on hold. that's a long time on hold, but better than it was, i guess. we've heard about setting reachable benchmark but what does it say about an organization when they start out saying you have a seven out of ten chance of us helping out. manual what happens to the odds when you throw in the irs thing about policing whether you have healthcare. what

i'm sorry, jim. it got a little boring.here's more flash to it, that's for sure. >> now that you're not living oprah. >> towards the end of the experiment you write in your book, everyone keeps reminding me that i should be having fun with this. and those words are like fingernails on a chalkboard. i'm not sure how they expect this year to be a big party. i barely see my friends, i'm bleeding money. i'm always busy, busy. i've allowed so many tv experts to poke into my marriage. there's a lot of mending to do. in the end, was it a successful experiment for you? >> i think i came to a lot of self-realizations that i didn't have before. i actually didn't even realize that i was susceptible to all of this advice. so i really, i didn't know that i was addicted, i guess to these, you know, how to get flat abs in four weeks on the covers of magazines and how to live your best life. i'm so attracted to those words. so i think i learned a lot of work i have to do on myself. and so yeah, i'm really, really grateful for the year. >>

. >> i think under the jim calhoon years, they had some great years. i think the job that bill coen is doing is phenomenal. it's a lost similarities. he's a great guy as you probably know. he works as hard as anybody i know. >> mike: a great upgrade to matthews arena. i know you've been a part of that. after your playing days, it must be nice to see that too. >> it's great. they have fabulous facilities. everything about the university has improved so much in the last 30 years. i played here 30 years ago, so it's a lng time. >> mike: we need to see a few things and come back 30 years later and have the exact same thing? >> that's right. >> mike: doing real estate and coaching basketball, correct? >> i do. i help coach a girls' hoag high school tai.s been fun. it helped me get back in the game. i've been doing it about a dozen year now. i endiswroi a lot. >> mike: dave, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. see you again soon. >> thank you so much. >> mike: dave caligaris at halftime with northeastern leading george mason by 12. more after th

. >> still ahead, is it going to be the end of the road for coach jim zorn? multiple sources said he may be fired. >> snow by the end of the week. brian is tracking the latest storm. >> another check for you on the latest school delays. >>> a very good morning. this is monday, january 4. it is called to start. note wind chill advisors. there are breezes out here this morning. -- note windshield of five azeris. the wind chill factors are in the single digits. it is even colder to the west. flurries off in the ohio valley. we could see a passing snow shower. it will be a cold one. temperatures in the low 30's. it will feel colder all afternoon long. >> we are tickled to be back this morning. we have all kinds of back -- all kinds of opportunities. there could be some patches of ice. it is guaranteed in the roadways. no major problems at all as far as traffic around the beltway. i will take you to a map. i'm having one of those days. it is good on 295. nothing to report in springfield. 95 northbound, headlights on the left. the red is heading southbound. nothing

you can expect jim goodman and his son jeff.eff was the assistant gm for denver broncos under his father. they were both fired after shanahan was fired last year. they have not been in football this year but they have all been sharing an office in denver with shanahan and slowick and every weekend they are watching tape of every nfl game together. that's interesting. they are going to come on board and they are on the same page. >> staying into it a year out. i know you said you have been hearing from players and the excitement is building. how much stock do you think guys put in the pact that his last three years he had a -- two super bowls with denver and one with san francisco. >> they are looking at the wins. how many people can say they won two super bowls and three super bowl teams. a lot of players they said need that leadership. and automatically he steps in and everybody respects him. i think the toughest things for jim zorn as great a guy and offensive coordinator, no one knew much about him. they came in and thought h

that is not productive. >> reporter: jim zorn is scheduled to speak at a press conference tomorrow at 12:25. you have to wonder what's going to go on there because normally if a coach is fired he does not get a chance to speak at his normal press conference. that 12:25 press conference could turn into a bruce all press conference. stay tuned. lindsay murphy will be out at the park live, dave ross will be live in san diego and i'll be at the park on the fox 5 news at 5:00. have a great night. we'll see you for a jam packed monday tomorrow. >>> this has been geico sports xtra.

i'll start with you, jim. i know -- >> we have to distinguish between the two different basically kind of funds. there's the index funds which have a tendency to invest in commodities and hold those commodities. when they think they get to a above price level they should be, they aloe indicate funds out that have into --@aloe indicate funds out of that into a comdity think they is lower price. they talk for three weeks. i'm concerned this has been too widely talked about and maybe factored in the market is that the index funds are going to move out of energy contracts, primarily crude oil, and out of precious metals contract, primarily gold, which they've done very well in and invest in agriculture commodities. the two that come up the most are corn and hogs. they feel those are underpriced. there will be aloe indication noose other commodities. this has been so widely talked about now. the other type of funds are the trend-following funds that a lot of times are triggered on computer models. those sometimes c

jim jim guthrie mentioned reading them in the software instruction, and also for cognitive training.his is a system that is also passionate it's not just about technology because with online instruction, teachers are also involved online. the great thing about technology is it's possible for the technology to do a lot of the heavy lifting that teachers currently have to do. it takes care of lesson preparation and takes care of preparation of assessment that it takes care of a lot of the assessing, the grading, reporting, and so forth it and allows for teachers or working with kids online often one on one, to just teach. and lest anybody think this is some sort of newfangled idea, online instruction has been in the marketplace for at least 30 years and there is a lot of evidence on the effectiveness of particular software, as well as the overall effectiveness of online instruction. now onto the economics. this is something that can be very good for kids. it's also something that makes economic sense. first at taking a look at the ratios to terry moe, my colleague and i, just publish a

. >> jim glassman from the george w.bush institute. thanks for an excellent panel. i have just heard mr. torres but i thought you said that spending on education was $90 billion compared to 600 billion for defense which think the defense number is correct, but did you say 90 billion? >> i thought i had read somewhere. >> i think the figure is actually 500, or higher. 600 billion. >> from the federal government budget. >> that is a different story. >> that is a different story. for public schools, elementary-- >> that is right. just to make sure everybody is on the same page, the federal government provides an atypical year roughly 89% of k-12 expenditures. we spend roughly 600 billion nationally. currently, because of arra the federal share is up substantially this current year. >> it is going to be about 50%. >> which is about 90 billion. >> unprecedented. >> okay, next question. yes, sir. >> i am sam. i am simply a parent. i want to speak from a parent's viewpoint. i see a lot of analysis here. it is all in business sy

jim zorn's korea concluded with another loss. he went 12-20 in two seasons with the redskins and likely be replaced by mike shannihan and he could be in route to redskins park as early as tomorrow. the redskins tally, 4-12 of losing in san diego. jim zorn wouldn't admit it but he knew this was his swan song with the redskins. san diego, the hottest team in the nfl, and this man is why. phillip rivers to antonio gates, rivers played less than a quarter as the chargers jumped out to a 13-0 lead. second quarter, with most of the chargers backups and the redskins get to work. third and ten, jason campbell and rock cartwright. he takes it 19 yards to keep the drive alive and, i'm sad to say this could be the last time we see rock cartwright in a redskins uniform. a few place later, jason campbell trying to do it through the air and lining up the tight end, filling in for chris cooley, and todd gets the touchdown catch and all he does is score touchdowns. four catch this is year and three scores. 13-7, redskins back in the ball game an

ok jim your reporting from baghdad jim thanks very much for now. a judge in america has dismissed all charges against five men from the u.s. security firm blackwater over the killing of seventeen iraqis. the ganser accused of opening fire on a crowd in baghdad in two thousand and seven. the federal judge said the u.s. justice department and used evidence. prosecutors were not supposed to have the national health service in england is struggling to keep up with the rising number of people needing treatment because of alcohol. that's the claim in a report by health service managers at the n.h.s. confederation. they say better services need to be developed in the community. this is where alcohol is putting the n.h.s. under pressure. ambulance crews and accident and emergency staff deal with incidents daily. patching up the damage from heavy drinking. behind this front line. there is a less visible. but growing. burden of disease. today's report says the n.h.s. lead to pick up alcohol problems earlier. when it easier and cheaper to treat you reckon abo

as jim zorn coached his last game with the redskins? i know what he had today -- had to say today. >> authorities have caught up with a florida man wanted for allegedly killing four family members on thanksgiving day. >> i am really happy that the monster is in a cage. >> he appeared in court just hours after being arrested. the owner of a motel in the florida keys called police after seeing the suspects picture on "america's most wanted." several suspected immigrant smugglers are behind bars after police raided a home in phoenix. authorities went to the home after receiving tips that the smugglers role in more than a dozen emigrants against their will. police say they had been held for more than a week. some told investigators they had been beaten. they are expected to be deported. and errors on a family is reeling after a teenage girl accidentally ran over and killed her brother. -- and arizona family. they were playing around a mall parking lot when the girl -- when the boy jump in front of the car. the boy was taken to the hospital

jim vance, the anchor an channel 4 nbc. and for the most recent graduate, to the pride of some people, kobe bryant. plays for the los angeles lakers. a graduate. and i could name five or six others, residents of where we live in fairfax. at least once a month or so, somebody comes up. i went to lord marion too and i found out that the catholic priest who has been working there longer than of would been there, graduated -- than we've been there, graduated in 1950, so just a few name droppings, it helps to set the stage. ok. all six of us went off to preflight school after graduation. five went to florida. and i was sent to keifler field, biloxi, mississippi. a great place for a young black from main lane to go to in 1944. after failing the eye examination, some four months later, i was admitted into officer candidate school at fort benning, georgia. i was 18 years when i started the course. did well, and was commissioned in 1945, august of 1945, second lieutenant of infantry and sent to join the 93rd division. at that time i

jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob.ndpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. president obama: i took a trip to elkhart, indiana, today. elkhart's a place that has lost jobs faster than anywhere else in america. the unemployment rate went from 4.7% to 15.3%. in fact, local tv stations have started running public service announcements that tell people where to find food banks... even as the food banks don't have enough to meet the demand. as we speak, similar scenes are playing out in cities and towns across america. bill: thank you for staying with us. we continue with dennis miller and his analysis of wanda sykes. >> rush limbaugh, i hope the country fails. i hope his kidneys fail. how about that? bill: the first 15 minutes were fine, but then she got me. here is my question. the remarks about rush limbaugh, sarah palin were mean. they flashed to obama laughing. i do not think that does him any good. >> i do not think she was a pro that night. a comedian is judged

>> i think it's important, jim.hink it's a little bit of a recovery and rescue mission on the part of the president. he's definitely had a rough patch, and since massachusetts has been a spiraling loss of confidence in his own party, both sort of skeptical, doubtful about his administration, and maybe the course, and its ability to stay to course, and here's a party with a 59-41 margin of majority in the senate, and a 78-vote majority in the house, and they're panicking. but most of all, he's got to communicate to people in the country-- it's not a washington speech. it's not a speech for the crowd in the hall . he's got to communicate he does, in fact, understand what they're going through, and he's made a difference, and that they are committed to helping people in this terrible time of pain. >> lehrer: do you agree , david, this has it be a speech that goes way beyond washington if it works? >> he never breaks any new grounds in these speeches but he talks to people who haven't been paying as close attention as p

. >>> the expected firing of redskins coach jim zorn. according to an official with the nfl, he will be fired sometime today. the redskins wrapped up the disain't position season yesterday falling to the chargers 23-20. following the game, zorn was asked about reports that he is out. >> i have had no indication of that and i would not even comment on that until -- there re a lot of things out there as far as stories. i get that. but i'm working on our team meeting. i'm working on our off-season schedule and until i'm -- until it's told on any other effort, i'm getting ready. >> dave ross and lindsey murphy will join us live in just a little bit with more on the expected firing of jim zorn and all looking at possible replacements. >>> five d.c. area men suspected in a terror plot are in court today. also, the latest on a threat against the u.s. embassy. >>> the tallest new building in the world is set to open with a little mystery. you're watching fox 5 morning news. morning kim. morning bob. (phone ring) good morning, scott tissue. can e

jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy.co. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> people are in difficult and dangerous spots. tonight the desperate act that had some of the images in this report are disturbing. carl? >> indeed, larry. we were driving just beyond the airport this day and we drove by and saw and we heard with a little attention. we live across. and at that point we saw two haitian police officers holding two detained young men and at that point as we spotted them, more shots rank out and we saw those police officers shoot their young detainees at point blank rank in the process of stopping the car, we ran out to see what was happening. and on the ground one of these men was gasping his last bretts. there was another man badly wounded and the police evidently thought that they had been stealing bags of rice. the wounded men denied it and the witnesses nearby said, no such thing had occurred larry. >>. >> memories from haiti, from this disaster, so many sights and sounds. it's over load. with impressions,

jim zorn has coached his last game with the redskins. a team source tells our own c r lisay czarniak that he's been fired as the skins finish a disappointing season. washington was 4-12 this season and is 12-20 in two seasons under zorn. >>> president obama and his family return to washington today after an 11 day vacation in hawaii. he spent part of i had final day there reading intelligence assessments and talking to advisers about threats to the united states. the first family also paid a visit to the honolulu zoo. >> the tsa has a new policy that went into effect at midnight. international air travellers will face tougher security screenings. passengers flying in from 14 nations mostly in the middle east and africa will be patted down and have their luggage searched. all international travellers will see an increase in random screenings. >>> wizards star, gilbert arenas says he'll meet today with police about his decision to bring guns into the team's locker room at the verizon center. he said he used bad judgment. he still will not

that's a perfect segue obviously, jim, before we give up the podium to the panel going up here now. i want to thank you and hope you'll join me in writing everybody here to, back for a discussion of your book when it comes out. >> thank you very much and will give a discount to anybody. [laughter] [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] a look at the palestinian role in middle east peace talks continues with a panel discussion about people living in the gaza strip and the fact that nearly three-quarters of those living in the palestinian territories are under the age of 29 and. at the brookings institution in washington hosts this hour and 20 minute discussion. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. the panel is here and in is going to be quite a task to, after james wolfensohn and strobe talbott but we will do our best i am a non resident senior fellow at the wolfensohn center for development and i'm delighted to be moderating this a very, very distinguished panel. we have the pleasure and the honor of being joined by rep. keith ellison from the fifth congression

jim zorn had something to play for but not his job. that ship had sailed.e was playing not to be last. with a loss in san diego his two year record would be 12-20 tieing steve spurrier for the worst redskins coaching record a distinction he didn't want. zorn coaching the burgundy and gold poibly for the last time picked this one up in the second quarter. trailing 13-7. they come up with the biggest play of the season. jason campbell to malcolm kelly buckle i was stopped on the 4 yard line. the longest completion of jason campbell's career. three plays later campbell hits mike sellers for the touchdown. redskins led 14-13. of the final minute of the game, leading 20-16 but chargers are charging. second string quarterback billy volek. two yards, tolbert, redskins falling 23-20. they finish the season 4-12 and after the game jim zorn was asked to comment on reports that he would be fired as early as tomorrow. >> i have had no indication of that, and i would not be even comment on that in many you know -- there are a lot of thing i'm sure out there as far as st

i'm jim lehrer. a sharp drop in the number of americans in the work force. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the unemployment rate remained at 10%. jeffrey brown gets context on the numbers from david leonhardt of "the new york times." >> lehrer: then, the bombing suspect makes his first appearance in federal court. ray suarez talks to paul egan of "the detroit news." >> woodruff: we look at the state of u.s. intelligence after the botched attempt to blow up an airliner. >> we find those and put them together. much easier to -- >> lehrer: paul solman reports on why small businesses aren't increasing their hiring. >> woodruff: plus, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: more americans losing jobs, and even more giving up hope of finding them. that was the gist of december's unemployment report. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the labor

you're gorgeous, look at you, i loooov y >>> jim zorn may be switching sides. the former redskins head coach met with the ravens today in mobile alabama and both sides will hold a formal interview tomorrow. sources also say zorn very much wants the job. stay tuned. >> well, gilbert arenas has always been entertaining and a bit of a story teller. but following yesterday's suspension for the rest of the season he got creative with details again. chris miller spoke with gilbert after the decision came down and gilbert said about his meeting with the commissioner he said i did the crime let any do the time. i said let me do the whole season and i shocked him end quote. the version from the commissioner is different. >> miser stern, gilbert arenas asked to be suspended for the rest of the season and didn't want the players association to fight it. was this requested adds well? >> is that a statement? >> well, that is what the reports are saying is that gilbert asked to be suspended for the remainder of the season. >> where did you get that report from? >> reporter:

i'm jim lehrer. president obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: analysis of the president's statement on the high-level review of security lapses, from two members of congress and two counter-terrorism experts.

jim zorn was a lame-duck coach throughout the second half of the season. he handled the situation with class and dedication. he knew he was gone but despite the turmoil, he leaves as a popular coach among the players. >> he is a coach you wanted to play hard for. it will not be the same for him. i wish him luck. for the redskins, we are starting a new beginning. i appreciate that. he is a good guy. >> take a look at some numbers -- he started 6-2 with the washington redskins but has gone 6-18 cents, a 12-20 overall. there has been a new, -- news conference called for 12:30.

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they finish the season 4-12 and after the game jim zorn was asked to comment on reports that he would be fired as early as tomorrow. >> i have had no indication of that, and i would not be even comment on that in many you know -- there are a lot of thing i'm sure out there as far as stories. there already has been. i get that, but i'm working on our team meeting. i'm working on our off season schedule. and until i'm -- till i'm told

jim zorn was a good coach.didn't have any more opportunities to showcase his coaching ability and you know i wish him the best and whoever is the new coach our future is bright. we have a lot of young players to contribute for the future and not have a season like this again. >> no doubt. and redskins fans agree with you on that. you will have a new defensive coordinator coming in. that's the word. you played hand down pass rusher. some outside linebacker. do you have a gut feeling on what you prefer to do? did your experience this year prepare to you do just about anything next year. >> this is -- everything is up in the air right now. [ laughter ] we'll see. i don't know what they want to do with me to move me down to the end and to what we have been doing for this year and i'm all for anything just to be on the field. make plays and get wins. that's the important thing. not have the disappointing season like we he had this year. >> i caught up with colt mccoy, he will play the biggest game here in a couple o

jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. more. >>> remember that incredible story we showed you yesterday of that lady being carried out of the rubble after buried alive. there she is at the community center in boca. there she is. and with her, her sons. mimi, how you are feeling? >> i'm feeling better. i'm getting better now. i'm feeling okay now. >> larry: what kept you going for five days under rubble? >> what wept me doing? i can tell you, i can tell thaw in one word. that was the lord jesus krooirs. i had no doubt he would save me. the minute i saw myself buried, i knew my lord jesus christ would take me out of there and i started praying from then. >> larry: ricky d you think you lost your mother? >> no, we never. five days was quite awhile but we never lost hope. we had to keep going, heaping and praying that she would be all right. >> larry: the three men who got her out with us. they are in port-au-prince. joseph fernandez, the lead ore of the search and rescue task force team. mark grossman, and eric fickus, from p

this is a skill for jim larranaga. he's very happy with luke hancock. >> mike: there's a three from long. no good. rebound by bigby for northeastern. hancock checked in for tate for the patriots who lead by two early on. janning got it knocked away. that's hancock. he has been named the rookie of the week twice already. 6 aout of roanoke, virginia, and he's averaging almost 10 points a game. >> mark: he does a lot of things for this ball club. jim larranaga has him in the game in crunchtimement when the game on the lierngs he might have his hands on the ball because he can do a lost things with the basketball. >> mike: bigby works it out. nice kick out for three. chaisson allen has two plays counting for the northeastern points. they're back up one. >> mark: allen has been shooting the ball very well thus far. very good penetration. very good kick out to a knockdown three. >> mike: good job there by allen to put his team back up a point. 6-5, huskies. we're under 16 minutes to go in the first half. here is the freshman