of mondaybrother night football analyst jon gruden. redskinstroduced at park this afternoon. >> i will do my best to make sure i put a can but it's of foot -- put a competitive football team on the field every day. tried to be positive about the hiring of the coach that many had not heard much about before today. >> for the first time, the new coach doesn't have star power or a long nfl resume. he has lived in the shadow of his older brother, super bowl winning coach jon gruden. now it his his our to shine in washington, and fans are hoping he is the one to bring the glory back to redskins park. >> he has a great offense of mine. >> that is all any redskins fan can hope for. tim brant will join us later in sports with what is behind this it -- decision and what it can mean for the off-season. stay tuned for that. ocean temperatures have forced the coast guard to end its active search for a sailor missing after helicopter crash. down wednesday during a training mission off virginia beach. two crew members were killed and two others surv

. >> i know being related to jon gruden, right? they always come from a good family, good genes. so i guess it will work. >> do you know who this guy is? >> no. >> jay gruden, ring a bell. >> gruden, brother of -- >> brother to jon gruden. >> reporter: head coach washington redskins. >> reporter: no, he is. >> he is now? i hope he does well. >> he's the offensive coordinator for the bengals right now? >> i don't. i haven't paid that much attention to cincinnati. >> reporter: super bowl mvp joe theismann knows him well. >> he's accomplished a lot. he's been a head coach in the arena league, in the uf are you familiar. the bengals have made the playoffs under him. >> i had the good fortune to work with jay when i was pardon of the orlando tuskers a couple years ago. i got to know him as a coach, a player, and i think this is the right move for us, for him. >> caller: i like his offensive mind. >> reporter: lavar arrington spent his entire radio show today talking about him. >> if the head coach can manage personalities of the players along with other entities associated with this te

jon gruden says he wants to stay with espn. packers had a one-point lead but the 49ers are trying to win it. how close was that to being blocked? it was good. san francisco winds. look at this -- it went to his arms. even if he had blocked it he was ruled offsides. he 49ers would have gotten another chance. -- maryland terrapins are in tonight. they're trying to get the third acc win in a row. although i noticed the maryland when over georgia tech on saturday, the terrapins were really impressive. they shot well in the tech -- and they beat tackle rather easily. the wizards are the local team which have fallen on hard times. last night against golden state they've dropped their third straight. they are not playing with emotion. they are not efficient. it is almost been embarrassing. >> we had a lackluster performance, especially here at home. hopefully we can -- >> finally, this guy was on vacation last summer in vegas. his son went to auburn so we decided to put a $100 bet on auburn to win the national title. he got 500 to one

e is the brother of former super bowl winning coach jon gruden. the team will be holding a coach at 4:00 this afternoon from redskins park and we will carry that live here on abc 7. we have breaking news from new jersey. governor chris christie says he is firing his chief of staff. this is fallout from allegations his team rigged a huge traffic jam to get revenge on a political rival. monitoringez is this situation. he is at the live desk with the latest. >> in that shot there, you see the traffic from a couple of weeks ago when this went down. new jersey governor chris christie is working on damage control this afternoon after number of e-mails and text messages surfaced suggesting that one of his top aides in junior to traffic jams in order to punish and some say bully a democratic mayor. you're looking at a live picture , chris christie is speaking, he started a press, that 11:00 this morning i still -- and he is still talking this afternoon. he is saying this type of behavior is unacceptable and that people in new jersey deserve better. he sto

as cincinnati's offensive coordinator and also the younger brother of super bowl winning coach jon grudenust eight alive for the super bowl and they all play this weekend. the seattle seahawks getting in some practice on thursday. they're trying to get back to the super bowl for the first time since 2005. seattle begins that quest tomorrow when they host the new orleans saints in the playoffs. the other nfc game pits the panthers against the 49ers. that game is sunday in carolina. in the afc the colts travel to new england to take on the patriots saturday night and the weekend comes to a close in denver sunday evening when the chargers face the broncos. those games can be seen right here on cbs. >>> in the nba the knicks get the best of the heat. new york's carmelo anthony scores 29 points as the knicks top the defending champ 102-92. new york has won three in a row and beaten miami in four out of the last five meetings they've had. >>> when we return, food manufacturers go on a diet. how the popularity of lower calorie supermarket products could turn the tide in the war on obesity. ♪ [ f

with jay gruden is the brother of jon gruden. jay is in his third year with the bengals and considered by many to be one of the hottest head coaching candidates in the league right now. so gruden also has many ties with people currently in the redskins organization. so how could this help him? i'll have more of that coming up in sports. >> thanks, diana. >>> a developing story tonight involving u.s. service members overseas. defense officials are trying to figure out what caused a helicopter crash that killed four members of the air force. it happened during a training mission today on the eastern coast of england. the air force says the helicopter was flying low at the time, but does not know why it crashed. >>> families are upset tonight over vandalism at a beltsville cemetery. somebody pushed over more than a dozen headstones at the de la salle cemetery, causing about $35,000 in damage. it happened over the past week. one of the headstones dates back to the 1930s. the vandal also broke a hand off of one of the statues. the ceme

considered a bright, offensive strategist, he is the brother of former super bowl winning coach jon gruden. >> if he has the smarts like his brother does, a could have a championship in three years. >> i'm pretty sure this guy is going to do something. he's a smart guy. >> once again for redskins fans, it is the season for hope every >> were going to get them next season, right? >> you have to love redskins fans. that is the attitude we found today, here we go again, but let's be optimistic. >> much more on the redskins new coach and the future of the organization and more on what jay gruden brings to the team. >> the other top story tonight, once again it is the winter weather. >> we are expecting a little freezing rain in the morning. the weather service has issued a freeze warning for tomorrow morning, 35 and cloudy skies outside erie let's get a look at the time lapse, a beautiful sunrise, beautiful day across the entire viewing area. for a while and then the clouds rolling back in ahead of the next system that is bringing freezing rain. look at the low temperatures this morning, plent

." >> the idiot washington redskins have hired jay gruden, the brother of jon gruden, jay won the supert's like going into the heavyweight fight thinking you have mike tyson and just before the bell rings you have sicily tyson. what you are, nuts? >> yeah. >> god, they should blow up that whole franchise. >> yeah. >> you shouldn't let

the younger brother of jon gruden jay's only previous head coaching experience was in the arena football. former raiders head coach hue jackson will replace gruden as cincinnati's offensive coordinator. >>> and college football james franklin is reportedly leaving vanderbilt to take the penn state job and the reason this is important locally is because 49ers offensive coordinator greg roman interviewed with the school last week. he was one of the finalists for the job but as of now, roman will remain the offensive coordinator for the 49ers. this is interesting because vic fangio and greg roman have had so much success for the 49ers but that has not translated into head coaching jobs. now, when walsh was running the deal here, he had numerous coaches that left to become head coaches elsewhere. but -- >> do you want to leave the nfl to go back to college if you are a super bowl caliber team? >> that's a good point but collins is getting big money. >> penn state needs to rebuild so they will pay. >> exactly. >> see you at 11:00. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com and

when jon gruden hears something like that, how does he react?g is a play maker. that's true alliteration right there. play maker. i don't know what it means, but is sounds good in this situation. we're looking what peyton manning can do, i don't care if that ball goes slow and wobbles, it gets there, man. it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, probably a duck. but i tell you what, this duck, it's all it's quacked up to be. >> that was terrible. that's the worst one i ever heard in any life, knuckle head. you keep pitching voices and go back to madden and you say hi to alt ladies out there. >> it's crazy. a lot of people look at richard sherman and say, psychologically, what is he thinking after a game? he's mouthing off. next thing he's letter vertebral. what would dr. phil say? >> he would say, what are you thinking? richard sherman, you're going after peyton manning! the guy just threw 500 gazillion touchdowns and had the greatest season of all time! shut up or put up! this is a great player and richard sherman, you don't want to make a

jon and gray gruden. the shanahans were wonderful to me. i think having been around some great coaches, it gives you that confidence that when the opportunity does present itself, you're ready -- you're ready tok it full speed ahead. >> the relationship everyone wants to know about is the relationship with rg3. he says it's been strong and he looks forward to working with him closely now that he's the quarterback's coach. we talked to folks from mcvay's high school team. they shared great stories about him. we'll have that coming up at 6:00. >> all right. >>> as the olympic torch gets closer to sochi, security becoming more and more top of mind. today that torch arrived in the southeastern russian city. that reslay on its -- relay i on its 110th day since beginning in early october in moscow. here in washington, the state department is working closely with the u.s. olympic committee on security. state department security officers will be escorting the athletes to their events. and the usoc is telling athletes be careful where you wear your

gruden was an assistant for the buccaneers under his brother jon while allen was gm, so maybe just some catching up tonight. gruden is considered to be the frontrunner at this point by many. >>> amid all the controversy there is some positive robert griffin, iii news to report. the redskins qb was selected by his teammates to win the ed block courage award, an annual honor for overcoming adversity. griffin returning from knee surgery earned him the award. >>> it's been a rough start to 2013 having lost three in a row to begin the year. tonight they look back to getting into the win column as they begin a road trip, but the good news is the wizards played better at home this season. the wizards opened the 2nd half on a 24-4 run. a few moments later wizards up 6 with the shot clock running out. wall throws up a prayer, yeah, beautiful. wall with 17. five wizards players were in double digits tonight. bobcats cut the lead to seven but bradley beal slammed the door closed. beal lead with 21 points. washington snapped a three game skid 97-83 over charlotte. >> for stop reason right now we're

gruden. he started as head coaching the arena league and worked for his brother jon as an assistant for the tampa bay bucs, then back to the arena league in 2004 and then head coach/general manager in the ufl. since 2011 he's been the offensive coordinator for the bengals and tonight our dave owens sat down with the new guy and talked to him one on one. >> reporter: jay gruden, head coach washington redskins has a pretty good ring to it. >> that is exciting, appreciate the opportunity and i'm going to give it my best. >> reporter: first time head coach, never been in these waters before. what's the last 24 hours been like as you've gone from candidate, k. to boom, you got the job -- candidate to boom, you got the job? >> it's been a whirlwind and trying to sell yourself your goals, your ideas for building a franchise and bringing some consistency here, it's been tough, but luckily they bought in. we'll do this thing together. >> reporter: you sold yourself to them. they obviously had to sell themselves to you as well. when you look from the outside looking in, it's an organization that went throu