kimberly? >> joining me now to discuss president obama's affirmation of al-qaeda's connection to the christmas day attack is senior fellow and director of the terrorism project, walid farrah and mike baker also a host on fox news.com at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. thanks for being here, gentlemen. i'll begin with you, mike. what do you make of this? too little too late? why are we getting this information so late? >> it is odd. it seems to be behind the curve. we have been talking about the al-qaeda links for abumutallab since it happened. this is a tightly controlled micromanaged administration and the inner circle is very small. at first janet napolitano comes out with her unusual message that the system is working. i can't imagine anybody actually leaves that that was just her acting on her own. i suspect that any mess thank goes out at that level of the cabinet gets cleared through rahm emanuel or david axelrod. >> you don't think she takes ownership of that gap? >> now, she has to. some peopl

once again, chuck. >> absolutely right, kimberly. off to another cold start here. we have this cold morning to deal with and then tomorrow morning's going to be equally cold. then a little bit of a moderating trend begins to finally come our way. there's a live picture outside, a bright, blue sky overhead, but an awful lot of iciness along the banks of the potomac. it is 22 degrees in downtown washington right now. it's 20 degrees in gaithersburg. it's 19 degrees in poolesville and leesburg this morning. 19 degree also as you get up towards inwood, west virginia. 20 in winchester, west virginia. 9 degrees out in the shenandoah valley. the winds are still ablowing, north-northwesterly winds at 15 miles an hour have put windchills back in the single digits this morning. earmuffs and hats required. you lose most of your heat through your head, so you've got to keep it covered up. highs today even with all that sunshine barely making it up into the low 30s. sun goes down at 5:05. if you want to do something with the sunshine, kimberly, do it before then. >> good advice

i want to commend senator kimberly lightford in particular for all the work that she did to expand public charter schools in illinois. we were able to sign that law and i think it is quick to make a difference for children who want that particular education across our state. and just yesterday, the general assembly in very quick time working with a lot of different people -- and i want to salute roger eddy, jerry mitchell who worked so hard and getting all law passed that could make a difference for years to come, called "raced to the top," accountable education. we have to comply with a federal deadline of next week to get our application in for up to $500 million in federal money for race to the top to make sure that our education in our state at the elementary and secondary level is second to none. it is so gratifying to see so many school districts, i think up to 340 school districts, have already signed on to participate in this program.

kimberly suiters is at redskins park and joins us now on the phone with the latest.ing. >> reporter: good morning, eun and joe. the team landed a little after 2:00 a.m. this morning and then we are told, or lindsay czarniak learned firsthand from a team official that redskins coach, head coach jim zorn has been fired. he was greeted by officials and then given the news. and gave him an opportunity to gather his things and leave. people here at redskins park who saw coach zorn said he left with nothing in hand. got into his car and drove away. that was about 4:00 a.m. this morning. so, black monday coming very early for the 56-year-old coach. the record of this season 4-12 in the ends. a lotion record. very difficult. not the redskins worse but certainly down there at the bottom. you know, that zorn has been stripped much his play calling duties back in late october and so many fans have said that he's been left in the within all season. it's been tough for the coach, the players and for the fans. this morning our lindsay czarniak heard from a team source that head co

kimberly dozier in washington has more on that part of the story. story. >> reporter: this is yemeni government video of its u.s.-trained counter-terrorist teams at work. but cbs news has lshed exclusively that recent combined air and ground assaults against al qaeda in december were american-led, according to a u.s. special prayings expert who trains yemeni officers. >> that was very much something executed by the united states but with very heavy support by the yemeni government. it was cruise missile strikes, in combination with military units on the ground, but it was a very disik signal from the obama administration that they are serious in assisting yemen remove these al qaeda facilities from its soil. >> reporter: the target, al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, an affiliate of osama bin laden's group with a popular following in yemen. the yemeni offshoot claimed responsibility for the attempted airliner bombing on christmas day, but american counter-terrorist teams have been track al qaeda in yemen since the uss "cole" bombing in 2000 and the

kimberly dozier reports. >> reporter: the u.s. embassy stayed closed sunday after the new year's holiday because of ongoing fierce of an imminent al qaeda attack. the deputy national security adviser confirmed there was an active threat. >> there is. al qaeda has several hundred members in yemen and they've grown in strength. >> reporter: senior officials say they believe air strikes on christmas eve headed off a suicide bombing attack on the embassy planned for christmas day. the december 24th joint u.s. yemeni strikes hit targets including two al qaeda training camps. the u.s. and britain have ramped up training of forces and the pentagon is doubling the $70 million it already spend there is in aid. the top american commander of the region, general david petraeus, visited yemen's capital saturday to discuss ongoing cooperation. yemen has sent more forces into al qaeda target areas, but its its military is overstretched, fighting three wars against al qaeda, the arabian peninsula, a shiite rebelian in the north and a group in the

i'm kimberly suiters. it's sunday, january 10, 2010. let's get right to forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is up in storm center 4. chuck, it's ridiculous. something that measures on the barometer because it feels that way outside. >> ridiculous is not a weather term. we'll call it chilly today, hot tamale tomorrow. a hint of a warming trends is coming our way. a couple more cold ones to come starting with this morning. outside under a clear sky, temperatures have plummeted overnight into the teens to near 20 degrees. the warm spot now quantico at 22 degrees. 21 in springfield. 20 degrees in manassas and warrenton now. 16 degrees in martinurg and charlestown up in the panhandle of west virginia. wind chills are once again in the single digits across the area so it a bundle up morning on your way out to sunday service or walk the dog, get the paper or sit around and look out the window. cold start to the day. good news is that today like yesterday will be filled with sunshine. >> all right. small silver lin

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. >> nancy, the people that you hear talking on this tape are jarius adams and his sister kimberly. they were apparently both asleep and actually kimberly said she heard this sound, like a continuous knocking. very faint. she at first thought that maybe somebody in the house had forgotten their keys. so she went downstairs to kind of investigate, figure out what was going on. that's when she said she saw headlights shining into their house. so she woke up her brother. he went outside. he sees tiger woods laying there on the street. he sees elin nordegren, tiger's wife. elin then asked him for help. what isn't clear, and drew petrimoulx, tell me if i'm wrong about this, we still don't know exactly if the neighbors heard anything or not. is there various reports whether anyone heard an argument before this happened? >> these neighbors didn't. there are reports other neighbors did. but i looked at an aerial shot of how that neighborhood is laid out, and it seemed to me it would be really hard for any of the other neighbors to hear anything. these are really huge houses. and across the

and kimberly said she heard this sound like a continuous knocking, very faint. she at first thought that maybe somebody in the house had forgotten their keys. she went downstairs to kind of investigate, figure out what was going on. that's when she said she saw headlights shining into their house. she woke up her brother. he went outside and he sees tiger woods laying there on the street. he sees elin nordegren, tiger's wife, elin asked him then for help. the thing that isn't clear, drew petrimoux, correct me if i am wrong about this. we don't know if the neighbors heard anything or not. are there various reports about whether people heard any sort of arguen't before this happened? >> these neighbors didn't. there are reports other neighbors did. i looked at an aerial shot of how the neighborhood is laid out it seemed to me it would be hard for any other neighbors to hear anything. these are really huge houses. and across the street is a golf course. and so the only neighbor that is next to, or even remotely close to tiger woods' house is pretty far off in the c

chuck, a really cold day ahead. >> oh, absolutely right, kimberly. no doubt about it.body, don't be fooled by all the sunshine out there. it's not going to be a warm day at all. outside, cold waters of the potomac has been iced over by the recent chill in the air. the water only fit for those with feathers this morning. so be ready. 20 degrees in downtown washington right now. 18 degrees at andrews air force base. in south riding, virginia, this morning. windchills are in the single digits. so it's a bundle up kind of a sunday. highs in the low to mid-30s. clouds come back tomorrow. maybe light flurries monday into tuesday. >> thank you, chuck. >>> coming up on news 4 today at 9:00, the heavy metal baby. the latest video to become an internet sensation. >>> another week, another frozen but loyal, loyal crowd showing up today. i'm jenna wolfe along with lester holt. still to come, right about now i feel like i could curl up and hibernate in a den like a bear but i only say that because of what story we're about to have. >> we talk about bears hibernating but it's someth

i'm kimberly suiters, news 4. eun, back to you. >> kimberly, thank you. stay right here with news 4 for continuing coverage of this and other major changes in the redskins' front office. we were first to report jim zorn's firing and we'll bring you live coverage of bruce allen's press conference at 5:30 this morning. >>> jim zorn's firing is not only big local sports story today. wizard's standard gilbert arenas says he plans to meet today with police about his decision to bring guns into team's locker room at the verizon center. he says he used, "bad judgment" when he brought tun loaded weapons into the arena. arenas has not commented on the report that he and javaris crittenton drew guns on each other in the locker room after an argument. >>> and the story affecting all of us this morning is the bitter cold. let's get our first forecast from tom kierein, he's in news storm 4. >> you sound bitter? >> just a little, just a little. >> well, we have yet to reach the freezing mark. it's been subfreezing since yesterday afternoon, all the way overnight, and n

[ laughter ] >> kimberly: all right. then for the grace of god go i. >> i could rest a cocktail right on that head. amazing. >> greg: show it one more time, please. look at that. that is jersey shore in allentown pennsylvania. >> that is more of a perfect triangle. >> i'm loving the tank. >> greg: that was on tv. i wore that on tv. >> that is -- >> i would respect harry reid a lot more if he had abs like the situation guys. >> i would. >> greg: have a comment on the show. e-mail us at redeye@foxnews.com. and leave a voice mail on my direct line. is the greatest picture ever. 212-462-5050. and still to come, the halftime report from tv's andy levy. jerk. >> tonight's halftime report is sponsored by my cat, sir, jonathan tee ki kensington esquire. it is his ward today and he has been going through a rough patch. i thought this my cheer him up. thanks, sir, jonathan tea kensington, esquire. [ bottle #] oh hey, hey... there's that mr. clean magic eraser thing again. clean freak. [ bottle #2 ] whoa... is he better than us? uh

kimberly dozier has more tonight. >> reporter: family and friends gathered in massachusetts today to remember harold brown, one of seven cia employees killed by a suicide bombing in afghanistan on december 30th. with rare openness, the central intelligence agency has allowed five of the victims to be mourned publicly, a decision that angered some former officers like michael sawyer, i always think it is better not to tell a very intelligent, very observant enemy much of anything. >> others identified include security contractor dane bressy, agent employee elizabeth hanson, security officer and former policeman scott roberson and cia security officer and former navy seal, jeremy weiss. they have been gathered at forward operating base chapman on the afghan border to meet a spy. they thought he would provide information on top al qaeda and taliban leaders, today the taliban released video of the alleged bomber jordanian dr. umar farouk abdulmutallab with the head of the pakistan taliban. >> in a letter to the washington post today cia director leon panetta defended the agents for letti

. >> the johnsons decided what they really wanted was to have kimberly in their lives forever.x years ago that we first met these guys to go swimming. they've grown up quite a bit, and this time, they had someone with them who had seen them on television. >> i was watching the tv and i called the next day to family services and i have him today. >> and we went skating. >> reporter: it was four years ago that we introduced you to lorraine. >> i had seen lorraine on wednesday's child a few years ago. i remembered lorraine saying that she wanted to sing in church. >> reporter: the majors saw lorraine and felt they had room in their home and their hearts for her. >> our family is about love, anyway, so we might as well share it now, while we can. >> reporter: nasir was only 5 when we first met her as a wednesday's child. you look so beautiful today. >> thank you. >> reporter: back then, she loved to dress up. and today at 11, her favorite costume is the one she wears for cheerleading, coached by her mother, patience. >> i'm glad that a higher being saw fit that i should be her moth

kimberly, a 12-year-old girl, a delightful young girl was a victim as well. a piece of shrapnel that went through her skull into her brain. for several days was really not getting any care whatsoever. she was evacuated and taken to the ship, and that's when i was called and went to the ship to help take care of her. you know, obviously honored and delighted to do so. as you mentioned, larry, i am in a hospital. there's a critical need ongoing over here. there's no question about it. one thing that's so interesting, larry, with this natural disaster, obviously a lot of people died at the time of this earthquake. what's so important and what highlights this critical need, a lot of people were injured but still have very much can be saved. they have problems that can be treated. they have issues that can be addressed surgically or medically but they're not getting the care yet. 75 operations performed in this particular hospital over the last three days. i can tell you, larry, it's just a drop in the bucket. it's improving but a lot of work still needs to be don

kimberly grant, the director at the center for medicare and medicaid services.t position since 2004. she oversees the anti-fraud and abuse efforts for medicare, including oversight of dmf and anti-from contractors. chris dennis is an hhf officer. he has held that position since march 2008. he is responsible geographically for the entire state of florida and supervises 35 agencies. kim donovan is in the miami field office and oversees the white collar crimes investigation and health-care fraud program, among other crimes. she recently served as the program coordinator and supervised one of the fraud squads. kirk works at the department of justice. he oversees the department's health care program nationally. he has held that position since 2006. he brings to it more than 10 years' experience as a federal prosecutor, both in washington with the department of justice and as an assistant united states attorney in the southern district of florida. finally, louis perez. he is also an assistant in a state's attorney. -- he is also an assistant united states attorney. he