and that will be one heck of a game and, of course, lots of folks are talking about kyle shanahan. the redskins offensive coordinator being on the short list. no statement from the redskins yet, but that will be my money on him staying here. he's got rg3 in a great offense to work with. >> it's amazing how fast they will go into the world of the nfl. no one would touch kyle shanahan, now he's non- existent. >> of course we saw the ravens yesterday saying that he will be staying with the ravens. so maybe tomorrow when they are back in practice they will get that. >> thank you very much. >>> weather time, thank you so much for watching the cbs evening news is next. and then at 7:00 back with the d.c. area's only local newscast. of course, wusa9.com, it is always on. we leave you tonight with some of the sights from the new year's celebrations from around the world. happy new year everyone. have a good one.

kyle shanahan was involved in rg iii's career. it is his third season as offensive coordinator. d and head coach mike shanahan have made it clear none of his coaches will interview until the season is over but son kyle says he is more than ready. >> yeah, definitely. i mean every coach in the nfl, thing that is all of our goals. everybody wants an opportunity some day to be a head coach. i hope some day get that opportunity. it is very flattering to be mentions for it right now. but i did read that i wasn't allowed to. i didn't know that until i read it. the not something a

kyle shanahan is considered a potential candidate for the league's seven head coaching vacancies.r head coach mike shanahan does not want his assistants interviewing for other jobs while the 'skins are still alive in the playoffs. kyle shanahan received praise for designing the redskins' creative offense which features rookie quarterback robert griffin iii. >> if all goes well, we could see hockey back in d.c. in the next two weeks. the nhl and players association meeting for the fourth time in six days today trying to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement. both sides are said to have made some concessions here. now, there is a possibility for a snag in the talks at midnight tonight if the players association decides to disband and file lawsuits against the league. the nhl hopes positive talks will avoid that outcome and that a shortened 48-game season can start on january 19th. >>> it may be a new year, but the same old wizards showed up at the verizon center last night. they fell to the dallas mavericks, 103-94. rookie bradley beal led the team with a career high 22 p

. >>> kyle shanahan may be the rick tim of his own success.ate for one of the nfl's seven head coaching vacancies. but his father, head coach mike shanahan does not want his assistants interviewing for other jobs while the 'skins are still in the playoffs. kyle shanahan received praise for designing the redskins creative offense which features rookie quarterback, robert griffin iii. >> when the head coach is your dad, there's added pressure. >> definitely conflict there. the boss says no interviews. you got to respect that if you want to continue to be respected in the league. >> coach shanahan is receiving a lot of pays for the way the redskins have turned their season around. so exciting. >> even if he's offered a head coaching job, someone will offer him a little more longer to stick around. >> don't want him to leave the redskins, not now. >> 37 degrees. coming up, a local man has millions of new reasons to be happy about the new year. >>> also ahead, after months of fighting, congress has finally made a deal concerning the fiscal cliff. t

if rg3 can't get the play from kyle shanahan, neither is rw1 seattle. out both. >> it's all in the helmet, then? >> inside the helmet. >> special -- >> yeah, just for the quarterbacks. especially something on the helmet, like a green slit that indicates that's the one with the mic in it. nobody else can have it, only the quarterback. >> that's cool. >> very interesting. >> that's what katie wants to know. we hope that's what it is. tony perkins giving us cues here, throwing me off. one minute to go. [ laughter ] >> how the mighty have fallen today. what other tricks can you tell us? what else is in there? this is what i want to ask, when they're looking at the play book, studying it, i'm always like, don't they know? >> they're diagramming the play. they're taking snapshots, so when a series is done, you see those guys go back to the bench and flipping through, they're looking at diagrams of the defense that just happened so the next time they go out, they can game plan accordingly. >> those guys are so smart. >> when you talk about half time adjustment

mike shanahan says no. kyle says he would like to. >> yeah, definitely.ry coach in the nfl, i think that is all of our goals. everybody wants a opportunity to be a head coach. i hope some day i get that opportunity and it is very flattering to be mentioned for it right now. but i did read that i wasn't allowed to or whatever you guys read and stuff. i didn't know that until i read it. it is not something i'm asking about or hearing about. i know we try to say but it is hard to understand how focused in and in a small word we are at coachs. >> i love the fact that he didn't pull any punches. he has to get the approval from his dad. >> dad already said no. he said you cannot. son, go to your room. you will not be speaking to anybody else. >> and the interesting part is he didn't tell him etch said it at a press conference, he found out another way. >> not like they had the conversation. he had to find out through us. >> when he they won on sand beat the cowboys, you would think because it's rookie team, a lot of rookies leading the way, they would be euphor

one of the names mentioned was skins offensive coordinator kyle shanahan. kyle has been instrumental in the rise of robert griffin, iii this season whose knee is getting better every day. he did practice fully again today, but back to kyle. he's in his third season as offensive coordinator. his success this season has him on other team's radar for head coaching positions. mike shanahan has already said none of his coaches will interview until the season is over, but when that time comes, kyle will be ready. >> yeah, definitely. i think every coach in the nfl, i think that's all of our goals. everybody wants an opportunity someday to a head coach. i hope someday i get that opportunity, very flattering to be mentioned for it now, but i did read that i wasn't allowed to, but didn't know that until you guys read it. it's not something i'm asking about. it's hard to really understand how focused and in a small world we are now as coaches. >> coming up this sunday here on fox a special pregame show at 3:30. at 4 p.m. it's the fox network pregame show and at 4:30 t

one mentioned was kyle shanahan and he's been instrumental in the rise of robert griffin third this season, whose knee is getting better every day and practiced in advance of sunday's game and bagga shanahan who is in the offensive season. his success in leading the redskins top-ranked rushing offense of the season has the radars for head coaching position. mike shanahan said none of the coaches will introduce until the season is -- interview until the season is over but when that time comes, coil is ready. >> and definitely. i think every coach in the until and that is all of our goals. i hope some day i get that opportunity and that is flattering right now and i did read, i was not allowed to and i didn't know that until i read it and that is not something i'm asking or hearing about and it's hard, i know we try to say, but it's hard to say how focused in a small world as coaches. >> you think that kyle has to get permission from the father to cot introduces and also, defensive -- to do the interviews and a possible head coaching candidate. at 6:00, what the defense said they have to do

black monday because a bunch of head coaches got fired today, but that kind of opens the door for kyle shanahan, some rumblings that he could potentially be in the mix. >> why do they do that when teams are doing well and they break it apart? why? >> it's because you got to win right now, but mike shanahan says no, we'll wait till the season is over. >> i like that guy's style. thanks, scott smith. >>> the excitement continues over the burgundy and gold's big win, fans still celebrating last night's victory and the redskins return to the playoffs. it has been five long arduous years. you feel me here, right? fox 5's bob barnard has a look at how people are celebrating. >> reporter: this is what it looked like at public bar in tenleytown last night when the redskins sealed the deal, london fletcher leading the defense and rg3 throwing his legend. >> i'm loving. it i love every bit of it. this is euphoria. >> you know, i really love my redskins, man, and i couldn't do without them. >> man, this is the greatest day in a long time. rg3 bringing the city back. >> redskins, rg3! >> reporter: paula go

. >> well, what they should have done is kyle shanahan should have been handing the ball, saying, handred morris this way. it should have been morris left, morris right, morris up the middle. >> so do you take notre dame in the points tonight? >> no, i'm not buying into the hype. i had a feeling this was going to happen. right at the end coming up to the game, all of the secret notre dame lovers were going to come out and say hey, maybe they have a chance. but you made a great point the other day, joe. if notre dame had a quality quarterback that could throw the ball down the field, then alabama would be in trouble. i'm not convinced that goldson's that guy. >> so let's talk now about less significant matters. >> yes, please. >> chuck hagel. why did the president decide to pick a guy that democrats aren't excited about, republicans aren't excited about, and very few people that have to confirm the guy are excited about him? >> he's motivated by a couple things. the biggest one, i think, is he likes the idea of a man who wore the uniform, who will not be intimidated by the generals. thi

head coach mike shanahan does not want any assistance, including his own son and reviewing the head coaching job while the team is in the playoffs. 7 nfl coaches got the boot on monday and kyle shanakhn may be a candidate for one or more of those openings. mike said now is not the time to interview. he says the assistance have jobs they need to do first. >> that's right. it is 5:39. we would love to haer you sing health of the redskins. >> email us a short video and sentd it to gmw@wjla.com. we will play clips through out the week. >> we also invite you to join us for our redskins play a special. tim brant is hosting friday night at 8:00. right here on abc 7. 5:39./ 35 degrees. >> a royaoal s ource tells what the >> join us for ice skating, a great dining and mary meant all winter long. -- and merriment all winter long. >> good morning everyone. i like that. 5:42 is the time. 37 degrees. king of the comfortable conditions temperature wise. quite a bit of cloud cover -- waking up to comfortable conditions temperature wise. quite a bit of cloud cover. 32 in frederick. 28 in hagerstown. temperatures will budge only a little today. highs in the upper 30's to lower 40's but we wi