. >>> and let's start thinking about spring now. 10 days ago, the nats made major headlines when they signed jayson weather. the former phily was introduced at nats park and dave feldman has all the buzz surrounding the newest star. >> reporter: the nats have had the reputation of trying to do more with less and not exactly opening up the purse strings. and that may no longer be accurate. they gave the pitcher 15.1 million for four years. the biggest rookie contract in the history of baseball. outfielder bryce harper got 9.49 million jayson weather who wanted long-term stability, full money and the no-trade claus, the nats said yes, yes and yes and jayson weather put on his jersey for the nationals and it will pay the outfielder 126 mis. guaranteed. the nats are calling the werth signing phase 2 of their evolution. >> i'm down to the first one that, you know, to step forward and get it going. i'm excited to be in this situation and i think that it's a great situation for me going forward. we're going be a winning ball club and surprise a lot of people. >> he brings an edge to the ball

young senior, who is that king cole's -- to list nat king cole's band director.ed to always say to me, never miss your house. when you walk out on stage, you have to feel that particular house. my question is whether you have ever walked on stage, felt the energy, and based on that decided to go another way? >> absolutely, and usually if i turn around, start to explain what i might do to the band, they are ahead of me. they realize exactly what i might realize and they are like, just go with it, we are with you. tavis: you're most recent project, "natural forces at," is what? >> it is a few of my songs and also songs written by people who helped give me my start when i first was trying to play the clubs around houston. songwriters like eric taylor and then spell out -- and vince bell, and don sanders. they encouraged me and would let me sit with them during their sets and introduce me to the person who owned the club, but the club, so i did a few of their songs as well. tavis: the latest product is called "natural forces." catch him on tour starting in january. >

the nats make a trade with oakland. it is dallas week again. no pep rallies.anahan will >>> we should know soon the official cause of death and the man of the center of the dc 9 case. the information will not be released until ali mohammed's family is notified. charges may be refiled. dc 9 is scheduled to reopen on friday. >>> vincent gray announced his public safety team. he asked police chief cathy lanier to stay on and he picked kenneth ellerbe to be fire chief. >>> a d.c. post office is being renamed. president obama signed a bill making the post office at massachusetts avenue and northeast washington after a civil rights leader dorothy -- she died earlier this year. >>> the snow we are dealing with across the region. in coastal virginia, plows hit the streets early. some serious accidents in the norfolk area. a fedex truck slid of the highway. in ohio, a lighthouse looks like an ice sculpture. it's beautiful. >> it really is. from a distance. >>> the snow is so finished. icey patches are the big story. our doppler radar. down to the southeast of our viewi

the nats took a page from the redskins page book and signed jayson werth to a $126 million contract.> the nats, 18 million to jayson werth, the newest is banking on both coming true, winning. >> jason weather put on his 28 nationals jersey for a 7 year relationship that will pay the outfielder $126 million guaranteed. the nats are calling the werth signing phase two of the evolution. >> i'm the first one to step forward and get it going so i'm excited to be in this situation. i think it is a great situation for me going forward and we will be a winning ball club. >> he brings an edge to the ball club, i have seen it okay too many times with the phillies and that's the type of guy that we want. >> werth has something that most of his teammates do not have playoff experience, he played in the post season all four of his years with the phillies and reached the world series twice and winning it all in 2008 and now he will try to do it the same in the nation's cap till. >> the team is young and talented and i went to philadelphia in 2007 with the same aspirations that i come to washington

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up next, we'll check sports headlines and the nats' newest big bat with the big contract talks abouthy he chose to come to d.c. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i have more. [ female announcer ] do you have enough crescents? with cinnabon cinnamon have such a sweet and delicious aroma that my family can't wait to get their hands on them. enjoy cinnabon cinnamon... now in all pillsbury cinnamon rolls. >>> we have a look at sports. alex ovechkin and company looking toened a six-game losing streak against the ducks. they got on board first. the caps fall 2-1 for their seventh straight loss but they do earn a point. >>> to the redskins, it is dallas week without some of the luster but not without drama. there are rumors circulating that coach shanahan is thinking about starting rex grossman instead of donovan mcnabb. mcnabb says he feel the best he has all year. >> i don't go to the starting line-ups. i

i think you grow your hair out. [ laughter ] hair on -- natural -- nat sach. [ laughter ] nat sach. > shave. >> jimmy: you shave your chest? >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: you ought to let it grow, like a beard. [ laughter ] >> you -- >> jimmy: like a chest beard. >> you don't shave your chest? >> jimmy: oh no. no. [ laughter ] >> oh, i didn't. >> jimmy: no, i'm nat sach. [ laughter ] i'm a real man. a real man's man. [ laughter ] i'm like a lumber jack. [ laughter ] >> he's au natural. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i like that. [ cheers and applause ] >> right? >> jimmy: you grow it out. grow a crazy beard. you get fat, you get fat, you get weird. >> should i put gel in the beard? >> jimmy: no, you don't just do that. you just get weird one season. [ laughter ] and then we go what the heck happened? i miss "the situation" i used to love the hairless dude that used to come out and be awesome. and then -- and then you shake it all off and surprise everybody at like -- >> number five. >> jimmy: the number five, yeah. when the movie comes out in 3-d or something like that. [ laughter ] it'

nat strand and dr. kat chang with us.ybody. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> whoa! what a finish last night. you fly from korea into l.a. you go to long beach. and you see these giant towers up there and you freak out because -- >> i think everybody knows who watches the show, i just -- i can't handle heights. terrified of heights. i saw that and -- i was a little nervous to go running in the opposite direction but she was fantastic. >> right. >> so you're bouncing up and down. you get there first and then released to go to the next place. a little disappointed none of you knew where it was. we'll leave that aside for the moment. you get to the place where you have to figure out the stuff and who are the people we saw when and everything else. how big of a lead did you have on those guys? >> at that point i think we were pretty far ahead. we didn't see them. we did the whole challenge and finished it, got back in the taxi and left without actually running into them. >> part of the thing last night was you get in l.a.

. >> like any gain natalie or like any good evening nat king cole lyric, it was not corning. the new book is called "love brought me back." if you are in l.a. on december 8 and you can get a ticket, ms. cole will be debuting at disney hall >> thank you very much. >> for more information on to dave's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >> join us next time for gary hart on how the democrats can get back on top. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help on his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all lived better. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. we are working to ensure economic literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions from viewers like you. thank you.

but it is not like the nats are one player way.that case, i say it is not a great contract. >> i saw him interviewed at half time at the wizards game last night. it was like dental surgery getting anything out of that guy. they needed to do something after they lost adam dunn's bat. he was giving them 40 home runs a year. this guy might not able to do that but he is a better outfielder and better defender. >> the problem is, because they lost dunn, it doesn't make them that much better. they are official four or five players way and remember no strasburg next year. >> and they are also in the same division as the phillies. they are going to have to face that pitching staff 18 times next year. >> with we saw the cliff lee signing and him going back to philadelphia. it is a shorter contract but you are talking the same amount of dollars. i know the nationals wanted to go after cliff lee. if you are spending that kind of money, is it better to put it into a top pitcher or a guy like jason worth. >> probably better to put it into cliff

and he'd text me and be like nat's doing really great at her dance rehearsals.ck and say oh my god, that's amazing. and she'd do the same back. so it never quite caused a rift which he was trying to. so i think he gave up on that idea early on. >> have to get you measured for swan costumes. >> what's she doing here? >> he made me your alternate. it was just in case. >> i ask everybody that comes on this show to do one little bit of a song that means something to them. now, for you it could be the "wizard of oz." but i don't know. you could -- you choose it. >> i'm not going to sing it. i'll just say -- >> oh, no. >> i can't sing. i'm tone deaf. >> just a little. >> i'm going to ruin the song. i promise you. >> do the ukrainian song. >> i don't speak ukrainian. no, i speak russian but not ukrainian. i will give you the song. it goes like this. fish got to swim. birds got to fly. i got to love one man till i die. can't help loving that man of mine. >> beautiful. and i could hear -- ♪ can't help i could hear that. >> there you go. >> mila, thank you so much. >> tha

. >> the governor pro posing $0 kbrinl in solutions, $7.5 kbrinl in cuts, wants to he limb nat the welfare to work program in july. drop vision coverage for poor kids from health insurance programs and limit prescriptions and doctor visits for people on medical. for many mothers it means elimination of subsidized child care. lauren broke down into tears. >> it's not thinking about the people he's hurting and families he's hurting. i can't wait for him to leave. >> democrats controlling legislature are going to ignore schwartzeneggar's proposal while they'll spend this month working on the budget, no vote will likely take place. >> reality is that he's gone in 30 days swreel a new governor coming in. looking forward working with governor brown. >> governor schwartzeneggar warned governor elect jerry brown swril little choice but to propose cuts as well. >> i guarantee you no matter how you look at it. he will not find more money there. is no money. >> governor-elect brown starts january 3, lawmakers have 45 days to work on the fiscal emergency f they don't, they cannot work on anything else

." >>> in sports, last night the atlanta falcons had won nat a row and poised to lock up home field advantage throughout the playoffs. then the saints came to town. here's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hello and good morning. the saints earned a playoff spot with a gutsy win over the falcons. to atlanta -- things not go the saints' way early in the fourth. drew brees picked off. falcons in control, up 14-10. championship teams figure out a way to get it done. brees capping off a 92-yard drive with a touchdown pass to graham. saints take the lead and go on to win 17-14. >>> basketball -- maverick fans didn't want to see this. dirk nowitzki coming down awkwardly after taking a jumper. he had to leave the game with a knee injury and does not return. kidd behind the back to marion. dallas won 17 of 18 after a 103-93 victory. to orlando. magic and the nets. gilbert arenas throws up a shot from somewhere near disney world. a bounce off the rim, off the shot clock, and unfortunately, it doesn't count, since the ball hit the clock. turkoglu had his best game since re

the nats promise that this is the start of the team's phase two evolution. >> i am assured that they will go get the pieces and i'm kind of the first one to step forward and get it going so i'm excited to be in this situation. i think it is a great situation going forward and we will be a winning ball club and surprise a lot of people. >>> we are excited to have him here. >>> dallas week without some of the luster but not without drama. rumors abound that mike shanahan is thinking about starting rex gross man instead of donovan mcnabb. mcnabb says he feels fine and if he starts the last three games it will mark the 3 times in the last nine years he started. mcnabb has thrown a career high of 15 interceptions and now the rumblings about rex. today mike shanahan asked really is mcnabb the starter? >> i won't go through the starting lineups, i have told you twice that before. talk about it every week, sooner or later you come to the game and you will find out who's starting. >> there have been reports and sources saying that throughout the last part of my couple of years of my career so

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today from santa's helpers -- on hogs. nats motorcycle >>> kids spending the holidays in the hospitalpecial delivery today from santa's helpers. on hogs. dozens of harley riders from san mateo drove to the san mateo meryl center for the annual toy run. santa arrived in an ambulance after they got there filled with toys to put under the christmas tree. the bikers also donated $1000 to the hospital. >>> this holiday season why not give a brand-new blanket. today the bay area sikh community donated about 500 of them to the church. the church will distribute the blankets to the homeless. the sikhs are from india. they want to help the homeless this holiday season. they continue to accept donations. >>> saint anthony's curbside drive got underway tonight. 23rd year the charity has been collecting donations for homeless and low income people. clothing, food and all kinds of household items and grooming aids are needed including toiletries. you can drop them off. hours this weekend are 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. weekday hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. if you're heading about you probably need t

. >> i'm trying to figure out how to crack that nat around incentivizing our municipal buildings to become more energy- efficient. we have not quite got there. i don't know what the answer is. i don't even know -- the bigger question is the purview of this elector resource plan. i and stand at the goal. -- i understand the goal. i don't know about this question and whether that is a conundrum or whether it relates to rates. >> currently the advisory committee has taken a look at this issue and that is why they are recommending this rate structure issue you are talking about. notwithstanding the fact that our general fund customers played a highly subsidized rate, which is very low, as a city and through the power enterprise, we have invested in those facilities. not only do we tell them what they can do to lower their energy bills and to be a more efficient entity, we just do this. we pay for this. at the end of the day, there really is that anything other then our own financial resources keeping us from the general fund facility. >> if there's a way to save the energy, we can save some mo

((rain nats)) a pelting rain the state. all over the bay area, but not the spirit. >> the weather is great right now if you take it for what it is. >> he came to check out the whitecapped waves. >> holiday drivers blasted through wet roadways where and urban small flood watch was in effect for most of the afternoon. the creek stayed within it banks, but about a dozen contractors were out by eight sewage spill earlier the week, watching to make sure there was nothing flowing. >> we are making sure no one hit our pipes. we are trying to keep them up and running. >> the emergency work was done last night. the temporary tight system and the watchdog remain through the weekend, just in case. >> someone has to do it and i am the guy doing it. >> they aren't giving special treatment to neighbors dropping off holiday treats, an attitude that keeps people warm, at least at heart. >> it is giving recognition to how beautiful the area is and being thankful for everything we have. >> another piece of good news, we were out on highway 1

it was up $2.06, or 9%, thanks to a two-year high in nat gas prices, and news last week that billionaire investor carl icahn now has a stake of almost 6% of the stock. jefferies and company today said it would be good if icahn can convince chesapeake to end its recent land-buying spree. a lot of action after the bell, adobe systems reporting its first billion-dollar quarter for sales. adobe earned 56 cents a share in its fourth quarter, 4 cents better than estimates. revenues also came in better than expected, up 33% to $1 billion. adobe shares going into tonight's report at $29.18 a share. but it moved as much as 8% above these levels in after-hours trading. and finally, investors were hungry for shares of darden restaurants, the owner of the red lobster and olive garden chains. susquehana financial raised its price target to $58 a share, up from $49. the stock closed up 54 cents to $50.43 ahead of its quarterly earnings news. then after the bell, darden posted earnings of 54 cents per share, meeting estimates, but the stock fell from these levels on weakness in sales at darden's red lo

. >>> the nats trade left fielder josh willingham to the a's for two minor league prospects and resign pitcher chen ming wong and there has been a grievance filed on behalf of albert haynesworth. the edge is back right after this.

"nats taps" the funeral for 19-year-old lance corporal arden beunagua >>> the soldier killed the day before thanksgiving was laid to rest today. it was held for the 19-year-old this morning. the combat engineer was killed during his first combat deployment fewer than two months after arriving in afghanistan. no word on how he died. >>> another bay area soldier died this week in afghanistan. 26 years old. from piedmont. killed in action thursday. grew up in piedmont with his father and stepmother and went to school there. he was married and had a 2-year- old son. >>> digging in their heels over tax cuts. republicans rejected two proposals to extend them for the middle class. terrell brown on how the clock continues ticking towards a tax hike for everyone. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: senate republicans blocked legislation that would have allowed taxes to rise for americans in upper income brackets. they say now isn't the time to raise anyone's taxes. >> people are struggling. there is a role for the government but this is not a time for our government to raise taxes on

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(nats of shooting) plus..e're learning mo >>> how construction on the new pan could affect your morning commute. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday the of november. >>> the time now is 4:30. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. tracy has the forecast. >> good morning, juliet. the rainfall headed back to the bay area. we'll take a look at your complete seven-day forecast in a few moments. a little more holiday cheer. hereto's elizabeth winger. >> thank you. i missed the beginning of that, holiday cheer. >> juliet has a beautiful red blazer. >> i see. got it. >> we can bring holiday cheer to the traffic department. not a lot going on. no big traffic spots out there, this is a live look near the colosseum. golden gate bridge, you can see the traffic is light. one highlight coming our way. they have not had a lane change yet. closer to 5:00. if you are planning on getting out of town there are chains required for the sierra. much more on the commute and elsewhere. back to you guys. >> thanks very mu

nats also resigning pitcher chen wang for a million bucks. this sunday will be a meeting between the redskins and cowboys and normally we would make a big fuss about that. when the skins are 5-8 and the cowboys 4-9, it doesn't exactly deserve a fuss. still the cowboys probably have a bitter taste in their mouths from the last second loss to the skins in week one. imagine if the redskins only one six games this year and two of them were against dallas. >> it's the kind of team we have with players that we have on this team that's going to fight with our backs against the wall. >> with dallas you throw the records out the window and we're going to fight. we're going to fight. we're going to scrap. we'll have fun. >> good hat. meanwhile because of the snow, today's practice was actually moved indoors to a nearby gym. players had to drive themselves in their personal cars to that gym. mike shanahan says it's time for dan snider to buy and build a bubble. the fans have spoken and we have ourselves a winner for the dchigh school sportsnet game of t

gas utility nicor jumped, thanks to a deal in the works that would create one of the nation's largest nat gas distributors. agl resources is buying nicor for $2.4 billion in cash and stock. the combined companies would have 4.5 million customers in seven states. nicor shares rose $2.03, or 4%, to $48.79 agl stock fell $2.15, or almost 6%, to $34.98 women's apparel retailer talbots checked in with better than expected profits coming into the holiday season. earnings came in two cents ahead of estimates. the earnings per share dropped from a year ago because there are more shares trading compared to last year. the stock dropped 23% on more than ten times its usual volume. has been on a tear this year. it hit over $200 a share at the end of november. the stock, though, was down about 4% after hours on the executive resignation, one to watch tomorrow. that's is tonight's "market focus." and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: the u.s. economy has been growing for more than a year, even though new jobs remain scarce. instead, many companies have been finding ways to do more with less. ton

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. >> good evening, 10 days ago, the nats pulled the page from the redskins playbook making a big offseason splash. signing jayson weather to a seven-year, $126 million contract. he will be 38 when the contract ends and he wants to play into his 40s. werth put on his number 28 jersey today the first time. the beginning of who both parties believe will be a successful seven-year relationship. werth has four years of post season experience with the former team the phillies. his edition is the start of the team's phase 2 evolution. >> i have been assured they're going to do what they can to get the pieces and, you know, i am kind of a first one to step forward and to get it going. i'm excited to be in this situation and i think it's a great situation for me and going forward. we're going to be a winning ball club and surprise a lot of people. >> the bigger the game, the better he's played in his career and he's play-off battle tested and he brings an edge to the ball club. i have seen it and too ma'am times -- many times with the familiaries. >>> not without drama, the rumors abound that mike

today and wondered why he would leave a front runner like the phillies to come to a team like the nats and, again, we remind you, $126 million. the former all star was introduced today to the city where he'll spend the next seven years. and he says he believes in what mike rizzo and the learners are building in dc. >> this situation here in washington is one that is going forward we're going to put something together that i think that the city and the fans will come accustomed to love and come out and see us on a nightly basis. >> finally tonight, wait for this one, michael vick says he wants a dog. the eagles quarterback who has rehabed both his career and his image this season says in an interview that aired tonight that he and his children miss having a dog at home and he thinks having one would be a big step in his rehabilitation. personally i say too soon, a little too soon. your thoughts on michael having a dog? >> i don't know. maybe it would help him. >> i don't know if i would talk about it so publicly. >> i don't know. >> i don't know that i would trust him. >> too soon. >> m

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"nats taps" the funeral for 19-year-old >>> san jose marine killed the day before thanksgiving was laid to rest today. the funeral for 19-year-old lance corporal oswell was helped this morning. the decorated combat engineer was killed during his first combat deemployment less than two months after arriving in afghanistan. no word on how he died. >>> and another bay area soldier died this week in afghanistan. 26-year-old sergeant matt o'body from piedmont was killed in action thursday. he grew up in piedmont with his father and stepmother and went to school there. he was married and had a 2-year- old son. >>> on capitol hill senators dug in their heels over tax cuts. republicans rejected two proposals to extend them for the upper class. . >> reporter: they say now isn't the time to raise anyone taxes. >> people are struggling. there is a role for the government. but this is not the time for our government to raise taxes on anybody. >> reporter: if congress can't compromise taxes will increase for all americans on the 1st. >> it would cost an additional billions of dollars. >> the nays ar

. >> one of america's best known dip nat mats has died. richard holbrooke died unexpectedly last night just days after undergoing surgery to repair tear in his aorta. he was 69 years old. he brokered the dayton peace accords. he was president obama's envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. >> now a developing story in london where wikileaks founder jewel yoon assange is -- julian assange is scheduled to appear in court today in connection with a sex crimes charge. president obama doesn't appear to be worried after a judge's ruling on a key part of the health care reform law. mr. obama said other judges have found it to be constitutional. >> he had a reason to celebrate yesterday. the compromise with republicans passed a preliminary senate vote. now it faces another testud. -- another test. >> president obama yesterday announced that he does have the 60 votes needed to pass the bill. now this will be the most bipartisan vote since obama took waufs the senate voting to extend bush era tax cuts. president obama agreed to support a tax benefit rate

the nats resigned wong for a million bucks. >>> that is a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haver,. >>> next when the news continues, you might want to give yourself a little extra time this morning. >>> the snow trucks and plows have been working overnight to clear the roads. there are still some slick patches. >>> first a quick check of traffic. >> reporter: over on the beltway a crash just past georgia avenue. two left lanes blocked. as you can see, that is making things congested and a bit slow. we'll have more traffic coming your way. 9news now will be back after these messages. ♪ leftover desserts, boardroom, now. and hurry before the interns get here. thanks but i already have some yummy black forest cake. black forest cake? ♪ so? [ female announcer ] need a guilt free treat? try yoplait light. and i've lost weight. [ female announcer ] with 30 delicious flavors like black forest cake all around 100 calories each. yoplait. it is so good. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe d

. >> i was holding out hoping he would come to the nats. >> spring training in late february.this december morning. good morning. temperatures around the region near 20 degrees. we have snow showers continuing to advance out of the mountains, this far south. you see the patch ofblue on the radar. that is some snow in southern frederick county. it is advancing to the south and will continue to pass through the region from time to time throughout the day. it inear 20 degrees now. and the windchills are just single digits. gusting to 35, 40 miles per hour. that's the story the rest of the day. maybe a passing snow shower. overnight passingnow showers. slick spots. watch out for that. highs tomorrow near freezing. teens tomorrow morning. cloudy and cold thursday. friday, cold. highs mid and per 30s. and we could get some snow saturday afternoon, sunday. it's possible. this could change, though. this is e extended outlook. how is traffic? >>> a live look around the area. northern virginia, 66, traffic appears to be moving along very, very nicely. no concerns there. back into the di

>> we'll let nat do the honors.y, baby. >> yay, happy birthday. >> i love nat king cole. >> i do, too. >> just great. do you know who else i like? >> maybe chuck can sing happy birthday to susan. >> my wife's birthday today. could you sing happy birthday today? you're wearing the purple tie. >> we've got to worry about the quarter hour ratings. we don't want to be chasing folks away. not fair. not fair. >> okay. you can at least say happy birthday. >> happy birthday. susan, i don't know how you do it. >> suzanne doesn't know how she does it either. >> she clearly is a saint. >> clearly is a saint. in this case you're exactly right. >> has to be. there's no other explanation. >> none at all. none at all. let's talk about, we've got this tax cut agreement out there. let's also talk about the polls. what was your big take-away from the big nbc news/"wall street journal" poll? >> if you look at it and look at this poll from 30,000 feet and from six months from now, it's sort of how the president is still sort of a littl

the nats introduce their new $126 million man and caps go national but the losing continues.6.7 the fan. >> tia, stevie. >> you're familiar with the 12 days of christmas, of course, right? >> correct. >> well, we are the 13 days of losing when it comes to the d.c. sports team. >> a lot of losing. >> here is the dirty details. caps, wizards and skins have how lost a combined 15 straight games. the only benefit is the wizards tonight play the only team that is worse than them in the nba. maybe we it turn it around tonight. >> that certainly doesn't guarantee a wayne because they are playing another bottom feeder doesn't mean the wizards will get off. >> they went out to sacramento and got killed. the cap got a point last night if you want to look positive. >> we're reaching now. >> we are reaching now. >> let's tuck a little football first of all. the big story coming out with donovan mcnabb. the question had been would they pull him during a game. now the question is will they pull him before the game even starts? >> where this is coming from. what planet is mike shanahan on?

this is a subject which i'm passion nat as well. i like to think of myself as a radical centrist. so you can make a case for no labels. yesterday, every senate republican signed a letter announcing their intention to blocany legislative action that wasn't related to tax cuts or government spend during their lame duck session. republicans are throwing down the gauntlet. no votes on don't ask, don't tell. nothing on unemployment insurance extensions or any other democratic issues. what is the rational centrist response? >> that's exactly why we need a movement to represent the millions of americans who look at this kind of behavior and say, who's representing our voice? this hyperpartisanship reflects just a tiny percentage of people who are in washington. but it doesn't represent america. and as i go around the country, doing these no labels meetings, people are crying out for progress, for -- they just want people in washington to be civil, to meet together, to -- they don't have to give up their principles but they need to recognize people want us to move forward, to make progres