good nor randy whitman for doing that. -- for randy whitman for doing that.ts through. >> there was no structure to behind with. it's not like flip saunders this bed checks and et cetera. randy whitman i don't think will do a lot more. we've seen him doing things like this before, but it's not going to change anything. >> the only good thing we want to see are ws coming out of them. back to you guys in the studio. >>> thanks. coming up the potential solution to identifying and prosecuting people who falsely claim to have received medals of honors. >>> plus details of a controversial court victory for the tobacco industry. >>> up next is happy birthday for one area leap year baby, oh. >>> say hello to the first baby born on this leap day at shady grove adventist hospital. yes, this is little juan lucas fuentes born this morning at five minutes past 7:00. juan's mother says her newborn pretty much insisted he was coming on leap day. >> technically he was actually a week overdue. so he was supposed to be the 23rd and then we did have it scheduled for an induceme

eddie tap scott, flip sanders and now randy whitman all baffled by a young team seemingly incapable ofhing games on a consistent basis. last night against the bucks, another one that got away. randy whitman and the wizards were looking to start the second half of the season strong, didn't happen. there was some good, some bad and some ugly from jamal mcgee, the longest reach in the nba. check this out. isn't that ridiculous? the old hook slam. you don't see that very often. jenning the go-to guy for the bucks. the buck goes up by one. wizards still have a bit of time. 2.2 seconds left. get it to the wylie veteran sman and he walks. wizards lose 119-118. needless to say, head coach randy whitman none too pleased. >> i'm done with young guys they don't want to play the right way. young guys respect gonna play. does us no good, not learning anything when they play the way they want to play. doesn't do us any good. >> he is not just blowing smoke. nick young andoff veil mcgee benched. they will not be starting tonight's game with the magic. >>> terps down in chapel hill ready to upset sixt

and randy whitman as you can imagine, not happy. >> until our team is committed to playing winning basketball, we're going to be like this. there wasn't anything in that second half that was done to win the game. >> and the capitals are back home after yet another dismal road trip. they lost their third straight last night against ottawa. they have fallen to third in the southeast division. good news is caps play the next seven out of their nine games at home. they are still optimistic that they can gain some ground. >> and there is still an opportunity for us there. and osu, they are playing a little better than decent hockey. we have a chance to play below average. >> it's a good thing, you know, we are right here. we're right in the battle. we just need to win some games. >>> okay, recently tweeted pictures of the redskins, landry, streaming a lot of buzz. he's looking quite large. i thought it was fake when i first saw it too, but these are pictures that he took himself and sent out over twitter. yeah, those are, i think that those are real. those are real. interesting. >>> a big day for

. >>> interim coach randy whitman, wizards against clippers. dishing to mcgee, he doesn't have to jump to dunk that thing. former wizard randy foy, remember this guy? he was here a minute. i know you remember blake griffin, slam dunk champion, that is why we are tied at 31 early in the game on the west coast. >>> over to american university the eagles trying to keep the perfect home record intact. au had no problem doing that against navy because the mids haven't won a road game since january of last year. check out the sign. can we pens win? it was got them on tv at least. 13 points, 12 rebounds, eagles best player, navy turns it over, comes up with it, the outlet pass to charles hinkle hiting the jumper, then getting it done in other ways. beyond the arc. has been au's best player, scored 16 of the game high 18 in the first half, american wins big, 69-47. 10-0 at the arena. >> home sweet home. >> too bad the student body doesn't appreciate how much they play at home. okay, people, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use

the wizards allow one basket and win, 111-108, the third victory in eight games over randy whitman. >> there is no time when the team goes in overtime and wins. we blew a 20-point lead and we're going into overtime now and they didn't do that and that is a learning process of sticking it out. >>> and showing off the lombardi trophy. thousands of fans lined for the giants super bowl parade and later, the players were given the honorary keys to the city. >>> and meeting with peyton manning about his future with the team and manning is due a $28 million bonus by march 8th. tonight, maryland's on the road in clemson and that is your sports. i'm dave feldman. back to you. >> and thank you, over to she sue. look at the snow coming our way? >> i showed that on you on the five-day forecast, nothing to worry about tonight and we'll see the rain changing over to snow late morning tomorrow and beginning from west and moving to the east and into that district even. we'll see the snow and watching the roads north and west and they pretreating. the temperature will continue to drop. brian. >> now y

♪ >>> ever since taking over as wizards head coach we've learned randy whitman is not one to sugarcoatfullast night's game against the bucks -- sugarcoat. during last night's game against the bucks whitman sent his team a message. after they gave up 67 points in the 1st half nick young, trevor booker and javale mcgee were benched to start the 2nd half. this has been an ongoing issue with the wizards whitman is trying to fix. earl the pearl monroe stopped by our studios today and we asked him to weigh in. >> when you hear a bunch of young guys, they don't have the same outlook in terms of how the game is played and whatnot. so when the game isn't going their way, then they go their own way and this is the thing they have to be able to come together. >>> the capitals down 2-0 most of the game and mounted their own comeback, three goals in the final five minutes of the game including the game winner in overtime by alex ovechkin, nice, a big win that put them back in the playoff race. >>> the nationals price harper is known for his -- bryce marijuanaer is known for his unfiltered use -- bryce

randy whitman not very happy after this game. >> we have guys going in for a layup and does a reverse and misses the whole thing. until we're committed to making winning basketball plays threw the whole game -- through the whole game, it's going to look like that. >> the nationals have two more days to get a contract with zimmer march on they'll have to -- zimmerman or they'll have to wait for the next season. he doesn't want this to be a distraction for him or his team. maryland football coach randy etzel has filed a grievance claiming the former terps offensive coach reached out to danny o'brien and max garcia before they decided to transfer. along with that, though, they told both players today he is lifting the stipulations originally placed on their transfers that restricted them from playing at vanderbilt along with 16 other schools. in a statement released by the schools today, he said while at first i thought it was important to limit the institution to which they can transfer, i have reconsidered by decision. i wish them well in their futures. as a program, we're looking forw

randy whitman's career hosting the kings. jordan crawford going coast to coast, tunnel vision here.nd it worked out. gets the bucket and the foul. he had 19 in the first half. the wizards had 68 in first half. that's a season high. third quarter, watch mcgee. the ball is coming down. clearly a goaltend. another terrible decision by the supremely talented mcgee. meanwhile, john wall making some very smart plays. hits the floater to put the wiz up by 6. he had 21, 11 assists and 9 rebounds, almost a triple-double. crawford, got it. he had a season high 32. wizards take a one-point lead, but after that hoop the kings go on a 12-2 run to pull away. of course they do. led by isaiah thomas. not that isaiah thomas. the wizards have now lost four in a row. what about linsanity, you ask? jeremy lin and the knicks hosting atlanta. he wants to pass here. looking for somebody. but shoots it instead. that works out. tied the game early. second quarter, lin showing off passing skills. nice drop-off to carmelo anthony. melo had 15, lin had 9 assists. lin getting by his defender. he loves that floa

afterwards, coach randy whitman, yikes. >> i think once that game started and they saw how hard theye at us, it was a holy smoke type of thing. i don't know. i'm searching, too. >> he's searching. also vasquin back. brooks liked doing a little work in the mixing back. hendrix makes it pay off. they had two penalty shots. simmons says i'm going to drive this through the goalie and caps win 3-0. maryland basketball fans, here's the good news. the terps don't have any bad losses. here's the bad. they don't have any signature wins. with 13-8 with march madness on the horizon, they needed one today bad. that's mark turgeon in the middle. they coached together at kansas. terrell, one man wrecking crew. bruce, you call him a young iverson. alex lynn telling north carolina, take that weak kool- aid and get it out of here. howard at the other end drops the triple. maryland up by 3 at the half. second half, harrison barnes and north carolina coming back. they jump to a 9-2 run. north carolina wins 83-74. >>> 11:00 a.m. this morning georgetown playing south florida. i don't think the bulls got

. >> wizards wrapping up their road trip out westin phoenix, randy whitman and gang looking to end ae skid looking it up third quarter, back to trevor booker slamming it down but the suns go on a 31-6 runs in the third quarter and beat the wizards 104-88. >> as the nationals pitchers and catchers get in their first spring practice and as media flock to space coast stadium, it's hard to ignore the aura surrounding the team, but with the return of healthy jordan zimmerman and steven strossberg saying his arm feels better than it ever has it's hard not to be excited and add in gonzalez and jackson, the nationals have a pretty solid pitching rotation. now some position players reported already and even though they aren't due until this weekend, anxious to get in that extra work and we'll get our first glimpse when they play georgetown university on march 2nd. >> over the past year, university of maryland athletic director kevin anderson has been trying without much progress to reestablish games between the terms and georgetown's mens basketball teams basically saying if the men don't pla

randy whitman beside him.benches mcgee the rest of the second half. 11 seconds to go in the game. wizards down by one. john wall hits the runner and now the wizards up by one. there's six seconds to go. brandon jennings, the talented point guard, misses the shot for milwaukee here, but they're there. the bucks go up by one. last chance for the wizards. the aforementioned roger mason, jr. oh, no. he traveled. that's what he did. he kind of lost his balance there and traveled. that's it. wizards lose 119-118. >>> before we go i have to say congratulations to my little brother and lovely wife jamie. broth[ male announcer ] jamie. this was how my day began. got my bearings. ♪ a little bird told me about a band. ♪ an old man shared some fish stories. ♪ ooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but i still got to see her. we talked for hours. ♪ everyone else buzzed about the band. music, stories, adventures, memories. ♪ ...all at my fingertips. ♪ there's a wireless mind inside all of us. ♪ so, where to next? ♪ >>> a movemen

. >> randy whitman the wizards are listening. making it look easy. 22 last night. third quarter, detroit pistons, down one. that would be john wall. wall had nine points last night. the wizards rout. second half of the game all about the three. a pass to stark, kicks it out to weddington. the freshman lead the team. in the end georgetown shot 61% in the second half to beat st. john's by ten. at the comcast center cancer survivors get some recognition. miami, hawkins gets two of her 18 points in the night. the hurricanes rally to hold off the terrapins 76-74. have a great monday. >>> there is a deadline today if you want to cast a ballot in the local two for two primary. >>> looking at president obama's budget numbers. a quick check of traffic now. monika? >> coming up in my next report, another look into maryland at 5:29. you are watching 9news now. we'll be right back. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got tha

randy whitman and gang ending to -- looking to end a two-game skid. slamming it down. they would eventually take a one-point lead but the suns go on a 31-6 run to end the third quarter as they crush the wizards 104-88. >>> of course this time of year with spring training opening, everyone is optimistic about their own team, but rt return of a healthy jordan zimmerman and steven strawsberg saying his -- straussburg saying his arm feels better than it ever has, it's normal to be optimistic. position players report next weekend. that's going to do it for your morning sports. have a great day. >>> americans are feeling a little bit better about our economy. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> plus, we'll have more on the investigation into a deadly crash that could have been much worse since the car struck a restaurant. here's monika. >>> if you're planning to head into northeast, here's new york avenue at 9th street no problems here or on the bw parkway route 50 heading through sheverly trying to get into the district. more on area roadways coming up at 5:29. you're watchin

randy whitman not very happy with his guys after this game. >> we got guys going in for a layup and does a reverse 360 and misses the whole thing. until we're committed to making winning basketball plays for the whole game, it's going to look like that. >> the nationals have just two more days to negotiate a contract extension with ryan zimmerman or else talks will have to wait till the next off- season. he has two years left on his current contract but doesn't want this to be a distraction for him or his team during spring training. remember, position players report on saturday. that's a quick look at sports. have a great thursday, everybody. >>> here's today's highlight for you. it's really high. watch. this is last fight first quarter, nuggets-clippers game. chris paul passes it to randy foy above the box. goes way up. clippers did win the game. just amazing. >> and they didn't break the glass on the boards. >>> 5:25, new rules being announce dad could better protect your privacy while using mobile phones and the internet. >>> we get a progress report from the national cathedral six m

. >>> randy whitman and gang looking to end a two-game skid. wiz down 4. john wall back to trevor booker slamming it down. they would eventually take a one-point lead but the suns go on a 31-6 run to end the 3rd quarter as they crush the wizards 104-88. >>> of course this time of year with spring training opening, everyone is optimistic about their own team but with the return after healthy jordan zimmerman and steven straussburg saying his arm feels better than it ever has, it's kind of hard not to be excited about the nationals. they have a pretty solid pitching rotation. of course position players report next weekend. that's going to do it for your morning sports. have a great day. >>> 6:25 now. still ahead, why some new federal workers will be paying more for social security than people who work for uncle sam for a while. >>> we'll make a run for the boarder. wait until you hear about the new menu item coming to taco bell. >>> monika has a quick check of the traffic drive-thru style. >>> good morning. 395 in chirlington, initial -- shirlington, initial

head coach randy whitman gets the rare blowout victory and is seeing some progress. >> you know, justif maybe we could spread the floor a little more we could get john more room to operate. he makes some big shots which did allow john to get going himself to end up with the game de. i think we're finding guys well playing together understanding where they're at. the extra passes, you know, and that was big. then nick got hot. it seemed like everybody, you know, punched in something for us. >> the redskins had a rough year. the wizards were struggling. the capitals. >> what is the good news? >> the good news is we have a baseball team that could finally be competitive. >> that is good news. >> looking forward to that. >> in indianapolis they were saying how this could be a good year. >> this is going to be the best year i think most people expect in the franchise history for the nationals. the spring training just a couple weeks away now believe it or not. it's getting close. the nationals expect to have one of the most complete pitching staffs in baseball. starters and relievers inclu

they are 5-8 under randy whitman. the phillies are not thrilled about what the nats are doing.e pack the park. initiative goes something like this. starting last friday, if you wanted to buy sickle game tickets for the phillies series in washington in early may, you had to use a credit card linked to the address in either the district, moreland arrest vince. if you livedout side the dmv, you had to wait until march 8th when anybody could buy sickle game tickets. the question is is what the nats are doing legal? goos that i presale that you see typically with a left teams. maybe not in this setting geographically but we saw someone on fox up in philadelphia, they had a legal analyst went on and they said what they're doing is actually legal. it is not about the phillies fans. it is about our fans coming together to support a great team. >>> more on the jeremy lin show that played once again to rave reviews at madison square garden. we will careful deeper. i know you can't get enough jeremy lin. >> it is exciting to watch. >> every time the guy played the garden, when he played i

here is what head coach randy whitman had to say about an overtime victory against toronto. >> we just got to stay -- understand why we played that -- the way we did last night. it just didn't happen. it just wasn't one of those magical nights were all of a sudden we made it happen and john started it with his energy lev levelize told you last night, you almost had to jump on that boat our get behind. >> talk about one of the fastest players in the nba. i know you love this guy. >> you know what i think you have to love him, you have to watch the way he plays and how fast he runs. he might not give the greatest of effort at times but when he does, i think he is one of the better ones. i think with john, you have to say the p-word, potential. he is getting better. there is no doubt about it. any time you're a top ten assist in this league, i think you are seeing what the growth can be. the thing about john wall, this is only his second year so he is basically a college junior. it takes four or five years for guys like him to really get going, especially at a position like point guard. >

head coach randy whitman says it was young players making simple mistakes that cost them the game.hed javail mcgee for the second half and leading scorer nick young only played five minutes after the first half because whitman says he was not playing defense. >>> well, a wildlife tour in alaska quickly went from serene to very, very, very scary when a grizzly bear charged tourists. >> a grizzly bear. the group was in the middle of a four-hour sightseeing tire at the national park when the bear came out of the woods. oh, my goodness. this video taken in august, 2010, was just posted on youtube. the group stood still as the nearly eight-foot-tale grizzly circled their camp. at one point he even sniffed the head of one of the tourist while he sat in his chair. >> he antibiotics there and there's the guy with the hood. >> she's looking like, am i going survive this? the bear eventually lost special and headed back to the woods. >> they were wise not to follow him to see what a bear does in the woods. but -- that would not be a smart thing. >> yeah, how scary is that? the fact that the