today, randy whitman talked about the continued emergence of john wall. >> he's taking steps each year of the five years now that he's been here. and trying to become better player, a better person a better leader. all of those things john continually strives to do so you like to see guys like that bewildered. >> the head coach randy whitman. the nfl players have a lot of attention on social media. aaron rodgers has a slight calf muscle tear. we'll play against the cowboys in green bay this weekend. game time temperature there expected to be in the low teens. meanwhile, at the ravens practice today indoors, they prepared for their divisional matchup with the new england patriots. you'd better believe it will be bitterly cold in fox burrough as well. 18 degrees at kickoff. but the raven players don't seem worried. >> it's going to be cold and, you know, only thing, we got to focus on playing ball. and, you know no matter what the element is if it's rain snow, whatever it is. >> i don't like playing in the cold. i prefer not to play in the rain. prefer not to play in the freezing cold. b

randy whitman challenged his club defensively and the wiz kids forced 18 turnovers. his 20th double-double of the year which is the best of the nba and the wizards snapped the three-game skid. there you have it. >> hall of fame! >> keep practicing. you'll get it. >> that's it. that's all i have. >> we don't want to keep hearing about snow but i guess we have to hear about cold now. >> yeah it's cold and icy patches tonight. take a look. early tomorrow morning, we'll be in range of about 14 to 20 degrees. so it's going to be very cold. warming upper 20's. strong gusty winds tomorrow. maybe afternoon flurry. tonight 11:00, latest updates of how cold we'll get tonight and we'll see if there are any winter storms in our future. >> oh! "world news tonight" is next. have a good night. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." and breaking now. nearly 30 states below freezing. interstates, highways covered in accidents. also the reports coming in at this hour. the major american city where they just felt the ground shake. ginger zee is right here. >>> also breaking, is this a ke

he wasn't >>> randy whitman reverted back to old school randy last night. you know, the randy that's not afraid to rip into his basketball team. and he had reason to be upset. he had just watched his team mail one in against the nets. now once reporters left the locker room, i'm sure he ripped into them even worse. now, i wonder if they got the message, bruce? let's get to it. nets and wizards. john wall, not a lot of energy last night. he got the energy going. this is classic john wall. to the cup and then the dish. wall goes out of the screen. he had seven dimes. the nets were up by one at halftime. then they went up by seven after the plumly flush. it looked like another upset. but then real grown-man basketball. i amman, hear me -- i am man, hear me roar. he's the reason they won. wizards 99-90. >> that's what we needed to play all the time. i think last night we came out underestimated that team and they beat us pretty badly. i think we did a better job of being focused today, locked in on certain players. >> indeed they did. the maryland terrapins are

. >> wizards coach randy whitman great to cover, the body rang wage, the scowl. watch a game. you'll see animated randy, happy randy, randy the mentor, been a while since we've seen exasperated randy, though, but you're about to see him, ladies and gentlemen. side bar tonight, wizards nets paul pierce, kevin garnett teammates so many years on opposite side tonight. paul pierce piercing the sky with pinpoint accuracy. that was about the end of it, though, for the wizards. brooke lopez is like 7' 13. that makes him like 8' 1. wizards lose 102-80 to the lowly nets and randy wittman, ready, aim, fire. >> we had no focus, no energy, no urgency, lack of respect for your opponent and the game and that's what happens. and lesson learned hopefully. >> beside that it was good. >>> call it an acid test on ice, caps trending upward but facing a major test at the grand ole opry, nashville playing the best hockey in the league, caps playing the best hockey in the last 10 games, barry trotz making his return to the team he put on the map. folks in nashville giving barry trotz a standing ovati

randy whitman says they need to get off to a fast start. >> it's going to be important for us.e'll have to, you know -- it's going to be a high energy, high effort game tonight. they are playing good again obviously, five in a row, and we're a game behind them. so just the importance of, you know, evening this thing up, both from a record standpoint and season series. >> reporter: hopefully they can get back on the winning track here today. that's all going to depend partially on john wall and whether he plays. dave? >> diane, before i let you go, i was going to ask you a quick question. i know you're having a hard time hearing me. wall, if he doesn't play tonight, i want to get your sense, do they have a chance? i guess anything is possible on any given night in the nba, huh? >> reporter: yeah, anything is possible. i mean, we asked coach whitman, you know, what is his gut feeling about john wall, and he said, you know, i don't know. he goes, it's really a game time decision. he said chance for the other guys to step up. now, if john wall does play, you got to wonder, is it th

another quality win for randy whitman's group. >> any time you can beat this team -- they did win the championship last year. and they got five or six of them? like i told pop before the game i think he's got a wing at the white house now. he's been at the white house so many daggone times. i hope you have a room over there now. >> all right. college basketball now. virginia they came in a perfect 15-0 ranked second in the country hosting clemson tonight. early in first, cats up by one. gets to the rack gets the contact and one. 16 points for brockton tonight. under a minute to play before half time. virginia up with three points. this is justin anderson the former montrose christian product with the long three. shooting over 60% from three-point range this season. he's not just a shooter, though. big time slam for anderson. he had 15 points. virginia state is perfect. they beat clemson 65-42. let's move over to georgetown on the road. big east battle taking on depaul depaul. second half action. aaron bowen, the senior nice move. the spin. beautiful finish. take another look. under co

head coach randy whitman hopes the effort is repeated tonight in chicago. >> we have to understand that's our best and really only way to play, how we're made up. we do that, it's really nice to watch. >> that's how we have to play. it was a two three-point game. we got stop after stop. it was our defense. we have to down the stretch hold opponents down. >>> caps kicking off the second half of their season tonight in a rivalry matchup, against the philadelphia flyers. the caps are one of the nhl's hottest teams, winning 6 of the last 8 with the most recent loss to philadelphia in overtime last week. all the teams are hot right now. >> you were at the game last night. >> it was a great game. the crowd was on their feet for the whole last few minutes. >> you, too. >> yeah. yeah. >> that's why you're so tired. >> hadn't seen a >>> on our broadcast tonight, plot to attack the u.s. capitol inspired by isis, foiled by the feds in an undercover operation. >>> chilling new images from inside the hostage siege in paris as al qaeda says it was behind the massacre at that magazine that hit newsstand

randy whitman says if they're going to have any chance tonight, they'll have to forget about tuesday's loss and move on. >> have to put that one behind us and those things happen. we got to understand why they happen. and then move on from it. >> we go as they go. i'm going to keep saying it all year. when they play well unless there are other guys we fill in and we play off them. makes our life easy. >> nice frames, paul pierce. all right. yes. the ravens are gearing up for a wild card matchup with the steelers tomorrow. and they won't have to deal with pittsburgh running back lavian bell eechl be out this saturday due to a hyperextended knee and that's a big break. joe flacco has a little momentum heading into saturday after throwing 312 yards and two touchdowns against the browns let's talk weather. it will be cold and rainy. basically, miserable. so who gets the advantage? >> some days you feel like it's an advantage to the defense because maybe they can't throw it quite as well. other times, you think it's an advantage to the offense because they know where they're cutting and bre

then randy whitman, not liking life on the road. the wiz with a season long three-game losing streak. but the silver lining they're not losing to bottom feeders. the mavs and spurs, two of the top in the west, and the thunder back to winning ways with kevin durant returning to the lineup. wizards finish up against the pelicans tip-off at 8:00. check it out on comcast sports net. so while the wizards are trying to climb back up the mountain our local college teams are kings of the mountain in college hoops. check this out. the virginia cavaliers stayed at number three after a two-win week including double overtime scare at miami. the cavs next game at home against nc state on wednesday. as for the terps, their climb continued, now ranked as the 11-best team in the country. maryland also 2-0 this past week a double o.t. win at michigan state, and a home win over minnesota. up next for the terps, a wednesday tilt at illinois. so virginia checks in at 3. maryland 11. but also some other locals in the top 25. the west virginia mountainee

this is what randy whitman said after the game. >> i don't believe in chocking one up. you got to come out each and every night. you got a desperate team, seven- game losing streak. we're coming off an impressive win. but in order for us to take the next step, these are the games we got to win. >> that was paul pierce, but you get the point. they were not very happy with the way they played. >> words from a hall of famer. >> the guy knows what he's talking about, right? you got to show up and play every night. >> got to ask you about the terps. could they win the big 10? who is in their way? >> well, wisconsin is the team to beat in the big 10. but like the guys said on our show previous on game on, you would have to think they might be the second best team in the big 10. that's not something people would say going into the season. here's the thing. let's pump the brakes on this. the big 10 has those type of teams. indiana. minnesota. penn state. they are not whirl beaters, but they are tough to beat on the road on those tuesday and wednesday nights when their fans get