if it turns out randy whitman did coach his final game, at least his team went out with a victory. numerous reports say the organization will move on from whitman after this season. wizards with the hawks tonight two. jared dudley coming up with the steal here. you see ramon sessions. he had 22 points tonight in the victory. great move there and finish by the rookie. under a minute to go now. sessions feeds underneath. he scored 19 points tonight. wizards go on to win this one 109-98. they win this season with a 500 record. here's head coach randy whitman. >> i'm going to come to work until they tell me i can't. i love the shot. i'm proud of what we've done hee here. i took over four and a half years ago and this was a side show. we slowly changed the culture of this team. i'm proud of the work i've done here. i'll be here first thing in the morning, so if you want to come by, i'll be here. >> d.c. may be saying whitman, los angeles definitely saying goodbye to kobe bryant. his 20-year career comes to an end. the black mamba not shying away tonight. currently he has 15 points in the

randy whitman. >> yes, randy whitman fired, the coaching search continues right now for the general managerave f >>> president obama is making three commencement speeches during his final year in office. he'll be speaking at howard university's graduation may 7. the school calls it an extraordinary honor and privilege. then he'll address graduates at rutgers i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. narrator: an attack ad from the campaign for donna edwards. so untrue. so outrageous that president obama said, "pull it down." the obama white house called the ad on chris van hollen and the nra "misleading." the sun says van hollen and president obama have the exact same position. the post praised van hollen as a "leading champion on gun safety," and condemned the edwards ads that "mislead" voters. donna edwards. will she say anything to win an election? [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- hugh laurie, senator ted cruz, m

. >> it was official that randy whitman was out as coach of the washington wizards, name of the possible replacement begin to swirl and the wizards honed in on one guy and they got him. scott brooks will take over the helm in dc and ernie grun feld met with him and made an offer. his deal is five years worth 35 million-dollars and his hiring will bring kevin durant. brooks coached him for 17 seasons. >>> josh redskins park. his first visit since carolina rescinded his franchise tag. it could be close to five years and 14 million. >>> nats wrapped it up in florida. bryce harper homers in the first inning. six home runs in the last 8 games and major league run batted in and that was in the nats offense. and marlins win today 5-1. the nats return home starting tomorrow night opening up a three game weekend series yoainst minnesota. u can see friday's night game on wusa9, first pitch is 7:05. >>> nascar comes to richmond and so does tony stewart, i know adam is excited. this is stewart's final season and he had to delay as he recovered from a back injury. stewart has missed the first 8 races

there will be personnel changes in the off season but will that include head coach randy whitman? he was publiclasy chtised this season by some players for some of his coaching decision and reports out today claim some players don't return. >>> today is being dubbed as mamba day. that's because it's the time game for nba icon kobe bryant. in 20 seasons all with the los angeles lakers bryant won 5 nba titles played in over 1500 games and was an 18-time all star. the lakers host the utah jazz tonight at the staples center. >>> a familiar name will once again be playing basketball in d.c. george muresan the son of former washington bullet george muresan will join the georgetown hoyas as a walk john. father muresan stands 7'7" and is the tallest nba player ever. his son is 6'9" and a standout at a school in maryland. >>> the burgundy and gold signed cornerback greg toler to a one-year deal. he is an eight-year veteran who spent the last three seasons with indianapolis. he is a washington, d.c. native to who played at northwestern high. he was the first player the former st. paul's col

this will likely mark -- verizon center and will likely mark the end of randy whitman's career for washington. tough spot for the players. but they want to deliver one more win. >> coach is a professional. for him he wants everyone to play tonight and try to get a win. not only for himself or the team but the city. if you can't make the playoffs hey we play the right way and we got to .500. spoiled a team's season. >> the nats scheduled starter stephen strasburg scratched because of illness. nats face the braves tonight at nats park 7:05 leon: hope they stay perfect. braves still with zero wins. leave it that way. maureen: nice night to be at the park. doug: it will get colder overnight. by the morning a frost advisory in effect north and west of the metro from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the morning. steve rudin tonight will be keeping an update on the frost advisory to see if the counties change. plus he will concentrate on the national cherry blossom parade outlook weather. we can give you a look at the next seven days. plenty of sunshine tomorrow and friday. the highs continue below average

six randy whitman coached his final game with the wizards and now he's out of a job.hey failed to make the playoffs and many had them as the to your four feed in the east. instead they finished with a 40 and 41 record. this afternoon whitman release a statement, one of migratest disappointments is that we were not able to bring a championship to the great city of washington d.c. through it all we built a strong foundation and this team is headed for great things. a very skins, week one, home opener, monday night football, the upon sunday they host the cowboys, october 2 rg3 and the browns. october 30, the been gallons in lenly stadium in london. that is a 9:30 start our time in the morning. that's crazy. >> sunday night at home against the packers, thanksgiving in dallas, december 19 it's the home monday night game against the panthers and then the season finale new year's day against the giants. i think the london games are crazy. >> i agree with you, because the nfl seems to insist that there's some legitimate possibility this they're going to put a team there and w

in dunk and wizards win 109 to 98 finished season 41 and 41 now we wait to fate of head coach randy whitman and bradley beihl want them around and many expect him to be fired. baseball tonight nats and braves bottom fourth scoreless until steven drew cavrpingz one into the sneets right field and first hopper of the season 1-0 nats and then danielle murphy, his turn to join the home run cl it extends the lead to 3-1. scoreless upping to get the victory and they post first shutout of the season. and home run over the braves and series tomorrow at 4 p.m. and don't want a game this season. and chris davis a hit and run on rips twoun deep field off the wall and brock holt fwim whening run and bradley junior into third orioles get first loss of season 4-2. heck of start for o's. meantime football news red skins signed craig toler. he played high school ball at northwestern in hyattsville and colts and buy the way everybody is talking about the schedule who do we play, we'll find out tomorrow night 8 p.m. and we'll give you highlight tomorrow night it will be interesting to see the timing of every

. >> randy whitman coached the wizards to two cost him his job, fired and the wizards will look for a new head coach. >>> we want someone that will divide the system to suit the talents of the players and someone that is a coach on both sides of the ball, not only in the defensive side and the offensive side but could blend the two together. >>> are you ready for some football. guess what is released earlier. the redskins schedule opener tonight. how about the return of r giii, in cleveland in week four and go across the pond to face the bengals in london. thanksgiving day temperature. time to make your plans. >> november is a great time to spend in london. >> i think he is willin great price on this boneless chicken! yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 9

randy whitman and the wiz were eliminated from the playoffs. still trying to end strong against the hortons earlier today. first quarter wiz up. gore at that time pass to sessions. takes it up the middle for the bucket. his second double-double in three games. move ahead fourth quarter, wiz starting to pull away. sessions to gore at that time. he had to throw down the polish that time. wiz win 113-98. hurting charlotte's chances for home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. . the nationals get between the white lines postponed yesterday. pick up where they left off this afternoon. not all of it good early on. almost thinking about maybe starting to worry about what will seemed to be a likely trend that they were getting men on base but not scoring a lot of runs. then the seventh inning happened and i forgot about that thought. matt looking like he's playing in alaska. a crisp 43 degrees today. bryce harper bundled up but his bat was staying hot. harper smacks the ball deeptom left center. it bounced off and ran doan coming in fro

rumors swirling that randy whitman will be fired after the year. wiz in brooklyn tonight. 0.06 to go here. that was kelly abreu jr. with the buzz beater. wizards up one at halftime. third quarter now. it's the nets. they're up ramon session finds junior. the rookie showing promise. knotted up at 93. a few plays later, sessions. he has played well the last few games. 21 points, 12 assists for ramon sessions. the wizards take it 120-111. >>> over in college basketball, maryland announcing today that melo trimble will enter his name in the nba draft. but the point guard will not hire an agent, giving him until may 25th to decide if he wants to return to college park. also, diamond stow making it official. he will enter the nba draft and he has hired an agent, ending his career at aryland.m what's the most awarded car company of the year? ranking from top to bottom. better be some awards behind what you are paying for, right. the final answer. chevy. the most awarded car company two years in a row. wow, it's like a luxury car. i was shocked. i mean it'

joining us, we continue to follow a developing story and the ousting of washington wizards coach randy whitman. his departure has not yet been confirmed, but we're working tobly you tto bring you the latest. >>> and take a look at the temperatures. a lot of you walking up in the 40s, but chuck says it will be a great day to head to the nationals game this afternoon. closer look at the next 23 hours first-degree murder charges accused of killing and dismembering a woman he was dating. john charlton l. remain in jail as police try to figure out exactly how she died. friends and family gather order tuesday to remember the nurse and mother of three. lynn was reported missing on saturday and later take day some of her remains were found in a recycling bin. police say the couple met online and had been dating for about a month. >>> it's no secret the d.c. fire department has an issue when it comes to staffing ambulances. even with the new private ambulances, it takes still 30 minutes, it can, for an ambulance to take you to the hospital. in the first gfew week of this private service, we learned tha

veteran wall says he was us is spended rest of the year after cursing out head coach randy whitman andaid it was a sore knee that kept him out of action and swelling knee and that alone. >> it was no single cuss out of anybody. it was going back and forth in practice and i never said and cursed my whole team. practice is going in a bad direction and we want a better way of practice. you have seen guys shot back and forth and you all have been watching us playing games matc matching on the bench sometimes as players you want to go through and compete and plan and not hold grunls and move past plague basketball on the court and putting everything aside to make it win >> caps rallying the faithful ahead of round one series against flyers and flap shot was there and tomorrow april 14 we should rock said red. in exchange, she got herself a jersey with 51 opt back for 51 state. and the playoff run should be different. >> guys are ready and i say there is a quiet calmness about the team and they're mature and they play and want to win for the fans and excited about thursday night. >> do you s

but will it also be it for randy whitman?e full of changes for the wizards, including, perhaps, the hiring of a new coach. he took over for the late flip saunders. he is a 177-199 record. helped break the team's five- year drought. but this year has been filled with disappointment and discord, amongst his players. a win tonight and the wiz finish the season at 500. >>> there are very meaningful games being played tonight. and that includes the final game for number 24. kobe bryant. it's been a season full of tributes tributes and accolades tonight. developing the 20-year career of black mam ba. -- mamba. he will have played in 226 play- off games. he is an nba legend and icon. third on the nba's all-time scoring list. and an 18-time all-star. don't expect this game at the staples center to be a kobe bryant show, though. their opponents, the utah jazz, are still eyeing a play-off spot. >>> also tonight, the warriors are looking to make history. this is a team that started the season, 24-0. and has been practically unbeatable a

speaking of long seasons wizard one of the longest for recent years in fans and word out randy whitman will be gone. thats with telegraphed october or november i think. >> well, i mean we've about days and wizards were expected after getting to the second around of playoffs the last couple seasons expecting to at least get to the play wrovs and do what they did the last year if not go beyond. just utterly disappointing season and i think it's merited. the guy tuned him out probably. >> note he did a lot to transition the team. they were floundering when flip was here and then really started to grow and months only and expectations were high this year. frankly there were people out there beyond hanarahan to not make the playoffs i wouldn't fer randy wants to coach this team again. >> that's the feel you got from the tone of some of the things he was saying toward end of season but. >> he'll probably be relieved. >> i think. >> that's a good way of looking at. it who do you think is a good fit for the team then. >> who knows i'm sure there's some retread out there they'll be looking sgla

they fired their head coach randy whitman last night. he's been with the team since 2012. he led the wizards to back-to-back playoffs but fell short this year finishing with a 41-41 record. wittman thanked the organization and the fans in a statement saying he understands this team did not live up to expectations this season. so two organizations heading in different directions. the wizards loogeing for a new head coach and the caps getting set for what is hopefully a stanley cup >> don't let our dress code confuse you. we are rocking the red. >> the two of you look like you're going to a funeral. >> i bleed red. >> my goodness, a pocket square? >> distinguished. >> i have a pen. >> there you go. >> thank you, guys. see you at 6:00. >>> what a beautiful day, and doug, is it going to get better? i'm rocking the red, guys. i will send jason my tie. yes, it's going to get better. temperatures soaring over the weekend. we'll talk about it in a minute. [ inaudible ]. >> i'm growing a beard for the capitals as you can see. plus, also coming up on news4 at 5:00 tonight, how the s

. >> will randy whitman be back next year? >> i hope so.great sound bite. >> that's the criteria, huh? "nighy news" up next.tl narrator: all that political mail might be overwhelming. let's simplify. only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> tonight, campaign >> tonight, campaign shake-up. trump and clinton on the ropes as cruz and sanders score decisive wins, but can the front-runners really be caught? it's getting nasty in new york. >>> getting out alive. a frantic rescue caught on camera as wildfires explode out of control. evacuations come just in time. >>> blood and treasure. nbc news on the isis money trail. how brutal

their regular season finale taking place against the hawks, and head coach randy whitman, well, his futurethe organization is in jeopardy. the team took a giant leap backwards this season and they've basically wasted a year of john wall's prime. whitman will wrap up his fourth full season as head coach. next season will be the final year of his three-year contract. whitman took over for flip saunders. he led the organization to back-to-back playoff appearances, but injuries and bad personnel moves hindered the playoff run this queer. rece recently there was a report john wall cursed out whitman and his teammates before they were eliminated. wall has denied that report. whitman addressed it tonight before the game. >> i don't know where that came from, and that's out of l field. that's all i can say. it didn't happen. and so maybe he's -- i don't know. i haven't heard from peter vecsey in 30 years and all of a sudden he comes out. so i don't know. >> you don't want the season to end on that type of note. if you can't make the playoffs, he played the right way, we got to .500. a mislead of a

coa yahoo sports and another mediaed outlets reporting scott brooksco will in fact take over for randy whitmanek. five year, $35 million to bringo on the coach who led oklahomaa city to the two finals in 2012. let the rumors begin if he'll h' bring kevin durant to the t wizards. >> if you were given kevin durant would you come heree wizards are not very good teamyt and oklahoma is the contender. d >> if you have a good base for e team and guys like wall andeal biehl and you can be a bigger bb role on that team and if you gey along with your former coach.mea >> that's true, too.>> that i do. coaches can make a difference.ie all right.all right. >> still ahead gone day our ge y tribute to prince getting g underway a little later we'll gw live to tmz for the very latestt on the investigation.ga curious to know what's happening plus the purple tributes on then great white way. w. >> we'll go to back live too farragut square before where our fox5 life concert series tributi to prince today secret society c continues.continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's time to get out and explore. look beyond the expected. hidd

today, the washington wizards will formally announce the firing of head coach randy whitman, the team'sn the past 2 seasons, not this year. many analysts say former oklahoma city thunder coach scotty brooks in the favorite. happening tonight, the hockey playoffs coming to washington. the capitals taking on the philadelphia flyers in game 1 of the series at the verizon center. 7:00 p.m. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. ♪ there it is... right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) the twenty-sixteen subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> it's "live with kelly & michael." today, film and broadway star, lupita nyong'o. and from the new movie "barbershop: the next cut," regina hall. plus, your questions and comments on another edition of "the inbox." all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] >> and now here are kelly ripa and michael strahan. [applause]

. >> here's what the wizards don't have right now is head coach.oah randy whitman fired after the gamet. last t. wizards beat the hawks last haws night i think the wizardsthe iz finished with four straight wi wins. but out of the playoffs for theo first time in three seasons.. whitman coached the team foream four seasons now as for the wizards next head coach, who dod you think it will be? espn thinks it could be formeror oklahoma city thunder coach scotty brooks as preferreds choice to replace whitman.hitm whitman getting a lot of flack this year for the team notr fo making the playoffs, but when hn came on board they were notrdy e making the playoffs.yo >> but they made it last year.ty we had such the great run last year basically the same team, right?right >> the team just never gelled. if it's the same team -- t >> you get to the point aftero you've been -- afterpo with thee same coach for so long if you'ru not winning championships itnshs gets to a point you keep gettint em limb 98ed it gets to thes t point they --int >> mental thing.ng >> stop listening there's noing' growth. it