i wanted signature decisions of the robert court. the court under john robert, jr. and these four cases will always be associated with the robert court. and i wanted good back stories. you will read about a seattle mother who called herself a mama bear before sarah palin coined the term. her effort was to get her daughter into an over-subscribed high school in seattle. she found the school district was using race as one of the number of tie breakers she filled a lawsuit and challenged it. it went all the way to the supreme court. and i found along the way, and didn't start with this in mind, these four cases had something else in common: they had very smart conservative or libitarian lawyers behind them. you would call them agenda cases in some ways. they were issues the lawyers or organizations backing them wanted to get to the supreme court for a final decision. and they had their eye on an increasingly conservative and hoping to have a sympathetic supreme court. i wanted it to be a book that is a good read and not a heavy legal book. that is not what i wanted to

the amber who roberts was referring to is this woman, amber lane.se are photos of the two of them vacationing in hawaii. amber is from the san francisco bay area and works as licensed massage therapist. people magazine reports roberts and amber were introduced by mutual friends and have been together for ten years. that may be so. but until now, robin roberts never revealed publicly she had a girlfriend. the daily mail newspaper quoted amber lane's mother as saying, we are very, very happy for them. her dad and the whole family are very family and totally supportive. for robin roberts, this is a remarkable moment, even though sharing with her viewers and television family is nothing new. over the years they have watched her struggle against two life-threatening illnesses, first, breast cancer, then more recently a serious blood and bone marrow disorder known as mds. but through it all, she has kept her partner out of the spotlight. even on the day she returned to work on "good morning america". >> hi, it is robin roberts, i have been waiting 174 day

robin roberts is gay. news?be not, by many people's standards, yes. >> one of the best parts of robin roberts sharing her truth with us is that she also is a very strong person of faith. so the conversation with duck dynasty and that conversation about faith and what that faith should look like, people l r >>> she does challenge what you think faith looks like. >> it has been a meteoric rise for robin roberts, she was a local reporter for working at espn in 1990. and five years later she split time at "good morning america," and split time on the show. today, she is one of the most popular television anchors on television. pundits are calling it an open industry secret, the chatter growing stronger after roberts landed president obama's first interview on his stand on same-sex marriage. >> for me, personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> the topic of robert's sexual orientation never came up. host show ellen degeneres talked about it, sayi

what i wanted to find out is robert thompson, did he meet robert thompson, the tortured soul who is forcedinto the british enforcers and in many respects. we can't identity as he did. however, his dad was above the page should they went to jail because of that. it would make sense to me at when he would die, you might knock on the door because the houses here. hewitt to visit the promenade area. the towns and houses here. three blocks away. it might be wise to say he might go say hi to samuel thompson at one point he might have said colbert junior. i do know that moment and i've yet to have anybody revealed there was that moment. ironically, teddy roosevelt is diagonally across any love this stuff. so he did not know there's a patriot in his midst like robert thompson. there is an area called the landing, where there's nothing but water and that's the local legend worried that the house here, the planting here could sily have been done. robert is a master keeping things secret. he would never tell. it seems to be a strong rumor. if we couldn't prove it, we didn't write it. >> host: today w

and rosy o'donnell tweeted this, only love to robin roberts with the hash tag, courage, as robin robertsi encourage you to reflect what you're grateful for. sometimes that means putting a face and name to those you love most. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> up next, retired racing legend michael schumacher after a skiing accident in the french alps, his recovery next. >>> and also we'll get the latest from the cnn weather center on the new year's eve weather when we continue. there's no secondhand smoke in here... ...and no cigarette advertising around here. there's a reason we know this is really bad... ...and this is really good. there's a reason 2 in 3 people are surviving cancer. and we cannot be silent until it's 3 out of 3. this shout-out is for everything the american cancer society has done in the last 100 years. make your tax-deductible donation by december 31st and help finish the fight. isn't it time you discovered the sleep number bed? because only the sleep number bed offers dual air technology that lets two people find the perfect balance of comfort and support for their bod

i believe that robert townsend knew all of them. clearly, because he was very judgmental in his cur yours because he would get information. when he heard the guys would panic and dump it, which happened a few times, he refused to work after a while. he was pleased with, and nateen, rowe's brother, he worked with him once in a while, and they knew each other. i think woodhall knew everybody, no doubt about it, talmage knew everybody, no doubt about it, other than 355 which i don't know they interacted in accuracy. riffington probably logically did not know bruceter but knew rowe and woodhall because he did the new york city run. that was the gig before townsend stepped in to save the ranks. they interacted, did go, and what's fascinating is that they didn't really, after words, they didn't interact much, and when there was a barbecue at the end of the war to get together, townsend never showed, and when washington showed, he said, i want to meet the ring, only ousten and woodhall, we believe met washington. the rest kept to themselve

i had gone to the robert c. byrd lecture as a new member, and he lectured me on minority rights and how we should conduct ourselves. he was the institutional flame of the senate. and you urged me to offer the amendment. i should have done it, but i thought, all right, i'll wait. i will defer to the chairman's advice. i've often regretted that. and later -- i'm talking about two or three years later the same subject came up. i happened to be on the floor. senator ted kennedy was in charge. they had taken back control. and he knew about the amendment, and he said would you like to get your amendment passed? he was standing on the floor. there was hardly anybody else here. and bingo, using the parliamentary procedure that you could do in the majority, my amendment was passed. it was not the kennedy-roberts bill. it was the roberts bill authorized, didn't get too much money for it but it made the effort. i've gone into a long personal history here just to demonstrate exactly how this works. now we have a farm bill t

roberts junior and these four cases i think will always be associated with the roberts court.viously it i wanted good back stories. people who want to know. you will read about a seattle mother kathleen grows who called herself a mama bear before sarah palin coined the term and her effort which initially was unsuccessful to get her daughter into an oversubscribed top high school in seattle. when she found that the school districts were using race as one of a number of tiebreakers, she filed a lawsuit and challenged it and it went all the way to the supreme court. i also found along the way, and i didn't start with this in mind, that these four cases also had something else in common. they had very smart, conservative or libertarian lawyers behind them. in some cases, you would call them agenda cases. these were issues that the lawyers or the organizations backing them wanted to get to the supreme court for a final decision. they had their eye on an increasingly conservative, hopefully sympathetic supreme court. that is why i chose the four cases that i did. i wanted it to beha

robert, it's a great piece.eel like one of the first pieces that actually details where the nra has been on basic safety measures, tell us, if you will, more about the dynamic between the smaller hard line factions and nra that boasts a 5 million strong membership. >> sure. as you mentioned, it says in the article, alex, a familiar dynamic, one we're seeing played out inspector republican party. nra is establish mentoring for gun rights. it's been around since 1871. though it's not commonly known, the nra just beats people over the head, they actually try to get things done. they strive to be in the room when legislation is written, water down or promulgate particular bills they like. sometimes playing with the enemy. for that matter awarding democratic allies by giving them donations does not sit well with louder no compromise gun groups like gun owners of america and national association of gun rights who immediately call nra to task for compromising, dirty road. that's what took place during manchin toomey. u

guest hostoast -- for the hour, kevin roberts. morning to fernando, watching on apple tv, sure to bring bloomberg television to you. it really speaks of this new digital world. we are here, we are there, all of a sudden we are on apple tv, a world we have to deal with everyday, so what will next year bring? agers now.all screen none of us are ever away from our screens, right? mobile, television, everything is connecting, who knows where it will go, but it will be intimate, social, and transactional. >> is it good for your industry? >> it is exciting. >> i did not say exciting, i said is a good as opposed to the cbs, abc, nbc? >> it is much more fun. ideas of the currency of tomorrow and these screens are opening up idea after idea. there is this great switch of power. the media no longer has power. >> you saw them last night. >> fantastic. >> advertising, entertainment, journalism, they are all melding. >> people have the power in it is all about them. >> what about this facial recognition technology that companies are starting t

during my visit, i'm robert. i don't talk about what goes on in here to my kids. i let them know about the mistakes i made so they don't repeat them so they don't end up in here. do what i can for them moneywise. you know, send them money and, you know, put it in the bank and hopefully they, you know, college, you know? that's what i want. i want them to accomplish things that i wish i had. i want my sons to be a better person than me, you know? >> how are you sending them money? >> i can't tell you that. i get an allowance and some of it goes to my kids. most of it. i got four kids, so i got four different bank accounts for them, you know? once i'm gone, they have that. they have something i left. you know, at least i did something. >>> american's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and maintain order. >> down, on your feet. down. >> reporter: among the nation's toughest, california state prison, corcoran, overcrowded and plagued by racial tension. we spent months inside with officers trying to

will tell you about it coming right up and also a columnist and former treasury secretary paul fred roberts joins me today to discuss all things bad policy related and later on madonna hers is and i discussed high net worth practice of her diction shopping her story it's in today's big deal you won't want to miss any of it and it all starts right now. they're our lead story today detroit now the unsolved and city can now proceed with bankruptcy after a judge ruled on tuesday that the city is eligible to file making detroit the largest missile bankruptcy in u.s. history now u.s. bankruptcy judge steven rhodes read the ninety minute reports from his one hundred forty page ruling before issuing the court's decision in his ruling. he listed the city's litany of financial woes including the loss of manufacturing jobs and population in recent decades now the long awaited decision sets up a bitter battle between the city's financial officials and its unions creditors and retirees who are expecting deep cuts in pensions as part of the chapter nine process sales of treasured city assets such as its

area is about ready to go home. >> diane roberts has her story. plus, a peek of what's in store for her mom. >> reporter: this is four-month- old maloni blan. >> when i look at her, i'm just blessed because she's blessed to be here. >> reporter: the neonatal intensive care unit at george washington university hospital has been home for her and her mom. she was only 12 ounces when she was born. now she's a healthy five-plus pounds and heading home for christmas. >> when she was first born, i didn't think she was going to make it because she was so small. >> what's so crazy about the work here with as small as this baby could be is that every action you do will affect the outcomes for this individual as a person for maybe the upcoming seven years or more. >> reporter: she's acting like a normal baby and doesn't have any problems that will affect the rest of her life. somebody who knows what it's going to be like for her to take home her baby is tracy brown. she had premature babies born here at this hospital one year ago. >> they're life outside wit

ipv that robert townsend knew all of them. i haven't seen interaction with him but clearly because he was very judgmental of the careers, because he would break his book that to get information when he heard that one of them with panic and dump it which happened a few times he refused to work with them after a while. so he was pleased and nathaniel was his brother and evidently he would work with him once in a while so they knew each other. i think that would halt you everybody, no doubt about it. except for 355, which i have to say i don't know that they interacted. and he probably logically digital know brewster but would have to know what whole because he would do the runs and that was his gig before he stepped in. so they did interact and go. but i find interesting is that they didn't really afterwards they didn't interact much and when there was a barbecue at the end when they all got together, townsend ever showed and when washington said, on i want to go, meet by wing the rest of them went by themselves. >> host: so it

will tell you about it coming right up and also a columnist and former treasury secretary paul fred roberts joins me today to discuss all things bad policy related and later on madonna hers is and i discussed high net worth practice of her diction shopping her story it's in today's big deal you won't want to miss any of it and it all starts right now. they're our lead story today detroit now the insolvency can now proceed with bankruptcy after a judge ruled on tuesday that the city is eligible to file making detroit the largest missile bankruptcy in u.s. history now u.s. bankruptcy judge steven rhodes read the ninety minute report from his one hundred forty page ruling before issuing the court's decision in his ruling he listed the city's. a litany of financial woes including the loss of manufacturing jobs and population in recent decades now the long awaited decision sets up a bitter battle between the city's financial officials and its unions creditors and retirees who are expecting deep cuts in pensions as part of the chapter nine process sales of treasured city assets such as its art co

talking about the hits robert has had. and any time you're hit, as many times as he's been hit, i thought it was in his best interest, the organization to talk about if we should continue playing robert if he hit as many times as he has been hit. what we have to do, as least as an organization, what is in the best interest of robert? what's the best thing going forward for him? to have those next three games? the experience of going through those reps or having him healthy in the offseason? i'm honestly trying to tell you, man to man, we made a decision that i think, i think is the best for robert. somebody said hey, you know, the reason why you're going with kirk is you are trying to get fired and a year left on your contract. i am not trying to get fired. i'm not going to call up dan schneider and ask his opinion on a player i don't have to. if he says no, i'm not going to go that direction. that's the reason i share some of those stories with you. >> is it your expectation you'll be back? >> i can't say that. i don't kn

what robert hides. how it has aged him.hardest thing he has ever done. >> it brings up emotions that you don't want to feel anymore. >> heading to portland, she hopes this reunion, arranged by abc news, will make even a small difference. >> i love him. if he hurts, i hurt. i just want him to be as happy as possible. waiting for them in portland is young and his wife claudia. >> we need to catch up on homeland, i guess. >> the good news is that young has had a change of heart. he no longer wants to die. he wants to fight. >> i just want to spend as much time as i can with my -- with my current wife, claudia. if it weren't for her, i would have -- done myself in a long time ago. >> claudia has lovingly made their apartment their lives as rich as possible. >> we just want to hang out and chill and have a good time and watch movies. we want to be as normal as anybody else. >> as we arrive at the young's address, miltonberger is bracing himself for what he will see, what he will feel. >> i am trying to keep the emotions down't i

robert griffin iii has a lot to say about this. we will have that coming up in sports. >>> mourning continues in south africa. how nelson mandela was honored today. >>> we see rain and snow continuing to make the way across. sleet and freezing rain will pose big problems for early tomorrow morning. we will have the latest on our for all those who sleep too hot or too cool, and struggle to sleep comfortably together, now there's a solution. the company that individualized your comfort with the sleep number bed brings you sleep number dual temp, the revolutionary temperature-balancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress brand, including yours. whether you sleep hot or cool, sleep number dual temp allows each of you to select your ideal temperature. so you can both sleep exactly the way you like, at your own perfect temperature. and there's only one ld you'll : a sleep number store, where this holiday season, the hottest sleep innovations make the coolest gifts, including sleep number dual temp. discover dual t

robert gibbs is a political analyst and former press secretary under president obama.nd david corn is an msnbc political analyst and washington bureau chief at mother jones. robert, you know better about him than most people. you've worked with him in tight situations. i hope you got to see our program last night. we had a huge audience of 1.3 million. >> i did. >> i mean, it's a very big audience of people who tuned in just to hear the president. even on a night when so many hearts and minds were focused on the lives of nelson mandela. they took some time out to watch our program with the president. he said at that time when i asked him how do you do big deals and he said history says you only get a big program through, something really important, when one party controls the government. the house, the senate, and the presidency. does that mean to you he's still holding out hopes he can pull a big upset in the sixth year of his presidency next november? >> well, i was certainly struck by the answer in which he was reminding those college students that a lot of them tha

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okay. >> the parole hearing for robert was interesting in that robert believed every time he might haved been turned down many times before, so he obviously carried that realism with him, but i think there was a piece of him that thought maybe this could be the time i get set free. well, what are your thoughts, feelings about the whole thing? >> well, the way he was talking, he may give a good report. so things may go my way this time. >> what's your main goal right now, robert? >> getting back on the street. going back to work. let my wife sit back for a while. >> i'm hoping this time it will go through. because things are going a little bit different than it has in the past times. i done got everything prepared where we can have a little time together and everything. we've got a lot of time to make up for. >> the wait would continue. teter was once again denied parole. he will most likely not leave holman until his 30-year sentence is complete. >> i have two daughters. i like at it from that perspective. do i want these people around my family? no. but there again, some day in this ca

yes, robin roberts is gay.he reaction has been as subtle as the announcement itself. >> it seems increasingly odd, especially to a younger generation, for famous people to have difficulty in being honest about something as fundamental as their sexuality. >> reporter: roberts' former cohost sam champion may have helped pave the way when he celebrated his engagement to his partner live on "good morning america" last year. >> i'm so, so lucky to have someone like this in my life. >> reporter: in a way, roberts seemed to be following the template of cnn's own anderson cooper. he came out in july 2012 in an e-mail to blogger andrew sullivan and like roberts, he was on a vacation when he did so. cooper discussed it in september when his talk show launched. >> i think it's important to just send a message to especially young people that there's nothing to be ashamed of and that you know, you can be successful and you can have a life and you can have many interests and this is one part of your life. >> reporter: somewh

now it's time for the ford wrapup show and let's go to robert flores. robert?> florida state is headed to the national championship game. who will they play? the buckeyes are trailing to michigan state. fourth quarter, the spartans led 17-0. buckeyes take the lead but the spartans come right back, 90 yard drive. cook, price, michigan state leads by three, fourth quart in indianapolis. sec championship game, auburn was hoping for an ohio state loss, tray mason, school record 46 carries, 304 yards as auburn beats missouri 59-42. the tigers incredible season continues with an sec championship. pac 12 championship game, stanford, cardinals going back to the rose bowl for a second straight year, something they haven't done since the early 70s. they beat arizona state. second play of the game, 69 yard touchdown, three touchdowns for gaffney. stanford rolls 38-14 over arizona state. oklahoma and oklahoma state, under 30 seconds to play, blake bell to jalen saunders, got it. oklahoma wins 33-24 in stillwater, denying the cowboys the big 12 title. that meant the winner

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. >> robert levinson was a former fbi agent. hes with an expert. he was brilliant there money laundering expertise, russian organized crime. he had a number of areas of expertise. when he left the bureau to make money to help fund his 7 children's college education, he reached out to the cia which fapped-- tapped his expertise and brought him on as a contract officer. >> he roached out to the cia but it -- but he worked for part of the cia and the other part of the cia didn't know what was doing. >> that's right, the cia is divide mood operators and analysts. operators run the assets and the spies out in the field. and there's a very specific reason for this they're very good at their job. they have established practise and procedures, security protocols to prevent spies from running into risk from being turned, from being fed that information. the analysts on the other side digest and ingest the information from the assets and the spies in the field. and in this case, bob was contracted with the cia analysts. >> brown: to do wh

that say if it's the roberts court. b. with what is the history we oob i'm sure, he's not the first chief justice who arrived in court as -- >> there have been a few just ises promoted. william was one of them. typically they have been just picked out of a hat and all of a sudden it's chief justice. it's interesting it's a pattern that george washington established by naming john jay as chief justice -- first chief justice of the united states. the constitution article iii of the constitution actually doesn't say that. it says there shall be one supreme court. and article iii of the judicial article doesn't even mention the chief justice. it doesn't ascribe any functions to the chief justice. we only learn that there is a post chief justice because elsewhere the constitution it says that the chief justice preside over the trial of the presidential impeachment. so, you know, it scrolled been otherwise. there was six justices on the court. but, you know, on what it is. we kind of from the very beginning got elected to tha

he is the robert h. taylor curator and department head of literary and historical manuscripts at the morgan library. >> well, here we are in mr. morgan's study. we're looking at the first installments of "david copperfield." one shilling would have got you your monthly parts and here's the beginning part of the booklet and it's just page after page after page of advertisements for books and pills and remedies and all kinds of things. and here you have the original illustrations that accompany each parts separated by tissue, of course, so they didn't smudge each other. and here's the very first page of the narrative. "whether i shall turn out to be the hero of my own life or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show." >> so not only did people buy a dickens novel, the that's how they were written, month by month. is this a standard publication format for vic torn novels or just dickens? >> it became so and it was dickens who pioneered this and was the most successful perpetr

i wanted signature decisions of the robert court. the court under john robert, jr. cases will always be associated with the robert court. and i wanted good back stories. you will read about a seattle mother who called herself a mama bear before sarah palin coined the term. her effort was to get her daughter into an over-subscribed high school in seattle. she found the school district was using race as one of the number of tie breakers she filled a lawsuit and challenged it. it went all the way to the supreme court. and i found along the way, and didn't start with this in mind, these four cases had something else in common: they had very smart conservative or libitarian lawyers behind them. you would call them agenda cases in some ways. they were issues the lawyers or organizations backing them wanted to get to the supreme court for a final decision. and they had their eye on an increasingly conservative and hoping to have a sympathetic supreme court. i wanted it to be a book that is a good read and not a heavy legal book. that is not what i wanted to write >> john r

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robin roberts, now, i got to know robin roberts very briefly. we both got an award for breast cancer at the cancer center years ago. delightful person. great, great, great great gal. she sent out this acknowledgment after a really tough health year saying basically, you know, my girl friend has been supporting me through this and thank you. and i didn't know it was a big news story but, boy, it's really caught fire. what's your reaction? >> i haven't been in shocked since clay aiken came out. what's interesting to me is how -- it's interesting that it's a media story but i don't know how many americans -- the fact is we know there are so many people public life openly gay now. it's not that big of deal. this is the great break through that glaad wanted from the beginning. the notion that they are going to lose a single viewer. either you like good morning america or find the concept of george stephanopoulos totally unbelievable and heinous and you never turn in. >> you hit my pal george. ebony what's your reaction? people are over the whole sax

robert said, no, i got to go.s robert tells me, he walked out the door and says, "i was just waiting for them to put a bull let in my back." >> agent rodriguez went straight to his commanders. >> he said they're looking at us. they know we're coming. you need to call this off. >> but the impetus to act had already reached critical mass. in the next few hours, events at waco would transfix the nation and david koresh would become a household name. >> i knew that they were coming. you know, i knew they were coming before they knew they were coming. >>> on sunday morni 28th, the atf launched its ill-fated raid on the branch davidian compound outside waco, texas. the atf called it operation showtime. >> those that made the initial entry, their concern were the children. they had candy bars in their pockets to give out. chocolate for the kids. wow. >> an atf agent named roland belesterious was assigned the dangerous job of actually serving the warrants. he never even made it to the front door. >> a barrage of gunfire w

robert, you know, is the franchise quarterback here in washington.e's drafted number two overall. a lot of pick rsz traded to get him. i mean, common sense would say that you know, this is his team. >> although this time is -- it's a downtime for us as a team and as an organization. we will rise out of this. i believe that. you know, for me, i have to continue to try to get better. try to help this team any way i can and move forward towards next year because that's the hand i've been dealt. >> i like kirk cousins, i don't know if he will be that much better than robert griffin iii. different quarterback but same aufshs offensive line. >> it's only three games. >> i think he will be surprise us. >>> over in college basketball, george washington is off to their best start since 2005. a victory tonight would keep them on pace with the 2005 squad. that team won a school record at 27 games. coach mike's crew coming off a huge win against maryland. first half action, colonials playing some tough defense here. savage with the block. ahead to kevin and the

carson palmer, 34 yards to roberts, tied at 17-17.ams exchange late field goals. 18 seconds left. kaepernick down the sideline to patton. look at the rookie. phil dawson can win it. splits the uprights. 23-20, niners. game mvp, boldin. nine receptions, 149 yards. >> number 81, terrific, terrific. what a football player. sum him up right there. football player. >> for me, another team, another stadium. division opponent. and for me it wasn't any other motivation. i'm motivated by winning and that's it. >> really? i don't know. >>> we have another edition of vernon's view tonight at 11:00. mike shumann's conversation with vernon davis. he caught three passes in today's win. vernon's view, only an abc7 news. with seattle's 27-9 win over st. louis today, the seahawks win the nfc west, clinch homefield throughout. carolina get the two seed. the niners' playoff opponent would be settled by the green bay-chicago winner. fourth quarter, 28-20 bears. aaron rodgers back. look at this. 48 yards. packerses beat the bear as soldier field, 33-28. t

disavowed american robert levinson who disappeared in iran. john miller reports on levinson, the i.a., and how a mission went wrong. a kansas man is arrested on charges he planned to bomb an american airport. bob orr is on the story. and steve hartman goes "on the road" with secret santas proving once and for all -- >> santa is real. (laughs) he's very real. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is a special western edition. what we saw today is not what school is supposed to be. more than 2000 students at a arapaho high in centennial colorado were marched out into the cold, hands on their heads, and led to a snow covered track where police officers searched them for weapons after the latest school shooting today. the police say one student shot two classmates before taking his own life, and all too familiar story coming nearly a year too the day after the shootings in newtown, connecticut, and just miles from the scene of two other mass shootings at columbine high school an

and it was all made possible by our own stanley roberts. and next-- new video. and the search for more witnesses - after this car smashed into a south bay walmart. >> reporter: this storm passing over utah. one of the driest seasons on record and i will let you know if that will change record and i will let you know if[ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. starbucks is just $6.99, that's a cup of good cheer. get sweet clementines for $4.99, enough for everyone here. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. avo: thesales event "sis back. drive" so make your holiday merrier than ever before. which means it's never been easier to get a new 2014 jetta. it gets an impressive 34 highway mpg and comes with no charge scheduled maintenance. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. sign. then dri

robert? >> it is here in montgomery county. a short time ago, thunder and lightning. the temperatures are hovering around 28 degrees. and chillysnow temperatures. all this has turned into a thick coat of ice. particularly on the sidewalks. this is all day and into the night. drivers and cars are paying the price. >> there was an accident. racing to i-270. lanes are coated in ice. -- we are going. >> a car slammed into the center median and is abandoned. >> the cars backwards. >> it -- the car is backwards. >> it has been like this since breakfast. they want to avoid being the next victim. imagine bumper cars on an ice rink. >> today is 20-30. >> running from the 270 split to damascus. racksare spin out and that keep coming. drivers did not slow down or underestimated how quickly these roads were icing over. >> i heard them go, whoa. the car was spinning out. 70 and it was a white knuckle experience. -- they hit 270 and it was a white knuckle experience. i talked about the streets turning to ice and here is an example of what we're experiencing. hadaithersburg, they se

. >> talking about the hits that robert has had. time you're hit as many times as he's been hit, i thought it was in his best interest, the organization, to talk about if we should continue playing robert, if he's hit as many times as he's been hit. and you know, dan thought bit and talked to bruce about it. and at the end of the day, we felt that the best thing to do for robert was to not play him, tbich kirk an opportunity to play so he could go into an offseason healthy. >> division title throwing 20 touchdowns but in their playoff loss to the seahawks griffin suffered a serious injury, his production has declined since and griffin is not the same player. the most telling stat, he had seven rushing touchdowns last season. this season he had zero. so how did griffin do with this benching? >> we talked. i talked to coach, he talked to me about it. and i expressed my desire to play, you know i of course i want to be out there and finish the season with my guys, see it through. and he explained to me his reasoning and at the end of t

, nobody works with robert except myself and the quarterback coach and we love working with robert. >er: the defensive coordinator jim haslett spoke to the media here thursday and offered his perspective when asked about all the outside noise surrounding this organization. he said it's tough to hear it when you arrive at the facility at 4 a.m. and you're here till 11:00 watching tame. i'm evan washburn with the redskins -- tape, i'm evan washburn with the redskins, wusa9 sports. >> what a mess. >>> tough injury news, jordan reed being shut down for the season because of concussions. the rookie emerged as one of the few bright spots but hasn't played in a month. he saw a specialist today who recommended he not play anymore this campaign. >>> a reminder our high school follow of the week, four great basketball games to choose from. text the code of the game you want to 55423 or vote on our website today. we'll bring you the highlights on friday night as we always do. >> look forward to that, sir. >> blow up. we know they text like crazy. >> into the hundreds of thousands. >> i think tha