luckily they have a mobile quarterback in robert griffin. y, with everybody gone, it has been jason hatcher or bust as far as pass rush pressure. >> al: lichtensteiger. griffin under pressure. down he goes. and the ball is loose at the 4 yard line. the ball is loose and the dallas cowboys have come away with the ball. at the 2. kyle wilber with the football. i don't know where these linemen are coming from. everybody's out of the game. everybody but randy white is in the game right now. and they still put the pressure on griffin. >> cris: rob marinelli is going to be proud. all the way around and then back in is kyle wilber here. really without the pressure inside from selvie, rg-3 doesn't back up. a little combination sack. and this defense, you just can't give them enough credit. this has been a hang with them kind of game. and they have been tough. these guys pulled off the street to make up this defensive line and have been getting it done. >> al: selvie is doing a great job. he bounced around st. louis, carolin carolina, jacksonville. fi

. >> cris: robert griffin. he has seen some of the skills that made him special a year ago. a guy that had the top yards per pass and top yards for rushing in the league. and a couple of mistakes that will be attributed to him, the fumble even interception. one he never saw the guy from behind. the other, his receiver fell down. all in all, pretty strong night. really got beat on special teams tonight. >> al: yep. that was something that each coach sort aftof addressed. mike shanahan talking to mike yesterday about who the key special teams guys. and kind of groping for -- >> cris: he gave that you look. but for robert griffin, so many comparisons to adrian peterson because the way peterson recovered from the knee surgery a year ago. and they're saying well if he did it and rushed for 2,000 yards, robert griffin can certainly come back and play quarterback. if you look at some of the numbers, it took about four games for adrian peterson to get it going, too. i think we've seen a little bit of that tonight. >> al: they can take another 40 seconds of clock. so peterson last ye

hear what offensive coordinator kyle shanahan has to say about the quarter back robert griffin iii. we will be back in a moment.  i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's important for virginia that we elect terry mcauliffe as our governor. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. >>> welcome back. we are following break news witi the university president has announced his immediatete retirement. he will officially leave at the end of this year. the howard university board ofsy trustees has appointed waynewayn frederick as interim president, a special committee of the board will oversee the transition, and a national search for a a permanent successor. >>> wusa anchor jaysy hayward is among several peop

costas in dallas. >> well, much attention continues to surround the play of washington quarterback robert griffin iii. griffin's top receiver pierre garcon is in the midst of a career year. it's been an unlikely route to this point. the son of haitian immigrants, he was drafted by the colts five years ago as the sixth round pick out of division three mt. union. and he enjoyed some productive years as one of peyton mannings receivers in indy. now he's firmly entrenched as washington's number one target. garcon is eager to showcase his skills on tonight's big stage. >> all the way, pierre garcon. touchdown, redskins. >> what matchup in the dallas secondary are you looking forward to the most? >> all of them. every play is an opportunity to make a play. whoever is out there guarding me, you know, it's a matchup. it's a battle. i'll give everything i have. >> you're a guy with a bounce p your step. always smiling. you seem to enjoy yourself. look at you. you can hardly control yourself. >> i'm enjoying it. i'm enjoying life. it took a lot of hard work to come here. i represent the guys. i'm giving th

. >>> we'll hear from robert griffin iii and his teammates, head coach mike shanahan on sunday's game, and preparing for the bye week. the redskins wired up, a taste of late night. a piece of redskins' legacy and more coming up on "inside the redskins". >>> hi, everybody, welcome to "inside the redskins" on nbc 4. i'm rick "doc" walker. the burgundy and gold travelled and got a "w". first win of the year, robert griffin iii continued to look better despite playing in the dirt and in front of a hostile crowd. >> how does it feel? >> feels good. we had to get a win for the bye and find a way to do it, defense played great. offense played great when we had to. put points on the borpd a good overall team win. everybody's excited. we'll have a good flight back home, enjoying the bye-week making the most of the situation,ing 1-3 come back get on a winning streak. >> feeling more comfortable each week? >> yeah, the more you play, the more comfortable in any season. i think everybody's seeing the offschedule plays come and trying to point to that. but you know, to me it's not even about me or

. >> reporter: robert griffin iii, they say has more generations in his name nan wins this season --han wins this season. after the national recognition it received -- [inaudible] >> reporter: at number two, it's homecoming season, so if you want to take home the crown, you have to find a perfect gown. it never hurts to rap with ms. maryland to say yes, to the dress. >> fashion, style, trendy, fun. which one? i will have to get fashion advice. >> reporter: get ready on the 50-yard line. >> what we're seeing is higher neck lines, a lot of lace. news in ivory and primarily m black. black is the color. >> reporter: at number three. get ready to set sail, mate. the schooner race is docking around baltimore shores. throughout the week we'll be able to check out these historic 1812 ships in person as well as online before they depart on thursday for virginia. >> we have the racetracking system where you can go on the day of the race and log on there and you can actually watch it. >> reporter: now you are caught up and clued into what's happening around baltimore. i'm nicki mayo. >> we coun

. >>> robert griffin iii and josh wilson put on wigs at an event supporting the fight against breast cancer. they seem pretty hear with their new dos. >>> and new extreme trick shots are back as the group shoots baskets from one white water raft to another. an amazing bank shot while moving on a zip line. good stuff. >>> just ahead, the donald just got more spread out. sweel explain. plus catching fire is starting to create quite a buzz. you're watching "early today". >>> welcome back on this wednesday morning. warm conditions for the east coast. some rain left over early today for dallas down to san antonio, some of that will drift over towards areas like memphis and little rock. as far as the extended forecast goes, all indications are what we call a polar are vor test. that's an area of big low pressure will sink down from the north right down to the u.s. came nad kran border toward the end of october. and this could produce some really unseasonably cold weather. we've been very warm so far this october, so this will be a big change. this is again a week from now. and we could eve

. >>> robert griffin iii and josh wilson put on wigs at an event supporting the fight against breast cancer. they seem pretty hear with their new dos. wonder if they'll wear those on sunday. >>> and new extreme trick shots are back as the group shoots baskets from one white water raft to another. an amazing bank shot while moving on a zip line. as they always say, don't try that at home. >>> just ahead, the donald just got more spread out. >>> plus catching fire is starting to create quite a buzz. you're watching "early today". >>> welcome back. we are still looking at a beautiful weather pattern over the west. things are going to change. not so much for the west along the coast. throughout next week, big changes in the middle of the country. intermountain west is who will feel it first. richard, it still looks like the pattern of the west, more of the same. if not maybe warmer. but we have to watch out for santa ana winds. >> bill is catching his breath. he bolted in here like lightning right before that. >> that's good, like lightning. like a hurricane gust. >> we couldn't even see

according to the coaching staff robert griffin iii is improving and he's going to have to do that if this team is going to make the playoff run like it did a season ago. >> 18-31 227 yards in the touchdown. no turnovers and most importantly a win. offensive quart nate tore assessed his progress -- coordinator. >> just all around. i think he's done a better job in the last few games extending some plays keeping his eyes down field and making plays with his arm after he extended out of that pocket. i don't think we did as good as last year. i have seen it week by week but we're not where we want to be at. i hope we come back after this bye week. >> it was return of jarvis jenkins for use of performance enhancing drugs. not only could they not to play they were barred from the facilities per league rules. jenkins explains how tough it was for the first four weeks. >> very hard. me missing my whole rookie season and coming back it was tough. >> i've never been if trouble. never got hurt in college. i put that behind me and took the positives out of it. said something to the guys. watchin

robert griffin, iii says that in an interview in the september issue of "gq" magazine. rg3 says he believe god looks at us all in the same way. told the magazine "i think there are gay players right now. fanned they are looking for a window to just come out, i mean, now is that window. my view on it is yes, i'm christian, but to each his own. you can do what you want to do." in the interview, rg3 also reveals he has never tasted alcohol and says he has never smoked or done drugs. >>> d.c. is constantly transforming and many parts of the city have seen dramatic changes in recent years. now, two residents in southeast are working to end negative and outdated stereotypes about their neighborhood. and as news4's danella sealock reports, they are using the power of social media to deliver their message. >> yay. >> that's great. >> reporter: david gar ver and nikki peel both live and work in southeast d.c. together, they create and online campaign aimed at fighting against negative stereotypes. >> awesome. thank you so much. >> reporter: inspired by valentine's day, southeast

. >>> for awhile he looked like the robert griffin iii of last year. wayne harris returned a punt for a touchdown, that set up another score. rg iii had two costly turnovers. final 21-16. dallas is 3-3 on the season. the redskins are 1-4. >>> even in dallas redskins owner dan snyder couldn't avoid the growing mascot debate. bob costas took a stand and said he thought the name should be changed. he said redskins is an insult and a slur. in 2013 no offense has been intended but he said if you take a step back isn't it clear to see how offense might be legitimately taken. roger goodell said he believes snyder is way down the road in considering a change, but wants to do the right thing. >>> one company may be trying to use your thoughts and images in their ads. coming up in your money report. sounds like 1984. 4:39. monday morning columbus day, we have clouds with the rains that finally ended. we are going to be partly to mostly sunny to finish the day. grab the glasses, you are going to need them when the day is out. >>> if you are planning to head on th

denver rolls 45-21 and robert griffin, iii left the quarter after hurting his knee. he was walking on the sidelines after getting checked out. the best finish today was in detroit. the lions trailed the cowboys by 6 points in the closing seconds. stafford hits calvin johnson with a pass. the lions were out of timeouts. stafford hurried to the line, and look what happened. he dove in for the winning touchdown with just 12 seconds to play. detroit stunned dallas 31-30. last night the cardinals stunned the red sox in the 9th inning to win game three of the world series and take a two games to one lead. tonight in st. louis it's game four. right now boston is leading 4-2 in the eighth inning. the red sox took the lead. finally, to martinsville for this week's sprint cup race. that's jeff gordon getting past matt kenseth. kenseth followed second and is tied with jimmie johnson for the overall points lead. and we'll be right back after this. these are pioneering advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of t

. >> reporter: robert griffin, iii is ready for his fifth game under center following january knee surgery. some say he's still shaking off the rust. he'll get to show where he is under the sunday night lights against their biggest rival. >> coming off the bye didn't matter who we were playing. obviously we know the magnitude of this game being the redskins/cowboys. they'll be pumped up ready to go, sunday night everybody watching. everyone will put their best foot forward. for us it's not about the other team anymore. it's about us. >> reporter: griffin returns to his native texas and hopes for a repeat performance of what washington did to the team last season. that is, they swept dallas. from redskins park diane roberts, wusa9 sports. >> oh, for the memories, last season, yes. well, do you think the redskins will beat the cowboys sunday night? log onto tellwusa9.com and let us know. we're hope for the best. >> any given sunday is what i like to say. >>> topper made a good point. the eagles would have to lose to maintain and get that first place. >> the two and three record. it makes no

. >> and last year robert griffin iii explained why they gave up so much to get him.e took a huge halftime lead and the cowboys were down 25 at half rallied and the defense stepped up and the redskins held on for a victory. number two, back in 2005, joe gibbs called this one of the biggest thrills of his career. redskins had lost 25 straight games and trailing after three quarters but not this day. mark brunell connected with santana moss for 39, and 70- yard touchdown passes in the final four minutes to beat the cowboys 14-13 at texas stadium. >> and for the number one moment, december 30th of last year. a new generation of play makers, and led by rgiii and alfred morris, they won 7 straight, finishing with dallas to win the first nfc east title since 1999 and rgiii was playing on a sprained knee at that point. >> now we are hoping for some reprieve of those moments. we'll be b and when you get up -- can i play? no! you don't even get football. [ male announcer ] when you've got 100% fiber optic fios, you get it. america's fastest, most reliable internet. it's the ul

. >>> robert griffin iii and josh wilson put on a wig to support the fight against breast cancer. better without the wigs but they seem to like their new 'dos. >>> extreme stick shots. they shoot from one whitewater raft to another and amazing bank shot while moving on a zip line. >>> wednesday weather and someone else who can shoot the basket. >> it's more creative how they are with doing it. >> you have to make the shot. >> yeah, but they're all fake. >>> the weather is pretty quiet as we go throughout the day. a few spots, you do need your umbrellas. it's up now through the great lakes bringing light rain out there. one of those areas has gotten drenched has been texas, continues this morning with rain pretty widespread. now knocking on the door from san antonio to austin through dallas. also have light rain and showers on that front through ohio today. pittsburgh, it looks like and buffalo you'll need that umbrella the forecast, still mild on the east coast, holding on to one more dry day from florida all the way up to boston. but things are going to change. we got some cold a

following win against the bears, robert griffin iii said there are no words to describe how meaningfulory was. it all started with the rushing attack. washington rushed for more than 200 yards over the bears for the second straight weak. it is the first time they have done that since 184. alfred morris was a battering ram and roy scored three touchdowns, even though he came in with only three touchdowns to his name. kudos to kyle shanahan for keeping a very good bears defense off balance all day long. >> robert getting around the edge, alfred up the middle, gassing the defense. we just kept him off balance. >> the guys believed in themselves and collectively we have got to work as a unit to get it done like we did. >>> flacco rallies his troops late finding dallas clark. nobody is as good in clutch as big ben. the field gel is perfect on the season coming in. he is still perfect now. the steelers prevail in an ugly one 1-16. the ravens now have the bye week before heading out for two more provisional games. the redskins head to denver next week. >>> here's what it looks like on i-95 ne

. >> the team and star players like robert griffin the third may be over shadowed by growing calls to change the team's name. many many consider the name and mascot on the helmet offensive to native americans. >> members of the nation met in washington tuesday to talk about it. owner dan schneider has been quoted as saying he would never change the team's name. >> history is littered with people who said they would never change. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell grew up as a fan of the team and never considered it offensive. >> whenever you have a situation like this you have to listen. >> even president obama has weighed in. >> if it had a storied history that was offending a sizable group of people i would think about changing it. >> indians are not mascots. >> the calls for the redskins to change their name could be significant. dennis seymour believes that might be one reason it won't happen soon. >> when you talk about the funds involved with a large organization like that i'm not sure we will see it. >> members are scheduled to meet with the nfl november 22nd. it's now believed

robert griffin iii though, he injured his left knee, kurt cousins, picked off by dominic parsons camardi. broncos win, 45-21 the time. >>> been galls takinbengals, to0 bengals. the pass again, vin jones, the pass, 23-0 be bengals. the ref thought jones was out of bounds, later reverse the call. then dalton and jones hook up for a fourth time. dalton's career high five touchdown passes, show is over, bengals win, 45-9. >>> 24 hours after the controversial dramatic finish to game 3 of the world series, the red sox will forget about last night's game but focus on evening up the score. carlos beltran, proves why he's one of the best many additional series than ever. >> david ortiz at third and drew maximize one to left. watch out for big poppy, the big noel, slide in to home, to tie it up at 1. motivating his system to make a big play and what big poppy wants, big poppy gets. with two on in the 6th, johnny gomes hit a home run over the left field wall. red sox take a 4-1 lead with a fear the beard pg final. >> maybe there is something about that beard. >> it's good luck. >> showing up for an

stay with abc7 throughout the day to hear what the coach and quarterback robert griffin, iii, say about getting back on track. 6:37 now. 55 degrees. still ahead on good morning washington, the controversial e-mail send by a fraternity. >> also coming up, first it was tag, now find out what one school is banning during recess. we'll woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. >> from the national harbor good morning washington! >> good morning. take a look at this story. the woman who made history with her swim from cuba to florida is back at it begin. >> diana nyad is on another marathon swim but this one in much safer conditions. you're rooking at a life feed of nyad's pool she is in. you

robert griffin iii was a lot more mobile sunday night against the cowboys. that was because he had to be. the divisional champs are now a dismal 1-4. >> there's no excuses. you're not going to get any excuses from this guy. we lost the game because we didn't play well enough to win the game in all three phases of the game. we have to go out there and win as a team. we didn't score enough points. >> that will come do it for your sports sports. tonight the wizards host the miami heat in some preseason basketball. i'm kristen berset. >>> here is a look at the map of the southbound side of i-95 where there's dn accident activity -- there's been accident activity, southbound before the fairfax county parkway. traffic is jammed from springfield. up ahead looks like the accident has been cleared to the shoulder. now a crash on the southbound side of 395 at the 14th street bridge. we'll be back with more coming overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and

through will, robert griffin hemmed dream of playing in nfl and for red skin just couple months ago i get meet their players and knees idol and get to be part of that it is pretty special it means so much for people involved with make a wish i know people involved with that organization and almost brings them as much joy as children. let me ask you about maverick kind may can sign him. i know was 17-year-old. i saw some of his basketball stats i think he might be pretty good. honefully will be healthy once again. thank you. new continues right after this. thank you for joining us today news edge at 11 begins right now. tonight at 11 caught on camera another disturbing incidents in washington. man on fire on the national mall. we live with latest on his burn injuries and what may have happened out there today. good to you with us on from 24 friday night we start off with tropical atropical karen barreling towards gulf coast. it is taking aim at alabama and florida louisiana and mississippi. right now, a haurbg are toll unbut atropical as you know can still cause mayor damage and floodi

of course the scare with robert griffin iii, we'll have more on his injuries coming up later.he is addressing the offensive problems later on in the game. >> we had guys open and we couldn't make the play. and times when they needed to have those tough throws to make that there either. and like i said, that's when they said it will be coming to being better and we need to be better as a group. >> like i said, there's a lot of missed opportunities. if you'll be beating denver on the road, you'll have to play one of your better games. >> now, for the rest of the nfc east, you can see them stun the dallas cowboys. marching down the field for 80 yards under a minute. he'll be coming up big today, 329 yards, setting up that game winning touchdown by matthew stafford, just 12 seconds left as the lions will be winning 31- 30. >>> here is a victory to help the redskins. eagles are visiting the giants. but he was not healthy enough. benched. eli manning with a stellar game. five field goals from josh brown to help the giants win their second straight. some kind of a positive thing for

. >> reporter: robert griffin iii is ready for his game under center following january knee surgery.ritics have said he's still shaking the rust off. he'll get to show where he is under the sunday night lights against their biggest rival. >> coming off the bye it didn't matter who we would be playing. we know the magnitude of this game being the redskins- cowboys. they'll be pumped up and ready to go. it will be on sunday night. everybody will be watching. everyone is going to put their best foot forward. for us it's not about the other team anymore. it's about us. >> reporter: griffin returns to his native texas and hopes to have a repeat performance of what washington did to the team last season. that is, they swept dallas. from redskins park, diane roberts, wusa9 sports. >>> an update on a bad longstanding crash on the inner loop of the beltway at route 450. two lanes just reopened on the inner loop southbound 495 at route 450 in lanham. this crash has been there for over two hours. expect major delays on the beltway in prince george's county. i'll be back with more information co

robert griffin iii and company getting ready for a huge week this week as they pay a visit to dallas.s is going to be a sunday night football game. hoping that the time away over the break will be an advantage in the big d. >> we would like to get to the halfway point and get banged up like i was saying but you'll take the offweek but it's a little early but give us a chance to get ready for a great dallas offense, you know, give us a little more time, you know, to scout them and kind of get to -- i'm definitely looking forward to the challenge. >> we get a chance to get a break and get our minds sorted to take on the second half of the season and, you know, i know you take the season like quarters, first quarter is over so we have second quarter and we come refreshed on a new start on something that we know we can be real good at. and i just hope everybody is the same. >> the cowboys were outgunned by the broncos on sunday, 51-48 so they fall 2 in 3 and believe it or not, a skins win and an eagles loss this week will actually make the redskins your nfc east division leader at 2 in 3,

today over at redskins park mike shanahan and robert griffin iii react. >> i was glad he expressed exactly how he feels from an ownership standpoint. i think i addressed that many times in the offseason. i concentrate on football and i'd like to do that. >> you don't want to minimize anything that's going on outside of these walls but inside these walls we have to focus on football and we have to focus on the cowboys and go out and win football games. we can't worry about what's going on outside of that. >> the oneida nation released a statement in his letter mr. snyder made mention off the team's history but he omitted the original owner was an vowed -- avowed segregation shown northern interior spots to denigrate people with color. that ploy was successful. the marketing of this racial slur has had and continues to have political health consequences for my people and nate 2i6 americans everywhere. >> the controversy certainly does not appear to be going away and the snyder letter was all over today -- >> this is between any aggrieved native americans and the team period. i think another

. >> what the redskins need a lot of first half production by robert griffin iii. still hasn't thrown the pass ini the first half,s that to changeh against dallas.llas. they can't depo in an go go in t griffin iii has to perform in the first half.ha even in the oakland game that they first won, they came out sluggish and slow. >> and it will be different.ren. >> that is -- if you are down 14-0 to dallas or 17-3. that is hurt. >> it's going to be difficult t keep up with them in a shootout situation. i think had he ar they are goina to take chances defensively, ane go after romo, and pressure him, if you pressure him in a critical moment, he is liable ti make aab mistake. last week in week 17 when we got him and robert didn't have a prolific game this, he turned the football three times. >> lastier yolast year he was an the ball.th they were able to pound the ball against the dallas defense. dallas' defense is 28th in in the league. yesterday they looked impressivm dependence denver but they have given 325 yards per game througa the air, another 82 on the ground, th

. >> reporter: robert griffin iii is ready for his fifth game under center following january snow surgery. critics have said he's still shaking the rust off. he'll get to show where he is under the sunday night light against their biggest rival. >> coming off the bye, didn't matter who we were going to be playing. we know the magnitude of this game being the redskins- cowboys. they'll be pumped up, ready to go, sunday night. everybody will be watching so everyone is going to put their best joshua ford. for us -- best foot forward. >> reporter: griffin hopes to have a repeat performance of what washington did to the team last season. that is, they swept dallas. from redskins park, diane roberts, wusa9 sports. >>> the chicken company implicated in the latest salmonella outbreak faces a big deadline today. we have that story coming up. >> plus, d.c.'s mayor confronts the senate majority leader demanding an end to the tieup of the city's own money in the federal government shutdown. big problems on the beltway this morning. here's monika. >> inner loop of the beltway has been shut down for ov

fast forward to today, robert griffin iii is their star quarterback, and people are asking why this namen why is about the man you just talked about, tan schneider. i mean, he is like teaching a master class in anti public relations. every time the guy opens his mouth he's almost like a caricature of the kind of arrogant 1 percenter who puts everybody's teeth on edge. >> dave, can the nfl force him to change a team's name? it's not like them to pick on people in their own fraternity. and this report now says that he is simply not going to change the name. what authority does the league have, if any? >> the league, unfortunately, has no authority to actually push him to change his name. here's who has authority. the federal courts have authority if they dome that the name is, in fact, a slur. you're not actually allowed to name a product after a slur. that's a law. and so if that court case goes through and it's termed to be a slur then he would have to change the name. something else that we would have to change the name. if he wants to move the team out of the maryland suburbs, where th

robert griffin, iii looked like himself after last season's devastating knee injury.ly 300 yards and two scores and late in the game, rg3 led his team to a game winning scoring drive with 45 seconds left on the clock. so washington wins a shoot-out over the chicago bears 45-41. one of the top stories in the lineup section at bleacherreport.com this morning, the patriots loss to the jets because of never before called penalty. in overtime, the patriots chris jones was flagged for using his teammate as a battering ram. a new rule this year. you can't push your teammate into the opponent's formation. it gave the jets a second chance for a field goal. nick folk nailed it. game over. i tell you what, berman, your patriots lost because of a new rule this year and the refs are really, really pressured to follow these new rules because it has to do with player's safety so why so much emphasis put on watching those rules that have anything to do with keeping these guys safe and why the penalty was called for the first time. >> i think that call was an unusual time to pick call

he tied the game at 17, but the skins rally back behind robert griffin the third.skins go up 17. >> it's all good, great team win. we had to win a shootout and we did. whatever the situation calls for, that's what weaver got to do. very confident, you know, told the guys we've just got to have confident plays, get positive yards on each play and if we don't, make up for it on the next play. when you have those crucial third down situations, we got to step up and make plays. >> dallas and aoegs gels on the line, third quarter, dallas a 10-0 lead. nick foles making his second start for the eagles in place of michael vick did not look good at all. foles had to leave with a head injury. the cowboys win it 17-3. >> i think, you know, if you play long enough, you understand how difficult it is to win on the road especially in the division, and it's going to be a tough game. they always are, and it's going to come down to a series or two. we responded and it got in the critical point of the game. i was proud of guys. we got into stuff we liked and executed well and gettin

. >> reporter: messages of support are pouring in from the likes of lebron james and robert griffin, are seeing this outpouring of support from fans, from celebrities, from fellow players. >> reporter: it is not clear if peterson will play tomorrow in the vikings game against the carolina panthers. james patterson remains behind bars on a cash bond of $750,000. >> a terrible story. thanks. >>> latest on the 9 yeverled stow-away who managed to sneak on a plane alone and flew to las vegas. he is expected back home in minneapolis today. kevin tibbles is live at the airport to tell us more about it. kevin, good morning. >> reporter: a week after somehow getting by security and onto a plane, today, that 9-year-old stow-away is, indeed expected to be in the air again. this time, being returned to minnesota. today marks the ends of the 9-year-old stow-away's strange and dangerous odyssey to las vegas. he had an entire nation wondering how he finagled his way past tsa and a delta gate agent on his way to sin city. >> he had to be pretty smart and in the know. >> reporter: it wasn't long befo

they will take up the nomination of robert griffin to be general counsel of the national labor relations expected at 5:30 p.m. eastern. president obama nominate mr. griffin for a spot on the board but withdrew it as part of an agreement to end the senate standoff overlays with executive branch nominations. his original nomination also helped spark a supreme court case over the constitutionality of recess appointments. the senate is expected to barely meet the 60 the procedure requirement. we have more from our reporter covering capitol hill who joined us on this morning's "washington journal." >> host: we start with a discussion on the week in congress to a lot of activity going on this weekend to reporters join us to help us break down not only what happens but what it means politically. jennifer of the "huffington post" joins us. she serves the white house or list reports on white house and also reports on progress as well. we're also joined by neil of cq quarterly call who is a staff writer for that publication. thanks for coming on. like i said, a big week as far as agenda is concern

griffin takes us inside the operation. >> reporter: in its three-count complaint, the government says a man known as the dread pirate roberthrough an illegal site he created. a secretive on-line marketplace for drugs. one so perfect that it could make the street corner dealer obsolete. >> i bought, i think, ten hits of lsd for me and a few friends and we biked through golden gate park and had a really amazing day, the week after. >> the government says hundreds of thousands of users like this man use the impossible to trace website which sells drugs, weapons, forced documents and even hitmen. it is called the silk road. >> we are looking at the listing for heroin china-wide. one gram. >> nicholas is a professor that spent months researching silk road. >> most people want the drugs but don't want the social interactions that come with -- and silk road takes that out of equation. >> silk road was a huge enterprise. nearly a million users bought and sold $1.2 billion worth of illegal goods on the site. using the virtual currency called bit coins. making it, according to the fbi, the most sophisticated and extensive criminal m

robert e grirch the thirrobertgriffin is. here is the offensive coordinator on griffin's progress. >> just all around, there's no exact one thingme plays, and making some plays with his arm, i don't think we have done as good as we did last year, i think we need to get better. i have seen him week by week, fairly better, i hope we come back after this by week, better. >> all righty. to soccer we go. d.c. united plays westernn conference leader real salt likt with the u.s. open cup championship on the line withne the big break came in the 45th minute.minu lewis neil would score on the rebound. that would be all the often needed. d.c. united gets the nail theth third u.s. open championship anp first since 2008, yay. >> i love it. it. >> that is good news. >> that is huge. >> all the players are cute. >> once you score a point in soccer, it's hard for the teamth toe overcome on that. >> you have a comment on my comment. >> no.o. >> at 8:00, dr. oz and others, you remember they helped to sav a tourist live, now the woman comes face to face with her hero inside an emotional reunion. >> reporter: holly morris from my favorite part of

griffin is live at the pentagon with details as this story continues. hi, jennifer. >> reporter: hi, jenna. these are civilian members of the pentagon being requested right now. the pentagon come troller roberte, why the pentagon furloughed anyone in light of pay our military act which congress passed unanimously which the president signed into law on the eve of the shutdown. >> i was shocked and angered that i learn that five of our nation's heroes died in afghanistan over the weaken and their families were informed that benefits could not be paid. >> unfortunately the department of defense took it upon itself to disregard the will of the american people and violate a law that had unanimous support of congress and the signature of the commander-in-chief. >> reporter: the republican sponsor of the pay our military act, congressman mike kaufman of colorado accused dod for not following letter of the law for political purposes accusing the pentagon and white house not paying death benefits to the families of 26 u.s. servicemembers. there has been a lot of fingerpointing in washington how the death benefits issue could have fallen through the gaps. >> dod has no authority to pay benefits. we've