offensive coordinator kyle shanahan's future with the redskins is what is driving mike shanahan to actually want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his job. now, the redskins declined to comment on this story and called mike shanahan have not been returned. coming up in ten minutes, though, we will -- who will make the call on the future of the redskins franchise quarterback, the owner or the embattled coach? >>> police say they are looking for alleged victims after charging a private tutor and an athletic coach in montgomery county. daniel is accused of having inappropriate contact with one of the teens he was tutoring. police say he tutored mostly high school students in the betd these da and potomac areas. he's facing several charges including sex abuse of a minor. >>> and charges are coming in virginia rirnlg in the wake of our change -- in the wake of that family tragedy surrounding state senator kree deeds. bob mcdonald announced a plan to dif

rg 3 benched by mike shanahan. >> dave owens, these guys have been giving shanahan grief.know i got questions. if you are gonna bench the guy, why didn't you do it at the beginning of the season? >> why did you play him in the snow season, all of those things. it's an embarrassment. this looks like, smells like a disaster. shanahan said reps were the most important thing for griffin. but now he's changed his mind. references health and the big picture -- referencing health and the big picture. shanahan said the bench was the best play for him. not an easy move to describe but he tried. >> i thought his hits were piling up on him. giving his a toll. i was afraid we would set him back. >> he explained to me his reasoning and at the end of the day, the coach's decision is what we go with and that's what it has always been. >> now, griffin ran scout team today. think about that. he wasn't in the huddle with the starters trying to learn, get better, develop, he ran scout team. any of you have been weighing in throughout the day, you will hear from a redskins individual in the n

what about his son, kyle shanahan? >> i've said numerous times that i'd like to concentrate on football, but maybe i can say it the best this way. a coordinator is a coordinator. they've got a job to do and they're going to do it. if they don't do it, chances are they went to be a coordinator for long. at the end of the day it's my responsibility to be accountable for everything that's done. >> this circus run being the redskins is being called out by reporters all -- running the redskins is being called out by reporters all over. one saying worse than the jim zorn era, some placing blame on mike and kyle shanahan. other reports say current and former staff members say kyle has been given complete autonomy to run the head coach. as mike shanahan made clear today, nobody's job is safe. it might be a scenario where mike stays and kyle goes, going to be really interesting to see what happens. >> i would believe there's a group out there saying hurry up and get the season over with. >> get the circus over and move on to ne

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and snyder and shanahan at odds? did the head coach almost quit at the a end of last season? we'll have response to the latest redskins drama. >>> icy wet mess outside tonight. there are already alerts to make you aware of. the latest cancellations and closures are scrolling across the bottom of your screen. we have a few monday closures to tell you about. tomorrow loudoun and fairfax county public schools closed. northern virginia bureau reporter live in leesburg. first we begin with storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. this is progressing as you said it would. >> we would have put more snow towards the north and west. everybody else seeing what we have been talking about. we have been talking about snow. >> we are getting reports of freezing rain. kind of a break in the 70 right now. but that is not the case. just because it is dry at your house it will not remain that way. >> let's take a look at max 2. we can look at the numbers. storm team 4 radar showing what is going on across our area right now. you see the freezing rain and sleet pulling out of the area an

tonight mike shanahan is still head coach of the redskins team. for the last 48 hours questions have been surrounding the redskins organization about his future. strong sources within the organization have shared with the news 4 sports department that there's reason to believe that kyle shanahan's future with the redskins is what is driving mike shanahan to want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his own job. we have reached out to head coach mike shanahan and have yet to hear back from him tonight. we also confirmed with the redskins today that dan snyder will not be involved in any player decisions and will allow coac mike shanahan to make the call as to whether robert griffin iii or kurt cousins starts as quarterback this sunday against the atlanta falcons. we know coach shanahan is not being fired today and is expected to be at practice tomorrow. >>> the one thing that everyone has in their homes that

three seasons ago mike shanahan rode into town, new sheriff.s supposed to put a muzzle on the madness. wrong. redskins park has featured more circus acts than barnum & bailey and i'll admit it first i gave shanahan the benefit of the doubt because he had the bling, two super bowl rings. i think we all did. here's what's becoming evident. mike shanahan long known for his offensive strategies, he's a debacle behind the microphone. a couple examples. donovan mcnabb lacked cardiovascular endurance and then john beck was the answer at quarterback and now robert griffin needs rest more than reps? no, no, no. that is not the answer. now here's what we really know, mcnabb didn't play well and didn't fit their system. beck and rex grossmann were stopgaps and shanahan is really curious about cousins, wink, wink, especially since rg3 has regressed. so why not just say that, mike? here's why. because mike shanahan has a problem. he doesn't really like to tell the truth. tuesday heed to reporters, "i'm not normally honest with -- he told reporters, "i'm not

shanahan and his job.tuned. >>> what's happening now got us to thinking shanahan is the seventh burgundy and gold coach since snyder owned the team. none have finished their contract and only one had a winning record, the first one, norv turner during the '99/2000 season. he was fired with three games left in the season. >>> the capitals lost four straight before taking five of their last six. they were 16-2-2 entering tonight's game against the tampa bay lightning, a team they usually dominate at home and one that's banged up. keep your eye on that guy, the great 8. despite the injuries of lightning they shot out to a fast start 3-0 on the caps in the 1st period. looking bad, but then alexander ovechkin took charge, a mere hat trick, the 13th of his career wouldn't do. ovie's fourth spent the game into overtime, but troy brouwer for the winner in a shootout. caps overcome the deficit, no lie. we have thought it was over when they were down 3-0. >> if mike shanahan is anything like me, i have one son, i'm

mike shanahan looked i see on the field. it did not compare to his relationship with the owner. >> rightfully so. a report fromo espn, shanahan was ready to resign and cleaned out his desk before the playoff game. gaveid that schneider preferential treatment to robert griffin iii and undermined shanahan's authority. he responded to the report. >> it is not the right time to comment on my relationship with schneider or talk about this. i'll get a chance to talk at the end of the season. >> griffin did not take too kindly to being asked about shanahan. but it is not relevant to the football game or my life. that is my answer to that. it is ridiculous. special teams allowed a punt return and kickoff return for a touchdown. washington lost 45-10. the team's record is 3-10. >> we are working our tails off. and allheir back 100% of these rumors are -- >> we have to go out and play. today, you know, we did not. >> how about some good news? the washington capitals picked up another when. let's go there. they apply pressure and here'

dan snyder, mike shanahan, how shanahan. it was the play of kirk cousins that blew up. interceptions, it seemed like everybody wanted to talk about his first half and his entire game. he had three touchdowns. it was just a great change of pace. the team needed a spark in he gave it to them. mike shanahan says easy, to not go crazy. >> let's not get carried away about one-game. that's all it is. we saw what robert did last year. acl, rehab thean whole year. he put up some good numbers this year. maybe not in comparison to the first year but let's not get carried away. >> our play of the day comes from the football championship subdivision in new hampshire. look at this. the scramble, slip to defend her, finds his receiver in the end zone for the touchdown. new hampshire would come back to win it anyway. holy cow. how about the scramble, the throw, and a touchdown. the caps were down in philadelphia tonight. the caps now have won six of their last eight games. we will see what they do against the flyers tomorrow night in philly. >> a christmas tradition at the medical cen

reported the pressure was on coach shanahan to get rid of his son, offensive coordinator, kyle shanahan. >> i don't want to get fired. i'm not going to call up dan schneider to ask his opinion. and if he says no, i'm not going to go that direction. >> how do you not wonder if you're being used in some sort of power play here? >> because you can't, you just can't think about it that way. at the end of the day, we got three games left and my teammates don't need me to think about it that way. they don't need me to bring that kind of environment in the locker room. >> i talked to dan schneider a week ago, talking about the amount of hits robert has had. and any time you are hit, as many times as he has 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 has been hit. >> so much fascination conversation coming out of redskins park today. we'll have more from shanahan, that's coming up later at 6:00. >>> wow, truth telling there, huh? >> some truth telling and lots of stuff. lots of stuff. we'll

is what is driving mike shanahan to want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his job. we have reached out to head coach mike shanahan and we have yet to hear back from him. we also confirmed with the redskins tonight that dan snyder won't be involved in any player decisions and will allow coach mike shanahan to make the call as to who starts as quarterback this sunday against the atlanta falcons. we know coach shanahan is not being fired today and is expected to be at practice tomorrow. we'll continue following this story and we'll bring you the latest coming up at "news 4 at 6:00" and we'll continue to reach out to coach shanahan and perhaps get more information from the redskins. that's the latest out of redskins park tonight. >> a lot of tension over there. >> and it continues. >>> our storm team 4 coverage continues. >> we have a team of meteorologists working to break down the latest on what else we can expect in

kyle shanahan wants to leave daddy.shburn was at the park today to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: kyle shanahan spoke to the media thursday afternoon for the first time since a variety of reports surfaced sunday citing reports in the organization that kyle shanahan had a fracture relationship with robert griffin, iii and he no longer wanted to coach under his father mike. he stepped onto the podium. >> the reports i want to distance myself from my father is totally untrue, came here with a goal to win. i'll keep trying to do that until they don't the woman us here. it's not a decision that's up to -- don't want us here. it's not a decision that's up to me. it sounds like there's a report about everything right now. i think it's pretty boring to talk about our three wins, not much else going on. there's a lot of stuff out there. there's a report about on everything. some things there's partial troupes to, but when it comes to work -- truths to, but when it comes to working with robert, nobody works with robert exc

and today, mike shanahan was asked this question. what's the long-term stainability of an offense where there seems to be more sideways options than down field pitches. >> this year, we're not there. we're moving the ball fairly well on the ground. we're not where we want to be in the passing game. we are working to improve that, and we have fallen short to the last two or three games. >> late in the game, griffin decides to run, get sacked. >> have to make plays and we weren't doing that in the second half, and that's why some of our drives stalled. >> eli manning who won't win many foot races stands in the pocket with the defender draped all over him, delivers a strike, moves the chains, and the decisions of mike shanahan are being dissected. why did alfred morris disappear? why, why, why? >> questions, questions, questions. that's life of an nfl coach where you are 12 games under 500 overall. mike shanahan better win one soon or those questions are going to continue. from redskins park, dave owens, wusa9 sports. >> but that's okay

rg3 is not even required but mike shanahan wants to protect him for the offseason.t's definitely a statement by shanahan who is telling his team and the owner daniel snyder i'm in charge. now shanahan is saying that griffin has taken too many hits after being zapped too many times in the past five games. rrg3 will step back and cousins will take over. kobe bryant showing off. how tall is he. >> 6'6". >> he scored 20 points and gave himself a d-grade as he gets himself back in shape. the lakers would drop to 0 and 2 with kobe in the lineup. one of the most iconic numbers in nascar number three car will make a return in the sprint cup series next season. dillon will be driving the car made famous by champion dale earnhardt. the number has not been used since dale earnhardt's tragic death. >> now i can't wait. mr. cousins becomes the sacrificial lamb for an offensive line that cannot protect. great to be a backup quarterback in the nfl. thank you sir. >>> the details behind the flight of 214, and what caused the deadly accident. the tonal truck had dangerous cargo will

mike shanahan says it's about his health.e always know sports and politics have a lot in common. we always know what people are saying is not always exactly what's going on. my guess is we have not heard the last of this. and kirk cousins, former michigan state great, will be starting on sunday. >> all right. chris cillizza, i think i hear espn calling. >> is that what that is? >> all right. thanks, chris. well, that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." ann dree is back with you tomorrow. among her guests, democratic party chair debbie wasserman schultz and hunter biden. remember to follow the show online and on twitter @mitchellreports. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> hey, there. thank you so much. several developing stories in the next hour. right now the former chief of staff to senator lamar alexander is in court charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. we'll have the latest, including new details on what investigators say happened when they raid

hours ago, mike shanahan benched robert griffin for the rest of the season. sports director tim brant joins us with what this means for the team as they try to go forward. >> i think mike shanahan took control of this ballclub. and a very animated, emotional, outspoken meeting he made it known this is his ballclub until dan snyder tells him otherwise. inactive for the final three meetings out the reason is to keep the franchise quarterback healthy to prepare in the off-season to get ready to play next year. kirk cousins will start against atlanta and even he said that this is his ballclub but griffin seemed down and only agreed begrudgingly. end of the day, the coaches decision is what we go with and that's what it's always been. to do that. >> i know he won't understand. he won't. at the end, i'm hoping maybe in a year or two he will. >> mike shanahan giving his reasons why rg3 will not play anymore this year. more on the redskins later and sports. >> quite a big story today. accusations of domestic violence against george zimmerman. why he won't be charged.

was grooming mike shanahan to become a coach. regardless whether or not you believe all these reports. it's another week. it's another leak, and more anonymous sources coming out of that building at redskins park, which for a lot of people signifies things are not harmonious. people would be keeping their mouths shut and these reports would not be leaking out. mike shanahan has been taking heat for allowing this situation to occur under his watch. today i asked him once again, why all these loose lips in his organization? >> i can't do anything about those reports. i can guess where they come from. i know there's a lot of people, in my past, or coach hazel's past. i know not everybody is happy. it can be tough. a lot of things do come out as part of this business. >> would it be fair to say that as an owner, looking up high, down low, these distractions are a major detriment to bringing you back. would that be a fair thing to say? >> you'd have to talk to dan schneider about that. he'd give you a better answer. >> better answer.

there is a lot of buzz that mike shanahan's days here in washington could be coming to an end very soon. 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,

shanahan and his job. stay tuned. all of this hubbub has got us thinking what's going on? shanahan, the seventh burgundy and gold coach since snyder has owned the team. none have finished out their contract. only one had a winning record, norv turner to the '99 season. he was fired with just three games left in the season. the capitals lost four straight before getting it together and taking five of the last six. first of all, got to warn you, keep a eye on this guy, he's going to impress you. they shot out to a fast start. up 3-0 on the caps in the first period. it looked bad but then alexander ovechkin took over. a mere hat trick, 13th of his career and franchise record setter. that wasn't enough. overtime no score there. troy braugher scored the winner in a shootout. a thrilling 6-5 win. >>> some interesting news for the nationals. ryan zimmerman will see some time at first base next year. the manager matt williams met with the face of the team last week and posed the possible move. zimmerman said he'll

redskins coach mike shanahan is going to shut down robert griffin iii inactive.irk cousins will start this week in atlanta. shanahan noted the potential risk for injury as a major concern when it came to benching griffin. >> the quarterback needs an off season program. it's important to him. when you take a look at quarterback who is your franchise quarterback, he's your future if you miss two off seasons in a roerks it will be the hardest thing to do is recover from that. i take a look at the next three games. i'd like him to have that experience. but at the risk of setting him back where he doesn't go into off season, i think that would be devastating to him. >> i expressed my desire to play. 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 the day, coach -- coach's decision is what we go with. >> as you can imagine it was a very wild day at redskins park. coming up later we'll hear from kirk cousins. he'll make his second start of the nfl career this weekend. from the li

and 10.eader, he is 3 mike shanahan is probably getting fired. a sitdown know until with dan and we will find out what i think and i will give him my opinions and he will give me his. maybe we hit it off and i get that 15-year contract. maybe three-year. >> mike shanahan went through a kaleidoscope of emotions -- anger, humor, but for more it ever reason -- but for whatever >> the short term it's going to get even colder. take a look at what you will wake up to in the morning. cold, breezy, temperatures theeen 18 and 26 with windchill even lower. we might get to 30. but the breeze feeling colder, saturday another storm system could bring us some rain, maybe a went to remix and then we will have more on what to expect when you join me at 11:00. >> join us for 11:00. have a good night.

i doubt mike shanahan does it. does he walk away from the one year, $7 million deal if dan schneider asks him to fire his son, the offensive coordinator. it will be interesting. i hardly doubt the shanahan family will condition to coach the washington every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and >>> if you have an idea for a new product or service but don't know how to turn your idea sgu a business, there's a new start-up company that may help calmed quirky. the company welcomes invention or product ideas and lets internet users pick the best one and develops and markets three ideas every month. the company has become known for the speed and success rates so much so that it has caught the attention of general electric, which is now partnering with quirky. it's good news for quirky and better news for inventors who get quirky's help. patricia has the story. >> this red light means not open the door. yeah, i'm probably going to open it up. it smells like [ bleep ]. >> 27-year-old entrepreneur ben kaufmann

and robert griffin iii. >> his offensive coordinator kyle shanahan, who is mike shanahan's son. look at that dynamic who has developed there, the owner who is tight with his quarterback who doesn't like his offensive coordinator, whose father is the head coach. it's gotten ugly. there's a lot of drama that's going on behind the scenes. i do not see mike shanahan coaching the washington redskins going into 2014. who wants that job? who knows because dan schneider is a very hands-on owner. i don't see a guy like john gruden who just recently reupped with espn or bill cower, those high prow file guys that teams want, i do not see mike shanahan there after this season. >> reporting from new york, just some interesting drama going on in d.c., tony. >> an interesting quarterback that means the coaches are going to go first. no? >> they don't want to replace the quarterback. >>> a storm threatening the east coast, dave warren will have it, back in just a moment. in. >> meteorologist dave warren. another round of winter weather is what we are expecting. starting to see that first off in

here is coach shanahan. >> i talked to dean earlier today. he gave me a call and just went over the scenario. obviously they made a mistake and you live with it. >> reporter: so, with four games left on this schedule right now, a lot of things can happen starting from the top with redskins owner, dan snyder. a asked former redskins tight end, chris coolly, if he was owner, coach, player, how would he handle the next four games? here is chris cooley. >> if i'm a player, i show up and work and try to get better every single week. it's the only thing the players can do is buy into what they are doing and try to put their best effort on the field. everyone is watching. it's their job and their profession. if you are a player, you embrace it's like training camp. if you are mike shanahan, you embrace the team, your locker room, your meeting room and say it's us. endorse the idea that you are going to be here next season and so what do you need to do to get your team ready to play football? you don't say i have to show something in terms of wins an

i doubt mike shanahan does it. does he walk away from the one year, $7 million deal if dan schneider asks him to fire his son, the offensive coordinator. it will be interesting. i hardly doubt the shanahan family will condition to coach the washington redskins. >> there was a 49ers clinch. willie mase out there, montana. >> the game is over. >> 49ers. >> beat the fal cans. >> thank you. >> good news for pregnant women who say it's okay to eat nuts. mums that ate months five times a month during pregnancy are less likely to have allergies. women were advised to avoid eating nuts. the research conducted on more than 8,000 children. snapshots - a look at the best pictures of the year. every year hundreds of thousands of children in this country write letters to santa with christmas hopes and dreams. there's a team of u.s. postal workers and community volunteers helping to make the wishes come true. brian rooney explains. >> this is operation santa. for the last several weeks people have come to the central post office

but you have to remember that mike shanahan does have a contract.him, he will owe him $7 million, so you can understand why he's taking a little bit of a pause before pulling the trigger. still, mike shanahan does not have that much of a future left in washington and it is hard not to see this as a power play. shanahan has intimated pretty strongly he thinks dan snyder is too close to the star quarterback. he thinks that star system has undermined the coaching staff and the way they can deal with rg3. in fact, shanahan went so far as to say quote, dan doesn't even care about the other positions, so he is asserting himself by saying hey, i'll show you i can bench this guy and rg3 is unfortunately, he seems to be caught in the middle. take a listen to what he said yesterday. >> i expressed my desire to play. 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 the day, coach's decision is what we go with and that's what it's always been. >> you can see how just thri

shanahan says it is for rg iii's protection. he rushed back from acl surgery and doesn't want him hurt in what amounts to meaning less games now. >> what is in the best interest of robert? what is the best thing going for him? have those next three games and the experience of going through those reps? or having hem healthy in the off season. >> i expressed my desire to play. of course i want to be out there and pin the season with my guys -- and finish the season with my guys and see it through. at the end of the day the coach's decision is what we go with and that's what it has always been. >> that's not going to end well. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino and shanahan will not be there. >> it is ugly at the end. >>> well bat kid hits another homerun for the make a wish foundation. >> next on abc7 news, the big leaguer with a big heart >>> here is a look at your wake up weather. it is still going to be freezing cold in the north bay valleys where the warnings are spare the air. it is not as cold as previous morning

mike shanahan put rg iii on the show.e had zero involvement in the decision. he is frustrated. next threerd, this weeks, there is no quarterback controversy. he believes rg iii should be playing right now. >> like i said, i would like to finish this out. --time you're a coordinator i can't finish the year without a starting quarterback. it would be good for robert. that is my opinion, but i understand they have concerns. i do agree with what they are saying. if he did get hurt, that would be devastating next year. that is a fact. >> the redskins are headed to atlanta this weekend. the wizards play their tomorrow night. they're looking for their 10th win of the season. icicle basketball tonight. -- high school basketball tonight. joshua reeves takes it right to the rack, slam dunks that. defense was big for the panthers tonight. curtis jones, how about this? 71-51 over st. john's. holy nike, the shoe that michael anden -- michael jordan wore online auction today, $104,000. remember that game? chicago won 90-88. jordan gave

it's another week and mike shanahan is addressing rumors and not football. namely, that his son, kyle, wants to part ways with him. at today's press conference, i asked him about rumors and why there seems to be so many loose lips in his organization. >> i can guess where they come from. i know there's a lot of people in my past or the coach's past, or gary kubiak, hey, not everybody is happy. >> coach shanahan also addressing kirk cousins and his solid performance in atlanta. saying robert griffin is still the starter, but every player on the team has to understand. no matter where they were drafted, the best players will play. >> just because you drafted them in the first round or the sixth round or the seventh round, and you're going to keep them there just because you drafted them or sign a guy with a big signing bonus, you lose respect by your football team. >> and so the drama continues here at redskins park and i missed all that, it's dallas week. from redskins park, dave owens, wusa9 sports. >> i'm topper shutt. we have more flakes in the forecast. w

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tonight everybody is asking how long are the shanahans going to be around? >> that is the big question. according to multiple reports out tonight, owner dan snyder, gm bruce allen stayed behind at fedex field a few hours later than every 1 else this evening, most expecting mike -- everyone else this evening, most expecting mike shanahan to be fired. the question is when? tonight or tomorrow, the end of the season? we'll have to wait and see, but after today's debacle at the snow something needs to change at the top and this team needs more talent on the field, an overall change. i understand the weather was bad and footing wasn't ideal, but when you look back at the game, that didn't seem to bother the kansas city chiefs one bit. they were dead set on stopping a three game losing streak. the redskins looked like they really wanted no part of the weather elements or competing. kansas city threaded washington especially on special teams nearly 300 yards on kick returns. the redskins had no answer for dexter mccluster who accounted for 177 return yards and the

. >>> coach shanahan said you have to have pride to play. that's exactly what the redskins are playing for, pride. taking on the giants right here on nbc 4's sunday night football and fighting to climb out of the cellar in the nfc east. diane is live at fedex field with more of what we can expect tonight. diana? >> you say cellar, i say hole. that's what this redskins have done, they've dug themselves a very big hole. it's going to take a lot of effort, and a mighty big shovel to get themselves out of this one. and it can start with a victory against the new york giants. but basically the redskins, if they do not win tonight, kiss the play-off hopes good-bye. the team is really playing to finish this season strong. and like coach shanahan said all week long, players are going to be out on the field fighting for their jobs. >> coach told me never confuse effort with results. and this is a result business. and everybody's out there trying hard. everybody's going out there and it's up to us to do whatever it takes to win a football game. >> we'

jason for cbs 4 said today from a source that kyle shanahan is universally hated at ashburn at redskinsrk. the direct quote was, kyle shanahan is the head coach, but no one knows he is. >> wow. >> so people aren't happy about the way he acts and everything. so, mike stays, maybe kyle is gone. >> probably won't, i suppose. >> probably won't until the end of the season. >> we don't have enough time to talk about that. you need more time to do that. that's it for us, bruce and jan will see you at 7:00 and we'll talk with maryland governor. have a good day.

shanahan says it is for rg iii's protection. he rushed back from acl surgery and doesn't want him hurt in what amounts to meaning less games now. >> what is in the best interest of robert? what is the best thing going for him? have those next three games and the experience of going through those reps? or having hem healthy in the off season. >> i expressed my desire to play. of course i want to be out there and pin the season with my guys -- and finish the season with my guys and see it through. at the end of the day the coach's decision is what we go with and that's what it has always been. >> that's not going to end well. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino and shanahan will not be there. >> it is ugly at the end. >>> well bat kid hits another homerun for the make a wish foundation. >> next on abc7 news, the big leaguer with a big heart inspired by to those who've been waiting welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition.

are the redskins stronger moving forward without shanahan? >> look, you're asking the wrong guy here. i don't know anything about football, i don't know anything about shanahan. i saw him for the first time now. this much i do know, kristen, the name of the football team, personally speaking is an abomination and they should change it. >> that is certainly a heated debate that is going on in the nation's capital and really all around the country. we've been tracking that as well. thanks to all of you for being here. i should say i'm a philly fan, philly girl so i'm happy the eagles won last night. travel is going to be tough for west coast residents driving into mexico. you're looking at a coastal highway that collapsed nearly a week after a 4.6 magnitude earthquake ne earthquake. infrastructure may take a year to repair. well ladies, now there's big news in controlling your overactive bladder symptoms. the new oxytrol for women patch. the first and only over the counter treatment for overactive bladder. put the control back in your go with n

mike shanahan was also talking after the game. in his press conference, he addressed reports about his relationship with dan snyder. those reports say he had clued out his office before the playoff loss to seattle last january. he was going to leave. withs extremely upset snyder over the way he ran the franchise. here is mike shanahan. talking about my relationship with dan snyder. this is not the right time or place to talk about something that happened a year ago. we don't know what direction it will go. he pulled the bull by the horns. he was not asked any questions. he walked right up to the podium. >> i want to talk about football. that was this rest conference. we have not heard anything. it will be interesting. >> all right. let's talk about the situation now. leesburg. , we know it is rough getting out there. what is the situation like now? >> hi, guys. how are you doing? the good news is the precipitation has stopped in the area. and he thing that is outside is encased in ice. it might've been the's folks coming out right

what do you think about mike shanahan going out the door at redskins park? obviously it was expected. but really, are i mean, the skins have to start from scratch now it seems. >> yeah, i grew up in the d.c. area, as well. it is a lot different than it was in our clengttive childhoods. you of all people know that in washington, d.c. and that whole mid-atlantic area of the country just how deep the roots run, fan dom of the redskins. the old expression in washington is the two most important people in town are the president of the united states and the quarterback of the washington redskins and not necessarily in that order. and it has been such a difficult season. right? eight straight losses to end this season. that's the worst in the redskins have had in more than 50 years just a gut punch to people in town after last season, justifies such an optimistic high, the feeling finally teams were starting to turn around. the excitement of the young quarterback robert griffin iii. in between, injuries, shifting allegian allegiances. it i want to give you a pictur

that would be devastating to him as well as the organization. >> reporter: shanahan said the owner danved of the decision. but he's making move as a ploy to get himself fired from the three and ten team. >>> when we return, another look at the top three stories and we'll take you to the scene where the nevada family survived being stranded for days in the cold. female announcer ] ...so you can be up there. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. went wrong in the moments be asiana flight 214 crash land at s- f-o -- and the mistakes mad the aftermath. it doesn't look like much -y the offers are rolling in f this burnt out shell of a h and the bizarre story of a interpreter at nelson mand's memorial service gets more strange. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good morning. it's thursday, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the

>> all eyes on washington where coach shanahan already considered to be on the hot seat. espn reported shanahan nearly quit in january, packed up his office and after sunday's bl blowout loss to the chiefs, he in a roundabout way confirmed the report. in a time when it looks shanahan won't be back next year, some are wondering whether he'll be back next week. there also were significant injuries on sunday. among them, vikings' running back adrian peterson. rob gronkowski is believed to have i attorn acl suffered in a low hit against the browns. mri is expected to confirm it on monday. and this had been the highest scoring offense since gronkowski made his debut this season as of week seven. and also, broncos' receiver wes welker suffered his second concussion in four games. he will not be able to practice or play until he receives clearance from an independent neurologist. >> bob: mike, once again, we thank you for that and more. don't miss mike florio on "pro football talk" presented by chevrolet every weekday afternoon at 5:30 on nbcsn. new orleans, 31, carolina, 13. al

shanahan says it is for rg iii's protection.ed back from acl surgery and doesn't want him hurt in what amounts to meaning less games now. >> what is in the best interest of robert? what is the best thing going for him? have those next three games and the experience of going through those reps? or having hem healthy in the off season. >> i expressed my desire to want to of course i want to be out there and pin the season with my guys -- and finish the season with my guys and see it through. at the end of the day the coach's decision is what we go with and that's what it has always been. >> that's not going to end well. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino and shanahan will not be there. >> it is ugly at the end. >>> well bat kid hits another homerun for the make a wish foundation. >> next on abc7 news, the big leaguer with a big heart and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr spa

should mike shanahan be fired, which of the free agents should they keep? game on starts at 7:00. >>> it was an ugly loss last night. the timberwolves crushed the wizards 22 points, but a scary moment in the game could have spelled serious trouble for the rest of the season. with about 4 minutes left, bradley beal collapsed to the court after banging his knee with another player. he had trouble getting back up. eventually he had to be helped off the court. good news today, however, the mri on beal's knee was negative. he merely suffered a bone bruise and could even be back on the court tonight against detroit. beal has already missed 35 of the 99 games he played in his career. this is his second season. beal is the team's second leading scorer, so without him, the wizards lose an average 15.2 points a game. >>> hoyas taking on fiu at the verizon center today. devonta smith rivera for three of his 15 points this afternoon. georgetown opened the game on a 30-4 run. later in the first, georgetown still cruising. lieu beck, 7 of 9, also had 15 points, as did st

i don't think shanahan was the right coach but we have to do it over again. we've had seven coaches in about ten years and if you don't win, after two seasons, goodbye. >> i like mike shanahan. i think he is a great football coach. his roots are starting out as an offensive coordinator and he's worked for the 49ers and the raiders, west coast -- >> and you're a niners fan? >> i am a niners fan. i don't think it is best -- it is good to change it up a bit because he's dominant in putting forward his opinion in how the offense should run. so i think sometimes two minds that are different might help. >> and giants fan, do i have that right? >> that is correct. i'm embarrassed about it. >> i don't know if that coach will make it out of the day. coughlin has had two super bowl rings and eli had trouble. do you feel bad for these coaches? >> no. they make way too much money for me to feel bad for them. you have to have accountability and if you don't urks get paid -- you get paid a lot of money. you go off and wind up coaching another team. but accountability is th

. >> let me give you the future of shanahan. the experts continue to say that shanahan is gone. i don't think that is out of the realm of past ability. he could be back next year. if you are dan snyder, why pay him $7 million to leave when four months ago there were strutting around arm in arm thinking about the playoffs? >> i go back to the same thing i said before. have a chance to see dan after the next two games and i will give you my opinion on the franchise ash the direction which the franchise can go. theys in do at the end of season is communicate. i think we have that type of relationship or written talk to be honest with each other, but we will not do that until the end of the season. >> the wizards played next in new york city tonight. in the nfl, the ravens play the chargers with theame with playof >> we will give you a forecast overnight. we will have a patch of flurries move-in. we will talk more about the possibilities tonight at 11:00. a subaru... ...are the hanands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's w

now shanahan coached the team for four seasons.only made the playoffs once at the helm of the skins. that was last year. they went 3-13. shanahan has had an up-and-down relationship with rg3. many question the way he's handled his knee injury and now shanahan is fired. shanahan's the fourth coach to be let go this season joining the minnesota vikings leslie frazier, rob chud zzinski and gy kubiak. ten teams were fighting for four playoff spots as the nfl regular season wrapped up. two matchups were basically playoff games, the cowboys and eagles and the packers and bears in a win and you're in scenario. now after missing seven weeks with a broken collarbone, aaron rodgers was back under center for green bay and, kyra, i'm sure you know, he came through in the clutch for the packers. this was on fourth and eight. he found randall cobb in stride for the 48-yard it htouchdown. an incredible play. >> the packers are known to do that. that's my pack. >> what a clutch win. 33-28 was the final. the packers now head iing back the playoffs.

is what is driving mike shanahan to want out as head coach of the redskins. kyle's role in the organization as offensive coordinator may be putting the head coach in a position where he has to choose between his son and his job. we also just confirmed with the redskins that dan snyder will not be involved in any player decisions and will allow coach mike shanahan to make the call as to whether robert griffin iii or kurt cousins starts this sunday at quarterback against the atlanta falcons. >>> caught on camera, a 40-car pileup in wisconsin. cars crashing one after the other on a snow-covered highway. >>> plus in prince george's county how a slushy wet mix right now could spell serious trouble for the evening right home. we have a live report from largo straight ahead. plus this -- >> this is the official pat collins snow stick, and you can have one of your very own. it's the snowman challenge. details coming up. news 4. >>> boy, oh, boy, what melted today will refreeze tonight. we're cold, folks, for the next two days. along with that, storm team 4 already tr

first and foremost shanahan is trying to get fired.denies that, one more year on his contract, $7 million due if he is fired he gets all that money. the second is: mike shanahan is trying to get fired with his reputation intact. by benching robert griffin, he, first of all, drafting kirk cousins, this guy knows quarterbacks, second it's one last big you-know-what. by dan schneider, and is repulsed by how close the situation has become between dan schneider and robert griffin iii. >> is r rg iii just a abandon? >> he chose to enter into this very public very buddy buddy relationship with dan schneider, if by all accounts upset the coach and the locker room as well. this is all on dan schneider make no mistake about that, but it does take two to tango, with all the cameras in the public places. i'll say this it's great when you are winning but when you're not, it becomes the front page story about a dysfunctional franchise. >> robert griffin iii, what kind of damage has this done to his image? >> tremendous damage. robert griffin iii is

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