zorn was the sixth redskins head coach under dan snyder who bought the team in 1999. our own lindsay czarniak broke this story. >> she joins us on the phone now with the very latest. thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about when this happened and how it happened? >> as eun said that jim zorn has been let go, it happened early this morning upon the team's return from san diego. the team landed around 2:00 a.m. and i'm told zorn was packing up his things with team officials waiting for him there at redskins park. so, wha we know from being in san diego with the team last night is that they had scheduled an 11:00 a.m. player availability for this morning. they also have scheduled an 11:30 meeting that players assumed would be zorn's address of the team and then zorn himself was scheduled to have his availability, which he always does at 12:25, which i said is his normal time. it's not expected and likely he'll be back in the building after leaving or if he already left this morning. so, that's the latest. >> lindsay, any idea when we might hear about a new coach

that's why i told dan snyder a long time ago, this guy is as good as it gets. regardless if i came there or not, bruce is a guy that would be a very special. >> reporter: i don't expect to you make personnel decisions day one. you mentioned you were impressed with jason campbell from what you have seen. >> i am. i like the way he handles himself. i will get a chance to look at every game he plays and every play. i'm looking forward to evaluating all the guys but i like the way he has handled himself. hopefully gets better and better. >> that was brett haber talking with mike shanahan. he was fired by the broncos at the end of '08. he has had one year away from the nfl. he said he watched every game on every single sunday and he confessed it's a lot more relaxing to watch as a fan than coach. >>> another big sports story, this one not so happy. it was the suspension of ga -- gilbert arenas. there are so many unknowns, will the wizards get rid of him? what about criminal charges. the wizards wish they could put all of this behind them. more from dave owens. >> re

led by turner, a man who knows what it is like to be on the firsthand of a dan snyder firing. 4-12.was asked after the game tonight about his tenure with the redskins presumably coming to an end. >> there's a lot of things i'm sure out there as far as stories. there already has been. i get that. but i'm working on our team meeting. i'm working on our off season schedule and until i'm told that on any other effort i'm getting ready and i'm going to be forth right and ask and get things moving but i certainly want to be the head coach here. >> ever the optimist. reports circulating tonight that mike shanahan it be introduced the redskins new head coach as early as tomorrow morning. 9sports will be at redskins park around the clock until it happens and full coverage with brian mitchell and sara walsh joining me right after this newscast. >> becoming a restricted free agent at the end of the season. i believe he will have options. i believe he proved himself to be a legitimate starting quarterback in this league this year. they treated him poorly. he has been in six offenses in five yea

snyder was also -- was a kahn protÉge and he was fogged in at la guardia airport and won't be here untilater on this afternoon and we want to send their regrets as well. without further ado, let me send you ken. >> well, thank you, john, for that kind introduction. i really have been blessed in a lot of ways by having you as a mentor, a friend and a colleague and also as a teacher.fsb so i'm really -- the introduction means a lot to me. gary, i want to thank you as well. on not getting fogged in. >> it was tough. >> glad you can make it over here. let me begin first of all by no great regret that my coeditor couldn't be here today. paul is a center research fellow at the institute and he's a remarkable scholar. he holds three ph.d.s. one in economics and another in sociology from universities in his native romania and he also has a ph.d. from political science where he studied with this year's nobel prize winner eleanor oststrum. and paul is in europe this week and couldn't be here for the event. but by way of biography let me tell you a couple of things about paul. give you some insight

we sat down with democrat congressman snyder and he thinks this bill is good for arkansas. congressman, how is the health care bilk received here in arkansas? >> we've got a robust discussion for several months. that discussion continues it depends on what part of the bill you are talking about and who you are talking to. my own view is, arkansas have been interested in seeing something different in health care for decades. we are a poor state with a lot of uninsured people. are can -- and we recognize we need do something different. >> reporter: bottom line, you believe this bill is good for arkansas? >> oh yeah, i think this bill is very good for arkansas. not just good for those who don't have health insurance it will be good for those who have insurance and like what we have because we have got to get a handle on the escalated premiums. >> reporter: congressman snyder also told me that he believed that opposition bass due to misinformation. he several people come to his office and he would talk to them and they might change their tune. when we sat down with republican s

short- lived era for redskins coach jim zorn making room for the seventh head coach under owner dan snyder. we have live team coverage as fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> live look this more thanking from redskins park where changes are expected to be made shortly. we'll check in with our lindy murphy who is out there this morning. it is monday morning, january 4th. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. it is back to school after the christmas break but the bitter cold weather is forcing some school systems to open late this morning. in western maryland, allegheny and garrett county public schools are operating on a two- hour delay. you can check on our web site, myfoxdc.com, for school delay updates. >>> the winds of change blowing rough redskins park and everywhere else. that wind is stl with us this morning. >> they will continue blowing through the day today. we aren't going to have the strongest wind wave had but we'll see fairly brisk winds and they could gust high at times during the course of the day. the current conditions at reagan national airport, temperature, 4

he was the seventh head coach of the redskins since dan snyder of the team in 1999. >>> coming up, it really is more expensive being a woman. >> i can mean more business contacts and hopefully try and get a job over there. >> with the job market at an all-time low, some college graduates are heading overseas for work. but first, a close call in finland, where an out-of-control train crashes into a hotel. >> amazingly, no one was seriously hurt when a runaway train car crashed into a hotel in helsinki. the brakes should have automatically turned on when the car is separated, but for some reason, they did not as the cars rolled towards the transition, officers decided to direct the cart to a difficult for because of a large concrete barrier at the end of the platform. but it blew through the buffer and crashed into the wall of a holiday inn on the other side. pretty incredible. >>> the exact height of the tower in dubai is a secret but it is at least 160 stories high. it cost $1.5 billion to build a structure to it includes the highest publicly acceptable observation deck on the 124th f

dan snyder making that confession today.m bruce allen saying he didn't want to wait one more day to start fixing this franchise for next year and we will hear from him inside redskins park in about 25 minutes. >>> and players have supported publicly jim zorn throughout this entire 4-12 season but really none of them inside of the locker room were surprised that their coach had been fired. players started arriving at the facility just after 9:00 this morning. they are now left with the uncertainty of who will take over this team. and if they will fit into the future coach planes. bruce allen met with the team in a meeting that would last less than 10 minutes and the message was clear. change is needed. >>> for the redskins you know we're starting anew. 2010 coming in making changes and make things happen. >> but like i say what have you done for me lately? we didn't get the job done. so we have to at this time back and wait to see what happens. >> he's a great guy, he really is. it is sad to see that can he -- we couldn't fin

you have to speculate that mike shanahan is the guy that bruce allen and more to that point, james snyder wants. that's the guy he wants to bring in. -- [ inaudible ]. -- jim zorn being the head coach -- [ inaudible ] -- two years ago. it was a done deal that fossil would not be the head coach. mike shanahan with the done deal taking the burgundy and gold. >> i would not cross off anything until it's official. >> we are losing your connection, dave, so we are going to let you go. >> oh. >> but we still have enough of the connection, don't do anything you shouldn't do on the air. all right, dave, we will see you back here when you get to washington. >> all righty. and again as dave was saying, shanahan may be named the coach this week. >>> a georgia couple using household items to make a tattoo machine and used it on their six kids. the couple doesn't see any harm in what they did. >> reporter: investigators say this plastic needle was used to tattoo six children. >> it was a painful procedure with a crude instrument. >> reporter: five children got a cross-like tattoo on their hands. the o

the next head coach to come in here with the redskins will be the seventh since dan snyder bought the team in 1999 so consistency has been a big issue here at redskins park. players are expected to be here around 11:00 a.m. hopefully, we'll get reaction from them and a press conference scheduled at 12:30. >> the only thing consistent is the inconsistency. >> that is pretty much it. >>> much more ahead on that big stopper toy. dave ross joins us live in about a half hour. >>> gilbert arenas set to meet with law enforcement officials today about allegedly bring a gun to verizon center. he asked in, quote, batted judgment for bringing guns to the locker room. he and a teammate reportedly drew the guns on each other in a argument over gambling. federal and d.c. authorities continue to investigate. >>> another big storthis morning. here in the u.s. and armed the world, airport security is under the microscope this morning. >> it is all part of the fall- out from the christmas day bomb plot. as caroline shively reports from here, the tiny republic of yemen is getting a lot of attention sudd

other than dan snyder he's the next guy. think he'll make wholesale changes throughout the franchise. >> joe: as fleischmann wins the draw, the wrister by spacek. shoulder with thought with bruce boudreau behind the bench with respective tenure in dc. it's amazing how fast you move up the ladder. lapierre for bergeron. bergeron normally a defender playing the wing. metropolit angles this. alzer keeps them to the outside. it was 2-2 for canada and the united states. semins dances around markov cut off by metropolit. >> craig: now we hear 3-3. they tied up for the u.s. >> joe: good for john carlton. >> craig: i think he has confidence. >> joe: poti inside. there's price. he read that. >> craig: talking about poti and his offensive skills. he's been all over the place making nifty passes and creating the rush and having the puck a lot tonight against montreal. >> joe: on the dump. schultz swats it ahead. we are across the midway mark of the 3rd period. there's a call against washington. the caps go shorthanded as piekanec makes

doctor snyder? >> appreciate you all being leer.ecretary gregson, hard to believe it's been about 40 year since your vietnam days. right? we appreciate your service there as a marine. a young marine in vietnam. i want to drek my questions to you, mr. shear, because of limit aces on time. admiral and secretary, feel free to join in if want to augment what mr. shear has to say. mr. shear what do you -- what does the chinese government perceive as their greatest existential threat? >> i think chinese security goals. chinese pursuit of security goals, i think the number one goal is preservation of the clinese communist party. i think the chinese communist party is concerned about the prospects for social stability in china. i think they spend a lot of time in resources trying to ensure that the vast social and economic changes they're undergoing do not shake their rule of china. >> so as the chinese -- as the chinese government sitting there looking ahead, they see their greatest constituents, not the united states, not taiwan. not the

republican recruitment called me this afternoon to tell me not only this job is easier but that dick snyder, seven term democrat from arkansas just announced his retirement. he has tim griffin former u.s. attorney running against him. >> there still is something hanging out there. because health care is really -- >> health care is on top. >> but it's really hanging in the balance. >> lehrer: so it is because of -- as the republican candidate keeps saying, i will be the 41s republican and that means no 60 votes for the democrats, no health-care reform. >> there is the psychological aftershocks of losing in massachusetts. and then so now washington, in washington the democrats are saying well, if he loses maybe we could pass it in the lame duck session before he actually takes a seat or hold it up, claim's recount. ask for a recount to. me that is crazy talk because if you have an earthquake you can't just then do some monkey business and pass a lame duck session a major piece of legislation. >> do you agree that is crazy. >> i agree. you have ten days to certify the results. i mean the resul

as for the owner, dan snyder, he released a statement just minutes ago. it reads in part, no one in the organization is satisfied with our record over the last two years and i'm sure that jim would concur with that statement. it has been painful for him too. i certainly accept responsibility for mistakes that i have made. i am hopeful that our fans will affect our commitment and pledge to deliver a franchise that can compete in the nfc east every season. and stay right here with news 4 for continuing coverage of this and other major changes in the redskins' front office. we were the first to report zorn's firing and we will report live coverage of bruce allen's press conference at 12:30 this afternoon. >>> we're not alone in dealing with this frigid weather. the new year is bringing a new round of winter weather, ice, snow, and bone-chilling temperatures are making their mark from the midwest to the southeast. nbc's francis coe reports. >> reporter: winter's grip just won't let up. >> my earrings are freezing my ears off. >> reporter: frigid temperatures

simon snyder was a self educated man, son of a poor mechanic. he worked his way up to become governor in 180, no no education. i mean, he was autodidact. his lack of -- when his opponents mocked his obscure arguments and called them clod hoppers, that was all he needed. he and his followers that they said well that great. i glad to be a clod hopper in a society clodhopper and use that as a successful campaign. so americans became a think so thoroughly democratic through this whole period that many of the period for the constitution was devoted to fighting means and devices to detain and mitigate that democracy. i think the most important was development of the judiciary. and i have a couple chapters on law and the use of the federalist, greatest federalist achievement, not the federalist two created the constitution, but the party was the creation of the judiciary and marshall of course was an important figure in this, john marshall. most important perhaps i think in this period, ordinary americans developed a sense of their worth. i live in the

we now turn to scott snyder for some commentary. scott? >> my job here is to be a discussant but i do feel a little bit of an obligation to also provide some framework through which we can understand how these papers hang together. mike used the word "eclectic" to describe the offerings that we've had as part of this project. and i think that is true but maybe i can try to, you know, answer the question for any of those in the audience who are still wondering what -- you know, great presentations but what do they have in common with each other? i think the way of doing that is by going back and looking a little bit at the joint statement that was released last june by the two presidents at the white house. and the key phrase from that statement is of, quote-unquote, together we will build a comprehensive strategic alliance of bilateral, regional and global scope based on common values and mutual trust. i think this is a very ambitious statement of purpose. because it magnifies the importance of the alliance in two dimensions. one is geogra

he's the guy daniel snyder reportedly coveted for quite some time.snyder spoke with kelli johnson this afternoon. >> well congratulations first on really landing the two big positions with your organization, uh, what was it about mike shanahan though that you really wanted? and the reason you targeted him as head coach? >> he's a winner. when you have somebody with that background, that experience and where we are right now as a franchise and what we need to build, uh, the foundation now with mike and bruce is awesome. we're, we're real excited about it. it's a big deal. >> he talked about your relationship over the last ten years, has he always bayne coach that you coveted to bring here to washington? >> i used to always tease pat about that. trade me mike. he's someone i always thought highly of. i never thought he'd be available. it's just an opportunity that is really important for us and we're excited. >> what kind of leadership do you see him really bringing to this team? in terms of the players? >> he's disciplined. he understands all facets o

we now turn to scott snyder for some commentary. >> my job here is to be a discussion but i do feel alittle bit of an obligation to also provide some framework through which we can understand how these papers and together. mikey used the word eclectic to describe the offerings we've had as part of this project and that is true but i can try to answer the question for any of those in the audience who are still wondering what great presentations but what do they have in common with each other? and i think the way of doing that is by going back and looking a little bit at the joint statement that was released last june by the two presidents at the white house. and the key phrase from that statement is quote on quote together we will build a comprehensive strategic alliance of bilateral regional and global scope based on common values and mutual trust. i think this is a very ambitious statement of purpose because it magnifies the importance of the alliance in two dimensions. one is geographical and i think mike just touched on that. issues in the u.s. our bilateral relationship are now co

zorn was the sixth redskins head coach under dan snyder who bought the team back in 1999.et on a replacement but an announcement of some sort is expected sometime today. >>> good morning, those frigid northwest winds have diminished a bit, temperatures in the low and mid 20s, windchills near 10 degrees and the winds will be with us from time to time throughout the day with highs near freezing. >> a live look at the belt way, there had been an accident on the outer loop near georgia avenue. delays will begin black at the i-95 interchange. >> thank you, jerry, we'll have more, news, weather and traffic in just about 25 minutes, now >>> 8:30 on this monday morning, the 4th of january, 2010. a bone-chilling start to the day. here in rockefeller plaza, and our crowd is bundled up tight. as they struggle to get above freezing tempts today. meanwhile, the whole gang is back together finally, and in just 39 days, we'll be having the make olympics where today's high is 44 degrees in vancouver. >> not bad. >> nice earmuffs, hon. >> thank you so much. >> you're adding something each

mark snyder.most of the discussions seem to be focusing around sort of marginal changes around existing practices. can you talk to the issues about fundamental redesign of our school structure and processes, the role of technology, as part of that, an example might be looking more towards seat time, more fundamentally look at sort of a zero-based, baseline budgeting approach to redesign what our schools look like? >> mark, actually i'm going to speak to that briefly, but the next panel is going to come exactly the question you before. why do you speak to that briefly. >> i will. mark, i think you've hit the nail on the head. if you would look back in time and see what one farmer does in the united states today, we feed our nation with fewer people directly engaged in agriculture then we educate our nation. agriculture has become remarkably productive over the last 30, 40 years. similarly, virtually everyone in this room remembers when checks had to go to a federal reserve clearinghouse, and it too

he's there as part of a relief effort sponsored by the redskins and diaggio using daniel snyder's jetthe situation is desperate is a vast understatement. >> and you see dead bodies and different structures. and the smell is really -- really strong. and just in certain situations you see dead bodies and you see trucks and looking around and seeing man the trucks are to pick up the trash. it gives people a sense of hope but you realize the trucks aren't for trash. they're for bodies and they're picking up bodies that have been there for four or five days. just frozen in death. >> i can't even image wayne the survivors are going through. >> cush a dire situation. the amazing thing is they are still finding survivors a week later. it's absolutely amazing, the help that is needed, and the people that have come forward. but so much more needs to happen for the haitians to really recover. >> very nice for the redskins to help out. again, morton entire interview with ken harvey from haiti coming up. that does it for us. >> for greg, i'm kelli. see you at 11. i do know about you guys, but i ca

coming i want to thank our presenters for stimulating a great discussion, and thanks again to scott snyder for allowing us to be part of this project. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up this morning on c-span -- a discussion on the chemical herbicide agent orange that was used by the u.s. military in vietnam. at 7:00 eastern, it's washington. top thicks morning include budget shortfalls in several states and the political outlook in the light of the 2010 elections. after "washington journal" this morning, on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. >> a discussion now on the chemical herbicide agent orange. it was useded in massive quantities by the u.s. military in vietnam, where that government is now demanding compensation for damages. it's also believed to have caused serious medical conditions in thousands of american soldiers who served in vietnam. the new america foundation and washington mon

snyder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary west and admiral gouarec it's great to see you again. you've been great public servants through the many years. i want to ask this issue that has come up in the discussions about the fact we have an annex which i did go and look at in this discussion. i think this is going to be a frustrating experience trying to figure out where to go for the american people and policy makers if we have this dichotomy between the discussion here, kind of generalities' versus talking about a specific case, and i need to understand by the way that is not a classified document it is official use only. it is one thing if we had in that room the criminal case filed, the interrogation, whatever is there. but in fact what you are conducting is an administrative proceeding based on the records in the military in order to problem solve and it's not clear to me why the american people are not entitled to see because it's part of the problem solving process these on redacted refuse or academic report or college transcripts or whatever is in the record as part of a

snyder. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary west and admiral gouarec it's great to see you again. you've been great public servants through the many years. i want to ask this issue that has come up in the discussions about the fact we have an annex which i did go and look at in this discussion. i think this is going to be a frustrating experience trying to figure out where to go for the american people and policy makers if we have this dichotomy between the discussion here, kind of generalities' versus talking about a specific case, and i need to understand by the way that is not a classified document it is official use only. it is one thing if we had in that room the criminal case filed, the interrogation, whatever is there. but in fact what you are conducting is an administrative proceeding based on the records in the military in order to problem solve and it's not clear to me why the american people are not entitled to see because it's part of the problem solving process these on redacted refuse or academic report or college transcripts or whatever is in the record as part of a

. >> jim snyder. my question is primarily directed to mark.to what extent you think your arguments are regional, that many members of school boards for example who don't have the capacity to do this? i know, i have seen many sophisticated businesses to get on school boards. i think they'll have the capacity to understand the types of comparative analysis you are doing but invariably i observed they don't do this type of analysis when they are on the school board. i was once on the school board. i got lots of comparative data analysis from other school districts. i can't say it had much impact on the decision-making so the question is, are you talking about something that isn't being done and that is what is interesting or are you thinking this is an innovative type of argument? what is the nature? >> i think that is an important point because i don't mean to diminish the people on school boards by any stretch and i'm not saying any of these announcements i've done is difficult. smn janju could turn it over to the seventh grade math class and t

we have tom snyder froms foundation and michael mckeen in the back. >> connect me -- connection and a question. correction, matt, you said that the u.s. statutory damages go up. that's dead wrong. the statutory minimums has decreased since 1909. and the statutory has if you adjust for inflation using the government standard figures, they are unchanged since 1976. question were when i talk to parents my kids are about the age where you know file sharing is a real risk. i once did find a file sharing program on one of my own home computers, one that is never using for any purpose for infringing copyrights and music and movies. this issue of lawsuits is very real to me. personally i find the idea that i would rather experience graduated -- a lawsuit than graduated response just unbelievable. and when i talk to other parents with kids who have kids like mine about these options, i have yet to find one who opted for the idea of being sued. in the countries where this has been debated, has anybody ever produced any data suggesting that consumers in general really would prefer to end up bein

and that could happen not long after if shanahan is hired he is the 7th head coach under dan snyder since he took over the team since 1999. as i reported before it's expected that his son kyle will come in as offensive coordinator and two names for defense of coordinator. first cincinnati's mike zimmer and second former saints head coach jim hazlett. all speculation at this point in time. whatever happens it should happen quickly. >>> well, kelly, it's interesting. the team believes tonight that jim zorn will hold his regular press conference tomorrow which we show here on comcast sportsnet live. if you could speculate is this his farewell speech? what's going on here? >> well, you would like to think that if they are going to in fact fire him that they would not put him through the agony of answering all those end of the year questions and what went wrong and why did you do this and why did you do that and how do you improve if in fact they will let him go. i can tell you that those closest to the situation that are trying to figure out what's happening next they expect to have to wing i